<title type="main">THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED GENESIS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> good: and God divided the light from the darkness.<note type="study">the light from…: Heb. between the light and between the darkness</note>
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.<note type="study">And the evening…: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.<note type="study">firmament: Heb. expansion</note>
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> under the firmament from the waters which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.<note type="study">And the evening…: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange> appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange> Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> good.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.<note type="study">grass: Heb. tender grass</note>
And the earth brought forth grass, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in itself, after his kind: and God saw that <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> good.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.<note type="study">And the evening…: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:<note type="study">the day…: Heb. between the day and between the night</note>
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: <transChange type="added">he made</transChange> the stars also.<note type="study">to rule the day…: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.</note>
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> good.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.<note type="study">And the evening…: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl <transChange type="added">that</transChange> may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.<note type="study">moving: or, creeping</note><note type="study">life: Heb. soul</note><note type="study">fowl…: Heb. let fowl fly</note><note type="study">open…: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven</note>
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> good.
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.<note type="study">And the evening…: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> good.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his <transChange type="added">own</transChange> image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.<note type="study">moveth: Heb. creepeth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.<note type="study">bearing…: Heb. seeding seed</note><note type="study">yielding…: Heb. seeding seed</note>
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> life, <transChange type="added">I have given</transChange> every green herb for meat: and it was so.<note type="study">life: Heb. a living soul</note>
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.<note type="study">And the evening…: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.<note type="study">created…: Heb. created to make</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God made the earth and the heavens,
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not a man to till the ground.
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.<note type="study">there…: or, a mist which went up from, etc.</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God formed man <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.<note type="study">of the dust…: Heb. dust of the ground</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And out of the ground made the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
The name of the first <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Pison: that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> gold;
And the gold of that land <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good: there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> bdellium and the onyx stone.
And the name of the second river <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Gihon: the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.<note type="study">Ethiopia: Heb. Cush</note>
And the name of the third river <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hiddekel: that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Euphrates.<note type="study">toward…: or, eastward to Assyria</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.<note type="study">the man: or, Adam</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:<note type="study">thou…: Heb. eating thou shalt eat</note>

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.<note type="study">thou shalt surely…: Heb. dying thou shalt die</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.<note type="study">meet…: Heb. as before him</note>
And out of the ground the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the name thereof.<note type="study">Adam: or, the man</note>
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.<note type="study">gave: Heb. called</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the rib, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.<note type="study">made: Heb. builded</note>
And Adam said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.<note type="study">Woman: Heb. Isha</note><note type="study">Man: Heb. Ish</note>
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?<note type="study">Yea…: Heb. Yea, because, etc.</note>
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when the woman saw that the tree <transChange type="added">was</transChange> good for food, and that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make <transChange type="added">one</transChange> wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.<note type="study">pleasant: Heb. a desire</note>
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.<note type="study">aprons: or, things to gird about</note>
And they heard the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God amongst the trees of the garden.<note type="study">cool: Heb. wind</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> naked; and I hid myself.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he said, Who told thee that thou <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God said unto the woman, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.<note type="study">to thy…: or, subject to thy husband</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;<note type="study">bring…: Heb. cause to bud</note>
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.<note type="study">Eve: Heb. Chavah: that is Living</note>
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Cain: that is, Gotten, or, Acquired</note>
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.<note type="study">Abel: Heb. Hebel</note><note type="study">a keeper: Heb. a feeder</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">in process…: Heb. at the end of days</note>
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had respect unto Abel and to his offering:<note type="study">flock: Heb. sheep, or, goats</note>
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.<note type="study">be accepted: or, have the excellency</note><note type="study">unto…: or, subject unto thee</note>
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Cain, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: <transChange type="added">Am</transChange> I my brother's keeper?
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
And now <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Cain said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, My punishment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> greater than I can bear.<note type="study">My…: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven</note>
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> every one that findeth me shall slay me.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Cain went out from the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.<note type="study">Enoch: Heb. Chanoch</note>
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.<note type="study">Lamech: Heb. Lemech</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and <transChange type="added">of such as have</transChange> cattle.
And his brother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Naamah.<note type="study">instructer: Heb. whetter</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.<note type="study">I have…: or, I would slay a man in my wound, etc.</note><note type="study">to my hurt: or, in my hurt</note>
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, <transChange type="added">said she</transChange>, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.<note type="study">Seth: Heb. Sheth: that is Appointed, or, Put</note>
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Enos: Heb. Enosh</note><note type="study">to call…: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat <transChange type="added">a son</transChange> in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:<note type="study">Enos: Heb. Enosh</note>
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:<note type="study">Cainan: Heb. Kenan</note>
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:<note type="study">Mahalaleel: Gr. Maleleel</note>
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:<note type="study">Jared: Heb. Jered</note>
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:<note type="study">Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala</note>
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
And Enoch walked with God: and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not; for God took him.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:<note type="study">Lamech: Heb. Lemech</note>
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
And he called his name Noah, saying, This <transChange type="added">same</transChange> shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath cursed.<note type="study">Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort</note>
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare <transChange type="added">children</transChange> to them, the same <transChange type="added">became</transChange> mighty men which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of old, men of renown.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> saw that the wickedness of man <transChange type="added">was</transChange> great in the earth, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> every imagination of the thoughts of his heart <transChange type="added">was</transChange> only evil continually.<note type="study">every…: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires</note><note type="study">continually: Heb. every day</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it repented the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.<note type="study">both…: Heb. from man unto beast</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But Noah found grace in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man <transChange type="added">and</transChange> perfect in his generations, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Noah walked with God.<note type="study">perfect: or, upright</note>
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.<note type="study">with the earth: or, from the earth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.<note type="study">rooms: Heb. nests</note>
And this <transChange type="added">is the fashion</transChange> which thou shalt make it <transChange type="added">of</transChange>: The length of the ark <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; <transChange type="added">with</transChange> lower, second, and third <transChange type="added">stories</transChange> shalt thou make it.
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the breath of life, from under heaven; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> every thing that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the earth shall die.
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every <transChange type="added">sort</transChange> shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep <transChange type="added">them</transChange> alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every <transChange type="added">sort</transChange> shall come unto thee, to keep <transChange type="added">them</transChange> alive.
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not clean by two, the male and his female.<note type="study">by sevens: Heb. seven seven</note>
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.<note type="study">by sevens: Heb. seven seven</note>
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.<note type="study">destroy: Heb. blot out</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Noah did according unto all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded him.
And Noah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.<note type="study">after…: or, on the seventh day</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.<note type="study">windows: or, floodgates</note>
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.<note type="study">sort: Heb. wing</note>
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the breath of life.
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shut him in.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> under the whole heaven, were covered.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
All in whose nostrils <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the breath of life, of all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>, died.<note type="study">the breath…: Heb. the breath of the spirit of life</note>
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained <transChange type="added">alive</transChange>, and they that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him in the ark.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.<note type="study">continually: Heb. in going and returning</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.<note type="study">decreased…: Heb. were in going and decreasing</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.<note type="study">to…: Heb. in going forth and returning</note>
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.<note type="study">pulled…: Heb. caused her to come</note>
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God spake unto Noah, saying,
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Bring forth with thee every living thing that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee, of all flesh, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.<note type="study">kinds: Heb. families</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Noah builded an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smelled a sweet savour; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.<note type="study">a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction</note><note type="study">for the imagination: or, through the imagination</note>
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.<note type="study">While…: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
But flesh with the life thereof, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
And with every living creature that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And God said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with you, for perpetual generations:
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
And I will remember my covenant, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the earth.
And God said unto Noah, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the father of Canaan.<note type="study">Canaan: Heb. Chenaan</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
And Noah began <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces <transChange type="added">were</transChange> backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
And he said, Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
And he said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.<note type="study">his servant: or, servant to them</note>
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.<note type="study">enlarge: or, persuade</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.<note type="study">Dodanim: or, as some read it, Rodanim</note>
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.<note type="study">Babel: Gr. Babylon</note>
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,<note type="study">went…: or, he went out into Assyria</note><note type="study">the city…: or, the streets of the city</note>

And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a great city.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,<note type="study">Sidon: Heb. Tzidon</note>
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.<note type="study">Gaza: Heb. Azzah</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in their nations.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were <transChange type="added">children</transChange> born.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.<note type="study">Arphaxad: Heb. Arpachshad</note>
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.<note type="study">Salah: Heb. Shelah</note>
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Joktan.<note type="study">Peleg: that is Division</note>
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Joktan.
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.<note type="study">language: Heb. lip.</note><note type="study">speech: Heb. words</note>
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.<note type="study">from…: or, eastward</note>
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.<note type="study">they said…: Heb. a man said to his neighbour</note><note type="study">burn…: Heb. burn them to a burning</note>
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top <transChange type="added">may reach</transChange> unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Behold, the people <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.<note type="study">Babel: that is, Confusion</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Shem: Shem <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:<note type="study">Peleg: Gr. Phalec</note>
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:<note type="study">Serug: Gr. Saruch</note>
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:<note type="study">Terah: Gr. Thara</note>
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

But Sarai was barren; she <transChange type="added">had</transChange> no child.
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
Now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So Abram departed, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram <transChange type="added">was</transChange> seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite <transChange type="added">was</transChange> then in the land.<note type="study">plain: Heb. plains</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who appeared unto him.

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, <transChange type="added">having</transChange> Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and called upon the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.<note type="study">going…: Heb. in going and journeying</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine <transChange type="added">was</transChange> grievous in the land.
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a fair woman to look upon:
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
Say, I pray thee, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very fair.
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thy wife?
Why saidst thou, She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take <transChange type="added">her</transChange>, and go thy way.
And Pharaoh commanded <transChange type="added">his</transChange> men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
And Abram <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai;
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we <transChange type="added">be</transChange> brethren.<note type="study">brethren: Heb. men brethren</note>
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if <transChange type="added">thou wilt take</transChange> the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if <transChange type="added">thou depart</transChange> to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> well watered every where, before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> as the garden of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched <transChange type="added">his</transChange> tent toward Sodom.
But the men of Sodom <transChange type="added">were</transChange> wicked and sinners before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> exceedingly.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> shall thy seed also be numbered.
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Then Abram removed <transChange type="added">his</transChange> tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">plain: Heb. plains</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
<transChange type="added">That these</transChange> made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,<note type="study">Shaveh…: or, The plain of Kiriathaim</note>
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the wilderness.<note type="study">El–paran: or, The plain of Paran</note>
And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
And the vale of Siddim <transChange type="added">was full of</transChange> slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> confederate with Abram.<note type="study">plain: Heb. plains</note>
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained <transChange type="added">servants</transChange>, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto Dan.<note type="study">armed: or, led forth</note><note type="study">trained: or, instructed</note>
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the left hand of Damascus.
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king's dale.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.<note type="study">persons: Heb. souls</note>
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
That I will not <transChange type="added">take</transChange> from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
After these things the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy shield, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy exceeding great reward.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Abram said, Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
And, behold, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">came</transChange> unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And he believed in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he said unto him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
And he said, Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not yet full.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.<note type="study">a burning…: Heb. a lamp of fire</note>
In the same day the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hagar.
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.<note type="study">obtain…: Heb. be built by her</note>
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> judge between me and thee.
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.<note type="study">as…: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes</note><note type="study">dealt…: Heb. afflicted her</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto her, Behold, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath heard thy affliction.<note type="study">Ishmael: that is, God shall hear</note>
And he will be a wild man; his hand <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
And she called the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> between Kadesh and Bered.<note type="study">Beer–lahai–roi: that is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
And Abram <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.<note type="study">perfect: or, upright, or, sincere</note>
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>As for me, behold, my covenant <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.<note type="study">many…: Heb. multitude of nations</note>
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.<note type="study">Abraham: that is, Father of a great multitude</note>
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.<note type="study">wherein…: Heb. of thy sojournings</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not of thy seed.<note type="study">he that is eight…: Heb. a son of eight days</note>
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> her name <transChange type="added">be</transChange>.<note type="study">Sarah: that is Princess</note>
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be <transChange type="added">a mother</transChange> of nations; kings of people shall be of her.<note type="study">she…: Heb. she shall become nations</note>
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall <transChange type="added">a child</transChange> be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with his seed after him.
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
And Abraham <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
And Ishmael his son <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;<note type="study">plain: Heb. plains</note>
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.<note type="study">comfort: Heb. stay</note><note type="study">are…: Heb. you have passed</note>
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and make cakes upon the hearth.<note type="study">Make ready…: Heb. Hasten</note>
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they said unto him, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the tent door, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> behind him.
Now Abraham and Sarah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> old <transChange type="added">and</transChange> well stricken in age; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Is any thing too hard for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to do justice and judgment; that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> therein?
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which <transChange type="added">am but</transChange> dust and ashes:
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for <transChange type="added">lack of</transChange> five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for forty's sake.
And he said <transChange type="added">unto him</transChange>, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, if I find thirty there.
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for twenty's sake.
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for ten's sake.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing <transChange type="added">them</transChange> rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But before they lay down, the men of the city, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
And they said, Stand back. And they said <transChange type="added">again</transChange>, This one <transChange type="added">fellow</transChange> came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Lot, and came near to break the door.
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
And they smote the men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out of this place:
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent us to destroy it.
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.<note type="study">are here: Heb. are found</note><note type="study">iniquity: or, punishment</note>
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Behold now, this city <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near to flee unto, and it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (<transChange type="added">is</transChange> it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.<note type="study">thee: Heb. thy face</note>
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.<note type="study">Zoar: that is, Little</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.<note type="study">risen: Heb. gone forth</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> out of heaven;
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father <transChange type="added">is</transChange> old, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the father of the Moabites unto this day.
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi: the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou <transChange type="added">art but</transChange> a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a man's wife.<note type="study">a man's…: Heb. married to an husband</note>
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Said he not unto me, She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my sister? and she, even she herself said, He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.<note type="study">integrity: or, simplicity, or, sincerity</note>
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Now therefore restore the man <transChange type="added">his</transChange> wife; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore <transChange type="added">her</transChange> not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thine.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
And yet indeed <transChange type="added">she is</transChange> my sister; she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my brother.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.<note type="study">where…: Heb. as is good in thine eyes</note>
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver: behold, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with thee, and with all <transChange type="added">other</transChange>: thus she was reproved.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare <transChange type="added">children</transChange>.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> visited Sarah as he had said, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> all that hear will laugh with me.
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born <transChange type="added">him</transChange> a son in his old age.
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the <transChange type="added">same</transChange> day that Isaac was weaned.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> with Isaac.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy seed.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto Hagar, putting <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
And she went, and sat her down over against <transChange type="added">him</transChange> a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and lift up her voice, and wept.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he <transChange type="added">is</transChange>.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee in all that thou doest:
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.<note type="study">that thou…: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me</note>
And Abraham said, I will swear.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, but to day.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What <transChange type="added">mean</transChange> these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
And he said, For <transChange type="added">these</transChange> seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.<note type="study">Beer–sheba: that is, The well of the oath</note>
Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And <transChange type="added">Abraham</transChange> planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the everlasting God.<note type="study">grove: or, tree</note>
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, <transChange type="added">here</transChange> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>.<note type="study">Behold…: Heb. Behold me</note>
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only <transChange type="added">son</transChange> Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the lamb for a burnt offering?<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note>
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only <transChange type="added">son</transChange> from me.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind <transChange type="added">him</transChange> a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said <transChange type="added">to</transChange> this day, In the mount of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> it shall be seen.<note type="study">Jehovah–jireh: that is, The Lord will see, or, provide</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only <transChange type="added">son</transChange>:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;<note type="study">shore: Heb. lip</note>
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.<note type="study">Rebekah: Gr. Rebecca</note>
And his concubine, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: <transChange type="added">these were</transChange> the years of the life of Sarah.
And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Hear us, my lord: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.<note type="study">a mighty…: Heb. a prince of God</note>
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the children of Heth.
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.<note type="study">as much…: Heb. full money</note>
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,<note type="study">audience: Heb. ears</note>
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou <transChange type="added">wilt give it</transChange>, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of me, and I will bury my dead there.
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
My lord, hearken unto me: the land <transChange type="added">is worth</transChange> four hundred shekels of silver; what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current <transChange type="added">money</transChange> with the merchant.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the field of Ephron, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Machpelah, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before Mamre, the field, and the cave which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> therein, and all the trees that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the field, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in all the borders round about, were made sure
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hebron in the land of Canaan.
And the field, and the cave that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
And Abraham was old, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> well stricken in age: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had blessed Abraham in all things.<note type="study">well…: Heb. gone into days</note>
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
And I will make thee swear by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.<note type="study">for: or, and</note>
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the time that women go out to draw <transChange type="added">water</transChange>.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that women who draw water go forth</note>
And he said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
Behold, I stand <transChange type="added">here</transChange> by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: <transChange type="added">let the same be</transChange> she <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
And the damsel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.<note type="study">very…: Heb. good of countenance</note>
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw <transChange type="added">water</transChange> for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw <transChange type="added">water</transChange>, and drew for all his camels.
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had made his journey prosperous or not.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> weight of gold;<note type="study">earring: or, jewel for the forehead</note>
And said, Whose daughter <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room <transChange type="added">in</transChange> thy father's house for us to lodge in?
And she said unto him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I <transChange type="added">being</transChange> in the way, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> led me to the house of my master's brethren.
And the damsel ran, and told <transChange type="added">them of</transChange> her mother's house these things.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Rebekah had a brother, and his name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him.
And there was set <transChange type="added">meat</transChange> before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
And he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Abraham's servant.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
And he said unto me, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
Then shalt thou be clear from <transChange type="added">this</transChange> my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee <transChange type="added">one</transChange>, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw <transChange type="added">water</transChange>, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: <transChange type="added">let</transChange> the same <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the woman whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath appointed out for my master's son.
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew <transChange type="added">water</transChange>: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her <transChange type="added">shoulder</transChange>, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and blessed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Behold, Rebekah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before thee, take <transChange type="added">her</transChange>, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken.
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">bowing himself</transChange> to the earth.
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.<note type="study">jewels: Heb. vessels</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And they did eat and drink, he and the men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us <transChange type="added">a few</transChange> days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.<note type="study">a few…: or, a full year, or ten months</note>
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> our sister, be thou <transChange type="added">the mother</transChange> of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels <transChange type="added">were</transChange> coming.<note type="study">to meditate: or, to pray</note>
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
For she <transChange type="added">had</transChange> said unto the servant, What man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant <transChange type="added">had</transChange> said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's <transChange type="added">death</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Keturah.
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the children of Keturah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full <transChange type="added">of years</transChange>; and was gathered to his people.
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Mamre;
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai–roi.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:<note type="study">Hadar: or, Hadad</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Ishmael, and these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he died in the presence of all his brethren.<note type="study">died: Heb. fell</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan–aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
And Isaac intreated the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for his wife, because she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> barren: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> so, why <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I thus? And she went to enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto her, Two nations <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and <transChange type="added">the one</transChange> people shall be stronger than <transChange type="added">the other</transChange> people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> twins in her womb.
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac <transChange type="added">was</transChange> threescore years old when she bare them.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a plain man, dwelling in tents.
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.<note type="study">he…: Heb. venison was in his mouth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> faint:
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red <transChange type="added">pottage</transChange>; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> faint: therefore was his name called Edom.<note type="study">with…: Heb. with that red, with that red pottage</note><note type="study">Edom: that is Red</note>
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
And Esau said, Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?<note type="study">at…: Heb. going to die</note>
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised <transChange type="added">his</transChange> birthright.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
And the men of the place asked <transChange type="added">him</transChange> of his wife; and he said, She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my sister: for he feared to say, <transChange type="added">She is</transChange> my wife; lest, <transChange type="added">said he</transChange>, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fair to look upon.
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sporting with Rebekah his wife.
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy wife: and how saidst thou, She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
And Abimelech said, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
And Abimelech charged all <transChange type="added">his</transChange> people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> blessed him.<note type="study">received: Heb. found</note>
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:<note type="study">went…: Heb. went going</note>
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.<note type="study">servants: or, husbandry</note>
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.<note type="study">springing: Heb. living</note>
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.<note type="study">Esek: that is, Contention</note>
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.<note type="study">Sitnah: that is, Hatred</note>
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.<note type="study">Rehoboth: that is Room</note>
And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto him the same night, and said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
And they said, We saw certainly that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;<note type="study">We saw…: Heb. Seeing we saw</note>
That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> now the blessed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">That…: Heb. If thou shalt</note>
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Beer–sheba unto this day.<note type="study">Shebah: That is, an oath</note><note type="study">Beer–sheba: that is, the well of the oath</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.<note type="study">a grief…: Heb. bitterness of spirit</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, <transChange type="added">here am</transChange> I.
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me <transChange type="added">some</transChange> venison;<note type="study">take: Heb. hunt</note>
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt <transChange type="added">for</transChange> venison, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> before my death.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
And thou shalt bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a hairy man, and I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a smooth man:
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
And his mother said unto him, Upon me <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
And he went, and fetched, and brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:<note type="study">goodly: Heb. desirable</note>
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I; who <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, my son?
And Jacob said unto his father, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And Isaac said unto his son, How <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> that thou hast found <transChange type="added">it</transChange> so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to me.<note type="study">to me: Heb. before me</note>
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> my very son Esau or not.
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jacob's voice, but the hands <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the hands of Esau.
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
And he said, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou my very son Esau? And he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>.
And he said, Bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the smell of a field which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath blessed:
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> every one that curseth thee, and blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that blesseth thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? And he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that hath taken venison, and brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he shall be blessed.<note type="study">trembled…: Heb. trembled with a great trembling greatly</note><note type="study">taken: Heb. hunted</note>
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> me also, O my father.
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?<note type="study">Jacob: that is, A supplanter</note>
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?<note type="study">sustained: or, supported</note>
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;<note type="study">the fatness: or, of the fatness</note>
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, <transChange type="added">purposing</transChange> to kill thee.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;<note type="study">a multitude…: Heb. an assembly of people</note>
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.<note type="study">wherein…: Heb. of thy sojournings</note>
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;<note type="study">pleased…: Heb. were evil in the eyes, etc</note>
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.<note type="study">Mahalath: or, Bashemath</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.<note type="study">Haran: Gr. Charran</note>
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put <transChange type="added">them for</transChange> his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
And, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stood above it, and said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.<note type="study">spread…: Heb. break forth</note>
And, behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee, and will keep thee in all <transChange type="added">places</transChange> whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which I have spoken to thee of.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is in this place; and I knew <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not.
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this place! this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> none other but the house of God, and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the gate of heaven.
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his pillows, and set it up <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city <transChange type="added">was called</transChange> Luz at the first.<note type="study">Beth–el: that is, The house of God</note>
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be my God:
And this stone, which I have set <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.<note type="study">went…: Heb. lift up his feet</note><note type="study">people: Heb. children</note>
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the well's mouth.
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence <transChange type="added">be</transChange> ye? And they said, Of Haran <transChange type="added">are</transChange> we.
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.
And he said unto them, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> he well? And they said, <transChange type="added">He is</transChange> well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.<note type="study">Is he…: Heb. Is there peace to him?</note>
And he said, Lo, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> yet high day, neither <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go <transChange type="added">and</transChange> feed <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note type="study">it is…: Heb. yet the day is great</note>
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and <transChange type="added">till</transChange> they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
And Jacob told Rachel that he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> her father's brother, and that he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.<note type="study">tidings: Heb. hearing</note>
And Laban said to him, Surely thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.<note type="study">the space…: Heb. a month of days</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> thy wages <transChange type="added">be</transChange>?
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Leah, and the name of the younger <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Rachel.
Leah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
And Laban said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him <transChange type="added">but</transChange> a few days, for the love he had to her.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jacob said unto Laban, Give <transChange type="added">me</transChange> my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an handmaid.
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Leah: and he said to Laban, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.<note type="study">country: Heb. place</note>
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saw that Leah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> barren.
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.<note type="study">Reuben: that is, See a son</note>
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath heard that I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> hated, he hath therefore given me this <transChange type="added">son</transChange> also: and she called his name Simeon.<note type="study">Simeon: that is, Hearing</note>
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.<note type="study">Levi: that is, Joined</note>
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.<note type="study">Judah: that is, Praise</note><note type="study">left…: Heb. stood from bearing</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, <transChange type="added">Am</transChange> I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.<note type="study">have…: Heb. be built by her</note>
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.<note type="study">Dan: that is, Judging</note>
And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.<note type="study">great…: Heb. wrestlings of God</note><note type="study">Naphtali: that is, My wrestling: Gr. Nephthalim</note>
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.<note type="study">Gad: that is, A troop, or, company</note>
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.<note type="study">Happy…: Heb. In my happiness</note><note type="study">Asher: that is, Happy</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
And she said unto her, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.<note type="study">Issachar: that is, An hire</note>
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
And Leah said, God hath endued me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.<note type="study">Zebulun: that is, Dwelling: Gr. Zabulon</note>
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.<note type="study">Dinah: that is Judgment</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall add to me another son.<note type="study">Joseph: that is, Adding</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
Give <transChange type="added">me</transChange> my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, <transChange type="added">tarry: for</transChange> I have learned by experience that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath blessed me for thy sake.
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
For <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> little which thou hadst before I <transChange type="added">came</transChange>, and it is <transChange type="added">now</transChange> increased unto a multitude; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?<note type="study">increased: Heb. broken forth</note><note type="study">since…: Heb. at my foot</note>
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed <transChange type="added">and</transChange> keep thy flock:
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and <transChange type="added">of such</transChange> shall be my hire.
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.<note type="study">in time…: Heb. to morrow</note>
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> every one that had <transChange type="added">some</transChange> white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the hand of his sons.
And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the rods.
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
But when the cattle were feeble, he put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> our father's; and of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not toward him as before.<note type="study">as before: Heb. as yesterday and the day before</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to me.
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle <transChange type="added">were</transChange> ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.<note type="study">rams: or, he goats</note>
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Jacob: And I said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I.
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, <transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> her father's.<note type="study">images: Heb. teraphim</note>
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.<note type="study">unawares…: Heb. the heart of Laban</note>
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face <transChange type="added">toward</transChange> the mount Gilead.
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.<note type="study">either…: Heb. from good to bad</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives <transChange type="added">taken</transChange> with the sword?
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?<note type="study">steal…: Heb. hast stolen me</note>
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in <transChange type="added">so</transChange> doing.
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
And now, <transChange type="added">though</transChange> thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine with me, and take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not.<note type="study">searched: Heb. felt</note>
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my trespass? what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.<note type="study">searched: Heb. felt</note>
This twenty years <transChange type="added">have</transChange> I <transChange type="added">been</transChange> with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
That which was torn <transChange type="added">of beasts</transChange> I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> stolen by day, or stolen by night.
<transChange type="added">Thus</transChange> I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> yesternight.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, <transChange type="added">These</transChange> daughters <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my daughters, and <transChange type="added">these</transChange> children <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my children, and <transChange type="added">these</transChange> cattle <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my cattle, and all that thou seest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a pillar.
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.<note type="study">Jegar–sahadutha: that is, The heap of witness, Chaldee</note><note type="study">Galeed: that is, The heap of witness, Heb.</note>
And Laban said, This heap <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
And Mizpah; for he said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.<note type="study">Mizpah: that is, A beacon, or, watchtower</note>
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take <transChange type="added">other</transChange> wives beside my daughters, no man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with us; see, God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> witness betwixt me and thee.
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold <transChange type="added">this</transChange> pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
This heap <transChange type="added">be</transChange> witness, and <transChange type="added">this</transChange> pillar <transChange type="added">be</transChange> witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.<note type="study">offered…: or, killed beasts</note>
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.<note type="study">Mahanaim: that is, Two hosts, or, camps</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.<note type="study">country: Heb. field</note>
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.<note type="study">I am not…: Heb. I am less than all</note>
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the mother with the children.<note type="study">with: Heb. upon</note>
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
And he delivered <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? and whither goest thou? and whose <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these before thee?
Then thou shalt say, <transChange type="added">They be</transChange> thy servant Jacob's; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> behind us.
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob <transChange type="added">is</transChange> behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.<note type="study">of me: Heb. my face</note>
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.<note type="study">sent them: Heb. caused to pass</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.<note type="study">breaking…: Heb. ascending of the morning</note>
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
And he said unto him, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy name? And he said, Jacob.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.<note type="study">Israel: that is, A prince of God</note>
And Jacob asked <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and said, Tell <transChange type="added">me</transChange>, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.<note type="study">Peniel: that is, The face of God</note>
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Therefore the children of Israel eat not <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the sinew which shrank, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.<note type="study">with…: Heb. to thee</note>
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
And he said, What <transChange type="added">meanest</transChange> thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, <transChange type="added">These are</transChange> to find grace in the sight of my lord.<note type="study">What…: Heb. What is all this band to thee?</note>
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.<note type="study">keep…: Heb. be that to thee that is thine</note>
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">enough: Heb. all things</note>
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children <transChange type="added">are</transChange> tender, and the flocks and herds with young <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.<note type="study">according…: Heb. according to the foot of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children</note>
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the folk that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.<note type="study">leave: Heb. set, or, place</note><note type="study">What…: Heb. Wherefore is this?</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.<note type="study">Succoth: that is, Booths</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.<note type="study">Shechem: Gr. Sychem</note>
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.<note type="study">Hamor: Gr. Emmor</note><note type="study">pieces…: or, lambs</note>
And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.<note type="study">El–elohe–Israel: that is God the God of Israel</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.<note type="study">defiled…: Heb. humbled her</note>
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.<note type="study">kindly…: Heb. to the heart of the damsel</note>
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
And make ye marriages with us, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> a reproach unto us:
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we <transChange type="added">be</transChange>, that every male of you be circumcised;
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> more honourable than all the house of his father.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
These men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> circumcised.
<transChange type="added">Shall</transChange> not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs <transChange type="added">be</transChange> ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.<note type="study">edge: Heb. mouth</note>
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the city, and that which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the field,
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the house.
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I <transChange type="added">being</transChange> few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 35.</title>
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, Put away the strange gods that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in their hand, and <transChange type="added">all their</transChange> earrings which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by Shechem.
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Jacob came to Luz, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the land of Canaan, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, Beth–el, he and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.<note type="study">El–beth–el: that is, The God of Beth–el</note>
But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth.<note type="study">Allon–bachuth: that is, The oak of weeping</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan–aram, and blessed him.
And God said unto him, Thy name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
And God said unto him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.<note type="study">a little…: Heb. a little piece of ground</note>
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.<note type="study">Ben–oni: that is, The son of my sorrow</note><note type="study">Benjamin: that is, The son of the right hand</note>
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Beth–lehem.
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 36.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Esau, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Edom.
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.<note type="study">Bashemath: or, Mahalath</note>
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.<note type="study">persons: Heb. souls</note>
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Edom.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:<note type="study">the Edomites: Heb. Edom</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.<note type="study">Zepho: or, Zephi</note>
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn <transChange type="added">son</transChange> of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> duke Amalek: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dukes <transChange type="added">that came</transChange> of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Adah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dukes <transChange type="added">that came</transChange> of Reuel in the land of Edom; these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the dukes <transChange type="added">that came</transChange> of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Esau, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Edom, and these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their dukes.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Timna.<note type="study">Hemam: or, Homam</note>
And the children of Shobal <transChange type="added">were</transChange> these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.<note type="study">Alvan: or, Alian</note><note type="study">Shepho: or, Shephi</note>
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this <transChange type="added">was that</transChange> Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
And the children of Anah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.<note type="study">Hemdan: or, Amram</note>
The children of Ezer <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.<note type="study">Akan: or, Jakan</note>
The children of Dishan <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these; Uz, and Aran.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dukes <transChange type="added">that came</transChange> of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dukes <transChange type="added">that came</transChange> of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Dinhabah.
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Avith.
And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the river reigned in his stead.
And Saul died, and Baal–hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
And Baal–hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Pau; and his wife's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.<note type="study">Hadar, Pau: or, Hadad, Pai: after his death was an Aristocracy</note>
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the dukes <transChange type="added">that came</transChange> of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,<note type="study">Alvah: or, Aliah</note>
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Esau the father of the Edomites.<note type="study">the Edomites: Heb. Edom</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 37.</title>
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.<note type="study">wherein…: Heb. of his father's sojournings</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Jacob. Joseph, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of <transChange type="added">many</transChange> colours.<note type="study">colours: or, pieces</note>
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
For, behold, we <transChange type="added">were</transChange> binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
And he told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed <transChange type="added">the flock</transChange> in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here <transChange type="added">am I</transChange>.
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.<note type="study">see…: Heb. see the peace of thy brethren, etc.</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And a certain man found him, and, behold, <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed <transChange type="added">their flocks</transChange>.
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.<note type="study">dreamer: Heb. master of dreams</note>
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
And Reuben heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> cast him into this pit that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, <transChange type="added">his</transChange> coat of <transChange type="added">many</transChange> colours that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on him;<note type="study">colours: or, pieces</note>
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit <transChange type="added">was</transChange> empty, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no water in it.
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry <transChange type="added">it</transChange> down to Egypt.
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our brother <transChange type="added">and</transChange> our flesh. And his brethren were content.<note type="study">were…: Heb. hearkened</note>
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not; and I, whither shall I go?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And they sent the coat of <transChange type="added">many</transChange> colours, and they brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thy son's coat or no.
And he knew it, and said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> captain of the guard.<note type="study">officer: Heb. eunuch: but the word doth signify not only eunuchs, but also chamberlains, courtiers, and officers</note><note type="study">captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the slaughter men, or executioners</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 38.</title>
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hirah.
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Tamar.
And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> slew him.
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
And the thing which he did displeased the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: wherefore he slew him also.<note type="study">displeased…: Heb. was evil in the eyes of the Lord</note>
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren <transChange type="added">did</transChange>. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.<note type="study">in process…: Heb. the days were multiplied</note>
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.<note type="study">an open…: Heb. the door of eyes, or, of Enajim</note>
When Judah saw her, he thought her <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> an harlot; because she had covered her face.
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
And he said, I will send <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give <transChange type="added">me</transChange> a pledge, till thou send <transChange type="added">it</transChange>?<note type="study">a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats</note>
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine hand. And he gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive <transChange type="added">his</transChange> pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the harlot, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.<note type="study">openly: or, in Enajim</note>
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> there was no harlot in this <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.
And Judah said, Let her take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.<note type="study">be shamed: Heb. become a contempt</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
When she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these <transChange type="added">are, am</transChange> I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
And Judah acknowledged <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in her womb.
And it came to pass, when she travailed, that <transChange type="added">the one</transChange> put out <transChange type="added">his</transChange> hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? <transChange type="added">this</transChange> breach <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.<note type="study">How hast…: or, Wherefore hast thou made this breach against thee?</note><note type="study">Pharez: that is A breach</note>
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 39.</title>
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And his master saw that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him, and that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he had he put into his hand.
And it came to pass from the time <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was <transChange type="added">a</transChange> goodly <transChange type="added">person</transChange>, and well favoured.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> to be with her.
And it came to pass about this time, that <transChange type="added">Joseph</transChange> went into the house to do his business; and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none of the men of the house there within.
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:<note type="study">loud: Heb. great</note>
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners <transChange type="added">were</transChange> bound: and he was there in the prison.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.<note type="study">shewed…: Heb. extended kindness unto him</note>
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>.
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> under his hand; because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with him, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which he did, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to prosper.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 40.</title>
And it came to pass after these things, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the butler of the king of Egypt and <transChange type="added">his</transChange> baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And Pharaoh was wroth against two <transChange type="added">of</transChange> his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph <transChange type="added">was</transChange> bound.
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> bound in the prison.
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sad.
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye <transChange type="added">so</transChange> sadly to day?<note type="study">look…: Heb. are your faces evil?</note>
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, <transChange type="added">Do</transChange> not interpretations <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to God? tell me <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, I pray you.
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before me;
And in the vine <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three branches: and it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as though it budded, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
And Pharaoh's cup <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
And Joseph said unto him, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the interpretation of it: The three branches <transChange type="added">are</transChange> three days:
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.<note type="study">lift…: or, reckon</note>
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:<note type="study">think…: Heb. remember me with thee</note>

For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in my dream, and, behold, <transChange type="added">I had</transChange> three white baskets on my head:<note type="study">white: or, full of holes</note>
And in the uppermost basket <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.<note type="study">bakemeats…: Heb. meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, or, cook</note>
And Joseph answered and said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the interpretation thereof: The three baskets <transChange type="added">are</transChange> three days:
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.<note type="study">lift…: or, reckon thee, and take thy office from thee</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass the third day, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.<note type="study">lifted…: or, reckoned</note>
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 41.</title>
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> kine upon the brink of the river.
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.<note type="study">rank: Heb. fat</note>
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> a dream.
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> me and the chief baker:
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved <transChange type="added">himself</transChange>, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.<note type="study">brought…: Heb. made him run</note>
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.<note type="study">thou…: or, when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it</note>
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.<note type="study">eaten…: Heb. come to the inward parts of them</note>
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:<note type="study">withered: or, small</note>
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told <transChange type="added">this</transChange> unto the magicians; but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none that could declare <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to me.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> about to do.
The seven good kine <transChange type="added">are</transChange> seven years; and the seven good ears <transChange type="added">are</transChange> seven years: the dream <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one.
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them <transChange type="added">are</transChange> seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> very grievous.<note type="study">grievous: Heb. heavy</note>
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> because the thing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.<note type="study">established…: or, prepared of God</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Let Pharaoh do <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.<note type="study">officers: or, overseers</note>
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.<note type="study">perish…: Heb. be not cut off</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find <transChange type="added">such a one</transChange> as this <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, a man in whom the Spirit of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange>?
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none so discreet and wise as thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>:
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.<note type="study">be ruled: Heb. be armed, or, kiss</note>
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;<note type="study">fine…: or, silk</note>
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him <transChange type="added">ruler</transChange> over all the land of Egypt.<note type="study">Bow…: or, Tender father: Heb. Abrech</note>
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the land of Egypt.<note type="study">Zaphnath–paaneah: which in the Coptic signifies, A revealer of secrets, or, The man to whom secrets are revealed</note><note type="study">priest: or, prince</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joseph <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> round about every city, laid he up in the same.
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> without number.
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.<note type="study">priest: or, prince</note>
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, <transChange type="added">said he</transChange>, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.<note type="study">Manasseh: that is, Forgetting</note>
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.<note type="study">Ephraim: that is, Fruitful</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.<note type="study">all the storehouses: Heb. all wherein was</note>
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy <transChange type="added">corn</transChange>; because that the famine was <transChange type="added">so</transChange> sore in all lands.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 42.</title>
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
And the sons of Israel came to buy <transChange type="added">corn</transChange> among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And Joseph <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the governor over the land, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their faces to the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.<note type="study">roughly…: Heb. hard things with them</note>
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all one man's sons; we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> true <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, thy servants are no spies.
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
And they said, Thy servants <transChange type="added">are</transChange> twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this day with our father, and one <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not.
And Joseph said unto them, That <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> that I spake unto you, saying, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> spies:
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether <transChange type="added">there be any</transChange> truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> spies.<note type="study">kept…: Heb. bound</note>
And he put them all together into ward three days.<note type="study">put: Heb. gathered</note>
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> I fear God:
If ye <transChange type="added">be</transChange> true <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they said one to another, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
And they knew not that Joseph understood <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.<note type="study">he spake…: Heb. an interpreter was between them</note>
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his sack's mouth.
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> even in my sack: and their heart failed <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this <transChange type="added">that</transChange> God hath done unto us?<note type="study">failed…: Heb. went forth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
The man, <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.<note type="study">roughly…: Heb. with us hard things</note>
And we said unto him, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> true <transChange type="added">men</transChange>; we are no spies:
We <transChange type="added">be</transChange> twelve brethren, sons of our father; one <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not, and the youngest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> true <transChange type="added">men</transChange>; leave one of your brethren <transChange type="added">here</transChange> with me, and take <transChange type="added">food for</transChange> the famine of your households, and be gone:
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> no spies, but <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> true <transChange type="added">men: so</transChange> will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his sack: and when <transChange type="added">both</transChange> they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved <transChange type="added">of my children</transChange>: Joseph <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not, and Simeon <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not, and ye will take Benjamin <transChange type="added">away</transChange>: all these things are against me.
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 43.</title>
And the famine <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sore in the land.
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you.<note type="study">did…: Heb. protesting protested</note>
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
But if thou wilt not send <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you.
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye <transChange type="added">so</transChange> ill with me, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> your father yet alive? have ye <transChange type="added">another</transChange> brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?<note type="study">asked…: Heb. asking asked us</note><note type="study">tenor: Heb. mouth</note><note type="study">could…: Heb. knowing could we know</note>
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> also our little ones.
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.<note type="study">this: or, twice by this</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And their father Israel said unto them, If <transChange type="added">it must be</transChange> so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry <transChange type="added">it</transChange> again in your hand; peradventure it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an oversight:
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved <transChange type="added">of my children</transChange>, I am bereaved.<note type="study">If…: or, And I, as I have been, etc.</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring <transChange type="added">these</transChange> men home, and slay, and make ready; for <transChange type="added">these</transChange> men shall dine with me at noon.<note type="study">slay: Heb. kill a killing</note><note type="study">dine: Heb. eat</note>
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.<note type="study">seek…: Heb. roll himself upon us</note>
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:<note type="study">we…: Heb. coming down we came down</note>
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, <transChange type="added">every</transChange> man's money <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
And he said, Peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.<note type="study">I had…: Heb. your money came to me</note>
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
And he asked them of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> welfare, and said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> he yet alive?<note type="study">welfare: Heb. peace</note><note type="study">Is your…: Heb. Is there peace to your father?</note>
And they answered, Thy servant our father <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in good health, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought <transChange type="added">where</transChange> to weep; and he entered into <transChange type="added">his</transChange> chamber, and wept there.
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination unto the Egyptians.
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
And he took <transChange type="added">and sent</transChange> messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.<note type="study">were…: Heb. drank largely</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 44.</title>
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks <transChange type="added">with</transChange> food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.<note type="study">the steward…: Heb. him that was over his house</note>
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> when they were gone out of the city, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.<note type="study">divineth: or, maketh trial?</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
And he said, Now also <transChange type="added">let</transChange> it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
And he searched, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
And Joseph said unto them, What deed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?<note type="study">divine: or, make trial?</note>
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my lord's servants, both we, and <transChange type="added">he</transChange> also with whom the cup is found.
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> even as Pharaoh.
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he should leave his father, <transChange type="added">his father</transChange> would die.
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
And our father said, Go again, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> buy us a little food.
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with us.
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two <transChange type="added">sons</transChange>:
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">with us</transChange>, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.<note type="study">come…: Heb. find my father</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 45.</title>
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.<note type="study">wept…: Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping</note>
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.<note type="study">troubled: or, terrified</note>
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.<note type="study">nor…: Heb. neither let there be anger in your eyes</note>
For these two years <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> the famine <transChange type="added">been</transChange> in the land: and yet <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> five years, in the which <transChange type="added">there shall</transChange> neither <transChange type="added">be</transChange> earing nor harvest.
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.<note type="study">to preserve…: Heb. to put for you a remnant</note>
So now <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> not you <transChange type="added">that</transChange> sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
And there will I nourish thee; for yet <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> my mouth that speaketh unto you.
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.<note type="study">pleased…: Heb. was good in the eyes of Pharaoh</note>
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yours.<note type="study">regard…: Heb. let not your eye spare, etc.</note>
And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.<note type="study">commandment: Heb. mouth</note>
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver, and five changes of raiment.
And to his father he sent after this <transChange type="added">manner</transChange>; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.<note type="study">laden…: Heb. carrying</note>
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
And told him, saying, Joseph <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet alive, and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.<note type="study">Jacob's: Heb. his</note>
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
And Israel said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> enough; Joseph my son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 46.</title>
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I.
And he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up <transChange type="added">again</transChange>: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.<note type="study">Jemuel: or, Nemuel</note><note type="study">Jachin: or, Jarib</note><note type="study">Zohar: or, Zerah</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.<note type="study">Gershon: or, Gershom</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.<note type="study">Phuvah, and Job: or, Puah, and Jashub</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
These <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan–aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirty and three.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.<note type="study">Ziphion: or, Zephon</note><note type="study">Ezbon: or, Ozni</note><note type="study">Arodi: or, Arod</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> sixteen souls.
The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.<note type="study">priest: or, prince</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Benjamin <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.<note type="study">Ehi: or, Ahiram</note><note type="study">Muppim: or, Shupham or, Shuppim</note><note type="study">Huppim: or, Hupham</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fourteen.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Dan; Hushim.<note type="study">Hushim: or, Shuham</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls <transChange type="added">were</transChange> seven.
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls <transChange type="added">were</transChange> threescore and six;<note type="study">loins: Heb. thigh</note>
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> threescore and ten.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> yet alive.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
And the men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.<note type="study">their trade…: Heb. they are men of cattle</note>
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your occupation?
That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination unto the Egyptians.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 47.</title>
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the land of Goshen.
And he took some of his brethren, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants <transChange type="added">are</transChange> shepherds, both we, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> also our fathers.
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
The land of Egypt <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest <transChange type="added">any</transChange> men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou?<note type="study">How…: Heb. How many are the days of the years of thy life?</note>
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to <transChange type="added">their</transChange> families.<note type="study">according…: or, as a little child is nourished: Heb. according to the little ones</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no bread in all the land; for the famine <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very sore, so that the land of Egypt and <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread <transChange type="added">in exchange</transChange> for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.<note type="study">fed…: Heb. led them</note>
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give <transChange type="added">us</transChange> seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> end of the borders of Egypt even to the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> end thereof.
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion <transChange type="added">assigned them</transChange> of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.<note type="study">priests: or, princes</note>
Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, <transChange type="added">here is</transChange> seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Pharaoh should have the fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange>; except the land of the priests only, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> became not Pharaoh's.<note type="study">priests: or, princes</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.<note type="study">the whole…: Heb. the days of the years of his life</note>
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 48.</title>
And it came to pass after these things, that <transChange type="added">one</transChange> told Joseph, Behold, thy father <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an everlasting possession.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Beth–lehem.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these?
And Joseph said unto his father, They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my sons, whom God hath given me in this <transChange type="added">place</transChange>. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.<note type="study">dim: Heb. heavy</note>
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> near unto him.
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon Ephraim's head, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the firstborn.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.<note type="study">grow: Heb. as fishes do increase</note>
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.<note type="study">displeased…: was evil in his eyes</note>
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
And his father refused, and said, I know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, my son, I know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.<note type="study">multitude: Heb. fulness</note>
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 49.</title>
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which shall befall you in the last days.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Reuben, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: he went up to my couch.<note type="study">thou shalt…: Heb. do not thou excel</note><note type="study">he went…: or, my couch is gone</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Simeon and Levi <transChange type="added">are</transChange> brethren; instruments of cruelty <transChange type="added">are in</transChange> their habitations.<note type="study">instruments…: or, their swords are weapons of violence</note>
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.<note type="study">digged…: or, houghed oxen</note>
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> their anger, for <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Judah, thou <transChange type="added">art he</transChange> whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> the gathering of the people <transChange type="added">be</transChange>.
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
His eyes <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for an haven of ships; and his border <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> unto Zidon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Issachar <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
And he saw that rest <transChange type="added">was</transChange> good, and the land that <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.<note type="study">an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake</note>
I have waited for thy salvation, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Out of Asher his bread <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Naphtali <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Joseph <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fruitful bough, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a fruitful bough by a well; <transChange type="added">whose</transChange> branches run over the wall:<note type="study">branches: Heb. daughters</note>
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot <transChange type="added">at him</transChange>, and hated him:
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty <transChange type="added">God</transChange> of Jacob; (from thence <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Benjamin shall ravin <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>All these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the twelve tribes of Israel: and this <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
In the cave that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the field of Machpelah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
The purchase of the field and of the cave that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein <transChange type="added">was</transChange> from the children of Heth.
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 50.</title>
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.<note type="study">mourned: Heb. wept</note>
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beyond Jordan.<note type="study">Abel–mizraim: that is, The mourning of the Egyptians</note>
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,<note type="study">sent: Heb. charged</note>
So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thy servants.
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I in the place of God?
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day, to save much people alive.
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.<note type="study">kindly…: Heb. to their hearts</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third <transChange type="added">generation</transChange>: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.<note type="study">brought…: Heb. born</note>
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
So Joseph died, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
<title type="main">THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED EXODUS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt <transChange type="added">already</transChange>.<note type="study">loins: Heb. thigh</note>
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> more and mightier than we:
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> get them up out of the land.
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.<note type="study">But…: Heb. And as they afflicted them, so they multiplied, etc</note>
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with rigour.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon the stools; if it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a daughter, then she shall live.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not as the Egyptian women; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took <transChange type="added">to wife</transChange> a daughter of Levi.
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he <transChange type="added">was a</transChange> goodly <transChange type="added">child</transChange>, she hid him three months.
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the flags by the river's brink.
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash <transChange type="added">herself</transChange> at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
And when she had opened <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This <transChange type="added">is one</transChange> of the Hebrews' children.
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.<note type="study">Moses: that is, Drawn out</note>

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.<note type="study">a prince: Heb. a man, a prince</note>
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew <transChange type="added">water</transChange>, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.<note type="study">priest: or, prince</note>
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How <transChange type="added">is it that</transChange> ye are come so soon to day?<note type="study">Reuel: called also Jethro, or, Jether</note>
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew <transChange type="added">water</transChange> enough for us, and watered the flock.
And he said unto his daughters, And where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he? why <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And she bare <transChange type="added">him</transChange> a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.<note type="study">Gershom: that is, A stranger here</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note type="study">had…: Heb. knew</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to Horeb.
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not consumed.
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
And when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I.
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy ground.
Moreover he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto God, Who <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
And Moses said unto God, Behold, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name? what shall I say unto them?
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my name for ever, and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my memorial unto all generations.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and <transChange type="added">seen</transChange> that which is done to you in Egypt:
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.<note type="study">no…: or, but by strong hand</note>
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.<note type="study">the Egyptians: or, Egypt</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not appeared unto thee.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
That they may believe that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand <transChange type="added">was</transChange> leprous as snow.
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his <transChange type="added">other</transChange> flesh.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>.<note type="study">shall become: Heb. shall be and shall be</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O my Lord, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.<note type="study">eloquent: Heb. a man of words</note><note type="study">heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, nor since the third day</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand <transChange type="added">of him whom</transChange> thou wilt send.<note type="study">wilt: or, shouldest</note>
And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against Moses, and he said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.<note type="study">Jethro: Heb. Jether</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my son, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> my firstborn:
And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thy firstborn.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> met him, and sought to kill him.
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou to me.<note type="study">sharp…: or, knife</note><note type="study">cast…: Heb. made it touch</note>
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband <transChange type="added">thou art</transChange>, because of the circumcision.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
And Aaron spake all the words which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
And the people believed: and when they heard that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
And Pharaoh said, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither will I let Israel go.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> thereof: for they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sacrifice to our God.
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.<note type="study">Let there…: Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
And the taskmasters hasted <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, saying, Fulfil your works, <transChange type="added">your</transChange> daily tasks, as when there was straw.<note type="study">your daily…: Heb. a matter of a day in his day</note>
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beaten; but the fault <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine own people.
But he said, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> idle, <transChange type="added">ye are</transChange> idle: therefore ye say, Let us go <transChange type="added">and</transChange> do sacrifice to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Go therefore now, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
And the officers of the children of Israel did see <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in evil <transChange type="added">case</transChange>, after it was said, Ye shall not minish <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> from your bricks of your daily task.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
And they said unto them, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.<note type="study">to be…: Heb. to stink</note>
And Moses returned unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou <transChange type="added">so</transChange> evil entreated this people? why <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast sent me?
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.<note type="study">neither…: Heb. delivering thou hast not delivered</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:<note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName>: or, <divineName>Jehovah</divineName></note>
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by <transChange type="added">the name of</transChange> God Almighty, but by my name <seg><divineName>Jehovah</divineName></seg> was I not known to them.
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">swear: Heb. lift up my hand</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.<note type="study">anguish: Heb. shortness, or, straitness</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
And Moses spake before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who <transChange type="added">am</transChange> of uncircumcised lips?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the families of Reuben.
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of Simeon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred thirty and seven years.
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred thirty and three years.
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of Levi according to their generations.
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred and thirty and seven years.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Korhites.
And Eleazar Aaron's son took him <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> that Aaron and Moses, to whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> that Moses and Aaron.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the day <transChange type="added">when</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,
That the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
And Moses said before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
And the Egyptians shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

And Moses and Aaron did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded them, so did they.
And Moses <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before Pharaoh, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> it shall become a serpent.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
And thou shalt say unto him, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, In this thou shalt know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: behold, I will smite with the rod that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in mine hand upon the waters which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
And the fish that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in <transChange type="added">vessels of</transChange> wood, and in <transChange type="added">vessels of</transChange> stone.<note type="study">pools…: Heb. gathering of their waters</note>
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the river were turned to blood.
And the fish that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said.
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had smitten the river.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
And if thou refuse to let <transChange type="added">them</transChange> go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:<note type="study">kneadingtroughs: or, dough</note>
And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they may remain in the river only?<note type="study">Glory…: or, Have this honour over me, etc</note><note type="study">when: or, against when</note><note type="study">to destroy: Heb. to cut off</note>
And he said, To morrow. And he said, <transChange type="added">Be it</transChange> according to thy word: that thou mayest know that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.<note type="study">To morrow: or, Against to morrow</note>
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms <transChange type="added">of flies</transChange> upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms <transChange type="added">of flies</transChange>, and also the ground whereon they <transChange type="added">are</transChange>.<note type="study">swarms…: or, a mixture of noisome beasts, etc</note>
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms <transChange type="added">of flies</transChange> shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the midst of the earth.
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.<note type="study">a division: Heb. a redemption</note><note type="study">to morrow: or, by to morrow</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did so; and there came a grievous swarm <transChange type="added">of flies</transChange> into the house of Pharaoh, and <transChange type="added">into</transChange> his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm <transChange type="added">of flies</transChange>.<note type="study">corrupted: or, destroyed</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, as he shall command us.
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that the swarms <transChange type="added">of flies</transChange> may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms <transChange type="added">of flies</transChange> from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
For if thou refuse to let <transChange type="added">them</transChange> go, and wilt hold them still,
Behold, the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is upon thy cattle which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> a very grievous murrain.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> the children's of Israel.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall do this thing in the land.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth <transChange type="added">with</transChange> blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth <transChange type="added">with</transChange> blains upon man, and upon beast.
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had spoken unto Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like me in all the earth.
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
And in very deed for this <transChange type="added">cause</transChange> have I raised thee up, for to shew <transChange type="added">in</transChange> thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.<note type="study">raised…: Heb. made thee stand</note>
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
Send therefore now, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; <transChange type="added">for upon</transChange> every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
He that feared the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
And he that regarded not the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> left his servants and his cattle in the field.<note type="study">regarded…: Heb. set not his heart unto</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, was there no hail.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous, and I and my people <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wicked.
Intreat the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> (for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> enough) that there be no <transChange type="added">more</transChange> mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.<note type="study">mighty…: Heb. voices of God</note>
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>.
But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God.
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the ear, and the flax <transChange type="added">was</transChange> bolled.
But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not grown up.<note type="study">not grown…: Heb. hidden or, dark</note>
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had spoken by Moses.<note type="study">by Moses: Heb. by the hand of Moses</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:<note type="study">face: Heb. eye</note>
And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that shall go?<note type="study">who…: Heb. who and who, etc</note>
And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we <transChange type="added">must hold</transChange> a feast unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he said unto them, Let the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look <transChange type="added">to it</transChange>; for evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before you.
Not so: go now ye <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> men, and serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all that the hail hath left.
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all <transChange type="added">that</transChange> night; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous <transChange type="added">were they</transChange>; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and against you.<note type="study">called: Heb. hastened to call</note>
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.<note type="study">cast: Heb. fastened</note>
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness <transChange type="added">which</transChange> may be felt.<note type="study">even…: Heb. that one may feel darkness</note>
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.<note type="study">us: Heb. into our hands</note>
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God; and we know not with what we must serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, until we come thither.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in <transChange type="added">that</transChange> day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague <transChange type="added">more</transChange> upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let <transChange type="added">you</transChange> go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Moses said, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.<note type="study">that follow…: Heb. that is at thy feet</note><note type="study">a great…: Heb. heat of anger</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
This month <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> unto you the beginning of months: it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the first month of the year to you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> fathers, a lamb for an house:<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note>
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out from the sheep, or from the goats:<note type="study">of…: Heb. son of a year</note>
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.<note type="study">in…: Heb. between the two evenings</note>
And they shall take of the blood, and strike <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with bitter <transChange type="added">herbs</transChange> they shall eat it.
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast <transChange type="added">with</transChange> fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thus shall ye eat it; <transChange type="added">with</transChange> your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> passover.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">gods: or, princes</note>
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange>: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy <transChange type="added">you</transChange>, when I smite the land of Egypt.<note type="study">to destroy…: Heb. for a destruction</note>
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
And in the first day <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.<note type="study">man: Heb. soul</note>
And ye shall observe <transChange type="added">the feast of</transChange> unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note>
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the blood that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite <transChange type="added">you</transChange>.
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
That ye shall say, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sacrifice of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, that at midnight the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.<note type="study">dungeon: Heb. house of the pit</note>
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not a house where <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not one dead.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as ye have said.
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We <transChange type="added">be</transChange> all dead <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.<note type="study">kneadingtroughs: or, dough</note>
And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them <transChange type="added">such things as they required</transChange>. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> men, beside children.
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> very much cattle.<note type="study">a mixed…: Heb. a great mixture</note>
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> four hundred and thirty years.
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went out from the land of Egypt.
It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a night to be much observed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that night of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.<note type="study">a night…: Heb. a night of observations</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses and Aaron, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.<note type="study">keep…: Heb. do it</note>
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
And it came to pass the selfsame day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of man and of beast: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought you out from this <transChange type="added">place</transChange>: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.<note type="study">bondage: Heb. servants</note>
This day came ye out in the month Abib.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall be when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a feast to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, <transChange type="added">This is done</transChange> because of that <transChange type="added">which</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought thee out of Egypt.
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall be when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
That thou shalt set apart unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">set…: Heb. cause to pass over</note>
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:<note type="study">in…: Heb. to morrow</note>
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought us forth out of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not <transChange type="added">through</transChange> the way of the land of the Philistines, although that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
But God led the people about, <transChange type="added">through</transChange> the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.<note type="study">harnessed: or, by five in a rank</note>
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, <transChange type="added">from</transChange> before the people.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi–hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal–zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And they did so.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses <transChange type="added">and</transChange> chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi–hahiroth, before Baal–zephon.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they said unto Moses, Because <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For <transChange type="added">it had been</transChange> better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.<note type="study">for the…: or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to day</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry <transChange type="added">ground</transChange> through the midst of the sea.
And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
And the Egyptians shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness <transChange type="added">to them</transChange>, but it gave light by night <transChange type="added">to these</transChange>: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> caused the sea to go <transChange type="added">back</transChange> by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>, and the waters were divided.
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry <transChange type="added">ground</transChange>: and the waters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> fighteth for them against the Egyptians.<note type="study">that they…: or, and made them to go heavily</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.<note type="study">overthrew: Heb. shook off</note>
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
But the children of Israel walked upon dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange> in the midst of the sea; and the waters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
And Israel saw that great work which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and believed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his servant Moses.<note type="study">work: Heb. hand</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a man of war: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
Thy right hand, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> consumed them as stubble.
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.<note type="study">destroy: or, repossess</note>
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, among the gods? who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful <transChange type="added">in</transChange> praises, doing wonders?<note type="study">gods: or, mighty ones?</note>
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
The people shall hear, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be <transChange type="added">as</transChange> still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, till the people pass over, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast purchased.
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the place, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast made for thee to dwell in, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the Sanctuary, O Lord, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thy hands have established.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall reign for ever and ever.
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange> in the midst of the sea.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.<note type="study">Marah: that is Bitterness</note>
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
And he cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shewed him a tree, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that healeth thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they came to Elim, where <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.<note type="study">a certain…: Heb. the portion of a day in his day</note>
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for that he heareth your murmurings against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and what <transChange type="added">are</transChange> we, that ye murmur against us?
And Moses said, <transChange type="added">This shall be</transChange>, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what <transChange type="added">are</transChange> we? your murmurings <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not against us, but against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he hath heard your murmurings.
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared in the cloud.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness <transChange type="added">there lay</transChange> a small round thing, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> small as the hoar frost on the ground.
And when the children of Israel saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they said one to another, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> manna: for they wist not what it <transChange type="added">was</transChange>. And Moses said unto them, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the bread which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given you to eat.<note type="study">It is…: or, What is this? or, It is a portion</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, <transChange type="added">according to</transChange> the number of your persons; take ye every man for <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his tents.<note type="study">for every…: Heb. by the poll, or, head</note><note type="study">persons: Heb. souls</note>
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
And when they did mete <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one <transChange type="added">man</transChange>: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
And he said unto them, This <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said, To morrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the rest of the holy sabbath unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: bake <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which ye will bake <transChange type="added">to day</transChange>, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sabbath unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> there went out <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
See, for that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
So the people rested on the seventh day.
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like wafers <transChange type="added">made</transChange> with honey.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to be kept for your generations.
As the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Now an omer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the tenth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an ephah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and pitched in Rephidim: and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no water for the people to drink.
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
And Moses cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Is the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> among us, or not?<note type="study">Massah: that is, Temptation</note><note type="study">Meribah: that is, Chiding, or, Strife</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.<note type="study">Joshua: called Jesus</note>
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
But Moses' hands <transChange type="added">were</transChange> heavy; and they took a stone, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Write this <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a memorial in a book, and rehearse <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah–nissi:<note type="study">Jehovah–nissi: that is, The <divineName>Lord</divineName> my banner</note>
For he said, Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sworn <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">will have</transChange> war with Amalek from generation to generation.<note type="study">Because…: or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, therefore, etc</note><note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName> hath…: Heb. the hand upon the throne of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
And her two sons; of which the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:<note type="study">Gershom: that is A stranger there</note>
And the name of the other <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Eliezer; for the God of my father, <transChange type="added">said he, was</transChange> mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:<note type="study">Eliezer: that is, My God is an help</note>
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> welfare; and they came into the tent.<note type="study">welfare: Heb. peace</note>
And Moses told his father in law all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and <transChange type="added">how</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered them.<note type="study">come…: Heb. found them</note>
And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
And Jethro said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Now I know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> above them.
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> know the statutes of God, and his laws.<note type="study">one…: Heb. a man and his fellow</note>
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee: for this thing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.<note type="study">Thou wilt…: Heb. Fading thou wilt fade</note>
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place <transChange type="added">such</transChange> over them, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> rulers of thousands, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear <transChange type="added">the burden</transChange> with thee.
If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they <transChange type="added">into</transChange> the wilderness of Sinai.
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
And Moses went up unto God, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and <transChange type="added">how</transChange> I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine:
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded him.
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.

<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, <transChange type="added">that ye</transChange> go <transChange type="added">not</transChange> up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.<note type="study">trumpet: or, cornet</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at <transChange type="added">your</transChange> wives.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the camp trembled.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called Moses <transChange type="added">up</transChange> to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to gaze, and many of them perish.<note type="study">charge: Heb. contest</note>
And let the priests also, which come near to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, sanctify themselves, lest the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> break forth upon them.
And Moses said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, lest he break forth upon them.
So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
And God spake all these words, saying,
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.<note type="study">bondage: Heb. servants</note>
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness <transChange type="added">of any thing</transChange> that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in heaven above, or that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the earth beneath, or that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the water under the earth:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <transChange type="added">generation</transChange> of them that hate me;
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Thou shalt not take the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in vain; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
But the seventh day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sabbath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: <transChange type="added">in it</transChange> thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within thy gates:
For <transChange type="added">in</transChange> six days the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy neighbour's.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they removed, and stood afar off.
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God <transChange type="added">was</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.<note type="study">build…: Heb. build them with hewing</note>
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.<note type="study">by himself: Heb. with his body</note>
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:<note type="study">shall…: Heb. saying shall say</note>
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.<note type="study">please…: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc</note>
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
If he take him another <transChange type="added">wife</transChange>; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver <transChange type="added">him</transChange> into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.<note type="study">curseth: or, revileth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> fist, and he die not, but keepeth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> bed:<note type="study">another: or, his neighbour</note>
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote <transChange type="added">him</transChange> be quit: only he shall pay <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the loss of his time, and shall cause <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to be thoroughly healed.<note type="study">the loss…: Heb. his ceasing</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.<note type="study">punished: Heb. avenged</note>
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his money.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart <transChange type="added">from her</transChange>, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges <transChange type="added">determine</transChange>.
And if <transChange type="added">any</transChange> mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> quit.
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
The owner of the pit shall make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> good, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> give money unto the owner of them; and the dead <transChange type="added">beast</transChange> shall be his.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead <transChange type="added">ox</transChange> also they shall divide.
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.<note type="study">or a sheep: or, or a goat</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, <transChange type="added">there shall</transChange> no blood <transChange type="added">be shed</transChange> for him.
If the sun be risen upon him, <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> blood <transChange type="added">shed</transChange> for him; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed <transChange type="added">therewith</transChange>; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, <transChange type="added">to see</transChange> whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
For all manner of trespass, <transChange type="added">whether it be</transChange> for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> for any manner of lost thing, which <transChange type="added">another</transChange> challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing <transChange type="added">it</transChange>:
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> shall an oath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, and he shall not make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> good.
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
If it be torn in pieces, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> let him bring it <transChange type="added">for</transChange> witness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he shall not make good that which was torn.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a man borrow <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof <transChange type="added">being</transChange> not with it, he shall surely make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> good.
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> if the owner thereof <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with it, he shall not make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> good: if it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> an hired <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, it came for his hire.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.<note type="study">pay: Heb. weigh</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He that sacrificeth unto <transChange type="added">any</transChange> god, save unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If thou lend money to <transChange type="added">any of</transChange> my people <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
For that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his covering only, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> gracious.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.<note type="study">gods: or, judges</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not delay <transChange type="added">to offer</transChange> the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.<note type="study">the first…: Heb. thy fulness</note><note type="study">liquors: Heb. tear</note>
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat <transChange type="added">any</transChange> flesh <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.<note type="study">raise: or, receive</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not follow a multitude to <transChange type="added">do</transChange> evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest <transChange type="added">judgment</transChange>:<note type="study">speak: Heb. answer</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.<note type="study">and…: or, wilt thou cease to help him? or, and wouldest cease to leave thy business for him: thou shalt surely leave it to join with him</note>
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.<note type="study">the wise: Heb. the seeing</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.<note type="study">heart: Heb. soul</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
But the seventh <transChange type="added">year</transChange> thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with thy oliveyard.<note type="study">oliveyard: or, olive trees</note>
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
And in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.<note type="study">sacrifice: or, feast</note>
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in him.
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.<note type="study">an adversary…: or, I will afflict them that afflict thee</note>
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
And ye shall serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.<note type="study">backs: Heb. neck</note>
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
And Moses alone shall come near the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses came and told the people all the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said will we do.
And Moses wrote all the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Moses took half of the blood, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said will we do, and be obedient.
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made with you concerning all these words.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
And they saw the God of Israel: and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> clearness.
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
And the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
And the sight of the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.<note type="study">bring me: Heb. take for me</note><note type="study">offering: or, heave offering</note>
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,<note type="study">offering: or, heave offering</note>
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange>,<note type="study">fine…: or, silk</note>
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
According to all that I shew thee, <transChange type="added">after</transChange> the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they shall make an ark <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood: two cubits and a half <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the four corners thereof; and two rings <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
And thou shalt make staves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
And thou shalt make a mercy seat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold: two cubits and a half <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
And thou shalt make two cherubims <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.<note type="study">of…: or, of the matter of the mercy seat</note>
And the cherubims shall stretch forth <transChange type="added">their</transChange> wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces <transChange type="added">shall look</transChange> one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the ark of the testimony, of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt also make a table <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood: two cubits <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on the four feet thereof.
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
And thou shalt make the staves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold shalt thou make them.<note type="study">to…: or, to pour out withal</note>
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make a candlestick <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold: <transChange type="added">of</transChange> beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
Three bowls made like unto almonds, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
And in the candlestick <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> four bowls made like unto almonds, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their knops and their flowers.
And <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> one beaten work <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold.
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.<note type="study">shall light: or, shall cause to ascend</note><note type="study">it: Heb. the face of it</note>
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> pure gold.
<transChange type="added">Of</transChange> a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
And look that thou make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.<note type="study">which…: Heb. which thou wast caused to see</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle <transChange type="added">with</transChange> ten curtains <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: <transChange type="added">with</transChange> cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.<note type="study">of cunning…: Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer</note>
The length of one curtain <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and <transChange type="added">other</transChange> five curtains <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> coupled one to another.
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of <transChange type="added">another</transChange> curtain, in the coupling of the second.<note type="study">selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel</note>
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make curtains <transChange type="added">of</transChange> goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange> to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
The length of one curtain <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains <transChange type="added">shall be all</transChange> of one measure.
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.<note type="study">tent: or, covering</note>
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.<note type="study">of that…: Heb. in the remainder, or, surplus</note>
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent <transChange type="added">of</transChange> rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above <transChange type="added">of</transChange> badgers' skins.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood standing up.
Ten cubits <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the length of a board, and a cubit and a half <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the breadth of one board.
Two tenons <transChange type="added">shall there be</transChange> in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.<note type="study">tenons: Heb. hands</note>
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.<note type="study">tenons: Heb. hands</note>
And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> twenty boards:
And their forty sockets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.<note type="study">coupled: Heb. twinned</note>
And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make bars <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold <transChange type="added">for</transChange> places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make a vail <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim <transChange type="added">wood</transChange> overlaid with gold: their hooks <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> and the most holy.
And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.
And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim <transChange type="added">wood</transChange>, and overlay them with gold, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their hooks <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
And thou shalt make an altar <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> three cubits.
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass.
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">it was…: Heb. he shewed</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> hangings for the court <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> silver.
And likewise for the north side in length <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> hangings of an hundred <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the breadth of the court on the west side <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> fifty cubits.
The hangings of one side <transChange type="added">of the gate shall be</transChange> fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And on the other side <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> hangings fifteen <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And for the gate of the court <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an hanging of twenty cubits, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their pillars <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> four, and their sockets four.
All the pillars round about the court <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> filleted with silver; their hooks <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> silver, and their sockets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The length of the court <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine twined linen, and their sockets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass.<note type="study">fifty…: Heb. fifty by fifty</note>
All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> brass.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.<note type="study">to burn: Heb. to ascend up</note>
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
And thou shalt speak unto all <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they shall make the ephod <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> purple, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it shall be joined together.
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; <transChange type="added">even of</transChange> gold, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.<note type="study">curious: or, embroidered</note>
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
Six of their names on one stone, and <transChange type="added">the other</transChange> six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
With the work of an engraver in stone, <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod <transChange type="added">for</transChange> stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make ouches <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold;
And two chains <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold at the ends; <transChange type="added">of</transChange> wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> purple, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> scarlet, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Foursquare it shall be <transChange type="added">being</transChange> doubled; a span <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the length thereof, and a span <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the breadth thereof.
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> four rows of stones: <transChange type="added">the first</transChange> row <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: <transChange type="added">this shall be</transChange> the first row.<note type="study">set…: Heb. fill in it fillings of stone</note><note type="study">sardius: or, ruby</note>
And the second row <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.<note type="study">inclosings: Heb. fillings</note>
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends <transChange type="added">of</transChange> wreathen work <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold.
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
And thou shalt put the two wreathen <transChange type="added">chains</transChange> of gold in the two rings <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> on the ends of the breastplate.
And <transChange type="added">the other</transChange> two ends of the two wreathen <transChange type="added">chains</transChange> thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the side of the ephod inward.
And two <transChange type="added">other</transChange> rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that <transChange type="added">it</transChange> may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, for a memorial before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> continually.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> continually.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue.
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And <transChange type="added">beneath</transChange> upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> purple, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:<note type="study">hem: or, skirts</note>
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt make a plate <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold, and grave upon it, <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the engravings of a signet, <inscription>HOLINESS TO THE <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg></inscription>.
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle <transChange type="added">of</transChange> needlework.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.<note type="study">consecrate…: Heb. fill their hand</note>
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:<note type="study">their…: Heb. flesh of their nakedness</note><note type="study">reach: Heb. be</note>
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>; that they bear not iniquity, and die: <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: <transChange type="added">of</transChange> wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon his head, and anoint him.
And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.<note type="study">put: Heb. bind</note><note type="study">consecrate: Heb. fill the hand of</note>
And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon them, and burn <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon the altar.<note type="study">the caul: it seemeth by anatomy, and the Hebrew doctors, to be the midriff</note>
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sin offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle <transChange type="added">it</transChange> round about upon the altar.
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto his pieces, and unto his head.<note type="study">unto: or, upon</note>
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
And thou shalt take of the blood that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul <transChange type="added">above</transChange> the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon them, and the right shoulder; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a ram of consecration:
And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">shalt wave: or, shalt shake to and fro</note>
And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and it shall be thy part.
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for Aaron, and of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which is for his sons:
And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> their heave offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.<note type="study">that son: Heb. he of his sons</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the basket, <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, because they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy.
And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.

And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
And thou shalt offer every day a bullock <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now this <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a drink offering.
And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<transChange type="added">This shall be</transChange> a continual burnt offering throughout your generations <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and <transChange type="added">the tabernacle</transChange> shall be sanctified by my glory.<note type="study">the tabernacle: or, Israel</note>
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
And they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood shalt thou make it.
A cubit <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the height thereof: the horns thereof <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> of the same.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.<note type="study">top: Heb. roof</note><note type="study">sides: Heb. walls</note>
And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.<note type="study">corners: Heb. ribs</note>
And thou shalt make the staves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
And thou shalt put it before the vail that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.<note type="study">sweet incense: Heb. incense of spices</note>
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> throughout your generations.<note type="study">lighteth: or setteth up: Heb. causeth to ascend</note><note type="study">at even: Heb. between the two evenings</note>
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when <transChange type="added">thou</transChange> numberest them.<note type="study">their number: Heb. them that are to be numbered</note>
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> twenty gerahs:) an half shekel <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the offering of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when <transChange type="added">they</transChange> give an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to make an atonement for your souls.<note type="study">give more: Heb. multiply</note><note type="study">give less: Heb. diminish</note>
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to make an atonement for your souls.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Thou shalt also make a laver <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass, and his foot <transChange type="added">also of</transChange> brass, to wash <transChange type="added">withal</transChange>: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> two hundred and fifty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>,
And of cassia five hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.<note type="study">apothecary: or, perfumer</note>
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that <transChange type="added">they</transChange> may minister unto me in the priest's office.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make <transChange type="added">any other</transChange> like it, after the composition of it: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> it shall be holy unto you.
Whosoever compoundeth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> like it, or whosoever putteth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; <transChange type="added">these</transChange> sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like <transChange type="added">weight</transChange>:
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure <transChange type="added">and</transChange> holy:<note type="study">tempered…: Heb. salted</note>
And thou shalt beat <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And in cutting of stones, to set <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,<note type="study">furniture: Heb. vessels</note>
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,<note type="study">furniture: Heb. vessels</note>
And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,<note type="study">furniture: Heb. vessels</note>
And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> may know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that doth sanctify you.
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sabbath of rest, holy to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: whosoever doeth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.<note type="study">holy: Heb. holiness</note>
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a perpetual covenant.
It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for <transChange type="added">in</transChange> six days the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto me.
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in their ears, and brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto Aaron.
And he received <transChange type="added">them</transChange> at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And when Aaron saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a feast to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange>:
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a stiffnecked people:
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
And Moses besought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, and said, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?<note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName>: Heb. the face of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for ever.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in his hand: the tables <transChange type="added">were</transChange> written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other <transChange type="added">were</transChange> they written.
And the tables <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the work of God, and the writing <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a noise of war in the camp.
And he said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not the voice of <transChange type="added">them that</transChange> shout for mastery, neither <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> the voice of <transChange type="added">them that</transChange> cry for being overcome: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the noise of <transChange type="added">them that</transChange> sing do I hear.<note type="study">being…: Heb. weakness</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the fire, and ground <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to powder, and strawed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they <transChange type="added">are set</transChange> on mischief.
For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break <transChange type="added">it</transChange> off. So they gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when Moses saw that the people <transChange type="added">were</transChange> naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto <transChange type="added">their</transChange> shame among their enemies:)<note type="study">their enemies: Heb. those that rose up against them</note>
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> side? <transChange type="added">let him come</transChange> unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
And he said unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.<note type="study">For Moses…: or, And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, because every man hath been against his brother, etc</note><note type="study">Consecrate…: Heb. Fill your hands</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
And Moses returned unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin―; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Therefore now go, lead the people unto <transChange type="added">the place</transChange> of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Depart, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> every one which sought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> without the camp.
And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> all the people rose up, and stood every man <transChange type="added">at</transChange> his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle, and <transChange type="added">the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> talked with Moses.
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man <transChange type="added">in</transChange> his tent door.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy people.
And he said, My presence shall go <transChange type="added">with thee</transChange>, and I will give thee rest.
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not <transChange type="added">with me</transChange>, carry us not up hence.
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the face of the earth.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Behold, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon <transChange type="added">these</transChange> tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> passed by before him, and proclaimed, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear <transChange type="added">the guilty</transChange>; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth <transChange type="added">generation</transChange>.
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> shall see the work of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:<note type="study">images: Heb. statues</note>
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, whose name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jealous, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a jealous God:
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
All that openeth the matrix <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> ox or sheep, <transChange type="added">that is male</transChange>.<note type="study">sheep: or, kid</note>
But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem <transChange type="added">him</transChange> not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.<note type="study">year's end: Heb. revolution of the year</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel.
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God thrice in the year.
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he was there with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.<note type="study">commandments: Heb. words</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
And <transChange type="added">till</transChange> Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
But when Moses went in before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which he was commanded.
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 35.</title>
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the words which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded, that <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> should do them.
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.<note type="study">an…: Heb. holiness</note>
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded, saying,
Take ye from among you an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: whosoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; gold, and silver, and brass,
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange>,
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded;
The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
The ark, and the staves thereof, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,
The cloths of service, to do service in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they brought the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered <transChange type="added">offered</transChange> an offering of gold unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange>, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of blue, and of purple, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of scarlet, and of fine linen.
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange>.
And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And in the cutting of stones, to set <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 36.</title>
Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded.
And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had put wisdom, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it <transChange type="added">withal</transChange>. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded to make.
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: <transChange type="added">with</transChange> cherubims of cunning work made he them.
The length of one curtain <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains <transChange type="added">were</transChange> all of one size.
And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and <transChange type="added">the other</transChange> five curtains he coupled one unto another.
And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of <transChange type="added">another</transChange> curtain, in the coupling of the second.<note type="study">selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel</note>
Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the coupling of the second: the loops held one <transChange type="added">curtain</transChange> to another.
And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he made curtains <transChange type="added">of</transChange> goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange> for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
The length of one curtain <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirty cubits, and four cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of one size.
And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
And he made fifty taches <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
And he made a covering for the tent <transChange type="added">of</transChange> rams' skins dyed red, and a covering <transChange type="added">of</transChange> badgers' skins above <transChange type="added">that</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made boards for the tabernacle <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, standing up.
The length of a board <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
And for the other side of the tabernacle, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.<note type="study">coupled: Heb. twinned</note>
And there were eight boards; and their sockets <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.<note type="study">under…: Heb. two sockets, two sockets under one board</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he made a vail <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: <transChange type="added">with</transChange> cherubims made he it of cunning work.
And he made thereunto four pillars <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim <transChange type="added">wood</transChange>, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;<note type="study">of needlework: Heb. the work of a needleworker or, embroiderer</note>
And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> brass.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 37.</title>
And Bezaleel made the ark <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood: two cubits and a half <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, <transChange type="added">to be set</transChange> by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
And he made staves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made the mercy seat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold: two cubits and a half <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
And he made two cherubims <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;<note type="study">on…: or, out of, etc</note>
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.<note type="study">on the end: or, out of, etc</note><note type="study">on the other end: or, out of, etc</note>
And the cherubims spread out <transChange type="added">their</transChange> wings on high, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he made the table <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood: two cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the four feet thereof.
Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
And he made the staves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
And he made the vessels which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold.<note type="study">to cover…: or, to pour out withal</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made the candlestick <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold: <transChange type="added">of</transChange> beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
And in the candlestick <transChange type="added">were</transChange> four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one beaten work <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold.
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold.
<transChange type="added">Of</transChange> a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he made the incense altar <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood: the length of it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> foursquare; and two cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
And he made the staves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 38.</title>
And he made the altar of burnt offering <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood: five cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass.
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> places for the staves.
And he made the staves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made the laver <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass, and the foot of it <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass, of the lookingglasses of <transChange type="added">the women</transChange> assembling, which assembled <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.<note type="study">lookingglasses: or, brasen glasses</note><note type="study">assembling: Heb. assembling by troops</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
Their pillars <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> silver.
And for the north side <transChange type="added">the hangings were</transChange> an hundred cubits, their pillars <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver.
And for the west side <transChange type="added">were</transChange> hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver.
And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
The hangings of the one side <transChange type="added">of the gate were</transChange> fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
All the hangings of the court round about <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of fine twined linen.
And the sockets for the pillars <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver; and all the pillars of the court <transChange type="added">were</transChange> filleted with silver.
And the hanging for the gate of the court <transChange type="added">was</transChange> needlework, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length, and the height in the breadth <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
And their pillars <transChange type="added">were</transChange> four, and their sockets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass four; their hooks <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver.
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> brass.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>This is the sum of the tabernacle, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And with him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
A bekah for every man, <transChange type="added">that is</transChange>, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.<note type="study">every man: Heb. a poll</note>
And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
And the brass of the offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 39.</title>
And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And he made the ephod <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut <transChange type="added">it into</transChange> wires, to work <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> cunning work.
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple <transChange type="added">it</transChange> together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon it, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the same, according to the work thereof; <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, <transChange type="added">that they should be</transChange> stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made the breastplate <transChange type="added">of</transChange> cunning work, like the work of the ephod; <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> doubled.
And they set in it four rows of stones: <transChange type="added">the first</transChange> row <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the first row.<note type="study">sardius: or, ruby</note>
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
And the stones <transChange type="added">were</transChange> according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> wreathen work <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold.
And they made two ouches <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
And they made two rings of gold, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the side of the ephod inward.
And they made two <transChange type="added">other</transChange> golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made the robe of the ephod <transChange type="added">of</transChange> woven work, all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue.
And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and scarlet, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> twined <transChange type="added">linen</transChange>.
And they made bells <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister <transChange type="added">in</transChange>; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they made coats <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine linen <transChange type="added">of</transChange> woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
And a mitre <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine linen, and goodly bonnets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine linen, and linen breeches <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine twined linen,
And a girdle <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> needlework; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they made the plate of the holy crown <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, <transChange type="added">like to</transChange> the engravings of a signet, <inscription>HOLINESS TO THE <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg></inscription>.
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on high upon the mitre; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, so did they.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
The table, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
The pure candlestick, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the lamps thereof, <transChange type="added">even with</transChange> the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,<note type="study">the sweet…: Heb. the incense of sweet spices</note>
The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
The cloths of service to do service in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.
According to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 40.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.<note type="study">the things…: Heb. the order thereof</note>
And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.<note type="study">most holy: Heb. holiness of holinesses</note>
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thus did Moses: according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded him, so did he.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the tabernacle was reared up.
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
And he set the bread in order upon it before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
And he lighted the lamps before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he set up the hanging <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle.
And he put the altar of burnt offering <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash <transChange type="added">withal</transChange>.
And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> filled the tabernacle.
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> filled the tabernacle.
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:<note type="study">went onward: Heb. journeyed</note>
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
For the cloud of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
<title type="main">THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES CALLED LEVITICUS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the herd, and of the flock.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If his offering <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
And he shall kill the bullock before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that <transChange type="added">is by</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:
And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the fire which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the altar:

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if his offering <transChange type="added">be</transChange> of the flocks, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the fire which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the altar:
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> all, and burn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the altar: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:<note type="study">wring…: or, pinch off the head with the nail</note>
And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:<note type="study">his feathers: or, the filth thereof</note>
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> shall not divide <transChange type="added">it</transChange> asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the fire: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, his offering shall be <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And the remnant of the meat offering <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Aaron's and his sons': <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a thing most holy of the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if thy oblation <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a meat offering <transChange type="added">baken</transChange> in a pan, it shall be <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.<note type="study">in a pan: or, on a flat plate, or, slice</note>
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a meat offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if thy oblation <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a meat offering <transChange type="added">baken</transChange> in the fryingpan, it shall be made <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine flour with oil.
And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the altar: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And that which is left of the meat offering <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Aaron's and his sons': <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a thing most holy of the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.<note type="study">be burnt: Heb. ascend</note>
And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> corn beaten out of full ears.
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a meat offering.
And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of the beaten corn thereof, and <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
And if his oblation <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of the herd; whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the inwards,<note type="study">fat: or, suet</note>
And the two kidneys, and the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on them, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.<note type="study">caul…: or, midriff over the liver, and over the kidneys</note>
And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the wood that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the fire: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; the fat thereof, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the inwards,
And the two kidneys, and the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon them, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the food of the offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if his offering <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a goat, then he shall offer it before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
And he shall offer thereof his offering, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the inwards,
And the two kidneys, and the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon them, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>.
<transChange type="added">It shall be</transChange> a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">concerning things</transChange> which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for a sin offering.
And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, before the vail of the sanctuary.
And the priest shall put <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which <transChange type="added">is at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the inwards,
And the two kidneys, and the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon them, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.<note type="study">without…: Heb. to without the camp</note><note type="study">where…: Heb. at the pouring out of the ashes</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done <transChange type="added">somewhat against</transChange> any of the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">concerning things</transChange> which should not be done, and are guilty;
When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the bullock shall be killed before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the priest shall dip his finger <transChange type="added">in some</transChange> of the blood, and sprinkle <transChange type="added">it</transChange> seven times before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> before the vail.
And he shall put <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the blood upon the horns of the altar which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which <transChange type="added">is at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the altar.
And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sin offering for the congregation.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When a ruler hath sinned, and done <transChange type="added">somewhat</transChange> through ignorance <transChange type="added">against</transChange> any of the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God <transChange type="added">concerning things</transChange> which should not be done, and is guilty;
Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sin offering.
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth <transChange type="added">somewhat against</transChange> any of the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">concerning things</transChange> which ought not to be done, and be guilty;<note type="study">any one: Heb. any soul</note><note type="study">common…: Heb. people of the land</note>
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a witness, whether he hath seen or known <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>; if he do not utter <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, then he shall be guilty.
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>:
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.<note type="study">he be…: Heb. his hand cannot reach to the sufficiency of a lamb</note>
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide <transChange type="added">it</transChange> asunder:
And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sin offering.
And he shall offer the second <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.<note type="study">manner: or, ordinance</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put <transChange type="added">any</transChange> frankincense thereon: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sin offering.
Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a memorial thereof, and burn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sin offering.
And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and <transChange type="added">the remnant</transChange> shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; though he wist <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not, and it shall be forgiven him.
It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;<note type="study">in fellowship: or, in dealing</note><note type="study">fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand</note>
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.<note type="study">in the day…: or, in the day of his being found guilty: Heb. in the day of his trespass</note>
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the burnt offering: It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.<note type="study">because…: or, for the burning</note>
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, before the altar.

And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the meat offering, and shall burn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the altar <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sweet savour, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the memorial of it, unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it <transChange type="added">unto them for</transChange> their portion of my offerings made by fire; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy, as <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. <transChange type="added">It shall be</transChange> a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
In a pan it shall be made with oil; <transChange type="added">and when it is</transChange> baken, thou shalt bring it in: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a statute for ever unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; it shall be wholly burnt.
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy.
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy.
And no sin offering, whereof <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile <transChange type="added">withal</transChange> in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Likewise this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the trespass offering: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy.
In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
And the two kidneys, and the fat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on them, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the flanks, and the caul <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a trespass offering.
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy.
As the sin offering <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the trespass offering: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.
And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.<note type="study">in the pan: or, on the flat plate or, slice</note>
And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one <transChange type="added">as much</transChange> as another.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
Besides the cakes, he shall offer <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an heave offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
But if the sacrifice of his offering <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
And if <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
But the soul that eateth <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that <transChange type="added">pertain</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean <transChange type="added">thing, as</transChange> the uncleanness of man, or <transChange type="added">any</transChange> unclean beast, or any abominable unclean <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which <transChange type="added">pertain</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.<note type="study">beast…: Heb. carcase</note>
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, even the soul that eateth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, <transChange type="added">whether it be</transChange> of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Whatsoever soul <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring his oblation unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
His own hands shall bring the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for <transChange type="added">his</transChange> part.
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>This <transChange type="added">is the portion</transChange> of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire, in the day <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he presented them to minister unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the priest's office;
Which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, <transChange type="added">by</transChange> a statute for ever throughout their generations.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
Which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the wilderness of Sinai.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And Moses did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And Moses said unto the congregation, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded to be done.
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto him therewith.
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> therein, and sanctified them.
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.<note type="study">put bonnets: Heb. bound bonnets</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
And he slew <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and Moses took the blood, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
And he took all the fat that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the inwards, and the caul <transChange type="added">above</transChange> the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the altar.
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
And he killed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
And he slew <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the inwards, and the caul <transChange type="added">above</transChange> the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder:
And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the altar upon the burnt offering: they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> consecrations for a sweet savour: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Moses took the breast, and waved it <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the altar, and sprinkled <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon Aaron, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation <transChange type="added">in</transChange> seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
As he hath done this day, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
Therefore shall ye abide <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
So Aaron and his sons did all things which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded by the hand of Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And it came to pass on the eighth day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer <transChange type="added">them</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will appear unto you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they brought <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Moses said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall appear unto you.
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for himself.
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon the altar.
And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon the burnt offering on the altar.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.<note type="study">manner: or, ordinance</note>
And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.<note type="study">took…: Heb. filled his hand out of it</note>
He slew also the bullock and the ram <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sacrifice of peace offerings, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth <transChange type="added">the inwards</transChange>, and the kidneys, and the caul <transChange type="added">above</transChange> the liver:
And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; as Moses commanded.
And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto all the people.
And there came a fire out from before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: <transChange type="added">which</transChange> when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he commanded them not.
And there went out fire from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and devoured them, and they died before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then Moses said unto Aaron, This <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath kindled.
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Aaron, saying,
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a statute for ever throughout your generations:
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy:
And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire: for so I am commanded.
And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> thy due, and thy sons' due, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave <transChange type="added">it for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> left <transChange type="added">alive</transChange>, saying,
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy, and <transChange type="added">God</transChange> hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, as I commanded.
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and such things have befallen me: and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
And when Moses heard <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, he was content.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on the earth.
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean unto you.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean unto you.
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean unto you.
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean to you.
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> unclean to you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These shall ye eat of all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the waters, they <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an abomination unto you:
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an abomination unto you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are they which</transChange> ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
Every raven after his kind;
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>All fowls that creep, going upon <transChange type="added">all</transChange> four, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an abomination unto you.
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon <transChange type="added">all</transChange> four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
But all <transChange type="added">other</transChange> flying creeping things, which have four feet, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an abomination unto you.
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
And whosoever beareth <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
<transChange type="added">The carcases</transChange> of every beast which divideth the hoof, and <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on <transChange type="added">all</transChange> four, those <transChange type="added">are</transChange> unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> unclean unto you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These also <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
And upon whatsoever <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel <transChange type="added">it be</transChange>, wherein <transChange type="added">any</transChange> work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
And every earthen vessel, whereinto <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of them falleth, whatsoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
Of all meat which may be eaten, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> on which <transChange type="added">such</transChange> water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every <transChange type="added">such</transChange> vessel shall be unclean.
And every <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> whereupon <transChange type="added">any part</transChange> of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; <transChange type="added">whether it be</transChange> oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, <transChange type="added">wherein there is</transChange> plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.<note type="study">wherein…: Heb. a gathering together of waters</note>
And if <transChange type="added">any part</transChange> of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> clean.
But if <transChange type="added">any</transChange> water be put upon the seed, and <transChange type="added">any part</transChange> of their carcase fall thereon, it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> unclean unto you.
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon <transChange type="added">all</transChange> four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination.<note type="study">hath…: Heb. doth multiply feet</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.<note type="study">yourselves abominable: Heb. your souls, etc</note>
For I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
For I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> holy.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:<note type="study">of the first…: Heb. a son of his year</note>
Who shall offer it before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.<note type="study">she be…: Heb. her hand find not sufficiency of</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:<note type="study">rising: or, swelling</note>
And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and <transChange type="added">when</transChange> the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight <transChange type="added">be</transChange> deeper than the skin of his flesh, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
If the bright spot <transChange type="added">be</transChange> white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up <transChange type="added">him that hath</transChange> the plague seven days:
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the plague in his sight be at a stay, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the plague <transChange type="added">be</transChange> somewhat dark, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it <transChange type="added">is but</transChange> a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
And <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a leprosy.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
And the priest shall see <transChange type="added">him</transChange>: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the rising <transChange type="added">be</transChange> white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> quick raw flesh in the rising;<note type="study">quick…: Heb. the quickening of living flesh</note>
It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean.
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of <transChange type="added">him that hath</transChange> the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce <transChange type="added">him</transChange> clean <transChange type="added">that hath</transChange> the plague: it is all turned white: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> clean.
But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the raw flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a leprosy.
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce <transChange type="added">him</transChange> clean <transChange type="added">that hath</transChange> the plague: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> clean.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The flesh also, in which, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> no white hairs therein, and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not lower than the skin, but <transChange type="added">be</transChange> somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a plague.
But if the bright spot stay in his place, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> spread not, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Or if there be <transChange type="added">any</transChange> flesh, in the skin whereof <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a hot burning, and the quick <transChange type="added">flesh</transChange> that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;<note type="study">a hot…: Heb. a burning of fire</note>
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it <transChange type="added">be in</transChange> sight deeper than the skin; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the plague of leprosy.
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> no white hair in the bright spot, and it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> no lower than the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> skin, but <transChange type="added">be</transChange> somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the plague of leprosy.
And if the bright spot stay in his place, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> spread not in the skin, but it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> somewhat dark; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an inflammation of the burning.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in sight deeper than the skin; <transChange type="added">and there be</transChange> in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a dry scall, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a leprosy upon the head or beard.
And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not in sight deeper than the skin, and <transChange type="added">that there is</transChange> no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up <transChange type="added">him that hath</transChange> the plague of the scall seven days:
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not in sight deeper than the skin;
He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up <transChange type="added">him that hath</transChange> the scall seven days more:
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the scall be not spread in the skin, nor <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean.
But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> white bright spots;
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the bright spots in the skin of their flesh <transChange type="added">be</transChange> darkish white; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a freckled spot <transChange type="added">that</transChange> groweth in the skin; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> clean.
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> bald; <transChange type="added">yet is</transChange> he clean.<note type="study">hair…: Heb. head is pilled</note>
And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forehead bald: <transChange type="added">yet is</transChange> he clean.
And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the rising of the sore <transChange type="added">be</transChange> white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
He is a leprous man, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his head.
And the leper in whom the plague <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
All the days wherein the plague <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in him he shall be defiled; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> his habitation <transChange type="added">be</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, <transChange type="added">whether it be</transChange> a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
Whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;<note type="study">thing…: Heb. work of</note>
And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:<note type="study">thing: Heb. vessel, or, instrument</note>
And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up <transChange type="added">it that hath</transChange> the plague seven days:
And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> in any work that is made of skin; the plague <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fretting leprosy; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean.
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
Then the priest shall command that they wash <transChange type="added">the thing</transChange> wherein the plague <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> fret inward, <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> bare within or without.<note type="study">whether…: Heb. whether it be bald in the head thereof, or in the forehead thereof</note>
And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague <transChange type="added">be</transChange> somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a spreading <transChange type="added">plague</transChange>: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with fire.
And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin <transChange type="added">it be</transChange>, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive <transChange type="added">and</transChange> clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:<note type="study">birds: or, sparrows</note>

And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> killed over the running water:
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.<note type="study">into…: Heb. upon the face of the field</note>
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.<note type="study">of the…: Heb. the daughter of her year</note>
And the priest that maketh <transChange type="added">him</transChange> clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the priest's, <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> the trespass offering: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy:
And the priest shall take <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
And the priest shall take <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the log of oil, and pour <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the palm of his own left hand:
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And of the rest of the oil that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
And the remnant of the oil that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And if he <transChange type="added">be</transChange> poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;<note type="study">cannot…: Heb. his hand reach not</note><note type="study">to be…: Heb. for a waving</note>
And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the blood of the trespass offering, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the oil that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his left hand seven times before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And the priest shall put of the oil that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
And the rest of the oil that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> such as he is able to get, the one <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering, and the other <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law <transChange type="added">of him</transChange> in whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get <transChange type="added">that which pertaineth</transChange> to his cleansing.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> as it were a plague in the house:
Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go <transChange type="added">into it</transChange> to see the plague, that all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:<note type="study">empty: or, prepare</note>
And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the plague <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight <transChange type="added">are</transChange> lower than the wall;
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
And they shall take other stones, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the plague be spread in the house, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fretting leprosy in the house: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean.
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry <transChange type="added">them</transChange> forth out of the city into an unclean place.
Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
And if the priest shall come in, and look <transChange type="added">upon it</transChange>, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.<note type="study">shall come…: Heb. in coming in shall come in, etc</note>
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
To teach when <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> unclean, and when <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> clean: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of leprosy.<note type="study">when it is unclean…: Heb. in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, <transChange type="added">because of</transChange> his issue he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean.<note type="study">running…: or, running of the reins</note>
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his uncleanness.
Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.<note type="study">thing: Heb. vessel</note>
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
And he that sitteth on <transChange type="added">any</transChange> thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth <transChange type="added">any of</transChange> those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
And the priest shall offer them, the one <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering, and the other <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for his issue.
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
The woman also with whom man shall lie <transChange type="added">with</transChange> seed of copulation, they shall <transChange type="added">both</transChange> bathe <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if a woman have an issue, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.<note type="study">put…: Heb. in her separation</note>
And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
And if it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> on <transChange type="added">her</transChange> bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> unclean.
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even.
But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the priest shall offer the one <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering, and the other <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for the issue of her uncleanness.
Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among them.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of him that hath an issue, and <transChange type="added">of him</transChange> whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and died;
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> within the vail before the mercy seat, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> put them on.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the other lot for the scapegoat.<note type="study">scapegoat: Heb. Azazel</note>
And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> lot fell, and offer him <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering.<note type="study">fell: Heb. went up</note>
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to make an atonement with him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for himself:
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> within the vail:
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the testimony, that he die not:
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
And he shall make an atonement for the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.<note type="study">remaineth: Heb. dwelleth</note>
And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
And he shall go out unto the altar that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the horns of the altar round about.
And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:

And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send <transChange type="added">him</transChange> away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:<note type="study">a fit…: Heb. a man of opportunity</note>
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.<note type="study">not…: Heb. of separation</note>
And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and shall leave them there:
And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
And the bullock <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the sin offering, and the goat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, shall <transChange type="added">one</transChange> carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And <transChange type="added">this</transChange> shall be a statute for ever unto you: <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in the seventh month, on the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, <transChange type="added">whether it be</transChange> one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
For on that day shall <transChange type="added">the priest</transChange> make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye may be clean from all your sins before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
It <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the holy garments:<note type="study">consecrate: Heb. fill his hand</note>
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded, saying,
What man soever <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out of the camp,
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> before the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> peace offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And whatsoever man <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
For the life of the flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the blood <transChange type="added">that</transChange> maketh an atonement for the soul.
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
And whatsoever man <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.<note type="study">which…: Heb. that hunteth any hunting</note>
For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the life of all flesh; the blood of it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
And every soul that eateth that which died <transChange type="added">of itself</transChange>, or that which was torn <transChange type="added">with beasts, whether it be</transChange> one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.<note type="study">that which died…: Heb. a carcase</note>
But if he wash <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover <transChange type="added">their</transChange> nakedness: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">near…: Heb. remainder of his flesh</note>
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy father's nakedness.
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, <transChange type="added">whether she be</transChange> born at home, or born abroad, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine own nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy father's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy mother's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine aunt.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy brother's nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> her near kinswomen: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wickedness.
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex <transChange type="added">her</transChange>, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life <transChange type="added">time</transChange>.<note type="study">a wife…: or, one wife to another</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through <transChange type="added">the fire</transChange> to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Molech: Gr. Moloch</note>
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> abomination.
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> confusion.
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of these abominations; <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before you, and the land is defiled;)
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before you.
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit <transChange type="added">them</transChange> shall be cut off from among their people.
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> commit not <transChange type="added">any one</transChange> of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God <transChange type="added">am</transChange> holy.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye shall offer it at your own will.
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> abominable; it shall not be accepted.
Therefore <transChange type="added">every one</transChange> that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather <transChange type="added">every</transChange> grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob <transChange type="added">him</transChange>: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not go up and down <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.<note type="study">and…: or, that thou bear not sin for him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.<note type="study">betrothed…: or, abused by any: Heb. reproached by (or, for) man</note><note type="study">she shall…: or, they, etc: Heb. there shall be a scourging</note>
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a ram for a trespass offering.

And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">withal</transChange>.<note type="study">holy…: Heb. holiness of praises to the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye shall not eat <transChange type="added">any thing</transChange> with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.<note type="study">prostitute: Heb. profane</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.<note type="study">vex: or, oppress</note>
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.<note type="study">weights: Heb. stones</note>
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever <transChange type="added">he be</transChange> of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which sanctify you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the man that committeth adultery with <transChange type="added">another</transChange> man's wife, <transChange type="added">even he</transChange> that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon them.
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon them.
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon them.
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon them.
And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.<note type="study">discovered: Heb. made naked</note>
And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.<note type="study">uncovereth: Heb. hath made naked</note>
And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.<note type="study">an…: Heb. a separation</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which have separated you from <transChange type="added">other</transChange> people.
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.<note type="study">creepeth: or, moveth</note>
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">am</transChange> holy, and have severed you from <transChange type="added">other</transChange> people, that ye should be mine.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
But for his kin, that is near unto him, <transChange type="added">that is</transChange>, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> he shall not defile himself, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> a chief man among his people, to profane himself.<note type="study">he…: or, being an husband among his people, he shall not defile himself for his wife, etc</note>
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
They shall not take a wife <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy unto his God.
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which sanctify you, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> holy.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon him: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do sanctify him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever <transChange type="added">he be</transChange> of thy seed in their generations that hath <transChange type="added">any</transChange> blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.<note type="study">bread: or, food</note>
For whatsoever man <transChange type="added">he be</transChange> that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;<note type="study">a dwarf: or, too slender</note>
No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
He shall eat the bread of his God, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of the most holy, and of the holy.
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do sanctify them.
And Moses told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name <transChange type="added">in those things</transChange> which they hallow unto me: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Say unto them, Whosoever <transChange type="added">he be</transChange> of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
What man soever of the seed of Aaron <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> unclean <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;<note type="study">running…: Heb. running of the reins</note>
Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his food.
That which dieth of itself, or is torn <transChange type="added">with beasts</transChange>, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do sanctify them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>There shall no stranger eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the holy thing.
But if the priest buy <transChange type="added">any</transChange> soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.<note type="study">with…: Heb. with the purchase of his money</note>
If the priest's daughter also be <transChange type="added">married</transChange> unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.<note type="study">a stranger: Heb. a man a stranger</note>
But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a man eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> thereof unto it, and shall give <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto the priest with the holy thing.
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do sanctify them.<note type="study">suffer…: or, lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever <transChange type="added">he be</transChange> of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for a burnt offering;
<transChange type="added">Ye shall offer</transChange> at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> whatsoever hath a blemish, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to accomplish <transChange type="added">his</transChange> vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.<note type="study">sheep: or, goats</note>
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note>
Ye shall not offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make <transChange type="added">any offering thereof</transChange> in your land.

Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> blemishes <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And <transChange type="added">whether it be</transChange> cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.<note type="study">ewe: or, she goat</note>
And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, offer <transChange type="added">it</transChange> at your own will.
On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which hallow you,
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, <transChange type="added">Concerning</transChange> the feasts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which ye shall proclaim <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> holy convocations, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my feasts.
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sabbath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in all your dwellings.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the feasts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
In the fourteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the first month at even <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> passover.
And on the fifteenth day of the same month <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the feast of unleavened bread unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> seven days: in the seventh day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:<note type="study">sheaf: or, handful: Heb. omer</note>
And he shall wave the sheaf before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the meat offering thereof <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> of wine, the fourth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin.
And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> the firstfruits unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for the priest.
And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work <transChange type="added">therein: it shall be</transChange> a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Ye shall do no servile work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Also on the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of this seventh month <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
For whatsoever soul <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
And whatsoever soul <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
Ye shall do no manner of work: <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
It <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.<note type="study">celebrate: Heb. rest</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the feast of tabernacles <transChange type="added">for</transChange> seven days unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
On the first day <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>.
Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a solemn assembly; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ye shall do no servile work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>.<note type="study">solemn…: Heb. day of restraint</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the feasts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which ye shall proclaim <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
Beside the sabbaths of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> seven days: on the first day <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sabbath, and on the eighth day <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sabbath.
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God seven days.<note type="study">boughs of goodly trees: Heb. fruit of, etc</note>
And ye shall keep it a feast unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> seven days in the year. <transChange type="added">It shall be</transChange> a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.<note type="study">to cause: Heb. to cause to ascend</note>
Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> continually: <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a statute for ever in your generations.
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> continually.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon <transChange type="added">each</transChange> row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> an offering made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> continually, <transChange type="added">being taken</transChange> from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy unto him of the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire by a perpetual statute.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish <transChange type="added">woman</transChange> and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name <transChange type="added">of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange>, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> might be shewed them.<note type="study">that…: Heb. to expound unto them according to the mouth of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard <transChange type="added">him</transChange> lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
And he that blasphemeth the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he shall surely be put to death, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name <transChange type="added">of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange>, shall be put to death.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.<note type="study">killeth…: Heb. smiteth the life of a man</note>
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.<note type="study">beast for…: Heb. life for life</note>
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him <transChange type="added">again</transChange>.
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">keep: Heb. rest</note>
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> it is a year of rest unto the land.<note type="study">of thy vine…: Heb. of thy separation</note>
And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
And for thy cattle, and for the beast that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.<note type="study">of the jubile: Heb. loud of sound</note>
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather <transChange type="added">the grapes</transChange> in it of thy vine undressed.
For it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for <transChange type="added">according</transChange> to the number <transChange type="added">of the years</transChange> of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the old <transChange type="added">store</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine; for ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> strangers and sojourners with me.<note type="study">for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off</note>
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;<note type="study">himself…: Heb. his hand hath attained and found sufficiency</note>
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
But if he be not able to restore <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; <transChange type="added">within</transChange> a full year may he redeem it.
And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.<note type="study">they may…: Heb. redemption belongeth unto it</note>
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in <transChange type="added">the year of</transChange> jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their possession among the children of Israel.<note type="study">a man…: or, one of the Levites redeem them</note>
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their perpetual possession.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: <transChange type="added">yea, though he be</transChange> a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.<note type="study">fallen…: Heb. his hand faileth</note><note type="study">relieve: Heb. strengthen</note>
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to be your God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if thy brother <transChange type="added">that dwelleth</transChange> by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:<note type="study">compel…: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, etc</note>
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> as an hired servant, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> shall he depart from thee, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
For they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.<note type="study">as…: Heb. with the sale of a bondman</note>
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit <transChange type="added">them for</transChange> a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.<note type="study">they…: Heb. ye shall serve yourselves with them</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother <transChange type="added">that dwelleth</transChange> by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger <transChange type="added">or</transChange> sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:<note type="study">wax rich…: Heb. his hand obtain, etc</note>
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or <transChange type="added">any</transChange> that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
If <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> yet many years <transChange type="added">behind</transChange>, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: <transChange type="added">and the other</transChange> shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
And if he be not redeemed in these <transChange type="added">years</transChange>, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> he, and his children with him.<note type="study">in these…: or, by these means</note>
For unto me the children of Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> servants; they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up <transChange type="added">any</transChange> image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.<note type="study">standing…: or, pillar</note><note type="study">image of…: or, figured stone: Heb. a stone of picture</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make <transChange type="added">you</transChange> afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.<note type="study">rid: Heb. cause to cease</note>
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> that ye break my covenant:
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.<note type="study">over: Heb. upon</note>
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.<note type="study">contrary…: or, at all adventures with me</note>
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your <transChange type="added">high</transChange> ways shall be desolate.
And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of <transChange type="added">my</transChange> covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver <transChange type="added">you</transChange> your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in your enemies' land; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
And upon them that are left <transChange type="added">alive</transChange> of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.<note type="study">shaken: Heb. driven</note>
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
And <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God.
But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the statutes and judgments and laws, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by thy estimation.

And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
And if it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
And if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
And if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> three shekels of silver.
And if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> from sixty years old and above; if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
And if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all that <transChange type="added">any man</transChange> giveth of such unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be holy.
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
And if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, <transChange type="added">who art</transChange> the priest, so shall it be.<note type="study">as…: Heb. according to thy estimation, O priest, etc</note>
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> thereof unto thy estimation.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when a man shall sanctify his house <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
And if a man shall sanctify unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">some part</transChange> of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed <transChange type="added">shall be valued</transChange> at fifty shekels of silver.<note type="study">an…: or, the land of an homer, etc</note>
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
And if <transChange type="added">a man</transChange> sanctify unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> a field which he hath bought, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not of the fields of his possession;
Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a holy thing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to him to whom the possession of the land <transChange type="added">did belong</transChange>.

And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> ox, or sheep: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">firstling of: Heb. firstborn, etc</note>
And if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem <transChange type="added">it</transChange> according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of all that he hath, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> shall surely be put to death.
And all the tithe of the land, <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> of the seed of the land, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> of the fruit of the tree, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And if a man will at all redeem <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> thereof.
And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the commandments, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
<title type="main">THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED NUMBERS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> names, every male by their polls;
From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the men that shall stand with you: of <transChange type="added">the tribe of</transChange> Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.<note type="study">Deuel: also called, Reuel</note>
Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by <transChange type="added">their</transChange> names:
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
As the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Reuben, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and six thousand and five hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Simeon, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Gad, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Judah, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Issachar, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Zebulun, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Joseph, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Ephraim, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty thousand and five hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Manasseh, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Benjamin, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Dan, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Asher, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and one thousand and five hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribe of Naphtali, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had spoken unto Moses, saying,
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, so did they.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.<note type="study">far…: Heb. over against</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> captain of the children of Judah.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
And those that do pitch next unto him <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> captain of the children of Issachar.
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> captain of the children of Zebulun.
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the south side <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Elizur the son of Shedeur.
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and six thousand and five hundred.
And those which pitch by him <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Eliasaph the son of Reuel.<note type="study">Reuel: also called, Deuel</note>
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the west side <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Elishama the son of Ammihud.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty thousand and five hundred.
And by him <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Abidan the son of Gideoni.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The standard of the camp of Dan <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
And those that encamp by him <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Pagiel the son of Ocran.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and one thousand and five hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Ahira the son of Enan.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts <transChange type="added">were</transChange> six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
These also <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.<note type="study">whom…: Heb. whose hand he filled</note>
And Nadab and Abihu died before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when they offered strange fire before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Because all the firstborn <transChange type="added">are</transChange> mine; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as he was commanded.<note type="study">word: Heb. mouth</note>
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Of Gershon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Gershonites.
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> those that were numbered of them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> seven thousand and five hundred.
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Eliasaph the son of Lael.
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And of Kohath <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Kohathites.
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
And their charge <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> chief over the chief of the Levites, <transChange type="added">and have</transChange> the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of Merari <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of Merari.
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> six thousand and two hundred.
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zuriel the son of Abihail: <transChange type="added">these</transChange> shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
And <transChange type="added">under</transChange> the custody and charge of the sons of Merari <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,<note type="study">under…: Heb. the office of the charge</note>
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and two thousand.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
And Moses numbered, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: (the shekel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> twenty gerahs:)

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
This <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, <transChange type="added">about</transChange> the most holy things:
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over <transChange type="added">it</transChange> a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:<note type="study">cover…: or, pour out withal</note>
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon a bar.
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on a bar:
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.<note type="study">basons: or, bowls</note>
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: but they shall not touch <transChange type="added">any</transChange> holy thing, lest they die. These <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest <transChange type="added">pertaineth</transChange> the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.<note type="study">to perform…: Heb. to war the warfare</note>
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:<note type="study">burdens: or, carriage</note>
And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.<note type="study">appointment: Heb. mouth</note>
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.<note type="study">service: Heb. warfare</note>
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the hand of Moses.
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
These <transChange type="added">be</transChange> those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the hand of Moses.
All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
According to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and that person be guilty;
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> thereof, and give <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto <transChange type="added">him</transChange> against whom he hath trespassed.
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.<note type="study">offering: or, heave offering</note>
And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> no witness against her, neither she be taken <transChange type="added">with the manner</transChange>;
And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the water:
And the priest shall set the woman before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness <transChange type="added">with another</transChange> instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:<note type="study">with another…: or, being in the power of thy husband: Heb. under thy husband</note>
But if thou hast gone aside <transChange type="added">to another</transChange> instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;<note type="study">rot: Heb. fall</note>
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> belly to swell, and <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out with the bitter water:
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, <transChange type="added">and become</transChange> bitter.
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and offer it upon the altar:
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the memorial thereof, and burn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, <transChange type="added">and become</transChange> bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside <transChange type="added">to another</transChange> instead of her husband, and is defiled;
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:<note type="study">to separate…: or, to make themselves Nazarites</note>
He shall separate <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.<note type="study">separation: or, Nazariteship</note><note type="study">vine…: Heb. vine of the wine</note>
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he shall be holy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
All the days that he separateth <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> he shall come at no dead body.
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon his head.<note type="study">consecration: Heb. separation</note>
All the days of his separation he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
And he shall consecrate unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.<note type="study">be lost: Heb. fall</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And he shall offer his offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
And the priest shall bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
And he shall offer the ram <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the fire which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon the hands of the Nazarite, after <transChange type="added">the hair of</transChange> his separation is shaven:
And the priest shall wave them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wave offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, <transChange type="added">and of</transChange> his offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for his separation, beside <transChange type="added">that</transChange> that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bless thee, and keep thee:
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;
That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:<note type="study">and were: Heb. who stood</note>
And they brought their offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them <transChange type="added">was that</transChange> they should bear upon their shoulders.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
And his offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger, the weight thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of gold, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
He offered <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One spoon of gold of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, <transChange type="added">did offer</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, <transChange type="added">did offer</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, <transChange type="added">did offer</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, <transChange type="added">offered</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, <transChange type="added">offered</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the eighth day <transChange type="added">offered</transChange> Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, <transChange type="added">offered</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, <transChange type="added">offered</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, <transChange type="added">offered</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, <transChange type="added">offered</transChange>:
His offering <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one silver charger, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
One golden spoon of ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, full of incense:
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
This <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
Each charger of silver <transChange type="added">weighing</transChange> an hundred and thirty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels <transChange type="added">weighed</transChange> two thousand and four hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
The golden spoons <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve, full of incense, <transChange type="added">weighing</transChange> ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and twenty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange>.
All the oxen for the burnt offering <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.<note type="study">with him: that is, with God</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And this work of the candlestick <transChange type="added">was of</transChange> beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> beaten work: according unto the pattern which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> make themselves clean.<note type="study">let them shave…: Heb. let them cause a razor to pass over, etc</note>
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">offer: Heb. wave</note><note type="study">offering: Heb. wave offering</note><note type="study">they…: Heb. they may be to execute, etc</note>
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering, and the other <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering, unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to make an atonement for the Levites.
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an offering.
For they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, <transChange type="added">even instead of</transChange> the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
For all the firstborn of the children of Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> mine, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
And I have given the Levites <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.<note type="study">a gift: Heb. given</note>
And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
This <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> that <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:<note type="study">to…: Heb. to war the warfare of, etc</note>
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, and shall serve no more:<note type="study">cease…: Heb. return from the warfare of the service</note>
But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.<note type="study">at even: Heb. between the two evenings</note>
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
And those men said unto him, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will command concerning you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> eat it with unleavened bread and bitter <transChange type="added">herbs</transChange>.
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
But the man that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
So it was alway: the cloud covered it <transChange type="added">by day</transChange>, and the appearance of fire by night.
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
At the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and journeyed not.<note type="study">tarried…: Heb. prolonged</note>
And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> they journeyed.
And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.<note type="study">abode: Heb. was</note>
Or <transChange type="added">whether it were</transChange> two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
At the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> they journeyed: they kept the charge of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, at the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the hand of Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And if they blow <transChange type="added">but</transChange> with one <transChange type="added">trumpet</transChange>, then the princes, <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the twentieth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the hand of Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the first <transChange type="added">place</transChange> went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Eliab the son of Helon.
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Elizur the son of Shedeur.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and <transChange type="added">the other</transChange> did set up the tabernacle against they came.<note type="study">the other: that is, the Gershonites and the Merarites</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Elishama the son of Ammihud.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Abidan the son of Gideoni.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Pagiel the son of Ocran.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ahira the son of Enan.
Thus <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.<note type="study">Thus: Heb. These</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken good concerning Israel.
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they departed from the mount of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
And the cloud of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
And when it rested, he said, Return, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, unto the many thousands of Israel.<note type="study">many thousands: Heb. ten thousand thousands</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> the people complained, it displeased the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> burnt among them, and consumed <transChange type="added">them that were</transChange> in the uttermost parts of the camp.<note type="study">complained: or, were as it were complainers</note><note type="study">it displeased: Heb. it was evil in the ears of</note>
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the fire was quenched.<note type="study">was…: Heb. sunk</note>
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> burnt among them.<note type="study">Taberah: that is, A burning</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the mixt multitude that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?<note type="study">fell…: Heb. lusted a lust</note><note type="study">wept…: Heb. returned and wept</note>
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
But now our soul <transChange type="added">is</transChange> dried away: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> nothing at all, beside this manna, <transChange type="added">before</transChange> our eyes.
And the manna <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.<note type="study">colour thereof…: Heb. eye of it as the eye of</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> the people went about, and gathered <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and ground <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in mills, or beat <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in a mortar, and baked <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
And Moses said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> too heavy for me.
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon thee, and will put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not thyself alone.
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> well with us in Egypt: therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?<note type="study">whole…: Heb. month of days</note>
And Moses said, The people, among whom I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Is the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon him, and gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
But there remained two <transChange type="added">of the</transChange> men in the camp, the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> people were prophets, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would put his spirit upon them!
And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there went forth a wind from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and brought quails from the sea, and let <transChange type="added">them</transChange> fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits <transChange type="added">high</transChange> upon the face of the earth.<note type="study">as it were a day's…: Heb. as it were the way of a day</note>
And the people stood up all that day, and all <transChange type="added">that</transChange> night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread <transChange type="added">them</transChange> all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
And while the flesh <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against the people, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smote the people with a very great plague.
And he called the name of that place Kibroth–hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.<note type="study">Kibroth–hattaavah: that is, The graves of lust</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.<note type="study">abode at: Heb. they were in</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.<note type="study">Ethiopian: or, Cushite</note><note type="study">married: Heb. taken</note>
And they said, Hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
(Now the man Moses <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very meek, above all the men which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the face of the earth.)
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.

And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, <transChange type="added">I</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will make myself known unto him in a vision, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> will speak unto him in a dream.
My servant Moses <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not so, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> faithful in all mine house.
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against them; and he departed.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam <transChange type="added">became</transChange> leprous, <transChange type="added">white</transChange> as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, <transChange type="added">she was</transChange> leprous.
And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
And Moses cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in <transChange type="added">again</transChange>.
And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in <transChange type="added">again</transChange>.
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
And Moses by the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> heads of the children of Israel.
And these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.<note type="study">Oshea: also called, Joshua</note>
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
Of the tribe of Joseph, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.<note type="study">Oshea: also called Joshua</note><note type="study">Jehoshua: or, Joshua</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this <transChange type="added">way</transChange> southward, and go up into the mountain:
And see the land, what it <transChange type="added">is</transChange>; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> strong or weak, few or many;
And what the land <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that they dwell in, whether it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> good or bad; and what cities <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
And what the land <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, whether it <transChange type="added">be</transChange> fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the time of the firstripe grapes.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, <transChange type="added">were</transChange>. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and <transChange type="added">they brought</transChange> of the pomegranates, and of the figs.<note type="study">brook: or, valley</note>
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.<note type="study">brook: or, valley</note><note type="study">Eshcol: that is, A cluster of grapes</note>
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the fruit of it.
Nevertheless the people <transChange type="added">be</transChange> strong that dwell in the land, and the cities <transChange type="added">are</transChange> walled, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> stronger than we.
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it <transChange type="added">are</transChange> men of a great stature.<note type="study">men…: Heb. men of statures</note>
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, <transChange type="added">which come</transChange> of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
And wherefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an exceeding good land.
If the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Only rebel not ye against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with us: fear them not.<note type="study">defence: Heb. shadow</note>
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Then the Egyptians shall hear <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
And they will tell <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to the inhabitants of this land: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> they have heard that thou <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">art</transChange> among this people, that thou <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> art seen face to face, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thy cloud standeth over them, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thou shalt kill <transChange type="added">all</transChange> this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing <transChange type="added">the guilty</transChange>, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <transChange type="added">generation</transChange>.
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.<note type="study">until…: or, hitherto</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
But <transChange type="added">as</transChange> truly <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:<note type="study">Surely…: Heb. If they see the land</note>
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
How long <transChange type="added">shall I bear with</transChange> this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Say unto them, <transChange type="added">As truly as</transChange> I live, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.<note type="study">sware: Heb. lifted up my hand</note>
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
But <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.<note type="study">wander: or, feed</note>
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.<note type="study">breach…: or, altering of my purpose</note>
I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> of the men that went to search the land, lived <transChange type="added">still</transChange>.
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we <transChange type="added">be here</transChange>, and will go up unto the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath promised: for we have sinned.
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? but it shall not prosper.
Go not up, for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites <transChange type="added">are</transChange> there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not be with you.
But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Hormah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
And will make an offering by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, of the herd, or of the flock:<note type="study">performing: Heb. separating</note>
Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin of oil.
And the fourth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin of oil.
And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin of wine, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And when thou preparest a bullock <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering, or <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever <transChange type="added">be</transChange> among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; as ye do, so he shall do.
One ordinance <transChange type="added">shall be both</transChange> for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth <transChange type="added">with you</transChange>, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange>, so shall the stranger be before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an heave offering: as <transChange type="added">ye do</transChange> the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> an heave offering in your generations.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken unto Moses,
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded <transChange type="added">Moses</transChange>, and henceforward among your generations;
Then it shall be, if <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.<note type="study">without…: Heb. from the eyes</note><note type="study">manner: or, ordinance</note>
And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and their sin offering before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for their ignorance:
And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in ignorance.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, <transChange type="added">both for</transChange> him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.<note type="study">sinneth: Heb. doth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But the soul that doeth <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> presumptuously, <transChange type="added">whether he be</transChange> born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.<note type="study">presumptuously: Heb. with an high hand</note>
Because he hath despised the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took <transChange type="added">men</transChange>:
And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, <transChange type="added">Ye take</transChange> too much upon you, seeing all the congregation <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy, every one of them, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?<note type="study">Ye take…: Heb. It is much for you</note>
And when Moses heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he fell upon his face:
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will shew who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his, and <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> holy; and will cause <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to come near unto him: even <transChange type="added">him</transChange> whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to morrow: and it shall be <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the man whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doth choose, he <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> holy: <transChange type="added">ye take</transChange> too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
<transChange type="added">Seemeth it but</transChange> a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
And he hath brought thee near <transChange type="added">to him</transChange>, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
For which cause <transChange type="added">both</transChange> thou and all thy company <transChange type="added">are</transChange> gathered together against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
<transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.<note type="study">put…: Heb. bore out</note>
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each <transChange type="added">of you</transChange> his censer.
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto all the congregation.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent me to do all these works; for <transChange type="added">I have</transChange> not <transChange type="added">done them</transChange> of mine own mind.
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not sent me.<note type="study">the common…: Heb. as every man dieth</note>
But if the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that <transChange type="added">appertain</transChange> unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">make…: Heb. create a creature</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> under them:
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that <transChange type="added">appertained</transChange> unto Korah, and all <transChange type="added">their</transChange> goods.
They, and all that <transChange type="added">appertained</transChange> to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
And all Israel that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up <transChange type="added">also</transChange>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And there came out a fire from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad <transChange type="added">plates for</transChange> a covering of the altar:
<transChange type="added">To be</transChange> a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to him by the hand of Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared.
And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; the plague is begun.
And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for the head of the house of their fathers.
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron <transChange type="added">was</transChange> among their rods.<note type="study">a rod…: Heb. a rod for one prince, a rod for one prince</note>
And Moses laid up the rods before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the tabernacle of witness.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.<note type="study">rebels: Heb. children of rebellion</note>
And Moses did <transChange type="added">so</transChange>: as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded him, so did he.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee <transChange type="added">shall minister</transChange> before the tabernacle of witness.
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> given <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a gift for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office <transChange type="added">unto you</transChange> as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
This shall be thine of the most holy things, <transChange type="added">reserved</transChange> from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> most holy for thee and for thy sons.
In the most holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, them have I given thee.<note type="study">best: Heb. fat</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> it.
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">whether it be</transChange> of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> twenty gerahs.
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a covenant of salt for ever before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.<note type="study">and die: Heb. to die</note>
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an heave offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a tenth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of the tithe.
And <transChange type="added">this</transChange> your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though <transChange type="added">it were</transChange> the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> heave offering to Aaron the priest.
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, of all the best thereof, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the hallowed part thereof out of it.<note type="study">best: Heb. fat</note>
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.<note type="study">best: Heb. fat</note>
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the ordinance of the law which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no blemish, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> upon which never came yoke:
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> shall slay her before his face:
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
And a man <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay <transChange type="added">them</transChange> up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a purification for sin.
And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.<note type="study">man: Heb. soul of man</note>
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet upon him.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean.
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
And for an unclean <transChange type="added">person</transChange> they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:<note type="study">ashes: Heb. dust</note><note type="study">running…: Heb. living waters shall be given</note>
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the water, and sprinkle <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
And the clean <transChange type="added">person</transChange> shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean.
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
And whatsoever the unclean <transChange type="added">person</transChange> toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> shall be unclean until even.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
Then came the children of Israel, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>!
And why have ye brought up the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither <transChange type="added">is</transChange> there any water to drink.
And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
And Moses took the rod from before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as he commanded him.
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts <transChange type="added">also</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he was sanctified in them.<note type="study">Meribah: that is, Strife</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:<note type="study">befallen…: Heb. found us</note>
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
And when we cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the water of the wells: we will go by the king's <transChange type="added">high</transChange> way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without <transChange type="added">doing</transChange> any thing <transChange type="added">else</transChange>, go through on my feet.
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.<note type="study">word: Heb. mouth</note>
Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered <transChange type="added">unto his people</transChange>, and shall die there.
And Moses did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the house of Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of them prisoners.
And Israel vowed a vow unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.<note type="study">Hormah: that is, Utter destruction</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.<note type="study">discouraged: or, grieved: Heb. shortened</note>
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no bread, neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and against thee; pray unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Moab, toward the sunrising.<note type="study">Ije–abarim: or, heaps of Abarim</note>

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,<note type="study">What…: or, Vaheb in Suphah</note>
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.<note type="study">lieth: Heb. leaneth</note>
And from thence <transChange type="added">they went</transChange> to Beer: that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the well whereof the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:<note type="study">Spring…: Heb. Ascend</note><note type="study">sing: or, answer</note>
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by <transChange type="added">the direction of</transChange> the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness <transChange type="added">they went</transChange> to Mattanah:
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
And from Bamoth <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the valley, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.<note type="study">country: Heb. field</note><note type="study">Pisgah: or, the hill</note><note type="study">Jeshimon: or, the wilderness</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the waters of the well: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> we will go along by the king's <transChange type="added">high</transChange> way, until we be past thy borders.
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> strong.

And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.<note type="study">villages: Heb. daughters</note>
For Heshbon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the lords of the high places of Arnon.
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which <transChange type="added">reacheth</transChange> unto Medeba.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> there.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan <transChange type="added">by</transChange> Jericho.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor <transChange type="added">was</transChange> king of the Moabites at that time.
He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:<note type="study">face: Heb. eye</note>
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we may smite them, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these with thee?
And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,
Behold, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.<note type="study">I shall…: Heb. I shall prevail in fighting against him</note>
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> blessed.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:<note type="study">Let…: Heb. Be not thou hindered from, etc</note>
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, to do less or more.
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will say unto me more.
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him.
And the ass saw the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
But the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall <transChange type="added">being</transChange> on this side, and a wall on that side.
And when the ass saw the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went further, and stood in a narrow place, where <transChange type="added">was</transChange> no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
And when the ass saw the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
And the ass said unto Balaam, <transChange type="added">Am</transChange> not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since <transChange type="added">I was</transChange> thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.<note type="study">upon…: Heb. who hast ridden upon me</note><note type="study">ever since…: or, ever since thou wast, etc</note>
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.<note type="study">fell…: or, bowed himself</note>
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> way is perverse before me:<note type="study">to…: Heb. to be an adversary unto thee</note>
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
And Balaam said unto the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.<note type="study">displease…: Heb. be evil in thine eyes</note>
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the border of Arnon, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the utmost coast.
And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath–huzoth.<note type="study">Kirjath–huzoth: or, a city of streets</note>
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of the people.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on <transChange type="added">every</transChange> altar a bullock and a ram.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.<note type="study">to an…: or, solitary</note>
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon <transChange type="added">every</transChange> altar a bullock and a ram.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not defied?
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!<note type="study">me: Heb. my soul, or, my life</note>
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> altogether.
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath put in my mouth?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on <transChange type="added">every</transChange> altar.<note type="study">Pisgah: or, the hill</note>
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet <transChange type="added">the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> yonder.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spoken?
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Behold, I have received <transChange type="added">commandment</transChange> to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with him, and the shout of a king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among them.
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Surely <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no enchantment against Jacob, neither <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!<note type="study">against: or, in</note>
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> speaketh, that I must do?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on <transChange type="added">every</transChange> altar.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.<note type="study">to seek…: Heb. to the meeting of</note>
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding <transChange type="added">in his tents</transChange> according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:<note type="study">whose…: Heb. who had his eyes shut, but now opened</note>
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling <transChange type="added">into a trance</transChange>, but having his eyes open:
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy tabernacles, O Israel!
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath planted, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as cedar trees beside the waters.
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce <transChange type="added">them</transChange> through with his arrows.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that blesseth thee, and cursed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that curseth thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> these three times.
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath kept thee back from honour.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to do <transChange type="added">either</transChange> good or bad of mine own mind; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith, that will I speak?
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come <transChange type="added">therefore, and</transChange> I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> saw the vision of the Almighty, falling <transChange type="added">into a trance</transChange>, but having his eyes open:
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.<note type="study">smite…: or, smite through the princes of</note>
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the first of the nations; but his latter end <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> that he perish for ever.<note type="study">the nations: the nations that warred against Israel</note><note type="study">that…: or, even to destruction</note>
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.<note type="study">the Kenite: Heb. Kain</note><note type="study">until…: or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive</note>
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
And ships <transChange type="added">shall come</transChange> from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
And Israel joined himself unto Baal–peor: and the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against Israel.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> against the sun, that the fierce anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> may be turned away from Israel.
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who <transChange type="added">were</transChange> weeping <transChange type="added">before</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.<note type="study">for…: Heb. with my zeal</note>
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
And he shall have it, and his seed after him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> that was slain with the Midianitish woman, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.<note type="study">chief…: Heb. house of a father</note>
And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> head over a people, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of a chief house in Midian.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
And it came to pass after the plague, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan <transChange type="added">near</transChange> Jericho, saying,
<transChange type="added">Take the sum of the people</transChange>, from twenty years old and upward; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, <transChange type="added">of whom cometh</transChange> the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> Dathan and Abiram, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:<note type="study">Nemuel: also called, Jemuel</note><note type="study">Jachin: also called, Jarib</note>
Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.<note type="study">Zerah: also called, Zohar</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:<note type="study">Zephon: also called, Ziphion</note>
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:<note type="study">Ozni: also called, Ezbon</note>
Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.<note type="study">Arod: also called, Arodi</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Judah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Of</transChange> the sons of Issachar after their families: <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:<note type="study">Pua: or, Phuvah</note>
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.<note type="study">Jashub: or, Job</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Of</transChange> the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Joseph after their families <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Manasseh and Ephraim.
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead <transChange type="added">come</transChange> the family of the Gileadites.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Gilead: <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:<note type="study">Jeezer: also called Abiezer</note>
And <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
And <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.<note type="study">Becher: also called, Bered</note>
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Joseph after their families.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:<note type="study">Ahiram: also called, Ehi, or, Aharah</note>
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.<note type="study">Shupham…Hupham: also called, Muppim and Huppim</note>
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: <transChange type="added">of Ard</transChange>, the family of the Ardites: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.<note type="study">Ard: also called, Addar</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and five thousand and six hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of Dan after their families.<note type="study">Shuham: or, Hushim</note>
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Of</transChange> the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
And the name of the daughter of Asher <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Sarah.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Of</transChange> the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.<note type="study">Shillem: also called, Shallum</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and five thousand and four hundred.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.<note type="study">give the more…: Heb. multiply his inheritance</note><note type="study">give the less…: Heb. diminish his inheritance</note>
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
And the name of Amram's wife <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom <transChange type="added">her mother</transChange> bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan <transChange type="added">near</transChange> Jericho.
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> a possession among the brethren of our father.<note type="study">done…: Heb. diminished</note>
And Moses brought their cause before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses spake unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Let the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
And thou shalt put <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask <transChange type="added">counsel</transChange> for him after the judgment of Urim before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
And Moses did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded by the hand of Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.<note type="study">a sweet…: Heb. a savour of my rest</note>
And thou shalt say unto them, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a continual burnt offering.<note type="study">day by day: Heb. in a day</note>
The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;<note type="study">at even: Heb. between the two evenings</note>
And a tenth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin of beaten oil.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the drink offering thereof <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the fourth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a drink offering.
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
<transChange type="added">This is</transChange> the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
And three tenth deals of flour <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a meat offering unto one lamb; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of an hin unto a lamb: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And in the fourteenth day of the first month <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the passover of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And in the fifteenth day of this month <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
In the first day <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>:
But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
And their meat offering <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
And one goat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for a continual burnt offering.
After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, after your weeks <transChange type="added">be out</transChange>, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
Ye shall offer <transChange type="added">them</transChange> beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
And in the seventh month, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; one young bullock, one ram, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
And their meat offering <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> two tenth deals for a ram,
And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
And one kid of the goats <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And ye shall have on the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>:
But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
And their meat offering <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> two tenth deals to one ram,
A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
One kid of the goats <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> seven days:
And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
And their meat offering <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
And one kid of the goats <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And on the second day <transChange type="added">ye shall offer</transChange> twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> according to their number, after the manner:
And one kid of the goats <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> according to their number, after the manner:
And one goat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> according to their number, after the manner:
And one kid of the goats <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> according to their number, after the manner:
And one goat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> according to their number, after the manner:
And one goat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> according to their number, after the manner:
And one goat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>:
But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> according to their number, after the manner:
And one goat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
These <transChange type="added">things</transChange> ye shall do unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.<note type="study">do: or, offer</note>
And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded.
If a man vow a vow unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.<note type="study">break: Heb. profane</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If a woman also vow a vow unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and bind herself by a bond, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> in her father's house in her youth;
And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;<note type="study">she vowed: Heb. her vows were upon her</note>
And her husband heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall forgive her.
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
And her husband heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and held his peace at her, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard <transChange type="added">them; then</transChange> whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall forgive her.
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; then he shall bear her iniquity.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the statutes, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, <transChange type="added">being yet</transChange> in her youth in her father's house.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of Midian.
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.<note type="study">Of…: Heb. A thousand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe</note>
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of <transChange type="added">every</transChange> tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of <transChange type="added">every</transChange> tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And they warred against the Midianites, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
And the children of Israel took <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of men and of beasts.
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> by Jordan <transChange type="added">near</transChange> Jericho.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.<note type="study">battle: Heb. host of war</note>
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.<note type="study">him: Heb. a male</note>
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify <transChange type="added">both</transChange> yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
And purify all <transChange type="added">your</transChange> raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange>, and all things made of wood.<note type="study">that…: Heb. instrument, or, vessel of skins</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the ordinance of the law which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses;
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:<note type="study">that…: Heb. of the captivity</note>
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
And levy a tribute unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
Take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an heave offering of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">flocks: or, goats</note>
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And the booty, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
And threescore and one thousand asses,
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
And the half, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
And the beeves <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirty and six thousand; of which the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> tribute <transChange type="added">was</transChange> threescore and twelve.
And the asses <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> tribute <transChange type="added">was</transChange> threescore and one.

And the persons <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sixteen thousand; of which the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> tribute <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirty and two persons.
And Moses gave the tribute, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
(Now the half <transChange type="added">that pertained unto</transChange> the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

And thirty and six thousand beeves,
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
And sixteen thousand persons;)
Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the officers which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.<note type="study">charge: Heb. hand</note>
We have therefore brought an oblation for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">gotten: Heb. found</note>
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all wrought jewels.
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.<note type="study">offering: Heb. heave offering</note>
(<transChange type="added">For</transChange> the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a memorial for the children of Israel before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a place for cattle;
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,<note type="study">Nimrah: also called, Beth–nimrah</note><note type="study">Shebam: also called, Shibmah</note><note type="study">Beon: also called, Baal–meon</note>
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> the country which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smote before the congregation of Israel, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bring us not over Jordan.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given them?<note type="study">discourage: Heb. break</note>
Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea to see the land.
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had given them.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:<note type="study">wholly…: Heb. fulfilled after me</note>
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, was consumed.
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> toward Israel.
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to war,
And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
And the land be subdued before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to battle, as my lord saith.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
We will pass over armed before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> ours.
And Moses gave unto them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the cities of the country round about.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,<note type="study">Jaazer: also called, Jazer</note>
And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.<note type="study">Beth–nimrah: also called, Nimrah</note>
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.<note type="study">gave…: Heb. they called by names the names of the cities</note>
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in it.
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their journeys according to their goings out.
And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
For the Egyptians buried all <transChange type="added">their</transChange> firstborn, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had smitten among them: upon their gods also the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> executed judgments.
And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the edge of the wilderness.
And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi–hahiroth, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Baal–zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth–hattaavah.<note type="study">Kibroth–hattaavah: that is, the graves of lust</note>
And they departed from Kibroth–hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon–parez.
And they departed from Rimmon–parez, and pitched in Libnah.
And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene–jaakan.
And they removed from Bene–jaakan, and encamped at Hor–hagidgad.
And they went from Hor–hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion–gaber.
And they removed from Ezion–gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Kadesh.
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the fifth month.
And Aaron <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije–abarim, in the border of Moab.<note type="study">Ije–abarim: or, heaps of Abarim</note>
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon–gad.
And they removed from Dibon–gad, and encamped in Almon–diblathaim.
And they removed from Almon–diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan <transChange type="added">near</transChange> Jericho.
And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab.<note type="study">Abel–shittim: or, the plains of Shittim</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan <transChange type="added">near</transChange> Jericho, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
And ye shall dispossess <transChange type="added">the inhabitants</transChange> of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's <transChange type="added">inheritance</transChange> shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.<note type="study">give the more…: Heb. multiply his inheritance</note><note type="study">give the less…: Heb. diminish his inheritance</note>
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Moreover it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
From mount Hor ye shall point out <transChange type="added">your border</transChange> unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar–enan: this shall be your north border.
And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar–enan to Shepham:
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:<note type="study">side of the sea: Heb. shoulder of the sea</note>
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received <transChange type="added">their inheritance</transChange>; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan <transChange type="added">near</transChange> Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
And the names of the men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
These <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 35.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan <transChange type="added">near</transChange> Jericho, saying,
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give <transChange type="added">also</transChange> unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, <transChange type="added">shall reach</transChange> from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.<note type="study">to them…: Heb. above them ye shall give</note>
<transChange type="added">So</transChange> all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> forty and eight cities: them <transChange type="added">shall ye give</transChange> with their suburbs.
And the cities which ye shall give <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> of the possession of the children of Israel: from <transChange type="added">them that have</transChange> many ye shall give many; but from <transChange type="added">them that have</transChange> few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.<note type="study">he…: Heb. they inherit</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.<note type="study">at…: Heb. by error</note>
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall be cities of refuge.
These six cities shall be a refuge, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.<note type="study">with…: Heb. with a stone of the hand</note>
Or <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote <transChange type="added">him</transChange> shall surely be put to death; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing <transChange type="added">him</transChange> not, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon him, that he die, and <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:<note type="study">he…: Heb. no blood shall be to him</note>

Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
So these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person <transChange type="added">to cause him</transChange> to die.
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.<note type="study">guilty…: Heb. faulty to die</note>
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange>: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.<note type="study">the land cannot…: Heb. there can be no expiation for the land</note>
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> dwell among the children of Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 36.</title>
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
And they said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
And if they be married to any of the sons of the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.<note type="study">whereunto…: Heb. unto whom they shall be</note>
And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.<note type="study">whereunto…: Heb. unto whom they shall be</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.<note type="study">marry: Heb. be wives</note>
So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.<note type="study">keep…: Heb. cleave to the, etc</note>
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Neither shall the inheritance remove from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
Even as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.<note type="study">into…: Heb. to some that were of the families</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the commandments and the judgments, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan <transChange type="added">near</transChange> Jericho.
<title type="main">THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED DEUTERONOMY</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
These <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red <transChange type="added">sea</transChange>, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.<note type="study">the Red…: or, Zuph</note>
(<transChange type="added">There are</transChange> eleven days' <transChange type="added">journey</transChange> from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh–barnea.)
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had given him in commandment unto them;
After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all <transChange type="added">the places</transChange> nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.<note type="study">all…: Heb. all his neighbours</note>
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.<note type="study">set: Heb. given</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
(The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange>, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.<note type="study">Take: Heb. Give</note>
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good <transChange type="added">for us</transChange> to do.
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.<note type="study">made: Heb. gave</note>
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear <transChange type="added">the causes</transChange> between your brethren, and judge righteously between <transChange type="added">every</transChange> man and his brother, and the stranger <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> with him.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto me, and I will hear it.<note type="study">respect…: Heb. acknowledge faces</note>
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh–barnea.
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God doth give unto us.
Behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath set the land before thee: go up <transChange type="added">and</transChange> possess <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> a good land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God doth give us.
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God:
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people <transChange type="added">is</transChange> greater and taller than we; the cities <transChange type="added">are</transChange> great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.<note type="study">discouraged: Heb. melted</note>
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God,
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents <transChange type="added">in</transChange>, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">wholly…: Heb. fulfilled to go after</note>
Also the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
But <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, we will go up and fight, according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and went presumptuously up into the hill.<note type="study">went…: Heb. ye were presumptuous, and went up</note>
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Hormah.
And ye returned and wept before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode <transChange type="added">there</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto me, saying,
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
And command thou the people, saying, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a possession.<note type="study">no…: Heb. even to the treading of the sole of the foot</note>
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">hath been</transChange> with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a possession.<note type="study">Distress…: or, Use no hostility against Moab</note>
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave unto them.<note type="study">succeeded: Heb. inherited</note><note type="study">stead: or, room</note>
Now rise up, <transChange type="added">said I</transChange>, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.<note type="study">brook: or, valley</note>
And the space in which we came from Kadesh–barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto them.<note type="study">brook: or, valley</note>
For indeed the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
That the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto me, saying,
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon <transChange type="added">any</transChange> possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a possession.
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;<note type="study">Zamzummims: also called, Zuzims</note>
A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and contend with him in battle.<note type="study">begin…: Heb. begin, possess</note>
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God giveth us.
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as <transChange type="added">appeareth</transChange> this day.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:<note type="study">the men…: Heb. every city of men, and women, and little ones</note>
Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
From Aroer, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the brink of the river of Arnon, and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the city that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God delivered all unto us:
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God forbad us.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
All these cities <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
(<transChange type="added">Which</transChange> Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a bedstead of iron; <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And this land, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.
And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> the border of the children of Ammon;
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.<note type="study">Ashdoth–pisgah: or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I commanded you at that time, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> meet for the war.<note type="study">meet…: Heb. sons of power</note>
But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (<transChange type="added">for</transChange> I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
Until the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and <transChange type="added">until</transChange> they also possess the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
Ye shall not fear them: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God he shall fight for you.
And I besought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> at that time, saying,
O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.<note type="study">Pisgah: or, the hill</note>
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers giveth you.
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God which I command you.
Your eyes have seen what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
But ye that did cleave unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God <transChange type="added">are</transChange> alive every one of you this day.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Keep therefore and do <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a wise and understanding people.
For what nation <transChange type="added">is there so</transChange> great, who <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> God <transChange type="added">so</transChange> nigh unto them, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in all <transChange type="added">things that</transChange> we call upon him <transChange type="added">for</transChange>?
And what nation <transChange type="added">is there so</transChange> great, that hath statutes and judgments <transChange type="added">so</transChange> righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
<transChange type="added">Specially</transChange> the day that thou stoodest before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in Horeb, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they may teach their children.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.<note type="study">midst: Heb. heart</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only <transChange type="added">ye heard</transChange> a voice.<note type="study">only…: Heb. save a voice</note>
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
Lest ye corrupt <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange>, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
The likeness of any beast that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the waters beneath the earth:
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.<note type="study">divided: or, imparted</note>
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as <transChange type="added">ye are</transChange> this day.
Furthermore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance:
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> the likeness of any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath forbidden thee.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a consuming fire, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a jealous God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange>, and make a graven image, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> the likeness of any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, and shall do evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to provoke him to anger:
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong <transChange type="added">your</transChange> days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall lead you.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, thou shalt find <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the latter days, if thou turn to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;<note type="study">are…: Heb. have found thee</note>
(For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and <transChange type="added">ask</transChange> from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been <transChange type="added">any such thing</transChange> as this great thing <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, or hath been heard like it?
Did <transChange type="added">ever</transChange> people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Or hath God assayed to go <transChange type="added">and</transChange> take him a nation from the midst of <transChange type="added">another</transChange> nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God; <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none else beside him.

Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>, to bring thee in, to give thee their land <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.
Know therefore this day, and consider <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in thine heart, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none else.
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> days upon the earth, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
<transChange type="added">Namely</transChange>, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
From Aroer, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hermon,
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.<note type="study">keep…: Heb. keep to do them</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> us, who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all of us here alive this day.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
(I stood between the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and you at that time, to shew you the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.<note type="study">bondage: Heb. servants</note>
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make thee <transChange type="added">any</transChange> graven image, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> any likeness <transChange type="added">of any thing</transChange> that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in heaven above, or that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the earth beneath, or that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the waters beneath the earth:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <transChange type="added">generation</transChange> of them that hate me,
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Thou shalt not take the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in vain: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not hold <transChange type="added">him</transChange> guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath commanded thee.
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
But the seventh day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sabbath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: <transChange type="added">in it</transChange> thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Honour thy father and thy mother, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill.
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Neither shalt thou steal.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy neighbour's.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These words the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
And ye said, Behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God any more, then we shall die.<note type="study">hear: Heb. add to hear</note>
For who <transChange type="added">is there of</transChange> all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we <transChange type="added">have</transChange>, and lived?
Go thou near, and hear all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the land which I give them to possess it.
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and <transChange type="added">that it may be</transChange> well with you, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye may prolong <transChange type="added">your</transChange> days in the land which ye shall possess.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the land whither ye go to possess it:<note type="study">go: Heb. pass over</note>
That thou mightest fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear, O Israel: The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And thou shalt love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.<note type="study">teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen</note>
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
And it shall be, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
And houses full of all good <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> beware lest thou forget the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.<note type="study">bondage: Heb. bondmen or, servants</note>
Thou shalt fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about you;
(For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye shall not tempt the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, as ye tempted <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in Massah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
And thou shalt do <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> right and good in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto thy fathers,
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What <transChange type="added">mean</transChange> the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God hath commanded you?<note type="study">in…: Heb. to morrow</note>
Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:<note type="study">sore: Heb. evil</note>
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> at this day.
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, as he hath commanded us.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
When the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
And when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.<note type="study">their images: Heb. their statues, or, pillars</note>
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> an holy people unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the face of the earth.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the fewest of all people:
But because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Know therefore that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:<note type="study">if: Heb. because</note>
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all <transChange type="added">them</transChange> that hate thee.
And thou shalt consume all the people which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> a snare unto thee.
If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations <transChange type="added">are</transChange> more than I; how can I dispossess them?
Thou shalt not be afraid of them: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> shalt well remember what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God brought thee out: so shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among you, a mighty God and terrible.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.<note type="study">put…: Heb. pluck off</note>
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.<note type="study">unto…: Heb. before thy face</note>
And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> on them, nor take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a cursed thing.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto your fathers.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to prove thee, to know what <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every <transChange type="added">word</transChange> that proceedeth out of the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doth man live.
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God chasteneth thee.
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;<note type="study">of oil…: Heb. of olive tree of oil</note>
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> in it; a land whose stones <transChange type="added">are</transChange> iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
Beware that thou forget not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Lest <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>;
And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, <transChange type="added">wherein were</transChange> fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of <transChange type="added">mine</transChange> hand hath gotten me this wealth.
But thou shalt remember the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
As the nations which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Hear, O Israel: Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and <transChange type="added">of whom</transChange> thou hast heard <transChange type="added">say</transChange>, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
Understand therefore this day, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he which goeth over before thee; <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said unto thee.
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doth drive them out from before thee.
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Understand therefore, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a stiffnecked people.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Remember, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> forget not, how thou provokedst the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Also in Horeb ye provoked the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to wrath, so that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was angry with you to have destroyed you.
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the tables of the covenant which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them <transChange type="added">was written</transChange> according to all the words, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave me the two tables of stone, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the tables of the covenant.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange>; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Furthermore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a stiffnecked people:
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in my two hands.
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded you.
And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
And I fell down before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to provoke him to anger.
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was wroth against you to destroy you. But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hearkened unto me at that time also.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ground <transChange type="added">it</transChange> very small, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hattaavah, ye provoked the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to wrath.
Likewise when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent you from Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
Ye have been rebellious against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from the day that I knew you.
Thus I fell down before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> forty days and forty nights, as I fell down <transChange type="added">at the first</transChange>; because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said he would destroy you.
I prayed therefore unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Yet they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
At that time the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
And I made an ark <transChange type="added">of</transChange> shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave them unto me.<note type="study">commandments: Heb. words</note>
And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded me.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>At that time the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to stand before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his inheritance, according as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God promised him.
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hearkened unto me at that time also, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would not destroy thee.<note type="study">first…: or, former days</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Arise, take <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.<note type="study">take…: Heb. go in journey</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And now, Israel, what doth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God require of thee, but to fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
To keep the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> thy God, the earth <transChange type="added">also</transChange>, with all that therein <transChange type="added">is</transChange>.
Only the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> you above all people, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Thou shalt fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy praise, and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Therefore thou shalt love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
And know ye this day: for <transChange type="added">I speak</transChange> not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and <transChange type="added">how</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath destroyed them unto this day;
And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:<note type="study">substance…: or, living substance which followed them</note><note type="study">was…: Heb. was at their feet</note>
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which he did.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
And that ye may prolong <transChange type="added">your</transChange> days in the land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
But the land, whither ye go to possess it, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a land of hills and valleys, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
A land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God careth for: the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">are</transChange> always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.<note type="study">careth…: Heb. seeketh</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
That I will give <transChange type="added">you</transChange> the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.<note type="study">send: Heb. give</note>
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and <transChange type="added">lest</transChange> ye perish quickly from off the good land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> giveth you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Then will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
There shall no man be able to stand before you: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which I command you this day:
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
And it shall come to pass, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:<note type="study">possess: or, inherit</note>
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.<note type="study">overthrow: Heb. break down</note>
Ye shall not do so unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But unto the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
And there ye shall eat before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath blessed thee.
Ye shall not do after all <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> that we do here this day, every man whatsoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> right in his own eyes.
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God giveth you.
But <transChange type="added">when</transChange> ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God giveth you to inherit, and <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Then there shall be a place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:<note type="study">your choice…: Heb. the choice of your vows</note>
And ye shall rejoice before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
But in the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
But thou must eat them before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.<note type="study">as long…: Heb. all thy days</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
If the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> them alike.
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.<note type="study">be…: Heb. be strong</note>
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall choose:
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good and right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;<note type="study">succeedest…: Heb. inheritest, or, possessest them</note>
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.<note type="study">by…: Heb. after them</note>
Thou shalt not do so unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: for every abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.<note type="study">to the: Heb. of the</note>
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Ye shall walk after the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn <transChange type="added">you</transChange> away from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.<note type="study">to turn…: Heb. revolt against the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
<transChange type="added">Namely</transChange>, of the gods of the people which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> end of the earth even unto the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> end of the earth;
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.<note type="study">bondage: Heb. bondmen</note>
And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If thou shalt hear <transChange type="added">say</transChange> in one of thy cities, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

<transChange type="added">Certain</transChange> men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;<note type="study">the children…: or, naughty men</note>
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, <transChange type="added">if it be</transChange> truth, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the thing certain, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> such abomination is wrought among you;
Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;<note type="study">cursed: or, devoted</note>
When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> right in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> an holy people unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.<note type="study">pygarg: or bison: Heb. dishon</note>
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> unclean unto you.
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These ye shall eat of all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean unto you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Of</transChange> all clean birds ye shall eat.
But these <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
And every raven after his kind,
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
And every creeping thing that flieth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
<transChange type="added">But of</transChange> all clean fowls ye may eat.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye shall not eat <transChange type="added">of</transChange> any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> an holy people unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
And thou shalt eat before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God always.
And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; <transChange type="added">or</transChange> if the place be too far from thee, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath blessed thee:
Then shalt thou turn <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall choose:
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,<note type="study">desireth: Heb. asketh of thee</note>
And the Levite that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> up within thy gates:
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
At the end of <transChange type="added">every</transChange> seven years thou shalt make a release.
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> unto his neighbour shall release <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; he shall not exact <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> release.<note type="study">creditor: Heb. master of the lending of his hand</note>
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact <transChange type="added">it again</transChange>: but <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall greatly bless thee in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance to possess it:<note type="study">Save…: or, To the end that there be no poor among you</note>
Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, <transChange type="added">in that</transChange> which he wanteth.
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> against thee, and it be sin unto thee.<note type="study">thought: Heb. word</note><note type="study">wicked: Heb. Belial</note>
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">And</transChange> if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: <transChange type="added">of that</transChange> wherewith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust <transChange type="added">it</transChange> through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant <transChange type="added">to thee</transChange>, in serving thee six years: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
Thou shalt eat <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God year by year in the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall choose, thou and thy household.
And if there be <transChange type="added">any</transChange> blemish therein, <transChange type="added">as if it be</transChange> lame, or blind, <transChange type="added">or have</transChange> any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean <transChange type="added">person shall eat it</transChange> alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: for in the month of Abib the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall choose to place his name there.
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there <transChange type="added">any thing</transChange> of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee:<note type="study">sacrifice: or, kill</note>
But at the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
And thou shalt roast and eat <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a solemn assembly to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: thou shalt do no work <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>.<note type="study">solemn…: Heb. restraint</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from <transChange type="added">such time as</transChange> thou beginnest <transChange type="added">to put</transChange> the sickle to the corn.
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give <transChange type="added">unto the <divineName>Lord</divineName> thy God</transChange>, according as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath blessed thee:<note type="study">a tribute: or, sufficiency</note>
And thou shalt rejoice before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> among you, in the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:<note type="study">corn…: Heb. floor, and thy winepress</note>
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> within thy gates.
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall choose: because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> empty:
Every man <transChange type="added">shall give</transChange> as he is able, according to the blessing of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God which he hath given thee.<note type="study">as…: Heb. according to the gift of his hand</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.<note type="study">words: or, matters</note>
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee.<note type="study">That which…: Heb. Justice, justice</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Neither shalt thou set thee up <transChange type="added">any</transChange> image; which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hateth.<note type="study">image: or, statue, or, pillar</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">any</transChange> bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> any evilfavouredness: for that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.<note type="study">sheep: or, goat</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, and enquired diligently, and, behold, <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> true, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the thing certain, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> such abomination is wrought in Israel:
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall choose;
And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the right hand, nor <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the left.
And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.<note type="study">and will…: Heb. not to hearken</note>
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When thou art come unto the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> about me;
Thou shalt in any wise set <transChange type="added">him</transChange> king over thee, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall choose: <transChange type="added">one</transChange> from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not thy brother.
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> before the priests the Levites:
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the right hand, or <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the left: to the end that he may prolong <transChange type="added">his</transChange> days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
The priests the Levites, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made by fire, and his inheritance.
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
The firstfruit <transChange type="added">also</transChange> of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, him and his sons for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall choose;
Then he shall minister in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, as all his brethren the Levites <transChange type="added">do</transChange>, which stand there before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.<note type="study">that…: Heb. his sale by the fathers</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When thou art come into the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
There shall not be found among you <transChange type="added">any one</transChange> that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> that useth divination, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
For all that do these things <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and because of these abominations the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Thou shalt be perfect with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.<note type="study">perfect: or, upright, or, sincere</note>
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath not suffered thee so <transChange type="added">to do</transChange>.<note type="study">possess: or, inherit</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
According to all that thou desiredst of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, They have well <transChange type="added">spoken that</transChange> which they have spoken.
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of him.
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not spoken?
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not spoken, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
When the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;<note type="study">succeedest: Heb. inheritest, or, possessest</note>
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;<note type="study">in…: Heb. from yesterday the third day</note>
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:<note type="study">head: Heb. iron</note><note type="study">helve: Heb. wood</note><note type="study">lighteth…: Heb. findeth</note>
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.<note type="study">slay…: Heb. smite him in life</note><note type="study">in…: Heb. from yesterday the third day</note>
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
And if the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> blood be upon thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:<note type="study">mortally: Heb. in life</note>
Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away <transChange type="added">the guilt of</transChange> innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee to possess it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> wrong;<note type="study">that…: or, falling away</note>
Then both the men, between whom the controversy <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, shall stand before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the witness <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a false witness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hath testified falsely against his brother;
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
And thine eye shall not pity; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> life <transChange type="added">shall go</transChange> for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;<note type="study">faint: Heb. be tender</note><note type="study">tremble: Heb. make haste</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
And what man <transChange type="added">is he</transChange> that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> eaten of it? let him <transChange type="added">also</transChange> go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.<note type="study">eaten…: Heb. made it common</note>
And what man <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man <transChange type="added">is there that is</transChange> fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.<note type="study">faint: Heb. melt</note>
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.<note type="study">to lead…: Heb. to be in the head of the people</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> all the people <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
And when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath given thee.<note type="study">take: Heb. spoil</note>
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> very far off from thee, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not of the cities of these nations.
But of the cities of these people, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God doth give thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath commanded thee:
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man's <transChange type="added">life</transChange>) to employ <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the siege:<note type="study">for the…: or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege</note><note type="study">to employ…: Heb. to go from before thee</note>
Only the trees which thou knowest that they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.<note type="study">it…: Heb. it come down</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
If <transChange type="added">one</transChange> be found slain in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> it be not known who hath slain him:
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about him that is slain:
And it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the city <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> which hath not drawn in the yoke;
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be <transChange type="added">tried</transChange>:<note type="study">word: Heb. mouth</note>
And all the elders of that city, <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> next unto the slain <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Be merciful, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.<note type="study">unto thy people of: Heb. in the midst, etc</note>
So shalt thou put away the <transChange type="added">guilt of</transChange> innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;<note type="study">pare: or, suffer to grow: Heb. make, or, dress</note>
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> the beloved and the hated; and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which he hath, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, <transChange type="added">which is indeed</transChange> the firstborn:
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that is found with him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> a glutton, and a drunkard.
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged <transChange type="added">is</transChange> accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance.<note type="study">accursed…: Heb. the curse of God</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
And if thy brother <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift <transChange type="added">them</transChange> up again.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so <transChange type="added">are</transChange> abomination unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, <transChange type="added">whether they be</transChange> young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou mayest prolong <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> days.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.<note type="study">fruit of thy seed: Heb. fulness of the seed</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> of woollen and linen together.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest <transChange type="added">thyself</transChange>.<note type="study">quarters: Heb. wings</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth <transChange type="added">the tokens of</transChange> the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech <transChange type="added">against her</transChange>, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these <transChange type="added">are the tokens of</transChange> my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
And they shall amerce him in an hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver, and give <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
But if this thing be true, <transChange type="added">and the tokens of</transChange> virginity be not found for the damsel:
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a damsel <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:<note type="study">force: or, take strong hold of</note>
But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> in the damsel no sin <transChange type="added">worthy</transChange> of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this matter:
For he found her in the field, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the betrothed damsel cried, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none to save her.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a man find a damsel <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for ever:
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Nevertheless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God loved thee.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.<note type="study">prosperity: Heb. good</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in their third generation.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp <transChange type="added">again</transChange>.<note type="study">cometh…: Heb. turneth toward</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:<note type="study">wilt…: Heb. sittest down</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.<note type="study">unclean…: Heb. nakedness of any thing</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
He shall dwell with thee, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.<note type="study">liketh…: Heb. is good for him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.<note type="study">whore: or, sodomitess</note>
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God for any vow: for even both these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> abomination unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When thou shalt vow a vow unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put <transChange type="added">any</transChange> in thy vessel.
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in her hand, and send her out of his house.<note type="study">some…: Heb. matter of nakedness</note><note type="study">divorcement: Heb. cutting off</note>
And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's <transChange type="added">wife</transChange>.
And <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> his wife;
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> abomination before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.<note type="study">neither…: Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh <transChange type="added">a man's</transChange> life to pledge.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> ye shall observe to do.
Remember what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.<note type="study">lend…: Heb. lend the loan of any thing to, etc</note>
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
And if the man <transChange type="added">be</transChange> poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> poor and needy, <transChange type="added">whether he be</transChange> of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in thy land within thy gates:
At his day thou shalt give <transChange type="added">him</transChange> his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and it be sin unto thee.<note type="study">setteth…: Heb. lifteth his soul unto it</note>
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.<note type="study">go…: Heb. bough it after thee</note>
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean <transChange type="added">it</transChange> afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.<note type="study">afterward: Heb. after thee</note>
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that <transChange type="added">the judges</transChange> may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
And it shall be, if the wicked man <transChange type="added">be</transChange> worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
Forty stripes he may give him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not exceed: lest, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out <transChange type="added">the corn</transChange>.<note type="study">treadeth…: Heb. thresheth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.<note type="study">her husband's…: or, her next kinsman</note>
And it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.<note type="study">brother's: or, next kinsman's</note>
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he stand <transChange type="added">to it</transChange>, and say, I like not to take her;
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity <transChange type="added">her</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.<note type="study">divers…: Heb. a stone and a stone</note>
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.<note type="study">divers…: Heb. an ephah and an ephah</note>
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee.
For all that do such things, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all that do unrighteously, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> feeble behind thee, when thou <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Therefore it shall be, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance to possess it, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
And it shall be, when thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> come in unto the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;
That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, and shalt put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall choose to place his name there.
And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, that I am come unto the country which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto our fathers for to give us.
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
And thou shalt speak and say before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, A Syrian ready to perish <transChange type="added">was</transChange> my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
And when we cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of our fathers, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a land that floweth with milk and honey.
And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and worship before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God:
And thou shalt rejoice in every good <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> the year of tithing, and hast given <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Then thou shalt say before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of <transChange type="added">mine</transChange> house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten <transChange type="added">them</transChange>:
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> thereof for <transChange type="added">any</transChange> unclean <transChange type="added">use</transChange>, nor given <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> thereof for the dead: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I have hearkened to the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>This day the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Thou hast avouched the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that <transChange type="added">thou</transChange> shouldest keep all his commandments;
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, as he hath spoken.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up <transChange type="added">any</transChange> iron <transChange type="added">tool</transChange> upon them.
Thou shalt build the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God:
And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.<note type="study">to curse: Heb. for a cursing</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the man that maketh <transChange type="added">any</transChange> graven or molten image, an abomination unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in <transChange type="added">a</transChange> secret <transChange type="added">place</transChange>. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that confirmeth not <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to observe <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
Blessed <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the city, and blessed <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the field.
Blessed <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Blessed <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> thy basket and thy store.<note type="study">store: or, dough, or, kneadingtroughs</note>
Blessed <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> when thou comest in, and blessed <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> when thou goest out.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God giveth thee.<note type="study">storehouses: or, barns</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and walk in his ways.
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they shall be afraid of thee.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto thy fathers to give thee.<note type="study">in goods: or, for good</note><note type="study">body: Heb. belly</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do <transChange type="added">them</transChange>:
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the right hand, or <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Cursed <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the city, and cursed <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the field.
Cursed <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> thy basket and thy store.
Cursed <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Cursed <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> when thou comest in, and cursed <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> when thou goest out.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.<note type="study">for…: Heb. which thou wouldest do</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.<note type="study">sword: or, drought</note>
And thy heaven that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> iron.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.<note type="study">removed: Heb. for a removing</note>
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray <transChange type="added">them</transChange> away.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>.
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.<note type="study">gather…: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat</note>
Thine ox <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note type="study">shall not…: Heb. shall not return to thee</note>
Thy sons and thy daughters <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail <transChange type="added">with longing</transChange> for them all the day long: and <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> no might in thine hand.
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall lead thee.
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather <transChange type="added">but</transChange> little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, but shalt neither drink <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the wine, nor gather <transChange type="added">the grapes</transChange>; for the worms shall eat them.
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint <transChange type="added">thyself</transChange> with the oil; for thine olive shall cast <transChange type="added">his fruit</transChange>.
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.<note type="study">thou shalt not…: Heb. they shall not be thine</note>
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.<note type="study">consume: or, possess</note>
The stranger that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
Because thou servedst not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>;
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, <transChange type="added">as swift</transChange> as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;<note type="study">understand: Heb. hear</note>
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:<note type="study">of fierce…: Heb. strong of face</note>
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which <transChange type="added">also</transChange> shall not leave thee <transChange type="added">either</transChange> corn, wine, or oil, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath given thee.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:<note type="study">body: Heb. belly</note>
<transChange type="added">So that</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.<note type="study">young one: Heb. afterbirth</note>
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> THY GOD;
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
Also every sickness, and every plague, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not written in the book of this law, them will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.<note type="study">bring: Heb. cause to ascend</note>
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> wood and stone.
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy <transChange type="added">you</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the words of the covenant, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Yet the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Ye stand this day all of you before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> all the men of Israel,
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and into his oath, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God maketh with thee this day:<note type="study">enter: Heb. pass</note>
That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
But with <transChange type="added">him</transChange> that standeth here with us this day before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, and also with <transChange type="added">him</transChange> that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not here with us this day:
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> among them:)<note type="study">idols: Heb. dungy gods</note>
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, to go <transChange type="added">and</transChange> serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;<note type="study">gall: or, a poisonous herb: Heb. rosh</note>
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:<note type="study">imagination: or, stubbornness</note><note type="study">drunkenness…: Heb. the drunken to the thirsty</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not spare him, but then the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall blot out his name from under heaven.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:<note type="study">are: Heb. is</note>
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath laid upon it;<note type="study">which…: Heb. wherewith the <divineName>Lord</divineName> hath made it sick</note>
<transChange type="added">And that</transChange> the whole land thereof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> brimstone, and salt, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> burning, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> done thus unto this land? what <transChange type="added">meaneth</transChange> the heat of this great anger?
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> he had not given unto them:<note type="study">whom he…: or, who had not given to them any portion</note><note type="study">given: Heb. divided</note>
And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.
The secret <transChange type="added">things belong</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God: but those <transChange type="added">things which are</transChange> revealed <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> unto us and to our children for ever, that <transChange type="added">we</transChange> may do all the words of this law.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to mind among all the nations, whither the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath driven thee,
And shalt return unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
That then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath scattered thee.
If <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of thine be driven out unto the outmost <transChange type="added">parts</transChange> of heaven, from thence will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> if thou turn unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For this commandment which I command thee this day, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not hidden from thee, neither <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it far off.
It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Neither <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
But the word <transChange type="added">is</transChange> very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
In that I command thee this day to love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, <transChange type="added">and that</transChange> ye shall not prolong <transChange type="added">your</transChange> days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
That thou mayest love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
And he said unto them, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, he will go over before thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, he <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and unto all the elders of Israel.
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of <transChange type="added">every</transChange> seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
When all Israel is come to appear before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
And <transChange type="added">that</transChange> their children, which have not known <transChange type="added">any thing</transChange>, may hear, and learn to fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.<note type="study">sleep: Heb. lie down</note>
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not among us?<note type="study">befall: Heb. find</note>
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.<note type="study">against: Heb. before</note><note type="study">go…: Heb. do</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and how much more after my death?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange>, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Because I will publish the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
<transChange type="added">He is</transChange> the Rock, his work <transChange type="added">is</transChange> perfect: for all his ways <transChange type="added">are</transChange> judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he.
They have corrupted themselves, their spot <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">the spot</transChange> of his children: <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> a perverse and crooked generation.<note type="study">They have…: Heb. He hath corrupted to himself</note><note type="study">their…: or, that they are not his children, that is their blot</note>
Do ye thus requite the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O foolish people and unwise? <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not he thy father <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.<note type="study">many…: Heb. generation and generation</note>
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> portion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his people; Jacob <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the lot of his inheritance.<note type="study">lot: Heb. cord</note>
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.<note type="study">led: or, compassed</note>
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
<transChange type="added">So</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> alone did lead him, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no strange god with him.
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered <transChange type="added">with fatness</transChange>; then he forsook God <transChange type="added">which</transChange> made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
They provoked him to jealousy with strange <transChange type="added">gods</transChange>, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new <transChange type="added">gods that</transChange> came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.<note type="study">not to…: or, which were not God</note>
Of the Rock <transChange type="added">that</transChange> begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he abhorred <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.<note type="study">abhorred: or, despised</note>
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange>: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a very froward generation, children in whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no faith.
They have moved me to jealousy with <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with <transChange type="added">those which are</transChange> not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.<note type="study">shall burn: or, hath burned</note><note type="study">shall consume: or, hath consumed</note>
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
<transChange type="added">They shall be</transChange> burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.<note type="study">heat: Heb. coals</note>
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling <transChange type="added">also</transChange> with the man of gray hairs.<note type="study">within: Heb. from the chambers</note><note type="study">destroy: Heb. bereave</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> lest they should say, Our hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> high, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not done all this.<note type="study">Our…: or, Our high hand, and not the <divineName>Lord</divineName> hath done</note>
For they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a nation void of counsel, neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> understanding in them.
O that they were wise, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they understood this, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they would consider their latter end!
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had shut them up?
For their rock <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves <transChange type="added">being</transChange> judges.
For their vine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> grapes of gall, their clusters <transChange type="added">are</transChange> bitter:<note type="study">of the vine: or, worse than the vine</note>
Their wine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this laid up in store with me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sealed up among my treasures?
To me <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in <transChange type="added">due</transChange> time: for the day of their calamity <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that <transChange type="added">their</transChange> power is gone, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none shut up, or left.<note type="study">power: Heb. hand</note>
And he shall say, Where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their gods, <transChange type="added">their</transChange> rock in whom they trusted,
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> be your protection.<note type="study">your…: Heb. an hiding for you</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>See now that I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> that can deliver out of my hand.
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; <transChange type="added">and that</transChange> with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

Rejoice, O ye nations, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to his people.<note type="study">Rejoice…: or, Praise his people, ye nations: or, Sing ye</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.<note type="study">Hoshea: or, Joshua</note>
And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
For it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not a vain thing for you; because it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong <transChange type="added">your</transChange> days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, <transChange type="added">unto</transChange> mount Nebo, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the land of Moab, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah–Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.<note type="study">Meribah–Kadesh: or, strife at Kadesh</note>
Yet thou shalt see the land before <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
And he said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand <transChange type="added">went</transChange> a fiery law for them.<note type="study">a fiery…: Heb. a fire of law</note>
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; <transChange type="added">every one</transChange> shall receive of thy words.
Moses commanded us a law, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Let Reuben live, and not die; and let <transChange type="added">not</transChange> his men be few.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">is the blessing</transChange> of Judah: and he said, Hear, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help <transChange type="added">to him</transChange> from his enemies.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And of Levi he said, <transChange type="added">Let</transChange> thy Thummim and thy Urim <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, <transChange type="added">and with</transChange> whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.<note type="study">They shall teach: or, Let them teach</note><note type="study">they shall put: or, let them put</note><note type="study">before…: Heb. at thy nose</note>
Bless, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">And</transChange> of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall dwell in safety by him; <transChange type="added">and the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
And for the precious fruits <transChange type="added">brought forth</transChange> by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,<note type="study">put: Heb. thrust</note><note type="study">moon: Heb. moons</note>
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let <transChange type="added">the blessing</transChange> come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> separated from his brethren.
His glory <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> the firstling of his bullock, and his horns <transChange type="added">are like</transChange> the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the thousands of Manasseh.<note type="study">unicorns: Heb. an unicorn</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the abundance of the seas, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> treasures hid in the sand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And of Gad he said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> a portion of the lawgiver, <transChange type="added">was he</transChange> seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his judgments with Israel.<note type="study">seated: Heb. cieled</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And of Dan he said, Dan <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: possess thou the west and the south.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And of Asher he said, <transChange type="added">Let</transChange> Asher <transChange type="added">be</transChange> blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
Thy shoes <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> iron and brass; and as thy days, <transChange type="added">so shall</transChange> thy strength <transChange type="added">be</transChange>.<note type="study">Thy shoes: or, Under thy shoes</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> none like unto the God of Jeshurun, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
The eternal God <transChange type="added">is thy</transChange> refuge, and underneath <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
Happy <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, O Israel: who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like unto thee, O people saved by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the shield of thy help, and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.<note type="study">found…: or, subdued</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over against Jericho. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,<note type="study">Pisgah: or, the hill</note>
And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth–peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.<note type="study">natural…: Heb. moisture</note><note type="study">abated: Heb. fled</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping <transChange type="added">and</transChange> mourning for Moses were ended.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> knew face to face,
In all the signs and the wonders, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF JOSHUA</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> it came to pass, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the children of Israel.
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.<note type="study">unto this…: or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land, etc</note>
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the right hand or <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.<note type="study">prosper: or, do wisely</note>
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.<note type="study">have…: or, do wisely</note>
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee whithersoever thou goest.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God giveth you to possess it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded you, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;<note type="study">armed: Heb. marshalled by five</note>
Until the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have given your brethren rest, as <transChange type="added">he hath given</transChange> you, and they also have possessed the land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Whosoever <transChange type="added">he be</transChange> that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.<note type="study">sent: or, had sent</note><note type="study">lodged: Heb. lay</note>
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they <transChange type="added">were</transChange>:
And it came to pass <transChange type="added">about the time</transChange> of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
And she said unto the men, I know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.<note type="study">faint: Heb. melt</note>
For we have heard how the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
And as soon as we had heard <transChange type="added">these things</transChange>, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.<note type="study">did there…: Heb. rose up</note>
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
And <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.<note type="study">for…: Heb. instead of you to die</note>
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
And the men said unto her, We <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
Behold, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.<note type="study">bring: Heb. gather</note>
And it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon his head, and we <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> on our head, if <transChange type="added">any</transChange> hand be upon him.
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
And she said, According unto your words, so <transChange type="added">be</transChange> it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> throughout all the way, but found <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that befell them:
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.<note type="study">faint: Heb. melt</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed <transChange type="added">this</transChange> way heretofore.<note type="study">heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, and the third day</note>
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will do wonders among you.
And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I will be with thee.
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among you, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the waters of Jordan shall be cut off <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
That the waters which came down from above stood <transChange type="added">and</transChange> rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the salt sea, failed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Joshua, saying,
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
That this may be a sign among you, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when your children ask <transChange type="added">their fathers</transChange> in time to come, saying, What <transChange type="added">mean</transChange> ye by these stones?<note type="study">in time…: Heb. to morrow</note>
Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.<note type="study">prepared: or, ready armed</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>On that day the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Joshua, saying,
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> were come up out of the midst of Jordan, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as <transChange type="added">they did</transChange> before.<note type="study">lifted…: Heb. plucked up</note><note type="study">flowed: Heb. went</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What <transChange type="added">mean</transChange> these stones?<note type="study">in time…: Heb. to morrow</note>
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mighty: that ye might fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God for ever.<note type="study">for ever: Heb. all days</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by the sea, heard that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>At that time the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.<note type="study">sharp…: or, knives of flints</note>
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.<note type="study">sharp…: or, knives of flints</note><note type="study">the hill…: or, Gibeah–haaraloth</note>
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> males, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, <transChange type="added">them</transChange> they had not circumcised.
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: unto whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware that he would not shew them the land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
And their children, <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.<note type="study">they had…: Heb. the people had made an end to be circumcised</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.<note type="study">Gilgal: that is Rolling</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched <transChange type="added">corn</transChange> in the selfsame day.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou for us, or for our adversaries?
And he said, Nay; but <transChange type="added">as</transChange> captain of the host of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?<note type="study">captain: or, prince</note>
And the captain of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy. And Joshua did so.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.<note type="study">was…: Heb. did shut up, and was shut up</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the mighty men of valour.
And ye shall compass the city, all <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> men of war, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long <transChange type="added">blast</transChange> with the ram's horn, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.<note type="study">flat: Heb. under it</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> followed them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, <transChange type="added">the priests</transChange> going on, and blowing with the trumpets.<note type="study">rereward: Heb. gathering host</note>
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall <transChange type="added">any</transChange> word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.<note type="study">any noise…: Heb. your voice to be heard</note>
So the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> compassed the city, going about <transChange type="added">it</transChange> once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">the priests</transChange> going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given you the city.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the city shall be accursed, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> it, and all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> therein, to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.<note type="study">accursed: or, devoted</note>
And ye, in any wise keep <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange> from the accursed thing, lest ye make <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange> accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.<note type="study">accursed: or, devoted</note><note type="study">a curse: or, devoted</note>
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> consecrated unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: they shall come into the treasury of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">consecrated: Heb. holiness</note>
So the people shouted when <transChange type="added">the priests</transChange> blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.<note type="study">flat: Heb. under it</note>
And they utterly destroyed all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.<note type="study">kindred: Heb. families</note>
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joshua adjured <transChange type="added">them</transChange> at that time, saying, Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the man before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest <transChange type="added">son</transChange> shall he set up the gates of it.
So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with Joshua; and his fame was <transChange type="added">noised</transChange> throughout all the country.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against the children of Israel.<note type="study">Achan: also called, Achar</note><note type="study">Zabdi: also called, Zimri</note>
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> make not all the people to labour thither; for they <transChange type="added">are but</transChange> few.<note type="study">about…: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men</note>
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them <transChange type="added">from</transChange> before the gate <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.<note type="study">in…: or, in Morad</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!<note type="study">backs: Heb. necks</note>
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?<note type="study">liest: Heb. fallest</note>
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> even among their own stuff.
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> turned <transChange type="added">their</transChange> backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the tribe which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> taketh shall come according to the families <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>; and the family which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall take shall come by households; and the household which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall take shall come man by man.
And it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.<note type="study">folly: or, wickedness</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not from me.
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.<note type="study">wedge: Heb. tongue</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">laid: Heb. poured</note>
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.<note type="study">Achor: that is, Trouble</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
And I, and all the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.<note type="study">drawn: Heb. pulled</note>
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God will deliver it into your hand.
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
And all the people, <transChange type="added">even the people</transChange> of war that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a valley between them and Ai.
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.<note type="study">of…: or, of Ai</note>
And when they had set the people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the host that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.<note type="study">liers…: Heb. lying in wait</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> liers in ambush against him behind the city.
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
And all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth–el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that <transChange type="added">he had</transChange> in his hand toward the city.
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.<note type="study">power: Heb. hand</note>
And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> all that fell that day, both of men and women, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve thousand, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the men of Ai.
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which he commanded Joshua.
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a desolation unto this day.
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, <transChange type="added">that remaineth</transChange> unto this day.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Joshua built an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel in mount Ebal,
As Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up <transChange type="added">any</transChange> iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and sacrificed peace offerings.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.<note type="study">were…: Heb. walked</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And it came to pass, when all the kings which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>;
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.<note type="study">accord: Heb. mouth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry <transChange type="added">and</transChange> mouldy.
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
And they said unto Joshua, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ye? and from whence come ye?
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Ashtaroth.
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.<note type="study">with you: Heb. in your hand</note>
This our bread we took hot <transChange type="added">for</transChange> our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not <transChange type="added">counsel</transChange> at the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">the men…: or, they received the men by reason of their victuals</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> their neighbours, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they dwelt among them.
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Now therefore ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.<note type="study">none…: Heb. not be cut off from you</note>
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
And now, behold, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.<note type="study">made: Heb. gave, or, delivered to be</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> greater than Ai, and all the men thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> mighty.<note type="study">royal…: Heb. cities of the kingdom</note>
Wherefore Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> went up from Gilgal all night.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> were in the going down to Beth–horon, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> more which died with hailstones than <transChange type="added">they</transChange> whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then spake Joshua to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the day when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.<note type="study">stand…: Heb. be silent</note>
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.<note type="study">Jasher: or, the upright?</note>
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> fought for Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
And stay ye not, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath delivered them into your hand.<note type="study">smite…: Heb. cut off the tail</note>
And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest <transChange type="added">which</transChange> remained of them entered into fenced cities.
And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the king of Eglon.
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, <transChange type="added">which remain</transChange> until this very day.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel commanded.
And Joshua smote them from Kadesh–barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel fought for Israel.
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard <transChange type="added">those things</transChange>, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
And to the kings that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
<transChange type="added">And to</transChange> the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.<note type="study">met…: Heb. assembled by appointment</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.<note type="study">great Zidon: or, Zidonrabbah</note><note type="study">Misrephoth–maim: or, Salt pits: Heb. Burnings of waters</note>
And Joshua did unto them as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
And they smote all the souls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.<note type="study">any…: Heb. any breath</note>
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded.
But <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; <transChange type="added">that</transChange> did Joshua burn.<note type="study">in their…: Heb. on their heap</note>
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>As the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.<note type="study">left…: Heb. removed nothing</note>
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.<note type="study">the mount…: or, the smooth mountain</note>
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all <transChange type="added">other</transChange> they took in battle.
For it was of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ruled from Aroer, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> the border of the children of Ammon;
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:<note type="study">the south: or, Teman</note><note type="study">Ashdoth–pisgah: or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the coast of Og king of Bashan, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Them did Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave it <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a possession according to their divisions;
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beside Beth–el, one;
The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth–el, one;
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;<note type="study">Lasharon: or, Sharon</note>
The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
The king of Shimron–meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
Now Joshua was old <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stricken in years; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Thou art old <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.<note type="study">to…: Heb. to possess it</note>
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
From Sihor, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:<note type="study">Mearah: or, the cave</note>
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal–gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth–maim, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> as Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave them;
From Aroer, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel made by fire <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their inheritance, as he said unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben <transChange type="added">inheritance</transChange> according to their families.
And their coast was from Aroer, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
Heshbon, and all her cities that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,<note type="study">Bamoth–baal…: or, the high places of Baal, and house of Baal–meon</note>
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley,
And Beth–peor, and Ashdoth–pisgah, and Beth–jeshimoth,<note type="study">Ashdoth–pisgah: or, springs of Pisgah, or, the hill</note>
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.<note type="study">soothsayer: or, diviner</note>
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>. This <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
And Moses gave <transChange type="added">inheritance</transChange> unto the tribe of Gad, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the children of Gad according to their families.
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Rabbah;
And from Heshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and <transChange type="added">his</transChange> border, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Moses gave <transChange type="added">inheritance</transChange> unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and <transChange type="added">this</transChange> was <transChange type="added">the possession</transChange> of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Bashan, threescore cities:
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, <transChange type="added">were pertaining</transChange> unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
These <transChange type="added">are the countries</transChange> which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not <transChange type="added">any</transChange> inheritance: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> their inheritance, as he said unto them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
And these <transChange type="added">are the countries</transChange> which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
By lot <transChange type="added">was</transChange> their inheritance, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the half tribe.
For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell <transChange type="added">in</transChange>, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
As the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.
Forty years old <transChange type="added">was</transChange> I when Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent me from Kadesh–barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> in mine heart.
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God.
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God.
And now, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake this word unto Moses, while <transChange type="added">the children of</transChange> Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> this day fourscore and five years old.<note type="study">wandered: Heb. walked</note>
As yet I <transChange type="added">am as</transChange> strong this day as <transChange type="added">I was</transChange> in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength <transChange type="added">was</transChange> then, even so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims <transChange type="added">were</transChange> there, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the cities <transChange type="added">were</transChange> great <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fenced: if so be the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said.
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
And the name of Hebron before <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Kirjath–arba; <transChange type="added">which Arba was</transChange> a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
<transChange type="added">This</transChange> then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the uttermost part of the south coast.
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:<note type="study">bay: Heb. tongue</note>
And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:<note type="study">Maaleh–acrabbim: or, the going up to Acrabbim</note>
<transChange type="added">From thence</transChange> it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
And the east border <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the salt sea, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the end of Jordan. And <transChange type="added">their</transChange> border in the north quarter <transChange type="added">was</transChange> from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
And the border went up to Beth–hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth–arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before the going up to Adummim, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En–shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En–rogel:
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> before the valley of Hinnom westward, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Kirjath–jearim:
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
And the west border <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the great sea, and the coast <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to Joshua, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the city of Arba the father of Anak, which <transChange type="added">city is</transChange> Hebron.<note type="study">the city…: or, Kirjath–arba</note>
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Kirjath–sepher.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
And it came to pass, as she came <transChange type="added">unto him</transChange>, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off <transChange type="added">her</transChange> ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Hezron, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hazor,
Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
And Hazar–gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth–palet,
And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities <transChange type="added">are</transChange> twenty and nine, with their villages:
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
And Zanoah, and En–gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:<note type="study">and Gederothaim: or, or Gederothaim</note>
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal–gad,
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that <transChange type="added">lay</transChange> near Ashdod, with their villages:<note type="study">near: Heb. by the place of</note>
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>:
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
And Dannah, and Kirjath–sannah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Debir,
And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
And Janum, and Beth–tappuah, and Aphekah,<note type="study">Janum: or, Janus</note>
And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
Halhul, Beth–zur, and Gedor,
And Maarath, and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
Kirjath–baal, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
In the wilderness, Beth–arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En–gedi; six cities with their villages.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth–el,<note type="study">fell: Heb. went forth</note>
And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was <transChange type="added">thus</transChange>: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim <transChange type="added">were</transChange> among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the firstborn of Joseph; <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
There was also <transChange type="added">a lot</transChange> for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.<note type="study">Abiezer: also called, Jeezer</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the other side Jordan;
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En–tappuah.
<transChange type="added">Now</transChange> Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh <transChange type="added">belonged</transChange> to the children of Ephraim;
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim <transChange type="added">are</transChange> among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:<note type="study">river Kanah: or, brook of reeds</note>
Southward <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> Ephraim's, and northward <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> three countries.
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out <transChange type="added">the inhabitants of</transChange> those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me <transChange type="added">but</transChange> one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a great people, forasmuch as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath blessed me hitherto?
And Joshua answered them, If thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a great people, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> get thee up to the wood <transChange type="added">country</transChange>, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.<note type="study">giants: or, Rephaims</note>
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, <transChange type="added">both they</transChange> who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> of Beth–shean and her towns, and <transChange type="added">they</transChange> who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> of the valley of Jezreel.
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot <transChange type="added">only</transChange>:
But the mountain shall be thine; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> though they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> strong.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ye slack to go to possess the land, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers hath given you?

Give out from among you three men for <transChange type="added">each</transChange> tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come <transChange type="added">again</transChange> to me.
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Ye shall therefore describe the land <transChange type="added">into</transChange> seven parts, and bring <transChange type="added">the description</transChange> hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Shiloh.
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came <transChange type="added">again</transChange> to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth–aven.
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.
And the border was drawn <transChange type="added">thence</transChange>, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the west quarter.
And the south quarter <transChange type="added">was</transChange> from the end of Kirjath–jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> before the valley of the son of Hinnom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En–shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:<note type="study">Arabah: or, the plain</note>
And the border passed along to the side of Beth–hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the south coast.<note type="study">bay: Heb. tongue</note>
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth–hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
And Beth–arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth–el,
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jerusalem, Gibeath, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
And Hazar–shual, and Balah, and Azem,
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
And Ziklag, and Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susah,
And Beth–lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
And all the villages that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> round about these cities to Baalath–beer, Ramath of the south. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
Out of the portion of the children of Judah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Jokneam;
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth–tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah–hepher, to Ittah–kazin, and goeth out to Remmon–methoar to Neah;<note type="study">methoar: or, which is drawn</note>
And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah–el:
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">And</transChange> the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
And Remeth, and En–gannim, and En–haddah, and Beth–pazzez;
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth–shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor–libnath;
And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth–dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah–el toward the north side of Beth–emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto great Zidon;
And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:<note type="study">Tyre: Heb. Tzor</note>
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
And the fenced cities <transChange type="added">are</transChange> Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En–hazor,
And Iron, and Migdal–el, Horem, and Beth–anath, and Beth–shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">And</transChange> the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
And Jehud, and Bene–berak, and Gath–rimmon,
And Me–jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.<note type="study">before: or, over against</note><note type="study">Japho: or, Joppa</note>
And the coast of the children of Dan went out <transChange type="added">too little</transChange> for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
According to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> they gave him the city which he asked, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Timnath–serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also spake unto Joshua, saying,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
That the slayer that killeth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> person unawares <transChange type="added">and</transChange> unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.<note type="study">appointed: Heb. sanctified</note>
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, these cities and their suburbs.
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
And the rest of the children of Kohath <transChange type="added">had</transChange> by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
And the children of Gershon <transChange type="added">had</transChange> by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
The children of Merari by their families <transChange type="added">had</transChange> out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded by the hand of Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are <transChange type="added">here</transChange> mentioned by name,<note type="study">mentioned: Heb. called</note>
Which the children of Aaron, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> of the families of the Kohathites, <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which <transChange type="added">city is</transChange> Hebron, in the hill <transChange type="added">country</transChange> of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.<note type="study">the city…: or, Kirjath–arba</note>
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,<note type="study">Holon: also called, Hilen</note>
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.<note type="study">Ain: also called, Ashan</note>
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,<note type="study">Geba: also called, Gaba</note>
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.<note type="study">Almon: also called, Alemeth</note>
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirteen cities with their suburbs.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath–rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath–rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
All the cities <transChange type="added">were</transChange> ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> half tribe of Manasseh <transChange type="added">they gave</transChange> Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh–terah with her suburbs; two cities.
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
Jarmuth with her suburbs, En–gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth–dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirteen cities with their suburbs.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were <transChange type="added">by</transChange> their lot twelve cities.
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus <transChange type="added">were</transChange> all these cities.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered all their enemies into their hand.
There failed not ought of any good thing which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
And now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave you on the other side Jordan.
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> charged you, to love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now to the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given <transChange type="added">possession</transChange> in Bashan: but unto the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the hand of Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
And when the children of Israel heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.<note type="study">chief…: Heb. house of the father</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
Thus saith the whole congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, What trespass <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,
But that ye must turn away this day from following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? and it will be, <transChange type="added">seeing</transChange> ye rebel to day against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession <transChange type="added">be</transChange> unclean, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, wherein the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of gods, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> in rebellion, or if in transgression against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, (save us not this day,)
That we have built us an altar to turn from following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> himself require <transChange type="added">it</transChange>;
And if we have not <transChange type="added">rather</transChange> done it for fear of <transChange type="added">this</transChange> thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel?<note type="study">In time…: Heb. To morrow</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
But <transChange type="added">that</transChange> it <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should <transChange type="added">so</transChange> say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say <transChange type="added">again</transChange>, Behold the pattern of the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a witness between us and you.
God forbid that we should rebel against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and turn this day from following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before his tabernacle.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.<note type="study">pleased…: Heb. was good in their eyes</note>
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">now: Heb. then</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar <transChange type="added">Ed</transChange>: for it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a witness between us that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God.<note type="study">Ed: that is, A witness</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
And it came to pass a long time after that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stricken in age.<note type="study">stricken…: Heb. come into days</note>
And Joshua called for all Israel, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stricken in age:
And ye have seen all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that hath fought for you.
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.<note type="study">westward: Heb. at the sunset</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath promised unto you.
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the right hand or <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the left;
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear <transChange type="added">by them</transChange>, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
But cleave unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, as ye have done unto this day.<note type="study">But cleave…: or, For if ye will cleave, etc</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.<note type="study">For the <divineName>Lord</divineName>…: or, Then the <divineName>Lord</divineName> will drive</note>
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, he <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.<note type="study">yourselves: Heb. your souls</note>
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Know for a certainty that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God will no more drive out <transChange type="added">any of</transChange> these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath given you.
And, behold, this day I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not one thing hath failed thereof.
Therefore it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> as all good things are come upon you, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God promised you; so shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God hath given you.
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
And when they cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the two kings of the Amorites; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now therefore fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And if it seem evil unto you to serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to serve other gods;
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, he <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> will we also serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our God.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an holy God; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.<note type="study">holy God: Heb. holy Gods</note>
If ye forsake the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to serve him. And they said, <transChange type="added">We are</transChange> witnesses.
Now therefore put away, <transChange type="added">said he</transChange>, the strange gods which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> among you, and incline your heart unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
And the people said unto Joshua, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the sanctuary of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, died, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> an hundred and ten years old.
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
And Israel served the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he had done for Israel.<note type="study">overlived…: Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.<note type="study">pieces…: or, lambs</note>
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill <transChange type="added">that pertained to</transChange> Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF JUDGES</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
And Judah went up; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered <transChange type="added">their meat</transChange> under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.<note type="study">their thumbs…: Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet</note><note type="study">gathered: or, gleaned</note>
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.<note type="study">valley: or, low country</note>
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Kirjath–sepher:
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
And it came to pass, when she came <transChange type="added">to him</transChange>, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off <transChange type="added">her</transChange> ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with Judah; and he drave out <transChange type="added">the inhabitants of</transChange> the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.<note type="study">drave…: or, possessed the mountain</note>
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth–el: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with them.
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Luz.)
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the name thereof unto this day.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Neither did Manasseh drive out <transChange type="added">the inhabitants of</transChange> Beth–shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth–anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh and of Beth–anath became tributaries unto them.
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.<note type="study">prevailed: Heb. was heavy</note>
And the coast of the Amorites <transChange type="added">was</transChange> from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.<note type="study">the going…: or, Maaleh–acrabbim</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And an angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.<note type="study">angel: or, messenger</note>
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be <transChange type="added">as thorns</transChange> in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
And it came to pass, when the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Bochim: that is, Weepers</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
And the people served the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he did for Israel.<note type="study">outlived: Heb. prolonged days after</note>
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, died, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> an hundred and ten years old.
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.<note type="study">Timnath–heres: also called, Timnath–serah</note>
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and served Baalim:
And they forsook the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to anger.
And they forsook the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was against them for evil, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said, and as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Nevertheless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.<note type="study">delivered: Heb. saved</note>
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> they did not so.
And when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> raised them up judges, then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they returned, and corrupted <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.<note type="study">corrupted…: or, were corrupt</note><note type="study">ceased…: Heb. let nothing fall of their</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to walk therein, as their fathers did keep <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, or not.
Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.<note type="study">left: or, suffered</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the nations which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> left, to prove Israel by them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> as many <transChange type="added">of Israel</transChange> as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
<transChange type="added">Namely</transChange>, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and forgat the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim eight years.<note type="study">Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram–naharaim</note>
And when the children of Israel cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.<note type="study">deliverer: Heb. saviour</note>
And the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan–rishathaim.<note type="study">came: Heb. was</note><note type="study">Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram</note>
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
But when the children of Israel cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.<note type="study">a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini</note><note type="study">lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand</note>
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a very fat man.
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
But he himself turned again from the quarries that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.<note type="study">quarries: or, graven images</note>
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> seat.<note type="study">a summer…: Heb. a parlour of cooling</note>
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.<note type="study">the dirt…: or, it came out at the buttocks</note>
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour <transChange type="added">were</transChange> locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.<note type="study">covereth…: or, doeth his easement</note>
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: and, behold, their lord <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fallen down dead on the earth.
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.<note type="study">lusty: Heb. fat</note>
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when Ehud was dead.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
And the children of Israel cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth–el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh–naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel commanded, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> I will not go.
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Now Heber the Kenite, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by Kedesh.
And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.<note type="study">together: Heb. by cry, or, proclamation</note>
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the day in which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> discomfited Sisera, and all <transChange type="added">his</transChange> chariots, and all <transChange type="added">his</transChange> host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off <transChange type="added">his</transChange> chariot, and fled away on his feet.
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> there was not a man left.<note type="study">a man: Heb. unto one</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.<note type="study">mantle: or, rug, or, blanket</note>
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.<note type="study">and took: Heb. and put</note>
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her <transChange type="added">tent</transChange>, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his temples.
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.<note type="study">prospered…: Heb. going went and was hard</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, will sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I will sing <transChange type="added">praise</transChange> to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
The mountains melted from before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> that Sinai from before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.<note type="study">melted: Heb. flowed</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.<note type="study">travellers: Heb. walkers of paths</note><note type="study">byways: Heb. crooked ways</note>
<transChange type="added">The inhabitants of</transChange> the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
They chose new gods; then <transChange type="added">was</transChange> war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
My heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.<note type="study">Speak: or, Meditate</note>
<transChange type="added">They that are delivered</transChange> from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the righteous acts <transChange type="added">toward the inhabitants</transChange> of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> go down to the gates.<note type="study">righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made me have dominion over the mighty.
Out of Ephraim <transChange type="added">was there</transChange> a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.<note type="study">handle: Heb. draw with</note>
And the princes of Issachar <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> great thoughts of heart.<note type="study">foot: Heb. his feet</note><note type="study">thoughts: Heb. impressions</note><note type="study">For: or, In</note>
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> great searchings of heart.<note type="study">For: or, In</note>
Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.<note type="study">shore: or, port</note><note type="study">breaches: or, creeks</note>
Zebulun and Naphtali <transChange type="added">were</transChange> a people <transChange type="added">that</transChange> jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.<note type="study">jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach</note>
The kings came <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.<note type="study">courses: Heb. paths</note>
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.<note type="study">pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings</note>
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to the help of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> against the mighty.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
He asked water, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> she gave <transChange type="added">him</transChange> milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.<note type="study">with…: Heb. she hammered</note>
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.<note type="study">At: Heb. Between</note><note type="study">dead: Heb. destroyed</note>
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot <transChange type="added">so</transChange> long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,<note type="study">answer: Heb. her words</note>
Have they not sped? have they <transChange type="added">not</transChange> divided the prey; to every man a damsel <transChange type="added">or</transChange> two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, <transChange type="added">meet</transChange> for the necks of <transChange type="added">them that take</transChange> the spoil?<note type="study">every…: Heb. the head of a man</note>
So let all thine enemies perish, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but <transChange type="added">let</transChange> them that love him <transChange type="added">be</transChange> as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.<note type="study">prevailed: Heb. was strong</note>
And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.<note type="study">sheep: or goat</note>
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> because of the Midianites,
That the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;<note type="study">a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet</note>
And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
And I said unto you, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there came an angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and sat under an oak which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Ophrah, that <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from the Midianites.<note type="study">Gideon: Gr. Gedeon</note><note type="study">to hide…: Heb. to cause it to flee</note>
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto him, and said unto him, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where <transChange type="added">be</transChange> all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bring us up from Egypt? but now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family <transChange type="added">is</transChange> poor in Manasseh, and I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the least in my father's house.<note type="study">my family…: Heb. my thousand is the meanest</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.<note type="study">present: or, meat offering</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out unto him under the oak, and presented <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats</note>
And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> put forth the end of the staff that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> departed out of his sight.
And when Gideon perceived that he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! for because I have seen an angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> face to face.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.<note type="study">Jehovah–shalom: that is, The <divineName>Lord</divineName> send peace</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass the same night, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by it:<note type="study">even: or, and</note>
And build an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.<note type="study">rock: Heb. strong place</note><note type="study">in the ordered…: or, in an orderly manner</note>
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said unto him: and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> by day, that he did <transChange type="added">it</transChange> by night.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> built.
And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by it.
And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst <transChange type="added">it is yet</transChange> morning: if he <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a god, let him plead for himself, because <transChange type="added">one</transChange> hath cast down his altar.
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.<note type="study">Jerubbaal: that is, Let Baal plead</note><note type="study">Jerubbesheth: that is, Let the shameful thing plead</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
But the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi–ezer was gathered after him.<note type="study">came…: Heb. clothed</note><note type="study">gathered: Heb. called</note>
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.<note type="study">gathered: Heb. called</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> if the dew be on the fleece only, and <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> dry upon all the earth <transChange type="added">beside</transChange>, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Then Jerubbaal, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Gideon, and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Gideon, The people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with thee <transChange type="added">are</transChange> too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Gideon, The people <transChange type="added">are</transChange> yet <transChange type="added">too</transChange> many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
And the number of them that lapped, <transChange type="added">putting</transChange> their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> people go every man unto his place.
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all <transChange type="added">the rest of</transChange> Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass the same night, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the host.<note type="study">armed men: or, ranks by five</note>
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels <transChange type="added">were</transChange> without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
And when Gideon was come, behold, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
And his fellow answered and said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.<note type="study">interpretation: Heb. breaking</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he divided the three hundred men <transChange type="added">into</transChange> three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.<note type="study">a trumpet…: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them</note><note type="study">lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches</note>
And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, as I do, so shall ye do.
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, <transChange type="added">The sword</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and of Gideon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Gideon, and the hundred men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in their hands.
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow <transChange type="added">withal</transChange>: and they cried, The sword of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and of Gideon.
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.<note type="study">in: or, toward</note><note type="study">border: Heb. lip</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan.
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.<note type="study">Why…: Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us</note><note type="study">sharply: Heb. strongly</note>
And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi–ezer?
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.<note type="study">anger: Heb. spirit</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Gideon came to Jordan, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> passed over, he, and the three hundred men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, faint, yet pursuing <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the princes of Succoth said, <transChange type="added">Are</transChange> the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
And Gideon said, Therefore when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.<note type="study">tear: Heb. thresh</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now Zebah and Zalmunna <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.<note type="study">men that…: or, every one drawing a sword</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.<note type="study">discomfited: Heb. terrified</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun <transChange type="added">was up</transChange>,
And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> threescore and seventeen men.<note type="study">described: Heb. writ</note>
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, <transChange type="added">Are</transChange> the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> weary?
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.<note type="study">taught: Heb. made to know</note>
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men <transChange type="added">were they</transChange> whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>, so <transChange type="added">were</transChange> they; each one resembled the children of a king.<note type="study">resembled…: Heb. according to the form, etc</note>
And he said, They <transChange type="added">were</transChange> my brethren, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the sons of my mother: <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet a youth.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man <transChange type="added">is, so is</transChange> his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on their camels' necks.<note type="study">ornaments: or, ornaments like the moon</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall rule over you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Ishmaelites.)
And they answered, We will willingly give <transChange type="added">them</transChange>. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> about their camels' necks.<note type="study">collars: or, sweet jewels</note>
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.<note type="study">of his…: Heb. going out of his thigh</note>
And his concubine that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.<note type="study">called: Heb. set</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal–berith their god.
And the children of Israel remembered not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> your bone and your flesh.<note type="study">Whether…: Heb. What is good? whether, etc</note>
And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our brother.<note type="study">to follow: Heb. after</note>
And they gave him threescore and ten <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Shechem.<note type="study">plain: or, oak</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when they told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
The trees went forth <transChange type="added">on a time</transChange> to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?<note type="study">go…: or, go up and down for other trees</note>
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> reign over us.
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> reign over us.
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> reign over us.<note type="study">bramble: or, thistle</note>
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> come <transChange type="added">and</transChange> put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:<note type="study">adventured…: Heb. cast his life</note>
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your brother;)
If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
That the cruelty <transChange type="added">done</transChange> to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.<note type="study">aided…: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill</note>
And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode <transChange type="added">the grapes</transChange>, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.<note type="study">merry: or, songs</note>
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Abimelech, and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Shechem, that we should serve him? <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">he</transChange> the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.<note type="study">kindled: or, hot</note>
And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.<note type="study">privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah</note>
Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
And it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he and the people that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.<note type="study">as thou shalt…: Heb. as thine hand shall find</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, from lying in wait.
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as <transChange type="added">if they were</transChange> men.
And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.<note type="study">middle: Heb. navel</note><note type="study">Meonenim: or, the regarders of times</note>
Then said Zebul unto him, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Abimelech, that we should serve him? <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wounded, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the entering of the gate.
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people <transChange type="added">were</transChange> come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
And Abimelech, and the company that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two <transChange type="added">other</transChange> companies ran upon all <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the fields, and slew them.
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on his shoulder, and said unto the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> do as I <transChange type="added">have done</transChange>.<note type="study">me do: Heb. I have done</note>
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.<note type="study">defend: or, deliver: Heb. save</note>
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth–jair unto this day, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the land of Gilead.<note type="study">Havoth–jair: or, the villages of Jair</note>
And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and served not him.
And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Gilead.<note type="study">oppressed: Heb. crushed</note>
Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto the children of Israel, <transChange type="added">Did</transChange> not <transChange type="added">I deliver you</transChange> from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.<note type="study">seemeth…: Heb. is good in thine eyes</note>
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.<note type="study">strange…: Heb. gods of strangers</note><note type="study">grieved: Heb. shortened</note>
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.<note type="study">gathered: Heb. cried</note>
And the people <transChange type="added">and</transChange> princes of Gilead said one to another, What man <transChange type="added">is he</transChange> that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.<note type="study">Jephthah: Gr. Jephthae</note><note type="study">an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot</note>
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the son of a strange woman.
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.<note type="study">from: Heb. from the face <seg subType="x-added" type="x-transChange">of</seg></note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.<note type="study">in process…: Heb. after days</note>
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.<note type="study">witness…: Heb. the hearer between us</note>
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Mizpeh.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those <transChange type="added">lands</transChange> again peaceably.
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken <transChange type="added">thereto</transChange>. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not <transChange type="added">consent</transChange>: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the border of Moab.
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
So now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
And now <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that <transChange type="added">be</transChange> along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover <transChange type="added">them</transChange> within that time?
Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over <transChange type="added">unto</transChange> the children of Ammon.
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.<note type="study">whatsoever…: Heb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forth</note><note type="study">and…: or, or I will offer it, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered them into his hands.
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.<note type="study">the plain: or, Abel</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she <transChange type="added">was his</transChange> only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.<note type="study">beside…: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself</note>
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and I cannot go back.
And she said unto him, My father, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thou hast opened thy mouth unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the children of Ammon.
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.<note type="study">go up…: Heb. go and go down</note>
And he said, Go. And he sent her away <transChange type="added">for</transChange> two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her <transChange type="added">according</transChange> to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,<note type="study">custom: or, ordinance</note>
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.<note type="study">yearly: Heb. from year to year</note><note type="study">to lament: or, to talk with</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.<note type="study">gathered…: Heb. were called</note>
And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
And when I saw that ye delivered <transChange type="added">me</transChange> not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites <transChange type="added">are</transChange> fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> among the Manassites.
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce <transChange type="added">it</transChange> right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in <transChange type="added">one of</transChange> the cities of Gilead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And after him Ibzan of Beth–lehem judged Israel.
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.<note type="study">nephews: Heb. sons' sons</note>
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.<note type="study">did evil…: Heb. added to commit, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Manoah; and his wife <transChange type="added">was</transChange> barren, and bare not.
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>:
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he <transChange type="added">was</transChange>, neither told he me his name:
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Manoah intreated the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not with her.
And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> day.
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>.
And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and <transChange type="added">how</transChange> shall we do unto him?<note type="study">How shall we order…: Heb. What shall be the manner of the, etc</note><note type="study">how shall we do…: or, what shall he do?: Heb. what shall be his work?</note>
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
She may not eat of any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>: all that I commanded her let her observe.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Manoah said unto the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.<note type="study">for thee: Heb. before thee</note>
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. For Manoah knew not that he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Manoah said unto the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> secret?<note type="study">secret: or, wonderful</note>
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon a rock unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and <transChange type="added">the angel</transChange> did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and fell on their faces to the ground.
But the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
But his wife said unto him, If the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, nor would as at this time have told us <transChange type="added">such things</transChange> as these.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> blessed him.
And the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.<note type="study">the camp…: Heb. Mahaneh–dan</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
Then his father and his mother said unto him, <transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.<note type="study">pleaseth…: Heb. is right in mine eyes</note>
But his father and his mother knew not that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.<note type="study">against…: Heb. in meeting him</note>
And the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and <transChange type="added">he had</transChange> nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:<note type="study">sheets: or, shirts</note>
But if ye cannot declare <transChange type="added">it</transChange> me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.<note type="study">sheets: or, shirts</note>
And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not <transChange type="added">so</transChange>?<note type="study">take…: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us?</note>
And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> my father nor my mother, and shall I tell <transChange type="added">it</transChange> thee?
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.<note type="study">the seven…: or, the rest of the seven days</note>
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sweeter than honey? and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.<note type="study">spoil: or, apparel</note>
But Samson's wife was <transChange type="added">given</transChange> to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.<note type="study">take…: Heb. let her be thine</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.<note type="study">more…: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc</note>
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.<note type="study">firebrands: or, torches</note>
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let <transChange type="added">them</transChange> go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards <transChange type="added">and</transChange> olives.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines <transChange type="added">are</transChange> rulers over us? what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.<note type="study">went: Heb. went down</note>
And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">And</transChange> when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came mightily upon him, and the cords that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.<note type="study">loosed: Heb. were melted</note>
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.<note type="study">new: Heb. moist</note>
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.<note type="study">heaps upon…: Heb. an heap, two heaps</note>
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath–lehi.<note type="study">Ramath–lehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he was sore athirst, and called on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
But God clave an hollow place that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En–hakkore, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Lehi unto this day.<note type="study">En–hakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried</note><note type="study">the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter</note>
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.<note type="study">harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot</note>
<transChange type="added">And it was told</transChange> the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.<note type="study">quiet: Heb. silence</note>
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Hebron.<note type="study">bar…: Heb. with the bar</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Delilah.<note type="study">in…: or, by the brook</note>
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange>, and by what <transChange type="added">means</transChange> we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver.<note type="study">afflict: or, humble</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange>, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.<note type="study">green…: or, new cords: Heb. moist</note><note type="study">another: Heb. one</note>
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.<note type="study">green…: or, new cords: Heb. moist</note>
Now <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.<note type="study">toucheth: Heb. smelleth</note>
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.<note type="study">that never…: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done</note>
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon thee, Samson. And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
And she fastened <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange>.
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> that his soul was vexed unto death;<note type="study">vexed: Heb. shortened</note>
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I <transChange type="added">have been</transChange> a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any <transChange type="added">other</transChange> man.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
And she said, The Philistines <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was departed from him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.<note type="study">put out: Heb. bored out</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.<note type="study">after…: or, as when he was shaven</note>
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.<note type="study">which…: Heb. and who multiplied our slain</note>
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.<note type="study">them: Heb. before them</note>
And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines <transChange type="added">were</transChange> there; and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
And Samson called unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.<note type="study">on which…: or, he leaned on them</note>
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with <transChange type="added">all his</transChange> might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than <transChange type="added">they</transChange> which he slew in his life.<note type="study">me: Heb. my soul</note>
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought <transChange type="added">him</transChange> up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Micah.
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be thou</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, my son.
And when he had restored the eleven hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.<note type="study">consecrated: Heb. filled the hand</note>
In those days <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no king in Israel, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> every man did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in his own eyes.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a Levite, and he sojourned there.
And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find <transChange type="added">a place</transChange>: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.<note type="study">as he…: Heb. in making his way</note>
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find <transChange type="added">a place</transChange>.
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.<note type="study">a suit…: or, a double suit, etc: Heb. an order of garments</note>
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Then said Micah, Now know I that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to <transChange type="added">my</transChange> priest.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
In those days <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day <transChange type="added">all their</transChange> inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.<note type="study">men of: Heb. sons of</note>
When they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this <transChange type="added">place</transChange>? and what hast thou here?
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your way wherein ye go.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no magistrate in the land, that might put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to shame in <transChange type="added">any</transChange> thing; and they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> far from the Zidonians, and had no business with <transChange type="added">any</transChange> man.<note type="study">Laish: also called, Leshem</note><note type="study">magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraints</note>
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What <transChange type="added">say</transChange> ye?
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> very good: and <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ye still? be not slothful to go, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to enter to possess the land.
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no want of any thing that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.<note type="study">appointed: Heb. girded</note>
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath–jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh–dan unto this day: behold, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> behind Kirjath–jearim.
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.<note type="study">saluted…: Heb. asked him of peace</note>
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> came in thither, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> appointed with weapons of war.
And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">And</transChange> when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?<note type="study">comest…: Heb. art gathered together?</note>
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.<note type="study">angry: Heb. bitter of soul</note>

And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And they took <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no deliverer, because it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> far from Zidon, and they had no business with <transChange type="added">any</transChange> man; and it was in the valley that <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> by Beth–rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Laish at the first.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And it came to pass in those days, when <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.<note type="study">a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine</note>
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth–lehem–judah, and was there four whole months.<note type="study">four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months</note>
And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.<note type="study">friendly…: Heb. to her heart</note>
And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.<note type="study">Comfort: Heb. Strengthen</note>
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.<note type="study">until afternoon: Heb. till the day declined</note>
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.<note type="study">draweth: Heb. is weak</note><note type="study">the day groweth to an end: Heb. it is the pitching time of the day</note><note type="study">home: Heb. to thy tent</note>
But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jerusalem; and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> with him two asses saddled, his concubine also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him.<note type="study">over against: Heb. to over against</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> when they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them <transChange type="added">when they were</transChange> by Gibeah, which <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> to Benjamin.
And they turned aside thither, to go in <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no man that took them into his house to lodging.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Benjamites.
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
And he said unto him, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I <transChange type="added">am now</transChange> going to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no man that receiveth me to house.<note type="study">receiveth: Heb. gathereth</note>
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> with thy servants: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no want of any thing.
And the old man said, Peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with thee; howsoever <transChange type="added">let</transChange> all thy wants <transChange type="added">lie</transChange> upon me; only lodge not in the street.
So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Now</transChange> as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, <transChange type="added">nay</transChange>, I pray you, do not <transChange type="added">so</transChange> wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Behold, <transChange type="added">here is</transChange> my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.<note type="study">so vile…: Heb. the matter of this folly</note>
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord <transChange type="added">was</transChange>, till it was light.
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the house, and her hands <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the threshold.
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her <transChange type="added">up</transChange> upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, <transChange type="added">together</transChange> with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak <transChange type="added">your minds</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Mizpeh.
And the chief of all the people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell <transChange type="added">us</transChange>, how was this wickedness?
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.<note type="study">the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite</note>
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.<note type="study">forced: Heb. humbled</note>
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Behold, ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any <transChange type="added">of us</transChange> go to his tent, neither will we any <transChange type="added">of us</transChange> turn into his house.
But now this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the thing which we will do to Gibeah; <transChange type="added">we will go up</transChange> by lot against it;
And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.<note type="study">knit…: Heb. fellows</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that is done among you?
Now therefore deliver <transChange type="added">us</transChange> the men, the children of Belial, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
Among all this people <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair <transChange type="added">breadth</transChange>, and not miss.
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> men of war.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Judah <transChange type="added">shall go up</transChange> first.
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> until even, and asked counsel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Go up against him.)
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the children of Israel enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, (for the ark of the covenant of God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there in those days,
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.<note type="study">to smite…: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc</note><note type="study">the house…: or, Beth–el</note>
And the children of Benjamin said, They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> out of the meadows of Gibeah.
And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil <transChange type="added">was</transChange> near them.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.<note type="study">drew…: or, made a long sound with the trumpet</note>
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.<note type="study">sign: or, time</note><note type="study">and: Heb. with</note><note type="study">flame: Heb. elevation</note>
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite <transChange type="added">and</transChange> kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the first battle.<note type="study">to smite…: Heb. to smite the wounded</note>
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.<note type="study">the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of</note>
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.<note type="study">was come…: Heb. touched them</note>
Therefore they turned <transChange type="added">their backs</transChange> before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which <transChange type="added">came</transChange> out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
<transChange type="added">Thus</transChange> they inclosed the Benjamites round about, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> chased them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.<note type="study">with ease…: or, from Menuchah, etc</note><note type="study">over…: Heb. unto over against</note>
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> men of valour.
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> men of valour.
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of <transChange type="added">every</transChange> city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.<note type="study">came to hand: Heb. was found</note><note type="study">they came…: Heb. were found</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
And said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
And the children of Israel said, Who <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they said, What one <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh–gilead to the assembly.
For the people were numbered, and, behold, <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.<note type="study">hath lain…: Heb. knoweth the lying with man</note>
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the land of Canaan.<note type="study">young…: Heb. young women virgins</note>
And the whole congregation sent <transChange type="added">some</transChange> to speak to the children of Benjamin that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.<note type="study">to speak…: Heb. and spake and called</note><note type="study">call…: or, proclaim peace</note>
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh–gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
And they said, <transChange type="added">There must be</transChange> an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
Then they said, Behold, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a feast of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Shiloh yearly <transChange type="added">in a place</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.<note type="study">yearly: Heb. from year to year</note><note type="study">on the east…: or, toward the sunrising</note><note type="study">of the highway: or, on the highway</note>
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye should be guilty.<note type="study">Be favourable…: or, Gratify us in them</note>
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took <transChange type="added">them</transChange> wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
In those days <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no king in Israel: every man did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in his own eyes.
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF RUTH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.<note type="study">ruled: Heb. judged</note>
And the name of the man <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.<note type="study">continued: Heb. were</note>
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had visited his people in giving them bread.
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> grant you that ye may find rest, each <transChange type="added">of you</transChange> in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? <transChange type="added">are</transChange> there yet <transChange type="added">any more</transChange> sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Turn again, my daughters, go <transChange type="added">your way</transChange>; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;<note type="study">should have…: or were with an husband</note>
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is gone out against me.<note type="study">tarry: Heb. hope</note><note type="study">it grieveth…: Heb. I have much bitterness</note>
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> my people, and thy God my God:<note type="study">Intreat…: or, Be not against me</note>
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do so to me, and more also, <transChange type="added">if ought</transChange> but death part thee and me.
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.<note type="study">was…: Heb. strengthened herself</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> this Naomi?
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.<note type="study">Naomi: that is, Pleasant</note><note type="study">Mara: that is, Bitter</note>
I went out full, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath brought me home again empty: why <transChange type="added">then</transChange> call ye me Naomi, seeing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Boaz.<note type="study">Boaz: Gr. Booz</note>
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field <transChange type="added">belonging</transChange> unto Boaz, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the kindred of Elimelech.<note type="study">hap…: Heb. hap happened</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you. And they answered him, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bless thee.
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this?
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
<transChange type="added">Let</transChange> thine eyes <transChange type="added">be</transChange> on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which the young men have drawn.
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a stranger?
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and <transChange type="added">how</transChange> thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.<note type="study">Let me…: or, I find</note><note type="study">friendly: Heb. to the heart</note>
And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched <transChange type="added">corn</transChange>, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:<note type="study">reproach…: Heb. shame her not</note>
And let fall also <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, that she may glean <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and rebuke her not.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And she took <transChange type="added">it</transChange> up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Boaz.
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.<note type="study">one of…: or, one that hath right to redeem</note>
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.<note type="study">meet…: or, fall upon thee</note>
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
And now <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.<note type="study">uncover: or, lift up the clothes that are on</note>
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.<note type="study">turned: or, took hold on</note>
And he said, Who <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? And she answered, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a near kinsman.<note type="study">a near…: or, one that hath right to redeem</note>
And he said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thou of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, my daughter: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a virtuous woman.<note type="study">city: Heb. gate</note>
And now it is true that I <transChange type="added">am thy</transChange> near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth: lie down until the morning.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Also he said, Bring the vail that <transChange type="added">thou hast</transChange> upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six <transChange type="added">measures</transChange> of barley, and laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on her: and she went into the city.<note type="study">vail: or, sheet, or, apron</note>
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
And she said, These six <transChange type="added">measures</transChange> of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> our brother Elimelech's:
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, redeem <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: but if thou wilt not redeem <transChange type="added">it, then</transChange> tell me, that I may know: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none to redeem <transChange type="added">it</transChange> beside thee; and I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> after thee. And he said, I will redeem <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">I thought…: Heb. I said, I will reveal in thine ear</note>
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Now this <transChange type="added">was the manner</transChange> in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to his neighbour: and this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a testimony in Israel.
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Boaz said unto the elders, and <transChange type="added">unto</transChange> all the people, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> witnesses this day, that I have bought all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Elimelech's, and all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> witnesses this day.
And all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the gate, and the elders, said, <transChange type="added">We are</transChange> witnesses. The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:<note type="study">do thou…: or, get thee riches, or, power</note><note type="study">be famous: Heb. proclaim thy name</note>
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall give thee of this young woman.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave her conception, and she bare a son.
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.<note type="study">left…: Heb. caused to cease unto thee</note><note type="study">kinsman: or, redeemer</note>
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.<note type="study">a nourisher of: Heb. to nourish</note><note type="study">thine…: Heb. thy gray hairs</note>
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the father of Jesse, the father of David.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,<note type="study">Salmon: or, Salmah</note>
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
<title type="main">THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL OTHERWISE CALLED THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

And he had two wives; the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> there.<note type="study">yearly: Heb. from year to year</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had shut up her womb.<note type="study">worthy: or, double</note>
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had shut up her womb.<note type="study">provoked: Heb. angered</note>
And <transChange type="added">as</transChange> he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.<note type="study">when…: or, from the time that she, etc: Heb. from her going up</note>
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? <transChange type="added">am</transChange> not I better to thee than ten sons?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and wept sore.<note type="study">in…: Heb. bitter of soul</note>
And she vowed a vow, and said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.<note type="study">a man…: Heb. seed of men</note>
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that Eli marked her mouth.<note type="study">continued…: Heb. multiplied to pray</note>
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">of a sorrowful…: Heb. hard of spirit</note>
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.<note type="study">complaint: or, meditation</note>
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more <transChange type="added">sad</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> remembered her.
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Because I have asked him of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">when…: Heb. in revolution of days</note><note type="study">Samuel: that is, Asked of God</note>
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, <transChange type="added">I will not go up</transChange> until the child be weaned, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> I will bring him, that he may appear before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and there abide for ever.
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Shiloh: and the child <transChange type="added">was</transChange> young.
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
And she said, Oh my lord, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thy soul liveth, my lord, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For this child I prayed; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Therefore also I have lent him to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And he worshipped the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> there.<note type="study">lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition</note><note type="study">he shall…: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, mine horn is exalted in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> none holy as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none beside thee: neither <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> any rock like our God.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let <transChange type="added">not</transChange> arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.<note type="study">arrogancy: Heb. hard</note>
The bows of the mighty men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
<transChange type="added">They that were</transChange> full have hired out themselves for bread; and <transChange type="added">they that were</transChange> hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set <transChange type="added">them</transChange> among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>, and he hath set the world upon them.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
The adversaries of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> before Eli the priest.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the sons of Eli <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sons of Belial; they knew not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the priests' custom with the people <transChange type="added">was, that</transChange>, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
And he struck <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
And <transChange type="added">if</transChange> any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> take <transChange type="added">as much</transChange> as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, <transChange type="added">Nay</transChange>; but thou shalt give <transChange type="added">it me</transChange> now: and if not, I will take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> by force.<note type="study">presently: Heb. as on the day</note>
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for men abhorred the offering of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Samuel ministered before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> a child, girded with a linen ephod.
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And they went unto their own home.<note type="study">loan…: or, petition which she asked, etc</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.<note type="study">assembled: Heb. assembled by troops</note>
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.<note type="study">of your…: or, evil words of you</note>
Nay, my sons; for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> no good report that I hear: ye make the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> people to transgress.<note type="study">transgress: or, cry out</note>
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would slay them.
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and also with men.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded <transChange type="added">in my</transChange> habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Wherefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel saith, I said indeed <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
And thou shalt see an enemy <transChange type="added">in my</transChange> habitation, in all <transChange type="added">the wealth</transChange> which <transChange type="added">God</transChange> shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.<note type="study">an enemy…: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel</note>
And the man of thine, <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> I shall not cut off from mine altar, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.<note type="study">in the flower…: Heb. men</note>
And this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall do according to <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> every one that is left in thine house shall come <transChange type="added">and</transChange> crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.<note type="study">Put: Heb. Join</note><note type="study">one of…: or, somewhat about the priesthood</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
And the child Samuel ministered unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> before Eli. And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was precious in those days; <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no open vision.
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli <transChange type="added">was</transChange> laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he could not see;
And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, where the ark of God <transChange type="added">was</transChange>, and Samuel was laid down <transChange type="added">to sleep</transChange>;
That the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called Samuel: and he answered, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I.
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
Now Samuel did not yet know the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither was the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> yet revealed unto him.<note type="study">Now…: or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, and before the word of the <divineName>Lord</divineName> was revealed unto him</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had called the child.
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
In that day I will perform against Eli all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.<note type="study">when…: Heb. beginning and ending</note>
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.<note type="study">For I…: or, And I will tell him</note><note type="study">vile: or, accursed</note><note type="study">restrained…: Heb. frowned not upon them</note>
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I.
And he said, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing that <transChange type="added">the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide <transChange type="added">any</transChange> thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.<note type="study">more also: Heb. so add</note><note type="study">thing: or, word</note>
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: let him do what seemeth him good.<note type="study">every…: Heb. all the things, or, words</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Samuel grew, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
And all Israel from Dan even to Beer–sheba knew that Samuel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> established <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a prophet of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">established: or, faithful</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared again in Shiloh: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben–ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.<note type="study">came: or, came to pass: Heb. was</note>
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.<note type="study">they joined…: Heb. the battle was spread</note><note type="study">army: Heb. array</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.<note type="study">fetch: Heb. take unto us</note>
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, which dwelleth <transChange type="added">between</transChange> the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> there with the ark of the covenant of God.
And when the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What <transChange type="added">meaneth</transChange> the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was come into the camp.
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.<note type="study">heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day</note>
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.<note type="study">quit…: Heb. be men</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.<note type="study">were slain: Heb. died</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, all the city cried out.
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What <transChange type="added">meaneth</transChange> the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.<note type="study">were dim: Heb. stood</note>
And the man said unto Eli, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?<note type="study">is…: Heb. is the thing</note>
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, <transChange type="added">near</transChange> to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.<note type="study">be delivered: or, cry out</note><note type="study">came: Heb. were turned</note>
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">neither…: Heb. set not her heart</note>
And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.<note type="study">I–chabod: that is, Where is the glory? or, There is no glory</note>
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod.
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands <transChange type="added">were</transChange> cut off upon the threshold; only <transChange type="added">the stump of</transChange> Dagon was left to him.<note type="study">the stump…: or, the fishy part</note>
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
And when the men of Ashdod saw that <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about <transChange type="added">thither</transChange>.
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.<note type="study">us, to…: Heb. me to slay me and my</note>
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.<note type="study">us not…: Heb. me not, and my</note>
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
Then said they, What <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, <transChange type="added">according to</transChange> the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on you all, and on your lords.<note type="study">you: Heb. them</note>
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?<note type="study">wonderfully: or, reproachfully</note><note type="study">the people: Heb. them</note>
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
And take the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth–shemesh, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not his hand <transChange type="added">that</transChange> smote us; it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a chance <transChange type="added">that</transChange> happened to us.<note type="study">he: or, it</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
And they laid the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the right hand or <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh.
And <transChange type="added">they of</transChange> Beth–shemesh <transChange type="added">were</transChange> reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth–shemite, and stood there, where <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the Levites took down the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the coffer that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with it, wherein the jewels of gold <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the great stone: and the men of Beth–shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they returned to Ekron the same day.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the golden emerods which the Philistines returned <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a trespass offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
And the golden mice, <transChange type="added">according to</transChange> the number of all the cities of the Philistines <transChange type="added">belonging</transChange> to the five lords, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great <transChange type="added">stone of</transChange> Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">which stone remaineth</transChange> unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.<note type="study">great…: or, great stone</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had smitten <transChange type="added">many</transChange> of the people with a great slaughter.
And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath–jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; come ye down, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fetch it up to you.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath–jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with all your hearts, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> only.
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they were afraid of the Philistines.
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.<note type="study">Cease…: Heb. Be not silent from us from crying</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered <transChange type="added">it for</transChange> a burnt offering wholly unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and Samuel cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for Israel; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard him.<note type="study">heard: or, answered</note>
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until <transChange type="added">they came</transChange> under Beth–car.
Then Samuel took a stone, and set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> helped us.<note type="study">Eben–ezer: that is, The stone of help</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.<note type="study">in circuit: Heb. and he circuited</note>
And his return <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to Ramah; for there <transChange type="added">was</transChange> his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> judges in Beer–sheba.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.<note type="study">hearken…: or, obey</note><note type="study">howbeit…: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Samuel told all the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto the people that asked of him a king.
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint <transChange type="added">them</transChange> for himself, for his chariots, and <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> his horsemen; and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> shall run before his chariots.
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and <transChange type="added">will set them</transChange> to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
And he will take your daughters <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> confectionaries, and <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> cooks, and <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> bakers.
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the best <transChange type="added">of them</transChange>, and give <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to his servants.
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.<note type="study">officers: Heb. eunuchs</note>
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to his work.
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not hear you in that day.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.<note type="study">a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jemini</note><note type="study">power: or, substance</note>
And he had a son, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> higher than any of the people.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and <transChange type="added">there they were</transChange> not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave <transChange type="added">caring</transChange> for the asses, and take thought for us.
And he said unto him, Behold now, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> in this city a man of God, and <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?<note type="study">is spent…: Heb. is gone out of, etc</note><note type="study">have we: Heb. is with us?</note>
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.<note type="study">I have…: Heb. there is found in my hand</note>
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> now <transChange type="added">called</transChange> a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God <transChange type="added">was</transChange>.<note type="study">Well said: Heb. Thy word is good</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">And</transChange> as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?<note type="study">the hill…: Heb. in the ascent of the city</note>
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:<note type="study">sacrifice: or, feast</note>
As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.<note type="study">this time: Heb. to day</note>
And they went up into the city: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,<note type="study">told…: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel</note>
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
And when Samuel saw Saul, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.<note type="study">reign over: Heb. restrain in</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house <transChange type="added">is</transChange>.
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine heart.
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> all the desire of Israel? <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not on thee, and on all thy father's house?<note type="study">three…: Heb. to day three days</note>
And Saul answered and said, <transChange type="added">Am</transChange> not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?<note type="study">so…: Heb. according to this word</note>
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> about thirty persons.
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
And the cook took up the shoulder, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon it, and set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before Saul. And <transChange type="added">Samuel</transChange> said, Behold that which is left! set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.<note type="study">left: or, reserved</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when they were come down from the high place into the city, <transChange type="added">Samuel</transChange> communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.<note type="study">a while: Heb. to day</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon his head, and kissed him, and said, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath anointed thee <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> captain over his inheritance?
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<note type="study">care: Heb. business</note>
Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
And they will salute thee, and give thee two <transChange type="added">loaves</transChange> of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.<note type="study">salute…: Heb. ask thee of peace</note>
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
And the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou do as occasion serve thee; for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee.<note type="study">And…: Heb. And it shall come to pass, that when these signs, etc</note><note type="study">that…: Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find</note>
And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.<note type="study">back: Heb. shoulder</note><note type="study">gave: Heb. turned</note>
And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is come unto the son of Kish? <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> Saul also among the prophets?<note type="study">one…: Heb. a man to his neighbour</note>
And one of the same place answered and said, But who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their father? Therefore it became a proverb, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> Saul also among the prophets?<note type="study">of…: Heb. from thence</note>
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> no where, we came to Samuel.
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Samuel called the people together unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to Mizpeh;
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of them that oppressed you:
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, <transChange type="added">Nay</transChange>, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by your tribes, and by your thousands.
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
Therefore they enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> further, if the man should yet come thither. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath chosen, that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.<note type="study">God…: Heb. Let the king live</note>
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in a book, and laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> up before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.<note type="study">held…: or, was as though he had been deaf</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this <transChange type="added">condition</transChange> will I make <transChange type="added">a covenant</transChange> with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a reproach upon all Israel.
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> no man to save us, we will come out to thee.<note type="study">Give…: Heb. Forbear us</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What <transChange type="added">aileth</transChange> the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent <transChange type="added">them</transChange> throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.<note type="study">with…: Heb. as one man</note>
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, To morrow, by <transChange type="added">that time</transChange> the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.<note type="study">help: or, deliverance</note>
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange> on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the people said unto Samuel, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath wrought salvation in Israel.
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
Behold, here I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>: witness against me before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received <transChange type="added">any</transChange> bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.<note type="study">bribe: Heb. ransom</note><note type="study">to blind…: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him</note>
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
And he said unto them, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> witness against you, and his anointed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, <transChange type="added">He is</transChange> witness.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Samuel said unto the people, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.<note type="study">advanced: or, made</note>
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of all the righteous acts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he did to you and to your fathers.<note type="study">righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefits</note><note type="study">to: Heb. with</note>
When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
And when they forgat the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
And they cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> your king.
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> whom ye have desired! and, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath set a king over you.
If ye will fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God:<note type="study">commandment: Heb. mouth</note><note type="study">continue…: Heb. be after</note>
But if ye will not obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but rebel against the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, then shall the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be against you, as <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> against your fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will do before your eyes.
<transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great, which ye have done in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in asking you a king.
So Samuel called unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and Samuel.
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins <transChange type="added">this</transChange> evil, to ask us a king.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with all your heart;
And turn ye not aside: for <transChange type="added">then should ye go</transChange> after vain <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vain.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to make you his people.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:<note type="study">in: Heb. from</note>
Only fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great <transChange type="added">things</transChange> he hath done for you.<note type="study">how…: or, what a great thing</note>
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,<note type="study">reigned one…: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning</note>
Saul chose him three thousand <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Israel; <transChange type="added">whereof</transChange> two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Geba, and the Philistines heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.<note type="study">Geba: or, the hill</note>
And all Israel heard say <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.<note type="study">was…: Heb. did stink</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth–aven.
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
And <transChange type="added">some of</transChange> the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.<note type="study">followed…: Heb. trembled after him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel <transChange type="added">had appointed</transChange>: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.<note type="study">salute: Heb. bless</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou camest not within the days appointed, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.<note type="study">made…: Heb. intreated the face</note>
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded him <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> captain over his people, because thou hast not kept <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> present with him, about six hundred men.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note><note type="study">Gibeah: Heb. Geba</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way <transChange type="added">that leadeth to</transChange> Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
And another company turned the way <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Beth–horon: and another company turned <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> swords or spears:
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.<note type="study">a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel</note><note type="study">sharpen: Heb. set</note>
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.<note type="study">garrison: or, standing camp</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the other side. But he told not his father.<note type="study">it came…: or, there was a day</note>
And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Migron: and the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him <transChange type="added">were</transChange> about six hundred men;
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I–chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.<note type="study">Ahiah: called Ahimelech</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
The forefront of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.<note type="study">forefront: Heb. tooth</note>
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will work for us: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no restraint to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to save by many or by few.
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee according to thy heart.
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto <transChange type="added">these</transChange> men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.<note type="study">Tarry: Heb. Be still</note>
But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered them into our hand: and this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sign unto us.
And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> a yoke <transChange type="added">of oxen might plow</transChange>.<note type="study">an…: or, half a furrow of an acre of land</note>
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.<note type="study">a very…: Heb. a trembling of God</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down <transChange type="added">one another</transChange>.
Then said Saul unto the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not <transChange type="added">there</transChange>.
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.<note type="study">noise: or, tumult</note>
And Saul and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, <transChange type="added">and there was</transChange> a very great discomfiture.<note type="study">assembled…: Heb. were cried together</note>
Moreover the Hebrews <transChange type="added">that</transChange> were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp <transChange type="added">from the country</transChange> round about, even they also <transChange type="added">turned</transChange> to be with the Israelites that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with Saul and Jonathan.
Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the man that eateth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted <transChange type="added">any</transChange> food.
And all <transChange type="added">they of</transChange> the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the man that eateth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> food this day. And the people were faint.<note type="study">faint: or, weary</note>
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the ground: and the people did eat <transChange type="added">them</transChange> with the blood.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.<note type="study">transgressed: or, dealt treacherously</note>
And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay <transChange type="added">them</transChange> here, and eat; and sin not against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew <transChange type="added">them</transChange> there.<note type="study">with him: Heb. in his hand</note>
And Saul built an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: the same was the first altar that he built unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">the same…: Heb. that altar he began to build unto the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.<note type="study">chief: Heb. corners</note>
For, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not a man among all the people <transChange type="added">that</transChange> answered him.
Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
Therefore Saul said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Give a perfect <transChange type="added">lot</transChange>. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.<note type="study">Give…: or, Shew the innocent</note><note type="study">escaped: Heb. went forth</note>
And Saul said, Cast <transChange type="added">lots</transChange> between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in mine hand, <transChange type="added">and</transChange>, lo, I must die.
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.<note type="study">gathered…: or, wrought mightily</note>
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi–shua: and the names of his two daughters <transChange type="added">were these</transChange>; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
And the name of Saul's wife <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.<note type="study">Abner: Heb. Abiner</note>
And Kish <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the son of Abiel.
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
Samuel also said unto Saul, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent me to anoint thee <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, I remember <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid <transChange type="added">wait</transChange> for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.<note type="study">laid…: or, fought</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah <transChange type="added">until</transChange> thou comest to Shur, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over against Egypt.
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.<note type="study">fatlings: or, second sort</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Samuel, saying,
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all night.
And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thou of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I have performed the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Samuel said, What <transChange type="added">meaneth</transChange> then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
And Samuel said, When thou <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> little in thine own sight, <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> thou not <transChange type="added">made</transChange> the head of the tribes of Israel, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> anointed thee king over Israel?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.<note type="study">they…: Heb. they consume them</note>
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have gone the way which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in Gilgal.
And Samuel said, Hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">as great</transChange> delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? Behold, to obey <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than sacrifice, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to hearken than the fat of rams.
For rebellion <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he hath also rejected thee from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> king.<note type="study">witchcraft: Heb. divination</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
And Samuel said unto him, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> better than thou.
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not a man, that he should repent.<note type="study">Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory</note>
Then he said, I have sinned: <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Gilgal.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he will kill me. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">with thee: Heb. in thine hand</note>
And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me <transChange type="added">him</transChange> whom I name unto thee.
And Samuel did that which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake, and came to Beth–lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?<note type="study">coming: Heb. meeting</note>
And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before him.<note type="study">Eliab: called Elihu</note>
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for <transChange type="added">the <divineName>Lord</divineName> seeth</transChange> not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> looketh on the heart.<note type="study">outward…: Heb. eyes</note>
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> chosen this.
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> chosen this.<note type="study">Shammah: Shimeah, also called, Shimma</note>
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not chosen these.
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.<note type="study">down: Heb. round</note>
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ruddy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Arise, anoint him: for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he.<note type="study">of a…: Heb. fair of eyes</note>
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> troubled him.<note type="study">troubled: or, terrified</note>
And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
Let our lord now command thy servants, <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> before thee, to seek out a man, <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to me.
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lehemite, <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with him.<note type="study">matters: or, speech</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with the sheep.
And Jesse took an ass <transChange type="added">laden</transChange> with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent <transChange type="added">them</transChange> by David his son unto Saul.
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
And it came to pass, when the <transChange type="added">evil</transChange> spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes–dammim.<note type="study">Ephes–dammim: or, the coast of Dammim, called Pas–dammim</note>
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.<note type="study">set…: Heb. ranged the battle</note>
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a valley between them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height <transChange type="added">was</transChange> six cubits and a span.
And <transChange type="added">he had</transChange> an helmet of brass upon his head, and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five thousand shekels of brass.<note type="study">armed: Heb. clothed</note>
And <transChange type="added">he had</transChange> greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.<note type="study">target: or, gorget</note>
And the staff of his spear <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head <transChange type="added">weighed</transChange> six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set <transChange type="added">your</transChange> battle in array? <transChange type="added">am</transChange> not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now David <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an old man in the days of Saul.
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went <transChange type="added">and</transChange> followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
And David <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth–lehem.
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched <transChange type="added">corn</transChange>, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.<note type="study">cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk</note><note type="study">of…: Heb. of a thousand</note>
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.<note type="study">trench: or, place of the carriage</note><note type="study">fight: or, battle array, or, place of fight</note>
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.<note type="study">his carriage: Heb. the vessels from upon him</note><note type="study">saluted…: Heb. asked his brethren of peace</note>
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from his face</note>
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
And David said, What have I now done? <transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> not a cause?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.<note type="study">manner: Heb. word</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> before Saul: and he sent for him.<note type="study">sent…: Heb. took him</note>

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou <transChange type="added">art but</transChange> a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note>
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught <transChange type="added">him</transChange> by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
David said moreover, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be with thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.<note type="study">armed David…: Heb. clothed David with his clothes</note>
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved <transChange type="added">them</transChange>. And David put them off him.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.<note type="study">brook: or, valley</note><note type="study">bag: Heb. vessel</note>
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield <transChange type="added">went</transChange> before him.
And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was <transChange type="added">but</transChange> a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
And the Philistine said unto David, <transChange type="added">Am</transChange> I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
This day will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.<note type="study">deliver…: Heb. shut thee up</note>
And all this assembly shall know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>, and he will give you into our hands.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no sword in the hand of David.
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this youth? And Abner said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling <transChange type="added">is</transChange>.
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
And Saul said to him, Whose son <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, <transChange type="added">thou</transChange> young man? And David answered, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth–lehemite.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.<note type="study">behaved…: or, prospered</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.<note type="study">Philistine: or, Philistines</note><note type="study">instruments…: Heb. three stringed instruments</note>
And the women answered <transChange type="added">one another</transChange> as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed <transChange type="added">but</transChange> thousands: and <transChange type="added">what</transChange> can he have more but the kingdom?<note type="study">displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes</note>
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a javelin in Saul's hand.
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall <transChange type="added">with it</transChange>. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Saul was afraid of David, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with him, and was departed from Saul.
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him.<note type="study">behaved…: or, prospered</note>
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.<note type="study">valiant: Heb. a son of valour</note>
And David said unto Saul, Who <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I? and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my life, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.<note type="study">pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes</note>
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in <transChange type="added">the one of</transChange> the twain.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Saul commanded his servants, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you <transChange type="added">a</transChange> light <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> to be a king's son in law, seeing that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.<note type="study">On…: Heb. According to these words</note>
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.<note type="study">expired: Heb. fulfilled</note>
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Saul saw and knew that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with David, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.<note type="study">set by: Heb. precious</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and hide thyself:
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works <transChange type="added">have been</transChange> to thee-ward very good:
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, he shall not be slain.
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.<note type="study">in times…: Heb. yesterday, third day</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.<note type="study">him: Heb. his face</note>
And the evil spirit from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> hand.
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
And Michal took an image, and laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange> for his bolster, and covered <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with a cloth.<note type="study">image: Heb. teraphim</note>
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sick.
And Saul sent the messengers <transChange type="added">again</transChange> to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
And when the messengers were come in, behold, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' <transChange type="added">hair</transChange> for his bolster.
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at Naioth in Ramah.
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing <transChange type="added">as</transChange> appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> Samuel and David? And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> said, Behold, <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> at Naioth in Ramah.
And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> Saul also among the prophets?<note type="study">lay: Heb. fell</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine iniquity? and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">so</transChange>.<note type="study">shew…: Heb. uncover mine ear</note>
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thy soul liveth, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> but a step between me and death.
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for thee.<note type="study">Whatsoever…: or, Say what is thy mind and I will do, etc</note><note type="study">desireth: Heb. speaketh, or, thinketh</note>
And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third <transChange type="added">day</transChange> at even.
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked <transChange type="added">leave</transChange> of me that he might run to Beth–lehem his city: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.<note type="study">sacrifice: or, feast</note>
If he say thus, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> be sure that evil is determined by him.
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thy father answer thee roughly?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
And Jonathan said unto David, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> the third <transChange type="added">day</transChange>, and, behold, <transChange type="added">if there be</transChange> good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;<note type="study">sounded: Heb. searched</note><note type="study">shew…: Heb. uncover thine ear</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father <transChange type="added">to do</transChange> thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be with thee, as he hath been with my father.<note type="study">shew…: Heb. uncover thine ear</note>
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I die not:
But <transChange type="added">also</transChange> thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
So Jonathan made <transChange type="added">a covenant</transChange> with the house of David, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Let the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> even require <transChange type="added">it</transChange> at the hand of David's enemies.<note type="study">made: Heb. cut</note>
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.<note type="study">because…: or, by his love toward him</note>
Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.<note type="study">empty: Heb. missed</note>
And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thou hast stayed three days, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was <transChange type="added">in hand</transChange>, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.<note type="study">quickly: or, diligently: Heb. greatly</note><note type="study">when the…: Heb. in the day of the business</note><note type="study">Ezel: or, that sheweth the way</note>
And I will shoot three arrows on the side <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, as though I shot at a mark.
And, behold, I will send a lad, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> peace to thee, and no hurt; <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth.<note type="study">no hurt: Heb. not any thing</note>
But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beyond thee; go thy way: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent thee away.
And <transChange type="added">as touching</transChange> the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> between thee and me for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not clean; surely he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not clean.
And it came to pass on the morrow, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> the second <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked <transChange type="added">leave</transChange> of me <transChange type="added">to go</transChange> to Beth–lehem:
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me <transChange type="added">to be there</transChange>: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious <transChange type="added">woman</transChange>, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?<note type="study">Thou…: or, Thou perverse rebel: Heb. Son of perverse rebellion</note>
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.<note type="study">shall…: Heb. is the son of death</note>
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. <transChange type="added">And</transChange> as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.<note type="study">beyond…: Heb. to pass over him</note>
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not the arrow beyond thee?
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to the city.<note type="study">artillery: Heb. instruments</note><note type="study">his lad: Heb. the lad that was his</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">And</transChange> as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of <transChange type="added">a place</transChange> toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.<note type="study">forasmuch…: or, the <divineName>Lord</divineName> be witness of that which etc</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou alone, and no man with thee?<note type="study">Ahimelech: also called Ahiah</note>
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed <transChange type="added">my</transChange> servants to such and such a place.
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give <transChange type="added">me</transChange> five <transChange type="added">loaves of</transChange> bread in mine hand, or what there is present.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
And the priest answered David, and said, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women <transChange type="added">have been</transChange> kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and <transChange type="added">the bread is</transChange> in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.<note type="study">yea…: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel</note>
So the priest gave him hallowed <transChange type="added">bread</transChange>: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there that day, detained before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and his name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that <transChange type="added">belonged</transChange> to Saul.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it <transChange type="added">is here</transChange> wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no other save that here. And David said, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> none like that; give it me.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
And the servants of Achish said unto him, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.<note type="study">scrabbled: or, made marks</note>

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore <transChange type="added">then</transChange> have ye brought him to me?<note type="study">is mad: or, playeth the mad man</note>
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this <transChange type="added">fellow</transChange> to play the mad man in my presence? shall this <transChange type="added">fellow</transChange> come into my house?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they went down thither to him.
And every one <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> in distress, and every one that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in debt, and every one <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.<note type="study">was in debt: Heb. had a creditor</note><note type="study">discontented: Heb. bitter of soul</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, <transChange type="added">and be</transChange> with you, till I know what God will do for me.
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants <transChange type="added">were</transChange> standing about him;)<note type="study">tree…: or, grove in a high place</note>
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
That all of you have conspired against me, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?<note type="study">sheweth…: Heb. uncovereth mine ear</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
And he enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>, my lord.<note type="study">Here…: Heb. Behold me</note>
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who <transChange type="added">is so</transChange> faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute <transChange type="added">any</transChange> thing unto his servant, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.<note type="study">less…: Heb. little or great</note>
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; because their hand also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners</note>
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> priests.
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew <transChange type="added">it</transChange> that day, when Doeg the Edomite <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned <transChange type="added">the death</transChange> of all the persons of thy father's house.
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou <transChange type="added">shalt be</transChange> in safeguard.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
Therefore David enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
Then David enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> yet again. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he came down <transChange type="added">with</transChange> an ephod in his hand.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
Then said David, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, He will come down.
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, They will deliver <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> up.<note type="study">deliver: Heb. shut up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then David and his men, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
And they two made a covenant before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the south of Jeshimon?<note type="study">on…: Heb. on the right hand</note><note type="study">Jeshimon: or, the wilderness</note>
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> to deliver him into the king's hand.
And Saul said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> ye of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for ye have compassion on me.
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> who hath seen him there: for it is told me <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he dealeth very subtilly.<note type="study">haunt…: Heb. foot shall be</note>
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
Saul also and his men went to seek <transChange type="added">him</transChange>. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.<note type="study">into…: or, from the rock</note>
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.<note type="study">invaded…: Heb. spread themselves upon, etc</note>
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.<note type="study">Sela–hammahlekoth: that is, The rock of divisions</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En–gedi.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the wilderness of En–gedi.<note type="study">following: Heb. after</note>
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.<note type="study">Saul's…: Heb. the robe which was Saul's</note>
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
And he said unto his men, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the anointed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on <transChange type="added">his</transChange> way.<note type="study">stayed: Heb. cut off</note>
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> bade <transChange type="added">me</transChange> kill thee: but <transChange type="added">mine eye</transChange> spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed.
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> judge between me and thee, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.<note type="study">deliver: Heb. judge</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
And he said to David, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.<note type="study">delivered: Heb. shut up</note>
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
Swear now therefore unto me by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a man in Maon, whose possessions <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Carmel; and the man <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.<note type="study">possessions: or, business</note>
Now the name of the man <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and <transChange type="added">she was</transChange> a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man <transChange type="added">was</transChange> churlish and evil in his doings; and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the house of Caleb.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:<note type="study">greet…: Heb. ask him in my name of peace</note>
And thus shall ye say to him that liveth <transChange type="added">in prosperity</transChange>, Peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> both to thee, and peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to thine house, and peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> unto all that thou hast.
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.<note type="study">hurt: Heb. shamed</note>
Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.<note type="study">ceased: Heb. rested</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> David? and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto men, whom I know not whence they <transChange type="added">be</transChange>?<note type="study">flesh: Heb. slaughter</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.<note type="study">railed…: Heb. flew upon them</note>
But the men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:<note type="study">hurt: Heb. shamed</note>
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he <transChange type="added">is such</transChange> a son of Belial, that <transChange type="added">a man</transChange> cannot speak to him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched <transChange type="added">corn</transChange>, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on asses.<note type="study">clusters: or, lumps</note>
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
And it was <transChange type="added">so, as</transChange> she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this <transChange type="added">fellow</transChange> hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that <transChange type="added">pertain</transChange> to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> me <transChange type="added">let this</transChange> iniquity <transChange type="added">be</transChange>: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.<note type="study">audience: Heb. ears</note>
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Nabal: for as his name <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he; Nabal <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name, and folly <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.<note type="study">regard: Heb. lay it to his heart</note><note type="study">Nabal: that is, Fool</note>
Now therefore, my lord, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thy soul liveth, seeing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath withholden thee from coming to <transChange type="added">shed</transChange> blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.<note type="study">avenging…: Heb. saving thyself</note>
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.<note type="study">blessing: or, present</note><note type="study">follow…: Heb. walk at the feet of, etc</note>
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and evil hath not been found in thee <transChange type="added">all</transChange> thy days.
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, <transChange type="added">as out</transChange> of the middle of a sling.<note type="study">as out…: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling</note>
And it shall come to pass, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.<note type="study">no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David said to Abigail, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
And blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thy advice, and blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to <transChange type="added">shed</transChange> blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
For in very deed, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
So David received of her hand <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart <transChange type="added">was</transChange> merry within him, for he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a stone.
And it came to pass about ten days <transChange type="added">after</transChange>, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smote Nabal, that he died.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
And she arose, and bowed herself on <transChange type="added">her</transChange> face to the earth, and said, Behold, <transChange type="added">let</transChange> thine handmaid <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.<note type="study">after her: Heb. at her feet</note>
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of Gallim.<note type="study">Phalti: also called, Phaltiel</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> before Jeshimon?
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.<note type="study">trench: or, midst of his carriages</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not <transChange type="added">smite</transChange> him the second time.<note type="study">delivered: Heb. shut up</note>
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed, and be guiltless?
David said furthermore, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, nor knew <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, neither awaked: for they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> all asleep; because a deep sleep from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was fallen upon them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space <transChange type="added">being</transChange> between them:
And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">that</transChange> criest to the king?
And David said to Abner, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> not thou a <transChange type="added">valiant</transChange> man? and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
This thing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good that thou hast done. <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed. And now see where the king's spear <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, and the cruse of water that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at his bolster.<note type="study">worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death</note>
And Saul knew David's voice, and said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> this thy voice, my son David? And David said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> my voice, my lord, O king.
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in mine hand?
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> the children of men, cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> they before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Go, serve other gods.<note type="study">accept: Heb. smell</note><note type="study">abiding: Heb. cleaving</note>
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered thee into <transChange type="added">my</transChange> hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed.
And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
Then Saul said to David, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.<note type="study">perish: Heb. be consumed</note>
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.<note type="study">the time: Heb. the number of days</note><note type="study">a full year: Heb. a year of days</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those <transChange type="added">nations were</transChange> of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.<note type="study">Gezrites: or, Gerzites</note>
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.<note type="study">Whither…: or, Did you not make a road, etc</note>
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring <transChange type="added">tidings</transChange> to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.<note type="study">utterly…: Heb. to stink</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
And when Saul enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me <transChange type="added">him</transChange> up, whom I shall name unto thee.
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
And Saul sware to her by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> Saul.
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
And he said unto her, What form <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Samuel, and he stooped with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face to the ground, and bowed himself.<note type="study">What…: Heb. What is his form?</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.<note type="study">by prophets: Heb. by the hand of prophets</note>
Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to David:<note type="study">to him: or, for himself</note><note type="study">me: Heb. mine hand</note>
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> done this thing unto thee this day.
Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou and thy sons <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with me: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.<note type="study">fell…: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
And she brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jezreel.
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What <transChange type="added">do</transChange> these Hebrews <transChange type="added">here</transChange>? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell <transChange type="added">unto me</transChange> unto this day?
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? <transChange type="added">should it</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with the heads of these men?
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.<note type="study">the lords…: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords</note>
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.<note type="study">displease…: Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?<note type="study">with…: Heb. before thee</note>
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
And had taken the women captives, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried <transChange type="added">them</transChange> away, and went on their way.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Then David and the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God.<note type="study">grieved: Heb. bitter</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
And David enquired at the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and without fail recover <transChange type="added">all</transChange>.
So David went, he and the six hundred men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk <transChange type="added">any</transChange> water, three days and three nights.
And David said unto him, To whom <transChange type="added">belongest</transChange> thou? and whence <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? And he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
We made an invasion <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the south of the Cherethites, and upon <transChange type="added">the coast</transChange> which <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when he had brought him down, behold, <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.<note type="study">the next…: Heb. their morrow</note>
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
And David took all the flocks and the herds, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they drave before those <transChange type="added">other</transChange> cattle, and said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> David's spoil.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.<note type="study">saluted…: or, asked them how they did</note>
Then answered all the wicked men and <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead <transChange type="added">them</transChange> away, and depart.<note type="study">those: Heb. men</note>
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that goeth down to the battle, so <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> his part <transChange type="added">be</transChange> that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange> from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.<note type="study">forward: Heb. and forward</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;<note type="study">present: Heb. blessing</note>
To <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Beth–el, and to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in south Ramoth, and to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Jattir,
And to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Aroer, and to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Siphmoth, and to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Eshtemoa,
And to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Rachal, and to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the cities of the Kenites,
And to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Hormah, and to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Chor–ashan, and to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Athach,
And to <transChange type="added">them</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.<note type="study">slain: or, wounded</note>
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi–shua, Saul's sons.
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.<note type="study">and the archers: Heb. and the shooters, men with bows</note><note type="study">hit…: Heb. found him</note>
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.<note type="study">abuse…: or, mock me</note>
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the men of Israel that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the other side of the valley, and <transChange type="added">they</transChange> that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish <transChange type="added">it in</transChange> the house of their idols, and among the people.
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;<note type="study">of that: or, concerning him that</note>
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth–shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
And they took their bones, and buried <transChange type="added">them</transChange> under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
<title type="main">THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL OTHERWISE CALLED THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.<note type="study">How…: Heb. What was, etc</note>
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I.<note type="study">Here…: Heb. Behold me</note>
And he said unto me, Who <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? And I answered him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> an Amalekite.
He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet whole in me.<note type="study">anguish…: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc</note>
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon his head, and the bracelet that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him:
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? And he answered, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed?
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
And David said unto him, Thy blood <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah <transChange type="added">the use of</transChange> the bow: behold, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the book of Jasher.)<note type="study">of Jasher: or, of the upright</note>
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
Tell <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not in Gath, publish <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Ye mountains of Gilboa, <transChange type="added">let there be</transChange> no dew, neither <transChange type="added">let there be</transChange> rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, <transChange type="added">as though he had</transChange> not <transChange type="added">been</transChange> anointed with oil.
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
Saul and Jonathan <transChange type="added">were</transChange> lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.<note type="study">pleasant: or, sweet</note>
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with <transChange type="added">other</transChange> delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, <transChange type="added">thou wast</transChange> slain in thine high places.
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
And his men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, <transChange type="added">That</transChange> the men of Jabesh–gilead <transChange type="added">were they</transChange> that buried Saul.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> ye of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Saul, and have buried him.
And now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.<note type="study">be ye…: Heb. be ye the sons of valour</note>

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;<note type="study">Saul's host: Heb. the host which was Saul's</note><note type="study">Ish–bosheth: or, Esh–baal</note>
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
Ish–bosheth Saul's son <transChange type="added">was</transChange> forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.<note type="study">time: Heb. number of days</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.<note type="study">together: Heb. them together</note>
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> to Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and <transChange type="added">thrust</transChange> his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath–hazzurim, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Gibeon.<note type="study">Helkath–hazzurim: that is, The field of strong men</note>
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel <transChange type="added">was as</transChange> light of foot as a wild roe.<note type="study">of foot: Heb. of his feet</note><note type="study">as a wild…: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field</note>
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from after Abner</note>
Then Abner looked behind him, and said, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou Asahel? And he answered, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>.
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.<note type="study">armour: or, spoil</note>
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth <transChange type="added">rib</transChange>, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
And Joab said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.<note type="study">in the…: Heb. from the morning</note><note type="study">gone…: or, gone away</note>
So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> three hundred and threescore men died.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which <transChange type="added">was in</transChange> Beth–lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;<note type="study">Chileab: or, Daniel</note>
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Saul had a concubine, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and <transChange type="added">Ish–bosheth</transChange> said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, <transChange type="added">Am</transChange> I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer–sheba.
And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the land? saying <transChange type="added">also</transChange>, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.<note type="study">that is: Heb. saying</note>
And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver <transChange type="added">me</transChange> my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
And Ish–bosheth sent, and took her from <transChange type="added">her</transChange> husband, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from Phaltiel the son of Laish.<note type="study">Phaltiel: also called, Phalti</note>
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.<note type="study">along…: Heb. going and weeping</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> king over you:<note type="study">in times…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day</note>
Now then do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him a feast.
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from <transChange type="added">pursuing</transChange> a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
When Joab and all the host that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not.
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth <transChange type="added">rib</transChange>, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.<note type="study">quietly: or, peaceably</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And afterward when David heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he said, I and my kingdom <transChange type="added">are</transChange> guiltless before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.<note type="study">fail: Heb. be cut off</note>
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David said to Joab, and to all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> followed the bier.<note type="study">bier: Heb. bed</note>
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
Thy hands <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.<note type="study">wicked…: Heb. children of iniquity</note>
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
And all the people took notice <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.<note type="study">pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes</note>
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
And I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah <transChange type="added">be</transChange> too hard for me: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.<note type="study">weak: Heb. tender</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
And Saul's son had two men <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> captains of bands: the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:<note type="study">other: Heb. second</note>
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> lame of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Mephibosheth.<note type="study">Mephibosheth: or, Merib–baal</note>
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
And they came thither into the midst of the house, <transChange type="added">as though</transChange> they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth <transChange type="added">rib</transChange>: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who <transChange type="added">thought</transChange> that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:<note type="study">thinking…: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc</note><note type="study">who…: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings</note>
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged <transChange type="added">them</transChange> up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish–bosheth, and buried <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy bone and thy flesh.
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and they anointed David king over Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>David <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirty years old when he began to reign, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he reigned forty years.
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.<note type="study">thinking…: or, saying David shall not, etc</note>
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the city of David.
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> hated of David's soul, <transChange type="added">he shall be chief and captain</transChange>. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.<note type="study">Wherefore…: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not</note>
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
And David went on, and grew great, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him.<note type="study">went…: Heb. went, going and growing</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.<note type="study">masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall</note>
And David perceived that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David took <transChange type="added">him</transChange> more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
And these <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, and went down to the hold.
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
And David enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
And David came to Baal–perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal–perazim.<note type="study">Baal–perazim: that is, the plain of breaches</note>
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.<note type="study">burned…: or, took them away</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
And when David enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he said, Thou shalt not go up; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
And David did so, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.<note type="study">Geba: also called, Gibeon</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Again, David gathered together all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> chosen <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Israel, thirty thousand.
And David arose, and went with all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts that dwelleth <transChange type="added">between</transChange> the cherubims.<note type="study">Baale: or, Baalah, that is, Kirjath–jearim</note><note type="study">whose name…: or, at which the name, even the name of the <divineName>Lord</divineName> of hosts, was called upon</note>
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.<note type="study">set: Heb. made to ride</note><note type="study">Gibeah: or, the hill</note>
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.<note type="study">accompanying: Heb. with</note>
And David and all the house of Israel played before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> on all manner of <transChange type="added">instruments made of</transChange> fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth <transChange type="added">his hand</transChange> to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">Nachon: also called Chidon</note><note type="study">shook it: or, stumbled</note>
And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for <transChange type="added">his</transChange> error; and there he died by the ark of God.<note type="study">error: or, rashness</note>
And David was displeased, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez–uzzah to this day.<note type="study">made: Heb. broken</note><note type="study">Perez–uzzah: that is, the breach of Uzzah</note>
And David was afraid of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that day, and said, How shall the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> come to me?
So David would not remove the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed–edom the Gittite.
And the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> continued in the house of Obed–edom the Gittite three months: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> blessed Obed–edom, and all his household.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it was told king David, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that <transChange type="added">pertaineth</transChange> unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed–edom into the city of David with gladness.
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that when they that bare the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
And David danced before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with all <transChange type="added">his</transChange> might; and David <transChange type="added">was</transChange> girded with a linen ephod.
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
And as the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and she despised him in her heart.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they brought in the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">pitched: Heb. stretched</note>
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
And he dealt among all the people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece <transChange type="added">of flesh</transChange>, and a flagon <transChange type="added">of wine</transChange>. So all the people departed every one to his house.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!<note type="study">shamelessly: or, openly</note>
And David said unto Michal, <transChange type="added">It was</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, over Israel: therefore will I play before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.<note type="study">of the…: or, of the handmaids of my servants</note>
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine heart; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass that night, that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Nathan, saying,
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?<note type="study">my servant…: Heb. to my servant, to David</note>
Whereas I have not dwelt in <transChange type="added">any</transChange> house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
In all <transChange type="added">the places</transChange> wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?<note type="study">any of…: any of the judges</note>
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:<note type="study">from following: Heb. from after</note>
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great <transChange type="added">men</transChange> that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the earth.<note type="study">out of…: Heb. from thy face</note>
Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
And as since the time that I commanded judges <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then went king David in, and sat before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he said, Who <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>? and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this the manner of man, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>?<note type="study">manner: Heb. law</note>
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, knowest thy servant.
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
Wherefore thou art great, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like thee, neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
And what one nation in the earth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like thy people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the nations and their gods?
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a people unto thee for ever: and thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, art become their God.
And now, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for ever, and do as thou hast said.
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
For thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.<note type="study">revealed: Heb. opened the ear</note>
And now, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, hast spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.<note type="study">let it…: Heb. be thou pleased and bless</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.<note type="study">Metheg–ammah: or, the bridle of Ammah</note>
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the Moabites became David's servants, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brought gifts.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.<note type="study">Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer</note>

And David took from him a thousand <transChange type="added">chariots</transChange>, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot <transChange type="added">horses</transChange>, but reserved of them <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an hundred chariots.<note type="study">from…: or, of his chariots</note>
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brought gifts. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserved David whithersoever he went.
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And <transChange type="added">Joram</transChange> brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:<note type="study">Joram: also called, Hadoram</note><note type="study">salute…: Heb. ask him of peace</note><note type="study">had wars…: Heb. was a man of wars with</note><note type="study">brought…: Heb. in his hand were</note>
Which also king David did dedicate unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
And David gat <transChange type="added">him</transChange> a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> eighteen thousand <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.<note type="study">smiting: Heb. his smiting</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserved David whithersoever he went.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud <transChange type="added">was</transChange> recorder;<note type="study">recorder: or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles</note>
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the priests; and Seraiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the scribe;<note type="study">scribe: or, secretary</note>
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada <transChange type="added">was over</transChange> both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.<note type="study">chief rulers: or, princes</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> of the house of Saul a servant whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant <transChange type="added">is he</transChange>.
And the king said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> lame on <transChange type="added">his</transChange> feet.
And the king said unto him, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo–debar.
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!<note type="study">Mephibosheth: also called Merib–baal</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
And he bowed himself, and said, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in <transChange type="added">the fruits</transChange>, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, <transChange type="added">said the king</transChange>, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba <transChange type="added">were</transChange> servants unto Mephibosheth.
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David <transChange type="added">rather</transChange> sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?<note type="study">Thinkest…: Heb. In thine eyes doth David</note>
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to their buttocks, and sent them away.
When they told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> return.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.<note type="study">Ish–tob: or, the men of Tob</note>
And when David heard of <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish–tob, and Maacah, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by themselves in the field.
When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Israel, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in array against the Syrians:
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in array against the children of Ammon.
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do that which seemeth him good.
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer <transChange type="added">went</transChange> before them.<note type="study">the river: that is, Euphrates</note><note type="study">Shobach: or, Shophach</note>
And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew <transChange type="added">the men of</transChange> seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.<note type="study">horsemen: also called, footmen</note>
And when all the kings <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth <transChange type="added">to battle</transChange>, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.<note type="study">after…: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very beautiful to look upon.
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?<note type="study">Bath–sheba: or, Bath–shuah</note><note type="study">Eliam: or Ammiel</note>
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.<note type="study">for she…: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned</note>
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with child.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David sent to Joab, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded <transChange type="added">of him</transChange> how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.<note type="study">how Joab…: Heb. of the peace of, etc</note>
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess <transChange type="added">of meat</transChange> from the king.<note type="study">followed…: Heb. went out after him</note>
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> journey? why <transChange type="added">then</transChange> didst thou not go down unto thine house?
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thou livest, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent <transChange type="added">it</transChange> by the hand of Uriah.
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.<note type="study">hottest: Heb. strong</note><note type="study">from him: Heb. from after him</note>
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men <transChange type="added">were</transChange>.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.<note type="study">Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.<note type="study">displease…: Heb. be evil in thine eyes</note><note type="study">one…: Heb. so and such</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
The rich <transChange type="added">man</transChange> had exceeding many flocks and herds:
But the poor <transChange type="added">man</transChange> had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.<note type="study">meat: Heb. morsel</note>
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, the man that hath done this <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> shall surely die:<note type="study">shall…: or, is worthy to die, or, is a son of death</note>
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Nathan said to David, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the man. Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if <transChange type="added">that had been</transChange> too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
For thou didst <transChange type="added">it</transChange> secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And Nathan said unto David, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to blaspheme, the child also <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> born unto thee shall surely die.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Nathan departed unto his house. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.<note type="study">fasted: Heb. fasted a fast</note>
And the elders of his house arose, <transChange type="added">and went</transChange> to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?<note type="study">vex: Heb. do hurt</note>
But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed <transChange type="added">himself</transChange>, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
Then said his servants unto him, What thing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, <transChange type="added">while it was</transChange> alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David comforted Bath–sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> loved him.
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.<note type="study">it be called…: Heb. my name be called upon it</note>
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was <transChange type="added">set</transChange> on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.<note type="study">in great…: Heb. very great</note>
And he brought forth the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.<note type="study">Amnon thought…: Heb. it was marvellous, or, hidden in the eyes of Amnon</note>
But Amnon had a friend, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a very subtil man.
And he said unto him, Why <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.<note type="study">lean: Heb. thin</note><note type="study">from day…: Heb. morning by morning</note>
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and eat <transChange type="added">it</transChange> at her hand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.<note type="study">flour: or, paste</note>
And she took a pan, and poured <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
And when she had brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.<note type="study">force…: Heb. humble me</note><note type="study">no such…: Heb. it ought not so to be done</note>
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her <transChange type="added">was</transChange> greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.<note type="study">exceedingly: Heb. with great hatred greatly</note>
And she said unto him, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no cause: this evil in sending me away <transChange type="added">is</transChange> greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this <transChange type="added">woman</transChange> out from me, and bolt the door after her.
And <transChange type="added">she had</transChange> a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.<note type="study">Amnon: Heb. Aminon</note><note type="study">regard…: Heb. set not thy heart</note><note type="study">desolate: Heb. and desolate</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal–hazor, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.<note type="study">have…: or, will you not, since I have commanded you?</note><note type="study">valiant: Heb. sons of valour</note>
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.<note type="study">gat…: Heb. rode</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.<note type="study">appointment: Heb. mouth</note><note type="study">determined: or, settled</note>
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.<note type="study">as thy…: Heb. according to the word of thy servant</note>
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.<note type="study">very…: Heb. with a great weeping greatly</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And <transChange type="added">David</transChange> mourned for his son every day.<note type="study">Ammihud: or, Ammihur</note>
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
And <transChange type="added">the soul of</transChange> king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.<note type="study">longed: or, was consumed</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart <transChange type="added">was</transChange> toward Absalom.
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.<note type="study">Help: Heb. Save</note>

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.<note type="study">none…: Heb. no deliverer between them</note>
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> name nor remainder upon the earth.<note type="study">upon…: Heb. upon the face of the earth</note>
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity <transChange type="added">be</transChange> on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne <transChange type="added">be</transChange> guiltless.
And the king said, Whosoever saith <transChange type="added">ought</transChange> unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy</note>
Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak <transChange type="added">one</transChange> word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
For we must needs die, and <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect <transChange type="added">any</transChange> person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.<note type="study">neither…: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc</note>
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man <transChange type="added">that would</transChange> destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will be with thee.<note type="study">comfortable: Heb. for rest</note><note type="study">to discern: Heb. to hear</note>
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
And the king said, <transChange type="added">Is not</transChange> the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.<note type="study">thanked: Heb. blessed</note><note type="study">his servant: or, thy servant</note>
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.<note type="study">But…: Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly</note>
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: because <transChange type="added">the hair</transChange> was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.<note type="study">near…: Heb. near my place</note>
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto <transChange type="added">his</transChange> house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? <transChange type="added">it had been</transChange> good for me <transChange type="added">to have been</transChange> there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be <transChange type="added">any</transChange> iniquity in me, let him kill me.
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou? And he said, Thy servant <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of one of the tribes of Israel.<note type="study">came: Heb. to come</note>
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters <transChange type="added">are</transChange> good and right; but <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no man <transChange type="added">deputed</transChange> of the king to hear thee.<note type="study">there…: or, none will hear thee from the king downward</note>
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that when any man came nigh <transChange type="added">to him</transChange> to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in Hebron.
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
And David said unto all his servants that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not <transChange type="added">else</transChange> escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.<note type="study">bring: Heb. thrust</note>
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants <transChange type="added">are ready to do</transChange> whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.<note type="study">appoint: Heb. choose</note>
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> concubines, to keep the house.<note type="study">after…: Heb. at his feet</note>
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a stranger, and also an exile.
Whereas thou camest <transChange type="added">but</transChange> yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with thee.<note type="study">go up…: Heb. wander in going</note>
And Ittai answered the king, and said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him.
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.<note type="study">Kidron: Gr. Cedron</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he will bring me again, and shew me <transChange type="added">both</transChange> it, and his habitation:
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, <transChange type="added">here am</transChange> I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, <transChange type="added">Art not</transChange> thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David went up by the ascent of <transChange type="added">mount</transChange> Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.<note type="study">and wept…: Heb. going up and weeping</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> told David, saying, Ahithophel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, that <transChange type="added">when</transChange> David was come to the top <transChange type="added">of the mount</transChange>, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I <transChange type="added">have been</transChange> thy father's servant hitherto, so <transChange type="added">will</transChange> I now also <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
And <transChange type="added">hast thou</transChange> not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
Behold, <transChange type="added">they have</transChange> there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's <transChange type="added">son</transChange>, and Jonathan Abiathar's <transChange type="added">son</transChange>; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
And when David was a little past the top <transChange type="added">of the hill</transChange>, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred <transChange type="added">loaves</transChange> of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses <transChange type="added">be</transChange> for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
And the king said, And where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all that <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.<note type="study">I humbly…: Heb. I do obeisance</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.<note type="study">he came forth…: or, he still came forth and cursed</note>
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on his right hand and on his left.
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:<note type="study">bloody…: Heb. man of blood</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou <transChange type="added">art taken</transChange> in thy mischief, because thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a bloody man.<note type="study">behold…: Heb. behold thee in thy evil</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now <transChange type="added">may this</transChange> Benjamite <transChange type="added">do it</transChange>? let him alone, and let him curse; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath bidden him.
It may be that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will look on mine affliction, and that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will requite me good for his cursing this day.<note type="study">affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye</note>
And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.<note type="study">cast…: Heb. dusted him with dust</note>

And the king, and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.<note type="study">God…: Heb. Let the king live</note>
And Absalom said to Hushai, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
And again, whom should I serve? <transChange type="added">should I</transChange> not <transChange type="added">serve</transChange> in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with thee be strong.
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so <transChange type="added">was</transChange> all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.<note type="study">oracle: Heb. word</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
And I will come upon him while he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as if all returned: <transChange type="added">so</transChange> all the people shall be in peace.
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.<note type="study">pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc</note>
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.<note type="study">what…: Heb. what is in his mouth</note>
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do <transChange type="added">after</transChange> his saying? if not; speak thou.<note type="study">his saying: Heb. his word</note>
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good at this time.<note type="study">given: Heb. counselled</note>
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> mighty men, and they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.<note type="study">chafed…: Heb. bitter of soul</note>
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some <transChange type="added">other</transChange> place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.<note type="study">overthrown: Heb. fallen</note>
And he also <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> valiant, whose heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a mighty man, and <transChange type="added">they</transChange> which <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with him <transChange type="added">are</transChange> valiant men.
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, as the sand that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.<note type="study">that thou…: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc</note>
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with him there shall not be left so much as one.
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> might bring evil upon Absalom.<note type="study">appointed: Heb. commanded</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with him.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En–rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, they returned to Jerusalem.
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then David arose, and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled <transChange type="added">his</transChange> ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.<note type="study">followed: Heb. done</note><note type="study">put his…: Heb. gave charge concerning his house</note>
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a man's son, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.<note type="study">Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite</note><note type="study">Abigail: Heb. Abigal</note><note type="study">Nahash: or, Jesse</note>
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched <transChange type="added">corn</transChange>, and beans, and lentiles, and parched <transChange type="added">pulse</transChange>,<note type="study">basons: or, cups</note>
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, to eat: for they said, The people <transChange type="added">is</transChange> hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
And David numbered the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now <transChange type="added">thou art</transChange> worth ten thousand of us: therefore now <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> better that thou succour us out of the city.<note type="study">care…: Heb. set their heart on us</note><note type="study">worth…: Heb. as ten thousand of us</note><note type="study">succour: Heb. be to succour or help</note>
And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, <transChange type="added">Deal</transChange> gently for my sake with the young man, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.<note type="study">devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> under him went away.
And a certain man saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver, and a girdle.
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver in mine hand, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none <transChange type="added">touch</transChange> the young man Absalom.<note type="study">receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand</note><note type="study">Beware…: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc</note>
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against <transChange type="added">me</transChange>.
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet alive in the midst of the oak.<note type="study">with…: Heb. before thee</note><note type="study">midst: Heb. heart</note>
And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath avenged him of his enemies.<note type="study">avenged…: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc</note>
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.<note type="study">bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc</note>
Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?<note type="study">howsoever: Heb. be what may</note><note type="study">ready: or, convenient</note>
But howsoever, <transChange type="added">said he</transChange>, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he <transChange type="added">be</transChange> alone, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold <transChange type="added">another</transChange> man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a good man, and cometh with good tidings.<note type="study">Me…: Heb. I see the running</note>
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.<note type="study">All…: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace</note><note type="study">delivered…: Heb. shut up</note>
And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and <transChange type="added">me</transChange> thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what <transChange type="added">it was</transChange>.<note type="study">Is…: Heb. Is there peace?</note>
And the king said <transChange type="added">unto him</transChange>, Turn aside, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.<note type="study">Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought</note>
And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> hurt, be as <transChange type="added">that</transChange> young man <transChange type="added">is</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
And the victory that day was <transChange type="added">turned</transChange> into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.<note type="study">victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance</note>
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.<note type="study">In…: Heb. By loving, etc</note><note type="study">that thou regardest…: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee</note>
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.<note type="study">comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of thy servants</note>
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?<note type="study">speak…: Heb. are ye silent?</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to his house.
Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my brethren, ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
And say ye to Amasa, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as <transChange type="added">the heart of</transChange> one man; so that they sent <transChange type="added">this word</transChange> unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;<note type="study">what…: Heb. the good in his eyes</note>
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anointed?
And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> this day king over Israel?
Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came <transChange type="added">again</transChange> in peace.
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant <transChange type="added">is</transChange> lame.

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as an angel of God: do therefore <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> good in thine eyes.
For all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?<note type="study">dead…: Heb. men of death</note>
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a very great man.
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?<note type="study">How…: Heb. How many days are the years of my life</note>
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> this day fourscore years old: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, <transChange type="added">and be buried</transChange> by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will I do for thee.<note type="study">require: Heb. choose</note>
And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.<note type="study">Chimham: Heb. Chimhan</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's <transChange type="added">cost</transChange>? or hath he given us any gift?
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more <transChange type="added">right</transChange> in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.<note type="study">despise…: Heb. set us at light</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
So every man of Israel went up from after David, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women <transChange type="added">his</transChange> concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.<note type="study">ward: Heb. an house of ward</note><note type="study">shut…: Heb. bound</note><note type="study">living…: Heb. in widowhood of life</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.<note type="study">Assemble: Heb. Call</note>
So Amasa went to assemble <transChange type="added">the men of</transChange> Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.<note type="study">Assemble: Heb. Call</note>
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than <transChange type="added">did</transChange> Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.<note type="study">escape…: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes</note>
And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
When they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at the great stone which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
And Joab said to Amasa, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth <transChange type="added">rib</transChange>, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.<note type="study">struck…: Heb. doubled not his stroke</note>
And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for David, <transChange type="added">let him go</transChange> after Joab.
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth–maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.<note type="study">in the trench: or, against the outmost wall</note><note type="study">battered: Heb. marred to throw down</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou Joab? And he answered, I <transChange type="added">am he</transChange>. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask <transChange type="added">counsel</transChange> at Abel: and so they ended <transChange type="added">the matter</transChange>.<note type="study">They were…: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end</note>
I <transChange type="added">am one of them that are</transChange> peaceable <transChange type="added">and</transChange> faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
The matter <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.<note type="study">by name: Heb. by his name</note>
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.<note type="study">retired: Heb. were scattered</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now Joab <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
And Adoram <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud <transChange type="added">was</transChange> recorder:<note type="study">recorder: or, remembrancer</note>
And Sheva <transChange type="added">was</transChange> scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the priests:
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.<note type="study">a chief…: or, a prince</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> for Saul, and for <transChange type="added">his</transChange> bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.<note type="study">enquired…: Heb. sought the face, etc</note>
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will I do for you.<note type="study">We will…: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc</note>
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,<note type="study">devised…: or, cut us off</note>
Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Gibeah of Saul, <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did choose. And the king said, I will give <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note type="study">whom…: or, chosen of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> oath that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:<note type="study">Michal: or, Michal's sister</note><note type="study">brought…: Heb. bear to Adriel</note>
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and they fell <transChange type="added">all</transChange> seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first <transChange type="added">days</transChange>, in the beginning of barley harvest.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
And Ishbi–benob, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear <transChange type="added">weighed</transChange> three hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of brass in weight, he being girded with a new <transChange type="added">sword</transChange>, thought to have slain David.<note type="study">the giant: or, Rapha</note><note type="study">spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head</note>
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.<note type="study">light: Heb. candle, or, lamp</note>
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the sons of the giant.<note type="study">the giant: or, Rapha</note><note type="study">Saph: or, Sippai</note>
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew <transChange type="added">the brother of</transChange> Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like a weaver's beam.<note type="study">Jaare–oregim: or, Jair</note>
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of <transChange type="added">great</transChange> stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.<note type="study">the giant: or, Rapha</note>
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.<note type="study">defied: or, reproached</note><note type="study">Shimea: also called, Shammah</note>
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
And David spake unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the words of this song in the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
I will call on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;<note type="study">waves: or, pangs</note><note type="study">ungodly…: Heb. Belial</note>
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;<note type="study">sorrows: or, cords</note>
In my distress I called upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry <transChange type="added">did enter</transChange> into his ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.<note type="study">out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc</note>
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness <transChange type="added">was</transChange> under his feet.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thick clouds of the skies.<note type="study">dark…: Heb. binding of waters</note>
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;<note type="study">many: or, great</note>
He delivered me from my strong enemy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was my stay.
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his judgments <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before me: and <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> his statutes, I did not depart from them.
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.<note type="study">before: Heb. to</note>
Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.<note type="study">in…: Heb. before his eyes</note>
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.<note type="study">shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle</note>
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the haughty, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou mayest bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> down.
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my lamp, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will lighten my darkness.<note type="study">lamp: or, candle</note>
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.<note type="study">run: or, broken</note>
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> God, his way <transChange type="added">is</transChange> perfect; the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> tried: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a buckler to all them that trust in him.<note type="study">tried: or, refined</note>
For who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God, save the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a rock, save our God?
God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength <transChange type="added">and</transChange> power: and he maketh my way perfect.<note type="study">maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth</note>
He maketh my feet like hinds' <transChange type="added">feet</transChange>: and setteth me upon my high places.<note type="study">maketh: Heb. equalleth</note>
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.<note type="study">to war: Heb. for the war</note>
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.<note type="study">made…: Heb. multiplied me</note>
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.<note type="study">feet: Heb. ankles</note>
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.<note type="study">subdued: Heb. caused to bow</note>
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
They looked, but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none to save; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but he answered them not.
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> did spread them abroad.
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> head of the heathen: a people <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I knew not shall serve me.
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.<note type="study">Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger</note><note type="study">submit…: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie</note>
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth; and blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,<note type="study">avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for</note>
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
<transChange type="added">He is</transChange> the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man <transChange type="added">who was</transChange> raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
The Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake by me, and his word <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in my tongue.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> just, ruling in the fear of God.<note type="study">He…: or, Be thou ruler, etc</note>
And <transChange type="added">he shall be</transChange> as the light of the morning, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> the sun riseth, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a morning without clouds; <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the tender grass <transChange type="added">springing</transChange> out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Although my house <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and sure: for <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> all my salvation, and all <transChange type="added">my</transChange> desire, although he make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not to grow.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But <transChange type="added">the sons</transChange> of Belial <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
But the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the <transChange type="added">same</transChange> place.<note type="study">fenced: Heb. filled</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Adino the Eznite: <transChange type="added">he lift up his spear</transChange> against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.<note type="study">The Tachmonite…: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three</note><note type="study">whom he…: Heb. slain</note><note type="study">1ch 11:11 he lift…: from whom he…: Heb. slain</note>
And after him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines <transChange type="added">that</transChange> were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
And after him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.<note type="study">into…: or, for foraging</note>
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> wrought a great victory.
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.<note type="study">three…: or, the three captains over the thirty</note>
And David <transChange type="added">was</transChange> then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines <transChange type="added">was</transChange> then <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Beth–lehem.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the gate!
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the gate, and took <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he said, Be it far from me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I should do this: <transChange type="added">is not this</transChange> the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> slew <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and had the name among three.<note type="study">and slew them: Heb. slain</note>
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the <transChange type="added">first</transChange> three.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:<note type="study">who…: Heb. great of acts</note><note type="study">lionlike…: Heb. lion of God</note>
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.<note type="study">a goodly…: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: also called, a man of great stature</note>
These <transChange type="added">things</transChange> did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the <transChange type="added">first</transChange> three. And David set him over his guard.<note type="study">more…: or, honourable among the thirty</note><note type="study">guard: or, council: Heb. at his command</note>
Asahel the brother of Joab <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,<note type="study">brooks: or, valleys</note>
Abi–albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
And again the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.<note type="study">Go: or, Compass</note>
And Joab said unto the king, Now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:<note type="study">river: or, valley</note>
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,<note type="study">land of Tahtim–hodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited</note>
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to Beer–sheba.
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> five hundred thousand men.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
Go and say unto David, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I offer thee three <transChange type="added">things</transChange>; choose thee one of them, that I may <transChange type="added">do it</transChange> unto thee.
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for his mercies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.<note type="study">are great: or, are many</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.<note type="study">Araunah: also called, Ornan</note>
And David spake unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.<note type="study">Araunah: Heb. Araniah</note>
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded.
And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what <transChange type="added">seemeth</transChange> good unto him: behold, <transChange type="added">here be</transChange> oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and <transChange type="added">other</transChange> instruments of the oxen for wood.
All these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> did Araunah, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God accept thee.
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
And David built there an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
<title type="main">THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS COMMONLY CALLED THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now king David was old <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.<note type="study">stricken…: Heb. entered into days</note>
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.<note type="study">Let there…: Heb. Let them seek</note><note type="study">a young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgin</note><note type="study">cherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him</note>
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
And the damsel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.<note type="study">be king: Heb. reign</note>
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also <transChange type="added">was a</transChange> very goodly <transChange type="added">man</transChange>; and <transChange type="added">his mother</transChange> bare him after Absalom.<note type="study">at any…: Heb. from his days</note>
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.<note type="study">he…: Heb. his words were with</note><note type="study">following…: Heb. helped after Adonijah</note>
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which <transChange type="added">belonged</transChange> to David, were not with Adonijah.
And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by En–rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:<note type="study">En–rogel: or, the well Rogel</note>
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not?
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.<note type="study">confirm: Heb. fill up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
And Bath–sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?<note type="study">What…: Heb. What to thee?</note>
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God unto thine handmaid, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not:
And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.<note type="study">offenders: Heb. sinners</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.<note type="study">God…: Heb. Let king Adonijah live</note>
But me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath–sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.<note type="study">into…: Heb. before the king</note>
And the king sware, and said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
Even as I sware unto thee by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
Then Bath–sheba bowed with <transChange type="added">her</transChange> face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:<note type="study">mine…: Heb. which belongeth to me</note>
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of my lord the king say so <transChange type="added">too</transChange>.
As the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.<note type="study">pipes: or, flutes</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Adonijah and all the guests that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange> as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore <transChange type="added">is this</transChange> noise of the city being in an uproar?
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the noise that ye have heard.
And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
And also thus said the king, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, which hath given <transChange type="added">one</transChange> to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And all the guests that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
And keep the charge of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:<note type="study">prosper: or, do wisely</note>
That the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.<note type="study">fail…: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne</note>
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> about his loins, and in his shoes that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on his feet.<note type="study">shed: Heb. put</note>
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
And, behold, <transChange type="added">thou hast</transChange> with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.<note type="study">grievous: Heb. strong</note>
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
And the days that David reigned over Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange> forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.<note type="study">deny…: Heb. turn not away my face</note>
And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
And Bath–sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Bath–sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; <transChange type="added">I pray thee</transChange>, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Then king Solomon sware by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Now therefore, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.<note type="study">worthy…: Heb. a man of death</note>
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; that he might fulfil the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and, behold, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing <transChange type="added">thereof, to wit</transChange>, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
For it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

And Shimei said unto the king, The saying <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in Gath.
And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I have heard <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good.
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
And king Solomon <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for ever.
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, until those days.
And Solomon loved the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In Gibeon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.<note type="study">mercy: or, bounty</note>
And now, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I <transChange type="added">am but</transChange> a little child: I know not <transChange type="added">how</transChange> to go out or come in.
And thy servant <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?<note type="study">understanding: Heb. hearing</note>
And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;<note type="study">long life: Heb. many days</note><note type="study">discern: Heb. hear</note>
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.<note type="study">shall…: or, hath not been</note>
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then came there two women, <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we <transChange type="added">were</transChange> together; <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
And the other woman said, Nay; but the living <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my son, and the dead <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy son. And this said, No; but the dead <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy son, and the living <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my son. Thus they spake before the king.
Then said the king, The one saith, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my son that liveth, and thy son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the dead, and my son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the living.
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
Then spake the woman whose the living child <transChange type="added">was</transChange> unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> divide <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">yearned: Heb. were hot</note>
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the mother thereof.
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in him, to do judgment.<note type="study">in him: Heb. in the midst of him</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
And these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,<note type="study">priest: or, chief officer</note>
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.<note type="study">scribes: or, secretaries</note><note type="study">recorder: or, remembrancer</note>
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the priests:
And Azariah the son of Nathan <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan <transChange type="added">was</transChange> principal officer, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the king's friend:
And Ahishar <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the tribute.<note type="study">tribute: or, levy</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:<note type="study">The son…: or, Ben–hur</note>
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:<note type="study">The son…: or, Ben–dekar</note>
The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:<note type="study">The son…: or, Ben–hesed</note>
The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:<note type="study">The son…: or, Ben–abinadab</note>
Baana the son of Ahilud; <transChange type="added">to him pertained</transChange> Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto <transChange type="added">the place that is</transChange> beyond Jokneam:
The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Gilead; to him <transChange type="added">also pertained</transChange> the region of Argob, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:<note type="study">The son…: or, Ben–geber</note>
Ahinadab the son of Iddo <transChange type="added">had</transChange> Mahanaim:<note type="study">Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim</note>
Ahimaaz <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Baanah the son of Hushai <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Asher and in Aloth:
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
Geber the son of Uri <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the country of Gilead, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> the only officer which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Judah and Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange> many, as the sand which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,<note type="study">provision: Heb. bread</note><note type="study">measures: Heb. cors</note>
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
For he had dominion over all <transChange type="added">the region</transChange> on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.<note type="study">safely: Heb. confidently</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where <transChange type="added">the officers</transChange> were, every man according to his charge.<note type="study">dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the sea shore.
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.<note type="study">Hiram: also called, Huram</note>
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> put them under the soles of his feet.
But now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God hath given me rest on every side, <transChange type="added">so that there is</transChange> neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.<note type="study">purpose: Heb. say</note>
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.<note type="study">appoint: Heb. say</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.<note type="study">considered: Heb. heard</note>
My servants shall bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.<note type="study">appoint: Heb. send</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees <transChange type="added">according to</transChange> all his desire.
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.<note type="study">measures: Heb. cors</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.<note type="study">levy: Heb. tribute of men</note>
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> two months at home: and Adoniram <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the levy.
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.<note type="study">stonesquarers: or, Giblites</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the second month, that he began to build the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">began…: Heb. built</note>
And the house which king Solomon built for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the length thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ten cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the breadth thereof before the house.
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.<note type="study">of…: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, <transChange type="added">against</transChange> the walls of the house round about, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:<note type="study">against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall</note><note type="study">built chambers: Heb. built floors</note><note type="study">made chambers: Heb. made ribs</note>
The nethermost chamber <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits broad, and the middle <transChange type="added">was</transChange> six cubits broad, and the third <transChange type="added">was</transChange> seven cubits broad: for without <transChange type="added">in the wall</transChange> of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that <transChange type="added">the beams</transChange> should not be fastened in the walls of the house.<note type="study">narrowed…: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements</note>
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
The door for the middle chamber <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle <transChange type="added">chamber</transChange>, and out of the middle into the third.<note type="study">side: Heb. shoulder</note>
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.<note type="study">with…: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar</note>
And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house <transChange type="added">with</transChange> timber of cedar.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Solomon, saying,
<transChange type="added">Concerning</transChange> this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he covered <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.<note type="study">both…: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc</note>
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built <transChange type="added">them</transChange> for it within, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for the oracle, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for the most holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.
And the house, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, the temple before it, was forty cubits <transChange type="added">long</transChange>.
And the cedar of the house within <transChange type="added">was</transChange> carved with knops and open flowers: all <transChange type="added">was</transChange> cedar; there was no stone seen.<note type="study">knops: or, gourds</note><note type="study">open: Heb. openings of</note>
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the oracle in the forepart <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> covered the altar <transChange type="added">which was of</transChange> cedar.<note type="study">pure: Heb. shut up</note>
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And within the oracle he made two cherubims <transChange type="added">of</transChange> olive tree, <transChange type="added">each</transChange> ten cubits high.<note type="study">olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil</note>
And five cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other <transChange type="added">were</transChange> ten cubits.
And the other cherub <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ten cubits: both the cherubims <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of one measure and one size.
The height of the one cherub <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ten cubits, and so <transChange type="added">was it</transChange> of the other cherub.
And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.<note type="study">they…: or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings</note>
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.<note type="study">open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers</note>
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And for the entering of the oracle he made doors <transChange type="added">of</transChange> olive tree: the lintel <transChange type="added">and</transChange> side posts <transChange type="added">were</transChange> a fifth part <transChange type="added">of the wall</transChange>.<note type="study">a fifth…: or, fivesquare</note>
The two doors also <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid <transChange type="added">them</transChange> with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.<note type="study">two…: or, leaves of the doors</note><note type="study">open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers</note>
So also made he for the door of the temple posts <transChange type="added">of</transChange> olive tree, a fourth part <transChange type="added">of the wall</transChange>.<note type="study">a fourth…: or, foursquare</note>
And the two doors <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> fir tree: the two leaves of the one door <transChange type="added">were</transChange> folding, and the two leaves of the other door <transChange type="added">were</transChange> folding.
And he carved <transChange type="added">thereon</transChange> cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered <transChange type="added">them</transChange> with gold fitted upon the carved work.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> laid, in the month Zif:
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.<note type="study">throughout…: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
And <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> covered with cedar above upon the beams, that <transChange type="added">lay</transChange> on forty five pillars, fifteen <transChange type="added">in</transChange> a row.<note type="study">beams: Heb. ribs</note>
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> windows <transChange type="added">in</transChange> three rows, and light <transChange type="added">was</transChange> against light <transChange type="added">in</transChange> three ranks.<note type="study">light was…: Heb. sight against sight</note>
And all the doors and posts <transChange type="added">were</transChange> square, with the windows: and light <transChange type="added">was</transChange> against light <transChange type="added">in</transChange> three ranks.<note type="study">doors…: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before them: and the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> pillars and the thick beam <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before them.<note type="study">before them: or, according to them</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the porch of judgment: and <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from floor to floor</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And his house where he dwelt <transChange type="added">had</transChange> another court within the porch, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken <transChange type="added">to wife</transChange>, like unto this porch.
All these <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> on the outside toward the great court.
And the foundation <transChange type="added">was of</transChange> costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
And above <transChange type="added">were</transChange> costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
And the great court round about <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for the porch of the house.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.<note type="study">Hiram: also called, Huram</note>
He <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.<note type="study">a widow's…: Heb. the son of a widow woman</note>
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.<note type="study">cast: Heb. fashioned</note>
And he made two chapiters <transChange type="added">of</transChange> molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits:
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
And the chapiters that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the top of the pillars <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
And the chapiters upon the two pillars <transChange type="added">had pomegranates</transChange> also above, over against the belly which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the network: and the pomegranates <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.<note type="study">Jachin: that is, He shall establish</note><note type="study">Boaz: that is, In it is strength</note>
And upon the top of the pillars <transChange type="added">was</transChange> lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> round all about, and his height <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim</note>
And under the brim of it round about <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops <transChange type="added">were</transChange> cast in two rows, when it was cast.
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea <transChange type="added">was set</transChange> above upon them, and all their hinder parts <transChange type="added">were</transChange> inward.
And it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
And the work of the bases <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on this <transChange type="added">manner</transChange>: they had borders, and the borders <transChange type="added">were</transChange> between the ledges:
And on the borders that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> between the ledges <transChange type="added">were</transChange> lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen <transChange type="added">were</transChange> certain additions made of thin work.
And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver <transChange type="added">were</transChange> undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a cubit: but the mouth thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> round <transChange type="added">after</transChange> the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it <transChange type="added">were</transChange> gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
And under the borders <transChange type="added">were</transChange> four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels <transChange type="added">were joined</transChange> to the base: and the height of a wheel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a cubit and half a cubit.<note type="study">joined…: Heb. in the base</note>
And the work of the wheels <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> all molten.
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> four undersetters to the four corners of one base: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the undersetters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of the very base itself.
And in the top of the base <transChange type="added">was there</transChange> a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of the same.
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.<note type="study">proportion: Heb. nakedness</note>
After this <transChange type="added">manner</transChange> he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> one size.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> every laver was four cubits: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.<note type="study">side: Heb. shoulder</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:<note type="study">And Hiram: Heb. And Hirom</note>
The two pillars, and the <transChange type="added">two</transChange> bowls of the chapiters that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the top of the pillars;
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the pillars;<note type="study">upon…: Heb. upon the face of the pillars</note>
And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> bright brass.<note type="study">bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured</note>
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.<note type="study">in…: Heb. in the thickness of the ground</note>
And Solomon left all the vessels <transChange type="added">unweighed</transChange>, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.<note type="study">because…: Heb. for the exceeding multitude</note><note type="study">found: Heb. searched</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Solomon made all the vessels that <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread <transChange type="added">was</transChange>,
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right <transChange type="added">side</transChange>, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold,
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold; and the hinges <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> for the doors of the inner house, the most holy <transChange type="added">place, and</transChange> for the doors of the house, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, of the temple.<note type="study">censers: Heb. ash pans</note>
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">things…: Heb. holy things of David</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> out of the city of David, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Zion.<note type="study">chief: Heb. princes</note>
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the seventh month.
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
And they brought up the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy <transChange type="added">place, even</transChange> under the wings of the cherubims.
For the cherubims spread forth <transChange type="added">their</transChange> two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.<note type="study">ends: Heb. heads</note><note type="study">holy…: or, ark</note>
<transChange type="added">There was</transChange> nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made <transChange type="added">a covenant</transChange> with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.<note type="study">when the: or, where the</note>
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, that the cloud filled the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had filled the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then spake Solomon, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
And he said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, saying,
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> promised, and have built an house for the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Solomon stood before the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
And he said, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with thine hand, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.
Therefore now, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.<note type="study">fail…: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight</note><note type="study">so that: Heb. only if</note>
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.<note type="study">toward this place: or, in this place</note>
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.<note type="study">toward this place: or, in this place</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:<note type="study">and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him</note>
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:<note type="study">in: or, toward</note>
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness <transChange type="added">there be</transChange>;<note type="study">cities: or, jurisdiction</note>
What prayer and supplication soever be <transChange type="added">made</transChange> by any man, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Moreover concerning a stranger, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as <transChange type="added">do</transChange> thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.<note type="study">this…: Heb. thy name is called upon this house</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> toward the city which thou hast chosen, and <transChange type="added">toward</transChange> the house that I have built for thy name:<note type="study">toward the city: Heb. the way of the city</note>
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.<note type="study">cause: or, right</note>
If they sin against thee, (for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
<transChange type="added">Yet</transChange> if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;<note type="study">bethink…: Heb. bring back to their heart</note>
And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,<note type="study">cause: or, right</note>
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
For they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he arose from before the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.<note type="study">failed: Heb. fallen</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, be nigh unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:<note type="study">at all…: Heb. the thing of a day in his day</note>
That all the people of the earth may know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God, <transChange type="added">and that there is</transChange> none else.
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, seven days and seven days, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> fourteen days.
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.<note type="study">blessed: or, thanked</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
That the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
And at this house, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> done thus unto this land, and to this house?
And they shall answer, Because they forsook the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought upon them all this evil.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the king's house,
(<transChange type="added">Now</transChange> Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.<note type="study">pleased…: Heb. were not right in his eyes</note>
And he said, What cities <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.<note type="study">Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty</note>
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
<transChange type="added">For</transChange> Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.<note type="study">that which…: Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> all the people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not of the children of Israel,
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the chief of the officers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which <transChange type="added">Solomon</transChange> had built for her: then did he build Millo.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he burnt incense upon the altar that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. So he finished the house.<note type="study">upon the altar that: Heb. upon it, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.<note type="study">shore: Heb. lip</note>
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to king Solomon.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, she came to prove him with hard questions.
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not <transChange type="added">any</transChange> thing hid from the king, which he told her not.<note type="study">questions: Heb. words</note>
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; there was no more spirit in her.<note type="study">attendance: Heb. standing</note><note type="study">cupbearers: or, butlers</note>
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.<note type="study">report: Heb. word</note><note type="study">acts: or, sayings</note>
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.<note type="study">thy…: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to</note>
Happy <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy men, happy <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that hear thy wisdom.
Blessed be the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.<note type="study">almug…: also called, algum trees</note>
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.<note type="study">pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop</note>
And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.<note type="study">of his…: Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
Beside <transChange type="added">that he had</transChange> of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.<note type="study">governors: or, captains</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And king Solomon made two hundred targets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> beaten gold: six hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of gold went to one target.
And <transChange type="added">he made</transChange> three hundred shields <transChange type="added">of</transChange> beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne <transChange type="added">was</transChange> round behind: and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.<note type="study">behind: Heb. on the hinder part thereof</note><note type="study">stays: Heb. hands</note>
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.<note type="study">the like: Heb. so</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And all king Solomon's drinking vessels <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> pure gold; none <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.<note type="study">none…: or, there was no silver in them</note>
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.<note type="study">ivory: or, elephants' teeth</note>
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.<note type="study">sought to: Heb. sought the face of</note>
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
And the king made silver <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> as the sycomore trees that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the vale, for abundance.<note type="study">made: Heb. gave</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.<note type="study">And Solomon…: Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's</note>
And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out by their means.<note type="study">by their…: Heb. by their hand</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Hittites;<note type="study">together…: or, beside</note>
Of the nations <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, as <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.<note type="study">Milcom: also called, Molech</note>
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and went not fully after the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as <transChange type="added">did</transChange> David his father.<note type="study">went…: Heb. fulfilled not after</note>
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded.
Wherefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.<note type="study">is done…: Heb. is with thee</note>
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the king's seed in Edom.
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad <transChange type="added">being</transChange> yet a little child.
And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.<note type="study">Let…: Heb. Send me away</note>
Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.<note type="study">Nothing: Heb. Not</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And God stirred him up <transChange type="added">another</transChange> adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them <transChange type="added">of Zobah</transChange>: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad <transChange type="added">did</transChange>: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up <transChange type="added">his</transChange> hand against the king.
And this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the cause that he lifted up <transChange type="added">his</transChange> hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.<note type="study">repaired: Heb. closed</note>
And the man Jeroboam <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.<note type="study">was industrious: Heb. did work</note><note type="study">charge: Heb. burden</note>
And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two <transChange type="added">were</transChange> alone in the field:
And Ahijah caught the new garment that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on him, and rent it <transChange type="added">in</transChange> twelve pieces:
And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> right in mine eyes, and <transChange type="added">to keep</transChange> my statutes and my judgments, as <transChange type="added">did</transChange> David his father.
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> ten tribes.
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.<note type="study">light: Heb. lamp, or, candle</note>
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?<note type="study">acts: or, words, or, things</note>
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> forty years.<note type="study">time: Heb. days</note>
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
And he said unto them, Depart yet <transChange type="added">for</transChange> three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> which stood before him:
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou <transChange type="added">it</transChange> lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little <transChange type="added">finger</transChange> shall be thicker than my father's loins.
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;<note type="study">roughly: Heb. hardly</note>
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father <transChange type="added">also</transChange> chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he might perform his saying, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither <transChange type="added">have we</transChange> inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
But <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.<note type="study">made…: Heb. strengthened himself</note>
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.<note type="study">rebelled: or, fell away</note>
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and returned to depart, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.
And this thing became a sin: for the people went <transChange type="added">to worship</transChange> before the one, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Dan.
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made.<note type="study">offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc</note><note type="study">sacrificing: or, to sacrifice</note>
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.<note type="study">offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc</note><note type="study">and burnt…: Heb. to burn incense</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.<note type="study">burn: or, offer</note>
And he cried against the altar in the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sign which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon it shall be poured out.
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> before.<note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, and: Heb. the face of the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, etc</note>
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
For so was it charged me by the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth–el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth–el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>.
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
For it was said to me by the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.<note type="study">it…: Heb. a word was</note>
He said unto him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a prophet also as thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. <transChange type="added">But</transChange> he lied unto him.
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto the prophet that brought him back:
And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and hast not kept the commandment which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God commanded thee,
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which <transChange type="added">the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, he said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake unto him.<note type="study">torn: Heb. broken</note>
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.
And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.<note type="study">torn: Heb. broken</note>
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Alas, my brother!
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
For the saying which he cried by the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> against the altar in Beth–el, and against all the houses of the high places which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the priests of the high places.<note type="study">made…: Heb. returned and made</note><note type="study">consecrated…: Heb. filled his hand</note>
And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut <transChange type="added">it</transChange> off, and to destroy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from off the face of the earth.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Ahijah the prophet, which told me that <transChange type="added">I should be</transChange> king over this people.
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.<note type="study">with…: Heb. in thine hand</note><note type="study">cracknels: or, cakes</note><note type="study">cruse: or, bottle</note>
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.<note type="study">were…: Heb. stood for his hoariness</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> another <transChange type="added">woman</transChange>.
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> another? for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> sent to thee <transChange type="added">with</transChange> heavy <transChange type="added">tidings</transChange>.<note type="study">heavy: Heb. hard</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do <transChange type="added">that</transChange> only <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> right in mine eyes;
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found <transChange type="added">some</transChange> good thing toward the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to anger.
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
And the days which Jeroboam reigned <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">slept: Heb. lay down</note>

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam <transChange type="added">was</transChange> forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Naamah an Ammonitess.
And Judah did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.<note type="study">images: or, standing images, or, statues</note>
And there were also sodomites in the land: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cast out before the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
And he took away the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.<note type="study">guard: Heb. runners</note>
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, when the king went into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all <transChange type="added">their</transChange> days.
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Abijam: also called, Abijah: Gr. Abia</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.<note type="study">Maachah…: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel</note><note type="study">Abishalom: also called, Absalom</note>
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, as the heart of David his father.
Nevertheless for David's sake did the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:<note type="study">lamp: or, candle</note>
Because David did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and turned not aside from any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.<note type="study">mother's: that is, grandmother's</note>
And Asa did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as <transChange type="added">did</transChange> David his father.
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt <transChange type="added">it</transChange> by the brook Kidron.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. cut off</note>
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all his days.
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, silver, and gold, and vessels.<note type="study">things: Heb. holy</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> left in the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a league between me and thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.<note type="study">depart: Heb. go up</note>
So Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none <transChange type="added">was</transChange> exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.<note type="study">exempted: Heb. free</note>
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.<note type="study">began…: Heb. reigned</note>
And he did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which <transChange type="added">belonged</transChange> to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
And it came to pass, when he reigned, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel to anger.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
And he did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
Then the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
And his servant Zimri, captain of half <transChange type="added">his</transChange> chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> house in Tirzah.<note type="study">steward…: Heb. which was over</note>
And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.<note type="study">neither…: or, both his kinsmen and his friends</note>
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people <transChange type="added">were</transChange> encamped against Gibbethon, which <transChange type="added">belonged</transChange> to the Philistines.
And the people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.<note type="study">Samaria: Heb. Shomeron</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and did worse than all that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before him.
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> above all that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before him.
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.<note type="study">as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc</note>
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest <transChange type="added">son</transChange> Segub, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
And Elijah the Tishbite, <transChange type="added">who was</transChange> of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.<note type="study">Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias</note>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto him, saying,
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Jordan.
And it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
So he went and did according unto the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Jordan.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.<note type="study">after…: Heb. at the end of days</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto him, saying,
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.<note type="study">Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta</note>
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
And as she was going to fetch <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
And she said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go <transChange type="added">and</transChange> do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sendeth rain upon the earth.<note type="study">sendeth: Heb. giveth</note>
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat <transChange type="added">many</transChange> days.<note type="study">many…: or, a full year</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake by Elijah.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after these things, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
And he cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.<note type="study">stretched: Heb. measured</note><note type="study">into…: Heb. into his inward parts</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a man of God, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in thy mouth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> truth.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
And it came to pass <transChange type="added">after</transChange> many days, that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a sore famine in Samaria.
And Ahab called Obadiah, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the governor of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> house. (Now Obadiah feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> greatly:<note type="study">Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu</note><note type="study">the governor…: Heb. over his house</note>
For it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)<note type="study">Jezebel: Heb. Izebel</note>
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts</note>
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou that my lord Elijah?
And he answered him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <transChange type="added">is here</transChange>.
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, <transChange type="added">He is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">there</transChange>; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <transChange type="added">is here</transChange>.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">as soon as</transChange> I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall carry thee whither I know not; and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from my youth.
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how I hid an hundred men of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah <transChange type="added">is here</transChange>: and he shall slay me.
And Elijah said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou he that troubleth Israel?
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and thou hast followed Baalim.
Now therefore send, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> God, follow him: but if Baal, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> follow him. And the people answered him not a word.<note type="study">opinions: or, thoughts</note>
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I only, remain a prophet of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; but Baal's prophets <transChange type="added">are</transChange> four hundred and fifty men.
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on wood, and put no fire <transChange type="added">under</transChange>: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on wood, and put no fire <transChange type="added">under</transChange>:
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.<note type="study">It is…: Heb. The word is good</note>
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress <transChange type="added">it</transChange> first; for ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire <transChange type="added">under</transChange>.
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.<note type="study">hear: or, answer</note><note type="study">answered: or, heard</note><note type="study">leaped…: or, leaped up and down at the altar</note>
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.<note type="study">aloud: Heb. with a great voice</note><note type="study">he is talking: or, he meditateth</note><note type="study">is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit</note>
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.<note type="study">the blood…: Heb. poured out blood upon them</note>
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the <transChange type="added">time</transChange> of the offering of the <transChange type="added">evening</transChange> sacrifice, that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.<note type="study">offering: Heb. ascending</note><note type="study">that regarded: Heb. attention</note>
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> broken down.
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid <transChange type="added">him</transChange> on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
And he said, Do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> the second time. And they did <transChange type="added">it</transChange> the second time. And he said, Do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> the third time. And they did <transChange type="added">it</transChange> the third time.
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.<note type="study">ran: Heb. went</note>
And it came to pass at <transChange type="added">the time of</transChange> the offering of the <transChange type="added">evening</transChange> sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> God in Israel, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy servant, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I have done all these things at thy word.
Hear me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hear me, that this people may know that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast turned their heart back again.
Then the fire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the trench.
And when all the people saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they fell on their faces: and they said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God.
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.<note type="study">Take: or, Apprehend</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a sound of abundance of rain.<note type="study">a sound…: or, a sound of a noise of rain</note>
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare <transChange type="added">thy chariot</transChange>, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.<note type="study">Prepare: Heb. Tie, or, Bind</note>
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
And the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.<note type="study">to the…: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do <transChange type="added">to me</transChange>, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
And when he saw <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer–sheba, which <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> to Judah, and left his servant there.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, take away my life; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> not better than my fathers.<note type="study">for himself: Heb. for his life</note>
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise <transChange type="added">and</transChange> eat.
And he looked, and, behold, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.<note type="study">head: Heb. bolster</note>
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise <transChange type="added">and</transChange> eat; because the journey <transChange type="added">is</transChange> too great for thee.
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">came</transChange> to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
And he said, I have been very jealous for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not in the earthquake:
And after the earthquake a fire; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, when Elijah heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, <transChange type="added">there came</transChange> a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
And he said, I have been very jealous for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> king over Syria:
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> prophet in thy room.<note type="study">Elisha: Gr. Eliseus</note>
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
Yet I have left <transChange type="added">me</transChange> seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.<note type="study">I have…: or, I will leave</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> plowing <transChange type="added">with</transChange> twelve yoke <transChange type="added">of oxen</transChange> before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?<note type="study">Go…: Heb. Go return</note>
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben–hadad,
Thy silver and thy gold <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine; thy wives also and thy children, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the goodliest, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> mine.
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thine, and all that I have.
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben–hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in their hand, and take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> away.<note type="study">pleasant: Heb. desirable</note>
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this <transChange type="added">man</transChange> seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.<note type="study">I denied…: Heb. I kept not back from him</note>
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not <transChange type="added">unto him</transChange>, nor consent.
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben–hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.<note type="study">follow…: Heb. are at my feet</note>
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, Let not him that girdeth on <transChange type="added">his harness</transChange> boast himself as he that putteth it off.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, when <transChange type="added">Ben–hadad</transChange> heard this message, as he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set <transChange type="added">yourselves in array</transChange>. And they set <transChange type="added">themselves in array</transChange> against the city.<note type="study">message: Heb. word</note><note type="study">pavilions: or, tents</note><note type="study">Set yourselves…: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">came: Heb. approached</note>
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">Even</transChange> by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.<note type="study">young…: or, servants</note><note type="study">order: Heb. bind, or, tie</note>
Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the children of Israel, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> seven thousand.
And they went out at noon. But Ben–hadad <transChange type="added">was</transChange> drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben–hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben–hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods <transChange type="added">are</transChange> gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.<note type="study">that thou…: Heb. that was fallen</note>
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.<note type="study">to fight…: Heb. to the war with Israel</note>
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.<note type="study">were all…: or, were nourished</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Because the Syrians have said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God of the hills, but he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and <transChange type="added">there</transChange> a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.<note type="study">into an…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and <transChange type="added">put</transChange> ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> he yet alive? he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my brother.
Now the men did diligently observe whether <transChange type="added">any thing would come</transChange> from him, and did hastily catch <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben–hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
And <transChange type="added">Ben–hadad</transChange> said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then <transChange type="added">said Ahab</transChange>, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.<note type="study">streets: or, market places</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.<note type="study">so that…: Heb. smiting and wounding</note>
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.<note type="study">pay: Heb. weigh</note>
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> thy judgment <transChange type="added">be</transChange>; thyself hast decided <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">he was…: Heb. he was not</note>
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the prophets.
And he said unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Because thou hast let go out of <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
And it came to pass after these things, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; <transChange type="added">or</transChange>, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.<note type="study">seem…: Heb. be good in thine eyes</note>
And Naboth said to Ahab, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee <transChange type="added">another</transChange> vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:<note type="study">on high…: Heb. in the top of the people</note>
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
And the men of his city, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Samaria: behold, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked <transChange type="added">me</transChange> to anger, and made Israel to sin.
And of Jezebel also spake the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.<note type="study">wall: or, ditch</note>
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.<note type="study">stirred…: or, incited</note>
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> as did the Amorites, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cast out before the children of Israel.
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ours, and we <transChange type="added">be</transChange> still, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?<note type="study">still…: Heb. silent from taking it</note>
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth–gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> as thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to day.
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the hand of the king.
And Jehoshaphat said, <transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> not here a prophet of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> besides, that we might enquire of him?
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten <transChange type="added">hither</transChange> Micaiah the son of Imlah.<note type="study">officer: or, eunuch</note>
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.<note type="study">void…: Heb. floor</note>
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth–gilead, and prosper: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall deliver <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the king's hand.
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets <transChange type="added">declare</transChange> good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good.
And Micaiah said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith unto me, that will I speak.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall deliver <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the hand of the king.
And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> true in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I saw the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.<note type="study">persuade: or, deceive</note>
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, I will persuade him.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Now therefore, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken evil concerning thee.
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from me to speak unto thee?
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.<note type="study">into…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber</note>
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this <transChange type="added">fellow</transChange> in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth–gilead.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.<note type="study">I will…: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle</note>
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
And a <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.<note type="study">at a…: Heb. in his simplicity</note><note type="study">joints…: Heb. joints and the breastplate</note><note type="study">wounded: Heb. made sick</note>
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.<note type="study">increased: Heb. ascended</note><note type="study">midst: Heb. bosom</note>
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.<note type="study">was brought: Heb. came</note>
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which he spake.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
Jehoshaphat <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
<transChange type="added">There was</transChange> then no king in Edom: a deputy <transChange type="added">was</transChange> king.
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion–geber.<note type="study">made…: or, had ten ships</note>
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
And he did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
<title type="main">THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS COMMONLY CALLED THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
But the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not a God in Israel, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye go to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron?
Now therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.<note type="study">Thou shalt…: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not a God in Israel, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou sendest to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
And he said unto them, What manner of man <transChange type="added">was he</transChange> which came up to meet you, and told you these words?<note type="study">What…: Heb. What was the manner of the man</note>
And they answered him, <transChange type="added">He was</transChange> an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Elijah the Tishbite.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.<note type="study">fell: Heb. bowed</note>
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
And he said unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron, <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So he died according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And it came to pass, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent me to Beth–el. And Elisha said <transChange type="added">unto him, As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth–el.
And the sons of the prophets that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at Beth–el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; hold ye your peace.
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
And the sons of the prophets that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; hold ye your peace.
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.<note type="study">to view: Heb. in sight, or, over against</note>
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped <transChange type="added">it</transChange> together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: <transChange type="added">nevertheless</transChange>, if thou see me <transChange type="added">when I am</transChange> taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be <transChange type="added">so</transChange>.<note type="study">Thou hast…: Heb. Thou hast done hard in asking</note>
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, <transChange type="added">there appeared</transChange> a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Elisha saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;<note type="study">bank: Heb. lip</note>
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
And when the sons of the prophets which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.<note type="study">strong…: Heb. sons of strength</note><note type="study">some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains</note>
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city <transChange type="added">is</transChange> pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water <transChange type="added">is</transChange> naught, and the ground barren.<note type="study">barren: Heb. causing to miscarry</note>
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to him.
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren <transChange type="added">land</transChange>.
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
And he wrought evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.<note type="study">image: Heb. statue</note>
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> as thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>, my people as thy people, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my horses as thy horses.
And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.<note type="study">that…: Heb. at their feet</note>
And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
But Jehoshaphat said, <transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> not here a prophet of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that we may enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
And Elisha said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came upon him.
And he said, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Make this valley full of ditches.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
And this is <transChange type="added">but</transChange> a light thing in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.<note type="study">mar: Heb. grieve</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.<note type="study">gathered: Heb. were cried together</note><note type="study">put on…: Heb. gird himself with a girdle</note>
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side <transChange type="added">as</transChange> red as blood:
And they said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.<note type="study">slain: Heb. destroyed</note>
And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> country.<note type="study">they went…: or, they smote in it even smiting</note>
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and smote it.<note type="study">only in…: Heb. until he left its stones in Kir–haraseth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to <transChange type="added">their own</transChange> land.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> empty vessels; borrow not a few.<note type="study">borrow not…: or, scant not</note>
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought <transChange type="added">the vessels</transChange> to her; and she poured out.
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.<note type="study">debt: or, creditor</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.<note type="study">it fell on a day: Heb. there was a day</note><note type="study">constrained him: Heb. laid hold on him</note>
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
And he said, What then <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, <transChange type="added">thou</transChange> man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.<note type="study">season: Heb. set time</note>
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> died.
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut <transChange type="added">the door</transChange> upon him, and went out.
And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, <transChange type="added">It shall be</transChange> well.<note type="study">well: Heb. peace</note>
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> riding for me, except I bid thee.<note type="study">slack…: Heb. restrain not for me to ride</note>
So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, <transChange type="added">yonder is</transChange> that Shunammite:
Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> well with thee? <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> well with thy husband? <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> well with the child? And she answered, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> well.
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vexed within her: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath hid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from me, and hath not told me.<note type="study">him…: Heb. by his feet</note><note type="study">vexed: Heb. bitter</note>
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

And the mother of the child said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.<note type="study">hearing: Heb. attention</note>
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> laid upon his bed.
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.<note type="study">to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither</note>
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the pot of pottage: for they knew <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not.
So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O <transChange type="added">thou</transChange> man of God, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> death in the pot. And they could not eat <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>.
But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.<note type="study">harm: Heb. evil thing</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.<note type="study">the husk…: or, his scrip, or, garment</note>
And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, They shall eat, and shall leave <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>.
So he set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before them, and they did eat, and left <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, <transChange type="added">but he was</transChange> a leper.<note type="study">with: Heb. before</note><note type="study">honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance</note><note type="study">deliverance: or, victory</note>
And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.<note type="study">waited…: Heb. was before</note>
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with the prophet that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.<note type="study">with: Heb. before</note><note type="study">recover: Heb. gather in</note>
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the land of Israel.
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of gold, and ten changes of raiment.<note type="study">with…: Heb. in his hand</note>
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have <transChange type="added">therewith</transChange> sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, <transChange type="added">Am</transChange> I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.<note type="study">I thought: Heb. I said</note><note type="study">I thought…: or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc: Heb. I said</note><note type="study">strike: Heb. move up and down</note>
<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.<note type="study">Abana: or, Amana</note>
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the prophet had bid thee <transChange type="added">do some</transChange> great thing, wouldest thou not have done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
But he said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; but he refused.
And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
In this thing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> pardon thy servant, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> pardon thy servant in this thing.
And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.<note type="study">a little…: Heb. a little piece of ground</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw <transChange type="added">him</transChange> running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> all well?<note type="study">Is…: Heb. Is there peace?</note>
And he said, All <transChange type="added">is</transChange> well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon two of his servants; and they bare <transChange type="added">them</transChange> before him.
And when he came to the tower, he took <transChange type="added">them</transChange> from their hand, and bestowed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.<note type="study">tower: or, secret place</note>
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence <transChange type="added">comest thou</transChange>, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.<note type="study">no whither: Heb. not hither or thither</note>
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart <transChange type="added">with thee</transChange>, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper <transChange type="added">as white</transChange> as snow.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.<note type="study">axe head: Heb. iron</note>
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in thither; and the iron did swim.
Therefore said he, Take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> my camp.<note type="study">camp: or, encamping</note>
And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the king of Israel?
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.<note type="study">None: Heb. No</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he said, Go and spy where he <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> in Dothan.
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.<note type="study">great: Heb. heavy</note>
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?<note type="study">the servant: or, the minister</note>
And he answered, Fear not: for they that <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with us <transChange type="added">are</transChange> more than they that <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with them.
And Elisha prayed, and said, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain <transChange type="added">was</transChange> full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Elisha said unto them, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not the way, neither <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.<note type="study">follow…: Heb. come ye after me</note>
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, open the eyes of these <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, that they may see. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> in the midst of Samaria.
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite <transChange type="added">them</transChange>? shall I smite <transChange type="added">them</transChange>?
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was <transChange type="added">sold</transChange> for fourscore <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver.
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
And he said, If the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?<note type="study">If…: or, Let not the <divineName>Lord</divineName> save thee</note>
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.<note type="study">next: Heb. other</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, <transChange type="added">he had</transChange> sackcloth within upon his flesh.
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and <transChange type="added">the king</transChange> sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; what should I wait for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> any longer?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, To morrow about this time <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> a measure of fine flour <transChange type="added">be sold</transChange> for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.<note type="study">a lord…: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no man there.
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it <transChange type="added">was</transChange>, and fled for their life.
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence <transChange type="added">also</transChange>, and went and hid <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.<note type="study">some…: Heb. we shall find punishment</note>
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they <transChange type="added">were</transChange>.
And he called the porters; and they told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to the king's house within.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we <transChange type="added">be</transChange> hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
And one of his servants answered and said, Let <transChange type="added">some</transChange> take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, <transChange type="added">I say</transChange>, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.<note type="study">in the city: Heb. in it</note>
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way <transChange type="added">was</transChange> full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was <transChange type="added">sold</transChange> for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the woman, and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.<note type="study">officer: or, eunuch</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben–hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben–hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?<note type="study">with…: Heb. in his hand</note>
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.<note type="study">stedfastly: Heb. and set it</note>
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
And Hazael said, But what, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath shewed me that thou <transChange type="added">shalt be</transChange> king over Syria.
So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou shouldest surely recover.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in water, and spread <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat <transChange type="added">being</transChange> then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.<note type="study">began…: Heb. reigned</note>
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Yet the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to his children.<note type="study">light: Heb. candle, or, lamp</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Ahaziah: also called, Azariah, and Jehoahaz</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
Two and twenty years old <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.<note type="study">daughter: or, granddaughter</note>
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as <transChange type="added">did</transChange> the house of Ahab: for he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the son in law of the house of Ahab.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth–gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.<note type="study">which…: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded</note><note type="study">Ramah: called Ramoth</note><note type="study">sick: Heb. wounded</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth–gilead:
And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;<note type="study">inner…: Heb. chamber in a chamber</note>
Then take the box of oil, and pour <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on his head, and say, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So the young man, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth–gilead.
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> over Israel.
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, at the hand of Jezebel.
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> none to bury <transChange type="added">her</transChange>. And he opened the door, and fled.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> said unto him, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> all well? wherefore came this mad <transChange type="added">fellow</transChange> to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
And they said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.<note type="study">is king: Heb. reigneth</note>
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth–gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> let none go forth <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> escape out of the city to go to tell <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in Jezreel.<note type="study">Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen</note><note type="study">had given: Heb. smote</note><note type="study">let none…: Heb. let no escaper go, etc</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> peace?
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.<note type="study">driving: or, marching</note><note type="study">furiously: Heb. in madness</note>
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.<note type="study">Make ready: Heb. Bind</note><note type="study">met: Heb. found</note>
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts <transChange type="added">are so</transChange> many?
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> treachery, O Ahaziah.
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.<note type="study">drew…: Heb. filled his hand with a bow</note><note type="study">sunk: Heb. bowed</note>
Then said <transChange type="added">Jehu</transChange> to Bidkar his captain, Take up, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> laid this burden upon him;
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Now therefore take <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cast him into the plat <transChange type="added">of ground</transChange>, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note><note type="study">plat: or, portion</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. <transChange type="added">And they did so</transChange> at the going up to Gur, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.<note type="study">painted…: Heb. put her eyes in painting</note>
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, <transChange type="added">Had</transChange> Zimri peace, who slew his master?
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on my side? who? And there looked out to him two <transChange type="added">or</transChange> three eunuchs.<note type="study">eunuchs: or, chamberlains</note>
And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed <transChange type="added">woman</transChange>, and bury her: for she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a king's daughter.
And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of <transChange type="added">her</transChange> hands.
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; <transChange type="added">so</transChange> that they shall not say, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jezebel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's <transChange type="added">children</transChange>, saying,<note type="study">them…: Heb. nourishers</note>
Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with you, and <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set <transChange type="added">him</transChange> on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
And he that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the house, and he that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up <transChange type="added">of the children</transChange>, sent to Jehu, saying, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good in thine eyes.
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye <transChange type="added">be</transChange> mine, and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> seventy persons, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with the great men of the city, which brought them up.<note type="study">mine: Heb. for me</note>
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to Jezreel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye <transChange type="added">be</transChange> righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath done <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which he spake by his servant Elijah.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.<note type="study">kinsfolks: or, acquaintance</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. <transChange type="added">And</transChange> as he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at the shearing house in the way,<note type="study">shearing…: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep</note>
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ye? And they answered, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.<note type="study">met with: Heb. found</note><note type="study">to salute…: Heb. to the peace of, etc</note>
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab <transChange type="added">coming</transChange> to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give <transChange type="added">me</transChange> thine hand. And he gave <transChange type="added">him</transChange> his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.<note type="study">lighted on: Heb. found</note><note type="study">saluted: Heb. blessed</note>
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. So they made him ride in his chariot.
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake to Elijah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> Jehu shall serve him much.
Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice <transChange type="added">to do</transChange> to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify</note>
And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.<note type="study">full…: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth</note>
And he said unto him that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but the worshippers of Baal only.
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, <transChange type="added">If</transChange> any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, <transChange type="added">he that letteth him go</transChange>, his life <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for the life of him.
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.<note type="study">the edge: Heb. the mouth</note>
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.<note type="study">images: Heb. statues</note>
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Howbeit <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, the golden calves that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Beth–el, and that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Dan.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> right in mine eyes, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in mine heart, thy children of the fourth <transChange type="added">generation</transChange> shall sit on the throne of Israel.
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.<note type="study">took…: Heb. observed not</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In those days the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;<note type="study">to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends</note>
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.<note type="study">eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun</note><note type="study">even…: or, even to Gilead and Bashan</note>
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and eight years.<note type="study">the time: Heb. the days were</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.<note type="study">seed…: Heb. seed of the kingdom</note>
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> slain; and they hid him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.<note type="study">Jehosheba: also called, Jehoshabeath</note><note type="study">Joash: also called, Jehoash</note>
And he was with her hid in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and shewed them the king's son.
And he commanded them, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
And a third part <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.<note type="study">that…: or, from breaking up</note>
And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> about the king.<note type="study">parts: or, companies: Heb. hands</note>

And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
And the captains over the hundreds did according to all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, <transChange type="added">along</transChange> by the altar and the temple.<note type="study">corner: Heb. shoulder</note>
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and <transChange type="added">gave him</transChange> the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.<note type="study">God…: Heb. Let the king live</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner <transChange type="added">was</transChange>, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jehoiada made a covenant between the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and the king and the people, that they should be the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> people; between the king also and the people.
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">officers: Heb. offices</note>
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword <transChange type="added">beside</transChange> the king's house.
Seven years old <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehoash when he began to reign.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zibiah of Beer–sheba.
And Jehoash did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the money of every one that passeth <transChange type="added">the account</transChange>, the money that every man is set at, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,<note type="study">dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses</note><note type="study">that every…: Heb. of the souls of his estimation</note><note type="study">cometh…: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man</note>
Let the priests take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
But it was <transChange type="added">so, that</transChange> in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.<note type="study">three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year</note>
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no <transChange type="added">more</transChange> money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
And the priests consented to receive no <transChange type="added">more</transChange> money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> brought into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">door: Heb. threshold</note>
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, when they saw that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">scribe: or, secretary</note><note type="study">put…: Heb. bound up</note>
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,<note type="study">laid…: Heb. brought it forth</note>
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">was…: Heb. went forth</note>
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> brought into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it was the priests'. 
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> found in the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and in the king's house, and sent <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.<note type="study">went…: Heb. went up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.<note type="study">the house…: or, Bethmillo</note>
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, <transChange type="added">and reigned</transChange> seventeen years.<note type="study">three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year</note>
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.<note type="study">followed: Heb. walked after</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben–hadad the son of Hazael, all <transChange type="added">their</transChange> days.
And Jehoahaz besought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
(And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.<note type="study">as beforetime: Heb. as yesterday, and third day</note>
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)<note type="study">walked: Heb. he walked</note><note type="study">remained: Heb. stood</note>
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Joash: also called, Jehoash</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, <transChange type="added">and reigned</transChange> sixteen years.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> he walked therein.
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand <transChange type="added">upon it</transChange>: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.<note type="study">Put thine…: Heb. Make thine hand to ride</note>
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
And he said, Take the arrows. And he took <transChange type="added">them</transChange>. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria <transChange type="added">but</transChange> thrice.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band <transChange type="added">of men</transChange>; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.<note type="study">was…: Heb. went down</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.<note type="study">presence: Heb. face</note>
So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben–hadad his son reigned in his stead.
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben–hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.<note type="study">took…: Heb. returned and took</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.<note type="study">Selah: or, the rock</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Lebanon sent to the cedar that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory <transChange type="added">of this</transChange>, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> hurt, that thou shouldest fall, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou, and Judah with thee?<note type="study">at home: Heb. at thy house</note>
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth–shemesh, which <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> to Judah.

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.<note type="study">put…: Heb. smitten</note>
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth–shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.<note type="study">Azariah: also called, Uzziah</note>
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, <transChange type="added">and reigned</transChange> forty and one years.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of Gath–hepher.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saw the affliction of Israel, <transChange type="added">that it was</transChange> very bitter: for <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, <transChange type="added">which belonged</transChange> to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.<note type="study">Azariah: also called, Uzziah</note>
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the house, judging the people of the land.
And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
This <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth <transChange type="added">generation</transChange>. And so it came to pass.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.<note type="study">Uzziah: Gr. Ozias</note><note type="study">a full…: Heb. a month of days</note>
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not <transChange type="added">to him</transChange>, therefore he smote <transChange type="added">it; and</transChange> all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, <transChange type="added">and reigned</transChange> ten years in Samaria.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.<note type="study">exacted: Heb. caused to come forth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, <transChange type="added">and reigned</transChange> two years.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, <transChange type="added">and reigned</transChange> twenty years.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
In those days the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
Twenty years old <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, like David his father.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cast out from before the children of Israel.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.<note type="study">from Elath: Heb. from Eloth</note>
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, saying, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent <transChange type="added">it for</transChange> a present to the king of Assyria.
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried <transChange type="added">the people of</transChange> it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.<note type="study">Damascus: Heb. Dammesek</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.<note type="study">Damascus: Heb. Dammesek</note>
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made <transChange type="added">it</transChange> against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.<note type="study">his peace offerings: Heb. the peace offerings which were his</note>
And he brought also the brasen altar, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and put it on the north side of the altar.
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire <transChange type="added">by</transChange>.
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for the king of Assyria.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.<note type="study">gave: Heb. rendered</note><note type="study">presents: or, tribute</note>
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as <transChange type="added">he had done</transChange> year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.<note type="study">present: or, tribute</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
And the children of Israel did secretly <transChange type="added">those</transChange> things that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not right against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:<note type="study">images: Heb. statues</note>
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as <transChange type="added">did</transChange> the heathen whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to anger:
For they served idols, whereof the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
Yet the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, <transChange type="added">and by</transChange> all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God.
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> round about them, <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had charged them, that they should not do like them.
And they left all the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and made them molten images, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to provoke him to anger.
Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and made them sin a great sin.
For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
Until the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king of Assyria brought <transChange type="added">men</transChange> from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they feared not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent lions among them, which slew <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of them.
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth–el, and taught them how they should fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
And the men of Babylon made Succoth–benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
So they feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
They feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.<note type="study">whom…: or, who carried them away from thence</note>
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
With whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
So these nations feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.<note type="study">Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias</note>
Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.<note type="study">Abi: also called, Abijah</note>
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that David his father did.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.<note type="study">images: Heb. statues</note><note type="study">Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass</note>
He trusted in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor <transChange type="added">any</transChange> that were before him.
For he clave to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Moses.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from after him</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with him; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
He smote the Philistines, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.<note type="study">Gaza: Heb. Azzah</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
And at the end of three years they took it: <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
Because they obeyed not the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, but transgressed his covenant, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all that Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded, and would not hear <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, nor do <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.<note type="study">Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib</note>
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
And Hezekiah gave <transChange type="added">him</transChange> all the silver that was found in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and in the treasures of the king's house.
At that time did Hezekiah cut off <transChange type="added">the gold from</transChange> the doors of the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.<note type="study">it: Heb. them</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the highway of the fuller's field.<note type="study">great: Heb. heavy</note>
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.<note type="study">scribe: or, secretary</note>
And Rab–shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this wherein thou trustest?
Thou sayest, (but <transChange type="added">they are but</transChange> vain words,) <transChange type="added">I have</transChange> counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?<note type="study">sayest: or, talkest</note><note type="study">vain…: Heb. word of the lips</note><note type="study">I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war</note>
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.<note type="study">trustest: Heb. trustest thee</note>
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God: <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.<note type="study">pledges: or, hostages</note>
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Am I now come up without the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> against this place to destroy it? The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on the wall.
But Rab–shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? <transChange type="added">hath he</transChange> not <transChange type="added">sent me</transChange> to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?<note type="study">their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet</note>
Then Rab–shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make <transChange type="added">an agreement</transChange> with me by a present, and come out to me, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:<note type="study">Make…: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing</note><note type="study">cistern: or, pit</note>
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will deliver us.<note type="study">persuadeth: or, deceiveth</note>
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

Who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with <transChange type="added">their</transChange> clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he sent Eliakim, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not strength to bring forth.<note type="study">blasphemy: or, provocation</note>
It may be the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> prayer for the remnant that are left.<note type="study">left: Heb. found</note>
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Rab–shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; <transChange type="added">as</transChange> Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Thelasar?
Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and spread it before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Hezekiah prayed before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, which dwellest <transChange type="added">between</transChange> the cherubims, thou art the God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
Of a truth, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.<note type="study">cast: Heb. given</note>
Now therefore, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou only.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, <transChange type="added">That</transChange> which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? <transChange type="added">even</transChange> against the Holy <transChange type="added">One</transChange> of Israel.
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, <transChange type="added">and into</transChange> the forest of his Carmel.<note type="study">By: Heb. By the hand of</note><note type="study">tall…: Heb. tallness, etc</note><note type="study">of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field</note>
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.<note type="study">besieged: or, fenced</note>
Hast thou not heard long ago <transChange type="added">how</transChange> I have done it, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities <transChange type="added">into</transChange> ruinous heaps.<note type="study">long…: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?</note>
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the grass of the field, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the green herb, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the grass on the housetops, and <transChange type="added">as corn</transChange> blasted before it be grown up.<note type="study">of small…: Heb. short of hand</note>
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.<note type="study">abode: or, sitting</note>
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
And this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.<note type="study">remnant…: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth</note>
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">of hosts</transChange> shall do this.<note type="study">they…: Heb. the escaping</note>
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> all dead corpses.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Armenia: Heb. Ararat</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.<note type="study">Set…: Heb. Give charge concerning thine house</note>
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
I beseech thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.<note type="study">sore: Heb. with a great weeping</note>
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to him, saying,<note type="study">court: or, city</note>
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the boil, and he recovered.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the sign that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the third day?
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.<note type="study">dial: Heb. degrees</note>

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>At that time Berodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.<note type="study">Berodach–baladan: or, Merodach–baladan</note>
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.<note type="study">precious things: or, spicery</note><note type="study">armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from Babylon.
And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Behold, the days come, that all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which thou hast spoken. And he said, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not <transChange type="added">good</transChange>, if peace and truth be in my days?<note type="study">Is it…: or, Shall there not be peace and truth, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
Manasseh <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hephzi–bah.

And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cast out before the children of Israel.
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
And he built altars in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, of which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to provoke <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to anger.
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> destroyed before the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> bringing <transChange type="added">such</transChange> evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as <transChange type="added">a man</transChange> wipeth a dish, wiping <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and turning <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upside down.<note type="study">wiping…: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof</note>
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
Because they have done <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from mouth to mouth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Amon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as his father Manasseh did.
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
And he forsook the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Josiah: Gr. Josias</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
Josiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:<note type="study">door: Heb. threshold</note>
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and let them give it to the doers of the work which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to repair the breaches of the house,
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">gathered: Heb. melted</note>
And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,<note type="study">Achbor: or, Abdon</note><note type="study">Michaiah: or, Micah</note>
Go ye, enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.<note type="study">wardrobe: Heb. garments</note><note type="study">in the…: or, in the second part</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And she said unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, <transChange type="added">As touching</transChange> the words which thou hast heard;
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
And the king went up into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">both…: Heb. from small even unto great</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to walk after the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all <transChange type="added">their</transChange> heart and all <transChange type="added">their</transChange> soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth–el.
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.<note type="study">put…: Heb. caused to cease</note><note type="study">idolatrous…: Heb. Chemarim</note><note type="study">planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations</note>
And he brought out the grove from the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped <transChange type="added">it</transChange> small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, where the women wove hangings for the grove.<note type="study">hangings: Heb. houses</note>
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer–sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
And he defiled Topheth, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, by the chamber of Nathan–melech the chamberlain, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.<note type="study">chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer</note>
And the altars that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, did the king beat down, and brake <transChange type="added">them</transChange> down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.<note type="study">brake…: or, ran from thence</note>
And the high places that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before Jerusalem, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.<note type="study">the mount…: that is, the mount of Olives</note>

And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.<note type="study">images: Heb. statues</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover the altar that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Beth–el, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stamped <transChange type="added">it</transChange> small to powder, and burned the grove.
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
Then he said, What title <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that that I see? And the men of the city told him, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth–el.
And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.<note type="study">bones alone: Heb. bones to escape</note>
And all the houses also of the high places that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke <transChange type="added">the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth–el.
And he slew all the priests of the high places that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.<note type="study">slew: or, sacrificed</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the book of this covenant.
Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, <transChange type="added">wherein</transChange> this passover was holden to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover the <transChange type="added">workers with</transChange> familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">images: or, teraphim</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there <transChange type="added">any</transChange> like him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Notwithstanding the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.<note type="study">provocations: Heb. angers</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In his days Pharaoh–nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Jehoahaz <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.<note type="study">Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum</note>
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that his fathers had done.
And Pharaoh–nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.<note type="study">that…: or, because he reigned</note><note type="study">put the…: Heb. set a fine upon the land</note>
And Pharaoh–nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto Pharaoh–nechoh.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Jehoiakim <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that his fathers had done.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake by his servants the prophets.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
Surely at the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came <transChange type="added">this</transChange> upon Judah, to remove <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would not pardon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Jehoiachin <transChange type="added">was</transChange> eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.<note type="study">Jehoiachin: also called Jeconiah and Coniah</note>
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that his father had done.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.<note type="study">was…: Heb. came into siege</note>
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.<note type="study">officers: or, eunuchs</note><note type="study">his reign: Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year</note>
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said.
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, <transChange type="added">those</transChange> carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.<note type="study">officers: or, eunuchs</note>
And all the men of might, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> strong <transChange type="added">and</transChange> apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Zedekiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
For through the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
And on the ninth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the <transChange type="added">fourth</transChange> month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the city was broken up, and all the men of war <transChange type="added">fled</transChange> by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees <transChange type="added">were</transChange> against the city round about:) and <transChange type="added">the king</transChange> went the way toward the plain.
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.<note type="study">gave…: Heb. spake judgment with him</note>
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.<note type="study">put…: Heb. made blind</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in the fifth month, on the seventh <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:<note type="study">captain…: or, chief marshal</note>
And he burnt the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great <transChange type="added">man's</transChange> house burnt he with fire.
And all the army of the Chaldees, that <transChange type="added">were with</transChange> the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Now the rest of the people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.<note type="study">fugitives: Heb. fallen away</note>
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> vinedressers and husbandmen.
And the pillars of brass that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the bases, and the brasen sea that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
And the firepans, and the bowls, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> such things as <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of gold, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> gold, and of silver, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> silver, the captain of the guard took away.
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.<note type="study">one…: Heb. the one sea</note>
The height of the one pillar <transChange type="added">was</transChange> eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:<note type="study">door: Heb. threshold</note>
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> found in the city:<note type="study">officer: or, eunuch</note><note type="study">were in…: Heb. saw the king's face</note><note type="study">principal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host</note>
And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.<note type="study">royal: Heb. of the kingdom</note>
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him in Babylon;<note type="study">kindly…: Heb. good things with him</note>
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
And his allowance <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
<title type="main">THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.<note type="study">Riphath: or, Diphath as it is in some copies</note>
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.<note type="study">Dodanim: or, Rodanim, according to some copies</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.<note type="study">Meshech: or, Mash</note>
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Joktan.<note type="study">Peleg: that is, division</note>
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Joktan.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Eber, Peleg, Reu,
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
Abram; the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Abraham.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,<note type="study">Hadad: also called, Hadar</note>
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Keturah.
And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.<note type="study">Zephi: or, Zepho</note>
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Lotan's sister.<note type="study">Homam: or, Hemam</note>
The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.<note type="study">Alian: also called, Alvan</note><note type="study">Shephi: also called, Shepho</note>
The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.<note type="study">Amram: or, Hemdan</note>
The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.<note type="study">Jakan: or, Akan</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before <transChange type="added">any</transChange> king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Dinhabah.
And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Avith.
And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
And when Shaul was dead, Baal–hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
And when Baal–hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Pai; and his wife's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.<note type="study">Hadad: or, Hadar</note><note type="study">Pai: or, Pau</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dukes of Edom.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,<note type="study">Israel: or, Jacob</note>
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: <transChange type="added">which</transChange> three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and he slew him.
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> five.
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.<note type="study">Zimri: or, Zabdi</note><note type="study">Dara: or, Darda</note>
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.<note type="study">Achar: or, Achan</note>
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.<note type="study">Ram: Gr. Aram</note><note type="study">Chelubai: or, Caleb</note>
And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,<note type="study">Salma: also called, Salmon</note>
And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,<note type="study">Shimma: or, Shammah</note>
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
Whose sisters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jether the Ishmeelite.<note type="study">Jether…: also called, Ithra an Israelite</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Caleb the son of Hezron begat <transChange type="added">children</transChange> of Azubah <transChange type="added">his</transChange> wife, and of Jerioth: her sons <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.<note type="study">married: Heb. took</note>
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> threescore cities. All these <transChange type="added">belonged to</transChange> the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Ahijah.
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Atarah; she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the mother of Onam.
And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
And the name of the wife of Abishur <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jarha.
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
And the son of Shammai <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Maon: and Maon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the father of Beth–zur.
And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Achsah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim,<note type="study">Ephratah: also called, Ephreth</note>

Salma the father of Beth–lehem, Hareph the father of Beth–gader.
And Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim had sons; Haroeh, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> half of the Manahethites.<note type="study">Haroeh: or, Reaiah</note><note type="study">half…: or, half of the Menuchites, or, Hatsi–ham–menuchoth</note>
And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.<note type="study">Ataroth…: or, Atarites, or, crowns of the house of Joab</note>
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Suchathites. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:<note type="study">Daniel: or, Chileab</note>
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
<transChange type="added">These</transChange> six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath–shua the daughter of Ammiel:<note type="study">Shimea: or, Shammua</note><note type="study">Bath–shua: or, Bath–sheba</note><note type="study">Ammiel: or, Eliam</note>
Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,<note type="study">Elishama: also called, Elishua</note>
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.<note type="study">Eliada: or, Beeliada</note>
<transChange type="added">These were</transChange> all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Solomon's son <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,<note type="study">Abia: or, Abijam</note>
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,<note type="study">Ahaziah: or, Azariah</note>
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,<note type="study">Azariah: or, Uzziah</note>
Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
Amon his son, Josiah his son.
And the sons of Josiah <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.<note type="study">Johanan: or, Jehoahaz</note><note type="study">Jehoiakim: or, Eliakim</note><note type="study">Zedekiah: or, Mattaniah</note>
And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.<note type="study">Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin or Coniah</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,<note type="study">Salathiel: Heb. Shealtiel</note>
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
And the sons of Pedaiah <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab–hesed, five.
And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.<note type="study">Hezekiah: Heb. Hiskijah</note>
And the sons of Elioenai <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.<note type="study">Carmi: also called, Chelubai or Caleb</note>
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Zorathites.<note type="study">Reaiah: or, Haroeh</note>
And these <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hazelelponi:
And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth–lehem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Naarah.
And the sons of Helah <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.<note type="study">Jabez: that is, Sorrowful</note>
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep <transChange type="added">me</transChange> from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.<note type="study">Oh…: Heb. If thou wilt, etc</note><note type="study">keep…: Heb. do me</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the father of Eshton.
And Eshton begat Beth–rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir–nahash. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the men of Rechah.<note type="study">Ir–nahash: or, the city of Nahash</note>
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.<note type="study">Hathath…: or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begat, etc</note>
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.<note type="study">valley: or, inhabitants of the valley</note><note type="study">Charashim: that is, craftsmen</note><note type="study">Hathath…: or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begat, etc</note>
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.<note type="study">even Kenaz: or, Uknaz</note>
And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
And the sons of Ezra <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.<note type="study">Jehudijah: or, the Jewess</note>
And the sons of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.<note type="study">Hodiah: or, Jehudijah, mentioned before</note>
And the sons of Shimon <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben–hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Zoheth, and Ben–zoheth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Shelah the son of Judah <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi–lehem. And <transChange type="added">these are</transChange> ancient things.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The sons of Simeon <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Shaul:<note type="study">Nemuel: or, Jemuel</note><note type="study">Jarib, Zerah: or, Jachin Zohar</note>
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.<note type="study">like…: Heb. unto</note>
And they dwelt at Beer–sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar–shual,
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,<note type="study">Bilhah: or, Balah</note><note type="study">Tolad: or, Eltolad</note>
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
And at Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susim, and at Beth–birei, and at Shaaraim. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> their cities unto the reign of David.<note type="study">Hazar–susim: or, Hazar–susah</note>
And their villages <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:<note type="study">Etam: or, Ether</note>
And all their villages that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> round about the same cities, unto Baal. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> their habitations, and their genealogy.<note type="study">Baal: or, Baalath–beer</note><note type="study">their genealogy: or, as they divided themselves by nations among them</note>
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
These mentioned by <transChange type="added">their</transChange> names <transChange type="added">were</transChange> princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.<note type="study">mentioned: Heb. coming</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they went to the entrance of Gedor, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land <transChange type="added">was</transChange> wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for <transChange type="added">they</transChange> of Ham had dwelt there of old.
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> pasture there for their flocks.
And <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him <transChange type="added">came</transChange> the chief ruler; but the birthright <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Joseph's:)<note type="study">chief…: or, prince</note>
The sons, <transChange type="added">I say</transChange>, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria carried away <transChange type="added">captive</transChange>: he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> prince of the Reubenites.<note type="study">Tilgath–pilneser: also called, Tiglath–pileser</note>
And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal–meon:<note type="study">Shema: or, Shemaiah</note>
And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east <transChange type="added">land</transChange> of Gilead.<note type="study">throughout…: Heb. upon all the face of the east</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
And their brethren of the house of their fathers <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.<note type="study">their…: Heb. their goings forth</note>
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.<note type="study">valiant…: Heb. sons of valour</note>
And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.<note type="study">took…: Heb. led captive</note><note type="study">men: Heb. souls of men</note>
For there fell down many slain, because the war <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal–hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
And these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> heads of the house of their fathers.<note type="study">famous…: Heb. men of names</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.<note type="study">Gershon: or, Gershom</note>
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
And Johanan begat Azariah, (he <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)<note type="study">in the temple: Heb. in the house</note>
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,<note type="study">Shallum: or, Meshullam</note>
And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
And Jehozadak went <transChange type="added">into captivity</transChange>, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.<note type="study">Gershom: or, Gershon</note>
And these <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
And the sons of Kohath <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.<note type="study">Joah: or, Ethan</note><note type="study">Iddo: or, Adaiah</note><note type="study">Jeaterai: also called, Ethni</note>
The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,<note type="study">Amminadab: or, Izhar</note>
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,<note type="study">Zophai: or, Zuph</note>
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.<note type="study">Vashni: called also Joel</note>
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> whom David set over the service of song in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, after that the ark had rest.
And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Jerusalem: and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> they waited on their office according to their order.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,<note type="study">waited: Heb. stood</note>

The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
And their brethren the sons of Merari <transChange type="added">stood</transChange> on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,<note type="study">Kishi: or, Kushaiah</note>
The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Their brethren also the Levites <transChange type="added">were</transChange> appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, <transChange type="added">and were appointed</transChange> for all the work of the <transChange type="added">place</transChange> most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, Hebron, <transChange type="added">the city</transChange> of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,<note type="study">Hilen: or, Holon</note>
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs:<note type="study">Ashan: or, Ain</note>
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirteen cities.<note type="study">Alemeth: or, Almon</note>
And unto the sons of Kohath, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> left of the family of that tribe, <transChange type="added">were cities given</transChange> out of the half tribe, <transChange type="added">namely, out of</transChange> the half <transChange type="added">tribe</transChange> of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Unto the sons of Merari <transChange type="added">were given</transChange> by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites <transChange type="added">these</transChange> cities with their suburbs.
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by <transChange type="added">their</transChange> names.
And <transChange type="added">the residue</transChange> of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
And they gave unto them, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; <transChange type="added">they gave</transChange> also Gezer with her suburbs,
And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs,
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath–rimmon with her suburbs:
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
Unto the sons of Gershom <transChange type="added">were given</transChange> out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
Unto the rest of the children of Merari <transChange type="added">were given</transChange> out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, <transChange type="added">were given them</transChange> out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Now the sons of Issachar <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, of Tola: <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> valiant men of might in their generations; whose number <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand <transChange type="added">men</transChange>: for they had many wives and sons.
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar <transChange type="added">were</transChange> valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">The sons</transChange> of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Becher.
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty thousand and two hundred.
The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> seventeen thousand and two hundred <transChange type="added">soldiers</transChange>, fit to go out for war <transChange type="added">and</transChange> battle.
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Hushim, the sons of Aher.<note type="study">Ir: or, Iri</note><note type="study">Aher: or, Ahiram</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (<transChange type="added">but</transChange> his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
And Machir took to wife <transChange type="added">the sister</transChange> of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Maachah;) and the name of the second <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Sheresh; and his sons <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Ulam and Rakem.
And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> born in <transChange type="added">that</transChange> land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
(And his daughter <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.)
And Rephah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Non his son, Jehoshua his son.<note type="study">Non: or, Nun</note><note type="study">Jehoshua: or, Joshua</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And their possessions and habitations <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Beth–el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:<note type="study">towns: Heb. daughters</note><note type="study">unto Gaza: or, Adassa</note>
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth–shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.<note type="study">towns: Heb. daughters</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the father of Birzavith.
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children of Japhlet.
And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
All these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the children of Asher, heads of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> father's house, choice <transChange type="added">and</transChange> mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to battle <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and six thousand men.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,<note type="study">Addar: or, Ard</note>
And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.<note type="study">Shephuphan: or, Shupham</note>
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
And Shaharaim begat <transChange type="added">children</transChange> in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara <transChange type="added">were</transChange> his wives.
And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> his sons, heads of the fathers.
And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
Beriah also, and Shema, who <transChange type="added">were</transChange> heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;<note type="study">Shimhi: or, Shema</note>
And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief <transChange type="added">men</transChange>. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Maachah:<note type="study">father…: also called Jehiel</note>
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.<note type="study">Zacher: or, Zechariah</note>
And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.<note type="study">Shimeah: or, Shimeam</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi–shua, and Abinadab, and Esh–baal.<note type="study">Abinadab: also called, Ishui</note><note type="study">Esh–baal: or, Ish–bosheth</note>
And the son of Jonathan <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Merib–baal; and Merib–baal begat Micah.<note type="study">Merib–baal: or, Mephibosheth</note>
And the sons of Micah <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.<note type="study">Tarea: or, Tahrea</note>
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,<note type="study">Jehoadah: also called, Jarah</note>
And Moza begat Binea: Rapha <transChange type="added">was</transChange> his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:<note type="study">Rapha: also called, Rephaiah</note>
And Azel had six sons, whose names <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Azel.
And the sons of Eshek his brother <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> of the sons of Benjamin.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the first inhabitants that <transChange type="added">dwelt</transChange> in their possessions in their cities <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;<note type="study">Azariah: also called, Seraiah</note>
And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.<note type="study">very…: Heb. mighty men of valour</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
And the porters <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the chief;
Who hitherto <transChange type="added">waited</transChange> in the king's gate eastward: they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> over the host of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> keepers of the entry.<note type="study">gates: Heb. thresholds</note>
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
All these <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> chosen to be porters in the gates <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.<note type="study">did…: Heb. founded</note><note type="study">set…: or, trust</note>
So they and their children <transChange type="added">had</transChange> the oversight of the gates of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
And their brethren, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> in their villages, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to come after seven days from time to time with them.
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.<note type="study">set…: or, trust</note><note type="study">chambers: or, storehouses</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon them, and the opening thereof every morning <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> to them.
And <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.<note type="study">bring…: Heb. bring them in by tale, and carry them out by tale</note>
<transChange type="added">Some</transChange> of them also <transChange type="added">were</transChange> appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.<note type="study">instruments: or, vessels</note>
And <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
And Mattithiah, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the Levites, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.<note type="study">set…: or, trust</note><note type="study">in…: or, on flat plates, or, slices</note>
And <transChange type="added">other</transChange> of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over the shewbread, to prepare <transChange type="added">it</transChange> every sabbath.<note type="study">shewbread: Heb. bread of ordering</note>
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, <transChange type="added">who remaining</transChange> in the chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> free: for they were employed in <transChange type="added">that</transChange> work day and night.<note type="study">they…: Heb. upon them</note>
These chief fathers of the Levites <transChange type="added">were</transChange> chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Maachah:
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi–shua, and Abinadab, and Esh–baal.
And the son of Jonathan <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Merib–baal: and Merib–baal begat Micah.
And the sons of Micah <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, <transChange type="added">and Ahaz</transChange>.
And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
And Azel had six sons, whose names <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Azel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.<note type="study">slain: or, wounded</note>
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi–shua, the sons of Saul.<note type="study">Abinadab: also called, Ishui</note>
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.<note type="study">and the archers: Heb. and the shooters with bows</note><note type="study">hit: Heb. found</note>
Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.<note type="study">abuse me: or, mock me</note>
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
And when all the men of Israel that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when all Jabesh–gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> against the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he kept not, and also for asking <transChange type="added">counsel</transChange> of <transChange type="added">one that had</transChange> a familiar spirit, to enquire <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>;<note type="study">committed: Heb. transgressed</note>
And enquired not of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.<note type="study">Jesse: Heb. Isai</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy bone and thy flesh.
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.<note type="study">in time…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day</note><note type="study">feed: or, rule</note>
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by Samuel.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jebus; where the Jebusites <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, the inhabitants of the land.
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the city of David.
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.<note type="study">chief: Heb. head</note>
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.<note type="study">it: that is, Zion</note>
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.<note type="study">repaired: Heb. revived</note>
So David waxed greater and greater: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him.<note type="study">waxed…: Heb. went in going and increasing</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These also <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> concerning Israel.<note type="study">strengthened…: or, held strongly with him</note>
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain <transChange type="added">by him</transChange> at one time.<note type="study">an Hachmonite: or, son of Hachmoni</note>
And after him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who <transChange type="added">was one</transChange> of the three mighties.
He was with David at Pas–dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.<note type="study">Pas–dammim: also called, Ephes–dammim</note>
And they set themselves in the midst of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saved <transChange type="added">them</transChange> by a great deliverance.<note type="study">set…: or, stood</note><note type="study">deliverance: or, salvation</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.<note type="study">three…: or, three captains over the thirty</note>
And David <transChange type="added">was</transChange> then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison <transChange type="added">was</transChange> then at Beth–lehem.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at the gate!
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the gate, and took <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to David: but David would not drink <transChange type="added">of</transChange> it, but poured it out to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with <transChange type="added">the jeopardy of</transChange> their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.<note type="study">that have…: Heb. with their lives?</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and had a name among the three.
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the <transChange type="added">first</transChange> three.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.<note type="study">who had…: Heb. great of deeds</note>
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of <transChange type="added">great</transChange> stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.<note type="study">great…: Heb. measure</note>
These <transChange type="added">things</transChange> did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the <transChange type="added">first</transChange> three: and David set him over his guard.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Also the valiant men of the armies <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,<note type="study">Shammoth: or, Shammah</note><note type="study">Harorite: or, Harodite</note><note type="study">Pelonite: or, Paltite</note>
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,<note type="study">Sibbecai: or, Mebunnai</note><note type="study">Ilai: or, Zalmon</note>
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,<note type="study">Heled: or, Heleb</note>
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, <transChange type="added">that pertained</transChange> to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,<note type="study">Hurai: or, Hiddai</note><note type="study">Abiel: or, Abi–albon</note>
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,<note type="study">Hashem: or, Jashen</note>
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,<note type="study">Sacar: or, Sharar</note><note type="study">Eliphal: or, Eliphelet</note><note type="study">Ur: or, Ahasbai</note>
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,<note type="study">Hezro: or Hezrai</note><note type="study">Naarai: or Paarai the Arbite</note>
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,<note type="study">the son…: or, the Haggerite</note>
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,<note type="study">son…: or, Shimrite</note>
Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> among the mighty men, helpers of the war.<note type="study">while…: Heb. being yet shut up</note>
<transChange type="added">They were</transChange> armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in <transChange type="added">hurling</transChange> stones and <transChange type="added">shooting</transChange> arrows out of a bow, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
The chief <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,<note type="study">Shemaah: or, Hasmaah</note>
And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> men of war <transChange type="added">fit</transChange> for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces <transChange type="added">were like</transChange> the faces of lions, and <transChange type="added">were</transChange> as swift as the roes upon the mountains;<note type="study">of war: Heb. of the host</note><note type="study">as swift…: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste</note>
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.<note type="study">one…: or, one that was least could resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand</note>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all <transChange type="added">them</transChange> of the valleys, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> toward the east, and toward the west.<note type="study">overflown: Heb. filled over</note>
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if <transChange type="added">ye be come</transChange> to betray me to mine enemies, seeing <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look <transChange type="added">thereon</transChange>, and rebuke <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">to meet…: Heb. before them</note><note type="study">be knit: Heb. be one</note><note type="study">wrong: or, violence</note>
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, <transChange type="added">who was</transChange> chief of the captains, <transChange type="added">and he said</transChange>, Thine <transChange type="added">are we</transChange>, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> unto thee, and peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.<note type="study">came…: Heb. clothed</note>
And there fell <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to <transChange type="added">the jeopardy of</transChange> our heads.<note type="study">to the…: Heb. on our heads</note>
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of Manasseh.
And they helped David against the band <transChange type="added">of the rovers</transChange>: for they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.<note type="study">against…: or, with a band</note>
For at <transChange type="added">that</transChange> time day by day there came to David to help him, until <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> a great host, like the host of God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the numbers of the bands <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> ready armed to the war, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">bands: or, captains, or, men: Heb. heads</note>
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear <transChange type="added">were</transChange> six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.<note type="study">armed: or, prepared</note>
Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
And Jehoiada <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the leader of the Aaronites, and with him <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three thousand and seven hundred;
And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.<note type="study">kindred: Heb. brethren</note><note type="study">the greatest…: Heb. a multitude of them</note>
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.<note type="study">famous: Heb. men of names</note>
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
And of the children of Issachar, <transChange type="added">which were men</transChange> that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two hundred; and all their brethren <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at their commandment.
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> not of double heart.<note type="study">expert…: or, rangers of battle, or, ranged in battle</note><note type="study">keep…: or, set the battle in array</note><note type="study">not…: Heb. without a heart and a heart</note>
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.<note type="study">expert: or, keeping their rank</note>
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of one heart to make David king.
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
Moreover they that were nigh them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> joy in Israel.<note type="study">meat…: or, victual of meal</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with every leader.
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If <transChange type="added">it seem</transChange> good unto you, and <transChange type="added">that it be</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> left in all the land of Israel, and with them <transChange type="added">also</transChange> to the priests and Levites <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> in their cities <transChange type="added">and</transChange> suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:<note type="study">send…: Heb. break forth and send</note><note type="study">in their…: Heb. in the cities of their suburbs</note>
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.<note type="study">bring…: Heb. bring about</note>
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim.
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, <transChange type="added">that is</transChange>, to Kirjath–jearim, which <transChange type="added">belonged</transChange> to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that dwelleth <transChange type="added">between</transChange> the cherubims, whose name is called <transChange type="added">on it</transChange>.
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.<note type="study">carried…: Heb. made the ark to ride</note>
And David and all Israel played before God with all <transChange type="added">their</transChange> might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.<note type="study">singing: Heb. songs</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.<note type="study">Chidon: also called Nachon</note><note type="study">stumbled: or, shook it</note>
And the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
And David was displeased, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez–uzza to this day.<note type="study">Perez–uzza: that is, The breach of Uzza</note>
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God <transChange type="added">home</transChange> to me?
So David brought not the ark <transChange type="added">home</transChange> to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed–edom the Gittite.<note type="study">brought: Heb. removed</note>
And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed–edom in his house three months. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that he had.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
And David perceived that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.<note type="study">more: Heb. yet</note>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.<note type="study">Beeliada: also called, Eliada</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, and went out against them.
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
So they came up to Baal–perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal–perazim.<note type="study">Baal–perazim: that is, A place of breaches</note>
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.<note type="study">Gibeon: also called, Geba</note>
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought the fear of him upon all nations.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
And <transChange type="added">David</transChange> made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.<note type="study">None…: Heb. It is not to carry the ark of God, but for the Levites</note>
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:<note type="study">brethren: or, kinsmen</note>
Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
And said unto them, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel unto <transChange type="added">the place that</transChange> I have prepared for it.
For because ye <transChange type="added">did it</transChange> not at the first, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
And with them their brethren of the second <transChange type="added">degree</transChange>, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, <transChange type="added">were appointed</transChange> to sound with cymbals of brass;
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.<note type="study">on the…: or, on the eighth to oversee</note>
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for song: he instructed about the song, because he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> skilful.<note type="study">was for…: or, was for the carriage: he instructed about the carriage</note><note type="study">song: Heb. lifting up</note>
And Berechiah and Elkanah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> doorkeepers for the ark.
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> doorkeepers for the ark.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> out of the house of Obed–edom with joy.
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
And David <transChange type="added">was</transChange> clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also <transChange type="added">had</transChange> upon him an ephod of linen.<note type="study">song: or, carriage</note>
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon <transChange type="added">of wine</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he appointed <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> of the Levites to minister before the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to record, and to thank and praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel:
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed–edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;<note type="study">with psalteries…: Heb. with instruments of psalteries and harps</note>
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then on that day David delivered first <transChange type="added">this psalm</transChange> to thank the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

Give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and his strength, seek his face continually.
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God; his judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in all the earth.
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word <transChange type="added">which</transChange> he commanded to a thousand generations;
<transChange type="added">Even of the covenant</transChange> which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to Israel <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an everlasting covenant,
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;<note type="study">the lot: Heb. the cord</note>
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.<note type="study">few, even: Heb. men of number, etc</note>
And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> they went from nation to nation, and from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> kingdom to another people;
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
<transChange type="added">Saying</transChange>, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
For great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and greatly to be praised: he also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the people <transChange type="added">are</transChange> idols: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made the heavens.
Glory and honour <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his presence; strength and gladness <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his place.
Give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> glory and strength.
Give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the glory <transChange type="added">due</transChange> unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the beauty of holiness.
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let <transChange type="added">men</transChange> say among the nations, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> reigneth.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein.
Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because he cometh to judge the earth.
O give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good; for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> glory in thy praise.
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
And Obed–edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed–edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> porters:
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the high place that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Gibeon,
To offer burnt offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and <transChange type="added">to do</transChange> according to all that is written in the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he commanded Israel;<note type="study">morning…: Heb. in the morning, and in the evening</note>
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever;
And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun <transChange type="added">were</transChange> porters.<note type="study">porters: Heb. for the gate</note>
And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">remaineth</transChange> under curtains.
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine heart; for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> tabernacle <transChange type="added">to another</transChange>.<note type="study">have gone: Heb. have been</note>
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:<note type="study">from following: Heb. from after</note>
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the earth.
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
And since the time that I commanded judges <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will build thee an house.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from <transChange type="added">him</transChange> that was before thee:
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And David the king came and sat before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, Who <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
And <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast <transChange type="added">also</transChange> spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God.
What can David <transChange type="added">speak</transChange> more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all <transChange type="added">these</transChange> great things.<note type="study">great…: Heb. greatnesses</note>
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like thee, neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
And what one nation in the earth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, becamest their God.
Therefore now, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God of Israel, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a God to Israel: and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> the house of David thy servant <transChange type="added">be</transChange> established before thee.
For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found <transChange type="added">in his heart</transChange> to pray before thee.<note type="study">hast…: Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant</note>
And now, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> blessed for ever.<note type="study">let…: or, it hath pleased thee</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brought gifts.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.<note type="study">Hadarezer: or, Hadadezer</note>
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot <transChange type="added">horses</transChange>, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.<note type="study">seven…: or, seven hundred</note>
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.<note type="study">Damascus: Heb. Darmesek</note>
Then David put <transChange type="added">garrisons</transChange> in Syria–damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brought gifts. Thus the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserved David whithersoever he went.
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.<note type="study">Tibhath…: called in the book of Samuel Betah, and Berothai</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;<note type="study">Tou: also called, Toi</note>
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and <transChange type="added">with him</transChange> all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.<note type="study">Hadoram: also called, Joram</note><note type="study">to enquire…: or, to salute</note><note type="study">to congratulate: Heb. to bless</note><note type="study">had war: Heb. was the man of wars</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Them also king David dedicated unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all <transChange type="added">these</transChange> nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.<note type="study">Abishai: Heb. Abshai</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserved David whithersoever he went.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.<note type="study">recorder: or, remembrancer</note>
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;<note type="study">Abimelech: also called, Ahimelech</note><note type="study">Shavsha: also called Seraiah or Shisha</note>
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David <transChange type="added">were</transChange> chief about the king.<note type="study">about…: Heb. at the hand of the king</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?<note type="study">Thinkest…: Heb. In thine eyes doth David, etc</note>
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
Then there went <transChange type="added">certain</transChange>, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> return.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria–maachah, and out of Zobah.<note type="study">odious: Heb. to stink</note>
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
And when David heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by themselves in the field.
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in array against the Syrians.<note type="study">the battle…: Heb. the face of the battle was</note><note type="study">choice: or, young men</note>
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> in array against the children of Ammon.<note type="study">Abishai: Heb. Abshai</note>
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good in his sight.
So Joab and the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer <transChange type="added">went</transChange> before them.<note type="study">river: that is, Euphrates</note><note type="study">Shophach: also called, Shobach</note>
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set <transChange type="added">the battle</transChange> in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand <transChange type="added">men which fought in</transChange> chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out <transChange type="added">to battle</transChange>, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.<note type="study">after…: Heb. at the return of the year</note>
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.<note type="study">to weigh: Heb. the weight of</note>
And he brought out the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in it, and cut <transChange type="added">them</transChange> with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.<note type="study">arose: or, continued: Heb. stood</note><note type="study">Gezer: also called, Gob</note><note type="study">Sippai: also called, Saph</note><note type="study">the giant: or, Rapha</note>
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like a weaver's beam.<note type="study">Jair: also called, Jaare–oregim</note>
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of <transChange type="added">great</transChange> stature, whose fingers and toes <transChange type="added">were</transChange> four and twenty, six <transChange type="added">on each hand</transChange>, and six <transChange type="added">on each foot</transChange>: and he also was the son of the giant.<note type="study">great…: Heb. measure</note><note type="study">the son…: Heb. born to the giant, or, Rapha</note>
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.<note type="study">defied: or, reproached</note><note type="study">Shimea: also called Shammah</note>
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer–sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And Joab answered, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> make his people an hundred times so many more as they <transChange type="added">be</transChange>: but, my lord the king, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all <transChange type="added">they of</transChange> Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.<note type="study">And…: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of the <divineName>Lord</divineName> concerning this thing</note>

And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I offer thee three <transChange type="added">things</transChange>: choose thee one of them, that I may do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto thee.<note type="study">offer: Heb. stretch out</note>
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Choose thee<note type="study">Choose…: Heb. Take to thee</note>
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>; or else three days the sword of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for very great <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.<note type="study">very great: or, very many</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.<note type="study">Ornan: also called, Araunah</note>
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders <transChange type="added">of Israel, who were</transChange> clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
And David said unto God, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not I <transChange type="added">that</transChange> commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.<note type="study">And Ornan…: or, When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he and his four sons with him hid themselves</note>
And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face to the ground.
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of <transChange type="added">this</transChange> threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.<note type="study">Grant: Heb. Give</note>
And Ornan said unto David, Take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to thee, and let my lord the king do <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good in his eyes: lo, I give <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> the oxen <transChange type="added">also</transChange> for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
And David built there an altar unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>At that time when David saw that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

For the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
Then David said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
And David said, Solomon my son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> young and tender, and the house <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> to be builded for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God:
But the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.<note type="study">Solomon: that is, Peaceable</note>
He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Now, my son, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, as he hath said of thee.
Only the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.<note type="study">trouble: or, poverty</note>
Moreover <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.<note type="study">workers…: that is, masons and carpenters</note>
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no number. Arise <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange>, and be doing, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be with thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God with you? and hath he <transChange type="added">not</transChange> given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and before his people.
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Of which, twenty and four thousand <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to set forward the work of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and six thousand <transChange type="added">were</transChange> officers and judges:<note type="study">set…: or, oversee</note>
Moreover four thousand <transChange type="added">were</transChange> porters; and four thousand praised the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with the instruments which I made, <transChange type="added">said David</transChange>, to praise <transChange type="added">therewith</transChange>.
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.<note type="study">courses: Heb. divisions</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Of the Gershonites <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Laadan, and Shimei.<note type="study">Laadan: or, Libni</note>
The sons of Laadan; the chief <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
And the sons of Shimei <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Shimei.<note type="study">Zina: or, Zizah</note>
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to <transChange type="added">their</transChange> father's house.<note type="study">had…: Heb. did not multiply sons</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
Now <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
The sons of Moses <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Gershom, and Eliezer.
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the chief.<note type="study">Shebuel: also called, Shubael</note>
And the sons of Eliezer <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.<note type="study">the chief: or, the first</note><note type="study">very many: Heb. highly multiplied</note>
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.<note type="study">Shelomith: also called, Shelomoth</note>
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.<note type="study">brethren: or, kinsmen</note>
The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from the age of twenty years and upward.
For David said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:<note type="study">that…: or, and he dwelleth in Jerusalem, etc</note>
And also unto the Levites; they shall no <transChange type="added">more</transChange> carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
For by the last words of David the Levites <transChange type="added">were</transChange> numbered from twenty years old and above:<note type="study">numbered: Heb. number</note>
Because their office <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;<note type="study">their…: Heb. their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron</note>
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for <transChange type="added">that which is baked in</transChange> the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;<note type="study">pan: or, flat plate</note>
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and likewise at even;
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
Now <transChange type="added">these are</transChange> the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and <transChange type="added">thus</transChange> were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> sixteen chief men of the house of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors <transChange type="added">of the house</transChange> of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and <transChange type="added">before</transChange> the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> taken for Ithamar.<note type="study">principal…: Heb. house of the father</note>
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel had commanded him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the rest of the sons of Levi <transChange type="added">were these</transChange>: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.<note type="study">Shubael: also called, Shebuel</note>
Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Isshiah.
Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.<note type="study">Shelomoth: also called, Shelomith</note>
And the sons <transChange type="added">of Hebron</transChange>; Jeriah <transChange type="added">the first</transChange>, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
<transChange type="added">Of</transChange> the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
The brother of Michah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
The sons of Merari <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
Of Mahli <transChange type="added">came</transChange> Eleazar, who had no sons.
Concerning Kish: the son of Kish <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jerahmeel.
The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.<note type="study">Asarelah: otherwise called Jesharelah</note><note type="study">according…: Heb. by the hands of the king</note>
Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Zeri: or, Izri</note>
Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Mahazioth:<note type="study">Uzziel: also called, Azareel</note><note type="study">Shebuel: also called, Shubael</note>
All these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.<note type="study">words: or, matters</note>
All these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> under the hands of their father for song <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.<note type="study">according…: Heb. by the hands of the king</note>
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they cast lots, ward against <transChange type="added">ward</transChange>, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The third to Zaccur, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The fourth to Izri, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The fifth to Nethaniah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The sixth to Bukkiah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The seventh to Jesharelah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The eighth to Jeshaiah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The ninth to Mattaniah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The tenth to Shimei, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The eleventh to Azareel, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The twelfth to Hashabiah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The thirteenth to Shubael, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The fourteenth to Mattithiah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The fifteenth to Jeremoth, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The sixteenth to Hananiah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The eighteenth to Hanani, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The nineteenth to Mallothi, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The twentieth to Eliathah, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The one and twentieth to Hothir, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The two and twentieth to Giddalti, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve:
The four and twentieth to Romamti–ezer, <transChange type="added">he</transChange>, his sons, and his brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twelve.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.<note type="study">Meshelemiah: also called, Shelemiah</note><note type="study">Asaph: also called, Ebiasaph</note>
And the sons of Meshelemiah <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
Moreover the sons of Obed–edom <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.<note type="study">him: that is, Obed–edom</note>
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> mighty men of valour.
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren <transChange type="added">were</transChange> strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
All these of the sons of Obed–edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> threescore and two of Obed–edom.
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for <transChange type="added">though</transChange> he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thirteen.
Among these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the divisions of the porters, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> among the chief men, <transChange type="added">having</transChange> wards one against another, to minister in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.<note type="study">as well…: or, as well for the small as for the great</note>
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.<note type="study">Shelemiah: also called Meshelemiah</note>
To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.<note type="study">Asuppim: Heb. gatherings</note>
To Shuppim and Hosah <transChange type="added">the lot came forth</transChange> westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
Eastward <transChange type="added">were</transChange> six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two <transChange type="added">and</transChange> two.
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> two at Parbar.
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And of the Levites, Ahijah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.<note type="study">dedicated…: Heb. holy things</note>
<transChange type="added">As concerning</transChange> the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of Laadan the Gershonite, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Jehieli.<note type="study">Laadan: also called, Libni</note><note type="study">Jehieli: also called, Jehiel</note>
The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> over the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Of the Amramites, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the Izharites, the Hebronites, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the Uzzielites:
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ruler of the treasures.
And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
Which Shelomith and his brethren <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">spoils…: Heb. battles and spoils</note>
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> whosoever had dedicated <transChange type="added">any thing, it was</transChange> under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and in the service of the king.<note type="study">officers…: Heb. over the charge</note>
Among the Hebronites <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jerijah the chief, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
And his brethren, men of valour, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.<note type="study">affairs: Heb. thing</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
Now the children of Israel after their number, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
Over the first course for the first month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
Of the children of Perez <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
And over the course of the second month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.<note type="study">Dodai: also called, Dodo</note>
The third captain of the host for the third month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.<note type="study">chief…: or, principal officer</note>
This <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> Benaiah, <transChange type="added">who was</transChange> mighty <transChange type="added">among</transChange> the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ammizabad his son.
The fourth <transChange type="added">captain</transChange> for the fourth month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
The fifth captain for the fifth month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
The sixth <transChange type="added">captain</transChange> for the sixth month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
The seventh <transChange type="added">captain</transChange> for the seventh month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
The eighth <transChange type="added">captain</transChange> for the eighth month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
The ninth <transChange type="added">captain</transChange> for the ninth month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Abi–ezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
The tenth <transChange type="added">captain</transChange> for the tenth month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
The eleventh <transChange type="added">captain</transChange> for the eleventh month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.
The twelfth <transChange type="added">captain</transChange> for the twelfth month <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty and four thousand.<note type="study">Heldai: also called, Heled</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
Of Judah, Elihu, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:<note type="study">Elihu: also called, Eliab</note>
Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
Of the half <transChange type="added">tribe</transChange> of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the princes of the tribes of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.<note type="study">was: Heb. ascended</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And over the king's treasures <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ezri the son of Chelub:
And over the vineyards <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zabdi the Shiphmite:<note type="study">over the increase…: Heb. over that which was of the vineyards</note>
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the low plains <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Baal–hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Joash:
And over the herds that fed in Sharon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> in the valleys <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Shaphat the son of Adlai:
Over the camels also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
And over the flocks <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jaziz the Hagerite. All these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the rulers of the substance which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> king David's.
Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with the king's sons:<note type="study">scribe: or, secretary</note><note type="study">son…: or, Hachmonite</note>
And Ahithophel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the king's companion:
And after Ahithophel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Joab.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.<note type="study">possession: or, cattle</note><note type="study">and of…: or, and his sons</note><note type="study">officers: or, eunuchs</note>
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: <transChange type="added">As for me</transChange>, I <transChange type="added">had</transChange> in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou <transChange type="added">hast been</transChange> a man of war, and hast shed blood.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
Howbeit the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make <transChange type="added">me</transChange> king over all Israel:
And of all my sons, (for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> over Israel.
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> my son, and I will be his father.
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.<note type="study">constant: Heb. strong</note>
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Take heed now; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:<note type="study">of all that…: Heb. of all that was with him</note>
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<transChange type="added">He gave</transChange> of gold by weight for <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; <transChange type="added">silver also</transChange> for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> for the candlestick, and <transChange type="added">also</transChange> for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
And by weight <transChange type="added">he gave</transChange> gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and <transChange type="added">likewise</transChange> silver for the tables of silver:
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons <transChange type="added">he gave gold</transChange> by weight for every bason; and <transChange type="added">likewise silver</transChange> by weight for every bason of silver:
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out <transChange type="added">their wings</transChange>, and covered the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
All <transChange type="added">this, said David</transChange>, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made me understand in writing by <transChange type="added">his</transChange> hand upon me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the works of this pattern.
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> my God, <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, <transChange type="added">even they shall be with thee</transChange> for all the service of the house of God: and <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> wholly at thy commandment.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, <transChange type="added">is yet</transChange> young and tender, and the work <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great: for the palace <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not for man, but for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God.
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for <transChange type="added">things to be made</transChange> of gold, and the silver for <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of silver, and the brass for <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of brass, the iron for <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of iron, and wood for <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of wood; onyx stones, and <transChange type="added">stones</transChange> to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses <transChange type="added">withal</transChange>:
The gold for <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of gold, and the silver for <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of silver, and for all manner of work <transChange type="added">to be made</transChange> by the hands of artificers. And who <transChange type="added">then</transChange> is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?<note type="study">consecrate his service: Heb. fill his hand</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
And they with whom <transChange type="added">precious</transChange> stones were found gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to the treasure of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore David blessed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
Thine, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in the heaven and in the earth <transChange type="added">is thine</transChange>; thine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the kingdom, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Both riches and honour <transChange type="added">come</transChange> of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> power and might; and in thine hand <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
But who <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I, and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things <transChange type="added">come</transChange> of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.<note type="study">be able: Heb. retain, or, obtain strength</note><note type="study">of thine…: Heb. of thine hand</note>
For we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> strangers before thee, and sojourners, as <transChange type="added">were</transChange> all our fathers: our days on the earth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as a shadow, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none abiding.<note type="study">abiding: Heb. expectation</note>
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> of thine hand, and <transChange type="added">is</transChange> all thine own.
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:<note type="study">prepare: or, stablish</note>
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all <transChange type="added">these things</transChange>, and to build the palace, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the which I have made provision.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God. And all the congregation blessed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the king.
And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and offered burnt offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, on the morrow after that day, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
And did eat and drink before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed <transChange type="added">him</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> the chief governor, and Zadok <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> priest.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then Solomon sat on the throne of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.<note type="study">submitted…: Heb. gave the hand under Solomon</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him <transChange type="added">such</transChange> royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
And the time that he reigned over Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three <transChange type="added">years</transChange> reigned he in Jerusalem.
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,<note type="study">book: or, history: Heb. words</note>
With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
<title type="main">THE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had made in the wilderness.
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath–jearim to <transChange type="added">the place which</transChange> David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.<note type="study">he put: or, was there</note>
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
Now, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.<note type="study">like…: Heb. much as the dust of the earth</note>
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, <transChange type="added">that is so</transChange> great?
And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
Wisdom and knowledge <transChange type="added">is</transChange> granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that <transChange type="added">have been</transChange> before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Solomon came <transChange type="added">from his journey</transChange> to the high place that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem <transChange type="added">as plenteous</transChange> as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the vale for abundance.<note type="study">made: Heb. gave</note>
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.<note type="study">Solomon…: Heb. the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's</note>
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out <transChange type="added">horses</transChange> for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.<note type="study">means: Heb. hand</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and an house for his kingdom.
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, <transChange type="added">even so deal with me</transChange>.<note type="study">Huram: or, Hiram</note>
Behold, I build an house to the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, to dedicate <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God. This <transChange type="added">is an ordinance</transChange> for ever to Israel.<note type="study">sweet…: Heb. incense of spices</note>
And the house which I build <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great: for great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our God above all gods.
But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?<note type="study">is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength</note>
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.<note type="study">to grave: Heb. to grave gravings</note>
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> with thy servants,<note type="study">algum: also called, almuggim</note>
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> wonderful great.<note type="study">wonderful…: Heb. great and wonderful</note>
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

Huram said moreover, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and an house for his kingdom.<note type="study">endued…: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding</note>
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.<note type="study">as much…: Heb according to all thy need</note><note type="study">Joppa: Heb. Japho</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon numbered all the strangers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.<note type="study">the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers</note>
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Then Solomon began to build the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where <transChange type="added">the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.<note type="study">where…: or, which was seen of David his father</note><note type="study">Ornan: also called, Araunah</note>
And he began to build in the second <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now these <transChange type="added">are the things wherein</transChange> Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure <transChange type="added">was</transChange> threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.<note type="study">instructed: Heb. founded</note>
And the porch that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the front <transChange type="added">of the house</transChange>, the length <transChange type="added">of it was</transChange> according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold <transChange type="added">was</transChange> gold of Parvaim.<note type="study">garnished: Heb. covered</note>
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, <transChange type="added">amounting</transChange> to six hundred talents.
And the weight of the nails <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.<note type="study">image…: or, (as some think) of moveable work</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the wings of the cherubims <transChange type="added">were</transChange> twenty cubits long: one wing <transChange type="added">of the one cherub was</transChange> five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing <transChange type="added">was likewise</transChange> five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> wing of the other cherub <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits <transChange type="added">also</transChange>, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces <transChange type="added">were</transChange> inward.<note type="study">inward: or, toward the house</note>

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he made the vail <transChange type="added">of</transChange> blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.<note type="study">wrought: Heb. caused to ascend</note>
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the top of each of them <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits.<note type="study">high: Heb. long</note>
And he made chains, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> in the oracle, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the chains.
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.<note type="study">Jachin: that is, He shall establish</note><note type="study">Boaz: that is, In it is strength</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim</note>
And under it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen <transChange type="added">were</transChange> cast, when it was cast.
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea <transChange type="added">was set</transChange> above upon them, and all their hinder parts <transChange type="added">were</transChange> inward.
And the thickness of it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> it received and held three thousand baths.<note type="study">with flowers…: or, like a lilyflower</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the priests to wash in.<note type="study">such…: Heb. the work of burnt offering</note>
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
He made also ten tables, and placed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.<note type="study">basons: or, bowls</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;<note type="study">basons: or, bowls</note><note type="study">finished: Heb. finished to make</note>
<transChange type="added">To wit</transChange>, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the top of the pillars;
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the pillars.<note type="study">upon: Heb. upon the face of</note>
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;<note type="study">lavers: or, caldrons</note>
One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of bright brass.<note type="study">bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured</note>
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.<note type="study">clay…: Heb. thicknesses of the ground</note>
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon made all the vessels that <transChange type="added">were for</transChange> the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread <transChange type="added">was set</transChange>;
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, <transChange type="added">made he of</transChange> gold, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that perfect gold;<note type="study">perfect…: Heb. perfections of gold</note>
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, <transChange type="added">of</transChange> pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and the doors of the house of the temple, <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> gold.<note type="study">basons: or, bowls</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was finished: and Solomon brought in <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> out of the city of David, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Zion.
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the seventh month.
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the tabernacle, these did the priests <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the Levites bring up.
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy <transChange type="added">place, even</transChange> under the wings of the cherubims:
For the cherubims spread forth <transChange type="added">their</transChange> wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
And they drew out the staves <transChange type="added">of the ark</transChange>, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.<note type="study">there…: or, they are there</note>
<transChange type="added">There was</transChange> nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put <transChange type="added">therein</transChange> at Horeb, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made <transChange type="added">a covenant</transChange> with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.<note type="study">when the <divineName>Lord</divineName>: or, where, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>: (for all the priests <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> present were sanctified, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> did not <transChange type="added">then</transChange> wait by course:<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
Also the Levites <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and when they lifted up <transChange type="added">their</transChange> voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, For <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good; for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever: that <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the house was filled with a cloud, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had filled the house of God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Then said Solomon, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
And he said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> promised, and have built the house for the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
And in it have I put the ark, wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he made with the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he stood before the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,<note type="study">long…: Heb. the length thereof, etc</note>
And said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and <transChange type="added">shewest</transChange> mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with thine hand, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.
Now therefore, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.<note type="study">There…: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off</note>
Now then, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.<note type="study">toward…: or, in this place</note>
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.<note type="study">make: Heb. pray</note><note type="study">toward…: or, in this place</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;<note type="study">and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him</note>
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;<note type="study">be put…: or, be smitten</note><note type="study">in: or, toward</note>
Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;<note type="study">toward…: or, in this place</note>
Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness <transChange type="added">there be</transChange>:<note type="study">in the cities…: Heb. in the land of their gates</note>
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> what prayer <transChange type="added">or</transChange> what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:<note type="study">in: or, toward</note><note type="study">toward…: or, in this place</note>
Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.<note type="study">so long…: Heb. all the days which</note><note type="study">in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;<note type="study">toward…: or, in this place</note>
Then hear thou from the heavens, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as <transChange type="added">doth</transChange> thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.<note type="study">this…: Heb. thy name is called upon this house</note>
If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.<note type="study">cause: or, right</note>
If they sin against thee, (for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before <transChange type="added">their</transChange> enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;<note type="study">they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away</note>
Yet <transChange type="added">if</transChange> they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;<note type="study">bethink…: Heb. bring back to their heart</note>
If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and <transChange type="added">toward</transChange> the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
Then hear thou from the heavens, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.<note type="study">cause: or, right</note>
Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> thine ears <transChange type="added">be</transChange> attent unto the prayer <transChange type="added">that is made</transChange> in this place.<note type="study">unto…: Heb. to the prayer of this place</note>
Now therefore arise, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> filled the house.
And the priests could not enter into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had filled the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house.
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, For <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good; for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which David the king had made to praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.<note type="study">by their…: Heb. by their hand</note>
Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.<note type="study">a solemn…: Heb. a restraint</note>
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
Thus Solomon finished the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.<note type="study">which…: Heb. upon whom my name is called</note>
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer <transChange type="added">that is made</transChange> in this place.<note type="study">unto…: Heb. to the prayer of this place</note>
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> ruler in Israel.<note type="study">There…: Heb. There shall not be cut off to thee</note>
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a proverb and a byword among all nations.
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his own house,
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.<note type="study">all that…: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">As for</transChange> all the people <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not of Israel,
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
And these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the chief of king Solomon's officers, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because <transChange type="added">the places are</transChange> holy, whereunto the ark of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath come.<note type="study">holy: Heb. holiness</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> on the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he had built before the porch,

Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.<note type="study">so had David…: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God</note>
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and until it was finished. <transChange type="added">So</transChange> the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was perfected.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then went Solomon to Ezion–geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.<note type="study">Eloth: also called, Elath</note>
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to king Solomon.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; there was no more spirit in her.<note type="study">cupbearers: or, butlers</note>
And she said to the king, <transChange type="added">It was</transChange> a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:<note type="study">report: Heb. word</note><note type="study">acts: or, sayings</note>
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
Happy <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy men, and happy <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Blessed be the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> king for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.<note type="study">algum…: also called, almug trees</note>
And the king made <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the algum trees terraces to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.<note type="study">terraces: or, stairs: Heb. highways</note>
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
Beside <transChange type="added">that which</transChange> chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.<note type="study">governors: or, captains</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And king Solomon made two hundred targets <transChange type="added">of</transChange> beaten gold: six hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of beaten gold went to one target.
And three hundred shields <transChange type="added">made he of</transChange> beaten gold: three hundred <transChange type="added">shekels</transChange> of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:<note type="study">stays: Heb. hands</note>
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> pure gold: none <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> silver; it was <transChange type="added">not</transChange> any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.<note type="study">pure: Heb. shut up</note><note type="study">none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them</note>
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.<note type="study">ivory: or, elephants' teeth</note>
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.<note type="study">river: that is, Euphrates</note>

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the low plains in abundance.<note type="study">made silver: Heb. gave silver</note>
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?<note type="study">book: Heb. words</note>
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye <transChange type="added">me</transChange> to return answer to this people?
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou <transChange type="added">it</transChange> somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little <transChange type="added">finger</transChange> shall be thicker than my father's loins.
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I <transChange type="added">will chastise you</transChange> with scorpions.<note type="study">my father put: Heb. my father laded</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I <transChange type="added">will chastise you</transChange> with scorpions.
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when all Israel <transChange type="added">saw</transChange> that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and <transChange type="added">we have</transChange> none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
But <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to <transChange type="added">his</transChange> chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.<note type="study">made speed: Heb. strengthened himself</note>
And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
But the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
And Beth–zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
And in every several city <transChange type="added">he put</transChange> shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the priests and the Levites that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.<note type="study">resorted…: Heb. presented themselves to him</note>
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:

And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers.
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.<note type="study">Maachah: she is also called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel</note>
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> ruler among his brethren: for <transChange type="added">he thought</transChange> to make him king.
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.<note type="study">many wives: Heb. a multitude of wives</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and all Israel with him.
And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people <transChange type="added">were</transChange> without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
And he took the fenced cities which <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous.
And when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.<note type="study">some: or, a little while</note>
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
And when the king entered into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> turned from him, that he would not destroy <transChange type="added">him</transChange> altogether: and also in Judah things went well.<note type="study">and also…: or, and yet in Judah there were good things</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Naamah an Ammonitess.
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">prepared: or, fixed</note>
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.<note type="study">book: Heb. words</note>
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Abijah: also called, Abijam</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> mighty men of valour.<note type="study">Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
Ought ye not to know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the hand of the sons of David; and ye <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a great multitude, and <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
Have ye not cast out the priests of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of <transChange type="added">other</transChange> lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, <transChange type="added">the same</transChange> may be a priest of <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> no gods.<note type="study">to consecrate…: Heb. to fill his hand</note>
But as for us, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Aaron, and the Levites <transChange type="added">wait</transChange> upon <transChange type="added">their</transChange> business:
And they burn unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also <transChange type="added">set they in order</transChange> upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God; but ye have forsaken him.
And, behold, God himself <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with us for <transChange type="added">our</transChange> captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment <transChange type="added">was</transChange> behind them.
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before and behind: and they cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers.
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> struck him, and he died.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
And Asa did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> good and right in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God:
For he took away the altars of the strange <transChange type="added">gods</transChange>, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:<note type="study">images: Heb. statues</note>
And commanded Judah to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.<note type="study">images: Heb. sun images</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had given him rest.

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about <transChange type="added">them</transChange> walls, and towers, gates, and bars, <transChange type="added">while</transChange> the land <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet before us; because we have sought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, we have sought <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
And Asa had an army <transChange type="added">of men</transChange> that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> mighty men of valour.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
And Asa cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, and said, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> our God; let not man prevail against thee.<note type="study">man: or, mortal man</note>
So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
And Asa and the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. broken</note>
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.<note type="study">to meet…: Heb. before Asa</note>
Now for a long season Israel <transChange type="added">hath been</transChange> without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
And in those times <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces</note>
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the porch of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">abominable…: Heb. abominations</note>
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with him.
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
And they offered unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the same time, of the spoil <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.<note type="study">the same…: Heb. in that day</note>
And they entered into a covenant to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
That whosoever would not seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
And they sware unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave them rest round about.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And also <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and burnt <transChange type="added">it</transChange> at the brook Kidron.<note type="study">mother: that is, grandmother</note><note type="study">idol: Heb. horror</note>
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
And there was no <transChange type="added">more</transChange> war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and of the king's house, and sent to Ben–hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,<note type="study">Damascus: Heb. Darmesek</note>
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a league between me and thee, as <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
And Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.<note type="study">his: Heb. which were his</note>
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he delivered them into thine hand.<note type="study">a huge: Heb. in abundance</note>
For the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of <transChange type="added">them</transChange> whose heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.<note type="study">to shew…: or, strongly to hold with them, etc</note>
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> in a rage with him because of this <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>. And Asa oppressed <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the people the same time.<note type="study">oppressed: Heb. crushed</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease <transChange type="added">was</transChange> exceeding <transChange type="added">great</transChange>: yet in his disease he sought not to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but to the physicians.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds <transChange type="added">of spices</transChange> prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.<note type="study">had made: Heb. had digged</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;<note type="study">of…: or, of his father, and of David</note>

But sought to the <transChange type="added"><divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.<note type="study">brought: Heb. gave</note>
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.<note type="study">was…: that is, was encouraged</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to Ben–hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
And with them <transChange type="added">he sent</transChange> Levites, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
And they taught in Judah, and <transChange type="added">had</transChange> the book of the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.<note type="study">fell: Heb. was</note>
Also <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.<note type="study">castles: or, palaces</note>
And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Jerusalem.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
And next to him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.<note type="study">next…: Heb. at his hand</note>
And next him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
And next him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
These waited on the king, beside <transChange type="added">those</transChange> whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
And after <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that <transChange type="added">he had</transChange> with him, and persuaded him to go up <transChange type="added">with him</transChange> to Ramoth–gilead.<note type="study">after…: Heb. at the end of years</note>
And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth–gilead? And he answered him, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> as thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>, and my people as thy people; and <transChange type="added">we will be</transChange> with thee in the war.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to day.
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the king's hand.
But Jehoshaphat said, <transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> not here a prophet of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> besides, that we might enquire of him?<note type="study">besides: Heb. yet, or, more</note>
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
And the king of Israel called for one <transChange type="added">of his</transChange> officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.<note type="study">officers: or, eunuchs</note><note type="study">Fetch…: Heb. Hasten</note>
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.<note type="study">void…: or, floor</note>
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.<note type="study">they…: Heb. thou consume them</note>
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth–gilead, and prosper: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall deliver <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the hand of the king.
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets <transChange type="added">declare</transChange> good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.<note type="study">with…: Heb. with one mouth</note>
And Micaiah said, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, These have no master; let them return <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> every man to his house in peace.
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?<note type="study">but evil: or, but for evil</note>
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I saw the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and <transChange type="added">on</transChange> his left.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, I will entice him. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Wherewith?
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And <transChange type="added">the <divineName>Lord</divineName></transChange> said, Thou shalt entice <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do <transChange type="added">even</transChange> so.
Now therefore, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken evil against thee.
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from me to speak unto thee?
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.<note type="study">into…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber</note>
Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this <transChange type="added">fellow</transChange> in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> hath not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth–gilead.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> helped him; and God moved them <transChange type="added">to depart</transChange> from him.
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from after him</note>
And a <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.<note type="study">at a venture: Heb. in his simplicity</note><note type="study">between…: Heb. between the joints and between the breastplate</note><note type="study">wounded: Heb. made sick</note>
And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> up in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? therefore <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wrath upon thee from before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer–sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers.<note type="study">he went…: Heb. he returned and went out</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with you in the judgment.<note type="study">in…: Heb. in the matter of judgment</note>
Wherefore now let the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be upon you; take heed and do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no iniquity with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
And, behold, Amariah the chief priest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over you in all matters of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> officers before you. Deal courageously, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be with the good.<note type="study">Deal…: Heb. Take courage and do</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
It came to pass after this also, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them <transChange type="added">other</transChange> beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in Hazazon–tamar, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> En–gedi.
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.<note type="study">himself: Heb. his face</note>
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask <transChange type="added">help</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, before the new court,
And said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of our fathers, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> not thou God in heaven? and rulest <transChange type="added">not</transChange> thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand <transChange type="added">is there not</transChange> power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
<transChange type="added">Art</transChange> not thou our God, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?<note type="study">who: Heb. thou</note>
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
If, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> evil cometh upon us, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
Behold, <transChange type="added">I say, how</transChange> they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon thee.
And all Judah stood before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the midst of the congregation;
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not yours, but God's.
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.<note type="study">cliff: Heb. ascent</note><note type="study">brook: or, valley</note>
Ye shall not <transChange type="added">need</transChange> to fight in this <transChange type="added">battle</transChange>: set yourselves, stand ye <transChange type="added">still</transChange>, and see the salvation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> with you.
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, worshipping the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.<note type="study">that…: Heb. praisers</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when they began to sing and to praise, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.<note type="study">And when…: Heb. And in the time that they, etc</note><note type="study">to sing…: Heb. in singing and praise</note><note type="study">they were…: or, they smote one another</note>
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.<note type="study">to destroy: Heb. for the destruction</note>
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.<note type="study">none…: Heb. there was not an escaping</note>
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.<note type="study">Berachah: that is, blessing</note>
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had made them to rejoice over their enemies.<note type="study">forefront: Heb. head</note>
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of <transChange type="added">those</transChange> countries, when they had heard that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> fought against the enemies of Israel.
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.<note type="study">book of Jehu: Heb. words, etc</note><note type="study">is mentioned: Heb. was made to ascend</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion–geber.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the firstborn.
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and <transChange type="added">divers</transChange> also of the princes of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Jehoram <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Howbeit the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.<note type="study">light: Heb. lamp, or, candle</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.<note type="study">dominion: Heb. hand</note>
Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time <transChange type="added">also</transChange> did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of his fathers.
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah <transChange type="added">thereto</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> better than thyself:
Behold, with a great plague will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:<note type="study">a great…: Heb. a great stroke</note>
And thou <transChange type="added">shalt have</transChange> great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> near the Ethiopians:
And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.<note type="study">carried…: Heb. carried captive</note><note type="study">Jehoahaz: also called, Ahaziah, or, Azariah</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And after all this the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.<note type="study">without…: Heb. without desire</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

Forty and two years old <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth–gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.<note type="study">which…: Heb. wherewith they wounded him</note><note type="study">Azariah: also called, Ahaziah, or, Jehoahaz</note>
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.<note type="study">destruction: Heb. treading down</note>
And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.<note type="study">Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba</note>
And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said of the sons of David.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> porters of the doors;<note type="study">doors: Heb. thresholds</note>
And a third part <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the courts of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
But let none come into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever <transChange type="added">else</transChange> cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go <transChange type="added">out</transChange> on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that <transChange type="added">had been</transChange> king David's, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the house of God.
And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.<note type="study">side: Heb. shoulder</note><note type="study">temple: Heb. house</note>
Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and <transChange type="added">gave him</transChange> the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.<note type="study">God…: Heb. Let the king live</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.<note type="study">Treason: Heb. Conspiracy</note>
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> people.

Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to offer the burnt offerings of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, <transChange type="added">as it was ordained</transChange> by David.<note type="study">as it was…: Heb. by the hands of David</note>
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that none <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> unclean in any thing should enter in.
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
Joash <transChange type="added">was</transChange> seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zibiah of Beer–sheba.
And Joash did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after this, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Joash was minded to repair the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">to repair: Heb. to renew</note>
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not.
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, <transChange type="added">according to the commandment</transChange> of Moses the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did they bestow upon Baalim.
And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the collection <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Moses the servant of God <transChange type="added">laid</transChange> upon Israel in the wilderness.<note type="study">a proclamation: Heb. a voice</note>
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.<note type="study">the work…: Heb. the healing went up upon the work</note>
And when they had finished <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> vessels to minister, and to offer <transChange type="added">withal</transChange>, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> continually all the days of Jehoiada.<note type="study">to offer…: or, pestils</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old <transChange type="added">was he</transChange> when he died.
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
And they left the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he hath also forsaken you.<note type="study">came…: Heb. clothed</note>
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> look upon <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and require <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass at the end of the year, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.<note type="study">at the…: Heb. in the revolution of the year</note><note type="study">Damascus: Heb. Darmesek</note>
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.<note type="study">Zabad: or, Jozacher</note><note type="study">Shimrith: or, Shomer</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> his sons, and the greatness of the burdens <transChange type="added">laid</transChange> upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">repairing: Heb. founding</note><note type="study">story: or, commentary</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
Amaziah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and five years old <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but not with a perfect heart.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.<note type="study">established…: Heb. confirmed upon him</note>
But he slew not their children, but <transChange type="added">did</transChange> as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the law in the book of Moses, where the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice <transChange type="added">men, able</transChange> to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not with Israel, <transChange type="added">to wit, with</transChange> all the children of Ephraim.
But if thou wilt go, do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is able to give thee much more than this.<note type="study">army: Heb. band</note>
Then Amaziah separated them, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.<note type="study">home again: Heb. to their place</note><note type="study">in great…: Heb. in heat of anger</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
And <transChange type="added">other</transChange> ten thousand <transChange type="added">left</transChange> alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth–horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.<note type="study">the soldiers…: Heb. the sons of the band</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
Wherefore the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that <transChange type="added">the king</transChange> said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.<note type="study">determined: Heb. counselled</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Lebanon sent to the cedar that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.<note type="study">thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorn</note><note type="study">a wild…: Heb. a beast of the field</note>
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> hurt, that thou shouldest fall, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou, and Judah with thee?
But Amaziah would not hear; for it <transChange type="added">came</transChange> of God, that he might deliver them into the hand <transChange type="added">of their enemies</transChange>, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth–shemesh, which <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> to Judah.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.<note type="study">put…: Heb. smitten</note>
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth–shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.<note type="study">the corner…: Heb. the gate of it that looketh</note>
And <transChange type="added">he took</transChange> all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed–edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from after</note><note type="study">made…: Heb. conspired a conspiracy</note>
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.<note type="study">Judah: that is, the city of David</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.<note type="study">Uzziah: or, Azariah</note>
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Sixteen years old <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, God made him to prosper.<note type="study">in the visions…: Heb. in the seeing of God</note>
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.<note type="study">about…: or, in the country of Ashdod</note>
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur–baal, and the Mehunims.
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> exceedingly.<note type="study">spread…: Heb. went</note>
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning <transChange type="added">of the wall</transChange>, and fortified them.<note type="study">fortified: or, repaired</note>
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen <transChange type="added">also</transChange>, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.<note type="study">digged…: or, cut out many cisterns</note><note type="study">Carmel: or, fruitful fields</note><note type="study">husbandry: Heb. ground</note>
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the king's captains.
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two thousand and six hundred.
And under their hand <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.<note type="study">an army: Heb. the power of an army</note>
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings <transChange type="added">to cast</transChange> stones.<note type="study">slings…: Heb. stones of slings</note>
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.<note type="study">spread: Heb. went forth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to <transChange type="added">his</transChange> destruction: for he transgressed against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, and went into the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> valiant men:
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, <transChange type="added">It appertaineth</transChange> not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither <transChange type="added">shall it be</transChange> for thine honour from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God.
Then Uzziah was wroth, and <transChange type="added">had</transChange> a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from beside the incense altar.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had smitten him.
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and Jotham his son <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the king's house, judging the people of the land.<note type="study">several: Heb. free</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which <transChange type="added">belonged</transChange> to the kings; for they said, He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
Jotham <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And the people did yet corruptly.
He built the high gate of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.<note type="study">Ophel: or, the tower</note>
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.<note type="study">So…: Heb. This</note>
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God.<note type="study">prepared: or, established</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
Ahaz <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, like David his father:
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had cast out before the children of Israel.<note type="study">burnt…: or, offered sacrifice</note>
He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Wherefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.<note type="study">Damascus: Heb. Darmesek</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> all valiant men; because they had forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers.<note type="study">valiant…: Heb. sons of valour</note>
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> next to the king.<note type="study">next…: Heb. the second to the king</note>
And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
But a prophet of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was there, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage <transChange type="added">that</transChange> reacheth up unto heaven.
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: <transChange type="added">but are there</transChange> not with you, even with you, sins against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God?
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon you.
Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">already</transChange>, ye intend to add <transChange type="added">more</transChange> to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> fierce wrath against Israel.
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.<note type="study">captives: Heb. a captivity</note>
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth–shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
For Ahaz took away a portion <transChange type="added">out</transChange> of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">out</transChange> of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: this <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> king Ahaz.
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.<note type="study">Damascus: Heb. Darmesek</note>
And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of his fathers.<note type="study">to burn: or, to offer</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
Hezekiah began to reign <transChange type="added">when he was</transChange> five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that David his father had done.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and repaired them.
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.
For our fathers have trespassed, and done <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and turned <transChange type="added">their</transChange> backs.<note type="study">turned their…: Heb. given the neck</note>
Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> unto the God of Israel.
Wherefore the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.<note type="study">trouble: Heb. commotion</note>
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in captivity for this.
Now <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> in mine heart to make a covenant with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
My sons, be not now negligent: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.<note type="study">be not…: or, be not now deceived</note><note type="study">burn…: or, offer sacrifice</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to cleanse the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">by the words…: or, in the business of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to cleanse <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> into the court of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And the Levites took <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, to carry <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out abroad into the brook Kidron.
Now they began on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: so they sanctified the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
And they brought forth the he goats <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:<note type="study">forth: Heb. near</note>
And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the burnt offering and the sin offering <transChange type="added">should be made</transChange> for all Israel.
And he set the Levites in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for <transChange type="added">so was</transChange> the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by his prophets.<note type="study">commandment of the <divineName>Lord</divineName>: Heb. commandment by the hand of the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note><note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> began <transChange type="added">also</transChange> with the trumpets, and with the instruments <transChange type="added">ordained</transChange> by David king of Israel.<note type="study">when: Heb. in the time</note><note type="study">the instruments: Heb. hands of instruments</note>
And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all <transChange type="added">this continued</transChange> until the burnt offering was finished.<note type="study">singers: Heb. song</note>
And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.<note type="study">consecrated…: or, filled your hand</note>
And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> two hundred lambs: all these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for a burnt offering to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the consecrated things <transChange type="added">were</transChange> six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites <transChange type="added">were</transChange> more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.<note type="study">did help…: Heb. strengthened them</note>
And also the burnt offerings <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for <transChange type="added">every</transChange> burnt offering. So the service of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was set in order.
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was <transChange type="added">done</transChange> suddenly.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.<note type="study">pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king</note>
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of a long <transChange type="added">time in such sort</transChange> as it was written.
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.<note type="study">from: Heb. from the hand</note>
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers <transChange type="added">were, but</transChange> yield yourselves unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.<note type="study">be ye…: Heb. harden not your necks</note><note type="study">yield…: Heb. give the hand</note>
For if ye turn again unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, your brethren and your children <transChange type="added">shall find</transChange> compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gracious and merciful, and will not turn away <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face from you, if ye return unto him.
So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
And they arose and took away the altars that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the brook Kidron.
Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, <transChange type="added">which they received</transChange> of the hand of the Levites.<note type="study">their place: Heb. their standing</note>
For <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> not clean, to sanctify <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For a multitude of the people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> pardon every one
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> prepareth his heart to seek God, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of his fathers, though <transChange type="added">he be</transChange> not <transChange type="added">cleansed</transChange> according to the purification of the sanctuary.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> day by day, <transChange type="added">singing</transChange> with loud instruments unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note><note type="study">loud…: Heb. instruments of strength</note>
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers.<note type="study">comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of all</note>
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept <transChange type="added">other</transChange> seven days with gladness.
For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.<note type="study">did give: Heb. lifted up, or, offered</note><note type="study">gave: Heb. lifted up, or, offered</note>
And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not the like in Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came <transChange type="added">up</transChange> to his holy dwelling place, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto heaven.<note type="study">his holy…: Heb. the habitation of his holiness</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note><note type="study">images: Heb. statues</note><note type="study">until…: Heb. until to make an end</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<transChange type="added">He appointed</transChange> also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> brought they in abundantly.<note type="study">came…: Heb. brake forth</note><note type="study">honey: or, dates</note>
And <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and laid <transChange type="added">them</transChange> by heaps.<note type="study">by heaps: Heb. heaps, heaps</note>
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the seventh month.
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his people Israel.
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> began to bring the offerings into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath blessed his people; and that which is left <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this great store.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they prepared <transChange type="added">them</transChange>,<note type="study">chambers: or, storehouses</note>
And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated <transChange type="added">things</transChange> faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ruler, and Shimei his brother <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the next.
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.<note type="study">under…: Heb. at the hand</note>
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the most holy things.
And next him <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:<note type="study">next…: Heb. at his hand</note><note type="study">set…: or, trust</note>
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto every one that entereth into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:<note type="study">set…: or, trust</note>
Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> good and right and truth before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God.
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with all his heart, and prospered.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.<note type="study">to win…: Heb. to break them up</note>
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,<note type="study">he was…: Heb. his face was to war</note>
He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> without the city: and they did help him.
So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?<note type="study">ran: Heb. overflowed</note>
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised <transChange type="added">it</transChange> up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.<note type="study">darts: or, swords, or, weapons</note>
And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,<note type="study">spake…: Heb. he spoke to their heart</note>

Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with him: for <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> more with us than with him:
With him <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an arm of flesh; but with us <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.<note type="study">rested…: Heb. leaned</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he <transChange type="added">himself laid siege</transChange> against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at Jerusalem, saying,<note type="study">power: Heb. dominion</note>
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?<note type="study">siege: or, strong hold</note>
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of <transChange type="added">other</transChange> lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

Who <transChange type="added">was there</transChange> among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
And his servants spake yet <transChange type="added">more</transChange> against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
He wrote also letters to rail on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of <transChange type="added">other</transChange> lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> the work of the hands of man.
And for this <transChange type="added">cause</transChange> Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.<note type="study">slew…: Heb. made him fall</note>
Thus the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all <transChange type="added">other</transChange>, and guided them on every side.
And many brought gifts unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.<note type="study">presents: Heb. precious things</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.<note type="study">gave…: or, wrought a miracle for him</note>
But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit <transChange type="added">done</transChange> unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.<note type="study">pride: Heb. lifting up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. instruments of desire</note>
Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Howbeit in <transChange type="added">the business of</transChange> the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was <transChange type="added">done</transChange> in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> in his heart.<note type="study">ambassadors: Heb. interpreters</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.<note type="study">goodness: Heb. kindnesses</note>
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">chiefest: or, highest</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
Manasseh <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
But did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had cast out before the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.<note type="study">he built…: Heb. he returned and built</note>
Also he built altars in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, whereof the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to provoke him to anger.
And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to do worse than the heathen, whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had destroyed before the children of Israel.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.<note type="study">of the king: Heb. which were the king's</note><note type="study">fetters: or, chains</note>
And when he was in affliction, he besought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> God.
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.<note type="study">Ophel: or, the tower</note>
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and in Jerusalem, and cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out of the city.
And he repaired the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God only.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, behold, they <transChange type="added">are written</transChange> in the book of the kings of Israel.
His prayer also, and <transChange type="added">how God</transChange> was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written among the sayings of the seers.<note type="study">the seers: or, Hosai</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Amon <transChange type="added">was</transChange> two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
But he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
And humbled not himself before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.<note type="study">trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass</note>
And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
Josiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> to the right hand, nor to the left.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust <transChange type="added">of them</transChange>, and strowed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.<note type="study">the images: or, the sun images</note><note type="study">graves: Heb. face of the graves</note>
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
And <transChange type="added">so did he</transChange> in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.<note type="study">mattocks: or, mauls</note>
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.<note type="study">into…: Heb. to make powder</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God.
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
And they put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to repair and amend the house:
Even to the artificers and builders gave they <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.<note type="study">to floor: or, to rafter</note>
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> forward; and <transChange type="added">other of</transChange> the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
Also <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> over the bearers of burdens, and <transChange type="added">were</transChange> overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> scribes, and officers, and porters.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">given</transChange> by Moses.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">to thy…: Heb. to the hand of, etc</note>
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.<note type="study">gathered together: Heb. poured out, or, melted</note>
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.<note type="study">it: Heb. in it</note>
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,<note type="study">Abdon: or, Achbor</note>
Go, enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to do after all that is written in this book.
And Hilkiah, and <transChange type="added">they</transChange> that the king <transChange type="added">had appointed</transChange>, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that <transChange type="added">effect</transChange>.<note type="study">Hasrah: also called, Harhas</note><note type="study">wardrobe: Heb. garments</note><note type="study">in the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And she answered them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> the words which thou hast heard;
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> also, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
And the king went up into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">great…: Heb. from great even to small</note>
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to walk after the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand <transChange type="added">to it</transChange>. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that <transChange type="added">pertained</transChange> to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God. <transChange type="added">And</transChange> all his days they departed not from following the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of their fathers.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note><note type="study">from…: Heb. from after</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 35.</title>
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the first month.
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; <transChange type="added">it shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a burden upon <transChange type="added">your</transChange> shoulders: serve now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and his people Israel,
And prepare <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange> by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
And stand in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and <transChange type="added">after</transChange> the division of the families of the Levites.<note type="study">the families of the fathers: Heb. the house of the fathers</note><note type="study">the people: Heb. the sons of the people</note>
So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that <transChange type="added">they</transChange> may do according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the hand of Moses.
And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of the king's substance.<note type="study">gave: Heb. offered</note>
And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred <transChange type="added">small cattle</transChange>, and three hundred oxen.<note type="study">gave willingly: Heb. offered, etc</note>
Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand <transChange type="added">small cattle</transChange>, and five hundred oxen.<note type="study">gave: Heb. offered</note>
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled <transChange type="added">the blood</transChange> from their hands, and the Levites flayed <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the book of Moses. And so <transChange type="added">did they</transChange> with the oxen.
And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> holy <transChange type="added">offerings</transChange> sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided <transChange type="added">them</transChange> speedily among all the people.<note type="study">divided…: Heb. made them run</note>
And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron <transChange type="added">were busied</transChange> in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
And the singers the sons of Asaph <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters <transChange type="added">waited</transChange> at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.<note type="study">place: Heb. station</note>
So all the service of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.<note type="study">temple: Heb. house</note>
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? <transChange type="added">I come</transChange> not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from <transChange type="added">meddling with</transChange> God, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with me, that he destroy thee not.<note type="study">the house…: Heb. the house of my war</note>
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.<note type="study">wounded: Heb. made sick</note>
His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in <transChange type="added">one of</transChange> the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.<note type="study">in one…: or, among the sepulchres</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the lamentations.
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> written in the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,<note type="study">goodness: Heb. kindnesses</note>
And his deeds, first and last, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 36.</title>
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.<note type="study">put…: Heb. removed him</note>
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Jehoiakim <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God.
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.<note type="study">fetters: or, chains</note>
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Jehoiachin: also called, Jeconiah, or, Coniah</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Jehoiachin <transChange type="added">was</transChange> eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.<note type="study">when…: Heb. at the return of the year</note><note type="study">goodly…: Heb. vessels of desire</note><note type="study">Zedekiah…: or, Mattaniah, his father's brother</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Zedekiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet <transChange type="added">speaking</transChange> from the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note><note type="study">betimes: that is, continually and carefully</note>
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> arose against his people, till <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no remedy.<note type="study">remedy: Heb. healing</note>
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> all into his hand.
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all <transChange type="added">these</transChange> he brought to Babylon.
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:<note type="study">them…: Heb. the remainder from the sword</note>
To fulfil the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">spoken</transChange> by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and <transChange type="added">put it</transChange> also in writing, saying,
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Judah. Who <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> among you of all his people? The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with him, and let him go up.
<title type="main">EZRA</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and <transChange type="added">put it</transChange> also in writing, saying,<note type="study">made…: Heb. caused a voice to pass</note>
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Judah.
Who <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Judah, and build the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, (he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God,) which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem.
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem.<note type="study">help…: Heb. lift him up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all <transChange type="added">them</transChange> whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem.
And all they that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all <transChange type="added">that</transChange> was willingly offered.<note type="study">strengthened…: that is, helped them</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second <transChange type="added">sort</transChange> four hundred and ten, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> other vessels a thousand.
All the vessels of gold and of silver <transChange type="added">were</transChange> five thousand and four hundred. All <transChange type="added">these</transChange> did Sheshbazzar bring up with <transChange type="added">them of</transChange> the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.<note type="study">the captivity: Heb. the transportation</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:<note type="study">Seraiah: also called, Azariah</note><note type="study">Reelaiah: or, Raamiah</note><note type="study">Mispar: or, Mispereth</note><note type="study">Rehum: or, Nehum</note>
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
The children of Pahath–moab, of the children of Jeshua <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.<note type="study">Bani: also called, Binnui</note>
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.<note type="study">Jorah: also called, Hariph</note>
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.<note type="study">Gibbar: also called, Gibeon</note>
The children of Beth–lehem, an hundred twenty and three.
The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.<note type="study">Azmaveth: also called, Beth–azmaveth</note>
The children of Kirjath–arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
The men of Beth–el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.<note type="study">Hadid: or, Harid, as it is in some copies</note>
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.<note type="study">Hodaviah: also called, Judah or Hodevah</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> all an hundred thirty and nine.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,<note type="study">Siaha: also called, Sia</note>
The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,<note type="study">Shalmai: also called, Shamlai</note>
The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,<note type="study">Nephusim: also called, Nephishesim</note>
The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,<note type="study">Bazluth: also called, Bazlith</note>
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,<note type="study">Peruda: also called, Perida</note>
The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.<note type="study">Ami: also called, Amon</note>
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three hundred ninety and two.
And these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> they which went up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsa, Cherub, Addan, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of Israel:<note type="study">Addan: also called, Addon</note><note type="study">seed: or, pedigree</note>
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
These sought their register <transChange type="added">among</transChange> those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.<note type="study">were they…: Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood</note>
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.<note type="study">Tirshatha: or, governor</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The whole congregation together <transChange type="added">was</transChange> forty and two thousand three hundred <transChange type="added">and</transChange> threescore,
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
Their horses <transChange type="added">were</transChange> seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; <transChange type="added">their</transChange> asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
So the priests, and the Levites, and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the law of Moses the man of God.<note type="study">Jeshua: also called, Joshua</note><note type="study">Zerubbabel: Gr. Zorobabel</note><note type="study">Shealtiel: Gr. Salathiel</note>
And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> burnt offerings morning and evening.
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written, and <transChange type="added">offered</transChange> the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;<note type="study">as the duty…: Heb. the matter of the day in his day</note>
And afterward <transChange type="added">offered</transChange> the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. But the foundation of the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was not <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> laid.<note type="study">the foundation…: Heb. the temple of the <divineName>Lord</divineName> was not yet founded</note>
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.<note type="study">carpenters: or, workmen</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.

Then stood Jeshua <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their sons and their brethren the Levites.<note type="study">Judah: also called, Hodaviah</note><note type="study">together: Heb. as one</note>
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; because <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good, for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because the foundation of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was laid.
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel;<note type="study">the children…: Heb. the sons of the transportation</note>
Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye <transChange type="added">do</transChange>; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they <transChange type="added">unto him</transChange> an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.<note type="study">Ahasuerus: Heb. Ahashverosh</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter <transChange type="added">was</transChange> written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.<note type="study">Bishlam: or, in peace</note><note type="study">companions: Heb. societies</note>
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:<note type="study">scribe: or, secretary</note>
Then <transChange type="added">wrote</transChange> Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the Elamites,<note type="study">companions: Chaldee, societies</note>
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> on this side the river, and at such a time.<note type="study">at such…: Chaldee, Cheeneth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, and joined the foundations.<note type="study">set up: or, finished</note><note type="study">joined: Chaldee, sewed together</note>
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up <transChange type="added">again, then</transChange> will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.<note type="study">pay: Chaldee, give</note><note type="study">revenue: or, strength</note>
Now because we have maintenance from <transChange type="added">the king's</transChange> palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;<note type="study">we have…: Chaldee, we are salted with the salt of the palace</note>
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.<note type="study">moved: Chaldee, made</note><note type="study">within…: Chaldee, in the midst thereof</note>
We certify the king that, if this city be builded <transChange type="added">again</transChange>, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Then</transChange> sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Shimshai the scribe, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and <transChange type="added">unto</transChange> the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.<note type="study">companions: Chaldee, societies</note>
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> rebellion and sedition have been made therein.<note type="study">I commanded: Chaldee, by me a decree is set</note><note type="study">made insurrection: Chaldee, lifted up itself</note>
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all <transChange type="added">countries</transChange> beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until <transChange type="added">another</transChange> commandment shall be given from me.<note type="study">Give…: Chaldee, Make a decree</note>
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter <transChange type="added">was</transChange> read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.<note type="study">by force…: Chaldee, by arm and power</note>
Then ceased the work of the house of God which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto them.
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at Jerusalem: and with them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the prophets of God helping them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?<note type="study">make: Chaldee, build</note>
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this <transChange type="added">matter</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.<note type="study">wherein: Chaldee, in the midst whereof</note>
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.<note type="study">great…: Chaldee, stones of rolling</note>
Then asked we those elders, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the chief of them.
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon <transChange type="added">the same</transChange> king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto <transChange type="added">one</transChange>, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;<note type="study">governor: or, deputy</note>
And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> laid the foundation of the house of God which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> it is not finished.
Now therefore, if <transChange type="added">it seem</transChange> good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> there at Babylon, whether it be <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.<note type="study">rolls: Chaldee, books</note><note type="study">laid up: Chaldee, made to descend</note>
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a record thus written:<note type="study">Achmetha: or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer</note>
In the first year of Cyrus the king <transChange type="added">the same</transChange> Cyrus the king made a decree <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
<transChange type="added">With</transChange> three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at Jerusalem, <transChange type="added">every one</transChange> to his place, and place <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the house of God.<note type="study">brought again: Chaldee, go</note>
Now <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange>, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar–boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beyond the river, be ye far from thence:<note type="study">your…: Chaldee, their societies</note>
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.<note type="study">I make…: Chaldee, by me a decree is made</note><note type="study">hindered: Chaldee, made to cease</note>
And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.<note type="study">of sweet…: Chaldee, of rest</note>
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.<note type="study">let him…: Chaldee, let him be destroyed</note>
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to destroy this house of God which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar–boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.<note type="study">commandment: Chaldee, decree</note>
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,<note type="study">the children of the captivity: Chaldee, the sons of the transportation</note>
And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.<note type="study">as it is…: Chaldee, according to the writing</note>
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the first month.
For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, did eat,
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God upon him.
And there went up <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the seventh year of the king.
For upon the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.<note type="study">began…: Heb. was the foundation of the going up</note>
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a scribe of the words of the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and of his statutes to Israel.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect <transChange type="added">peace</transChange>, and at such a time.<note type="study">unto…: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc</note>
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine hand;<note type="study">of the king: Chaldee, from before the king</note>
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem,
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem:
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem.
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, <transChange type="added">those</transChange> deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out of the king's treasure house.
And I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing <transChange type="added">how much</transChange>.<note type="study">measures: Chaldee, cors</note>
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?<note type="study">Whatsoever…: Chaldee, Whatsoever is of the decree</note>
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not.
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.<note type="study">to banishment: Chaldee, to rooting out</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of our fathers, which hath put <transChange type="added">such a thing</transChange> as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem:
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> now the chief of their fathers, and <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
Of the sons of Pahath–moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.<note type="study">the son…: or, the youngest son</note>
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.<note type="study">Zabbud: or, Zaccur, as some read</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.<note type="study">abode: or, pitched</note>
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.<note type="study">I told…: Heb. I put words in their mouth</note>
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> against all them that forsake him.
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel <transChange type="added">there</transChange> present, had offered:
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of gold an hundred talents;
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.<note type="study">fine…: Heb. yellow, or, shining brass</note><note type="study">precious: Heb. desirable</note>
And I said unto them, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; the vessels <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy also; and the silver and the gold <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a freewill offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers.
Watch ye, and keep <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, until ye weigh <transChange type="added">them</transChange> before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
By number <transChange type="added">and</transChange> by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
<transChange type="added">Also</transChange> the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering: all <transChange type="added">this was</transChange> a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, <transChange type="added">doing</transChange> according to their abominations, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of <transChange type="added">those</transChange> lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God,<note type="study">heaviness: or, affliction</note>
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over <transChange type="added">our</transChange> head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.<note type="study">trespass: or, guiltiness</note>
Since the days of our fathers <transChange type="added">have</transChange> we <transChange type="added">been</transChange> in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.
And now for a little space grace hath been <transChange type="added">shewed</transChange> from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.<note type="study">space: Heb. moment</note><note type="study">a nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode</note>
For we <transChange type="added">were</transChange> bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.<note type="study">to repair: Heb. to set up</note>
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note><note type="study">from…: Heb. from mouth to mouth</note>
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for an inheritance to your children for ever.
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities <transChange type="added">deserve</transChange>, and hast given us <transChange type="added">such</transChange> deliverance as this;<note type="study">hast punished…: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities</note>
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed <transChange type="added">us</transChange>, so that <transChange type="added">there should be</transChange> no remnant nor escaping?
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day: behold, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.<note type="study">wept…: Heb. wept a great weeping</note>
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.<note type="study">to put…: Heb. to bring forth</note>
Arise; for <transChange type="added">this</transChange> matter <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> unto thee: we also <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> with thee: be of good courage, and do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.<note type="study">forfeited: Heb. devoted</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the ninth month, on the twentieth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of <transChange type="added">this</transChange> matter, and for the great rain.<note type="study">the great…: Heb. the showers</note>
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.<note type="study">have taken: Heb. have caused to dwell, or, have brought back</note>
Now therefore make confession unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
But the people <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many, and <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither <transChange type="added">is this</transChange> a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.<note type="study">we are many…: or, we have greatly offended in this thing</note>
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.<note type="study">for this…: or, till this matter be dispatched</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this <transChange type="added">matter</transChange>: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.<note type="study">were…: Heb. stood</note>
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by <transChange type="added">their</transChange> names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and <transChange type="added">being</transChange> guilty, <transChange type="added">they offered</transChange> a ram of the flock for their trespass.
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Athlai.
And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
And of the sons of Pahath–moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
And <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Benjamin, Malluch, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Shemariah.
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Shimei.
Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,<note type="study">Machnadebai: or, Mabnadebai, according to some copies</note>
Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Shallum, Amariah, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Joseph.
Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
All these had taken strange wives: and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of them had wives by whom they had children.
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And said, I beseech thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, <transChange type="added">If</transChange> ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
But <transChange type="added">if</transChange> ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> wine <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before him: and I took up the wine, and gave <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto the king. Now I had not been <transChange type="added">beforetime</transChange> sad in his presence.
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy countenance sad, seeing thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> not sick? this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> nothing <transChange type="added">else</transChange> but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.<note type="study">queen: Heb. wife</note>
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which <transChange type="added">appertained</transChange> to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I <transChange type="added">any</transChange> man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither <transChange type="added">was there any</transChange> beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no place for the beast <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> under me to pass.
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> returned.
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in, how Jerusalem <transChange type="added">lieth</transChange> waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for <transChange type="added">this</transChange> good <transChange type="added">work</transChange>.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.<note type="study">next unto…: Heb. at his hand</note>
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who <transChange type="added">also</transChange> laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of <transChange type="added">one of</transChange> the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.<note type="study">fortified…: or, left Jerusalem unto the broad wall</note>
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath–moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.<note type="study">other…: Heb. second measure</note>
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth–haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zur, unto <transChange type="added">the place</transChange> over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning <transChange type="added">of the wall</transChange>.
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning <transChange type="added">of the wall</transChange> unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.<note type="study">Zabbai: also called, Zaccai</note>
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning <transChange type="added">of the wall</transChange>, even unto the corner.
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning <transChange type="added">of the wall</transChange>, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto <transChange type="added">the place</transChange> over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.<note type="study">dwelt…: or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto</note><note type="study">Ophel: or, tower</note>
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.<note type="study">going…: or, corner chamber</note>
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.<note type="study">going…: or, corner chamber</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?<note type="study">fortify…: Heb. leave to themselves</note>
Now Tobiah the Ammonite <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:<note type="study">despised: Heb. despite</note>
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> to anger before the builders.
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,<note type="study">were made up: Heb. ascended</note>
And conspired all of them together to come <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.<note type="study">to hinder…: Heb. to make an error to it</note>
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us <transChange type="added">they will be upon you</transChange>.<note type="study">From all…: or, That from all places ye must return to us</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.<note type="study">in the…: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc</note>
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass from that time forth, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> behind all the house of Judah.
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, <transChange type="added">every one</transChange> with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other <transChange type="added">hand</transChange> held a weapon.
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> builded. And he that sounded the trumpet <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by me.<note type="study">by his side: Heb. on his loins</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
In what place <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, <transChange type="added">saving that</transChange> every one put them off for washing.<note type="study">saving…: or, every one went with his weapon for water</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many: therefore we take up corn <transChange type="added">for them</transChange>, that we may eat, and live.
<transChange type="added">Some</transChange> also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, <transChange type="added">and that upon</transChange> our lands and vineyards.
Yet now our flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of our daughters are brought unto bondage <transChange type="added">already</transChange>: neither <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> in our power <transChange type="added">to redeem them</transChange>; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.<note type="study">I consulted…: Heb. my heart consulted in me</note>
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing <transChange type="added">to answer</transChange>.
Also I said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
I likewise, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth <transChange type="added">part</transChange> of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Then said they, We will restore <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And the people did according to this promise.<note type="study">emptied: Heb. empty, or, void</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, <transChange type="added">that is</transChange>, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
But the former governors that <transChange type="added">had been</transChange> before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants <transChange type="added">were</transChange> gathered thither unto the work.
Moreover <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> about us.
Now <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which was prepared <transChange type="added">for me</transChange> daily <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one ox <transChange type="added">and</transChange> six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Think upon me, my God, for good, <transChange type="added">according</transChange> to all that I have done for this people.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in <transChange type="added">some one of</transChange> the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Wherein <transChange type="added">was</transChange> written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith <transChange type="added">it, that</transChange> thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.<note type="study">Gashmu: also called, Geshem</note>
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, <transChange type="added">O God</transChange>, strengthen my hands.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who <transChange type="added">is there</transChange>, that, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> as I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Therefore <transChange type="added">was</transChange> he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they might have <transChange type="added">matter</transChange> for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of <transChange type="added">the month</transChange> Elul, in fifty and two days.
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, and all the heathen that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> about us saw <transChange type="added">these things</transChange>, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and <transChange type="added">the letters</transChange> of Tobiah came unto them.<note type="study">sent…: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah</note>
For <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> many in Judah sworn unto him, because he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. <transChange type="added">And</transChange> Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.<note type="study">words: or, matters</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a faithful man, and feared God above many.
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> over against his house.
Now the city <transChange type="added">was</transChange> large and great: but the people <transChange type="added">were</transChange> few therein, and the houses <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not builded.<note type="study">large: Heb. broad in spaces</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, <transChange type="added">I say</transChange>, of the men of the people of Israel <transChange type="added">was this</transChange>;<note type="study">Azariah: also called, Seraiah</note>
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
The children of Pahath–moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred <transChange type="added">and</transChange> eighteen.
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.<note type="study">Binnui: also called, Bani</note>
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.<note type="study">Hariph: also called, Jora</note>
The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.<note type="study">Gibeon: also called, Gibbar</note>
The men of Beth–lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
The men of Beth–azmaveth, forty and two.<note type="study">Beth–azmaveth: also called, Azmaveth</note>
The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.<note type="study">Kirjath–jearim: also called, Kirjath–arim</note>
The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
The men of Beth–el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.<note type="study">Hodevah: also called, Hodaviah or Judah</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.<note type="study">Amon: also called, Ami</note>
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three hundred ninety and two.
And these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> they which went up <transChange type="added">also</transChange> from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of Israel.<note type="study">seed: or, pedigree</note>
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
These sought their register <transChange type="added">among</transChange> those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood <transChange type="added">up</transChange> a priest with Urim and Thummim.<note type="study">the Tirshatha: or, the governor</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The whole congregation together <transChange type="added">was</transChange> forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
<transChange type="added">Their</transChange> camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.<note type="study">some: Heb. part.</note><note type="study">The Tirshatha: or, the governor</note>
And <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
And <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which the rest of the people gave <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in their cities.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded to Israel.
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that understood in hearing</note>
And he read therein before the street that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people <transChange type="added">were attentive</transChange> unto the book of the law.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from the light</note>
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Meshullam.<note type="study">pulpit…: Heb. tower of wood</note>
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:<note type="study">sight: Heb. eyes</note>
And Ezra blessed the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with <transChange type="added">their</transChange> faces to the ground.
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people <transChange type="added">stood</transChange> in their place.
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to understand the reading.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Nehemiah, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.<note type="study">the Tirshatha: or, the governor</note>
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for <transChange type="added">this</transChange> day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is your strength.
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy; neither be ye grieved.
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.<note type="study">to understand…: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law</note>
And they found written in the law which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So the people went forth, and brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.<note type="study">a solemn…: Heb. a restraint</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.<note type="study">strangers: Heb. strange children</note>
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God <transChange type="added">one</transChange> fourth part of the day; and <transChange type="added">another</transChange> fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God.<note type="study">stairs: or, scaffold</note>
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Pethahiah, said, Stand up <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Thou, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> therein, the seas, and all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give <transChange type="added">it, I say</transChange>, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> righteous:
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day.
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:<note type="study">true…: Heb. laws of truth</note>
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.<note type="study">which…: Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them</note>
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.<note type="study">a God…: Heb. a God of pardons</note>
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.<note type="study">as they…: Heb. according to their will</note>
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.<note type="study">wells: or, cisterns</note><note type="study">fruit…: Heb. tree of food</note>
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest <transChange type="added">them</transChange> from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest <transChange type="added">them</transChange> from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;<note type="study">they did…: Heb. they returned to do evil</note>
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.<note type="study">withdrew…: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder</note>
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.<note type="study">forbear…: Heb. protract over them</note><note type="study">in thy…: Heb. in the hand of thy prophets</note>
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a gracious and merciful God.
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.<note type="study">trouble: Heb. weariness</note><note type="study">that…: Heb. that hath found us</note>
Howbeit thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
Behold, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> servants this day, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> servants in it:
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in great distress.
And because of all this we make a sure <transChange type="added">covenant</transChange>, and write <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and our princes, Levites, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> priests, seal <transChange type="added">unto it</transChange>.<note type="study">seal: Heb. are at the sealing, or, sealed</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Now those that sealed <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,<note type="study">those…: Heb. at the sealings</note><note type="study">the Tirshatha: or, the governor</note>
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the priests.
And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath–moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
And <transChange type="added">if</transChange> the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.<note type="study">every…: Heb. every hand</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> all the work of the house of our God.
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the law:
And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
And <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts <transChange type="added">to dwell</transChange> in <transChange type="added">other</transChange> cities.
And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
And at Jerusalem dwelt <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;<note type="study">Perez: also called, Pharez</note>
And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col–hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem <transChange type="added">were</transChange> four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
And Joel the son of Zichri <transChange type="added">was</transChange> their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> second over the city.
Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the ruler of the house of God.
And their brethren that did the work of the house <transChange type="added">were</transChange> eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Zabdiel, the son of <transChange type="added">one of</transChange> the great men.<note type="study">the son…: or, the son of Haggedolim</note>
Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, <transChange type="added">had</transChange> the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.<note type="study">had…: Heb. were over</note>
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
All the Levites in the holy city <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two hundred fourscore and four.
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred seventy and two.<note type="study">the gates: Heb. at the gates</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the residue of Israel, of the priests, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the Levites, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over the Nethinims.<note type="study">Ophel: or, the tower</note>
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over the business of the house of God.
For <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.<note type="study">a certain…: or, a sure ordinance</note>

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.<note type="study">Zerah: also called, Zarah</note>
And for the villages, with their fields, <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the villages thereof,
And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth–phelet,
And at Hazar–shual, and at Beer–sheba, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the villages thereof,
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
And at En–rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
Zanoah, Adullam, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
The children also of Benjamin from Geba <transChange type="added">dwelt</transChange> at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> their villages,<note type="study">from: or, of</note><note type="study">at: or, to</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
And of the Levites <transChange type="added">were</transChange> divisions <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Judah, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in Benjamin.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,<note type="study">Malluch: also called, Melicu</note>
Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,<note type="study">Shechaniah: also called, Shebaniah</note><note type="study">Rehum: also called, Harim</note><note type="study">Meremoth: also called, Meraioth</note>
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,<note type="study">Ginnetho: also called, Ginnethon</note>
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,<note type="study">Miamin: also called, Miniamin</note><note type="study">Maadiah: also called, Moadiah</note>
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.<note type="study">Sallu: also called, Sallai</note>
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Mattaniah, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.<note type="study">the thanksgiving: that is, the psalms of thanksgiving</note>
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over against them in the watches.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.<note type="study">thresholds: or, treasuries, or, assemblies</note>
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great <transChange type="added">companies of them that gave</transChange> thanks, <transChange type="added">whereof one</transChange> went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
And <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> of the priests' sons with trumpets; <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
And the other <transChange type="added">company of them that gave</transChange> thanks went over against <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
So stood the two <transChange type="added">companies of them that gave</transChange> thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Hananiah, with trumpets;
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah <transChange type="added">their</transChange> overseer.<note type="study">sang…: Heb. made their voice to be heard</note>
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.<note type="study">of the law: that is, appointed by the law</note><note type="study">for Judah…: Heb. for the joy of Judah</note><note type="study">waited: Heb. stood</note>
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of Solomon his son.
For in the days of David and Asaph of old <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified <transChange type="added">holy things</transChange> unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto the children of Aaron.<note type="study">sanctified: that is, set apart</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;<note type="study">they…: Heb. there was read</note><note type="study">audience: Heb. ears</note>
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> allied unto Tobiah:<note type="study">having…: Heb. being set over</note>
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded <transChange type="added">to be given</transChange> to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.<note type="study">which…: Heb. the commandment of the Levites</note>
But in all this <transChange type="added">time</transChange> was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:<note type="study">after…: Heb. at the end of days</note><note type="study">obtained…: or, I earnestly requested</note>
And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.<note type="study">place: Heb. standing</note>
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.<note type="study">treasuries: or, storehouses</note>
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to distribute unto their brethren.<note type="study">treasuries: or, storehouses</note><note type="study">next…: Heb. at their hand</note><note type="study">their office…: Heb. it was upon them</note>
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.<note type="study">good…: Heb. kindnesses</note><note type="study">offices: or, observations</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In those days saw I in Judah <transChange type="added">some</transChange> treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all <transChange type="added">manner of</transChange> burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified <transChange type="added">against them</transChange> in the day wherein they sold victuals.
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of my servants set I at the gates, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do <transChange type="added">so</transChange> again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no <transChange type="added">more</transChange> on the sabbath.<note type="study">about: Heb. before</note>
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they should come <transChange type="added">and</transChange> keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.<note type="study">greatness: or, multitude</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In those days also saw I Jews <transChange type="added">that</transChange> had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of Moab:<note type="study">had…: Heb. had made to dwell with them</note>
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.<note type="study">could…: Heb. they discerned not to speak</note><note type="study">of each…: Heb. of people and people</note>
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.<note type="study">cursed: or, reviled</note>
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.<note type="study">because…: Heb. for the defilings</note>
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF ESTHER</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, <transChange type="added">over</transChange> an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Shushan the palace,
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> before him:
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> an hundred and fourscore days.
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
<transChange type="added">Where were</transChange> white, green, and blue, <transChange type="added">hangings</transChange>, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.<note type="study">blue, hangings: or, violet, etc</note><note type="study">of red…: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour</note>
And they gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.<note type="study">royal…: Heb. wine of the kingdom</note><note type="study">state: Heb. hand</note>
And the drinking <transChange type="added">was</transChange> according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the royal house which <transChange type="added">belonged</transChange> to king Ahasuerus.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,<note type="study">chamberlains: or, eunuchs</note>
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fair to look on.<note type="study">fair…: Heb. good of countenance</note>
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by <transChange type="added">his</transChange> chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.<note type="study">by his…: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

And the next unto him <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> which sat the first in the kingdom;)
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?<note type="study">What…: Heb. What to do</note>
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
For <transChange type="added">this</transChange> deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
<transChange type="added">Likewise</transChange> shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus <transChange type="added">shall there arise</transChange> too much contempt and wrath.
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.<note type="study">If it…: Heb. If it be good with the king</note><note type="study">unto…: Heb. unto her companion</note><note type="study">from him: Heb. from before him</note><note type="study">be not…: Heb. pass not away</note>
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:<note type="study">pleased…: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king</note>
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that <transChange type="added">it</transChange> should be published according to the language of every people.<note type="study">that it…: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given <transChange type="added">them</transChange>:<note type="study">unto the…: Heb. unto the hand</note><note type="study">Hege: also called, Hegai</note>
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Now</transChange> in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.<note type="study">Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin</note>
And he brought up Hadassah, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.<note type="study">brought…: Heb. nourished</note><note type="study">fair…: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best <transChange type="added">place</transChange> of the house of the women.<note type="study">such…: Heb. her portions</note><note type="study">preferred: Heb. changed</note>
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.<note type="study">to know…: Heb. to know the peace</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with <transChange type="added">other</transChange> things for the purifying of the women;)
Then thus came <transChange type="added">every</transChange> maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.<note type="study">favour: or, kindness</note><note type="study">in his…: Heb. before him</note>
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.<note type="study">release: Heb. rest</note>
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
Esther had not <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.<note type="study">Bigthan: also called, Bigthana</note><note type="study">the door: Heb. the threshold</note>
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange> in Mordecai's name.
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him.
And all the king's servants, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did <transChange type="added">him</transChange> reverence.
Then the king's servants, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a Jew.
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the people of Mordecai.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the first month, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the twelfth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, the month Adar.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws <transChange type="added">are</transChange> diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not for the king's profit to suffer them.<note type="study">for the…: Heb. meet or, equal, etc</note>
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the king's treasuries.<note type="study">that they…: Heb. to destroy them</note><note type="study">pay: Heb. weigh</note>
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.<note type="study">enemy: or, oppressor</note>
And the king said unto Haman, The silver <transChange type="added">is</transChange> given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.<note type="study">scribes: or, secretaries</note>
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> upon the thirteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and <transChange type="added">to take</transChange> the spoil of them for a prey.
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
And came even before the king's gate: for none <transChange type="added">might</transChange> enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.<note type="study">many…: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told <transChange type="added">it</transChange> her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not.<note type="study">chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then called Esther for Hatach, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it <transChange type="added">was</transChange>, and why it <transChange type="added">was</transChange>.<note type="study">appointed…: Heb. set before her</note>
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the king's gate.
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto Esther, and to declare <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one law of his to put <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for <transChange type="added">such</transChange> a time as this?<note type="study">enlargement: Heb. respiration</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Esther bade <transChange type="added">them</transChange> return Mordecai <transChange type="added">this answer</transChange>,
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.<note type="study">present: Heb. found</note>
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.<note type="study">went…: Heb. passed</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on <transChange type="added">her</transChange> royal <transChange type="added">apparel</transChange>, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
And Esther answered, If <transChange type="added">it seem</transChange> good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request <transChange type="added">is</transChange>;
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.<note type="study">perform: Heb. do</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.<note type="study">called…: Heb. caused to come</note>
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.<note type="study">gallows: Heb. tree</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.<note type="study">could…: Heb. the king's sleep fled away</note>
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.<note type="study">Bigthana: also called, Bigthan</note><note type="study">door: Heb. threshold</note>
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king said, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?<note type="study">whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth</note>
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,<note type="study">whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth</note>
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king <transChange type="added">useth</transChange> to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:<note type="study">Let…: Heb. Let them bring the royal apparel</note><note type="study">which the king…: Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself</note>
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man <transChange type="added">withal</transChange> whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.<note type="study">bring…: Heb. cause him to ride</note>
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.<note type="study">let…: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall</note>
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai <transChange type="added">be</transChange> of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
And while they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.<note type="study">to banquet: Heb. to drink</note>
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy request? and it shall be performed, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the half of the kingdom.
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.<note type="study">to be destroyed…: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?<note type="study">that…: Heb. whose heart hath filled him</note>
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.<note type="study">The adversary: Heb. The man adversary</note><note type="study">before: or, at the presence of</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath <transChange type="added">went</transChange> into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther <transChange type="added">was</transChange>. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.<note type="study">before me: Heb. with me</note>
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.<note type="study">gallows: Heb. tree</note>
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> unto her.
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.<note type="study">and besought…: Heb. and she wept, and besought him</note>
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing <transChange type="added">seem</transChange> right before the king, and I <transChange type="added">be</transChange> pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in all the king's provinces:<note type="study">devised: Heb. the device</note><note type="study">which he…: or, who wrote</note>
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?<note type="study">endure…: Heb. be able that I may see</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> riders on mules, camels, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> young dromedaries:
Wherein the king granted the Jews which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> little ones and women, and <transChange type="added">to take</transChange> the spoil of them for a prey,
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, upon the thirteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the twelfth month, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the month Adar.
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province <transChange type="added">was</transChange> published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.<note type="study">published: Heb. revealed</note>
<transChange type="added">So</transChange> the posts that rode upon mules <transChange type="added">and</transChange> camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.<note type="study">blue: or, violet</note>
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Now in the twelfth month, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.<note type="study">officers…: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king</note>
For Mordecai <transChange type="added">was</transChange> great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.<note type="study">what…: Heb. according to their will</note>
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.<note type="study">was…: Heb. came</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy request further? and it shall be done.
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.<note type="study">let Haman's…: Heb. let men hang, etc</note>
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
For the Jews that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
But the other Jews that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.<note type="study">of the same: Heb. in it</note>
But the Jews that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar <transChange type="added">a day of</transChange> gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> nigh and far,
To stablish <transChange type="added">this</transChange> among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;<note type="study">consume: Heb. crush</note>
But when <transChange type="added">Esther</transChange> came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.<note type="study">when…: Heb. when she came</note>
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and <transChange type="added">of that</transChange> which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,<note type="study">Pur: that is, Lot</note>
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their <transChange type="added">appointed</transChange> time every year;<note type="study">fail: Heb. pass</note>
And <transChange type="added">that</transChange> these days <transChange type="added">should be</transChange> remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.<note type="study">fail: Heb. pass</note><note type="study">perish: Heb. be ended</note>
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.<note type="study">authority: Heb. strength</note>
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> words of peace and truth,
To confirm these days of Purim in their times <transChange type="added">appointed</transChange>, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.<note type="study">themselves: Heb. their souls</note>
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the isles of the sea.
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?<note type="study">advanced…: Heb. made him great</note>
For Mordecai the Jew <transChange type="added">was</transChange> next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF JOB</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.<note type="study">substance: or, cattle</note><note type="study">household: or, husbandry</note><note type="study">men: Heb. sons</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And his sons went and feasted <transChange type="added">in their</transChange> houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
And it was so, when the days of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings <transChange type="added">according</transChange> to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.<note type="study">continually: Heb. all the days</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and Satan came also among them.<note type="study">Satan: Heb. the adversary</note><note type="study">among: Heb. in the midst of</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?<note type="study">considered: Heb. set thy heart on</note>
Then Satan answered the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.<note type="study">substance: or, cattle</note>
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.<note type="study">and he…: Heb. if he curse thee not to thy face</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">power: Heb. hand</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there was a day when his sons and his daughters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
And the Sabeans fell <transChange type="added">upon them</transChange>, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
While he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.<note type="study">The fire…: or, A great fire</note>
While he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.<note type="study">fell: Heb. rushed</note>
While he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from aside, etc</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,<note type="study">mantle: or, robe</note>
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath taken away; blessed be the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.<note type="study">charged…: or, attributed folly to God</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.<note type="study">to destroy…: Heb. to swallow him up</note>
And Satan answered the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Satan, Behold, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine hand; but save his life.<note type="study">but: or, only</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So went Satan forth from the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that <transChange type="added">his</transChange> grief was very great.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
And Job spake, and said,<note type="study">spake: Heb. answered</note>
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night <transChange type="added">in which</transChange> it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.<note type="study">stain: or, challenge</note><note type="study">let the…: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day</note>
As <transChange type="added">for</transChange> that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.<note type="study">let it not be…: or, let it not rejoice among the days</note>
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.<note type="study">their…: or, leviathan</note>
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but <transChange type="added">have</transChange> none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:<note type="study">the dawning…: Heb. the eyelids of the morning</note>
Because it shut not up the doors of my <transChange type="added">mother's</transChange> womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Why died I not from the womb? <transChange type="added">why</transChange> did I <transChange type="added">not</transChange> give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants <transChange type="added">which</transChange> never saw light.
There the wicked cease <transChange type="added">from</transChange> troubling; and there the weary be at rest.<note type="study">weary: Heb. wearied in strength</note>
<transChange type="added">There</transChange> the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
The small and great are there; and the servant <transChange type="added">is</transChange> free from his master.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter <transChange type="added">in</transChange> soul;
Which long for death, but it <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;<note type="study">long: Heb. wait</note>
Which rejoice exceedingly, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> are glad, when they can find the grave?
<transChange type="added">Why is light given</transChange> to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.<note type="study">I eat: Heb. my meat</note>
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.<note type="study">the thing…: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me</note>
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?<note type="study">to…: Heb. a word</note><note type="study">withhold…: Heb. refrain from words?</note>
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">this</transChange> thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Remember, I pray thee, who <transChange type="added">ever</transChange> perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.<note type="study">by the breath…: that is, by his anger</note>
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.<note type="study">secretly: Heb. by stealth</note>
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.<note type="study">came…: Heb. met</note><note type="study">all: Heb. the multitude of</note>
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before mine eyes, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> silence, and I heard a voice, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,<note type="study">there…: or, I heard a still voice</note>
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:<note type="study">and his…: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light</note>
How much less <transChange type="added">in</transChange> them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the dust, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> are crushed before the moth?
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces</note>
Doth not their excellency <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?<note type="study">turn: or, look?</note>
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.<note type="study">envy: or, indignation</note>
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> any to deliver <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;<note type="study">affliction: or, iniquity</note>
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.<note type="study">trouble: or, labour</note><note type="study">sparks…: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly</note>
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:<note type="study">unsearchable: Heb. there is no search</note><note type="study">without…: Heb. till there be no number</note>
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:<note type="study">fields: Heb. outplaces</note>
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform <transChange type="added">their</transChange> enterprise.<note type="study">their enterprise: or, any thing</note>
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.<note type="study">meet…: or, run into</note>
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Behold, happy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.<note type="study">power: Heb. hands</note>
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.<note type="study">from…: or, when the tongue scourgeth</note>
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.<note type="study">thy tabernacle…: or, peace is thy tabernacle</note><note type="study">sin: or, err</note>
Thou shalt know also that thy seed <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.<note type="study">great: or, much</note>
Thou shalt come to <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.<note type="study">cometh in: Heb. ascendeth</note>
Lo this, we have searched it, so it <transChange type="added">is</transChange>; hear it, and know thou <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for thy good.<note type="study">for…: Heb. for thyself</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
But Job answered and said,
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!<note type="study">laid: Heb. lifted up</note>
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.<note type="study">my words…: that is, I want words to express my grief</note>
For the arrows of the Almighty <transChange type="added">are</transChange> within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?<note type="study">when he…: Heb. at grass?</note>
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there <transChange type="added">any</transChange> taste in the white of an egg?
The things <transChange type="added">that</transChange> my soul refused to touch <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as my sorrowful meat.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant <transChange type="added">me</transChange> the thing that I long for!<note type="study">the thing…: Heb. my expectation</note>
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength, that I should hope? and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine end, that I should prolong my life?
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> my strength the strength of stones? or <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my flesh of brass?<note type="study">of brass: Heb. brasen?</note>
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>To him that is afflicted pity <transChange type="added">should be shewed</transChange> from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.<note type="study">is afflicted: Heb. melteth</note>
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wherein the snow is hid:
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.<note type="study">vanish: Heb. are cut off</note><note type="study">when…: Heb. in the heat thereof</note><note type="study">consumed: Heb. extinguished</note>
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
For now ye are nothing; ye see <transChange type="added">my</transChange> casting down, and are afraid.<note type="study">ye are…: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it</note><note type="study">nothing: Heb. not</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> as wind?
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig <transChange type="added">a pit</transChange> for your friend.<note type="study">ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon</note>
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> evident unto you if I lie.<note type="study">evident…: Heb. before your face</note>
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in it.<note type="study">in it: that is, in this matter</note>
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?<note type="study">my taste: Heb. my palate</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
<transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> not an appointed time to man upon earth? <transChange type="added">are not</transChange> his days also like the days of an hireling?<note type="study">an appointed…: or, a warfare</note>
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for <transChange type="added">the reward of</transChange> his work:<note type="study">earnestly…: Heb. gapeth after</note>
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.<note type="study">the night…: Heb. the evening be measured?</note>
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>O remember that my life <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wind: mine eye shall no more see good.<note type="study">shall…: Heb. shall not return</note><note type="study">see: to see, that is, to enjoy</note>
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>: thine eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon me, and I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> not.<note type="study">I am…: that is, I can live no longer</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
<transChange type="added">Am</transChange> I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
So that my soul chooseth strangling, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> death rather than my life.<note type="study">life: Heb. bones</note>
I loathe <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vanity.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
And <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou shouldest visit him every morning, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> try him every moment?
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
How long wilt thou speak these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>? and <transChange type="added">how long shall</transChange> the words of thy mouth <transChange type="added">be like</transChange> a strong wind?
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;<note type="study">for…: Heb. in the hand of their transgression</note>
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If thou <transChange type="added">wert</transChange> pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
(For we <transChange type="added">are but of</transChange> yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a shadow:)<note type="study">nothing: Heb. not</note>
Shall not they teach thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Whilst it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet in his greenness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not cut down, it withereth before any <transChange type="added">other</transChange> herb.
So <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a spider's web.<note type="study">web: Heb. house</note>
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seeth the place of stones.
If he destroy him from his place, then <transChange type="added">it</transChange> shall deny him, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, I have not seen thee.
Behold, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Behold, God will not cast away a perfect <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, neither will he help the evil doers:<note type="study">help…: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand</note><note type="study">come: Heb. shall not be</note>
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.<note type="study">rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy</note>
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.<note type="study">shall come…: Heb. shall not be</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Then Job answered and said,
I know <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?<note type="study">with God: or, before God?</note>
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
<transChange type="added">He is</transChange> wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> against him, and hath prospered?
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.<note type="study">waves: Heb. heights</note>
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.<note type="study">Arcturus…: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah</note>
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see <transChange type="added">him</transChange> not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?<note type="study">hinder…: Heb. turn him away?</note>
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.<note type="study">proud…: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>How much less shall I answer him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> choose out my words <transChange type="added">to reason</transChange> with him?
Whom, though I were righteous, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> would I not answer, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I would make supplication to my judge.
If I had called, and he had answered me; <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
If <transChange type="added">I speak</transChange> of strength, lo, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time <transChange type="added">to plead</transChange>?
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: <transChange type="added">if I say</transChange>, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
<transChange type="added">Though</transChange> I <transChange type="added">were</transChange> perfect, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, therefore I said <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hasteth to the prey.<note type="study">swift…: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire</note>
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort <transChange type="added">myself</transChange>:
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.<note type="study">abhor…: or, make me to be abhorred</note>
For <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> not a man, as I <transChange type="added">am, that</transChange> I should answer him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> we should come together in judgment.
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> might lay his hand upon us both.<note type="study">any…: Heb. one that should argue</note><note type="study">daysman: or, umpire</note>
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> would I speak, and not fear him; but <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not so with me.<note type="study">it is…: Heb. I am not so with myself</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.<note type="study">weary…: or, cut off while I live</note>
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
<transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?<note type="study">work: Heb. labour</note>
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> thy days as the days of man? <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy years as man's days,
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that can deliver out of thine hand.<note type="study">Thou…: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.<note type="study">have…: Heb. took pains about me</note>
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.<note type="study">fenced: Heb. hedged</note>
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
And these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> I be righteous, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> will I not lift up my head. <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war <transChange type="added">are</transChange> against me.<note type="study">witnesses: that is, plagues</note>
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> not my days few? cease <transChange type="added">then, and</transChange> let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Before I go <transChange type="added">whence</transChange> I shall not return, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
A land of darkness, as darkness <transChange type="added">itself; and</transChange> of the shadow of death, without any order, and <transChange type="added">where</transChange> the light <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as darkness.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?<note type="study">full…: Heb. of lips</note>
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?<note type="study">lies: or, devices</note>
For thou hast said, My doctrine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee <transChange type="added">less</transChange> than thine iniquity <transChange type="added">deserveth</transChange>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?<note type="study">as high…: Heb. the heights of heaven</note>
The measure thereof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?<note type="study">cut…: or, make a change</note><note type="study">hinder…: Heb. turn him away?</note>
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider <transChange type="added">it</transChange>?
For vain man would be wise, though man be born <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a wild ass's colt.<note type="study">vain: Heb. empty</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
If iniquity <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Because thou shalt forget <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> misery, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> remember <transChange type="added">it</transChange> as waters <transChange type="added">that</transChange> pass away:
And <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.<note type="study">be clearer…: Heb. arise above</note>
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig <transChange type="added">about thee, and</transChange> thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.<note type="study">make suit…: Heb. intreat thy face</note>
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope <transChange type="added">shall be as</transChange> the giving up of the ghost.<note type="study">they shall…: Heb. flight shall perish from them</note><note type="study">the giving…: or, a puff of breath</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And Job answered and said,
No doubt but ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
But I have understanding as well as you; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?<note type="study">understanding: Heb. an heart</note><note type="study">I am…: Heb. I fall not lower than you</note><note type="study">who…: Heb. with whom are not such as these?</note>
I am <transChange type="added">as</transChange> one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright <transChange type="added">man is</transChange> laughed to scorn.
He that is ready to slip with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> feet <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth <transChange type="added">abundantly</transChange>.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath wrought this?
In whose hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.<note type="study">soul: or, life</note><note type="study">all…: Heb. all flesh of man</note>
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?<note type="study">mouth: Heb. palate</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>With the ancient <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
With him <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.<note type="study">With…: that is, With God</note>
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.<note type="study">up: Heb. upon</note>
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
With him <transChange type="added">is</transChange> strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.<note type="study">speech…: Heb. lip of the faithful</note>
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.<note type="study">weakeneth…: or, looseth the girdle of the strong</note>
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them <transChange type="added">again</transChange>.<note type="study">straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in</note>
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness <transChange type="added">where there is</transChange> no way.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like <transChange type="added">a</transChange> drunken <transChange type="added">man</transChange>.<note type="study">stagger: Heb. wander</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
Lo, mine eye hath seen all <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
What ye know, <transChange type="added">the same</transChange> do I know also: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> not inferior unto you.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
But ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> forgers of lies, ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all physicians of no value.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye <transChange type="added">so</transChange> mock him?
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Your remembrances <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what <transChange type="added">will</transChange>.<note type="study">Hold…: Heb. Be silent from me</note>
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.<note type="study">maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue</note>
He also <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Behold now, I have ordered <transChange type="added">my</transChange> cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Only do not two <transChange type="added">things</transChange> unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>How many <transChange type="added">are</transChange> mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.<note type="study">lookest…: Heb. observest</note><note type="study">heels: Heb. roots</note>
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
Man <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> born of a woman <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of few days, and full of trouble.<note type="study">few…: Heb. short of days</note>
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Who can bring a clean <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> out of an unclean? not one.<note type="study">can…: Heb. will give</note>
Seeing his days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> determined, the number of his months <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.<note type="study">rest: Heb. cease</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
<transChange type="added">Yet</transChange> through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he?<note type="study">wasteth…: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens <transChange type="added">be</transChange> no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
If a man die, shall he live <transChange type="added">again</transChange>? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
My transgression <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.<note type="study">cometh…: Heb. fadeth</note>
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow <transChange type="added">out</transChange> of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.<note type="study">washest…: Heb. overflowest</note>
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not of them.
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?<note type="study">vain…: Heb. knowledge of wind</note>
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.<note type="study">castest…: Heb. makest void</note><note type="study">prayer: or, speech</note>
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.<note type="study">uttereth: Heb. teacheth</note>
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
<transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou the first man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
What knowest thou, that we know not? <transChange type="added">what</transChange> understandest thou, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in us?
With us <transChange type="added">are</transChange> both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest <transChange type="added">such</transChange> words go out of thy mouth?
What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man, that he should be clean? and <transChange type="added">he which is</transChange> born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
How much more abominable and filthy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will shew thee, hear me; and that <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I have seen I will declare;
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid <transChange type="added">it</transChange>:
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all <transChange type="added">his</transChange> days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
A dreadful sound <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.<note type="study">A dreadful…: Heb. A sound of fears</note>
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
He wandereth abroad for bread, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Where <transChange type="added">is it</transChange>? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
He runneth upon him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> on <transChange type="added">his</transChange> neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on <transChange type="added">his</transChange> flanks.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.<note type="study">accomplished: or, cut off</note>
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
For the congregation of hypocrites <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.<note type="study">vanity: or, iniquity</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
Then Job answered and said,
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ye all.<note type="study">miserable: or, troublesome</note>
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?<note type="study">vain…: Heb. words of wind</note>
I also could speak as ye <transChange type="added">do</transChange>: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage <transChange type="added">your grief</transChange>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and <transChange type="added">though</transChange> I forbear, what am I eased?<note type="study">what…: Heb. what goeth from me?</note>
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> is a witness <transChange type="added">against me</transChange>: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
He teareth <transChange type="added">me</transChange> in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.<note type="study">hath…: Heb. hath shut me up</note>
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken <transChange type="added">me</transChange> by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the shadow of death;
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Not for <transChange type="added">any</transChange> injustice in mine hands: also my prayer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> pure.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Also now, behold, my witness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in heaven, and my record <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on high.<note type="study">on high: Heb. in the high places</note>
My friends scorn me: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> mine eye poureth out <transChange type="added">tears</transChange> unto God.<note type="study">scorn me: Heb. are my scorners</note>
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man <transChange type="added">pleadeth</transChange> for his neighbour!<note type="study">neighbour: or, friend</note>
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way <transChange type="added">whence</transChange> I shall not return.<note type="study">a few…: Heb. years of number</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves <transChange type="added">are ready</transChange> for me.<note type="study">breath…: or, spirit is spent</note>
<transChange type="added">Are there</transChange> not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?<note type="study">continue: Heb. lodge</note>
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will strike hands with me?
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
He that speaketh flattery to <transChange type="added">his</transChange> friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.<note type="study">aforetime: or, before them</note>
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as a shadow.<note type="study">my members: or, my thoughts</note>
Upright <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.<note type="study">be…: Heb. add strength</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find <transChange type="added">one</transChange> wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange> among you.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the thoughts of my heart.<note type="study">the thoughts: Heb. the possessions</note>
They change the night into day: the light <transChange type="added">is</transChange> short because of darkness.<note type="study">short: Heb. near</note>
If I wait, the grave <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
I have said to corruption, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my father: to the worm, <transChange type="added">Thou art</transChange> my mother, and my sister.<note type="study">said: Heb. cried, or, called</note>
And where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when <transChange type="added">our</transChange> rest together <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the dust.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
How long <transChange type="added">will it be ere</transChange> ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> reputed vile in your sight?
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?<note type="study">himself: Heb. his soul</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.<note type="study">candle: or, lamp</note>
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
The gin shall take <transChange type="added">him</transChange> by the heel, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the robber shall prevail against him.
The snare <transChange type="added">is</transChange> laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.<note type="study">laid: Heb. hidden</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.<note type="study">drive: Heb. scatter</note>
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> ready at his side.
It shall devour the strength of his skin: <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.<note type="study">strength: Heb. bars</note>
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.<note type="study">He…: Heb. They shall drive him</note>
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
They that come after <transChange type="added">him</transChange> shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.<note type="study">went…: or, lived with him</note><note type="study">were…: Heb. laid hold on horror</note>
Surely such <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dwellings of the wicked, and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the place <transChange type="added">of him that</transChange> knoweth not God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
Then Job answered and said,
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye make yourselves strange to me.<note type="study">make…: or, harden yourselves against me</note>
And be it indeed <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
If indeed ye will magnify <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange> against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no judgment.<note type="study">wrong: or, violence</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown <transChange type="added">from</transChange> my head.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as <transChange type="added">one of</transChange> his enemies.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
I called my servant, and he gave <transChange type="added">me</transChange> no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's <transChange type="added">sake</transChange> of mine own body.<note type="study">mine…: Heb. my belly</note>
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.<note type="study">young…: or, the wicked</note>
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.<note type="study">my…: Heb. the men of my secret</note>
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.<note type="study">and to: or, as to</note>
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!<note type="study">Oh…: Heb. Who will give, etc</note>
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
For I know <transChange type="added">that</transChange> my redeemer liveth, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he shall stand at the latter <transChange type="added">day</transChange> upon the earth:
And <transChange type="added">though</transChange> after my skin <transChange type="added">worms</transChange> destroy this <transChange type="added">body</transChange>, yet in my flesh shall I see God:<note type="study">And…: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh</note>
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; <transChange type="added">though</transChange> my reins be consumed within me.<note type="study">another: Heb. a stranger</note><note type="study">though…: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day)</note><note type="study">within…: Heb. in my bosom</note>
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?<note type="study">seeing…: or, and what root of matter is found in me?</note>
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath <transChange type="added">bringeth</transChange> the punishments of the sword, that ye may know <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a judgment.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for <transChange type="added">this</transChange> I make haste.<note type="study">I make…: Heb. my haste is in me</note>
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Knowest thou <transChange type="added">not</transChange> this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
That the triumphing of the wicked <transChange type="added">is</transChange> short, and the joy of the hypocrite <transChange type="added">but</transChange> for a moment?<note type="study">short: Heb. from near</note>
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;<note type="study">clouds: Heb. cloud</note>
<transChange type="added">Yet</transChange> he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he?
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
The eye also <transChange type="added">which</transChange> saw him shall <transChange type="added">see him</transChange> no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.<note type="study">His children…: or, The poor shall oppress his children</note>
His bones are full <transChange type="added">of the sin</transChange> of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, <transChange type="added">though</transChange> he hide it under his tongue;
<transChange type="added">Though</transChange> he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:<note type="study">within…: Heb. in the midst of his palate</note>
<transChange type="added">Yet</transChange> his meat in his bowels is turned, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the gall of asps within him.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.<note type="study">the floods…: or, streaming brooks</note>
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow <transChange type="added">it</transChange> down: according to <transChange type="added">his</transChange> substance <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> the restitution <transChange type="added">be</transChange>, and he shall not rejoice <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>.<note type="study">his…: Heb. the substance of his exchange</note>
Because he hath oppressed <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hath forsaken the poor; <transChange type="added">because</transChange> he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;<note type="study">oppressed: Heb. crushed</note>
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.<note type="study">feel: Heb. know</note>
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.<note type="study">none…: or, be none left for his meat</note>
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.<note type="study">wicked: or, troublesome</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">When</transChange> he is about to fill his belly, <transChange type="added">God</transChange> shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon him while he is eating.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the bow of steel shall strike him through.
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon him.
All darkness <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
The increase of his house shall depart, <transChange type="added">and his goods</transChange> shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.<note type="study">appointed…: Heb. of his decree from God</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
But Job answered and said,
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
As for me, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my complaint to man? and if <transChange type="added">it were so</transChange>, why should not my spirit be troubled?<note type="study">troubled: Heb. shortened?</note>
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay <transChange type="added">your</transChange> hand upon <transChange type="added">your</transChange> mouth.<note type="study">Mark…: Heb. Look unto me</note>
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Their houses <transChange type="added">are</transChange> safe from fear, neither <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the rod of God upon them.<note type="study">safe…: Heb. peace from</note>
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.<note type="study">in wealth: or, in mirth</note>
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Lo, their good <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and <transChange type="added">how oft</transChange> cometh their destruction upon them! <transChange type="added">God</transChange> distributeth sorrows in his anger.<note type="study">candle: or, lamp</note>
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.<note type="study">carrieth: Heb. stealeth</note>
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity</note>
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For what pleasure <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
Shall <transChange type="added">any</transChange> teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.<note type="study">his…: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection</note>
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.<note type="study">breasts: or, milk pails</note>
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices <transChange type="added">which</transChange> ye wrongfully imagine against me.
For ye say, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the house of the prince? and where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dwelling places of the wicked?<note type="study">the dwelling…: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles</note>
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.<note type="study">wrath: Heb. wraths</note>
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him <transChange type="added">what</transChange> he hath done?
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.<note type="study">grave: Heb. graves</note><note type="study">remain…: Heb. watch in the heap</note>
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> innumerable before him.
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?<note type="study">falsehood: Heb. transgression?</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?<note type="study">as he…: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?</note>
<transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> gain <transChange type="added">to him</transChange>, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.<note type="study">the naked…: Heb. the clothes of the naked</note>
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
But <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.<note type="study">mighty…: Heb. man of arm</note><note type="study">honourable…: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance</note>
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Therefore snares <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Or darkness, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!<note type="study">height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars</note>
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?<note type="study">How: or, What</note>
Thick clouds <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:<note type="study">whose…: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation</note>
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?<note type="study">for: or, to</note>
Yet he filled their houses with good <transChange type="added">things</transChange>: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The righteous see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.<note type="study">substance: or, estate</note><note type="study">the remnant…: or, their excellency</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.<note type="study">him: that is, God</note>
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the <transChange type="added">gold</transChange> of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.<note type="study">as dust: or, on the dust</note>
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.<note type="study">defence: or, gold</note><note type="study">plenty…: Heb. silver of strength</note>
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
When <transChange type="added">men</transChange> are cast down, then thou shalt say, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.<note type="study">the humble…: Heb. him that hath low eyes</note>
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.<note type="study">He shall…: or, The innocent shall deliver the island</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
Then Job answered and said,
Even to day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.<note type="study">stroke: Heb. hand</note>
Oh that I knew where I might find him! <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I might come <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to his seat!
I would order <transChange type="added">my</transChange> cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would know the words <transChange type="added">which</transChange> he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Will he plead against me with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> great power? No; but he would put <transChange type="added">strength</transChange> in me.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Behold, I go forward, but he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">there</transChange>; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold <transChange type="added">him</transChange>: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see <transChange type="added">him</transChange>:
But he knoweth the way that I take: <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that is with me</note>
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary <transChange type="added">food</transChange>.<note type="study">esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up</note><note type="study">my…: or, my appointed portion</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in one <transChange type="added">mind</transChange>, and who can turn him? and <transChange type="added">what</transChange> his soul desireth, even <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he doeth.
For he performeth <transChange type="added">the thing that is</transChange> appointed for me: and many such <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> with him.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> hath he covered the darkness from my face.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
<transChange type="added">Some</transChange> remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>.<note type="study">feed…: or, feed them</note>
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Behold, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness <transChange type="added">yieldeth</transChange> food for them <transChange type="added">and</transChange> for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> children.
They reap <transChange type="added">every one</transChange> his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.<note type="study">corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge</note><note type="study">they gather…: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage</note>
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that <transChange type="added">they have</transChange> no covering in the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
They cause <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the hungry;
<transChange type="added">Which</transChange> make oil within their walls, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> tread <transChange type="added">their</transChange> winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly <transChange type="added">to them</transChange>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face.<note type="study">disguiseth…: Heb. setteth his face in secret</note>
In the dark they dig through houses, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
For the morning <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to them even as the shadow of death: if <transChange type="added">one</transChange> know <transChange type="added">them, they are in</transChange> the terrors of the shadow of death.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: <transChange type="added">so doth</transChange> the grave <transChange type="added">those which</transChange> have sinned.<note type="study">consume: Heb. violently take</note>
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
He evil entreateth the barren <transChange type="added">that</transChange> beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no <transChange type="added">man</transChange> is sure of life.<note type="study">no…: or, he trusteth not his own life</note>
<transChange type="added">Though</transChange> it be given him <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon their ways.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all <transChange type="added">other</transChange>, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.<note type="study">are gone: Heb. are not</note><note type="study">taken…: Heb. closed up</note>
And if <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> not <transChange type="added">so</transChange> now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Dominion and fear <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> born of a woman?
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less man, <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> a worm? and the son of man, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> a worm?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
But Job answered and said,
How hast thou helped <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> without power? <transChange type="added">how</transChange> savest thou the arm <transChange type="added">that hath</transChange> no strength?
How hast thou counselled <transChange type="added">him that hath</transChange> no wisdom? and <transChange type="added">how</transChange> hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Dead <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.<note type="study">and the…: or, with the inhabitants</note>
Hell <transChange type="added">is</transChange> naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hangeth the earth upon nothing.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He holdeth back the face of his throne, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> spreadeth his cloud upon it.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.<note type="study">until…: Heb. until the end of light with darkness</note>
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.<note type="study">the proud: Heb. pride</note>
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Lo, these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,<note type="study">continued: Heb. added to take up</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> God liveth, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> hath vexed my soul;<note type="study">vexed…: Heb. made my soul bitter</note>
All the while my breath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in me, and the spirit of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in my nostrils;<note type="study">the spirit…: that is, the breath which God gave him</note>
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach <transChange type="added">me</transChange> so long as I live.<note type="study">so long…: Heb. from my days</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
For what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will teach you by the hand of God: <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with the Almighty will I not conceal.<note type="study">by…: or, being in the hand, etc</note>
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they shall receive of the Almighty.
If his children be multiplied, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
He may prepare <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, but the just shall put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the keeper maketh.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
For <transChange type="added">God</transChange> shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.<note type="study">he…: Heb. in fleeing he would flee</note>
<transChange type="added">Men</transChange> shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold <transChange type="added">where</transChange> they fine <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">vein: or, mine</note>
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass <transChange type="added">is</transChange> molten <transChange type="added">out of</transChange> the stone.<note type="study">earth: or, dust</note>
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; <transChange type="added">even the waters</transChange> forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
The stones of it <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.<note type="study">dust…: or, gold ore</note>
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.<note type="study">rock: or, flint</note>
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and <transChange type="added">the thing that is</transChange> hid bringeth he forth to light.<note type="study">overflowing: Heb. weeping</note>
But where shall wisdom be found? and where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the place of understanding?
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The depth saith, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in me: and the sea saith, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not with me.
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the price thereof.<note type="study">It…: Heb. Fine gold shall not be given for it</note>
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it <transChange type="added">shall not be for</transChange> jewels of fine gold.<note type="study">jewels…: or, vessels of</note>
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> above rubies.<note type="study">coral: or, Ramoth</note>
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Whence then cometh wisdom? and where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the place of understanding?
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.<note type="study">air: or, heaven</note>
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seeth under the whole heaven;
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.<note type="study">declare…: or, number it</note>
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wisdom; and to depart from evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> understanding.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,<note type="study">continued: Heb. added to take up</note>
Oh that I were as <transChange type="added">in</transChange> months past, as <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the days <transChange type="added">when</transChange> God preserved me;
When his candle shined upon my head, <transChange type="added">and when</transChange> by his light I walked <transChange type="added">through</transChange> darkness;<note type="study">candle: or, lamp</note>
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon my tabernacle;
When the Almighty <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet with me, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> my children <transChange type="added">were</transChange> about me;
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;<note type="study">me: Heb. with me</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>When I went out to the gate through the city, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> I prepared my seat in the street!
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stood up.
The princes refrained talking, and laid <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hand on their mouth.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.<note type="study">The nobles…: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid</note>
When the ear heard <transChange type="added">me</transChange>, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw <transChange type="added">me</transChange>, it gave witness to me:
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and <transChange type="added">him that had</transChange> none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet <transChange type="added">was</transChange> I to the lame.
I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a father to the poor: and the cause <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I knew not I searched out.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.<note type="study">the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders</note><note type="study">plucked: Heb. cast</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply <transChange type="added">my</transChange> days as the sand.
My root <transChange type="added">was</transChange> spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.<note type="study">spread…: Heb. opened</note>
My glory <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.<note type="study">fresh: Heb. new</note><note type="study">renewed: Heb. changed</note>
Unto me <transChange type="added">men</transChange> gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide <transChange type="added">as</transChange> for the latter rain.
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> I laughed on them, they believed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one <transChange type="added">that</transChange> comforteth the mourners.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
But now <transChange type="added">they that are</transChange> younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.<note type="study">younger…: Heb. of fewer days than I</note>
Yea, whereto <transChange type="added">might</transChange> the strength of their hands <transChange type="added">profit</transChange> me, in whom old age was perished?
For want and famine <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.<note type="study">solitary: or, dark as the night</note><note type="study">in…: Heb. yesternight</note>
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots <transChange type="added">for</transChange> their meat.
They were driven forth from among <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, (they cried after them as <transChange type="added">after</transChange> a thief;)
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> caves of the earth, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the rocks.<note type="study">caves: Heb. holes</note>
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
<transChange type="added">They were</transChange> children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.<note type="study">base…: Heb. men of no name</note>
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.<note type="study">and…: Heb. and withhold not spittle from</note>
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Upon <transChange type="added">my</transChange> right <transChange type="added">hand</transChange> rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
They came <transChange type="added">upon me</transChange> as a wide breaking in <transChange type="added">of waters</transChange>: in the desolation they rolled themselves <transChange type="added">upon me</transChange>.

<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.<note type="study">my soul: Heb. my principal one</note>
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
By the great force <transChange type="added">of my disease</transChange> is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me <transChange type="added">not</transChange>.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.<note type="study">become…: Heb. turned to be cruel</note><note type="study">thy…: Heb. the strength of thy hand</note>
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride <transChange type="added">upon it</transChange>, and dissolvest my substance.<note type="study">substance: or, wisdom</note>
For I know <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou wilt bring me <transChange type="added">to</transChange> death, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the house appointed for all living.
Howbeit he will not stretch out <transChange type="added">his</transChange> hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.<note type="study">grave: Heb. heap</note>
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was <transChange type="added">not</transChange> my soul grieved for the poor?<note type="study">in trouble: Heb. hard of day?</note>
When I looked for good, then evil came <transChange type="added">unto me</transChange>: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I cried in the congregation.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.<note type="study">owls: or, ostriches</note>
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
My harp also is <transChange type="added">turned</transChange> to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
For what portion of God <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> from above? and <transChange type="added">what</transChange> inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not destruction to the wicked? and a strange <transChange type="added">punishment</transChange> to the workers of iniquity?
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.<note type="study">Let…: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice</note>
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or <transChange type="added">if</transChange> I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
For this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an heinous crime; yea, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an iniquity <transChange type="added">to be punished by</transChange> the judges.
For it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fire <transChange type="added">that</transChange> consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?<note type="study">did not one…: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If I have withheld the poor from <transChange type="added">their</transChange> desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)<note type="study">her: that is, the widow</note>
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
If his loins have not blessed me, and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he were <transChange type="added">not</transChange> warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.<note type="study">bone: or, chanelbone</note>
For destruction <transChange type="added">from</transChange> God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, <transChange type="added">Thou art</transChange> my confidence;
If I rejoiced because my wealth <transChange type="added">was</transChange> great, and because mine hand had gotten much;<note type="study">gotten…: Heb. found much</note>
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking <transChange type="added">in</transChange> brightness;<note type="study">sun: Heb. light</note><note type="study">in…: Heb. bright</note>
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:<note type="study">my mouth…: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth</note>
This also <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an iniquity <transChange type="added">to be punished by</transChange> the judge: for I should have denied the God <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> above.
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.<note type="study">mouth: Heb. palate</note>
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
The stranger did not lodge in the street: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I opened my doors to the traveller.<note type="study">traveller: or, way</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:<note type="study">as Adam: or, after the manner of men</note>
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> went not out of the door?
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire <transChange type="added">is, that</transChange> the Almighty would answer me, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> mine adversary had written a book.<note type="study">my…: or, my sign is that the Almighty will</note>
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bind it <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a crown to me.
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;<note type="study">complain: Heb. weep</note>
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:<note type="study">fruits: Heb. strength</note><note type="study">the owners…: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out</note>
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.<note type="study">cockle: or, noisome weeds</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> righteous in his own eyes.<note type="study">to…: Heb. from answering</note>
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.<note type="study">himself: Heb. his soul</note>
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> had condemned Job.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> elder than he.<note type="study">waited…: Heb. expected Job in words</note><note type="study">elder: Heb. elder for days</note>
When Elihu saw that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no answer in the mouth of <transChange type="added">these</transChange> three men, then his wrath was kindled.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> young, and ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.<note type="study">young: Heb. few of days</note><note type="study">durst…: Heb. feared</note>
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
But <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Great men are not <transChange type="added">always</transChange> wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.<note type="study">reasons: Heb. understandings</note><note type="study">what…: Heb. words</note>
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none of you that convinced Job, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> that answered his words:
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Now he hath not directed <transChange type="added">his</transChange> words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.<note type="study">directed: or, ordered</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.<note type="study">left…: Heb. removed speeches from themselves</note>
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> answered no more;)
<transChange type="added">I said</transChange>, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.<note type="study">matter: Heb. words</note><note type="study">spirit…: Heb. spirit of my belly</note>
Behold, my belly <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as wine <transChange type="added">which</transChange> hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.<note type="study">hath…: Heb. is not opened</note>

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.<note type="study">be…: Heb. breathe</note>
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
For I know not to give flattering titles; <transChange type="added">in so doing</transChange> my maker would soon take me away.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.<note type="study">in my mouth: Heb. in my palate</note>
My words <transChange type="added">shall be of</transChange> the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
If thou canst answer me, set <transChange type="added">thy words</transChange> in order before me, stand up.
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.<note type="study">wish: Heb. mouth</note><note type="study">formed: Heb. cut</note>
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> words, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,<note type="study">hearing: Heb. ears</note>
I am clean without transgression, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> innocent; neither <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> iniquity in me.
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
Behold, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.<note type="study">he giveth…: Heb. he answereth not</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For God speaketh once, yea twice, <transChange type="added">yet man</transChange> perceiveth it not.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,<note type="study">he…: Heb. he revealeth, or, uncovereth</note>
That he may withdraw man <transChange type="added">from his</transChange> purpose, and hide pride from man.<note type="study">purpose: Heb. work</note>
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.<note type="study">from perishing: Heb. from passing</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong <transChange type="added">pain</transChange>:
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.<note type="study">dainty…: Heb. meat of desire</note>
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones <transChange type="added">that</transChange> were not seen stick out.
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.<note type="study">a ransom: or, an atonement</note>
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:<note type="study">a child's: Heb. childhood</note>
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
He looketh upon men, and <transChange type="added">if any</transChange> say, I have sinned, and perverted <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> right, and it profited me not;<note type="study">He…: or, He shall look upon men, and say</note>
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.<note type="study">He…: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Lo, all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> worketh God oftentimes with man,<note type="study">oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice</note>
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
Hear my words, O ye wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange>; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.<note type="study">mouth: Heb. palate</note>
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good.
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Should I lie against my right? my wound <transChange type="added">is</transChange> incurable without transgression.<note type="study">my wound: Heb. mine arrow</note>
What man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like Job, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> drinketh up scorning like water?
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, <transChange type="added">that he should do</transChange> wickedness; and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the Almighty, <transChange type="added">that he should commit</transChange> iniquity.<note type="study">men…: Heb. men of heart</note>
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to <transChange type="added">his</transChange> ways.
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?<note type="study">the whole: Heb. all of it?</note>
If he set his heart upon man, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;<note type="study">man: Heb. him</note>
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If now <transChange type="added">thou hast</transChange> understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?<note type="study">govern: Heb. bind?</note>
<transChange type="added">Is it fit</transChange> to say to a king, <transChange type="added">Thou art</transChange> wicked? <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to princes, <transChange type="added">Ye are</transChange> ungodly?
<transChange type="added">How much less to him</transChange> that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the work of his hands.
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.<note type="study">the mighty…: Heb. they shall take away the mighty</note>
For his eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
For he will not lay upon man more <transChange type="added">than right</transChange>; that he should enter into judgment with God.<note type="study">enter: Heb. go</note>
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.<note type="study">number: Heb. searching out</note>
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the night, so that they are destroyed.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. crushed</note>
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;<note type="study">open…: Heb. place of beholders</note>
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:<note type="study">him: Heb. after him</note>
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face, who then can behold him? whether <transChange type="added">it be done</transChange> against a nation, or against a man only:
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne <transChange type="added">chastisement</transChange>, I will not offend <transChange type="added">any more</transChange>:
<transChange type="added">That which</transChange> I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
<transChange type="added">Should it be</transChange> according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.<note type="study">according…: Heb. from with thee?</note>
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.<note type="study">of…: Heb. of heart</note>
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words <transChange type="added">were</transChange> without wisdom.
My desire <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> Job may be tried unto the end because of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> answers for wicked men.<note type="study">My…: or, My father, let Job be tried</note>
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth <transChange type="added">his hands</transChange> among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 35.</title>
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Thinkest thou this to be right, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou saidst, My righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> more than God's?
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? <transChange type="added">and</transChange>, What profit shall I have, <transChange type="added">if I be cleansed</transChange> from my sin?<note type="study">if…: or, by it more than by my sin</note>
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.<note type="study">answer…: Heb. return to thee words</note>
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds <transChange type="added">which</transChange> are higher than thou.
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Thy wickedness <transChange type="added">may hurt</transChange> a man as thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange>; and thy righteousness <transChange type="added">may profit</transChange> the son of man.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make <transChange type="added">the oppressed</transChange> to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
But none saith, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> judgment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before him; therefore trust thou in him.
But now, because <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not in great extremity:<note type="study">he hath: that is, God hath</note><note type="study">he knoweth: that is, Job knoweth</note>
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 36.</title>
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that <transChange type="added">I have</transChange> yet to speak on God's behalf.<note type="study">I have…: Heb. there are yet words for God</note>
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
For truly my words <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> false: he that is perfect in knowledge <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Behold, God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mighty, and despiseth not <transChange type="added">any: he is</transChange> mighty in strength <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wisdom.<note type="study">wisdom: Heb. heart</note>
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.<note type="study">poor: or, afflicted</note>
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
And if <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> bound in fetters, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> be holden in cords of affliction;
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
If they obey and serve <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.<note type="study">perish: Heb. pass away</note>
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
They die in youth, and their life <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among the unclean.<note type="study">They…: Heb. Their soul dieth</note><note type="study">unclean: or, sodomites</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.<note type="study">poor: or, afflicted</note>
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait <transChange type="added">into</transChange> a broad place, where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table <transChange type="added">should be</transChange> full of fatness.<note type="study">that…: Heb. the rest of thy table</note>
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold <transChange type="added">on thee</transChange>.<note type="study">take…: or, should uphold thee</note>
Because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> wrath, <transChange type="added">beware</transChange> lest he take thee away with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.<note type="study">deliver…: Heb. turn thee aside</note>
Will he esteem thy riches? <transChange type="added">no</transChange>, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Every man may see it; man may behold <transChange type="added">it</transChange> afar off.
Behold, God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great, and we know <transChange type="added">him</transChange> not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Which the clouds do drop <transChange type="added">and</transChange> distil upon man abundantly.
Also can <transChange type="added">any</transChange> understand the spreadings of the clouds, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> the noise of his tabernacle?
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.<note type="study">bottom: Heb. roots</note>
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it <transChange type="added">not to shine</transChange> by <transChange type="added">the cloud</transChange> that cometh betwixt.
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.<note type="study">the vapour: Heb. that which goeth up</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 37.</title>
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound <transChange type="added">that</transChange> goeth out of his mouth.<note type="study">Hear…: Heb. Hear in hearing</note>
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.<note type="study">lightning: Heb. light</note><note type="study">ends: Heb. wings</note>
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For he saith to the snow, Be thou <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.<note type="study">likewise…: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength</note>
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.<note type="study">south: Heb. chamber</note><note type="study">north: Heb. scattering winds</note>
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:<note type="study">his…: Heb. the cloud of his light</note>
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.<note type="study">correction: Heb. a rod</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
How thy garments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south <transChange type="added">wind</transChange>?
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> strong, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as a molten looking glass?
Teach us what we shall say unto him; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> we cannot order <transChange type="added">our speech</transChange> by reason of darkness.
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And now <transChange type="added">men</transChange> see not the bright light which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> terrible majesty.<note type="study">Fair…: Heb. Gold</note>
<transChange type="added">Touching</transChange> the Almighty, we cannot find him out: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> wise of heart.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 38.</title>
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.<note type="study">answer…: Heb. make me know</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.<note type="study">hast…: Heb. knowest understanding</note>
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;<note type="study">foundations: Heb. sockets</note><note type="study">fastened: Heb. made to sink?</note>
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Or <transChange type="added">who</transChange> shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, <transChange type="added">as if</transChange> it had issued out of the womb?
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
And brake up for it my decreed <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and set bars and doors,<note type="study">brake…: or, established my decree upon it</note>
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?<note type="study">thy…: Heb. the pride of thy waves</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> caused the dayspring to know his place;
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?<note type="study">ends: Heb. wings</note>
It is turned as clay <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the seal; and they stand as a garment.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the way <transChange type="added">where</transChange> light dwelleth? and <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> darkness, where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the place thereof,
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the house thereof?<note type="study">to the bound: or, at, etc</note>
Knowest thou <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, because thou wast then born? or <transChange type="added">because</transChange> the number of thy days <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great?
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
By what way is the light parted, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
To cause it to rain on the earth, <transChange type="added">where</transChange> no man <transChange type="added">is; on</transChange> the wilderness, wherein <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no man;
To satisfy the desolate and waste <transChange type="added">ground</transChange>; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
The waters are hid as <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.<note type="study">is…: Heb. is taken</note>
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?<note type="study">Pleiades: or, the seven stars: Heb. Cimah</note><note type="study">Orion: Heb. Cesil?</note>
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?<note type="study">Mazzaroth: or, the twelve signs</note><note type="study">guide: Heb. guide them</note>
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we <transChange type="added">are</transChange>?<note type="study">Here…: Heb. Behold us?</note>
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,<note type="study">stay: Heb. cause to lie down</note>
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?<note type="study">groweth…: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured</note>
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,<note type="study">the appetite: Heb. the life</note>
When they couch in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> dens, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 39.</title>
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? <transChange type="added">or</transChange> canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Canst thou number the months <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.<note type="study">barren…: Heb. salt places</note>
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.<note type="study">of the driver: Heb. of the exactor</note>
The range of the mountains <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather <transChange type="added">it into</transChange> thy barn?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">Gavest thou</transChange> the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?<note type="study">wings and…: or, the feathers of the stork and ostrich</note>
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils <transChange type="added">is</transChange> terrible.<note type="study">terrible: Heb. terror</note>
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.<note type="study">He paweth: or, His feet dig</note><note type="study">the armed…: Heb. the armour</note>
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the sound of the trumpet.
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stretch her wings toward the south?
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?<note type="study">at…: Heb. by thy mouth</note>
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
From thence she seeketh the prey, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> her eyes behold afar off.
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain <transChange type="added">are</transChange>, there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> she.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 40.</title>
Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered Job, and said,
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct <transChange type="added">him</transChange>? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Job answered the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said,
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then answered the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Deck thyself now <transChange type="added">with</transChange> majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> proud, and abase him.
Look on every one <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> proud, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Hide them in the dust together; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bind their faces in secret.
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.<note type="study">behemoth: probably an extinct animal of some kind</note>
Lo now, his strength <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his loins, and his force <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the navel of his belly.
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.<note type="study">He…: or, He setteth up</note>
His bones <transChange type="added">are as</transChange> strong pieces of brass; his bones <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like bars of iron.
He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach <transChange type="added">unto him</transChange>.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
The shady trees cover him <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Behold, he drinketh up a river, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.<note type="study">he drinketh up: Heb. he oppresseth</note>
He taketh it with his eyes: <transChange type="added">his</transChange> nose pierceth through snares.<note type="study">He…: or, Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a gin?</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 41.</title>
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou lettest down?<note type="study">leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind</note><note type="study">which…: Heb. which thou drownest?</note>
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft <transChange type="added">words</transChange> unto thee?
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Wilt thou play with him as <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not <transChange type="added">one</transChange> be cast down even at the sight of him?
None <transChange type="added">is so</transChange> fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Who hath prevented me, that I should repay <transChange type="added">him? whatsoever is</transChange> under the whole heaven is mine.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Who can discover the face of his garment? <transChange type="added">or</transChange> who can come <transChange type="added">to him</transChange> with his double bridle?<note type="study">with: or, within</note>
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> terrible round about.
<transChange type="added">His</transChange> scales <transChange type="added">are his</transChange> pride, shut up together <transChange type="added">as with</transChange> a close seal.<note type="study">scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields</note>
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like the eyelids of the morning.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sparks of fire leap out.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as <transChange type="added">out</transChange> of a seething pot or caldron.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.<note type="study">is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth</note>
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.<note type="study">flakes: Heb. fallings</note>
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether <transChange type="added">millstone</transChange>.
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.<note type="study">habergeon: or, breastplate</note>
He esteemeth iron as straw, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brass as rotten wood.
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Sharp stones <transChange type="added">are</transChange> under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.<note type="study">Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd</note>
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
He maketh a path to shine after him; <transChange type="added">one</transChange> would think the deep <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> hoary.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.<note type="study">is made without fear: or, behave themselves without fear</note>
He beholdeth all high <transChange type="added">things</transChange>: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a king over all the children of pride.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 42.</title>
Then Job answered the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said,
I know that thou canst do every <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> no thought can be withholden from thee.<note type="study">no thought can be…: or, no thought of thine can be hindered</note>
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor <transChange type="added">myself</transChange>, and repent in dust and ashes.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, that after the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had spoken these words unto Job, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me <transChange type="added">the thing that is</transChange> right, as my servant Job <transChange type="added">hath</transChange>.

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you <transChange type="added">after your</transChange> folly, in that ye have not spoken of me <transChange type="added">the thing which is</transChange> right, like my servant Job.<note type="study">him: Heb. his face, or, person</note>
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded them: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also accepted Job.<note type="study">Job: Heb. the face of Job</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> gave Job twice as much as he had before.<note type="study">gave…: Heb. added all that had been to Job unto the double</note>
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
So the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch.
And in all the land were no women found <transChange type="added">so</transChange> fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> four generations.
So Job died, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> old and full of days.
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF PSALMS</title>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 1.</title>
Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.<note type="study">ungodly: or, wicked</note>
But his delight <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.<note type="study">wither: Heb. fade</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The ungodly <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not so: but <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 2.</title>
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?<note type="study">rage: or, tumultuously assemble</note><note type="study">imagine: Heb. meditate</note>
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and against his anointed, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.<note type="study">vex: or, trouble</note>
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.<note type="study">set: Heb. anointed</note><note type="study">upon…: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will declare the decree: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said unto me, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my Son; this day have I begotten thee.<note type="study">the decree: or, for a decree</note>
Ask of me, and I shall give <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> the heathen <transChange type="added">for</transChange> thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth <transChange type="added">for</transChange> thy possession.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all they that put their trust in him.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 3.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.</title><seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how are they increased that trouble me! many <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that rise up against me.
Many <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> which say of my soul, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no help for him in God. Selah.
But thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.<note type="study">for: or, about</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sustained me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> against me round about.
Arise, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Salvation <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: thy blessing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon thy people. Selah.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 4.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.</title>Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me <transChange type="added">when I was</transChange> in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.<note type="study">chief…: or, overseer</note><note type="study">have…: or, be gracious unto me</note>
O ye sons of men, how long <transChange type="added">will ye turn</transChange> my glory into shame? <transChange type="added">how long</transChange> will ye love vanity, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seek after leasing? Selah.
But know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will hear when I call unto him.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">There be</transChange> many that say, Who will shew us <transChange type="added">any</transChange> good? <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time <transChange type="added">that</transChange> their corn and their wine increased.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, only makest me dwell in safety.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 5.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.</title>Give ear to my words, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, consider my meditation.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; in the morning will I direct <transChange type="added">my prayer</transChange> unto thee, and will look up.
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.<note type="study">in…: Heb. before thine eyes</note>
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.<note type="study">bloody…: Heb. man of bloods and deceit</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But as for me, I will come <transChange type="added">into</transChange> thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.<note type="study">thy holy…: Heb. the temple of thy holiness</note>
Lead me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.<note type="study">mine…: Heb. those which observe me</note>
For <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part <transChange type="added">is</transChange> very wickedness; their throat <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.<note type="study">faithfulness: or, stedfastness</note><note type="study">their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them</note><note type="study">very…: Heb. wickednesses</note>
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.<note type="study">Destroy…: or, Make them guilty</note><note type="study">by…: or, from their counsels</note>
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.<note type="study">defendest…: Heb. coverest over, or, protectest them</note>
For thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a shield.<note type="study">compass: Heb. crown</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 6.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.</title>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<note type="study">chief…: or, overseer</note><note type="study">Sheminith: or, the eighth</note>
Have mercy upon me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> weak: O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how long?
Return, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
For in death <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.<note type="study">all…: or, every night</note>
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath heard the voice of my weeping.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath heard my supplication; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will receive my prayer.
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return <transChange type="added">and</transChange> be ashamed suddenly.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 7.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.</title>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:<note type="study">words: or, business</note>
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in pieces, while <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none to deliver.<note type="study">none…: Heb. not a deliverer</note>

O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Arise, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the judgment <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast commanded.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall judge the people: judge me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in me.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>My defence <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of God, which saveth the upright in heart.<note type="study">My…: Heb. My buckler is upon God</note>
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry <transChange type="added">with the wicked</transChange> every day.<note type="study">judgeth…: or, is a righteous judge</note>
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch <transChange type="added">which</transChange> he made.<note type="study">He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit</note>
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
I will praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> most high.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 8.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.</title>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our Lord, how excellent <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.<note type="study">ordained: Heb. founded</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> under his feet:
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;<note type="study">All…: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them</note>
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, <transChange type="added">and whatsoever</transChange> passeth through the paths of the seas.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our Lord, how excellent <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy name in all the earth!
<title type="chapter">PSALM 9.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.</title>I will praise <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.<note type="study">maintained…: Heb. made my judgment</note><note type="study">judging right: Heb. judging in righteousness</note>
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.<note type="study">O thou…: or, The destructions of the enemy are come to a perpetual end: and their cities hast thou destroyed, etc</note>
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.<note type="study">a refuge: Heb. an high place</note>
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Sing praises to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.<note type="study">humble: or, afflicted</note>
Have mercy upon me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; consider my trouble <transChange type="added">which I suffer</transChange> of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is known <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the judgment <transChange type="added">which</transChange> he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.<note type="study">Higgaion: that is, Meditation</note>
The wicked shall be turned into hell, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the nations that forget God.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall <transChange type="added">not</transChange> perish for ever.
Arise, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Put them in fear, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the nations may know themselves <transChange type="added">to be but</transChange> men. Selah.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 10.</title>
Why standest thou afar off, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? <transChange type="added">why</transChange> hidest thou <transChange type="added">thyself</transChange> in times of trouble?
The wicked in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.<note type="study">The wicked…: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute</note>
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> abhorreth.<note type="study">heart's: Heb. soul's</note><note type="study">blesseth…: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek <transChange type="added">after God</transChange>: God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in all his thoughts.<note type="study">God is…: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God</note>
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> far above out of his sight: <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for <transChange type="added">I shall</transChange> never <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in adversity.<note type="study">never: Heb. unto generation and generation</note>
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mischief and vanity.<note type="study">deceit: Heb. deceits</note><note type="study">vanity: or, iniquity</note>
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.<note type="study">are…: Heb. hide themselves</note>
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.<note type="study">secretly: Heb. in the secret places</note>
He croucheth, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.<note type="study">He…: Heb. He breaketh himself</note><note type="study">by…: or, into his strong parts</note>
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Arise, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.<note type="study">humble: or, afflicted</note>
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Thou hast seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.<note type="study">committeth: Heb. leaveth</note>
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil <transChange type="added">man</transChange>: seek out his wickedness <transChange type="added">till</transChange> thou find none.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:<note type="study">prepare: or, establish</note>
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.<note type="study">oppress: or, terrify</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 11.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>In the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a bird to your mountain?
For, lo, the wicked bend <transChange type="added">their</transChange> bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.<note type="study">privily: Heb. in darkness</note>
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his holy temple, the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> throne <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: <transChange type="added">this shall be</transChange> the portion of their cup.<note type="study">an horrible…: or, a burning tempest</note>
For the righteous <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 12.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.</title>Help, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.<note type="study">upon…: or, upon the eighth</note><note type="study">Help: or, Save</note>
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: <transChange type="added">with</transChange> flattering lips <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with a double heart do they speak.<note type="study">a double…: Heb. an heart and an heart</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall cut off all flattering lips, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the tongue that speaketh proud things:<note type="study">proud: Heb. great</note>
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips <transChange type="added">are</transChange> our own: who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> lord over us?<note type="study">are…: Heb. are with us</note>
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I will set <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in safety <transChange type="added">from him that</transChange> puffeth at him.<note type="study">puffeth…: or, would ensnare him</note>
The words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> pure words: <transChange type="added">as</transChange> silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.<note type="study">them from: Heb. him, etc: that is, every one of them, etc</note>
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.<note type="study">men: Heb. of the sons of the men</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 13.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>How long wilt thou forget me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?<note type="study">chief…: or, overseer</note>
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, <transChange type="added">having</transChange> sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Consider <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hear me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the <transChange type="added">sleep of</transChange> death;
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
I will sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 14.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>The fool hath said in his heart, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that doeth good.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seek God.
They are all gone aside, they are <transChange type="added">all</transChange> together become filthy: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that doeth good, no, not one.<note type="study">filthy: Heb. stinking</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <transChange type="added">as</transChange> they eat bread, and call not upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
There were they in great fear: for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the generation of the righteous.<note type="study">were…: Heb. they feared a fear</note>
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his refuge.
Oh that the salvation of Israel <transChange type="added">were come</transChange> out of Zion! when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Israel shall be glad.<note type="study">Oh…: Heb. Who will give</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 15.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David.</title><seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?<note type="study">abide: Heb. sojourn</note>
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
<transChange type="added">He that</transChange> backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.<note type="study">taketh…: or, receiveth, or, endureth</note>
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. <transChange type="added">He that</transChange> sweareth to <transChange type="added">his own</transChange> hurt, and changeth not.
<transChange type="added">He that</transChange> putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> shall never be moved.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 16.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">Michtam of David.</title>Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.<note type="study">Michtam: or, A golden Psalm</note>
<transChange type="added">O my soul</transChange>, thou hast said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my Lord: my goodness <transChange type="added">extendeth</transChange> not to thee;
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> to the saints that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the earth, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the excellent, in whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> all my delight.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hasten <transChange type="added">after</transChange> another <transChange type="added">god</transChange>: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.<note type="study">hasten…: or, give gifts to another</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.<note type="study">of mine…: Heb. of my part</note>
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant <transChange type="added">places</transChange>; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
I will bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I have set the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> always before me: because <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.<note type="study">rest…: Heb. dwell confidently</note>
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence <transChange type="added">is</transChange> fulness of joy; at thy right hand <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> pleasures for evermore.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 17.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Prayer of David.</title>Hear the right, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, <transChange type="added">that goeth</transChange> not out of feigned lips.<note type="study">the right: Heb. justice</note><note type="study">not…: Heb. without lips of deceit</note>
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited <transChange type="added">me</transChange> in the night; thou hast tried me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> shalt find nothing; I am purposed <transChange type="added">that</transChange> my mouth shall not transgress.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept <transChange type="added">me from</transChange> the paths of the destroyer.
Hold up my goings in thy paths, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> my footsteps slip not.<note type="study">slip…: Heb. be not moved</note>
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, <transChange type="added">and hear</transChange> my speech.
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust <transChange type="added">in thee</transChange> from those that rise up <transChange type="added">against them</transChange>.<note type="study">by thy…: or, them which trust in thee from those that rise up against thy right hand</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
From the wicked that oppress me, <transChange type="added">from</transChange> my deadly enemies, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> compass me about.<note type="study">oppress: Heb. waste</note><note type="study">my…: Heb. my enemies against the soul</note>
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Like as a lion <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.<note type="study">Like…: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin</note><note type="study">lurking: Heb. sitting</note>
Arise, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> thy sword:<note type="study">disappoint…: Heb. prevent his face</note><note type="study">which is: or, by</note>
From men <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> thy hand, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from men of the world, <transChange type="added">which have</transChange> their portion in <transChange type="added">this</transChange> life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid <transChange type="added">treasure</transChange>: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their <transChange type="added">substance</transChange> to their babes.<note type="study">which are: or, by</note><note type="study">they…: or, their children are full</note>
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 18.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David, the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who spake unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the words of this song in the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,</title>I will love thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, my strength.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my high tower.<note type="study">my strength: Heb. my rock</note>
I will call upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">who is worthy</transChange> to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.<note type="study">ungodly men: Heb. Belial</note>
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.<note type="study">sorrows: or, cords</note>
In my distress I called upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> into his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.<note type="study">out of his nostrils: Heb. by his, etc</note>
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness <transChange type="added">was</transChange> under his feet.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him <transChange type="added">were</transChange> dark waters <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thick clouds of the skies.
At the brightness <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> before him his thick clouds passed, hail <transChange type="added">stones</transChange> and coals of fire.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail <transChange type="added">stones</transChange> and coals of fire.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.<note type="study">many: or, great</note>
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was my stay.
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his judgments <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.<note type="study">before: Heb. with</note>
Therefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.<note type="study">in…: Heb. before his eyes</note>
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.<note type="study">shew thyself froward: or, wrestle</note>
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For thou wilt light my candle: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God will enlighten my darkness.<note type="study">candle: or, lamp</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.<note type="study">run…: or, broken</note>
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> God, his way <transChange type="added">is</transChange> perfect: the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is tried: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a buckler to all those that trust in him.<note type="study">tried: or, refined</note>
For who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God save the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? or who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a rock save our God?
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
He maketh my feet like hinds' <transChange type="added">feet</transChange>, and setteth me upon my high places.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.<note type="study">thy gentleness…: or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me</note>
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.<note type="study">my feet: Heb. mine ankles</note>
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.<note type="study">subdued: Heb. caused to bow</note>
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
They cried, but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none to save <transChange type="added">them: even</transChange> unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but he answered them not.
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> I have not known shall serve me.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.<note type="study">As soon…: Heb. At the hearing of the ear</note><note type="study">submit…: or, yield feigned obedience</note><note type="study">strangers: Heb. sons of the stranger</note>
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.<note type="study">strangers: Heb. sons of the stranger</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth; and blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.<note type="study">avengeth: Heb. giveth avengements for</note><note type="study">subdueth: or, destroyeth</note>
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.<note type="study">violent…: Heb. man of violence</note>
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.<note type="study">give…: or, confess</note>
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 19.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no speech nor language, <transChange type="added">where</transChange> their voice is not heard.<note type="study">where…: or, without these their voice is heard: Heb. without their voice heard</note>
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,<note type="study">line: or, rule, or, direction</note>
Which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
His going forth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sure, making wise the simple.<note type="study">law: or, doctrine</note><note type="study">converting: or, restoring</note>
The statutes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> pure, enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> true <transChange type="added">and</transChange> righteous altogether.<note type="study">true: Heb. truth</note>
More to be desired <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.<note type="study">the honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honeycombs</note>
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in keeping of them <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> great reward.
Who can understand <transChange type="added">his</transChange> errors? cleanse thou me from secret <transChange type="added">faults</transChange>.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous <transChange type="added">sins</transChange>; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.<note type="study">the great: or, much</note>
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, my strength, and my redeemer.<note type="study">strength: Heb. rock</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 20.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;<note type="study">defend…: Heb. set thee on an high place</note>
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;<note type="study">thee help: Heb. thy help</note><note type="study">strengthen: Heb. support</note>
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.<note type="study">accept: Heb. turn to ashes: or, make fat</note>
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up <transChange type="added">our</transChange> banners: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> fulfil all thy petitions.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now know I that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.<note type="study">his holy…: Heb. the heaven of his holiness</note><note type="study">with…: Heb. by the strength of the salvation of</note>
Some <transChange type="added">trust</transChange> in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Save, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: let the king hear us when we call.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 21.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>The king shall joy in thy strength, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
He asked life of thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thou gavest <transChange type="added">it</transChange> him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> length of days for ever and ever.
His glory <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.<note type="study">made him most…: Heb. set him to be blessings</note><note type="study">made him exceeding…: Heb. make him glad with joy</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For the king trusteth in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they are not able <transChange type="added">to perform</transChange>.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thou shalt make ready <transChange type="added">thine arrows</transChange> upon thy strings against the face of them.<note type="study">shalt thou…: or, thou shalt set them as a butt</note><note type="study">back: Heb. shoulder</note>
Be thou exalted, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in thine own strength: <transChange type="added">so</transChange> will we sing and praise thy power.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 22.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.</title>My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? <transChange type="added">why art thou so</transChange> far from helping me, <transChange type="added">and from</transChange> the words of my roaring?<note type="study">Aijeleth…: or, the hind of the morning</note><note type="study">helping…: Heb. my salvation</note>
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.<note type="study">am…: Heb. there is no silence to me</note>
But thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> holy, <transChange type="added">O thou</transChange> that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
But I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,<note type="study">shoot…: Heb. open</note>
He trusted on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.<note type="study">He trusted…: Heb. He rolled himself on</note><note type="study">seeing…: or, if he delight in</note>
But thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope <transChange type="added">when I was</transChange> upon my mother's breasts.<note type="study">didst…: or, kept me in safety</note>
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my God from my mother's belly.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Be not far from me; for trouble <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near; for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none to help.<note type="study">none…: Heb. not a helper</note>
Many bulls have compassed me: strong <transChange type="added">bulls</transChange> of Bashan have beset me round.
They gaped upon me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their mouths, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a ravening and a roaring lion.<note type="study">gaped…: Heb. opened their mouths against me</note>
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.<note type="study">out of…: or, sundered</note>
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
I may tell all my bones: they look <transChange type="added">and</transChange> stare upon me.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
But be not thou far from me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.<note type="study">my darling: Heb. my only one</note><note type="study">power: Heb. hand</note>
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Ye that fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
My praise <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
For the kingdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>: and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the governor among the nations.
All <transChange type="added">they that be</transChange> fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done <transChange type="added">this</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 23.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David.</title>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.<note type="study">green…: Heb. pastures of tender grass</note><note type="study">still…: Heb. waters of quietness</note>
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.<note type="study">anointest: Heb. makest fat</note>
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for ever.<note type="study">for ever: Heb. to length of days</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 24.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David.</title>The earth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Who shall ascend into the hill of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? or who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.<note type="study">He…: Heb. The clean of hands</note>
He shall receive the blessing from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.<note type="study">O Jacob: or, O God of Jacob</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this King of glory? The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> strong and mighty, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift <transChange type="added">them</transChange> up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the King of glory. Selah.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 25.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, do I lift up my soul.
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Shew me thy ways, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; teach me thy paths.
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Remember, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they <transChange type="added">have been</transChange> ever of old.<note type="study">tender…: Heb. bowels</note>
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Good and upright <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
All the paths of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
For thy name's sake, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, pardon mine iniquity; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great.
What man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that feareth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? him shall he teach in the way <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he shall choose.
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.<note type="study">dwell…: Heb. lodge in goodness</note>
The secret of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.<note type="study">and…: or, and his covenant to make them know it</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Mine eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ever toward the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.<note type="study">pluck: Heb. bring forth</note>
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> desolate and afflicted.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: <transChange type="added">O</transChange> bring thou me out of my distresses.
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.<note type="study">cruel…: Heb. hatred of violence</note>
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 26.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Judge me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> I shall not slide.
Examine me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
For thy lovingkindness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.<note type="study">where…: Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour</note>
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:<note type="study">Gather…: or, Take not away</note><note type="study">bloody…: Heb. men of blood</note>
In whose hands <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.<note type="study">full…: Heb. filled with</note>
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 27.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.<note type="study">came…: Heb. approached against me</note>
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this <transChange type="added">will</transChange> I <transChange type="added">be</transChange> confident.
One <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> have I desired of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to enquire in his temple.<note type="study">the beauty: or, the delight</note>
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">joy: Heb. shouting</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
<transChange type="added">When thou saidst</transChange>, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, will I seek.<note type="study">When…: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc</note>
Hide not thy face <transChange type="added">far</transChange> from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will take me up.<note type="study">take…: Heb. gather me</note>
Teach me thy way, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.<note type="study">a plain…: Heb. a way of plainness</note><note type="study">mine…: Heb. those which observe me</note>
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
<transChange type="added">I had fainted</transChange>, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the land of the living.
Wait on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 28.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Unto thee will I cry, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my rock; be not silent to me: lest, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.<note type="study">to me: Heb. from me</note>
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.<note type="study">thy…: or, the oracle of thy sanctuary</note>
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their hearts.
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Because they regard not the works of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their strength, and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the saving strength of his anointed.<note type="study">their: or, his</note><note type="study">saving…: Heb. strength of salvations</note>
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.<note type="study">feed: or, rule</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 29.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David.</title>Give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O ye mighty, give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> glory and strength.<note type="study">ye mighty: Heb. ye sons of the mighty</note>
Give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the glory due unto his name; worship the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the beauty of holiness.<note type="study">the glory…: Heb. the honour of his name</note><note type="study">in…: or, in his glorious sanctuary</note>
The voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon many waters.<note type="study">many: or, great</note>
The voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> powerful; the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> full of majesty.<note type="study">powerful: Heb. in power</note><note type="study">full…: Heb. in majesty</note>
The voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> breaketh the cedars; yea, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
The voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> divideth the flames of fire.<note type="study">divideth: Heb. cutteth out</note>
The voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shaketh the wilderness; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> glory.<note type="study">to calve: or, to be in pain</note><note type="study">doth…: or, every whit of it uttereth, etc</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sitteth upon the flood; yea, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sitteth King for ever.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will give strength unto his people; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will bless his people with peace.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 30.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Song <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the dedication of the house of David.</title>I will extol thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.<note type="study">at…: or, to the memorial</note>
For his anger <transChange type="added">endureth but</transChange> a moment; in his favour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> in the morning.<note type="study">his anger…: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger</note><note type="study">for a night: Heb. in the evening</note><note type="study">joy: Heb. singing</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I was troubled.<note type="study">made…: Heb. settled strength for my mountain</note>
I cried to thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> I made supplication.
What profit <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Hear, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have mercy upon me: <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, be thou my helper.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
To the end that <transChange type="added">my</transChange> glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.<note type="study">my glory: that is, my tongue, or, my soul</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 31.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>In thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.<note type="study">my…: Heb. to me for a rock of strength</note>
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my strength.
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of truth.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Have mercy upon me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, my soul and my belly.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.<note type="study">a broken…: Heb. a vessel that perisheth</note>
For I have heard the slander of many: fear <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
But I trusted in thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I said, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my God.
My times <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
Let me not be ashamed, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> let them be silent in the grave.<note type="study">silent…: or, cut off for</note>
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.<note type="study">grievous…: Heb. a hard thing</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">Oh</transChange> how great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.<note type="study">strong: or, fenced</note>
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
O love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all ye his saints: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 32.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David, Maschil.</title>Blessed <transChange type="added">is he whose</transChange> transgression <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forgiven, <transChange type="added">whose</transChange> sin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> covered.<note type="study">A Psalm…: or, A Psalm of David giving instruction</note>
Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man unto whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no guile.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.<note type="study">when…: Heb. of finding</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.<note type="study">guide…: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee</note>
Be ye not as the horse, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> as the mule, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Many sorrows <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, mercy shall compass him about.
Be glad in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all <transChange type="added">ye that are</transChange> upright in heart.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 33.</title>
Rejoice in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O ye righteous: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> praise is comely for the upright.
Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery <transChange type="added">and</transChange> an instrument of ten strings.
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
For the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> right; and all his works <transChange type="added">are done</transChange> in truth.
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">goodness: or, mercy</note>
By the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
For he spake, and it was <transChange type="added">done</transChange>; he commanded, and it stood fast.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.<note type="study">bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate</note>
The counsel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.<note type="study">to all…: Heb. to generation and generation</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the nation whose God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the people <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
An horse <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver <transChange type="added">any</transChange> by his great strength.
Behold, the eye of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waiteth for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Let thy mercy, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 34.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.</title>I will bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> at all times: his praise <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> continually <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in my mouth.<note type="study">Abimelech: or, Achish</note>
My soul shall make her boast in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: the humble shall hear <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, and be glad.
O magnify the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with me, and let us exalt his name together.
I sought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.<note type="study">were lightened: or, they flowed unto him</note>
This poor man cried, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
O taste and see that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good: blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> trusteth in him.
O fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye his saints: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no want to them that fear him.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall not want any good <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
What man <transChange type="added">is he that</transChange> desireth life, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> loveth <transChange type="added">many</transChange> days, that he may see good?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
The eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the righteous, and his ears <transChange type="added">are open</transChange> unto their cry.
The face of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
<transChange type="added">The righteous</transChange> cry, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.<note type="study">unto…: Heb. to the broken of heart</note><note type="study">of a contrite…: Heb. contrite of spirit</note>
Many <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the afflictions of the righteous: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delivereth him out of them all.
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.<note type="study">desolate: or, guilty</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.<note type="study">desolate: or, guilty</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 35.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Plead <transChange type="added">my cause</transChange>, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
Draw out also the spear, and stop <transChange type="added">the way</transChange> against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy salvation.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> chase <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> persecute them.<note type="study">dark…: Heb. darkness and slipperiness</note>
For without cause have they hid for me their net <transChange type="added">in</transChange> a pit, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> without cause they have digged for my soul.
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.<note type="study">at…: Heb. which he knoweth not of</note>
And my soul shall be joyful in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
All my bones shall say, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that I knew not.<note type="study">False…: Heb. Witnesses of wrong</note><note type="study">they…: Heb. they asked me</note>
They rewarded me evil for good <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the spoiling of my soul.<note type="study">spoiling: Heb. depriving</note>
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.<note type="study">humbled: or, afflicted</note>
I behaved myself as though <transChange type="added">he had been</transChange> my friend <transChange type="added">or</transChange> brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth <transChange type="added">for his</transChange> mother.<note type="study">behaved myself: Heb. walked</note><note type="study">as though…: Heb. as a friend, as a brother to me</note>
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not; they did tear <transChange type="added">me</transChange>, and ceased not:<note type="study">adversity: Heb. halting</note>
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.<note type="study">darling: Heb. only one</note>
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.<note type="study">much: Heb. strong</note>
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.<note type="study">wrongfully: Heb. falsely</note>
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> quiet in the land.
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<transChange type="added">This</transChange> thou hast seen, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Judge me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.<note type="study">Ah…: Heb. Ah, ah, our soul</note>
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> against me.
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.<note type="study">righteous…: Heb. righteousness</note>
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of thy praise all the day long.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 36.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David the servant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.</title>The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, <transChange type="added">that there is</transChange> no fear of God before his eyes.
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.<note type="study">until…: Heb. to find his iniquity to hate</note>
The words of his mouth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to do good.
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> not good; he abhorreth not evil.<note type="study">mischief: or, vanity</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thy mercy, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the heavens; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy faithfulness <transChange type="added">reacheth</transChange> unto the clouds.
Thy righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like the great mountains; thy judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a great deep: O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou preservest man and beast.<note type="study">the…: Heb. the mountains of God</note>
How excellent <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.<note type="study">excellent: Heb. precious</note>
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.<note type="study">abundantly…: Heb. watered</note>
For with thee <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.<note type="study">continue: Heb. draw out at length</note>
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 37.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and do good; <transChange type="added">so</transChange> shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.<note type="study">verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness</note>
Delight thyself also in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; trust also in him; and he shall bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to pass.<note type="study">Commit…: Heb. Roll thy way upon</note>
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Rest in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.<note type="study">Rest in: Heb. Be silent to</note>
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, they shall inherit the earth.
For yet a little while, and the wicked <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange>: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange>.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.<note type="study">plotteth: or, practiseth</note>
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to slay such as be of upright conversation.<note type="study">such…: Heb. the upright of way</note>
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
A little that a righteous man hath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than the riches of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> upholdeth the righteous.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.<note type="study">the fat: Heb. the preciousness</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
For <transChange type="added">such as be</transChange> blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and <transChange type="added">they that be</transChange> cursed of him shall be cut off.
The steps of a <transChange type="added">good</transChange> man are ordered by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and he delighteth in his way.<note type="study">ordered: or, established</note>
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> upholdeth <transChange type="added">him with</transChange> his hand.
I have been young, and <transChange type="added">now</transChange> am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
<transChange type="added">He is</transChange> ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> blessed.<note type="study">ever: Heb. all the day</note>
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
The law of his God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.<note type="study">steps: or, goings</note>
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Wait on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.<note type="study">a green…: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil</note>
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Mark the perfect <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, and behold the upright: for the end of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> peace.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
But the salvation of the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> their strength in the time of trouble.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 38.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.</title>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> rest in my bones because of my sin.<note type="study">rest: Heb. peace, or, health</note>
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
My wounds stink <transChange type="added">and</transChange> are corrupt because of my foolishness.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.<note type="study">troubled: Heb. wried</note>
For my loins are filled with a loathsome <transChange type="added">disease</transChange>: and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no soundness in my flesh.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Lord, all my desire <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.<note type="study">is gone…: Heb. is not with me</note>
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.<note type="study">sore: Heb. stroke</note><note type="study">my kinsmen: or, my neighbours</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>They also that seek after my life lay snares <transChange type="added">for me</transChange>: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
But I, as a deaf <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, heard not; and <transChange type="added">I was</transChange> as a dumb man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> openeth not his mouth.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> no reproofs.
For in thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.<note type="study">in…: or, thee do I wait for</note><note type="study">hear: or, answer</note>
For I said, <transChange type="added">Hear me</transChange>, lest <transChange type="added">otherwise</transChange> they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> against me.
For I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> ready to halt, and my sorrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> continually before me.<note type="study">to halt: Heb. for halting</note>
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
But mine enemies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> lively, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.<note type="study">are lively…: Heb. being living, are strong</note>
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow <transChange type="added">the thing that</transChange> good <transChange type="added">is</transChange>.
Forsake me not, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: O my God, be not far from me.
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.<note type="study">to…: Heb. for my help</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 39.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.</title>I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.<note type="study">my mouth…: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth</note>
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from good; and my sorrow was stirred.<note type="study">stirred: Heb. troubled</note>
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: <transChange type="added">then</transChange> spake I with my tongue,
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it <transChange type="added">is; that</transChange> I may know how frail I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>.<note type="study">how…: or, what time I have here</note>
Behold, thou hast made my days <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an handbreadth; and mine age <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state <transChange type="added">is</transChange> altogether vanity. Selah.<note type="study">at…: Heb. settled</note>
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up <transChange type="added">riches</transChange>, and knoweth not who shall gather them.<note type="study">a vain…: Heb. an image</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thee.
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.<note type="study">blow: Heb. conflict</note>
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity. Selah.<note type="study">his…: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away</note>
Hear my prayer, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a stranger with thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a sojourner, as all my fathers <transChange type="added">were</transChange>.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 40.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>I waited patiently for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.<note type="study">I waited…: Heb. In waiting I waited</note>
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> established my goings.<note type="study">an…: Heb. a pit of noise</note>
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> praise unto our God: many shall see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and fear, and shall trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that man that maketh the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Many, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy wonderful works <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast done, and thy thoughts <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: <transChange type="added">if</transChange> I would declare and speak <transChange type="added">of them</transChange>, they are more than can be numbered.<note type="study">they cannot…: or, none can order them unto thee</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.<note type="study">opened: Heb. digged</note>
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written of me,
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> within my heart.<note type="study">within…: Heb. in the midst of my bowels</note>
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou knowest.
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.<note type="study">faileth: Heb. forsaketh</note>
Be pleased, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to deliver me: O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, make haste to help me.
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be magnified.
But I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> poor and needy; <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> the Lord thinketh upon me: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 41.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that considereth the poor: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will deliver him in time of trouble.<note type="study">the poor: or, the weak, or, sick</note><note type="study">in time…: Heb. in the day of evil</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will preserve him, and keep him alive; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.<note type="study">thou…: or, do not thou deliver</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.<note type="study">make: Heb. turn</note>
I said, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
And if he come to see <transChange type="added">me</transChange>, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he goeth abroad, he telleth <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.<note type="study">my…: Heb. evil to me</note>
An evil disease, <transChange type="added">say they</transChange>, cleaveth fast unto him: and <transChange type="added">now</transChange> that he lieth he shall rise up no more.<note type="study">An…: Heb. A thing of Belial</note>
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up <transChange type="added">his</transChange> heel against me.<note type="study">mine…: Heb. the man of my peace</note><note type="study">lifted…: Heb. magnified</note>
But thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 42.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.</title>As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.<note type="study">Maschil…: or, A Psalm giving instruction of the sons, etc</note><note type="study">panteth: Heb. brayeth</note>
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy God?
When I remember these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and <transChange type="added">why</transChange> art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the help of his countenance.<note type="study">cast: Heb. bowed</note><note type="study">praise: or, give thanks</note><note type="study">for the…: or, his presence is salvation</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.<note type="study">the hill…: or, the little hill</note>
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
<transChange type="added">Yet</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> with me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my prayer unto the God of my life.
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy God?<note type="study">sword: or, killing</note>
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> the health of my countenance, and my God.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 43.</title>
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.<note type="study">ungodly: or, unmerciful</note><note type="study">the deceitful…: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity</note>
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.<note type="study">my exceeding…: Heb. the gladness of my joy</note>
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> the health of my countenance, and my God.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 44.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.</title>We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, <transChange type="added">what</transChange> work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.<note type="study">Maschil: or, of instruction</note>
<transChange type="added">How</transChange> thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; <transChange type="added">how</transChange> thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Thou hast given us like sheep <transChange type="added">appointed</transChange> for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.<note type="study">like…: Heb. as sheep of meat</note>
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase <transChange type="added">thy wealth</transChange> by their price.<note type="study">for…: Heb. without riches</note>
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
My confusion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;<note type="study">steps: or, goings</note>
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast <transChange type="added">us</transChange> not off for ever.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.<note type="study">for our…: Heb. a help for us</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 45.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.</title>My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the pen of a ready writer.<note type="study">Maschil: or, of instruction</note><note type="study">is inditing: Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up</note>
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Gird thy sword upon <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> thigh, O <transChange type="added">most</transChange> mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness <transChange type="added">and</transChange> righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.<note type="study">ride…: Heb. prosper thou, ride thou</note>
Thine arrows <transChange type="added">are</transChange> sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; <transChange type="added">whereby</transChange> the people fall under thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thy throne, O God, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a right sceptre.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
All thy garments <transChange type="added">smell</transChange> of myrrh, and aloes, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Kings' daughters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy Lord; and worship thou him.
And the daughter of Tyre <transChange type="added">shall be there</transChange> with a gift; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.<note type="study">favour: Heb. face</note>
The king's daughter <transChange type="added">is</transChange> all glorious within: her clothing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of wrought gold.
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 46.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.</title>God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.<note type="study">for: or, of</note>
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;<note type="study">midst…: Heb. heart of the seas</note>
<transChange type="added">Though</transChange> the waters thereof roar <transChange type="added">and</transChange> be troubled, <transChange type="added">though</transChange> the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> of the tabernacles of the most High.
God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, <transChange type="added">and that</transChange> right early.<note type="study">and…: Heb. when the morning appeareth</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with us; the God of Jacob <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our refuge. Selah.<note type="study">our…: Heb. an high place for us</note>
Come, behold the works of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Be still, and know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with us; the God of Jacob <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our refuge. Selah.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 47.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.</title>O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.<note type="study">for: or, of</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> most high <transChange type="added">is</transChange> terrible; <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> a great King over all the earth.
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>God is gone up with a shout, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
For God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.<note type="study">with: or, every one that hath</note>
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
The princes of the people are gathered together, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> unto God: he is greatly exalted.<note type="study">princes…: or, voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 48.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Psalm for the sons of Korah.</title>Great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the mountain of his holiness.<note type="study">for: or, of</note>
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mount Zion, <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
They saw <transChange type="added">it, and</transChange> so they marvelled; they were troubled, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hasted away.
Fear took hold upon them there, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> pain, as of a woman in travail.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
According to thy name, O God, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to the generation following.<note type="study">Mark…: Heb. Set your heart to</note><note type="study">consider: or, raise up</note>
For this God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto death.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 49.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.</title>Hear this, all <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> people; give ear, all <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> inhabitants of the world:<note type="study">for: or, of</note>
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> of understanding.
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
None <transChange type="added">of them</transChange> can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
(For the redemption of their soul <transChange type="added">is</transChange> precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
That he should still live for ever, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not see corruption.
For he seeth <transChange type="added">that</transChange> wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Their inward thought <transChange type="added">is, that</transChange> their houses <transChange type="added">shall continue</transChange> for ever, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their dwelling places to all generations; they call <transChange type="added">their</transChange> lands after their own names.<note type="study">all…: Heb. generation and generation</note>
Nevertheless man <transChange type="added">being</transChange> in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts <transChange type="added">that</transChange> perish.
This their way <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.<note type="study">approve…: Heb. delight in their mouth</note>
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.<note type="study">beauty: or, strength</note><note type="study">in the grave from…: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.<note type="study">power: Heb. hand</note><note type="study">the grave: or, hell</note>
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and <transChange type="added">men</transChange> will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.<note type="study">while…: Heb. in his life</note>
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.<note type="study">He…: Heb. The soul shall</note>
Man <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts <transChange type="added">that</transChange> perish.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 50.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of Asaph.</title>The mighty God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.<note type="study">of…: or, for Asaph</note>
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> judge himself. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thy God.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, <transChange type="added">to have been</transChange> continually before me.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> he goats out of thy folds.
For every beast of the forest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the cattle upon a thousand hills.
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field <transChange type="added">are</transChange> mine.<note type="study">mine: Heb. with me</note>
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, and the fulness thereof.
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.<note type="study">hast…: Heb. thy portion was with</note>
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.<note type="study">givest: Heb. sendest</note>
Thou sittest <transChange type="added">and</transChange> speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
These <transChange type="added">things</transChange> hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether <transChange type="added">such an one</transChange> as thyself: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I will reprove thee, and set <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in order before thine eyes.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear <transChange type="added">you</transChange> in pieces, and <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> none to deliver.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> conversation <transChange type="added">aright</transChange> will I shew the salvation of God.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that disposeth his way</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 51.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath–sheba.</title>Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ever before me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done <transChange type="added">this</transChange> evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> be clear when thou judgest.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.<note type="study">conceive…: Heb. warm me</note>
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden <transChange type="added">part</transChange> thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the bones <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast broken may rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.<note type="study">right: or, constant</note>
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me <transChange type="added">with thy</transChange> free spirit.
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.<note type="study">bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods</note>
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: thou delightest not in burnt offering.<note type="study">else…: or, that I should</note>
The sacrifices of God <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 52.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, Maschil, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.</title>Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> continually.<note type="study">Maschil: or, of instruction</note>
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Thou lovest evil more than good; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Thou lovest all devouring words, O <transChange type="added">thou</transChange> deceitful tongue.<note type="study">O thou…: or, and the deceitful tongue</note>
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.<note type="study">destroy…: Heb. beat thee down</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Lo, <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> strengthened himself in his wickedness.<note type="study">wickedness: or, substance</note>
But I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and I will wait on thy name; for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good before thy saints.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 53.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>The fool hath said in his heart, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that doeth good.<note type="study">Maschil: or, of instruction</note>
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were <transChange type="added">any</transChange> that did understand, that did seek God.
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that doeth good, no, not one.
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <transChange type="added">as</transChange> they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
There were they in great fear, <transChange type="added">where</transChange> no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth <transChange type="added">against</transChange> thee: thou hast put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to shame, because God hath despised them.<note type="study">were…: Heb. they feared a fear</note>
Oh that the salvation of Israel <transChange type="added">were come</transChange> out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Israel shall be glad.<note type="study">Oh that…: Heb. Who will give salvation, etc</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 54.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?</title>Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.<note type="study">chief…: or, overseer</note><note type="study">Maschil: or, of instruction</note>
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Behold, God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine helper: the Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with them that uphold my soul.
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.<note type="study">mine…: Heb. those that observe me</note>
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen <transChange type="added">his desire</transChange> upon mine enemies.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 55.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.<note type="study">chief…: or, overseer</note><note type="study">Maschil: or, of instruction</note>
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.<note type="study">overwhelmed: Heb. covered</note>
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! <transChange type="added">for then</transChange> would I fly away, and be at rest.
Lo, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> would I wander far off, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> remain in the wilderness. Selah.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm <transChange type="added">and</transChange> tempest.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Destroy, O Lord, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the midst of it.
Wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
For <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> not an enemy <transChange type="added">that</transChange> reproached me; then I could have borne <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: neither <transChange type="added">was it</transChange> he that hated me <transChange type="added">that</transChange> did magnify <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
But <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.<note type="study">mine equal: Heb. according to my rank</note>
We took sweet counsel together, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> walked unto the house of God in company.<note type="study">We…: Heb. Who sweetened counsel</note>
Let death seize upon them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their dwellings, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> among them.<note type="study">hell: or, the grave</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>As for me, I will call upon God; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall save me.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> against me: for there were many with me.
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.<note type="study">Because…: or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they</note>
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.<note type="study">broken: Heb. profaned</note>
<transChange type="added">The words</transChange> of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet <transChange type="added">were</transChange> they drawn swords.
Cast thy burden upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.<note type="study">burden: or, gift</note>
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.<note type="study">bloody…: Heb. men of bloods and deceit</note><note type="study">shall…: Heb. shall not half their days</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 56.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Jonath–elem–rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.</title>Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.<note type="study">Michtam…: or, A golden Psalm of David</note>
Mine enemies would daily swallow <transChange type="added">me</transChange> up: for <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> many that fight against me, O thou most High.<note type="study">enemies: Heb. observers</note>
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts <transChange type="added">are</transChange> against me for evil.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> anger cast down the people, O God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> not in thy book?
When I cry <transChange type="added">unto thee</transChange>, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for me.
In God will I praise <transChange type="added">his</transChange> word: in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will I praise <transChange type="added">his</transChange> word.
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
Thy vows <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: <transChange type="added">wilt</transChange> not <transChange type="added">thou deliver</transChange> my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
<title type="chapter">PSALM 57.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.</title>Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until <transChange type="added">these</transChange> calamities be overpast.<note type="study">Al–taschith: or, Destroy not</note><note type="study">Michtam: or, A golden Psalm</note>
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth <transChange type="added">all things</transChange> for me.
He shall send from heaven, and save me <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.<note type="study">from the…: or, he reproacheth him that</note>
My soul <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among lions: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I lie <transChange type="added">even among</transChange> them that are set on fire, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the sons of men, whose teeth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; <transChange type="added">let</transChange> thy glory <transChange type="added">be</transChange> above all the earth.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange>. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.<note type="study">fixed: or, prepared</note>
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I <transChange type="added">myself</transChange> will awake early.
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
For thy mercy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: <transChange type="added">let</transChange> thy glory <transChange type="added">be</transChange> above all the earth.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 58.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David.</title>Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?<note type="study">Al–taschith…: or, Destroy not</note><note type="study">Michtam: or, A golden Psalm</note>
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.<note type="study">as soon…: Heb. from the belly</note>
Their poison <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like the poison of a serpent: <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> like the deaf adder <transChange type="added">that</transChange> stoppeth her ear;<note type="study">like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc</note><note type="study">adder: or, asp</note>
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.<note type="study">charming…: or, be the charmer never so cunning</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Let them melt away as waters <transChange type="added">which</transChange> run continually: <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he bendeth <transChange type="added">his bow to shoot</transChange> his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
As a snail <transChange type="added">which</transChange> melteth, let <transChange type="added">every one of them</transChange> pass away: <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the untimely birth of a woman, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they may not see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> wrath.<note type="study">both…: Heb. as living as wrath</note>
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
So that a man shall say, Verily <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.<note type="study">a reward…: Heb. fruit of the, etc</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 59.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.</title>Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.<note type="study">Al–taschith…: or, Destroy not</note><note type="study">Michtam: or, A golden Psalm</note><note type="study">defend…: Heb. set me on high</note>
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not <transChange type="added">for</transChange> my transgression, nor <transChange type="added">for</transChange> my sin, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
They run and prepare themselves without <transChange type="added">my</transChange> fault: awake to help me, and behold.<note type="study">help: Heb. meet</note>
Thou therefore, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in their lips: for who, <transChange type="added">say they</transChange>, doth hear?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
<transChange type="added">Because of</transChange> his strength will I wait upon thee: for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my defence.<note type="study">defence: Heb. high place</note>
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see <transChange type="added">my desire</transChange> upon mine enemies.<note type="study">enemies: Heb. observers</note>
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
<transChange type="added">For</transChange> the sin of their mouth <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they speak.
Consume <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in wrath, consume <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, that they <transChange type="added">may</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange>: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
And at evening let them return; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.<note type="study">for meat: Heb. to eat</note><note type="study">and grudge…: or, if they be not satisfied, then they will stay all night</note>

But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my defence, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the God of my mercy.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 60.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Shushan–eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram–naharaim and with Aram–zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.</title>O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.<note type="study">Michtam: or, A golden Psalm</note><note type="study">scattered: Heb. broken</note>
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
That thy beloved may be delivered; save <transChange type="added">with</transChange> thy right hand, and hear me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, and Manasseh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine; Ephraim also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the strength of mine head; Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my lawgiver;
Moab <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.<note type="study">triumph…: or, triumph thou over me: (by an irony)</note>
Who will bring me <transChange type="added">into</transChange> the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?<note type="study">strong…: Heb. city of strength?</note>
<transChange type="added">Wilt</transChange> not thou, O God, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> hadst cast us off? and <transChange type="added">thou</transChange>, O God, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> didst not go out with our armies?
Give us help from trouble: for vain <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the help of man.<note type="study">help of man: Heb. salvation, etc</note>
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he <transChange type="added">it is that</transChange> shall tread down our enemies.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 61.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Neginah, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is higher than I.
For thou hast been a shelter for me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a strong tower from the enemy.
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.<note type="study">trust: or, make my refuge</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given <transChange type="added">me</transChange> the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Thou wilt prolong the king's life: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his years as many generations.<note type="study">Thou…: Heb. Thou shalt add days to the days of the king</note><note type="study">as…: Heb. as generation and generation</note>
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> may preserve him.
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 62.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.</title>Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> my salvation.<note type="study">Truly: or, Only</note><note type="study">waiteth: Heb. is silent</note>
He only <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my rock and my salvation; <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.<note type="study">defence: Heb. high place</note>
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall <transChange type="added">shall ye be, and as</transChange> a tottering fence.
They only consult to cast <transChange type="added">him</transChange> down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.<note type="study">inwardly: Heb. in their inward parts</note>
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from him.
He only <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my rock and my salvation: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> my defence; I shall not be moved.
In God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my refuge, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Trust in him at all times; <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> people, pour out your heart before him: God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a refuge for us. Selah.
Surely men of low degree <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vanity, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> men of high degree <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a lie: to be laid in the balance, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> altogether <transChange type="added">lighter</transChange> than vanity.<note type="study">altogether: or, alike</note>
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart <transChange type="added">upon them</transChange>.
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> unto God.<note type="study">power: or, strength</note>
Also unto thee, O Lord, <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 63.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.</title>O God, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;<note type="study">thirsty: Heb. weary</note><note type="study">where…: without water</note>
To see thy power and thy glory, so <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Because thy lovingkindness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
My soul shall be satisfied as <transChange type="added">with</transChange> marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> with joyful lips:<note type="study">marrow: Heb. fatness</note>
When I remember thee upon my bed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> meditate on thee in the <transChange type="added">night</transChange> watches.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
But those <transChange type="added">that</transChange> seek my soul, to destroy <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.<note type="study">They shall fall…: Heb. They shall make him run out like water by the hands of</note>
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 64.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Who whet their tongue like a sword, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bend <transChange type="added">their bows to shoot</transChange> their arrows, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> bitter words:
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
They encourage themselves <transChange type="added">in</transChange> an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?<note type="study">matter: or, speech</note><note type="study">of…: Heb. to hide his snares</note>
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward <transChange type="added">thought</transChange> of every one <transChange type="added">of them</transChange>, and the heart, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> deep.<note type="study">they…: or, we are consumed by that which they have throughly searched</note><note type="study">a diligent…: Heb. a search searched</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But God shall shoot at them <transChange type="added">with</transChange> an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.<note type="study">shall they…: Heb. their wound shall be</note>
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
The righteous shall be glad in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 65.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Song of David.</title>Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.<note type="study">waiteth: Heb. is silent</note>
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Iniquities prevail against me: <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.<note type="study">Iniquities: Heb. Words, or, Matters of iniquities</note>
Blessed <transChange type="added">is the man whom</transChange> thou choosest, and causest to approach <transChange type="added">unto thee, that</transChange> he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of thy holy temple.
<transChange type="added">By</transChange> terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; <transChange type="added">who art</transChange> the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the sea:
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; <transChange type="added">being</transChange> girded with power:
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.<note type="study">rejoice: or, sing</note>
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.<note type="study">and…: or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain</note>
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.<note type="study">settlest: or, causest rain to descend into</note><note type="study">makest…: Heb. dissolvest it</note>
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.<note type="study">with: Heb. of</note>
They drop <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.<note type="study">rejoice…: Heb. are girded with joy</note>
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 66.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Song <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Psalm.</title>Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:<note type="study">all…: Heb. all the earth</note>
Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Say unto God, How terrible <transChange type="added">art thou in</transChange> thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.<note type="study">submit…: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie</note>
All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing <transChange type="added">to</transChange> thy name. Selah.
Come and see the works of God: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> terrible <transChange type="added">in his</transChange> doing toward the children of men.
He turned the sea into dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.<note type="study">holdeth: Heb. putteth</note>
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.<note type="study">wealthy: Heb. moist</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.<note type="study">uttered: Heb. opened</note>
I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.<note type="study">fatlings: Heb. marrow</note>
Come <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear <transChange type="added">me</transChange>:
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> verily God hath heard <transChange type="added">me</transChange>; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 67.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Song.</title>God be merciful unto us, and bless us; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.<note type="study">chief…: or, overseer</note><note type="study">upon: Heb. with</note>
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.<note type="study">govern: Heb. lead</note>
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> shall the earth yield her increase; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> our own God, shall bless us.
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 68.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Song of David.</title>Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.<note type="study">before…: Heb. from his face</note>
As smoke is driven away, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> drive <transChange type="added">them</transChange> away: as wax melteth before the fire, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.<note type="study">exceedingly…: Heb. rejoice with gladness</note>
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name <seg><divineName>Jah</divineName></seg>, and rejoice before him.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God in his holy habitation.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>.<note type="study">in families: Heb. in a house</note>

<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Sinai itself <transChange type="added">was moved</transChange> at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.<note type="study">send: Heb. shake out</note><note type="study">confirm: Heb. confirm it</note>
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
The Lord gave the word: great <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the company of those that published <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">company: Heb. army</note>
Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.<note type="study">did…: Heb. did flee, did flee</note>
Though ye have lien among the pots, <transChange type="added">yet shall ye be as</transChange> the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was <transChange type="added">white</transChange> as snow in Salmon.<note type="study">in it…: or, for her, she</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The hill of God <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> the hill of Bashan; an high hill <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the hill of Bashan.
Why leap ye, ye high hills? <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> the hill <transChange type="added">which</transChange> God desireth to dwell in; yea, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will dwell <transChange type="added">in it</transChange> for ever.
The chariots of God <transChange type="added">are</transChange> twenty thousand, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thousands of angels: the Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among them, <transChange type="added">as in</transChange> Sinai, in the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.<note type="study">even…: or, even many thousands</note>
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the rebellious also, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God might dwell <transChange type="added">among them</transChange>.<note type="study">for men: Heb. in the man</note>
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the Lord, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> daily loadeth us <transChange type="added">with benefits, even</transChange> the God of our salvation. Selah.
<transChange type="added">He that is</transChange> our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God of salvation; and unto <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> the Lord <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> the issues from death.
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring <transChange type="added">my people</transChange> again from the depths of the sea:
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> enemies, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the tongue of thy dogs in the same.<note type="study">dipped: or, red</note>
They have seen thy goings, O God; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
The singers went before, the players on instruments <transChange type="added">followed</transChange> after; among <transChange type="added">them were</transChange> the damsels playing with timbrels.
Bless ye God in the congregations, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.<note type="study">from…: or, ye that are of the fountain of Israel</note>
There <transChange type="added">is</transChange> little Benjamin <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their ruler, the princes of Judah <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their council, the princes of Zebulun, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the princes of Naphtali.<note type="study">and their…: or, with their company</note>
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, <transChange type="added">till every one</transChange> submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people <transChange type="added">that</transChange> delight in war.<note type="study">the company…: or, the beasts of the reeds</note><note type="study">scatter…: or, he scattereth</note>
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, <transChange type="added">and that</transChange> a mighty voice.<note type="study">send…: Heb. give</note>
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over Israel, and his strength <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the clouds.<note type="study">clouds: or, heavens</note>

O God, <transChange type="added">thou art</transChange> terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that giveth strength and power unto <transChange type="added">his</transChange> people. Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> God.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 69.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto <transChange type="added">my</transChange> soul.
I sink in deep mire, where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.<note type="study">deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth</note><note type="study">deep waters: Heb. depth of waters</note>
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which I took not away.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.<note type="study">sins: Heb. guiltiness</note>
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
When I wept, <transChange type="added">and chastened</transChange> my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the song of the drunkards.<note type="study">drunkards: Heb. drinkers of strong drink</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But as for me, my prayer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Hear me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for thy lovingkindness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.<note type="study">hear…: Heb. make haste to hear me</note>
Draw nigh unto my soul, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all before thee.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked <transChange type="added">for some</transChange> to take pity, but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none; and for comforters, but I found none.<note type="study">to take…: Heb. to lament with me</note>
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let their table become a snare before them: and <transChange type="added">that which should have been</transChange> for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> welfare, <transChange type="added">let it become</transChange> a trap.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Let their habitation be desolate; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> let none dwell in their tents.<note type="study">their habitation: Heb. their palace</note><note type="study">let none…: Heb. let there not be a dweller</note>
For they persecute <transChange type="added">him</transChange> whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.<note type="study">those…: Heb. thy wounded</note>
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.<note type="study">iniquity unto…: or, punishment of iniquity, etc</note>
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
But I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
<transChange type="added">This</transChange> also shall please the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> better than an ox <transChange type="added">or</transChange> bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
The humble shall see <transChange type="added">this, and</transChange> be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.<note type="study">humble: or, meek</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.<note type="study">moveth: Heb. creepeth</note>
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 70.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David, to bring to remembrance.</title><transChange type="added">Make haste</transChange>, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">to help…: Heb. to my help</note>
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
But I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my help and my deliverer; O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, make no tarrying.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 71.</title>
In thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my rock and my fortress.<note type="study">Be…: Heb. Be thou to me for a rock of habitation</note>
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my hope, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">thou art</transChange> my trust from my youth.
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> continually of thee.
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my strong refuge.
Let my mouth be filled <transChange type="added">with</transChange> thy praise <transChange type="added">and with</transChange> thy honour all the day.
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,<note type="study">lay…: Heb. watch, or, observe</note>
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none to deliver <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Let them be confounded <transChange type="added">and</transChange> consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered <transChange type="added">with</transChange> reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>.
I will go in the strength of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: I will make mention of thy righteousness, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of thine only.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto <transChange type="added">this</transChange> generation, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy power to every one <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is to come.<note type="study">when…: Heb. unto old age and gray hairs</note><note type="study">thy strength: Heb. thine arm</note>
Thy righteousness also, O God, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> very high, who hast done great things: O God, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like unto thee!
<transChange type="added">Thou</transChange>, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.<note type="study">the psaltery: Heb. the instrument of psaltery</note>
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 72.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> for Solomon.</title>Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.<note type="study">for: or, of</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers <transChange type="added">that</transChange> water the earth.
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.<note type="study">so long…: Heb. till there be no moon</note>
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and <transChange type="added">him</transChange> that hath no helper.
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> daily shall he be praised.<note type="study">shall be given: Heb. one shall give</note>
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and <transChange type="added">they</transChange> of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.<note type="study">endure: Heb. be</note><note type="study">his name shall be…: Heb. shall be as a son to continue his father's name for ever</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
And blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his glory; Amen, and Amen.
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 73.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of Asaph.</title>Truly God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good to Israel, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to such as are of a clean heart.<note type="study">of: or, for</note><note type="study">Truly: or, Yet</note><note type="study">of…: Heb. clean of heart</note>
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
For I was envious at the foolish, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> no bands in their death: but their strength <transChange type="added">is</transChange> firm.<note type="study">firm: Heb. fat</note>
They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not in trouble <transChange type="added">as other</transChange> men; neither are they plagued like <transChange type="added">other</transChange> men.<note type="study">in…: Heb. in the trouble of other men</note><note type="study">like: Heb. with</note>
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a garment.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.<note type="study">have…: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart</note>
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> oppression: they speak loftily.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full <transChange type="added">cup</transChange> are wrung out to them.
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Behold, these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase <transChange type="added">in</transChange> riches.
Verily I have cleansed my heart <transChange type="added">in</transChange> vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.<note type="study">chastened: Heb. my chastisement was</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend <transChange type="added">against</transChange> the generation of thy children.
When I thought to know this, it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> too painful for me;<note type="study">too…: Heb. labour in mine eyes</note>
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; <transChange type="added">then</transChange> understood I their end.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
How are they <transChange type="added">brought</transChange> into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
As a dream when <transChange type="added">one</transChange> awaketh; <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
So foolish <transChange type="added">was</transChange> I, and ignorant: I was <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a beast before thee.<note type="study">ignorant: Heb. I knew not</note><note type="study">before: Heb. with</note>
Nevertheless I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> continually with thee: thou hast holden <transChange type="added">me</transChange> by my right hand.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me <transChange type="added">to</transChange> glory.
Whom have I in heaven <transChange type="added">but thee</transChange>? and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none upon earth <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I desire beside thee.
My flesh and my heart faileth: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.<note type="study">strength: Heb. rock</note>
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
But <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, that I may declare all thy works.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 74.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">Maschil of Asaph.</title>O God, why hast thou cast <transChange type="added">us</transChange> off for ever? <transChange type="added">why</transChange> doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?<note type="study">Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction</note>
Remember thy congregation, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.<note type="study">rod: or, tribe</note>
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns <transChange type="added">for</transChange> signs.
<transChange type="added">A man</transChange> was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled <transChange type="added">by casting down</transChange> the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.<note type="study">They have cast…: Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary unto the fire</note>
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.<note type="study">destroy: Heb. break</note>
We see not our signs: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no more any prophet: neither <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> among us any that knoweth how long.
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out of thy bosom.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.<note type="study">divide: Heb. break</note><note type="study">dragons: or, whales</note>
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> gavest him <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.<note type="study">mighty…: Heb. rivers of strength</note>
The day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine, the night also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.<note type="study">made: Heb. made them</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Remember this, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the enemy hath reproached, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude <transChange type="added">of the wicked</transChange>: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.<note type="study">increaseth: Heb. ascendeth</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 75.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, A Psalm <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Song of Asaph.</title>Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, <transChange type="added">unto thee</transChange> do we give thanks: for <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.<note type="study">Al–taschith: or, Destroy not</note><note type="study">of: or, for</note>
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.<note type="study">receive…: or, take a set time</note>
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Lift not up your horn on high: speak <transChange type="added">not with</transChange> a stiff neck.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For promotion <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.<note type="study">south: Heb. desert</note>
But God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
For in the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> drink <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 76.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Song of Asaph.</title>In Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God known: his name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great in Israel.<note type="study">chief…: or, overseer</note><note type="study">of: or, for</note>
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> more glorious <transChange type="added">and</transChange> excellent than the mountains of prey.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Vow, and pay unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.<note type="study">unto him…: Heb. to fear</note>
He shall cut off the spirit of princes: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> terrible to the kings of the earth.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 77.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.</title>I cried unto God with my voice, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.<note type="study">of: or, for</note>
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.<note type="study">sore: Heb. hand</note>
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> promise fail for evermore?<note type="study">for evermore: Heb. to generation and generation?</note>
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
And I said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my infirmity: <transChange type="added">but I will remember</transChange> the years of the right hand of the most High.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will remember the works of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
Thy way, O God, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the sanctuary: who <transChange type="added">is so</transChange> great a God as <transChange type="added">our</transChange> God?
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Thou hast with <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.<note type="study">poured…: Heb. were poured forth with water</note>
The voice of thy thunder <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Thy way <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 78.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">Maschil of Asaph.</title>Give ear, O my people, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.<note type="study">Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction</note>
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
We will not hide <transChange type="added">them</transChange> from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
That the generation to come might know <transChange type="added">them, even</transChange> the children <transChange type="added">which</transChange> should be born; <transChange type="added">who</transChange> should arise and declare <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to their children:
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation <transChange type="added">that</transChange> set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that prepared not their heart</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The children of Ephraim, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> armed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.<note type="study">carrying: Heb. throwing forth</note>
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the field of Zoan.
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> drink as <transChange type="added">out of</transChange> the great depths.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?<note type="study">furnish: Heb. order</note>
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> heard <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.<note type="study">Man…: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty</note>
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.<note type="study">to blow: Heb. to go</note>
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:<note type="study">feathered…: Heb. fowl of wing</note>
And he let <transChange type="added">it</transChange> fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat <transChange type="added">was</transChange> yet in their mouths,
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Israel.<note type="study">smote…: Heb. made to bow</note><note type="study">chosen…: or, young men</note>
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
And they remembered that God <transChange type="added">was</transChange> their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
But he, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> full of compassion, forgave <transChange type="added">their</transChange> iniquity, and destroyed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
For he remembered that they <transChange type="added">were but</transChange> flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> grieve him in the desert!<note type="study">provoke: or, rebel against</note>
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
They remembered not his hand, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> the day when he delivered them from the enemy.<note type="study">from…: or, from affliction</note>
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:<note type="study">wrought: Heb. set</note>
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. killed</note><note type="study">frost: or, great hailstones</note>
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.<note type="study">gave…: Heb. shut up</note><note type="study">hot…: or, lightnings</note>
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels <transChange type="added">among them</transChange>.
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;<note type="study">He made…: Heb. He weighed a path</note><note type="study">life…: or, beasts to the murrain</note>
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.<note type="study">overwhelmed: Heb. covered</note>
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, <transChange type="added">even to</transChange> this mountain, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> his right hand had purchased.
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
When God heard <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent <transChange type="added">which</transChange> he placed among men;
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.<note type="study">given…: Heb. praised</note>
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
And he built his sanctuary like high <transChange type="added">palaces</transChange>, like the earth which he hath established for ever.<note type="study">established: Heb. founded</note>
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.<note type="study">following: Heb. after</note>
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 79.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of Asaph.</title>O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.<note type="study">of: or, for</note>
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none to bury <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
How long, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.<note type="study">former…: or, the iniquities of them that were before us</note>
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the revenging of the blood of thy servants <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> shed.<note type="study">revenging: Heb. vengeance</note>
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;<note type="study">thy…: Heb. thine arm</note><note type="study">preserve…: Heb. reserve the children of death</note>
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.<note type="study">to all…: Heb. to generation and generation</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 80.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim–eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.</title>Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest <transChange type="added">between</transChange> the cherubims, shine forth.<note type="study">of: or, for</note>
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come <transChange type="added">and</transChange> save us.<note type="study">come…: Heb. come for salvation to us</note>
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?<note type="study">be…: Heb. smoke</note>
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Thou preparedst <transChange type="added">room</transChange> before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof <transChange type="added">were like</transChange> the goodly cedars.<note type="study">goodly…: Heb. cedars of God</note>
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Why hast thou <transChange type="added">then</transChange> broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou madest strong for thyself.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> burned with fire, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> thou madest strong for thyself.
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Turn us again, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 81.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Gittith, <transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of Asaph.</title>Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.<note type="study">of Asaph: or, for Asaph</note>
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
For this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a statute for Israel, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a law of the God of Jacob.
This he ordained in Joseph <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: <transChange type="added">where</transChange> I heard a language <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I understood not.<note type="study">through: or, against</note>
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.<note type="study">were…: Heb. passed away</note>
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.<note type="study">Meribah: or, Strife</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they walked in their own counsels.<note type="study">unto…: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination</note>
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Israel had walked in my ways!
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
The haters of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.<note type="study">submitted…: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied</note>
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.<note type="study">finest…: Heb. fat of wheat</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 82.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of Asaph.</title>God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.<note type="study">of Asaph: or, for Asaph</note>
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.<note type="study">Defend: Heb. Judge</note>
Deliver the poor and needy: rid <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out of the hand of the wicked.
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.<note type="study">out…: Heb. moved</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I have said, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> gods; and all of you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> children of the most High.
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 83.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Psalm of Asaph.</title>Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.<note type="study">of Asaph: or, for Asaph</note>
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:<note type="study">consent: Heb. heart</note>
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.<note type="study">holpen: Heb. been an arm to</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Do unto them as <transChange type="added">unto</transChange> the Midianites; as <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Sisera, as <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
<transChange type="added">Which</transChange> perished at Endor: they became <transChange type="added">as</transChange> dung for the earth.
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
That <transChange type="added">men</transChange> may know that thou, whose name alone <transChange type="added">is</transChange> <seg><divineName>Jehovah</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the most high over all the earth.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 84.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.</title>How amiable <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy tabernacles, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts!<note type="study">for the sons: or, of the sons</note>
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thine altars, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, my King, and my God.
Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man whose strength <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thee; in whose heart <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the ways <transChange type="added">of them</transChange>.
<transChange type="added">Who</transChange> passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.<note type="study">Baca…: or, mulberry trees make him a well, etc</note><note type="study">filleth: Heb. covereth</note>
They go from strength to strength, <transChange type="added">every one of them</transChange> in Zion appeareth before God.<note type="study">strength to…: or, company to company</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
For a day in thy courts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.<note type="study">I had…: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sun and shield: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will give grace and glory: no good <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man that trusteth in thee.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 85.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.</title><seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.<note type="study">for the sons: or, of the sons</note><note type="study">favourable: or, well pleased</note>
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned <transChange type="added">thyself</transChange> from the fierceness of thine anger.<note type="study">thyself…: or, thine anger from waxing hot</note>
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Shew us thy mercy, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and grant us thy salvation.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will hear what God the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Surely his salvation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed <transChange type="added">each other</transChange>.
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Yea, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall give <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good; and our land shall yield her increase.
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set <transChange type="added">us</transChange> in the way of his steps.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 86.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Prayer of David.</title>Bow down thine ear, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hear me: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> poor and needy.<note type="study">A Prayer…: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of David</note>
Preserve my soul; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.<note type="study">holy: or, one whom thou favourest</note>
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.<note type="study">daily: or, all the day</note>
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
For thou, Lord, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Give ear, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Among the gods <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like unto thee, O Lord; neither <transChange type="added">are there any works</transChange> like unto thy works.
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> great, and doest wondrous things: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> God alone.
Teach me thy way, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
For great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.<note type="study">hell: or, grave</note>
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent <transChange type="added">men</transChange> have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.<note type="study">violent: Heb. terrible</note>
But thou, O Lord, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and be ashamed: because thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 87.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Song for the sons of Korah.</title>His foundation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the holy mountains.<note type="study">for the sons: or, of the sons</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this <transChange type="added">man</transChange> was born there.
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall count, when he writeth up the people, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> this <transChange type="added">man</transChange> was born there. Selah.
As well the singers as the players on instruments <transChange type="added">shall be there</transChange>: all my springs <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in thee.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 88.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.</title>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of my salvation, I have cried day <transChange type="added">and</transChange> night before thee:<note type="study">for the sons: or, of the sons</note><note type="study">Maschil…: or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, giving instruction</note>
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man <transChange type="added">that hath</transChange> no strength:
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.<note type="study">from: or, by</note>
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted <transChange type="added">me</transChange> with all thy waves. Selah.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise <transChange type="added">and</transChange> praise thee? Selah.
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? <transChange type="added">or</transChange> thy faithfulness in destruction?
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
But unto thee have I cried, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, why castest thou off my soul? <transChange type="added">why</transChange> hidest thou thy face from me?
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> afflicted and ready to die from <transChange type="added">my</transChange> youth up: <transChange type="added">while</transChange> I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.<note type="study">daily: or, all the day</note>
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> mine acquaintance into darkness.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 89.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.</title>I will sing of the mercies of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.<note type="study">Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite, to give instruction</note><note type="study">to all…: Heb. to generation and generation</note>
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? <transChange type="added">who</transChange> among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> about him.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a strong <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.<note type="study">Rahab: or, Egypt</note><note type="study">thy…: Heb. the arm of thy strength</note>
The heavens <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thine, the earth also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine: <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.<note type="study">the fulness…: or, all it containeth</note>
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> high is thy right hand.<note type="study">a…: Heb. an arm with might</note>
Justice and judgment <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.<note type="study">habitation: or, establishment</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the light of thy countenance.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our defence; and the Holy One of Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our king.<note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName>…: or, our shield is of the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, and our king is of the Holy One of Israel</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon <transChange type="added">one that is</transChange> mighty; I have exalted <transChange type="added">one</transChange> chosen out of the people.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
But my faithfulness and my mercy <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
He shall cry unto me, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Also I will make him <transChange type="added">my</transChange> firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
His seed also will I make <transChange type="added">to endure</transChange> for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;<note type="study">break: Heb. profane</note>
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.<note type="study">will…: Heb. I will not make void from him</note><note type="study">to fail: Heb. to lie</note>
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.<note type="study">that…: Heb. if I lie</note>
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown <transChange type="added">by casting it</transChange> to the ground.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.<note type="study">glory: Heb. brightness</note>
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
How long, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
What man <transChange type="added">is he that</transChange> liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Lord, where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy former lovingkindnesses, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; <transChange type="added">how</transChange> I do bear in my bosom <transChange type="added">the reproach of</transChange> all the mighty people;
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 90.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Prayer of Moses the man of God.</title>Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.<note type="study">A Prayer…: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of Moses</note><note type="study">in…: Heb. in generation and generation</note>
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> God.
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
For a thousand years in thy sight <transChange type="added">are but</transChange> as yesterday when it is past, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a watch in the night.<note type="study">when…: or, when he hath passed them</note>
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a sleep: in the morning <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> like grass <transChange type="added">which</transChange> groweth up.<note type="study">groweth…: or, is changed</note>
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret <transChange type="added">sins</transChange> in the light of thy countenance.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale <transChange type="added">that is told</transChange>.<note type="study">passed…: Heb. turned away</note><note type="study">as a…: or, as a meditation</note>
The days of our years <transChange type="added">are</transChange> threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> fourscore years, yet <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.<note type="study">The days…: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years</note>
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> thy wrath.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So teach <transChange type="added">us</transChange> to number our days, that we may apply <transChange type="added">our</transChange> hearts unto wisdom.<note type="study">apply: Heb. cause to come</note>
Return, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Make us glad according to the days <transChange type="added">wherein</transChange> thou hast afflicted us, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the years <transChange type="added">wherein</transChange> we have seen evil.
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
And let the beauty of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 91.</title>
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.<note type="study">abide: Heb. lodge</note>
I will say of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">He is</transChange> my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth <transChange type="added">shall be thy</transChange> shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> for the arrow <transChange type="added">that</transChange> flieth by day;
<transChange type="added">Nor</transChange> for the pestilence <transChange type="added">that</transChange> walketh in darkness; <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> for the destruction <transChange type="added">that</transChange> wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Because thou hast made the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> my refuge, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.<note type="study">adder: or, asp</note>
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.<note type="study">long…: Heb. length of days</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 92.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Song for the sabbath day.</title><transChange type="added">It is a</transChange> good <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> to give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,<note type="study">every…: Heb. in the nights</note>
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.<note type="study">the harp…: or, the solemn sound with the harp</note><note type="study">a solemn…: Heb. Higgaion</note>
For thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how great are thy works! <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy thoughts are very deep.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> that they shall be destroyed for ever:
But thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">art most</transChange> high for evermore.
For, lo, thine enemies, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
But my horn shalt thou exalt like <transChange type="added">the horn of</transChange> an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Mine eye also shall see <transChange type="added">my desire</transChange> on mine enemies, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> mine ears shall hear <transChange type="added">my desire</transChange> of the wicked that rise up against me.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Those that be planted in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall flourish in the courts of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;<note type="study">flourishing: Heb. green</note>
To shew that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upright: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> my rock, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no unrighteousness in him.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 93.</title>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is clothed with strength, <transChange type="added">wherewith</transChange> he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Thy throne <transChange type="added">is</transChange> established of old: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> from everlasting.<note type="study">of old: Heb. from then</note>
The floods have lifted up, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> on high <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mightier than the noise of many waters, <transChange type="added">yea, than</transChange> the mighty waves of the sea.
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for ever.<note type="study">for ever: Heb. to length of days</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 94.</title>
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.<note type="study">God…: Heb. God of revenges</note><note type="study">shew…: Heb. shine forth</note>
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
<transChange type="added">How long</transChange> shall they utter <transChange type="added">and</transChange> speak hard things? <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
They break in pieces thy people, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and afflict thine heritage.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> fools, when will ye be wise?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, <transChange type="added">shall not he know</transChange>?
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> knoweth the thoughts of man, that they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vanity.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man whom thou chastenest, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and teachest him out of thy law;
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.<note type="study">shall follow…: Heb. shall be after it</note>
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? <transChange type="added">or</transChange> who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Unless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">had been</transChange> my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.<note type="study">almost: or, quickly</note>
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, held me up.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is my defence; and my God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the rock of my refuge.
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God shall cut them off.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 95.</title>
O come, let us sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.<note type="study">come…: Heb. prevent his face</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a great God, and a great King above all gods.
In his hand <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his also.<note type="study">In…: Heb. In whose</note><note type="study">the strength…: or, the heights of the hills are his</note>
The sea <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>.<note type="study">The sea…: Heb. Whose the sea is</note>
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our maker.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our God; and we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the day of temptation in the wilderness:<note type="study">provocation: Heb. contention</note>
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Forty years long was I grieved with <transChange type="added">this</transChange> generation, and said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.<note type="study">that…: Heb. if they enter into my rest</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 96.</title>
O sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> a new song: sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all the earth.
Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great, and greatly to be praised: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations <transChange type="added">are</transChange> idols: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> made the heavens.
Honour and majesty <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before him: strength and beauty <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his sanctuary.
Give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> glory and strength.
Give unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the glory <transChange type="added">due unto</transChange> his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.<note type="study">due…: Heb. of his name</note>
O worship the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.<note type="study">in the…: or, in the glorious sanctuary</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Say among the heathen <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.<note type="study">the fulness…: or, all it containeth</note>
Let the field be joyful, and all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
Before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 97.</title>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>.<note type="study">multitude…: Heb. many, or, great isles</note>
Clouds and darkness <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about him: righteousness and judgment <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the habitation of his throne.<note type="study">habitation: or, establishment</note>
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> gods.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
Ye that love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Rejoice in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.<note type="study">at…: or, to the memorial</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 98.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm.</title>O sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.<note type="study">openly…: or, revealed</note>
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Make a joyful noise unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the King.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.<note type="study">the fulness…: or, all it containeth</note>
Let the floods clap <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hands: let the hills be joyful together
Before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 99.</title>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth <transChange type="added">between</transChange> the cherubims; let the earth be moved.<note type="study">be moved: Heb. stagger</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great in Zion; and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> high above all the people.
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Exalt ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, and worship at his footstool; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.<note type="study">he is…: or, it is holy</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he answered them.
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he gave them.
Thou answeredst them, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
Exalt the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 100.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of praise.</title>Make a joyful noise unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all ye lands.<note type="study">praise: or, thanksgiving</note><note type="study">all…: Heb. all the earth</note>
Serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> he <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hath made us, and not we ourselves; <transChange type="added">we are</transChange> his people, and the sheep of his pasture.<note type="study">and not…: or, and his we are</note>
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bless his name.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good; his mercy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> everlasting; and his truth <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> to all generations.<note type="study">to all…: Heb. to generation and generation</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 101.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David.</title>I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, will I sing.
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; <transChange type="added">it</transChange> shall not cleave to me.<note type="study">wicked…: Heb. thing of Belial</note>
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked <transChange type="added">person</transChange>.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Mine eyes <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.<note type="study">in a…: or, perfect in the way</note>
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.<note type="study">shall not tarry: Heb. shall not be established</note>
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 102.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.</title>Hear my prayer, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and let my cry come unto thee.<note type="study">of: or, for</note>
Hide not thy face from me in the day <transChange type="added">when</transChange> I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day <transChange type="added">when</transChange> I call answer me speedily.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.<note type="study">like…: or, (as some read) into smoke</note>
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.<note type="study">skin: or, flesh</note>
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
My days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Thou shalt arise, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
So the heathen shall fear the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
When the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> behold the earth;
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;<note type="study">those…: Heb. the children of death</note>
To declare the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.<note type="study">weakened: Heb. afflicted</note>
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years <transChange type="added">are</transChange> throughout all generations.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the work of thy hands.
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:<note type="study">endure: Heb. stand</note>
But thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the same, and thy years shall have no end.
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 103.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O my soul: and all that is within me, <transChange type="added">bless</transChange> his holy name.
Bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good <transChange type="added">things; so that</transChange> thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.<note type="study">plenteous…: Heb. great in mercy</note>
He will not always chide: neither will he keep <transChange type="added">his anger</transChange> for ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> great is his mercy toward them that fear him.<note type="study">as…: Heb. according to the height of the heaven</note>
As far as the east is from the west, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Like as a father pitieth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> children, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> pitieth them that fear him.
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> dust.
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> man, his days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.<note type="study">it is…: Heb. it is not</note>
But the mercy of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.<note type="study">that excel…: Heb. mighty in strength</note>

Bless ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> his hosts; <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O my soul.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 104.</title>
Bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O my soul. O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Who coverest <transChange type="added">thyself</transChange> with light as <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
<transChange type="added">Who</transChange> laid the foundations of the earth, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> it should not be removed for ever.<note type="study">Who…: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases</note>
Thou coveredst it with the deep as <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.<note type="study">They go up…: or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend</note>
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He sendeth the springs into the valleys, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> run among the hills.<note type="study">He: Heb. Who</note><note type="study">run: Heb. walk</note>
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.<note type="study">quench: Heb. break</note>
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> sing among the branches.<note type="study">sing: Heb. give a voice</note>
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
And wine <transChange type="added">that</transChange> maketh glad the heart of man, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> oil to make <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face to shine, and bread <transChange type="added">which</transChange> strengtheneth man's heart.<note type="study">oil…: Heb. to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil</note>
The trees of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> are full <transChange type="added">of sap</transChange>; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Where the birds make their nests: <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the stork, the fir trees <transChange type="added">are</transChange> her house.
The high hills <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a refuge for the wild goats; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the rocks for the conies.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep <transChange type="added">forth</transChange>.<note type="study">beasts…: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest</note>
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
<transChange type="added">So is</transChange> this great and wide sea, wherein <transChange type="added">are</transChange> things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
There go the ships: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> that leviathan, <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> thou hast made to play therein.<note type="study">made: Heb. formed</note>
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give <transChange type="added">them</transChange> their meat in due season.
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall endure for ever: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall rejoice in his works.<note type="study">endure: Heb. be</note>
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
I will sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O my soul. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 105.</title>
O give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God: his judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in all the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word <transChange type="added">which</transChange> he commanded to a thousand generations.
Which <transChange type="added">covenant</transChange> he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to Israel <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an everlasting covenant:
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:<note type="study">lot: Heb. cord</note>
When they were <transChange type="added">but</transChange> a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
When they went from one nation to another, from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> kingdom to another people;
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
<transChange type="added">Saying</transChange>, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
He sent a man before them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Joseph, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> was sold for a servant:
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:<note type="study">he…: Heb. his soul came into iron</note>
Until the time that his word came: the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> tried him.
The king sent and loosed him; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:<note type="study">substance: Heb. possession</note>
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
He sent Moses his servant; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Aaron whom he had chosen.
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.<note type="study">his…: Heb. words of his signs</note>
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> lice in all their coasts.
He gave them hail for rain, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> flaming fire in their land.<note type="study">them…: Heb. their rain hail</note>
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not one feeble <transChange type="added">person</transChange> among their tribes.
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
<transChange type="added">The people</transChange> asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a river.
For he remembered his holy promise, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Abraham his servant.
And he brought forth his people with joy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his chosen with gladness:<note type="study">gladness: Heb. singing</note>
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Praise…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 106.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. O give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.<note type="study">Praise…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
Who can utter the mighty acts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? <transChange type="added">who</transChange> can shew forth all his praise?
Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that keep judgment, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Remember me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with the favour <transChange type="added">that thou bearest unto</transChange> thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked <transChange type="added">him</transChange> at the sea, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> at the Red sea.
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:<note type="study">They soon…: Heb. They made haste, they forgat</note>
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.<note type="study">lusted…: Heb. lusted a lust</note>
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
They envied Moses also in the camp, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Aaron the saint of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> terrible things by the Red sea.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:<note type="study">the pleasant…: Heb. a land of desire</note>
But murmured in their tents, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hearkened not unto the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:<note type="study">to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall</note>
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.<note type="study">To overthrow: Heb. To make them fall</note>
They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Thus they provoked <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the plague was stayed.
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
They angered <transChange type="added">him</transChange> also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded them:
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
And shed innocent blood, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
Therefore was the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked <transChange type="added">him</transChange> with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.<note type="study">brought…: or, impoverished, or, weakened</note>
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Save us, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to triumph in thy praise.
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Praise…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 107.</title>
O give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
Let the redeemed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> say <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.<note type="study">south: Heb. sea</note>
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Then they cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in their trouble, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Oh that <transChange type="added">men</transChange> would praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his goodness, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his wonderful works to the children of men!
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> bound in affliction and iron;
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none to help.
Then they cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in their trouble, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he saved them out of their distresses.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Oh that <transChange type="added">men</transChange> would praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his goodness, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his wonderful works to the children of men!
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Then they cry unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in their trouble, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he saveth them out of their distresses.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered <transChange type="added">them</transChange> from their destructions.
Oh that <transChange type="added">men</transChange> would praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his goodness, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his wonderful works to the children of men!
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.<note type="study">rejoicing: Heb. singing</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
These see the works of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his wonders in the deep.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.<note type="study">raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand</note>
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.<note type="study">are…: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up</note>
Then they cry unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Oh that <transChange type="added">men</transChange> would praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his goodness, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<note type="study">barrenness: Heb. saltiness</note>
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, <transChange type="added">where there is</transChange> no way.<note type="study">wilderness: or, void place</note>
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh <transChange type="added">him</transChange> families like a flock.<note type="study">from: or, after</note>
The righteous shall see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Whoso <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise, and will observe these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 108.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song <transChange type="added">or</transChange> Psalm of David.</title>O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Awake, psaltery and harp: I <transChange type="added">myself</transChange> will awake early.
I will praise thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
For thy mercy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great above the heavens: and thy truth <transChange type="added">reacheth</transChange> unto the clouds.<note type="study">clouds: or, skies</note>
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>That thy beloved may be delivered: save <transChange type="added">with</transChange> thy right hand, and answer me.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine; Manasseh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine; Ephraim also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the strength of mine head; Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my lawgiver;
Moab <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
<transChange type="added">Wilt</transChange> not <transChange type="added">thou</transChange>, O God, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
Give us help from trouble: for vain <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the help of man.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he <transChange type="added">it is that</transChange> shall tread down our enemies.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 109.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.<note type="study">of the deceitful: Heb. of deceit</note><note type="study">are opened: Heb. have opened themselves</note>
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
For my love they are my adversaries: but I <transChange type="added">give myself unto</transChange> prayer.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.<note type="study">Satan: or, an adversary</note>
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.<note type="study">be condemned: Heb. go out guilty, or, wicked</note>
Let his days be few; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> let another take his office.<note type="study">office: or, charge</note>
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek <transChange type="added">their bread</transChange> also out of their desolate places.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.<note type="study">into his bowels: Heb. within him</note>
Let it be unto him as the garment <transChange type="added">which</transChange> covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
<transChange type="added">Let</transChange> this <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the reward of mine adversaries from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But do thou for me, O <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good, deliver thou me.
For I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
I became also a reproach unto them: <transChange type="added">when</transChange> they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Help me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
That they may know that this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy hand; <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hast done it.
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
I will greatly praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save <transChange type="added">him</transChange> from those that condemn his soul.<note type="study">those…: Heb. the judges of</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 110.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David.</title>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Thy people <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.<note type="study">from…: or, more than the womb of the morning: thou shalt have, etc</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill <transChange type="added">the places</transChange> with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.<note type="study">many: or, great</note>
He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 111.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. I will praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with <transChange type="added">my</transChange> whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the congregation.<note type="study">Praise ye…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
The works of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
His work <transChange type="added">is</transChange> honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gracious and full of compassion.
He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.<note type="study">meat: Heb. prey</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
The works of his hands <transChange type="added">are</transChange> verity and judgment; all his commandments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> sure.
They stand fast for ever and ever, <transChange type="added">and are</transChange> done in truth and uprightness.<note type="study">stand…: Heb. are established</note>
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.
The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do <transChange type="added">his commandments</transChange>: his praise endureth for ever.<note type="study">a good…: or, good success</note><note type="study">his commandments: Heb. them</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 112.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> feareth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> delighteth greatly in his commandments.<note type="study">Praise…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Wealth and riches <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.<note type="study">discretion: Heb. judgment</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
His heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> established, he shall not be afraid, until he see <transChange type="added">his desire</transChange> upon his enemies.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
The wicked shall see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 113.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Praise, O ye servants of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, praise the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Praise ye…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
Blessed be the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from this time forth and for evermore.
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to be praised.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> high above all nations, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his glory above the heavens.
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, who dwelleth on high,<note type="study">dwelleth…: Heb. exalteth himself to dwell</note>
Who humbleth <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> to behold <transChange type="added">the things that are</transChange> in heaven, and in the earth!
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
That he may set <transChange type="added">him</transChange> with princes, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> with the princes of his people.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, <transChange type="added">and to be</transChange> a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">to keep…: Heb. to dwell in an house</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 114.</title>
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Judah was his sanctuary, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Israel his dominion.
The sea saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
The mountains skipped like rams, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the little hills like lambs.
What <transChange type="added">ailed</transChange> thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou wast driven back?
Ye mountains, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye skipped like rams; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ye little hills, like lambs?
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Which turned the rock <transChange type="added">into</transChange> a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 115.</title>
Not unto us, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> for thy truth's sake.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> now their God?
But our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Their idols <transChange type="added">are</transChange> silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
They that make them are like unto them; <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> every one that trusteth in them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>O Israel, trust thou in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their help and their shield.
Ye that fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their help and their shield.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath been mindful of us: he will bless <transChange type="added">us</transChange>; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
He will bless them that fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> small and great.<note type="study">and: Heb. with</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> blessed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which made heaven and earth.
The heaven, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the heavens, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
The dead praise not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither any that go down into silence.
But we will bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 116.</title>
I love the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because he hath heard my voice <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my supplications.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon <transChange type="added">him</transChange> as long as I live.<note type="study">as long…: Heb. in my days</note>
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.<note type="study">gat…: Heb. found me</note>
Then called I upon the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Gracious <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and righteous; yea, our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> merciful.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath dealt bountifully with thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my feet from falling.
I will walk before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the land of the living.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I said in my haste, All men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> liars.
What shall I render unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
I will pay my vows unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> now in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the death of his saints.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, truly I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy servant; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy servant, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
I will pay my vows unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> now in the presence of all his people,
In the courts of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 117.</title>
O praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 118.</title>
O give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good: because his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
Let Israel now say, that his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
Let them now that fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> say, that his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
I called upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in distress: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered me, <transChange type="added">and set me</transChange> in a large place.<note type="study">in distress: Heb. out of distress</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?<note type="study">on…: Heb. for me</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see <transChange type="added">my desire</transChange> upon them that hate me.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> than to put confidence in man.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> than to put confidence in princes.
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will I destroy them.<note type="study">destroy…: Heb. cut them off</note>
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> I will destroy them.
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> I will destroy them.<note type="study">destroy: Heb. cut down</note>
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> helped me.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doeth valiantly.
The right hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is exalted: the right hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doeth valiantly.
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I will praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
This gate of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, into which the righteous shall enter.
I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
The stone <transChange type="added">which</transChange> the builders refused is become the head <transChange type="added">stone</transChange> of the corner.
This is the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> doing; it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> marvellous in our eyes.<note type="study">the <divineName>Lord's</divineName>…: Heb. from the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the day <transChange type="added">which</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Save now, I beseech thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that cometh in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: we have blessed you out of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the horns of the altar.
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my God, and I will praise thee: <transChange type="added">thou art</transChange> my God, I will exalt thee.
O give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 119.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="א">ALEPH.</foreign></title>Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere</note>
Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that keep his testimonies, <transChange type="added">and that</transChange> seek him with the whole heart.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou hast commanded <transChange type="added">us</transChange> to keep thy precepts diligently.
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.<note type="study">thy…: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness</note>
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ב">BETH.</foreign></title>Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed <transChange type="added">thereto</transChange> according to thy word.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Blessed <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: teach me thy statutes.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as <transChange type="added">much as</transChange> in all riches.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ג">GIMEL.</foreign></title>Deal bountifully with thy servant, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I may live, and keep thy word.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.<note type="study">Open: Heb. Reveal</note>
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
My soul breaketh for the longing <transChange type="added">that it hath</transChange> unto thy judgments at all times.
Thou hast rebuked the proud <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Princes also did sit <transChange type="added">and</transChange> speak against me: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Thy testimonies also <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my delight <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my counsellors.<note type="study">my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel</note>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ד">DALETH.</foreign></title>My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.<note type="study">melteth: Heb. droppeth</note>
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid <transChange type="added">before me</transChange>.
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, put me not to shame.
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ה">HE.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Teach me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it <transChange type="added">unto</transChange> the end.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with <transChange type="added">my</transChange> whole heart.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> quicken thou me in thy way.<note type="study">Turn…: Heb. Make to pass</note>
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who <transChange type="added">is devoted</transChange> to thy fear.
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> good.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ו">VAU.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let thy mercies come also unto me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thy salvation, according to thy word.
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.<note type="study">So…: or, So shall I answer him that reproveth me in a thing</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.<note type="study">at liberty: Heb. at large</note>
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ז">ZAIN.</foreign></title>Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
The proud have had me greatly in derision: <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> have I not declined from thy law.
I remembered thy judgments of old, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and have comforted myself.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I have remembered thy name, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the night, and have kept thy law.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ח">CHETH.</foreign></title><transChange type="added">Thou art</transChange> my portion, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I have said that I would keep thy words.
I intreated thy favour with <transChange type="added">my</transChange> whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.<note type="study">favour: Heb. face</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I have not forgotten thy law.<note type="study">bands: or, companies</note>
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a companion of all <transChange type="added">them</transChange> that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
The earth, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ט">TETH.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according unto thy word.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The proud have forged a lie against me: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I will keep thy precepts with <transChange type="added">my</transChange> whole heart.
Their heart is as fat as grease; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I delight in thy law.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
The law of thy mouth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="י">JOD.</foreign></title>Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
I know, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that thy judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> right, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.<note type="study">right: Heb. righteousness</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.<note type="study">for…: Heb. to comfort me</note>
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my delight.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I will meditate in thy precepts.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="כ">CAPH.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>My soul fainteth for thy salvation: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I hope in thy word.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> do I not forget thy statutes.
How many <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The proud have digged pits for me, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not after thy law.
All thy commandments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.<note type="study">faithful: Heb. faithfulness</note>
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ל">LAMED.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For ever, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thy word is settled in heaven.
Thy faithfulness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.<note type="study">unto…: Heb. to generation and generation</note><note type="study">abideth: Heb. standeth</note>
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy servants.
Unless thy law <transChange type="added">had been</transChange> my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I will consider thy testimonies.
I have seen an end of all perfection: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> thy commandment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> exceeding broad.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="מ">MEM.</foreign></title>O how love I thy law! it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my meditation all the day.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ever with me.<note type="study">they…: Heb. it is ever with me</note>
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>How sweet are thy words unto my taste! <transChange type="added">yea, sweeter</transChange> than honey to my mouth!<note type="study">taste: Heb. palate</note>
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="נ">NUN.</foreign></title>Thy word <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.<note type="study">lamp: or, candle</note>

I have sworn, and I will perform <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according unto thy word.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and teach me thy judgments.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>My soul <transChange type="added">is</transChange> continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the rejoicing of my heart.
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, <transChange type="added">even unto</transChange> the end.<note type="study">to perform: Heb. to do</note>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ס">SAMECH.</foreign></title>I hate <transChange type="added">vain</transChange> thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> falsehood.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth <transChange type="added">like</transChange> dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.<note type="study">puttest…: Heb. causest to cease</note>
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ע">AIN.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> time for <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to work: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> they have made void thy law.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Therefore I esteem all <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> precepts <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things to be</transChange> right; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I hate every false way.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="פ">PE.</foreign></title>Thy testimonies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.<note type="study">as thou…: Heb. according to the custom toward those, etc</note>
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="צ">TZADDI.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Righteous <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and upright <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy judgments.
Thy testimonies <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast commanded <transChange type="added">are</transChange> righteous and very faithful.<note type="study">righteous: Heb. righteousness</note><note type="study">faithful: Heb. faithfulness</note>
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.<note type="study">consumed…: Heb. cut me off</note>
Thy word <transChange type="added">is</transChange> very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.<note type="study">pure: Heb. tried, or, refined</note>
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> small and despised: <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> do not I forget thy precepts.
Thy righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting righteousness, and thy law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the truth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> thy commandments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my delights.<note type="study">taken…: Heb. found me</note>
The righteousness of thy testimonies <transChange type="added">is</transChange> everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ק">KOPH.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I cried with <transChange type="added">my</transChange> whole heart; hear me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I will keep thy statutes.
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.<note type="study">and I…: or, that I may keep</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
Mine eyes prevent the <transChange type="added">night</transChange> watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, quicken me according to thy judgment.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> near, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and all thy commandments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> truth.
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ר">RESH.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Salvation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Great <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy tender mercies, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: quicken me according to thy judgments.<note type="study">Great: or, Many</note>
Many <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my persecutors and mine enemies; <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> do I not decline from thy testimonies.
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to thy lovingkindness.
Thy word <transChange type="added">is</transChange> true <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.<note type="study">Thy word…: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true</note>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ש">SCHIN.</foreign></title>Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
I hate and abhor lying: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> thy law do I love.
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.<note type="study">nothing…: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock</note>
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before thee.
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><foreign n="ת">TAU.</foreign></title><milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let my cry come near before thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: give me understanding according to thy word.
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> righteousness.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
I have longed for thy salvation, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and thy law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my delight.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 120.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>In my distress I cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he heard me.
Deliver my soul, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from lying lips, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> from a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?<note type="study">What shall be given…: or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall is profit thee?</note><note type="study">done: Heb. added</note>
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.<note type="study">Sharp…: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
I <transChange type="added">am for</transChange> peace: but when I speak, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for war.<note type="study">for peace: or, a man of peace</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 121.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.<note type="study">I will…: or, Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?</note>
My help <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy keeper: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 122.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees of David.</title>I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.<note type="study">are…: Heb. do sit</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> prosperity within thy palaces.
For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> within thee.
Because of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God I will seek thy good.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 123.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants <transChange type="added">look</transChange> unto the hand of their masters, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes <transChange type="added">wait</transChange> upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Have mercy upon us, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with the contempt of the proud.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 124.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees of David.</title>If <transChange type="added">it had not been</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> who was on our side, now may Israel say;
If <transChange type="added">it had not been</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who hath not given us <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a prey to their teeth.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Our help <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who made heaven and earth.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 125.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>They that trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> as mount Zion, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> cannot be removed, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> abideth for ever.
As the mountains <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about Jerusalem, so the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.<note type="study">the wicked: Heb. wickedness</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Do good, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, unto <transChange type="added">those that be</transChange> good, and <transChange type="added">to them that are</transChange> upright in their hearts.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> peace <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon Israel.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 126.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>When the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.<note type="study">turned…: Heb. returned the returning</note>
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath done great things for them.<note type="study">hath…: Heb. hath magnified to do with them</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath done great things for us; <transChange type="added">whereof</transChange> we are glad.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Turn again our captivity, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as the streams in the south.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.<note type="study">joy: or, singing</note>
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves <transChange type="added">with him</transChange>.<note type="study">precious…: or, seed basket</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 127.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees for Solomon.</title>Except the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> keep the city, the watchman waketh <transChange type="added">but</transChange> in vain.<note type="study">for…: or, of Solomon</note><note type="study">that…: Heb. that are builders of it in it</note>
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Lo, children <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an heritage of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the fruit of the womb <transChange type="added">is his</transChange> reward.
As arrows <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the hand of a mighty man; so <transChange type="added">are</transChange> children of the youth.
Happy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.<note type="study">his…: Heb. filled his quiver with them</note><note type="study">speak…: or, subdue, or, destroy</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 128.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> every one that feareth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; that walketh in his ways.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> well with thee.
Thy wife <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> peace upon Israel.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 129.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:<note type="study">Many…: or, Much</note>
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.<note type="study">Many…: or, Much</note>
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Let them be as the grass <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon you: we bless you in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 130.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
If thou, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
But <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I wait for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
My soul <transChange type="added">waiteth</transChange> for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: <transChange type="added">I say, more than</transChange> they that watch for the morning.<note type="study">I say…: or, which watch unto</note>
Let Israel hope in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> mercy, and with him <transChange type="added">is</transChange> plenteous redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 131.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees of David.</title><seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.<note type="study">exercise…: Heb. walk</note><note type="study">high: Heb. wonderful</note>
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul <transChange type="added">is</transChange> even as a weaned child.<note type="study">myself: Heb. my soul</note>
Let Israel hope in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from henceforth and for ever.<note type="study">henceforth: Heb. now</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 132.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title><seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, remember David, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all his afflictions:
How he sware unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> vowed unto the mighty <transChange type="added">God</transChange> of Jacob;
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> slumber to mine eyelids,
Until I find out a place for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, an habitation for the mighty <transChange type="added">God</transChange> of Jacob.<note type="study">an habitation: Heb. habitations</note>
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
Arise, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sworn <transChange type="added">in</transChange> truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.<note type="study">body: Heb. belly</note>
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath chosen Zion; he hath desired <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for his habitation.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.<note type="study">abundantly: or, surely</note>
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.<note type="study">lamp: or, candle</note>
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 133.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees of David.</title>Behold, how good and how pleasant <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> for brethren to dwell together in unity!<note type="study">together…: Heb. even together</note>
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
As the dew of Hermon, <transChange type="added">and as the dew</transChange> that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded the blessing, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> life for evermore.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 134.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Song of degrees.</title>Behold, bless ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all <transChange type="added">ye</transChange> servants of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which by night stand in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Lift up your hands <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the sanctuary, and bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">the sanctuary: or, holiness</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 135.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Praise ye the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; praise <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, O ye servants of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Ye that stand in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the courts of the house of our God,
Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good: sing praises unto his name; for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> pleasant.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath chosen Jacob unto himself, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Israel for his peculiar treasure.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For I know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> our Lord <transChange type="added">is</transChange> above all gods.
Whatsoever the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> pleased, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.<note type="study">both…: Heb. from man unto beast</note>
<transChange type="added">Who</transChange> sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
And gave their land <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
Thy name, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy memorial, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, throughout all generations.<note type="study">throughout…: Heb. to generation and generation</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The idols of the heathen <transChange type="added">are</transChange> silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there <transChange type="added">any</transChange> breath in their mouths.
They that make them are like unto them: <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> every one that trusteth in them.
Bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O house of Israel: bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O house of Aaron:
Bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O house of Levi: ye that fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, bless the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Blessed be the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 136.</title>
O give thanks unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
To him that made great lights: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:<note type="study">to rule…: Heb. for the rulings by day</note>
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.<note type="study">overthrew: Heb. shaked off</note>
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
And slew famous kings: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever:
And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 137.</title>
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us <transChange type="added">required of us</transChange> mirth, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Sing us <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the songs of Zion.<note type="study">a song: Heb. the words of a song</note><note type="study">wasted…: Heb. laid us on heaps</note>
How shall we sing the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> song in a strange land?<note type="study">strange…: Heb. land of a stranger?</note>
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget <transChange type="added">her cunning</transChange>.
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.<note type="study">my chief…: Heb. the head of my joy</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Remember, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, rase <transChange type="added">it, even</transChange> to the foundation thereof.<note type="study">Rase it: Heb. Make bare</note>
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy <transChange type="added">shall he be</transChange>, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. wasted</note><note type="study">rewardeth…: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us</note>
Happy <transChange type="added">shall he be</transChange>, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.<note type="study">the stones: Heb. the rock</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 138.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> strengthenedst me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> strength in my soul.
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Though the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will perfect <transChange type="added">that which</transChange> concerneth me: thy mercy, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 139.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast searched me, and known <transChange type="added">me</transChange>.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted <transChange type="added">with</transChange> all my ways.<note type="study">compassest: or, winnowest</note>
For <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not a word in my tongue, <transChange type="added">but</transChange>, lo, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
<transChange type="added">Such</transChange> knowledge <transChange type="added">is</transChange> too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot <transChange type="added">attain</transChange> unto it.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou <transChange type="added">art there</transChange>.
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> I take the wings of the morning, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light <transChange type="added">are</transChange> both alike <transChange type="added">to thee</transChange>.<note type="study">hideth…: Heb. darkeneth not</note><note type="study">the darkness and…: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light</note>
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wonderfully made: marvellous <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy works; and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> my soul knoweth right well.<note type="study">right…: Heb. greatly</note>
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.<note type="study">substance: or, strength, or, body</note>
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all <transChange type="added">my members</transChange> were written, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> in continuance were fashioned, when <transChange type="added">as yet there was</transChange> none of them.<note type="study">all…: Heb. all of them</note><note type="study">which…: or, what days they should be fashioned</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
For they speak against thee wickedly, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thine enemies take <transChange type="added">thy name</transChange> in vain.
Do not I hate them, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if <transChange type="added">there be any</transChange> wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.<note type="study">wicked…: Heb. way of pain, or, grief</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 140.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</title>Deliver me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;<note type="study">violent…: Heb. man of violences</note>
Which imagine mischiefs in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> heart; continually are they gathered together <transChange type="added">for</transChange> war.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison <transChange type="added">is</transChange> under their lips. Selah.
Keep me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
I said unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
O <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Grant not, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; <transChange type="added">lest</transChange> they exalt themselves. Selah.<note type="study">lest…: or, let them not be exalted</note>
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.<note type="study">an…: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow</note>
I know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will maintain the cause of the afflicted, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the right of the poor.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 141.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David.</title><seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee <transChange type="added">as</transChange> incense; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the lifting up of my hands <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the evening sacrifice.<note type="study">set…: Heb. directed</note>
Set a watch, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Incline not my heart to <transChange type="added">any</transChange> evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let the righteous smite me; <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a kindness: and let him reprove me; <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> an excellent oil, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in their calamities.<note type="study">me; it shall be a…: or, me kindly, and reprove me; let not their precious oil break, etc</note>
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth <transChange type="added">wood</transChange> upon the earth.
But mine eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> unto thee, O <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.<note type="study">leave…: Heb. make not my soul bare</note>
Keep me from the snares <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.<note type="study">escape: Heb. pass over</note>
<title type="chapter">PSALM 142.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.</title>I cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with my voice; with my voice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did I make my supplication.<note type="study">Maschil…: or, A Psalm of David, giving instruction</note>
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I looked on <transChange type="added">my</transChange> right hand, and beheld, but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.<note type="study">I looked…: or, Look on the right hand, and see</note><note type="study">failed…: Heb. perished from me</note><note type="study">cared…: Heb. sought after</note>
I cried unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I said, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my refuge <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my portion in the land of the living.
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 143.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">A Psalm of David.</title>Hear my prayer, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in thy righteousness.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul <transChange type="added">thirsteth</transChange> after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear me speedily, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.<note type="study">lest…: or, for I am become like, etc</note>
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Deliver me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.<note type="study">flee…: Heb. hide me with thee</note>
Teach me to do thy will; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my God: thy spirit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Quicken me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy servant.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 144.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section"><transChange type="added">A Psalm</transChange> of David.</title>Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my fingers to fight:<note type="study">strength: Heb. rock</note><note type="study">to war…: Heb. to the war, etc</note>
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and <transChange type="added">he</transChange> in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.<note type="study">My goodness: or, My mercy</note>

<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man, that thou takest knowledge of him! <transChange type="added">or</transChange> the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Man is like to vanity: his days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as a shadow that passeth away.
Bow thy heavens, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;<note type="study">hand from: Heb. hands from</note>
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a right hand of falsehood.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery <transChange type="added">and</transChange> an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
<transChange type="added">It is he</transChange> that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.<note type="study">salvation: or, victory</note>
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a right hand of falsehood:
That our sons <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> as plants grown up in their youth; <transChange type="added">that</transChange> our daughters <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> as corner stones, polished <transChange type="added">after</transChange> the similitude of a palace:<note type="study">polished: Heb. cut</note>
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> our garners <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> full, affording all manner of store: <transChange type="added">that</transChange> our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:<note type="study">all…: Heb. from kind to kind</note>
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> our oxen <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> strong to labour; <transChange type="added">that there be</transChange> no breaking in, nor going out; that <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> no complaining in our streets.<note type="study">strong…: Heb. able to bear burdens, or, loaden with flesh</note>
Happy <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> people, that is in such a case: <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, happy <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> people, whose God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 145.</title>
<title canonical="true" subType="x-preverse" type="section">David's <transChange type="added">Psalm</transChange> of praise.</title>I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unsearchable.<note type="study">and his…: Heb. and of his greatness there is no search</note>
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.<note type="study">works: Heb. things, or, words</note>
And <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.<note type="study">declare: Heb. declare it</note>
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.<note type="study">of great…: Heb. great in mercy</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good to all: and his tender mercies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> over all his works.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>All thy works shall praise thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and thy saints shall bless thee.
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Thy kingdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> throughout all generations.<note type="study">an…: Heb. a kingdom of all ages</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all <transChange type="added">those that be</transChange> bowed down.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.<note type="study">wait…: or, look unto</note>
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.<note type="study">holy: or, merciful, or, bountiful</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 146.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O my soul.<note type="study">Praise ye…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
While I live will I praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Put not your trust in princes, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> in the son of man, in whom <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no help.<note type="study">help: or, salvation</note>
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Happy <transChange type="added">is he</transChange> that <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God:
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein <transChange type="added">is</transChange>: which keepeth truth for ever:
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> looseth the prisoners:
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> openeth <transChange type="added">the eyes of</transChange> the blind: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> raiseth them that are bowed down: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> loveth the righteous:
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall reign for ever, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 147.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good to sing praises unto our God; for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> pleasant; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> praise is comely.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.<note type="study">wounds: Heb. griefs</note>
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by <transChange type="added">their</transChange> names.
Great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our Lord, and of great power: his understanding <transChange type="added">is</transChange> infinite.<note type="study">his…: Heb. of his understanding there is no number</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
He giveth to the beast his food, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to the young ravens which cry.
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
He maketh peace <transChange type="added">in</transChange> thy borders, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.<note type="study">He…: Heb. Who maketh thy border peace</note><note type="study">finest…: Heb. fat of wheat</note>
He sendeth forth his commandment <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the waters flow.
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.<note type="study">his word: Heb. his words</note>
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and <transChange type="added">as for his</transChange> judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 148.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from the heavens: praise him in the heights.<note type="study">Praise ye the <divineName>Lord</divineName>. Praise: Heb. Hallelujah, etc</note>
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that <transChange type="added">be</transChange> above the heavens.
Let them praise the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he commanded, and they were created.
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:<note type="study">flying…: Heb. birds of wing</note>
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
Let them praise the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for his name alone is excellent; his glory <transChange type="added">is</transChange> above the earth and heaven.<note type="study">excellent: Heb. exalted</note>
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 149.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> a new song, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his praise in the congregation of saints.<note type="study">Praise…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.<note type="study">in him…: Heb. in his Makers</note>
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.<note type="study">in…: or, with the pipe</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">Let</transChange> the high <transChange type="added">praises</transChange> of God <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;<note type="study">mouth: Heb. throat</note>
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> punishments upon the people;
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">PSALM 150.</title>
Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.<note type="study">Praise ye…: Heb. Hallelujah</note>
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.<note type="study">trumpet: or, cornet</note>
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.<note type="study">dance: or, pipe</note>
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="main">THE PROVERBS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;<note type="study">equity: Heb. equities</note>
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.<note type="study">discretion: or, advisement</note>
A wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange> will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.<note type="study">the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the beginning of knowledge: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> fools despise wisdom and instruction.<note type="study">the beginning: or, the principal part</note>
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
For they <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.<note type="study">an…: Heb. an adding</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.<note type="study">in the…: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing</note>
And they lay wait for their <transChange type="added">own</transChange> blood; they lurk privily for their <transChange type="added">own</transChange> lives.
So <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; <transChange type="added">which</transChange> taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:<note type="study">Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom</note>
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.<note type="study">turning…: or, ease of the simple</note>
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> apply thine heart to understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> liftest up thy voice for understanding;<note type="study">liftest…: Heb. givest thy voice</note>
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as <transChange type="added">for</transChange> hid treasures;
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and find the knowledge of God.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> giveth wisdom: out of his mouth <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> knowledge and understanding.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, every good path.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
To deliver thee from the way of the evil <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Who rejoice to do evil, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Whose ways <transChange type="added">are</transChange> crooked, and <transChange type="added">they</transChange> froward in their paths:
To deliver thee from the strange woman, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from the stranger <transChange type="added">which</transChange> flattereth with her words;
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, and keep the paths of the righteous.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.<note type="study">rooted: or, plucked up</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.<note type="study">long…: Heb. years of life</note>
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.<note type="study">good…: or, good success</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and depart from evil.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.<note type="study">health: Heb. medicine</note><note type="study">marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening</note>
Honour the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>My son, despise not the chastening of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; neither be weary of his correction:
For whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son <transChange type="added">in whom</transChange> he delighteth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Happy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> findeth wisdom, and the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> getteth understanding.<note type="study">that getteth…: Heb. that draweth out understanding</note>
For the merchandise of it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Length of days <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in her right hand; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in her left hand riches and honour.
Her ways <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ways of pleasantness, and all her paths <transChange type="added">are</transChange> peace.
She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy <transChange type="added">is every one</transChange> that retaineth her.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.<note type="study">established: or, prepared</note>
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">them…: Heb. the owners thereof</note>
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.<note type="study">Devise…: or, Practise no evil</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.<note type="study">the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence</note>
For the froward <transChange type="added">is</transChange> abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but his secret <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with the righteous.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The curse of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.<note type="study">shall be…: Heb. exalteth the fools</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
For I was my father's son, tender and only <transChange type="added">beloved</transChange> in the sight of my mother.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the principal thing; <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.<note type="study">a crown…: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory</note>
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Take fast hold of instruction; let <transChange type="added">her</transChange> not go: keep her; for she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy life.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause <transChange type="added">some</transChange> to fall.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
But the path of the just <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The way of the wicked <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.<note type="study">health: Heb. medicine</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the issues of life.<note type="study">with…: Heb. above all keeping</note>
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.<note type="study">a froward…: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips</note>
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.<note type="study">let…: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright</note>
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
My son, attend unto my wisdom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bow thine ear to my understanding:
That thou mayest regard discretion, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thy lips may keep knowledge.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For the lips of a strange woman drop <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an honeycomb, and her mouth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> smoother than oil:<note type="study">mouth: Heb. palate</note>
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou canst not know <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the house of a stranger;<note type="study">thy wealth: Heb. thy strength</note>
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> rivers of waters in the streets.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
<transChange type="added">Let her be as</transChange> the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.<note type="study">satisfy…: Heb. water thee</note><note type="study">be thou…: Heb. err thou always in her love</note>
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the ways of man <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he pondereth all his goings.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.<note type="study">sins: Heb. sin</note>
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.<note type="study">and make…: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend</note>
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand <transChange type="added">of the hunter</transChange>, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
<transChange type="added">Yet</transChange> a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Frowardness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.<note type="study">soweth: Heb. casteth forth</note>
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These six <transChange type="added">things</transChange> doth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hate: yea, seven <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination unto him:<note type="study">unto…: Heb. of his soul</note>
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,<note type="study">A proud…: Heb. Haughty eyes</note>
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness <transChange type="added">that</transChange> speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Bind them continually upon thine heart, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> tie them about thy neck.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
For the commandment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a lamp; and the law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> light; and reproofs of instruction <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the way of life:<note type="study">lamp: or, candle</note>
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.<note type="study">of the…: or, of the strange tongue</note>
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
For by means of a whorish woman <transChange type="added">a man is brought</transChange> to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.<note type="study">the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife</note>
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
<transChange type="added">Men</transChange> do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
But <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he <transChange type="added">that</transChange> doeth it destroyeth his own soul.<note type="study">understanding: Heb. heart</note>
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
For jealousy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.<note type="study">He will…: Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Say unto wisdom, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my sister; and call understanding <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> kinswoman:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger <transChange type="added">which</transChange> flattereth with her words.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,<note type="study">the youths: Heb. the sons</note>
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:<note type="study">in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days</note>
And, behold, there met him a woman <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
(She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Now <transChange type="added">is she</transChange> without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
So she caught him, and kissed him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with an impudent face said unto him,<note type="study">with…: Heb. she strengthened her face and said</note>
<transChange type="added">I have</transChange> peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.<note type="study">I have…: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me</note>
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved <transChange type="added">works</transChange>, with fine linen of Egypt.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not at home, he is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> will come home at the day appointed.<note type="study">with…: Heb. in his hand</note><note type="study">the day…: or, the new moon</note>
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;<note type="study">straightway: Heb. suddenly</note>
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for his life.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong <transChange type="added">men</transChange> have been slain by her.
Her house <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to the sons of man.
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> right things.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination to my lips.<note type="study">an…: Heb. the abomination of my lips</note>
All the words of my mouth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in righteousness; <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> nothing froward or perverse in them.<note type="study">froward: Heb. wreathed</note>

They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
For wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.<note type="study">prudence: or, subtilty</note>
The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Counsel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, and sound wisdom: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> understanding; I have strength.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
By me princes rule, and nobles, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the judges of the earth.
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Riches and honour <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with me; <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, durable riches and righteousness.
My fruit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:<note type="study">lead: or, walk</note>
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
When <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> no depths, I was brought forth; when <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.<note type="study">fields: or, open places</note><note type="study">the highest…: or, the chief part</note>
When he prepared the heavens, I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:<note type="study">a compass: or, a circle</note>
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Then I was by him, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> one brought up <transChange type="added">with him</transChange>: and I was daily <transChange type="added">his</transChange> delight, rejoicing always before him;
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with the sons of men.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed <transChange type="added">are they that</transChange> keep my ways.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">obtain: Heb. bring forth</note>
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.<note type="study">her beasts: Heb. her killing</note>
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Whoso <transChange type="added">is</transChange> simple, let him turn in hither: <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I have mingled.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked <transChange type="added">man getteth</transChange> himself a blot.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Give <transChange type="added">instruction</transChange> to a wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>A foolish woman <transChange type="added">is</transChange> clamorous: <transChange type="added">she is</transChange> simple, and knoweth nothing.
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Whoso <transChange type="added">is</transChange> simple, let him turn in hither: and <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread <transChange type="added">eaten</transChange> in secret is pleasant.<note type="study">eaten…: Heb. of secrecies</note>
But he knoweth not that the dead <transChange type="added">are</transChange> there; <transChange type="added">and that</transChange> her guests <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the depths of hell.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the heaviness of his mother.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.<note type="study">the substance…: or, the wicked for their wickedness</note>
He becometh poor that dealeth <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
He that gathereth in summer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a wise son: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> he that sleepeth in harvest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a son that causeth shame.
Blessings <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The memory of the just <transChange type="added">is</transChange> blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.<note type="study">a prating…: Heb. a fool of lips</note><note type="study">fall: Heb. be beaten</note>
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.<note type="study">fall: Heb. be beaten</note>
The mouth of a righteous <transChange type="added">man is</transChange> a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the back of him that is void of understanding.<note type="study">of understanding: Heb. of heart</note>
Wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near destruction.
The rich man's wealth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his strong city: the destruction of the poor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their poverty.
The labour of the righteous <transChange type="added">tendeth</transChange> to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
He <transChange type="added">is in</transChange> the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.<note type="study">erreth: or, causeth to err</note>
He that hideth hatred <transChange type="added">with</transChange> lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fool.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The tongue of the just <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> choice silver: the heart of the wicked <transChange type="added">is</transChange> little worth.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.<note type="study">of wisdom: Heb. of heart</note>
The blessing of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
As the whirlwind passeth, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the wicked no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>: but the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting foundation.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sluggard to them that send him.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.<note type="study">prolongeth: Heb. addeth</note>
The hope of the righteous <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The way of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> strength to the upright: but destruction <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> to the workers of iniquity.
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked <transChange type="added">speaketh</transChange> frowardness.<note type="study">frowardness: Heb. frowardnesses</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
A false balance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but a just weight <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his delight.<note type="study">A false…: Heb. Balances of deceit</note><note type="study">just…: Heb. perfect stone</note>
<transChange type="added">When</transChange> pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wisdom.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.<note type="study">direct: Heb. rectify</note>
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in <transChange type="added">their own</transChange> naughtiness.
When a wicked man dieth, <transChange type="added">his</transChange> expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust <transChange type="added">men</transChange> perisheth.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
An hypocrite with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> shouting.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.<note type="study">void…: Heb. destitute of heart</note>
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.<note type="study">A talebearer: Heb. He that walketh, being a talebearer</note>
Where no counsel <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> safety.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart <transChange type="added">for it</transChange>: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.<note type="study">smart: Heb. be sore broken</note><note type="study">suretiship: Heb. those that strike hands</note>
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong <transChange type="added">men</transChange> retain riches.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> cruel troubleth his own flesh.
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sure reward.
As righteousness <transChange type="added">tendeth</transChange> to life: so he that pursueth evil <transChange type="added">pursueth it</transChange> to his own death.
They that are of a froward heart <transChange type="added">are</transChange> abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but <transChange type="added">such as are</transChange> upright in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> way <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his delight.
<transChange type="added">Though</transChange> hand <transChange type="added">join</transChange> in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> a fair woman which is without discretion.<note type="study">is without: Heb. departeth from</note>
The desire of the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> only good: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the expectation of the wicked <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wrath.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> that withholdeth more than is meet, but <transChange type="added">it tendeth</transChange> to poverty.
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.<note type="study">liberal…: Heb. soul of blessing</note>
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon the head of him that selleth <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> servant to the wise of heart.
The fruit of the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a tree of life; and he that winneth souls <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise.<note type="study">winneth: Heb. taketh</note>
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> brutish.
A good <transChange type="added">man</transChange> obtaineth favour of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A virtuous woman <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as rottenness in his bones.
The thoughts of the righteous <transChange type="added">are</transChange> right: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the counsels of the wicked <transChange type="added">are</transChange> deceit.
The words of the wicked <transChange type="added">are</transChange> to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The wicked are overthrown, and <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.<note type="study">of a…: Heb. perverse of heart</note>
<transChange type="added">He that is</transChange> despised, and hath a servant, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
A righteous <transChange type="added">man</transChange> regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked <transChange type="added">are</transChange> cruel.<note type="study">tender…: or, bowels</note>
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain <transChange type="added">persons is</transChange> void of understanding.
The wicked desireth the net of evil <transChange type="added">men</transChange>: but the root of the righteous yieldeth <transChange type="added">fruit</transChange>.<note type="study">the net: or, the fortress</note>
The wicked is snared by the transgression of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.<note type="study">The wicked…: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips</note>
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
The way of a fool <transChange type="added">is</transChange> right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise.
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent <transChange type="added">man</transChange> covereth shame.<note type="study">presently: Heb. in that day</note>
<transChange type="added">He that</transChange> speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> health.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue <transChange type="added">is</transChange> but for a moment.
Deceit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace <transChange type="added">is</transChange> joy.
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Lying lips <transChange type="added">are</transChange> abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but they that deal truly <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his delight.
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.<note type="study">slothful: or, deceitful</note>
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
The righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.<note type="study">excellent: or, abundant</note>
The slothful <transChange type="added">man</transChange> roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> precious.
In the way of righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> life; and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the pathway <transChange type="added">thereof there is</transChange> no death.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
A wise son <transChange type="added">heareth</transChange> his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> mouth: but the soul of the transgressors <transChange type="added">shall eat</transChange> violence.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
A righteous <transChange type="added">man</transChange> hateth lying: but a wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange> is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Righteousness keepeth <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.<note type="study">the sinner: Heb. sin</note>
There is that maketh himself rich, yet <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> nothing: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> that maketh himself poor, yet <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> great riches.
The ransom of a man's life <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.<note type="study">lamp: or, candle</note>
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wisdom.
Wealth <transChange type="added">gotten</transChange> by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.<note type="study">by labour: Heb. with the hand</note>
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but <transChange type="added">when</transChange> the desire cometh, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a tree of life.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.<note type="study">shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace</note>
The law of the wise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors <transChange type="added">is</transChange> hard.
Every prudent <transChange type="added">man</transChange> dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open <transChange type="added">his</transChange> folly.<note type="study">layeth…: Heb. spreadeth</note>
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador <transChange type="added">is</transChange> health.<note type="study">a faithful…: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness</note>
Poverty and shame <transChange type="added">shall be to</transChange> him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> abomination to fools to depart from evil.
He that walketh with wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. broken</note>
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
A good <transChange type="added">man</transChange> leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner <transChange type="added">is</transChange> laid up for the just.
Much food <transChange type="added">is in</transChange> the tillage of the poor: but there is <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> destroyed for want of judgment.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> perverse in his ways despiseth him.
In the mouth of the foolish <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Where no oxen <transChange type="added">are</transChange>, the crib <transChange type="added">is</transChange> clean: but much increase <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the strength of the ox.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and <transChange type="added">findeth it</transChange> not: but knowledge <transChange type="added">is</transChange> easy unto him that understandeth.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not <transChange type="added">in him</transChange> the lips of knowledge.
The wisdom of the prudent <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to understand his way: but the folly of fools <transChange type="added">is</transChange> deceit.
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> favour.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.<note type="study">his own…: Heb. the bitterness of his soul</note>
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the ways of death.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> heaviness.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man <transChange type="added">shall be satisfied</transChange> from himself.
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent <transChange type="added">man</transChange> looketh well to his going.
A wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange> feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
<transChange type="added">He that is</transChange> soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> many friends.<note type="study">the rich…: Heb. many are the lovers of the rich</note>
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he.
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> to them that devise good.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips <transChange type="added">tendeth</transChange> only to penury.
The crown of the wise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their riches: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the foolishness of fools <transChange type="added">is</transChange> folly.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful <transChange type="added">witness</transChange> speaketh lies.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>In the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In the multitude of people <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king's honour: but in the want of people <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the destruction of the prince.
<transChange type="added">He that is</transChange> slow to wrath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of great understanding: but <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> hasty of spirit exalteth folly.<note type="study">hasty…: Heb. short of spirit</note>
A sound heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> in the midst of fools is made known.
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a reproach to any people.<note type="study">to any…: Heb. to nations</note>
The king's favour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward a wise servant: but his wrath is <transChange type="added">against</transChange> him that causeth shame.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.<note type="study">poureth: Heb. belcheth, or, bubbleth</note>
The eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
A wholesome tongue <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a tree of life: but perverseness therein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a breach in the spirit.<note type="study">A wholesome…: Heb. The healing of the tongue</note>
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In the house of the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish <transChange type="added">doeth</transChange> not so.
The sacrifice of the wicked <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but the prayer of the upright <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his delight.

The way of the wicked <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Correction <transChange type="added">is</transChange> grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he that hateth reproof shall die.<note type="study">Correction: or, Instruction</note>
Hell and destruction <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
All the days of the afflicted <transChange type="added">are</transChange> evil: but he that is of a merry heart <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> a continual feast.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> little with the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> slow to anger appeaseth strife.
The way of the slothful <transChange type="added">man is</transChange> as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> made plain.<note type="study">is made…: Heb. is raised up as a causey</note>
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Folly <transChange type="added">is</transChange> joy to <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.<note type="study">destitute…: Heb. void of heart</note>
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word <transChange type="added">spoken</transChange> in due season, how good <transChange type="added">is it</transChange>!<note type="study">due…: Heb. his season</note>
The way of life <transChange type="added">is</transChange> above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
The thoughts of the wicked <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but <transChange type="added">the words</transChange> of the pure <transChange type="added">are</transChange> pleasant words.<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. words of pleasantness</note>
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a good report maketh the bones fat.
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.<note type="study">instruction: or, correction</note><note type="study">heareth: or, obeyeth</note><note type="study">getteth…: Heb. possesseth an heart</note>
The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the instruction of wisdom; and before honour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> humility.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">preparations: or, disposings</note>
All the ways of a man <transChange type="added">are</transChange> clean in his own eyes; but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> weigheth the spirits.
Commit thy works unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and thy thoughts shall be established.<note type="study">Commit: Heb. Roll</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Every one <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> proud in heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">though</transChange> hand <transChange type="added">join</transChange> in hand, he shall not be unpunished.<note type="study">unpunished: Heb. held innocent</note>
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">men</transChange> depart from evil.
When a man's ways please the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> directeth his steps.
A divine sentence <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.<note type="study">A divine…: Heb. Divination</note>
A just weight and balance <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>: all the weights of the bag <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his work.<note type="study">the weights: Heb. the stones</note>
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Righteous lips <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The wrath of a king <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
In the light of the king's countenance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> life; and his favour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as a cloud of the latter rain.
How much better <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
The highway of the upright <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Pride <transChange type="added">goeth</transChange> before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Better <transChange type="added">it is to be</transChange> of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, happy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he.<note type="study">handleth…: or, understandeth a matter</note>
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Understanding <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools <transChange type="added">is</transChange> folly.
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.<note type="study">teacheth: Heb. maketh wise</note>
Pleasant words <transChange type="added">are as</transChange> an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the ways of death.
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.<note type="study">He…: Heb. The soul of him that</note><note type="study">craveth…: Heb. boweth unto him</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> as a burning fire.<note type="study">An…: Heb. A man of Belial</note>
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.<note type="study">soweth: Heb. sendeth forth</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> not good.
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
The hoary head <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a crown of glory, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> it be found in the way of righteousness.
<transChange type="added">He that is</transChange> slow to anger <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices <transChange type="added">with</transChange> strife.<note type="study">sacrifices: or, good cheer</note>
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
The fining pot <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> trieth the hearts.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.<note type="study">unpunished: Heb. held innocent</note>
Children's children <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the crown of old men; and the glory of children <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their fathers.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.<note type="study">Excellent…: Heb. A lip of excellency</note><note type="study">lying…: Heb. a lip of lying</note>
A gift <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.<note type="study">a precious…: Heb. a stone of grace</note>
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth <transChange type="added">very</transChange> friends.<note type="study">seeketh: or, procureth</note>
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.<note type="study">entereth…: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times</note>
An evil <transChange type="added">man</transChange> seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both <transChange type="added">are</transChange> abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Wherefore <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing <transChange type="added">he hath</transChange> no heart <transChange type="added">to it</transChange>?
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> becometh surety in the presence of his friend.<note type="study">understanding: Heb. heart</note>
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.<note type="study">He that hath a froward…: Heb. The froward of heart</note>
He that begetteth a fool <transChange type="added">doeth it</transChange> to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A merry heart doeth good <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.<note type="study">like: or, to</note>
A wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange> taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the ends of the earth.
A foolish son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Also to punish the just <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> to strike princes for equity.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He that hath knowledge spareth his words: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.<note type="study">an…: or, a cool</note>
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he that shutteth his lips <transChange type="added">is esteemed</transChange> a man of understanding.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh <transChange type="added">and</transChange> intermeddleth with all wisdom.<note type="study">Through…: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business</note>
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
When the wicked cometh, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
The words of a man's mouth <transChange type="added">are as</transChange> deep waters, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the wellspring of wisdom <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a flowing brook.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
A fool's mouth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his destruction, and his lips <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the snare of his soul.
The words of a talebearer <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.<note type="study">talebearer: or, whisperer</note><note type="study">as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded</note><note type="study">innermost…: Heb. chambers</note>
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
The name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.<note type="study">safe: Heb. set aloft</note>
The rich man's wealth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> humility.
He that answereth a matter before he heareth <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> folly and shame unto him.<note type="study">answereth…: Heb. returneth a word</note>
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
<transChange type="added">He that is</transChange> first in his own cause <transChange type="added">seemeth</transChange> just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
A brother offended <transChange type="added">is harder to be won</transChange> than a strong city: and <transChange type="added">their</transChange> contentions <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like the bars of a castle.
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Death and life <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
<transChange type="added">Whoso</transChange> findeth a wife findeth a good <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, and obtaineth favour of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
A man <transChange type="added">that hath</transChange> friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend <transChange type="added">that</transChange> sticketh closer than a brother.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the poor that walketh in his integrity, than <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Also, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the soul <transChange type="added">be</transChange> without knowledge, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not good; and he that hasteth with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> feet sinneth.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and <transChange type="added">he that</transChange> speaketh lies shall not escape.<note type="study">unpunished: Heb. held innocent</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a friend to him that giveth gifts.<note type="study">him…: Heb. a man of gifts</note>
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth <transChange type="added">them with</transChange> words, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wanting <transChange type="added">to him</transChange>.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.<note type="study">wisdom: Heb. an heart</note>
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and <transChange type="added">he that</transChange> speaketh lies shall perish.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> his glory to pass over a transgression.<note type="study">discretion: or, prudence</note>
The king's wrath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the roaring of a lion; but his favour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as dew upon the grass.
A foolish son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a continual dropping.
House and riches <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> he that despiseth his ways shall die.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.<note type="study">that which…: or, his deed</note>
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.<note type="study">for…: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die</note>
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, yet thou must do it again.<note type="study">do: Heb. add</note>
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
<transChange type="added">There are</transChange> many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that shall stand.
The desire of a man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his kindness: and a poor man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than a liar.
The fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">tendeth</transChange> to life: and <transChange type="added">he that hath it</transChange> shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
A slothful <transChange type="added">man</transChange> hideth his hand in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he will understand knowledge.<note type="study">will beware: Heb. will be cunning</note>

He that wasteth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> father, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> chaseth away <transChange type="added">his</transChange> mother, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction <transChange type="added">that causeth</transChange> to err from the words of knowledge.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.<note type="study">An…: Heb. A witness of Belial</note>
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
Wine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a mocker, strong drink <transChange type="added">is</transChange> raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The fear of a king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the roaring of a lion: <transChange type="added">whoso</transChange> provoketh him to anger sinneth <transChange type="added">against</transChange> his own soul.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> shall he beg in harvest, and <transChange type="added">have</transChange> nothing.<note type="study">cold: or, winter</note>
Counsel in the heart of man <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?<note type="study">goodness: or, bounty</note>
The just <transChange type="added">man</transChange> walketh in his integrity: his children <transChange type="added">are</transChange> blessed after him.
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Divers weights, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> divers measures, both of them <transChange type="added">are</transChange> alike abomination to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone</note><note type="study">divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah</note>
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work <transChange type="added">be</transChange> pure, and whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made even both of them.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> naught, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a precious jewel.
Take his garment that is surety <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Bread of deceit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.<note type="study">deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood</note>
<transChange type="added">Every</transChange> purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
He that goeth about <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.<note type="study">flattereth: or, enticeth</note>
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.<note type="study">lamp: or, candle</note>
An inheritance <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> wait on the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he shall save thee.
Divers weights <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and a false balance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good.<note type="study">a false…: Heb. balance of deceit</note>
Man's goings <transChange type="added">are</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; how can a man then understand his own way?
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> a snare to the man <transChange type="added">who</transChange> devoureth <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
The spirit of man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the candle of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, searching all the inward parts of the belly.<note type="study">candle: or, lamp</note>
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
The glory of young men <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their strength: and the beauty of old men <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the gray head.
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so <transChange type="added">do</transChange> stripes the inward parts of the belly.<note type="study">cleanseth…: Heb. is a purging medicine against</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
The king's heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Every way of a man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> right in his own eyes: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> pondereth the hearts.
To do justice and judgment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> more acceptable to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> than sacrifice.
An high look, and a proud heart, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the plowing of the wicked, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sin.<note type="study">An…: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes</note><note type="study">the plowing: or, the light</note>
The thoughts of the diligent <transChange type="added">tend</transChange> only to plenteousness; but of every one <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> hasty only to want.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.<note type="study">destroy…: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them</note>
The way of man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> froward and strange: but <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the pure, his work <transChange type="added">is</transChange> right.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.<note type="study">a brawling…: Heb. a woman of contentions</note><note type="study">a wide…: Heb. an house of society</note>
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.<note type="study">findeth…: Heb. is not favoured</note>
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
The righteous <transChange type="added">man</transChange> wisely considereth the house of the wicked: <transChange type="added">but God</transChange> overthroweth the wicked for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> wickedness.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> to the workers of iniquity.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
He that loveth pleasure <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.<note type="study">pleasure: or, sport</note>
The wicked <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.<note type="study">in…: Heb. in the land of the desert</note>
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
A wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange> scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proud <transChange type="added">and</transChange> haughty scorner <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.<note type="study">in proud…: Heb. in the wrath of pride</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
The sacrifice of the wicked <transChange type="added">is</transChange> abomination: how much more, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he bringeth it with a wicked mind?<note type="study">with…: Heb. in wickedness?</note>
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.<note type="study">A…: Heb. A witness of lies</note>
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the upright, he directeth his way.<note type="study">directeth: or, considereth</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The horse <transChange type="added">is</transChange> prepared against the day of battle: but safety <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">safety: or, victory</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
A <transChange type="added">good</transChange> name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> rather to be chosen than great riches, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> loving favour rather than silver and gold.<note type="study">loving…: or, favour is better than, etc</note>
The rich and poor meet together: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the maker of them all.
A prudent <transChange type="added">man</transChange> foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
By humility <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> riches, and honour, and life.<note type="study">By…: or, The reward of humility, etc</note>
Thorns <transChange type="added">and</transChange> snares <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.<note type="study">Train…: or, Catechise</note><note type="study">in…: Heb. in his way</note>
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower <transChange type="added">is</transChange> servant to the lender.<note type="study">the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth</note>
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.<note type="study">the rod…: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed</note>
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.<note type="study">He that…: Heb. Good of eye</note>
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
He that loveth pureness of heart, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the grace of his lips the king <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> his friend.<note type="study">for…: or, and hath grace in his lips</note>
The eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.<note type="study">the words: or, the matters</note>
The slothful <transChange type="added">man</transChange> saith, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The mouth of strange women <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall fall therein.
Foolishness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> bound in the heart of a child; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his <transChange type="added">riches, and</transChange> he that giveth to the rich, <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> surely <transChange type="added">come</transChange> to want.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.<note type="study">within…: Heb. in thy belly</note>
That thy trust may be in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.<note type="study">even…: or, trust thou also</note>
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?<note type="study">to them…: or, to those that send thee?</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Rob not the poor, because he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Be not thou <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of them that strike hands, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> of them that are sureties for debts.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.<note type="study">landmark: or, bound</note>
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.<note type="study">mean…: Heb. obscure men</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before thee:
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a man given to appetite.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> deceitful meat.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for <transChange type="added">riches</transChange> certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.<note type="study">set…: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Eat thou not the bread of <transChange type="added">him that hath</transChange> an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not with thee.
The morsel <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:<note type="study">landmark: or, bound</note>
For their redeemer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child: for <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.<note type="study">even…: or, even I will rejoice</note>
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let not thine heart envy sinners: but <transChange type="added">be thou</transChange> in the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> all the day long.
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.<note type="study">end: or, reward</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:<note type="study">of flesh: Heb. of their flesh</note>
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe <transChange type="added">a man</transChange> with rags.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not; <transChange type="added">also</transChange> wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise <transChange type="added">child</transChange> shall have joy of him.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
For a whore <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a deep ditch; and a strange woman <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a narrow pit.
She also lieth in wait as <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.<note type="study">as for…: or, as a robber</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.<note type="study">an…: or, a cockatrice</note>
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.<note type="study">the midst…: Heb. the heart of the sea</note>
They have stricken me, <transChange type="added">shalt thou say, and</transChange> I was not sick; they have beaten me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I felt <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.<note type="study">I felt…: Heb. I knew it not</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
A wise man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.<note type="study">is strong: Heb. is in strength</note><note type="study">increaseth…: Heb. strengtheneth might</note>
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> safety.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
The thought of foolishness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sin: and the scorner <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination to men.
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength <transChange type="added">is</transChange> small.<note type="study">small: Heb. narrow</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If thou forbear to deliver <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> drawn unto death, and <transChange type="added">those that are</transChange> ready to be slain;
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider <transChange type="added">it</transChange>? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth <transChange type="added">not</transChange> he know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>? and shall <transChange type="added">not</transChange> he render to <transChange type="added">every</transChange> man according to his works?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>My son, eat thou honey, because <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good; and the honeycomb, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> sweet to thy taste:<note type="study">to…: Heb. upon thy palate</note>
So <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> the knowledge of wisdom <transChange type="added">be</transChange> unto thy soul: when thou hast found <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Lay not wait, O wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
For a just <transChange type="added">man</transChange> falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Lest the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.<note type="study">it displease…: Heb. it be evil in his eyes</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Fret not thyself because of evil <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, neither be thou envious at the wicked;<note type="study">Fret…: or, Keep not company with the wicked</note>
For there shall be no reward to the evil <transChange type="added">man</transChange>; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.<note type="study">candle: or, lamp</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>My son, fear thou the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and the king: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> meddle not with them that are given to change:<note type="study">them…: Heb. changers</note>
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>These <transChange type="added">things</transChange> also <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to the wise. <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
But to them that rebuke <transChange type="added">him</transChange> shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.<note type="study">a good…: Heb. a blessing of good</note>
<transChange type="added">Every man</transChange> shall kiss <transChange type="added">his</transChange> lips that giveth a right answer.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that answereth right words</note>
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive <transChange type="added">not</transChange> with thy lips.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Then I saw, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> considered <transChange type="added">it</transChange> well: I looked upon <transChange type="added">it, and</transChange> received instruction.<note type="study">considered…: Heb. set my heart</note>
<transChange type="added">Yet</transChange> a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come <transChange type="added">as</transChange> one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.<note type="study">an…: Heb. a man of shield</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to search out a matter.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unsearchable.<note type="study">is…: Heb. there is no searching</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Take away the wicked <transChange type="added">from</transChange> before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great <transChange type="added">men</transChange>:<note type="study">Put…: Heb. Set not out thy glory</note>

For better <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Go not forth hastily to strive, lest <transChange type="added">thou know not</transChange> what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour <transChange type="added">himself</transChange>; and discover not a secret to another:<note type="study">a secret…: or, the secret of</note>
Lest he that heareth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>A word fitly spoken <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> apples of gold in pictures of silver.<note type="study">fitly…: Heb. spoken upon his wheels</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> clouds and wind without rain.<note type="study">of a…: Heb. in a gift of falsehood</note>
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> hate thee.<note type="study">Withdraw…: or, Let thy foot be seldom in</note><note type="study">weary…: Heb. full of thee</note>
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, <transChange type="added">and as</transChange> vinegar upon nitre, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall reward thee.
The north wind driveth away rain: so <transChange type="added">doth</transChange> an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.<note type="study">driveth…: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance</note>
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> cold waters to a thirsty soul, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good news from a far country.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not good to eat much honey: so <transChange type="added">for men</transChange> to search their own glory <transChange type="added">is not</transChange> glory.
He that <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> no rule over his own spirit <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> a city <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> broken down, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> without walls.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.<note type="study">conceit: Heb. eyes</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> drinketh damage.<note type="study">damage: or, violence</note>
The legs of the lame are not equal: so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a parable in the mouth of fools.<note type="study">are…: Heb. are lifted up</note>
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that giveth honour to a fool.<note type="study">bindeth…: or, putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a parable in the mouth of fools.
The great <transChange type="added">God</transChange> that formed all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.<note type="study">The great…: or, A great man grieveth all, and he hireth the fool, he hireth also transgressors</note>
As a dog returneth to his vomit, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> a fool returneth to his folly.<note type="study">returneth to his folly: Heb. iterateth his folly</note>
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> more hope of a fool than of him.
The slothful <transChange type="added">man</transChange> saith, <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a lion in the way; a lion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the streets.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> the door turneth upon his hinges, so <transChange type="added">doth</transChange> the slothful upon his bed.
The slothful hideth his hand in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.<note type="study">it grieveth…: or, he is weary</note>
The sluggard <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
He that passeth by, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> meddleth with strife <transChange type="added">belonging</transChange> not to him, <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> one that taketh a dog by the ears.<note type="study">meddleth: or, is enraged</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>As a mad <transChange type="added">man</transChange> who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,<note type="study">firebrands: Heb. flames, or, sparks</note>
So <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Where no wood is, <transChange type="added">there</transChange> the fire goeth out: so where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.<note type="study">Where no…: Heb. Without wood</note><note type="study">talebearer: or, whisperer</note><note type="study">ceaseth: Heb. is silent</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> coals <transChange type="added">are</transChange> to burning coals, and wood to fire; so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a contentious man to kindle strife.
The words of a talebearer <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.<note type="study">innermost…: Heb. chambers</note>
Burning lips and a wicked heart <transChange type="added">are like</transChange> a potsherd covered with silver dross.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;<note type="study">dissembleth: or, is known</note>
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> seven abominations in his heart.<note type="study">speaketh…: Heb. maketh his voice gracious</note>
<transChange type="added">Whose</transChange> hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the <transChange type="added">whole</transChange> congregation.<note type="study">by…: or, in secret</note>
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
A lying tongue hateth <transChange type="added">those that are</transChange> afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.<note type="study">to…: Heb. to morrow day</note>
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>A stone <transChange type="added">is</transChange> heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> heavier than them both.<note type="study">heavy: Heb. heaviness</note>
Wrath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> cruel, and anger <transChange type="added">is</transChange> outrageous; but who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> able to stand before envy?<note type="study">Wrath…: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing</note><note type="study">envy: or, jealousy?</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Open rebuke <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than secret love.
Faithful <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy <transChange type="added">are</transChange> deceitful.<note type="study">deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent</note>

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.<note type="study">loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot</note>
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a man that wandereth from his place.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so <transChange type="added">doth</transChange> the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.<note type="study">by…: Heb. from the counsel of the soul</note>
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a neighbour <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> near than a brother far off.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent <transChange type="added">man</transChange> foreseeth the evil, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hideth himself; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the simple pass on, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> are punished.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> bewrayeth <transChange type="added">itself</transChange>.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
As in water face <transChange type="added">answereth</transChange> to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.<note type="study">never: Heb. not</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a man to his praise.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> will not his foolishness depart from him.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> look well to thy herds.<note type="study">look…: Heb. set thy heart</note>
For riches <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not for ever: and doth the crown <transChange type="added">endure</transChange> to every generation?<note type="study">riches: Heb. strength</note><note type="study">to…: Heb. to generation and generation?</note>
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The lambs <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for thy clothing, and the goats <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the price of the field.
And <transChange type="added">thou shalt have</transChange> goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the maintenance for thy maidens.<note type="study">maintenance: Heb. life</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
For the transgression of a land many <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding <transChange type="added">and</transChange> knowledge the state <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange> shall be prolonged.<note type="study">by…: or, by men of understanding and wisdom shall they likewise be prolonged</note>
A poor man that oppresseth the poor <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.<note type="study">which…: Heb. without food</note>
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> understand all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.
Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> perverse <transChange type="added">in his</transChange> ways, though he <transChange type="added">be</transChange> rich.
Whoso keepeth the law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shameth his father.<note type="study">is a companion…: or, feedeth gluttons</note>
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.<note type="study">unjust…: Heb. by increase</note>
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> abomination.
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in possession.
The rich man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.<note type="study">own…: Heb. eyes</note>
When righteous <transChange type="added">men</transChange> do rejoice, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.<note type="study">hidden: or, sought for</note>
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh <transChange type="added">them</transChange> shall have mercy.
Happy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> a wicked ruler over the poor people.
The prince that wanteth understanding <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also a great oppressor: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> he that hateth covetousness shall prolong <transChange type="added">his</transChange> days.
A man that doeth violence to the blood of <transChange type="added">any</transChange> person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> perverse <transChange type="added">in his</transChange> ways shall fall at once.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain <transChange type="added">persons</transChange> shall have poverty enough.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.<note type="study">innocent: or, unpunished</note>
To have respect of persons <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good: for for a piece of bread <transChange type="added">that</transChange> man will transgress.
He that hasteth to be rich <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.<note type="study">hasteth…: or, hath and evil eye hasteth to be rich</note>
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> no transgression; the same <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the companion of a destroyer.<note type="study">a destroyer: Heb. a man destroying</note>
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be made fat.
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
He, that being often reproved hardeneth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.<note type="study">He…: Heb. A man of reproofs</note>
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.<note type="study">in…: or, increased</note>
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> substance.
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.<note type="study">he…: Heb. a man of oblations</note>
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
In the transgression of an evil man <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the wicked regardeth not to know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> turn away wrath.<note type="study">bring…: or, set a city on fire</note>
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no rest.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.<note type="study">The bloodthirsty: Heb. Men of blood</note>
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange> keepeth it in till afterwards.
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wicked.
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> lighteneth both their eyes.<note type="study">the deceitful…: or, the usurer</note>
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left <transChange type="added">to himself</transChange> bringeth his mother to shame.
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he.<note type="study">perish: or, is made naked</note>
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Seest thou a man <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> hasty in his words? <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> more hope of a fool than of him.<note type="study">words: or, matters?</note>
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become <transChange type="added">his</transChange> son at the length.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be safe.<note type="study">safe: Heb. set on high</note>
Many seek the ruler's favour; but <transChange type="added">every</transChange> man's judgment <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">the ruler's…: Heb. the face of a ruler</note>
An unjust man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination to the just: and <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> upright in the way <transChange type="added">is</transChange> abomination to the wicked.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Surely I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> more brutish than <transChange type="added">any</transChange> man, and have not the understanding of a man.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.<note type="study">have: Heb. know</note>
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name, and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Every word of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> pure: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a shield unto them that put their trust in him.<note type="study">pure: Heb. purified</note>
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Two <transChange type="added">things</transChange> have I required of thee; deny me <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not before I die:<note type="study">deny…: Heb. withhold not from me</note>
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:<note type="study">convenient…: Heb. of my allowance</note>
Lest I be full, and deny <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>, and say, Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God <transChange type="added">in vain</transChange>.<note type="study">deny…: Heb. belie thee</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.<note type="study">Accuse…: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue</note>
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a generation <transChange type="added">that</transChange> curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a generation <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> pure in their own eyes, and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> is not washed from their filthiness.

<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a generation, whose teeth <transChange type="added">are as</transChange> swords, and their jaw teeth <transChange type="added">as</transChange> knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from <transChange type="added">among</transChange> men.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The horseleach hath two daughters, <transChange type="added">crying</transChange>, Give, give. There are three <transChange type="added">things that</transChange> are never satisfied, <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, four <transChange type="added">things</transChange> say not, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> enough:<note type="study">It is…: Heb. Wealth</note>
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is not filled with water; and the fire <transChange type="added">that</transChange> saith not, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> enough.
The eye <transChange type="added">that</transChange> mocketh at <transChange type="added">his</transChange> father, and despiseth to obey <transChange type="added">his</transChange> mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.<note type="study">the valley: or, the brook</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>There be three <transChange type="added">things which</transChange> are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.<note type="study">midst: Heb. heart</note>
Such <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
For three <transChange type="added">things</transChange> the earth is disquieted, and for four <transChange type="added">which</transChange> it cannot bear:
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious <transChange type="added">woman</transChange> when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>There be four <transChange type="added">things which are</transChange> little upon the earth, but they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> exceeding wise:<note type="study">exceeding…: Heb. wise, made wise</note>
The ants <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
The conies <transChange type="added">are but</transChange> a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;<note type="study">by…: Heb. gathered together</note>
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>There be three <transChange type="added">things</transChange> which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
A lion <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no rising up.<note type="study">greyhound: or, horse: Heb. girt in the loins</note>
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, <transChange type="added">lay</transChange> thine hand upon thy mouth.
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not for kings, O Lemuel, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.<note type="study">pervert: Heb. alter</note><note type="study">of any…: Heb. of all the sons of affliction</note>
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.<note type="study">of…: Heb. bitter of soul</note>
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.<note type="study">such…: Heb. the sons of destruction</note>
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price <transChange type="added">is</transChange> far above rubies.
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.<note type="study">buyeth: Heb. taketh</note>
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
She perceiveth that her merchandise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good: her candle goeth not out by night.<note type="study">She…: Heb. She tasteth</note>
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.<note type="study">She…: Heb. She spreadeth</note>
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household <transChange type="added">are</transChange> clothed with scarlet.<note type="study">scarlet: or, double garments</note>
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> silk and purple.
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Strength and honour <transChange type="added">are</transChange> her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband <transChange type="added">also</transChange>, and he praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.<note type="study">have…: or, have gotten riches</note>
Favour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> deceitful, and beauty <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vain: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> a woman <transChange type="added">that</transChange> feareth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
<title type="main">ECCLESIASTES OR, THE PREACHER</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity.
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">One</transChange> generation passeth away, and <transChange type="added">another</transChange> generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.<note type="study">hasteth: Heb. panteth</note>
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.<note type="study">return…: Heb. return to go</note>
All things <transChange type="added">are</transChange> full of labour; man cannot utter <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The thing that hath been, it <transChange type="added">is that</transChange> which shall be; and that which is done <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that which shall be done: and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no new <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> under the sun.
Is there <transChange type="added">any</transChange> thing whereof it may be said, See, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no remembrance of former <transChange type="added">things</transChange>; neither shall there be <transChange type="added">any</transChange> remembrance of <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that are to come with <transChange type="added">those</transChange> that shall come after.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.<note type="study">to be…: or, to afflict them</note>
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and vexation of spirit.
<transChange type="added">That which is</transChange> crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.<note type="study">that which is wanting: Heb. defect</note>
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all <transChange type="added">they</transChange> that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.<note type="study">had…: Heb. had seen much</note>
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
For in much wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity.
I said of laughter, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what <transChange type="added">was</transChange> that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.<note type="study">to give…: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine</note><note type="study">all…: Heb. the number of the days of their life</note>
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all <transChange type="added">kind of</transChange> fruits:
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
I got <transChange type="added">me</transChange> servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:<note type="study">servants born…: Heb. sons of my house</note>
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> musical instruments, and that of all sorts.<note type="study">musical…: Heb. musical instrument and instruments</note>
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all <transChange type="added">was</transChange> vanity and vexation of spirit, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no profit under the sun.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what <transChange type="added">can</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">do</transChange> that cometh after the king? <transChange type="added">even</transChange> that which hath been already done.<note type="study">even…: or, in those things which have been already done</note>
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.<note type="study">that…: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly, etc</note>
The wise man's eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity.<note type="study">happeneth even…: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me</note>
For <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange>? as the fool.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun <transChange type="added">is</transChange> grievous unto me: for all <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and vexation of spirit.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.<note type="study">taken: Heb. laboured</note>
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange> or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also vanity.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
For there is a man whose labour <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his portion. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and a great evil.<note type="study">leave: Heb. give</note>
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
For all his days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> nothing better for a man, <transChange type="added">than</transChange> that he should eat and drink, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> from the hand of God.<note type="study">should make…: or, delight his senses</note>
For who can eat, or who else can hasten <transChange type="added">hereunto</transChange>, more than I?
For <transChange type="added">God</transChange> giveth to a man that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> good before God. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and vexation of spirit.<note type="study">in his…: Heb. before him</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
To every <transChange type="added">thing there is</transChange> a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> planted;<note type="study">to be…: Heb. to bear</note>
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;<note type="study">to refrain from: Heb. to be far from</note>
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;<note type="study">get: or, seek</note>
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>He hath made every <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
I know that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no good in them, but for <transChange type="added">a man</transChange> to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the gift of God.
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, that <transChange type="added">men</transChange> should fear before him.
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.<note type="study">that which is past: Heb. that which is driven away</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> wickedness <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there; and the place of righteousness, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> iniquity <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there.
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a time there for every purpose and for every work.
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.<note type="study">that God…: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc</note>
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity.
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?<note type="study">of man: Heb. of the sons of man</note><note type="study">goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc</note>
Wherefore I perceive that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of <transChange type="added">such as were</transChange> oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> power; but they had no comforter.<note type="study">side: Heb. hand</note>
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Yea, better <transChange type="added">is he</transChange> than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also vanity and vexation of spirit.<note type="study">every…: Heb. all the rightness of work</note><note type="study">for this…: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour</note>
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an handful <transChange type="added">with</transChange> quietness, than both the hands full <transChange type="added">with</transChange> travail and vexation of spirit.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
There is one <transChange type="added">alone</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither <transChange type="added">saith he</transChange>, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also vanity, yea, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sore travail.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Two <transChange type="added">are</transChange> better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> alone when he falleth; for <transChange type="added">he hath</transChange> not another to help him up.
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm <transChange type="added">alone</transChange>?
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.<note type="study">who…: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished</note>
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> born in his kingdom becometh poor.
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no end of all the people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and vexation of spirit.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter <transChange type="added">any</transChange> thing before God: for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.<note type="study">thing: or, word</note>
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice <transChange type="added">is known</transChange> by multitude of words.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for <transChange type="added">he hath</transChange> no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Better <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
For in the multitude of dreams and many words <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> also <transChange type="added">divers</transChange> vanities: but fear thou God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> higher than the highest regardeth; and <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> higher than they.<note type="study">at the…: Heb. at the will, or, purpose</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> is served by the field.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also vanity.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> to the owners thereof, saving the beholding <transChange type="added">of them</transChange> with their eyes?
The sleep of a labouring man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
There is a sore evil <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I have seen under the sun, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> nothing in his hand.
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
And this also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sore evil, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and <transChange type="added">he hath</transChange> much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which I have seen: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good and comely <transChange type="added">for one</transChange> to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his portion.<note type="study">it is good…: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc</note><note type="study">all the days: Heb. the number of the days</note>
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the gift of God.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in the joy of his heart.<note type="study">For…: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> common among men:
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity, and it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an evil disease.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If a man beget an hundred <transChange type="added">children</transChange>, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he have no burial; I say, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> an untimely birth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than he.
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known <transChange type="added">any thing</transChange>: this hath more rest than the other.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yea, though he live a thousand years twice <transChange type="added">told</transChange>, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>All the labour of man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.<note type="study">appetite: Heb. soul</note>
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also vanity and vexation of spirit.<note type="study">than…: Heb. than the walking of the soul</note>
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man the better?
For who knoweth what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good for man in <transChange type="added">this</transChange> life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?<note type="study">all…: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
A good name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the end of all men; and the living will lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to his heart.
Sorrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.<note type="study">Sorrow: or, Anger</note>
The heart of the wise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house of mirth.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the laughter of the fool: this also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity.<note type="study">crackling: Heb. sound</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the patient in spirit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than the proud in spirit.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Say not thou, What is <transChange type="added">the cause</transChange> that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.<note type="study">wisely: Heb. out of wisdom</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good with an inheritance: and <transChange type="added">by it there is</transChange> profit to them that see the sun.<note type="study">good…: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too</note>
For wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a defence, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> money <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a defence: but the excellency of knowledge <transChange type="added">is, that</transChange> wisdom giveth life to them that have it.<note type="study">defence: Heb. shadow</note>
Consider the work of God: for who can make <transChange type="added">that</transChange> straight, which he hath made crooked?
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.<note type="study">set: Heb. made</note>
All <transChange type="added">things</transChange> have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just <transChange type="added">man</transChange> that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange> that prolongeth <transChange type="added">his life</transChange> in his wickedness.
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?<note type="study">destroy…: Heb. be desolate?</note>
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?<note type="study">before…: Heb. not in thy time?</note>
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty <transChange type="added">men</transChange> which are in the city.
For <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:<note type="study">take…: Heb. give not thine heart</note>
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> far from me.
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason <transChange type="added">of things</transChange>, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness <transChange type="added">and</transChange> madness:<note type="study">I applied…: Heb. I and mine heart compassed</note>
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> snares and nets, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> her hands <transChange type="added">as</transChange> bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.<note type="study">whoso…: Heb. he that is good before God</note>
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, <transChange type="added">counting</transChange> one by one, to find out the account:<note type="study">counting…: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason</note>
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange>? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.<note type="study">the boldness: Heb. the strength</note>
I <transChange type="added">counsel thee</transChange> to keep the king's commandment, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in regard of the oath of God.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Where the word of a king <transChange type="added">is, there is</transChange> power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.<note type="study">shall…: Heb. shall know</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great upon him.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?<note type="study">when…: or, how it shall be?</note>
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither <transChange type="added">hath he</transChange> power in the day of death: and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no discharge in <transChange type="added">that</transChange> war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.<note type="study">discharge: or, casting off weapons</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also vanity.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his <transChange type="added">days</transChange> be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong <transChange type="added">his</transChange> days, <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity.
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also <transChange type="added">there is that</transChange> neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out, yet he shall not find <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; yea further; though a wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange> think to know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, yet shall he not be able to find <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred <transChange type="added">by</transChange> all <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> before them.<note type="study">I considered…: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart</note>
All <transChange type="added">things come</transChange> alike to all: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the good, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sinner; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he that sweareth, as <transChange type="added">he</transChange> that feareth an oath.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an evil among all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that are done under the sun, that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their heart while they live, and after that <transChange type="added">they go</transChange> to the dead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> that is done under the sun.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy portion in <transChange type="added">this</transChange> life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.<note type="study">Live…: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life</note>
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with thy might; for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it <transChange type="added">seemed</transChange> great unto me:
<transChange type="added">There was</transChange> a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Then said I, Wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> despised, and his words are not heard.
The words of wise <transChange type="added">men are</transChange> heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: <transChange type="added">so doth</transChange> a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom <transChange type="added">and</transChange> honour.<note type="study">Dead…: Heb. Flies of death</note>
A wise man's heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and he saith to every one <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fool.<note type="study">his…: Heb. his heart</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
There is an evil <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I have seen under the sun, as an error <transChange type="added">which</transChange> proceedeth from the ruler:<note type="study">from: Heb. from before</note>
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.<note type="study">in great…: Heb. in great heights</note>
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> profitable to direct.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.<note type="study">a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The words of a wise man's mouth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.<note type="study">gracious: Heb. grace</note>
The beginning of the words of his mouth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> foolishness: and the end of his talk <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mischievous madness.<note type="study">his talk: Heb. his mouth</note>
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?<note type="study">is full…: Heb. multiplieth words</note>
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Woe to thee, O land, when thy king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Blessed <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, O land, when thy king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.<note type="study">maketh…: Heb. maketh glad the life</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.<note type="study">thought: or, conscience</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.<note type="study">upon…: Heb. upon the face of the waters</note>
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
As thou knowest not what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the way of the spirit, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> how the bones <transChange type="added">do grow</transChange> in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> alike good.<note type="study">shall prosper: Heb. shall be right</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Truly the light <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sweet, and a pleasant <transChange type="added">thing it is</transChange> for the eyes to behold the sun:
But if a man live many years, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> God will bring thee into judgment.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vanity.<note type="study">sorrow: or, anger</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,<note type="study">the grinders…: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little</note>
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Also <transChange type="added">when</transChange> they shall be afraid of <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> high, and fears <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> set in order many proverbs.<note type="study">moreover…: or, the more wise the preacher was, etc</note>
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> written <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upright, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> words of truth.<note type="study">acceptable…: Heb. words of delight</note>
The words of the wise <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as goads, and as nails fastened <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the masters of assemblies, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> are given from one shepherd.
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no end; and much study <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a weariness of the flesh.<note type="study">study: or, reading</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the whole <transChange type="added">duty</transChange> of man.<note type="study">Let…: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is</note>
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> good, or whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> evil.
<title type="main">THE SONG OF SOLOMON</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The song of songs, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Solomon's.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than wine.<note type="study">thy…: Heb. thy loves</note>
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.<note type="study">the upright…: or, they love thee uprightly</note>
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Look not upon me, because I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> mine own vineyard have I not kept.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest <transChange type="added">thy flock</transChange> to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?<note type="study">as one…: or, as one that is veiled</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Thy cheeks are comely with rows <transChange type="added">of jewels</transChange>, thy neck with chains <transChange type="added">of gold</transChange>.
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>While the king <transChange type="added">sitteth</transChange> at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
A bundle of myrrh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
My beloved <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unto me <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.<note type="study">camphire: or, cypress</note>
Behold, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> fair, my love; behold, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> fair; thou <transChange type="added">hast</transChange> doves' eyes.<note type="study">my love: or, my companion</note>
Behold, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> green.
The beams of our house <transChange type="added">are</transChange> cedar, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> our rafters of fir.<note type="study">rafters: or, galleries</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the rose of Sharon, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the lily of the valleys.
As the lily among thorns, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my love among the daughters.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sweet to my taste.<note type="study">I sat…: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc</note><note type="study">taste: Heb. palate</note>
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me <transChange type="added">was</transChange> love.<note type="study">banqueting…: Heb. house of wine</note>
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> sick of love.<note type="study">comfort…: Heb. straw me with apples</note>
His left hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake <transChange type="added">my</transChange> love, till he please.<note type="study">I charge…: Heb. I adjure you</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.<note type="study">shewing…: Heb. flourishing</note>
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over <transChange type="added">and</transChange> gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing <transChange type="added">of birds</transChange> is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the tender grape give a <transChange type="added">good</transChange> smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>O my dove, <transChange type="added">that art</transChange> in the clefts of the rock, in the secret <transChange type="added">places</transChange> of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy voice, and thy countenance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> comely.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines <transChange type="added">have</transChange> tender grapes.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>My beloved <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, and I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.<note type="study">of Bether: or, of division</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
The watchmen that go about the city found me: <transChange type="added">to whom I said</transChange>, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
<transChange type="added">It was</transChange> but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake <transChange type="added">my</transChange> love, till he please.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Behold his bed, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Solomon's; threescore valiant men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> about it, of the valiant of Israel.
They all hold swords, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> expert in war: every man <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.<note type="study">a chariot: or, a bed</note>
He made the pillars thereof <transChange type="added">of</transChange> silver, the bottom thereof <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, the covering of it <transChange type="added">of</transChange> purple, the midst thereof being paved <transChange type="added">with</transChange> love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Behold, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> fair, my love; behold, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> fair; thou <transChange type="added">hast</transChange> doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.<note type="study">that…: or, that eat of, etc</note>
Thy teeth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like a flock <transChange type="added">of sheep that are even</transChange> shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none <transChange type="added">is</transChange> barren among them.
Thy lips <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech <transChange type="added">is</transChange> comely: thy temples <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Thy neck <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Thy two breasts <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.<note type="study">break: Heb. breathe</note>
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> all fair, my love; <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no spot in thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Come with me from Lebanon, <transChange type="added">my</transChange> spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, <transChange type="added">my</transChange> spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.<note type="study">ravished: or, taken away</note>

How fair is thy love, my sister, <transChange type="added">my</transChange> spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Thy lips, O <transChange type="added">my</transChange> spouse, drop <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the honeycomb: honey and milk <transChange type="added">are</transChange> under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like the smell of Lebanon.
A garden inclosed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my sister, <transChange type="added">my</transChange> spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.<note type="study">inclosed: Heb. barred</note><note type="study">shut up: Heb. barred</note>
Thy plants <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,<note type="study">camphire: or, cypress</note>
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
I am come into my garden, my sister, <transChange type="added">my</transChange> spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.<note type="study">yea…: or, and be drunken with loves</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I sleep, but my heart waketh: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the voice of my beloved that knocketh, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my locks with the drops of the night.
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
My beloved put in his hand by the hole <transChange type="added">of the door</transChange>, and my bowels were moved for him.<note type="study">for him: or, (as some read) in me</note>
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped <transChange type="added">with</transChange> myrrh, and my fingers <transChange type="added">with</transChange> sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.<note type="study">sweet…: Heb. passing, or, running about</note>
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> sick of love.<note type="study">that ye: Heb. what, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy beloved more than <transChange type="added">another</transChange> beloved, O thou fairest among women? what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy beloved more than <transChange type="added">another</transChange> beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
My beloved <transChange type="added">is</transChange> white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.<note type="study">the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer</note>
His head <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> the most fine gold, his locks <transChange type="added">are</transChange> bushy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> black as a raven.<note type="study">bushy: or, curled</note>
His eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as <transChange type="added">the eyes</transChange> of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fitly set.<note type="study">fitly…: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring</note>
His cheeks <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as a bed of spices, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> sweet flowers: his lips <transChange type="added">like</transChange> lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.<note type="study">sweet flowers: or, towers of perfumes</note>
His hands <transChange type="added">are as</transChange> gold rings set with the beryl: his belly <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> bright ivory overlaid <transChange type="added">with</transChange> sapphires.
His legs <transChange type="added">are as</transChange> pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
His mouth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> most sweet: yea, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> altogether lovely. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my beloved, and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.<note type="study">mouth: Heb. palate</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> my beloved's, and my beloved <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as <transChange type="added">an army</transChange> with banners.
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.<note type="study">overcome…: or, puffed me up</note>
Thy teeth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not one barren among them.
As a piece of a pomegranate <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy temples within thy locks.
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
My dove, my undefiled is <transChange type="added">but</transChange> one; she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <transChange type="added">only</transChange> one of her mother, she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the choice <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> she <transChange type="added">that</transChange> looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> terrible as <transChange type="added">an army</transChange> with banners?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to see whether the vine flourished, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the pomegranates budded.
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the chariots of Amminadib.<note type="study">Or ever…: Heb. I knew not</note><note type="study">made…: or, set me on the chariots of my willing people</note>
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.<note type="study">of…: or, of Mahanaim</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
Thy navel <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> a round goblet, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> wanteth not liquor: thy belly <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> an heap of wheat set about with lilies.<note type="study">liquor: Heb. mixture</note>
Thy two breasts <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like two young roes <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> twins.
Thy neck <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as a tower of ivory; thine eyes <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Thine head upon thee <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> held in the galleries.<note type="study">Carmel: or, crimson</note><note type="study">held: Heb. bound</note>
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters <transChange type="added">of grapes</transChange>.
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth <transChange type="added">down</transChange> sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.<note type="study">sweetly: Heb. straightly</note><note type="study">of those…: or, of the ancient</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> my beloved's, and his desire <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward me.
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> the tender grape appear, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.<note type="study">appear: Heb. open</note>
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all manner of pleasant <transChange type="added">fruits</transChange>, new and old, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
O that thou <transChange type="added">wert</transChange> as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! <transChange type="added">when</transChange> I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.<note type="study">I should not…: Heb. they should not despise me</note>
I would lead thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bring thee into my mother's house, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
His left hand <transChange type="added">should be</transChange> under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake <transChange type="added">my</transChange> love, until he please.<note type="study">that…: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth <transChange type="added">that</transChange> bare thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> strong as death; jealousy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> cruel as the grave: the coals thereof <transChange type="added">are</transChange> coals of fire, <transChange type="added">which hath a</transChange> most vehement flame.<note type="study">cruel: Heb. hard</note>
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if <transChange type="added">a</transChange> man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
If she <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.<note type="study">favour: Heb. peace</note>
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal–hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver.
My vineyard, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before me: thou, O Solomon, <transChange type="added">must have</transChange> a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.<note type="study">Make…: Heb. Flee away</note>
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.<note type="study">laden: Heb. of heaviness</note><note type="study">gone…: Heb. alienated, or, separated</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.<note type="study">revolt…: Heb. increase revolt</note>
From the sole of the foot even unto the head <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no soundness in it; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.<note type="study">ointment: or, oil</note>
Your country <transChange type="added">is</transChange> desolate, your cities <transChange type="added">are</transChange> burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> desolate, as overthrown by strangers.<note type="study">overthrown…: Heb. the overthrow of</note>
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Except the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
To what purpose <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.<note type="study">he goats: Heb. great he goats</note>
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?<note type="study">to appear: Heb. to be seen</note>
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> iniquity, even the solemn meeting.<note type="study">iniquity: or, grief</note>
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.<note type="study">make…: Heb. multiply prayer</note><note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.<note type="study">relieve: or, righten</note>
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
Thy princes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Therefore saith the Lord, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:<note type="study">purely: Heb. according to pureness</note>
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.<note type="study">her…: or, they that return of her</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> together, and they that forsake the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be consumed.<note type="study">destruction: Heb. breaking</note>
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note type="study">maker…: or, and his work</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the mountain of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.<note type="study">established: or, prepared</note>
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from Jerusalem.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.<note type="study">pruninghooks: or, scythes</note>
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and <transChange type="added">are</transChange> soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.<note type="study">from…: or, more than the</note><note type="study">please…: or, abound with the</note>
Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> end of their chariots:
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for the glory of his majesty.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> alone shall be exalted in that day.
For the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon every <transChange type="added">one that is</transChange> proud and lofty, and upon every <transChange type="added">one that is</transChange> lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> lifted up,
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. pictures of desire</note>
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.<note type="study">he…: or, shall utterly pass away</note>
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.<note type="study">of the earth: Heb. of the dust</note>
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made <transChange type="added">each one</transChange> for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;<note type="study">his idols of silver…: Heb. the idols of his silver, etc</note><note type="study">each…: or, for him</note>
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Cease ye from man, whose breath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
For, behold, the Lord, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.<note type="study">the honourable…: Heb. a man eminent in countenance</note><note type="study">eloquent…: or, skilful of speech</note>
And I will give children <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> this ruin <transChange type="added">be</transChange> under thy hand:
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house <transChange type="added">is</transChange> neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.<note type="study">swear: Heb. lift up the hand</note><note type="study">healer: Heb. binder up</note>
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings <transChange type="added">are</transChange> against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Say ye to the righteous, that <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> well <transChange type="added">with him</transChange>: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Woe unto the wicked! <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> ill <transChange type="added">with him</transChange>: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.<note type="study">given…: Heb. done to him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">As for</transChange> my people, children <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.<note type="study">lead…: or, call thee blessed</note><note type="study">destroy: Heb. swallow up</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in your houses.<note type="study">eaten: or, burnt</note>
What mean ye <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing <transChange type="added">as</transChange> they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:<note type="study">wanton…: Heb. deceiving with their eyes</note><note type="study">mincing: or, tripping nicely</note>
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will discover their secret parts.<note type="study">discover: Heb. make naked</note>
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> tinkling ornaments <transChange type="added">about their feet</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">their</transChange> cauls, and <transChange type="added">their</transChange> round tires like the moon,<note type="study">cauls: or, networks</note>
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,<note type="study">chains: or, sweet balls</note><note type="study">mufflers: or, spangled ornaments</note>
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,<note type="study">tablets: Heb. houses of the soul</note>
The rings, and nose jewels,
The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> burning instead of beauty.
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.<note type="study">mighty: Heb. might</note>
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she <transChange type="added">being</transChange> desolate shall sit upon the ground.<note type="study">desolate: or, emptied: Heb. cleansed</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.<note type="study">let…: Heb. let thy name be called upon us</note><note type="study">to take…: or, take thou away</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>In that day shall the branch of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.<note type="study">beautiful…: Heb. beauty and glory</note><note type="study">them…: Heb. the escaping</note>
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that he that is</transChange> left in Zion, and <transChange type="added">he that</transChange> remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:<note type="study">among…: or, to life</note>
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a defence.<note type="study">upon all: or, above all</note><note type="study">defence: Heb. covering</note>
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:<note type="study">a very…: Heb. the horn of the son of oil</note>
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.<note type="study">fenced: or, made a wall about</note><note type="study">made: Heb. hewed</note>
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:<note type="study">trodden…: Heb. for a treading</note>
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
For the vineyard of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.<note type="study">his…: Heb. plant of his pleasures</note><note type="study">oppression: Heb. a scab</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Woe unto them that join house to house, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> lay field to field, till <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!<note type="study">they: Heb. ye</note>
In mine ears <transChange type="added">said</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> great and fair, without inhabitant.<note type="study">In…: or, This is in mine ears, saith the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, etc</note><note type="study">Of a…: Heb. If not, etc</note>
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, <transChange type="added">till</transChange> wine inflame them!<note type="study">inflame: of, pursue</note>
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither consider the operation of his hands.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because <transChange type="added">they have</transChange> no knowledge: and their honourable men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.<note type="study">honourable…: Heb. glory are men of famine</note>
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.<note type="study">God…: or, the holy God: Heb. the God the holy</note>
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
That say, Let him make speed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hasten his work, that we may see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>!
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!<note type="study">call…: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc</note>
Woe unto <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!<note type="study">in their own sight: Heb. before their face</note>
Woe unto <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.<note type="study">fire: Heb. tongue of fire</note>
Therefore is the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases <transChange type="added">were</transChange> torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stretched out still.<note type="study">torn: or, as dung</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
Whose arrows <transChange type="added">are</transChange> sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Their roaring <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry <transChange type="added">it</transChange> away safe, and none shall deliver <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if <transChange type="added">one</transChange> look unto the land, behold darkness <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.<note type="study">sorrow: or, distress</note><note type="study">and the light…: or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.<note type="study">his…: or, the skirts thereof</note>
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts: the whole earth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> full of his glory.<note type="study">one…: Heb. this cried to this</note><note type="study">the whole…: Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth</note>
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.<note type="study">door: Heb. thresholds</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said I, Woe <transChange type="added">is</transChange> me! for I am undone; because I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">undone: Heb. cut off</note>
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:<note type="study">having…: Heb. and in his hand a live coal</note>
And he laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.<note type="study">laid…: Heb. caused it to touch</note>
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I; send me.<note type="study">Here…: Heb. behold me</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.<note type="study">indeed, but understand: or, without ceasing, etc: Heb. in hearing, etc</note>
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,<note type="study">utterly…: Heb. desolate with desolation</note>

And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have removed men far away, and <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But yet in it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a tenth, and <transChange type="added">it</transChange> shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in them, when they cast <transChange type="added">their leaves: so</transChange> the holy seed <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the substance thereof.<note type="study">and it…: or, when it is returned, and hath been broused</note><note type="study">substance: or, stock, or, stem</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.<note type="study">is confederate…: Heb. resteth on</note>
Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;<note type="study">Shear–jashub: that is, The remnant shall return</note><note type="study">highway: or, causeway</note>
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.<note type="study">neither…: Heb. let not thy heart be tender</note>
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the son of Tabeal:<note type="study">vex: or, waken</note>
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
For the head of Syria <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Damascus, and the head of Damascus <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.<note type="study">that…: Heb. from a people</note>
And the head of Ephraim <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Samaria, and the head of Samaria <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.<note type="study">If…: or, Do ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake again unto Ahaz, saying,<note type="study">Moreover…: Heb. And the <divineName>Lord</divineName> added to speak</note>
Ask thee a sign of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.<note type="study">ask it…: or, make thy petition deep</note>
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.<note type="study">shall call: or, thou, O virgin, shalt call</note>
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the king of Assyria.
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall hiss for the fly that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the land of Assyria.
And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.<note type="study">bushes: or, commendable trees</note>
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.<note type="study">the land: Heb. the midst of the land</note>
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall <transChange type="added">even</transChange> be for briers and thorns.
With arrows and with bows shall <transChange type="added">men</transChange> come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
And <transChange type="added">on</transChange> all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Moreover the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.<note type="study">Maher–shalal–hash–baz: Heb. In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc</note>
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to me, Call his name Maher–shalal–hash–baz.<note type="study">went: Heb. approached</note>
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.<note type="study">the riches…: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake also unto me again, saying,
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.<note type="study">stretching…: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.<note type="study">people, and: or, people, yet</note>
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with us.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,<note type="study">with…: Heb. in strength of hand</note>
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all <transChange type="added">them to</transChange> whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
Sanctify the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts himself; and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> him <transChange type="added">be</transChange> your fear, and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> him <transChange type="added">be</transChange> your dread.
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
And I will wait upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Behold, I and the children whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given me <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for signs and for wonders in Israel from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no light in them.<note type="study">no…: Heb. no morning</note>
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and <transChange type="added">they shall be</transChange> driven to darkness.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Nevertheless the dimness <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> such as <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict <transChange type="added">her by</transChange> the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.<note type="study">of the nations: or, populous</note>

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Thou hast multiplied the nation, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as <transChange type="added">men</transChange> rejoice when they divide the spoil.<note type="study">not: or, to him</note>
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.<note type="study">For…: or, When thou brakest</note>
For every battle of the warrior <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but <transChange type="added">this</transChange> shall be with burning <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fuel of fire.<note type="study">For…: or, When the whole battle of the warrior was, etc</note><note type="study">but…: or, and it was, etc</note><note type="study">fuel: Heb. meat</note>
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> government and peace <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts will perform this.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
And all the people shall know, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change <transChange type="added">them into</transChange> cedars.
Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;<note type="study">join: Heb. mingle</note>
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stretched out still.<note type="study">open: Heb. whole</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
The ancient and honourable, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the tail.
For the leaders of this people cause <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to err; and <transChange type="added">they that are</transChange> led of them <transChange type="added">are</transChange> destroyed.<note type="study">the leaders: or, they that call them blessed</note><note type="study">led of: or, called blessed of</note><note type="study">destroyed: Heb. swallowed up</note>
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stretched out still.<note type="study">folly: or, villany</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the lifting up of smoke.
Through the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.<note type="study">fuel: Heb. meat</note>
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:<note type="study">snatch: Heb cut</note>
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they together <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stretched out still.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they have prescribed;<note type="study">that write…: or, to the writers that write grievousness</note>
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they may rob the fatherless!
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stretched out still.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.<note type="study">O…: or, Woe to the Assyrian: Heb. Asshur</note><note type="study">and: or, though</note>
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.<note type="study">tread…: Heb. lay them a treading</note>
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
For he saith, <transChange type="added">Are</transChange> not my princes altogether kings?
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not Calno as Carchemish? <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not Hamath as Arpad? <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not Samaria as Damascus?
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Wherefore it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note><note type="study">stout…: Heb. greatness of the heart</note>
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant <transChange type="added">man</transChange>:<note type="study">a valiant…: or, many people</note>
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? <transChange type="added">or</transChange> shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake <transChange type="added">itself</transChange> against them that lift it up, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> as if the staff should lift up <transChange type="added">itself, as if it were</transChange> no wood.<note type="study">the rod…: or, a rod should shake them that lift it up</note><note type="study">itself, as if…: or, that which is not wood</note>
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.<note type="study">both…: Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh</note>
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.<note type="study">few: Heb. number</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
The remnant shall return, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.<note type="study">of them: Heb. in, or, among, etc</note><note type="study">with: or, in</note>
For the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.<note type="study">and shall…: or, but he shall lift up his staff for</note>
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> his rod <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.<note type="study">be taken…: Heb. remove</note>
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.<note type="study">Lift…: Heb. Cry shrill with</note>
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand <transChange type="added">against</transChange> the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Behold, the Lord, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.<note type="study">by…: or, mightily</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And the spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:<note type="study">quick…: Heb. scent or, smell</note>
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.<note type="study">reprove: or, argue</note>
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.<note type="study">cockatrice': or, adder's</note>
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as the waters cover the sea.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.<note type="study">glorious: Heb. glory</note>
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.<note type="study">corners: Heb. wings</note>
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.<note type="study">them of: Heb. the children of</note><note type="study">they shall lay…: Heb. Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their hand</note><note type="study">shall obey…: Heb. their obedience</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make <transChange type="added">men</transChange> go over dryshod.<note type="study">dryshod: Heb. in shoes</note>
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And in that day thou shalt say, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
Behold, God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <seg><divineName>Jehovah</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength and <transChange type="added">my</transChange> song; he also is become my salvation.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And in that day shall ye say, Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.<note type="study">call…: or, proclaim</note>
Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for he hath done excellent things: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> known in all the earth.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.<note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> them that rejoice in my highness.
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.<note type="study">like…: Heb. the likeness of</note>
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Howl ye; for the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:<note type="study">be faint: or, fall down</note>
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces <transChange type="added">shall be as</transChange> flames.<note type="study">be amazed: Heb. wonder</note><note type="study">one…: Heb. every man at his neighbour</note><note type="study">flames: Heb. faces of the flames</note>
Behold, the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
And I will punish the world for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined <transChange type="added">unto them</transChange> shall fall by the sword.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> gold, they shall not delight in it.
<transChange type="added">Their</transChange> bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<note type="study">as…: Heb. as the overthrowing</note>
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.<note type="study">wild…: Heb. Ziim</note><note type="study">doleful…: Heb. Ochim</note><note type="study">owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl</note>
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> pleasant palaces: and her time <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.<note type="study">the wild…: Heb. Iim</note><note type="study">desolate…: or, palaces</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.<note type="study">whose…: Heb. that had taken them captives</note>
And it shall come to pass in the day that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!<note type="study">proverb: or, taunting speech</note><note type="study">golden…: or, exactress of gold</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath broken the staff of the wicked, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the sceptre of the rulers.
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> none hindereth.<note type="study">a continual…: Heb. a stroke without removing</note>
The whole earth is at rest, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the cedars of Lebanon, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.<note type="study">Hell: or, The grave</note><note type="study">chief…: Heb. leaders, or, great goats</note>
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! <transChange type="added">how</transChange> art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!<note type="study">O Lucifer: or, O day star</note>
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> consider thee, <transChange type="added">saying, Is</transChange> this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; <transChange type="added">that</transChange> opened not the house of his prisoners?<note type="study">opened…: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?</note>
All the kings of the nations, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, <transChange type="added">and as</transChange> the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
For I will rise up against them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> shall it stand:
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul <transChange type="added">it</transChange>? and his hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a fiery flying serpent.<note type="study">cockatrice: or, adder</note>
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> alone in his appointed times.<note type="study">none…: or, he shall not be alone</note><note type="study">appointed…: or, assemblies</note>
What shall <transChange type="added">one</transChange> then answer the messengers of the nation? That the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.<note type="study">trust…: or, betake themselves unto it</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brought to silence;<note type="study">brought…: or, cut off</note>
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> baldness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> every beard cut off.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.<note type="study">weeping…: Heb. descending into weeping, or, coming down with weeping</note>
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives <transChange type="added">shall flee</transChange> unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.<note type="study">his…: or, to the borders thereof, even to Zoar, as an heifer</note><note type="study">destruction: Heb. breaking</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.<note type="study">desolate: Heb. desolations</note>
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.<note type="study">brook…: or, valley of the Arabians</note>
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.<note type="study">more: Heb. additions</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.<note type="study">Sela: or, Petra: Heb. A rock</note>
For it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.<note type="study">cast…: or, a nest forsaken</note>
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.<note type="study">Take: Heb. Bring</note>
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.<note type="study">extortioner: Heb. wringer</note><note type="study">the oppressors: Heb. the treaders down</note>
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.<note type="study">established: or, prepared</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>We have heard of the pride of Moab; <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> very proud: <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> his lies <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> so.
Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> stricken.<note type="study">mourn: or, mutter</note>

For the fields of Heshbon languish, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Jazer, they wandered <transChange type="added">through</transChange> the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.<note type="study">stretched…: or, plucked up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.<note type="study">the shouting…: or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc</note>
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> presses; I have made <transChange type="added">their vintage</transChange> shouting to cease.
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
But now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> very small <transChange type="added">and</transChange> feeble.<note type="study">feeble: or, not many</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
The cities of Aroer <transChange type="added">are</transChange> forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> afraid.
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
And in that day it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two <transChange type="added">or</transChange> three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four <transChange type="added">or</transChange> five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel.
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.<note type="study">images: or, sun images</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the harvest <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.<note type="study">a heap…: or, removed in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly sorrow</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Woe to the multitude of many people, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!<note type="study">multitude: or, noise</note><note type="study">mighty: or, many</note>
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but <transChange type="added">God</transChange> shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.<note type="study">a rolling…: or, thistledown</note>
And behold at eveningtide trouble; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> before the morning he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!<note type="study">scattered…: or, outspread and polished</note><note type="study">meted…: or, that meteth out and treadeth down: Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot</note><note type="study">have…: or, despise</note>
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
For so the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.<note type="study">consider…: or, regard my set dwelling</note><note type="study">upon…: or, after rain</note>
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cut down the branches.
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In that time shall the present be brought unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the mount Zion.<note type="study">scattered…: or, outspread and polished</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> kingdom against kingdom.<note type="study">set: Heb. mingle</note>
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.<note type="study">fail: Heb. be emptied</note><note type="study">destroy: Heb. swallow up</note>
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">give…: or, shut up</note>
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
And they shall turn the rivers far away; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>.<note type="study">and be…: Heb. and shall not be</note>
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.<note type="study">networks: or, white works</note>
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ponds for fish.<note type="study">purposes: Heb. foundations</note><note type="study">for fish: Heb. of living things</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Surely the princes of Zoan <transChange type="added">are</transChange> fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they? where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange>? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, <transChange type="added">even they that are</transChange> the stay of the tribes thereof.<note type="study">they that…: or, governors: Heb. corners</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken <transChange type="added">man</transChange> staggereth in his vomit.<note type="study">a perverse…: Heb. a spirit of perversities</note>
Neither shall there be <transChange type="added">any</transChange> work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.<note type="study">the language: Heb. the lip</note><note type="study">of destruction: or, of Heres, or, of the sun</note>
In that day shall there be an altar to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and perform <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and they shall return <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a blessing in the midst of the land:
Whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
At the same time spake the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with <transChange type="added">their</transChange> buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.<note type="study">the Egyptians…: Heb. the captivity of Egypt</note><note type="study">shame: Heb. nakedness</note>
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?<note type="study">isle: or, country</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.<note type="study">grievous: Heb. hard</note>
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>; I was dismayed at the seeing <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>.
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.<note type="study">heart…: or, mind wandered</note><note type="study">turned: Heb. put</note>
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> anoint the shield.
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
And he saw a chariot <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:<note type="study">he…: or, cried as a lion</note><note type="study">whole…: or, every night</note>
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.<note type="study">corn: Heb. son</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.<note type="study">brought: or, bring ye</note>
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.<note type="study">from the swords: or, for fear, etc: Heb. from the face, etc</note>
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">archers: Heb. bows</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain <transChange type="added">men are</transChange> not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> have fled from far.<note type="study">by…: Heb. of the bow</note>
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.<note type="study">weep…: Heb. be bitter in weeping</note>
For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men <transChange type="added">and</transChange> horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.<note type="study">uncovered: Heb. made naked</note>
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.<note type="study">thy…: Heb. the choice of thy valleys</note><note type="study">at: or, toward</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
And in that day did the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
And it was revealed in mine ears by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Shebna, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> over the house, <transChange type="added">and say</transChange>,
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?<note type="study">as…: or, O he</note>
Behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.<note type="study">will carry…: or, who covered thee with an excellent covering, and clothed thee gorgeously, (next verse) shall surely, etc</note><note type="study">a mighty…: Heb. the captivity of a man</note>
He will surely violently turn and toss thee <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the shame of thy lord's house.<note type="study">large: Heb. large of spaces</note>
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
And I will fasten him <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.<note type="study">vessels of flagons: or, instruments of viols</note>
In that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon it shall be cut off: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.<note type="study">still: Heb. silent</note>
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> bring up virgins.
As at the report concerning Egypt, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> this your joyous <transChange type="added">city</transChange>, whose antiquity <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.<note type="study">afar…: Heb. from afar off</note>
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning <transChange type="added">city</transChange>, whose merchants <transChange type="added">are</transChange> princes, whose traffickers <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the honourable of the earth?
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.<note type="study">to stain: Heb. to pollute</note>
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no more strength.<note type="study">strength: Heb. girdle</note>
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given a commandment against the merchant <transChange type="added">city</transChange>, to destroy the strong holds thereof.<note type="study">against…: or, concerning a merchantman</note><note type="study">the merchant city: Heb. Canaan</note><note type="study">strong…: or, strengths</note>
And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, <transChange type="added">till</transChange> the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he brought it to ruin.
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.<note type="study">shall Tyre…: Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot</note>
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.<note type="study">durable: Heb. old</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
Behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.<note type="study">turneth…: Heb. perverteth the face thereof</note>
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.<note type="study">priest: or, prince</note>
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken this word.
The earth mourneth <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fadeth away, the world languisheth <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.<note type="study">the haughty…: Heb. the height of the people</note>
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> as the shaking of an olive tree, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
Wherefore glorify ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the fires, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel in the isles of the sea.<note type="study">fires: or, valleys</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.<note type="study">uttermost…: Heb. wing</note><note type="study">My leanness: Heb. Leanness to me, or, My secret to me</note>
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall punish the host of the high ones <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
And they shall be gathered together, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.<note type="study">as prisoners…: Heb. with the gathering of prisoners</note><note type="study">pit: or, dungeon</note><note type="study">visited: or, found wanting</note>
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.<note type="study">before…: or, there shall be glory before his ancients</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful <transChange type="added">things; thy</transChange> counsels of old <transChange type="added">are</transChange> faithfulness <transChange type="added">and</transChange> truth.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; <transChange type="added">of</transChange> a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as a storm <transChange type="added">against</transChange> the wall.
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in this mountain shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.<note type="study">destroy: Heb. swallow up</note><note type="study">cast: Heb. covered</note>
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
For in this mountain shall the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.<note type="study">trodden down under: or, threshed, etc</note><note type="study">trodden down for…: or, threshed in Madmenah</note>
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth <transChange type="added">his hands</transChange> to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bring to the ground, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the dust.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will <transChange type="added">God</transChange> appoint <transChange type="added">for</transChange> walls and bulwarks.
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.<note type="study">truth: Heb. truths</note>
Thou wilt keep <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in perfect peace, <transChange type="added">whose</transChange> mind <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stayed <transChange type="added">on thee</transChange>: because he trusteth in thee.<note type="study">perfect…: Heb. peace, peace</note><note type="study">mind: or, thought, or, imagination</note>
Trust ye in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for ever: for in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <seg><divineName>Jehovah</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> everlasting strength:<note type="study">everlasting…: Heb. the rock of ages</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the ground; he bringeth it <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the dust.
The foot shall tread it down, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the feet of the poor, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the steps of the needy.
The way of the just <transChange type="added">is</transChange> uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, have we waited for thee; the desire of <transChange type="added">our</transChange> soul <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> they shall see, and be ashamed for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.<note type="study">at…: or, toward thy people</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.<note type="study">in us: or, for us</note>
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, <transChange type="added">other</transChange> lords beside thee have had dominion over us: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
<transChange type="added">They are</transChange> dead, they shall not live; <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Thou hast increased the nation, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> far <transChange type="added">unto</transChange> all the ends of the earth.
<seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thy chastening <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon them.<note type="study">prayer: Heb. secret speech</note>
Like as a woman with child, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Thy dead <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall live, <transChange type="added">together with</transChange> my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
For, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
In that day the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the sea.<note type="study">piercing: or, crossing like a bar</note>
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest <transChange type="added">any</transChange> hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Fury <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in me: who would set the briers <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.<note type="study">go…: or, march against</note>
Or let him take hold of my strength, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he may make peace with me; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he shall make peace with me.
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? <transChange type="added">or</transChange> is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?<note type="study">as…: Heb. according to the stroke of</note>
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.<note type="study">it shooteth…: or, thou sendest it forth</note><note type="study">he…: or, when he removeth it with</note>
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.<note type="study">images: or, sun images</note>
Yet the defenced city <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> desolate, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> set them on fire: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fading flower, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!<note type="study">overcome: Heb. broken</note>
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> as a tempest of hail <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:<note type="study">under…: Heb. with feet</note>
And the glorious beauty, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as the hasty fruit before the summer; which <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.<note type="study">eateth: Heb. swalloweth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In that day shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble <transChange type="added">in</transChange> judgment.
For all tables are full of vomit <transChange type="added">and</transChange> filthiness, <transChange type="added">so that there is</transChange> no place <transChange type="added">clean</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> weaned from the milk, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> drawn from the breasts.<note type="study">doctrine: Heb. the hearing?</note>
For precept <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> there a little:<note type="study">must be: or, hath been</note>
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.<note type="study">stammering…: Heb. stammerings of lip</note><note type="study">will…: or, he hath spoken</note>
To whom he said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the rest <transChange type="added">wherewith</transChange> ye may cause the weary to rest; and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
But the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye scornful men, that rule this people which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Jerusalem.
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner <transChange type="added">stone</transChange>, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.<note type="study">trodden…: Heb. a treading down to it</note>
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only <transChange type="added">to</transChange> understand the report.<note type="study">to…: or, when he shall make you to understand doctrine</note>
For the bed is shorter than that <transChange type="added">a man</transChange> can stretch himself <transChange type="added">on it</transChange>: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself <transChange type="added">in it</transChange>.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall rise up as <transChange type="added">in</transChange> mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?<note type="study">the principal…: or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place</note><note type="study">rie: or, spelt</note><note type="study">place: Heb. border?</note>
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> doth teach him.<note type="study">For…: or, And he bindeth it in such sort as his God doth teach him</note>
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Bread <transChange type="added">corn</transChange> is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break <transChange type="added">it with</transChange> the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his horsemen.
This also cometh forth from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> is wonderful in counsel, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> excellent in working.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city <transChange type="added">where</transChange> David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.<note type="study">Woe…: or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God</note><note type="study">the city: or, of the city</note><note type="study">kill: Heb. cut off the heads of</note>
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
And thou shalt be brought down, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.<note type="study">whisper: Heb. peep, or, chirp</note>
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
Thou shalt be visited of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
It shall even be as when an hungry <transChange type="added">man</transChange> dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.<note type="study">cry ye…: or, take your pleasure, and riot</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.<note type="study">rulers: Heb. heads</note>
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which <transChange type="added">men</transChange> deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sealed:<note type="study">book: or, letter</note>
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near <transChange type="added">me</transChange> with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall be hid.<note type="study">proceed: Heb. add</note>
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">Is</transChange> it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
The meek also shall increase <transChange type="added">their</transChange> joy in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.<note type="study">increase: Heb. add</note>
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.<note type="study">come…: Heb. know understanding</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt <transChange type="added">your</transChange> confusion.
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
They were all ashamed of a people <transChange type="added">that</transChange> could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence <transChange type="added">come</transChange> the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall not profit <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to sit still.<note type="study">concerning…: or, to her</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:<note type="study">the…: Heb. the latter day</note>
That this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a rebellious people, lying children, children <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will not hear the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:<note type="study">oppression: or, fraud</note>
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water <transChange type="added">withal</transChange> out of the pit.<note type="study">the potters'…: Heb. the bottle of potters</note>
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
One thousand <transChange type="added">shall flee</transChange> at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.<note type="study">a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches, or, boughs: or, a mast</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And therefore will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a God of judgment: blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all they that wait for him.
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
And <transChange type="added">though</transChange> the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:<note type="study">affliction: or, oppression</note>
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.<note type="study">thy graven…: Heb. the graven images of thy silver</note><note type="study">cast: Heb. scatter</note>
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.<note type="study">clean: or, savoury: Heb. leavened</note>
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers <transChange type="added">and</transChange> streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.<note type="study">high hill: Heb. lifted up, etc</note>
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold, the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cometh from far, burning <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his anger, and the burden <transChange type="added">thereof is</transChange> heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:<note type="study">burden…: or, grievousness of flame</note><note type="study">heavy: Heb. heaviness</note>
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to err.
Ye shall have a song, as in the night <transChange type="added">when</transChange> a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to the mighty One of Israel.<note type="study">mighty…: Heb. Rock</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> anger, and <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the flame of a devouring fire, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.<note type="study">his glorious…: Heb. the glory of his voice</note>
For through the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall the Assyrian be beaten down, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> smote with a rod.
And <transChange type="added">in</transChange> every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall lay upon him, <transChange type="added">it</transChange> shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.<note type="study">in every…: Heb. every passing of the rod founded</note><note type="study">lay…: Heb. cause to rest upon</note><note type="study">with it: or, against them</note>
For Tophet <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made <transChange type="added">it</transChange> deep <transChange type="added">and</transChange> large: the pile thereof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> fire and much wood; the breath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.<note type="study">of old: Heb. from yesterday</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>!
Yet he also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.<note type="study">call…: Heb. remove</note>
Now the Egyptians <transChange type="added">are</transChange> men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
For thus hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, <transChange type="added">he</transChange> will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.<note type="study">noise: or, multitude</note>
As birds flying, so will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver <transChange type="added">it; and</transChange> passing over he will preserve it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Turn ye unto <transChange type="added">him from</transChange> whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin.<note type="study">his idols of gold: Heb. the idols of his gold</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.<note type="study">from: or, for fear of</note><note type="study">discomfited: or, tributary: Heb. for melting, or, tribute</note>
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, whose fire <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.<note type="study">he…: Heb. his rock shall pass away for fear</note><note type="study">his strong hold: or, his strength</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.<note type="study">great: Heb. heavy</note>
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.<note type="study">rash: Heb. hasty</note><note type="study">plainly: or, elegantly</note>
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> bountiful.
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
The instruments also of the churl <transChange type="added">are</transChange> evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.<note type="study">the needy…: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment</note>
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.<note type="study">stand: or, be established</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.<note type="study">Many…: Heb. Days above a year</note>
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird <transChange type="added">sackcloth</transChange> upon <transChange type="added">your</transChange> loins.
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. fields of desire</note>
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns <transChange type="added">and</transChange> briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the joyous city:<note type="study">yea…: or, burning upon</note>
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;<note type="study">forts…: or, clifts and watchtowers</note>
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.<note type="study">low in…: or, utterly abased</note>
Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth <transChange type="added">thither</transChange> the feet of the ox and the ass.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
And your spoil shall be gathered <transChange type="added">like</transChange> the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> strength of salvation: the fear of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his treasure.<note type="study">salvation: Heb. salvations</note>
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.<note type="study">valiant…: or, messengers</note>
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
The earth mourneth <transChange type="added">and</transChange> languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off <transChange type="added">their fruits</transChange>.<note type="study">hewn…: or, withered away</note>
Now will I rise, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> fire, shall devour you.
And the people shall be <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the burnings of lime: <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Hear, ye <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> far off, what I have done; and, ye <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> near, acknowledge my might.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;<note type="study">righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses</note><note type="study">uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses</note><note type="study">oppressions: or, deceits</note><note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> sure.<note type="study">high: Heb. heights, or, high places</note>
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.<note type="study">that…: Heb. of far distances</note>
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the scribe? where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the receiver? where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that counted the towers?<note type="study">receiver: Heb. weigher?</note>
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, <transChange type="added">that thou canst</transChange> not understand.<note type="study">stammering: or, ridiculous</note>
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
But there the glorious <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> unto us a place of broad rivers <transChange type="added">and</transChange> streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.<note type="study">of…: Heb. broad of spaces, or, hands</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our judge, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our lawgiver, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our king; he will save us.<note type="study">lawgiver: Heb. statutemaker</note>
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.<note type="study">Thy…: or, They have forsaken thy tacklings</note>
And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> forgiven <transChange type="added">their</transChange> iniquity.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.<note type="study">all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</note>
For the indignation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon all nations, and <transChange type="added">his</transChange> fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling <transChange type="added">fig</transChange> from the fig tree.
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
The sword of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.<note type="study">unicorns: or, rhinocerots</note><note type="study">soaked: or, drunken</note>
For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> vengeance, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.<note type="study">cormorant: or, pelican</note>
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a court for owls.<note type="study">owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl</note>
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.<note type="study">The wild beasts of the desert: Heb. Ziim</note><note type="study">the wild beasts of the island: Heb. Ijim</note><note type="study">screech…: or, night monster</note>
There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Seek ye out of the book of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 35.</title>
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the excellency of our God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Say to them <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come <transChange type="added">with</transChange> vengeance, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> God <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a recompence; he will come and save you.<note type="study">fearful: Heb. hasty</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then shall the lame <transChange type="added">man</transChange> leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> grass with reeds and rushes.<note type="study">grass…: or, a court for reeds, etc</note>
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>.<note type="study">but…: or, for he shall be with them</note>
No lion shall be there, nor <transChange type="added">any</transChange> ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk <transChange type="added">there</transChange>:
And the ransomed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 36.</title>
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.<note type="study">scribe: or, secretary</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this wherein thou trustest?
I say, <transChange type="added">sayest thou</transChange>, (but <transChange type="added">they are but</transChange> vain words) <transChange type="added">I have</transChange> counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?<note type="study">vain…: Heb. a word of lips</note><note type="study">I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war</note>
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
But if thou say to me, We trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God: <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.<note type="study">pledges: or, hostages</note>
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
And am I now come up without the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> against this land to destroy it? the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on the wall.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? <transChange type="added">hath he</transChange> not <transChange type="added">sent me</transChange> to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make <transChange type="added">an agreement</transChange> with me <transChange type="added">by</transChange> a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;<note type="study">Make…: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing</note>
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
<transChange type="added">Beware</transChange> lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Who <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with <transChange type="added">their</transChange> clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 37.</title>
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And he sent Eliakim, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not strength to bring forth.<note type="study">blasphemy: or, provocation</note>
It may be the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> prayer for the remnant that is left.<note type="study">left: Heb. found</note>
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.<note type="study">send…: or, put a spirit into him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Telassar?
Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and spread it before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Hezekiah prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest <transChange type="added">between</transChange> the cherubims, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Incline thine ear, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and hear; open thine eyes, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Of a truth, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,<note type="study">nations: Heb. lands</note>
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.<note type="study">cast: Heb. given</note>
Now therefore, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thou only.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? <transChange type="added">even</transChange> against the Holy One of Israel.
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the forest of his Carmel.<note type="study">By thy…: Heb. By the hand of thy servants</note><note type="study">the tall…: Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof</note><note type="study">the forest…: or, the forest and his fruitful field</note>
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.<note type="study">besieged: or, fenced and closed</note>
Hast thou not heard long ago, <transChange type="added">how</transChange> I have done it; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities <transChange type="added">into</transChange> ruinous heaps.<note type="study">Hast…: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?</note>
Therefore their inhabitants <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the grass of the field, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the green herb, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the grass on the housetops, and <transChange type="added">as corn</transChange> blasted before it be grown up.<note type="study">of small…: Heb. short of hand</note>

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.<note type="study">abode: or, sitting</note>
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
And this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat <transChange type="added">this</transChange> year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:<note type="study">the remnant…: Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth</note>
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts shall do this.<note type="study">they…: Heb. the escaping</note>

Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Then the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> all dead corpses.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.<note type="study">Armenia: Heb. Ararat</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 38.</title>
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.<note type="study">Set…: Heb. Give charge concerning thy house</note>
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,
And said, Remember now, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.<note type="study">sore: Heb. with great weeping</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to Isaiah, saying,
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
And this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sign unto thee from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.<note type="study">sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
I said, I shall not see the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to night wilt thou make an end of me.<note type="study">with…: or, from the thrum</note>
I reckoned till morning, <transChange type="added">that</transChange>, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Like a crane <transChange type="added">or</transChange> a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail <transChange type="added">with looking</transChange> upward: O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I am oppressed; undertake for me.<note type="study">undertake…: or, ease me</note>
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
O Lord, by these <transChange type="added">things men</transChange> live, and in all these <transChange type="added">things is</transChange> the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul <transChange type="added">delivered it</transChange> from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.<note type="study">for peace…: or, on my peace came great bitterness</note><note type="study">thou hast in…: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit</note>
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can <transChange type="added">not</transChange> celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I <transChange type="added">do</transChange> this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">was ready</transChange> to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Hezekiah also had said, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sign that I shall go up to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 39.</title>
At that time Merodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.<note type="study">precious things: or, spicery</note><note type="study">armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels, or, instruments</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> from Babylon.
Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts:
Behold, the days come, that all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thine house, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 40.</title>
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> hand double for all her sins.<note type="study">comfortably: Heb. to the heart</note><note type="study">warfare: or, appointed time</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:<note type="study">straight: or, a straight place</note><note type="study">plain: or, a plain place</note>
And the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see <transChange type="added">it</transChange> together: for the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> grass, and all the goodliness thereof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the flower of the field:
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bloweth upon it: surely the people <transChange type="added">is</transChange> grass.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift <transChange type="added">it</transChange> up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!<note type="study">O Zion…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion</note><note type="study">O Jerusalem…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem</note>
Behold, the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> will come with strong <transChange type="added">hand</transChange>, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with him, and his work before him.<note type="study">with strong…: or, against the strong</note><note type="study">his work: or, recompence for his work</note>
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in his bosom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> shall gently lead those that are with young.<note type="study">that…: or, that give suck</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?<note type="study">a measure: Heb. a tierce</note>
Who hath directed the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, or <transChange type="added">being</transChange> his counsellor hath taught him?<note type="study">his…: Heb. man of his counsel</note>
With whom took he counsel, and <transChange type="added">who</transChange> instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?<note type="study">instructed…: Heb. made him understand</note><note type="study">understanding: Heb. understandings?</note>
Behold, the nations <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
And Lebanon <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
All nations before him <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
He that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall not be moved.<note type="study">is so…: Heb. is poor of oblation</note>
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:<note type="study">It is…: or, Him that</note>
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> strong in power; not one faileth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the everlasting God, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no searching of his understanding.
He giveth power to the faint; and to <transChange type="added">them that have</transChange> no might he increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
But they that wait upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall renew <transChange type="added">their</transChange> strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they shall walk, and not faint.<note type="study">renew: Heb. change</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 41.</title>
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew <transChange type="added">their</transChange> strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Who raised up the righteous <transChange type="added">man</transChange> from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made <transChange type="added">him</transChange> rule over kings? he gave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> as the dust to his sword, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as driven stubble to his bow.<note type="study">the righteous…: Heb. righteousness</note>
He pursued them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> passed safely; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> by the way <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he had not gone with his feet.<note type="study">safely: Heb. in peace</note>
Who hath wrought and done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, calling the generations from the beginning? I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the first, and with the last; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he.
The isles saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
They helped every one his neighbour; and <transChange type="added">every one</transChange> said to his brother, Be of good courage.<note type="study">Be…: Heb. Be strong</note>
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he that smootheth <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> it should not be moved.<note type="study">goldsmith: or, founder</note><note type="study">him…: or, the smiting</note><note type="study">saying…: or, saying of the soder, It is good</note>
But thou, Israel, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
<transChange type="added">Thou</transChange> whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Fear thou not; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee: be not dismayed; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.<note type="study">they that strive…: Heb. the men of thy strife</note>
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.<note type="study">them that…: Heb. the men of thy contention</note><note type="study">they…: Heb. the men of thy war</note>
For I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.<note type="study">men: or, few men</note>
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat <transChange type="added">them</transChange> small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.<note type="study">teeth: Heb. mouths</note>
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
<transChange type="added">When</transChange> the poor and needy seek water, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their tongue faileth for thirst, I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the pine, and the box tree together:
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Produce your cause, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; bring forth your strong <transChange type="added">reasons</transChange>, saith the King of Jacob.<note type="study">Produce: Heb. Cause to come near</note>
Let them bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they <transChange type="added">be</transChange>, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.<note type="study">consider…: Heb. set our heart upon them</note>
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold <transChange type="added">it</transChange> together.
Behold, ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination <transChange type="added">is he that</transChange> chooseth you.<note type="study">of nothing: or, worse than nothing</note><note type="study">of nought: or, worse than of a viper</note>
I have raised up <transChange type="added">one</transChange> from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, <transChange type="added">He is</transChange> righteous? yea, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that sheweth, yea, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that declareth, yea, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that heareth your words.
The first <transChange type="added">shall say</transChange> to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
For I beheld, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no man; even among them, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.<note type="study">answer: Heb. return</note>
Behold, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all vanity; their works <transChange type="added">are</transChange> nothing: their molten images <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wind and confusion.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 42.</title>
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, <transChange type="added">in whom</transChange> my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.<note type="study">smoking: or, dimly burning</note><note type="study">quench: Heb. quench it</note>
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.<note type="study">discouraged: Heb. broken</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith God the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> a new song, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.<note type="study">all…: Heb. the fulness thereof</note>
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up <transChange type="added">their voice</transChange>, the villages <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Let them give glory unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and declare his praise in the islands.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.<note type="study">prevail: or, behave himself mightily</note>
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> refrained myself: <transChange type="added">now</transChange> will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.<note type="study">devour: Heb. swallow, or, sup up</note>
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
And I will bring the blind by a way <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they knew not; I will lead them in paths <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.<note type="study">straight: Heb. into straightness</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> our gods.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I sent? who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> blind as <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> perfect, and blind as the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> servant?
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> honourable.<note type="study">it: or, him</note>
But this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a people robbed and spoiled; <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.<note type="study">they are all…: or, in snaring all the young men of them</note><note type="study">for a spoil: Heb. a treading</note>
Who among you will give ear to this? <transChange type="added">who</transChange> will hearken and hear for the time to come?<note type="study">for…: Heb. for the after time?</note>
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not to heart.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 43.</title>
But now thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> by thy name; thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> mine.
When thou passest through the waters, I <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
For I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt <transChange type="added">for</transChange> thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.<note type="study">life: or, person</note>
Fear not: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> truth.
Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my witnesses, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.<note type="study">no…: or, nothing formed of God</note>
I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and beside me <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no saviour.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no strange <transChange type="added">god</transChange> among you: therefore ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my witnesses, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God.
Yea, before the day <transChange type="added">was</transChange> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he; and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?<note type="study">let it: Heb. turn it back?</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the ships.<note type="study">nobles: Heb. bars</note>
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> rivers in the desert.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.<note type="study">owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl</note>
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.<note type="study">small…: Heb. lambs, or, kids</note>
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.<note type="study">filled…: Heb. made me drunk, or, abundantly moistened</note>
I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.<note type="study">teachers: Heb. interpreters</note>
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.<note type="study">princes…: or, holy princes</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 44.</title>
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
And they shall spring up <transChange type="added">as</transChange> among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
One shall say, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>; and another shall call <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his hand unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and surname <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> by the name of Israel.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the King of Israel, and his redeemer the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the first, and I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the last; and beside me <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God.
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared <transChange type="added">it</transChange>? ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God; I know not <transChange type="added">any</transChange>.<note type="study">God; I: Heb. rock, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>They that make a graven image <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.<note type="study">delectable: Heb. desirable</note>
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is profitable for nothing?
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> they shall fear, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they shall be ashamed together.
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.<note type="study">with the tongs: or, with an axe</note>
The carpenter stretcheth out <transChange type="added">his</transChange> rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">strengtheneth: or, taketh courage</note>
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth <transChange type="added">himself</transChange>, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
And the residue thereof he maketh a god, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my god.
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their hearts, that they cannot understand.<note type="study">shut: Heb. daubed</note>
And none considereth in his heart, neither <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?<note type="study">considereth…: Heb. setteth to his heart</note><note type="study">the stock…: Heb. that which comes of a tree?</note>
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, <transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> not a lie in my right hand?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my servant: I have formed thee; thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Sing, O ye heavens; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that maketh all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:<note type="study">decayed…: Heb. wastes</note>
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
That saith of Cyrus, <transChange type="added">He is</transChange> my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 45.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;<note type="study">have…: or, strengthened</note>
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which call <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> by thy name, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the God of Israel.
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none else, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none beside me. I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none else.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have created it.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! <transChange type="added">Let</transChange> the potsherd <transChange type="added">strive</transChange> with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Woe unto him that saith unto <transChange type="added">his</transChange> father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">direct: or, make straight</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Surely God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thee; and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none else, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God.
Verily thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> makers of idols.
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> Israel shall be saved in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none else.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god <transChange type="added">that</transChange> cannot save.
Tell ye, and bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? <transChange type="added">who</transChange> hath told it from that time? <transChange type="added">have</transChange> not I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none beside me.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none else.
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth <transChange type="added">in</transChange> righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Surely, shall <transChange type="added">one</transChange> say, in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have I righteousness and strength: <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to him shall <transChange type="added">men</transChange> come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.<note type="study">Surely…: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the <divineName>Lord</divineName> is all righteousness and strength</note><note type="study">righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses</note>
In the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 46.</title>
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages <transChange type="added">were</transChange> heavy loaden; <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> a burden to the weary <transChange type="added">beast</transChange>.
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.<note type="study">themselves: Heb. their soul</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne <transChange type="added">by me</transChange> from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
And <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to <transChange type="added">your</transChange> old age I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he; and <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to hoar hairs will I carry <transChange type="added">you</transChange>: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver <transChange type="added">you</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>To whom will ye liken me, and make <transChange type="added">me</transChange> equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Remember the former things of old: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none else; <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> God, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like me,
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> that are not <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, I will also do it.<note type="study">that…: Heb. of my counsel</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> far from righteousness:
I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 47.</title>
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet <transChange type="added">thee as</transChange> a man.
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> our redeemer, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: <transChange type="added">so</transChange> that thou didst not lay these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Therefore hear now this, <transChange type="added">thou that art</transChange> given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>, and none else beside me; I shall not sit <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
But these two <transChange type="added">things</transChange> shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>, and none else beside me.<note type="study">perverted…: or, caused thee to turn away</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou shalt not know.<note type="study">from…: Heb. the morning thereof</note><note type="study">put: Heb. expiate</note>
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from <transChange type="added">these things</transChange> that shall come upon thee.<note type="study">astrologers: Heb. viewers of the heavens</note><note type="study">the monthly…: Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months</note>
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: <transChange type="added">there shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a coal to warm at, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> fire to sit before it.<note type="study">themselves: Heb. their souls</note>
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 48.</title>
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and make mention of the God of Israel, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> not in truth, nor in righteousness.
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did <transChange type="added">them</transChange> suddenly, and they came to pass.
Because I knew that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> obstinate, and thy neck <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;<note type="study">obstinate: Heb. hard</note>
I have even from the beginning declared <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to thee; before it came to pass I shewed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare <transChange type="added">it</transChange>? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.<note type="study">with…: or, for silver</note>
For mine own sake, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for mine own sake, will I do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: for how should <transChange type="added">my name</transChange> be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the first, I also <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the last.
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: <transChange type="added">when</transChange> I call unto them, they stand up together.<note type="study">my…: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out</note>
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>? The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm <transChange type="added">shall be on</transChange> the Chaldeans.
I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I: and now the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou shouldest go.
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the end of the earth; say ye, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
And they thirsted not <transChange type="added">when</transChange> he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no peace, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, unto the wicked.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 49.</title>
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
And said unto me, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> surely my judgment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and my work with my God.<note type="study">my work: or, my reward</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And now, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that formed me from the womb <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and my God shall be my strength.<note type="study">Though…: or, That Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, etc</note>
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.<note type="study">It is…: or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, etc</note><note type="study">preserved: or, desolations</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the Redeemer of Israel, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that is faithful, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.<note type="study">whom man…: or, that is despised in soul</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;<note type="study">establish: or, raise up</note>
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in all high places.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
But Zion said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.<note type="study">that…: Heb. from having compassion</note>
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of <transChange type="added">my</transChange> hands; thy walls <transChange type="added">are</transChange> continually before me.
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> come to thee. <transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them <transChange type="added">on thee</transChange>, as a bride <transChange type="added">doeth</transChange>.
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place <transChange type="added">is</transChange> too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where <transChange type="added">had</transChange> they <transChange type="added">been</transChange>?
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon <transChange type="added">their</transChange> shoulders.<note type="study">arms: Heb. bosom</note>
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with <transChange type="added">their</transChange> face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.<note type="study">nursing fathers: Heb. nourishers</note><note type="study">queens: Heb. princesses</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?<note type="study">lawful…: Heb. captivity of the just</note>
But thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.<note type="study">captives: Heb. captivity</note>
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.<note type="study">sweet: or, new</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 50.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Wherefore, when I came, <transChange type="added">was there</transChange> no man? when I called, <transChange type="added">was there</transChange> none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no water, and dieth for thirst.
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
<transChange type="added">He is</transChange> near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine adversary? let him come near to me.<note type="study">mine…: Heb. the master of my cause?</note>
Behold, the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> will help me; who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among you that feareth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh <transChange type="added">in</transChange> darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and stay upon his God.
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange> about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 51.</title>
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: look unto the rock <transChange type="added">whence</transChange> ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit <transChange type="added">whence</transChange> ye are digged.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah <transChange type="added">that</transChange> bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
My righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou not it that hath cut Rahab, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wounded the dragon?
<transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Therefore the redeemed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he that comforteth you: who <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall die, and of the son of man <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall be made <transChange type="added">as</transChange> grass;
And forgettest the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the fury of the oppressor?<note type="study">were…: or, made himself ready</note>
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
But I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my people.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wrung <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> none to guide her among all the sons <transChange type="added">whom</transChange> she hath brought forth; neither <transChange type="added">is there any</transChange> that taketh her by the hand of all the sons <transChange type="added">that</transChange> she hath brought up.
These two <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?<note type="study">are…: Heb. happened</note><note type="study">destruction: Heb. breaking</note>
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the rebuke of thy God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Thus saith thy Lord the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and thy God <transChange type="added">that</transChange> pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 52.</title>
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and my name continually every day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> blasphemed.
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore <transChange type="added">they shall know</transChange> in that day that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> he that doth speak: behold, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> I.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall bring again Zion.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will go before you; and the God of Israel <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> your rereward.<note type="study">be…: Heb. gather you up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.<note type="study">deal…: or, prosper</note>
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which had not been told them shall they see; and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which they had not heard shall they consider.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 53.</title>
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> revealed?<note type="study">report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?</note>
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no beauty that we should desire him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were <transChange type="added">our</transChange> faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.<note type="study">we hid…: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> wounded for our transgressions, <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.<note type="study">wounded: or, tormented</note><note type="study">stripes: Heb. bruise</note>
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.<note type="study">laid…: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him</note>
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.<note type="study">from prison…: or, away by distress and judgment: but, etc</note><note type="study">was he…: Heb. was the stroke upon him</note>
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither <transChange type="added">was any</transChange> deceit in his mouth.<note type="study">death: Heb. deaths</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Yet it pleased the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to bruise him; he hath put <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see <transChange type="added">his</transChange> seed, he shall prolong <transChange type="added">his</transChange> days, and the pleasure of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall prosper in his hand.<note type="study">thou…: or, his soul shall make an offering</note>
He shall see of the travail of his soul, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore will I divide him <transChange type="added">a portion</transChange> with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 54.</title>
Sing, O barren, thou <transChange type="added">that</transChange> didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou <transChange type="added">that</transChange> didst not travail with child: for more <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
For thy Maker <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine husband; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.<note type="study">Maker: Heb. Makers</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy Redeemer.
For this <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> the waters of Noah unto me: for <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that hath mercy on thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
And all thy children <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> taught of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and great <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the peace of thy children.
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Behold, they shall surely gather together, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the heritage of the servants of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and their righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 55.</title>
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Wherefore do ye spend money for <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> not bread? and your labour for <transChange type="added">that which</transChange> satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.<note type="study">spend: Heb. weigh</note>
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the sure mercies of David.
Behold, I have given him <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Behold, thou shalt call a nation <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou knowest not, and nations <transChange type="added">that</transChange> knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Seek ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.<note type="study">the unrighteous…: Heb. the man of iniquity</note><note type="study">abundantly…: Heb. multiply to pardon</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For my thoughts <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not your thoughts, neither <transChange type="added">are</transChange> your ways my ways, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper <transChange type="added">in the thing</transChange> whereto I sent it.
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for a name, for an everlasting sign <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall not be cut off.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 56.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.<note type="study">judgment: or, equity</note>
Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> doeth this, and the son of man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, speak, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a dry tree.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to serve him, and to love the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
The Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather <transChange type="added">others</transChange> to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.<note type="study">beside…: Heb. to his gathered</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, all ye beasts in the forest.
His watchmen <transChange type="added">are</transChange> blind: they are all ignorant, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.<note type="study">sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep</note>
Yea, <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> greedy dogs <transChange type="added">which</transChange> can never have enough, and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> shepherds <transChange type="added">that</transChange> cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.<note type="study">greedy: Heb. strong of appetite</note><note type="study">can…: Heb. know not to be satisfied</note>
Come ye, <transChange type="added">say they</transChange>, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> much more abundant.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 57.</title>
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to heart: and merciful men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil <transChange type="added">to come</transChange>.<note type="study">merciful…: Heb. men of kindness, or, godliness</note><note type="study">from…: or, from that which is evil</note>
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, <transChange type="added">each one</transChange> walking <transChange type="added">in</transChange> his uprightness.<note type="study">enter into: or, go in</note><note type="study">in his…: or, before him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> draw out the tongue? <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?<note type="study">with…: or, among the oaks</note>
Among the smooth <transChange type="added">stones</transChange> of the stream <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy portion; they, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered <transChange type="added">thyself to another</transChange> than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee <transChange type="added">a covenant</transChange> with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">made…: or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs</note><note type="study">where…: or, thou providedst room</note>
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase <transChange type="added">thyself even</transChange> unto hell.<note type="study">thou…: or, thou respectedst</note>
Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.<note type="study">life: or, living</note>
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Holy; I dwell in the high and holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, with him also <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls <transChange type="added">which</transChange> I have made.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.<note type="study">frowardly: Heb. turning away</note>
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> far off, and to <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> near, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and I will heal him.
But the wicked <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 58.</title>
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.<note type="study">aloud: Heb. with the throat</note>
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore have we fasted, <transChange type="added">say they</transChange>, and thou seest not? <transChange type="added">wherefore</transChange> have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.<note type="study">labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs</note>
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as <transChange type="added">ye do this</transChange> day, to make your voice to be heard on high.<note type="study">ye shall…: or, ye fast not as this day</note>
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes <transChange type="added">under him</transChange>? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?<note type="study">a day…: or, to afflict his soul for a day?</note>
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?<note type="study">the heavy…: Heb. the bundles of the yoke</note><note type="study">oppressed: Heb. broken</note>
<transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?<note type="study">cast…: or, afflicted</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be thy rereward.<note type="study">be…: Heb. gather thee up</note>
Then shalt thou call, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
And <transChange type="added">if</transChange> thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness <transChange type="added">be</transChange> as the noonday:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.<note type="study">drought: Heb. droughts</note><note type="study">fail: Heb. lie, or, deceive</note>
And <transChange type="added">they that shall be</transChange> of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, <transChange type="added">from</transChange> doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking <transChange type="added">thine own</transChange> words:
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 59.</title>
Behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face from you, that he will not hear.<note type="study">have hid: or, have made him hide</note>
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
None calleth for justice, nor <transChange type="added">any</transChange> pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.<note type="study">cockatrice': or, adder's</note><note type="study">crushed…: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper</note>
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works <transChange type="added">are</transChange> works of iniquity, and the act of violence <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their hands.
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in their paths.<note type="study">destruction: Heb. breaking</note>
The way of peace they know not; and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.<note type="study">judgment: or, right</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> we walk in darkness.
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if <transChange type="added">we had</transChange> no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; <transChange type="added">we are</transChange> in desolate places as dead <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none; for salvation, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> it is far off from us.
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with us; and <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> our iniquities, we know them;
In transgressing and lying against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Yea, truth faileth; and he <transChange type="added">that</transChange> departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and it displeased him that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no judgment.<note type="study">maketh…: or, is accounted mad</note><note type="study">it displeased…: Heb. it was evil in his eyes</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he saw that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no man, and wondered that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance <transChange type="added">for</transChange> clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
According to <transChange type="added">their</transChange> deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.<note type="study">deeds: Heb. recompences</note>
So shall they fear the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall lift up a standard against him.<note type="study">lift…: or, put him to flight</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
As for me, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my covenant with them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; My spirit that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, from henceforth and for ever.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 60.</title>
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is risen upon thee.<note type="study">shine…: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh</note>
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> side.
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.<note type="study">abundance…: or, noise of the sea shall be turned toward thee</note><note type="study">forces: or, wealth</note>
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
Who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these <transChange type="added">that</transChange> fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that <transChange type="added">men</transChange> may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> their kings <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> brought.<note type="study">forces: or, wealth</note>
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, <transChange type="added">those</transChange> nations shall be utterly wasted.
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">am</transChange> thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Thy people also <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will hasten it in his time.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 61.</title>
The Spirit of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon me; because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he might be glorified.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> your plowmen and your vinedressers.
But ye shall be named the Priests of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For your shame <transChange type="added">ye shall have</transChange> double; and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
For I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the seed <transChange type="added">which</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath blessed.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I will greatly rejoice in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth <transChange type="added">herself</transChange> with her jewels.<note type="study">decketh: Heb. decketh as a priest</note>
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 62.</title>
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp <transChange type="added">that</transChange> burneth.
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall name.
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi–bah, and thy land Beulah: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.<note type="study">Hephzi–bah: that is, My delight is in her</note><note type="study">Beulah: that is, Married</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a young man marrieth a virgin, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> shall thy sons marry thee: and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> shall thy God rejoice over thee.<note type="study">as the…: Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, keep not silence,<note type="study">make…: or, are the <divineName>Lord's</divineName> remembrancers</note>
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.<note type="study">rest: Heb. silence</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:<note type="study">Surely…: Heb. If I give, etc</note>
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with him, and his work before him.<note type="study">work: or, recompence</note>
And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 63.</title>
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.<note type="study">glorious: Heb. decked</note>
Wherefore <transChange type="added">art thou</transChange> red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
For the day of vengeance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
And I looked, and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none to help; and I wondered that <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the praises of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
For he said, Surely they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my people, children <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he fought against them.
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his people, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that put his holy Spirit within him?<note type="study">shepherd: or, shepherds</note>
That led <transChange type="added">them</transChange> by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they should not stumble?
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?<note type="study">the sounding: or, the multitude</note>
Doubtless thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> our father, our redeemer; thy name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from everlasting.<note type="study">our redeemer…: or, our redeemer from everlasting is thy name</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
The people of thy holiness have possessed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
We are <transChange type="added">thine</transChange>: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.<note type="study">they…: Heb. thy name was not called upon them</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 64.</title>
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
As <transChange type="added">when</transChange> the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the nations may tremble at thy presence!<note type="study">the melting…: Heb. the fire of meltings</note>
When thou didst terrible things <transChange type="added">which</transChange> we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
For since the beginning of the world <transChange type="added">men</transChange> have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, <transChange type="added">what</transChange> he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.<note type="study">seen…: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, etc</note>
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, <transChange type="added">those that</transChange> remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But we are all as an unclean <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, and all our righteousnesses <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
And <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.<note type="study">consumed: Heb. melted</note><note type="study">because: Heb. by the hand</note>
But now, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> our father; we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the clay, and thou our potter; and we all <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the work of thy hand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Be not wroth very sore, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all thy people.
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 65.</title>
I am sought of <transChange type="added">them that</transChange> asked not <transChange type="added">for me</transChange>; I am found of <transChange type="added">them that</transChange> sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation <transChange type="added">that</transChange> was not called by my name.
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> not good, after their own thoughts;
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;<note type="study">upon…: Heb. upon bricks</note>
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable <transChange type="added">things is in</transChange> their vessels;<note type="study">broth: or, pieces</note>
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.<note type="study">nose: or, anger</note>

Behold, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they that forsake the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.<note type="study">troop: or, Gad</note><note type="study">number: or, Meni, a pagan god</note>
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose <transChange type="added">that</transChange> wherein I delighted not.
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.<note type="study">vexation: Heb. breaking</note>
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.<note type="study">come…: Heb. come upon the heart</note>
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever <transChange type="added">in that</transChange> which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner <transChange type="added">being</transChange> an hundred years old shall be accursed.
And they shall build houses, and inhabit <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.<note type="study">shall long…: Heb. shall make them continue long, or, shall wear out</note>
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the seed of the blessed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and their offspring with them.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 66.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The heaven <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my throne, and the earth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my footstool: where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the house that ye build unto me? and where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the place of my rest?
For all those <transChange type="added">things</transChange> hath mine hand made, and all those <transChange type="added">things</transChange> have been, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but to this <transChange type="added">man</transChange> will I look, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
He that killeth an ox <transChange type="added">is as if</transChange> he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, <transChange type="added">as if</transChange> he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, <transChange type="added">as if he offered</transChange> swine's blood; he that burneth incense, <transChange type="added">as if</transChange> he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note><note type="study">burneth: Heb. maketh a memorial of</note>
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in which I delighted not.<note type="study">delusions: or, devices</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? <transChange type="added">or</transChange> shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut <transChange type="added">the womb</transChange>? saith thy God.<note type="study">not…: or, not beget?</note>
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.<note type="study">abundance: or, brightness</note>
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon <transChange type="added">her</transChange> sides, and be dandled upon <transChange type="added">her</transChange> knees.
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
And when ye see <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be known toward his servants, and <transChange type="added">his</transChange> indignation toward his enemies.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
For by fire and by his sword will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> plead with all flesh: and the slain of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be many.
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one <transChange type="added">tree</transChange> in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">behind…: or, one after another</note>
For I <transChange type="added">know</transChange> their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Tubal, and Javan, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
And they shall bring all your brethren <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">litters: or, coaches</note>
And I will also take of them for priests <transChange type="added">and</transChange> for Levites, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, so shall your seed and your name remain.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">from one new…: Heb. from new moon to his new moon, and from sabbath to his sabbath</note>
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
To whom the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.<note type="study">ordained: Heb. gave</note>
Then said I, Ah, Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! behold, I cannot speak: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a child.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Say not, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Be not afraid of their faces: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee to deliver thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward the north.<note type="study">toward…: Heb. from the face of the north</note>
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.<note type="study">shall…: Heb. shall be opened</note>
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.<note type="study">confound: or, break to pieces</note>
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to deliver thee.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to me, saying,
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> not sown.<note type="study">thee: or, for thy sake</note>
Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> holiness unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Hear ye the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Neither said they, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.<note type="study">a plentiful…: or, the land of Carmel</note>
The priests said not, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after <transChange type="added">things that</transChange> do not profit.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and with your children's children will I plead.
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.<note type="study">over: or, over to</note>
Hath a nation changed <transChange type="added">their</transChange> gods, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for <transChange type="added">that which</transChange> doth not profit.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Is</transChange> Israel a servant? <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he a homeborn <transChange type="added">slave</transChange>? why is he spoiled?<note type="study">spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?</note>
The young lions roared upon him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.<note type="study">yelled: Heb. gave out their voice</note>
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.<note type="study">have…: or, feed on thy crown</note>
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, when he led thee by the way?
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> an evil <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and that my fear <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in thee, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For of old time I have broken thy yoke, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.<note type="study">transgress: or, serve</note>
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: <transChange type="added">thou art</transChange> a swift dromedary traversing her ways;<note type="study">thou art…: or, O swift dromedary</note>
A wild ass used to the wilderness, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.<note type="study">A wild…: or, O wild ass, etc</note><note type="study">used: Heb. taught</note><note type="study">her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart</note><note type="study">turn…: or, reverse it?</note>
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.<note type="study">There…: or, Is the case desperate?</note>
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
Saying to a stock, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned <transChange type="added">their</transChange> back unto me, and not <transChange type="added">their</transChange> face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.<note type="study">brought…: or, begotten me</note><note type="study">their back: Heb. the hinder part of the neck</note>
But where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for <transChange type="added">according to</transChange> the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.<note type="study">trouble: Heb. evil</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>O generation, see ye the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?<note type="study">We are…: Heb. We have dominion</note>
Can a maid forget her ornaments, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.<note type="study">secret…: Heb. digging</note>
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">They say: Heb. Saying</note>
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the guide of my youth?
Will he reserve <transChange type="added">his anger</transChange> for ever? will he keep <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
And I said after she had done all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.<note type="study">lightness: or, fame</note>
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">feignedly: Heb. in falsehood</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> merciful, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I will not keep <transChange type="added">anger</transChange> for ever.
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; neither shall <transChange type="added">that</transChange> be done any more.<note type="study">come to mind: Heb. come upon the heart</note><note type="study">that…: or, it be magnified</note>
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.<note type="study">imagination: or, stubbornness</note>
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.<note type="study">with: or, to</note><note type="study">given…: or, caused your fathers to possess</note>
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.<note type="study">from me: Heb. from after me</note><note type="study">a goodly…: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty</note><note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. land of desire</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Surely <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">husband: Heb. friend</note>
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping <transChange type="added">and</transChange> supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they have forgotten the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God.
Return, ye backsliding children, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
Truly in vain <transChange type="added">is salvation hoped for</transChange> from the hills, <transChange type="added">and from</transChange> the multitude of mountains: truly in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the salvation of Israel.
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
And thou shalt swear, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Circumcise yourselves to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, because of the evil of your doings.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.<note type="study">retire: or, strengthen</note><note type="study">destruction: Heb. breaking</note>
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is not turned back from us.
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
Then said I, Ah, Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> a full wind from those <transChange type="added">places</transChange> shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.<note type="study">a full…: or, a fuller wind than those</note><note type="study">give…: Heb. utter judgments</note>
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thy way and thy doings have procured these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> unto thee; this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.<note type="study">my very…: Heb. the walls of my heart</note>
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> my curtains in a moment.
How long shall I see the standard, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hear the sound of the trumpet?
For my people <transChange type="added">is</transChange> foolish, they have not known me; they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> sottish children, and they have none understanding: they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
I beheld the earth, and, lo, <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> without form, and void; and the heavens, and they <transChange type="added">had</transChange> no light.
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
I beheld, and, lo, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> by his fierce anger.
For thus hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, I have purposed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.<note type="study">face: Heb. eyes</note>
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> bewaileth herself, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> spreadeth her hands, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Woe <transChange type="added">is</transChange> me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be <transChange type="added">any</transChange> that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
And though they say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth; surely they swear falsely.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Therefore I said, Surely these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> the judgment of their God.
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> burst the bonds.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their backslidings are increased.<note type="study">evenings: or, deserts</note><note type="study">are increased: Heb. are strong</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
They were <transChange type="added">as</transChange> fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Shall I not visit for these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
They have belied the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Wherefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a mighty nation, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Their quiver <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as an open sepulchre, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all mighty men.
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Nevertheless in those days, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I will not make a full end with you.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> not yours.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:<note type="study">understanding: Heb. heart</note>
Fear ye not me? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Your iniquities have turned away these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and your sins have withholden good <transChange type="added">things</transChange> from you.
For among my people are found wicked <transChange type="added">men</transChange>: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.<note type="study">they lay…: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait</note>
As a cage is full of birds, so <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.<note type="study">cage: or, coop</note>
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Shall I not visit for these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;<note type="study">A wonderful…: or, Astonishment and filthiness</note>
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love <transChange type="added">to have it</transChange> so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?<note type="study">bear…: or, take into their hands</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate <transChange type="added">woman</transChange>.<note type="study">comely: or, dwelling at home</note>
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch <transChange type="added">their</transChange> tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For thus hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the city to be visited; she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wholly oppression in the midst of her.<note type="study">cast…: or, pour out the engine of shot</note>
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually <transChange type="added">is</transChange> grief and wounds.
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.<note type="study">depart: Heb. be loosed, or, disjointed</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear <transChange type="added">is</transChange> uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Therefore I am full of the fury of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> full of days.
And their houses shall be turned unto others, <transChange type="added">with their</transChange> fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one <transChange type="added">is</transChange> given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
They have healed also the hurt <transChange type="added">of the daughter</transChange> of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no peace.<note type="study">hurt: Heb. bruise, or, breach</note>
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk <transChange type="added">therein</transChange>.
Also I set watchmen over you, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among them.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> pain, as of a woman in travail.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fear <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on every side.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>O daughter of my people, gird <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
I have set thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a tower <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> brass and iron; they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all corrupters.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Reprobate silver shall <transChange type="added">men</transChange> call them, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath rejected them.<note type="study">Reprobate…: or, Refuse silver</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
The word that came to Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Stand in the gate of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all <transChange type="added">ye of</transChange> Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these.
For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?<note type="study">which…: Heb. whereupon my name is called</note>
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
But go ye now unto my place which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
Therefore will I do unto <transChange type="added">this</transChange> house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the whole seed of Ephraim.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead <transChange type="added">their</transChange> dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.<note type="study">queen…: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven</note>
Do they provoke me to anger? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">do they</transChange> not <transChange type="added">provoke</transChange> themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:<note type="study">concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of</note>
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.<note type="study">imagination: or, stubbornness</note><note type="study">went: Heb. were</note>
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending <transChange type="added">them</transChange>:
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
But thou shalt say unto them, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.<note type="study">correction: or, instruction</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Cut off thine hair, <transChange type="added">O Jerusalem</transChange>, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not, neither came it into my heart.<note type="study">came…: Heb. came it upon my heart</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray <transChange type="added">them</transChange> away.
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
At that time, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
Why <transChange type="added">then</transChange> is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
I hearkened and heard, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.

How do ye say, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wise, and the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; the pen of the scribes <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in vain.<note type="study">in vain made…: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood</note>
The wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and what wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in them?<note type="study">The wise…: or, Have they been ashamed, etc</note><note type="study">what…: Heb. the wisdom of what thing</note>
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their fields to them that shall inherit <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no peace.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">I will…: or, In gathering I will consume</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I will surely consume them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and <transChange type="added">the things that</transChange> I have given them shall pass away from them.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">gall: or, poison</note>
We looked for peace, but no good <transChange type="added">came; and</transChange> for a time of health, and behold trouble!
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.<note type="study">all…: Heb. the fulness thereof</note>
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which <transChange type="added">will</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">When</transChange> I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> faint in me.<note type="study">in: Heb. upon</note>
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in Zion? <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with strange vanities?<note type="study">them…: Heb. the country of them that are far off</note>
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
<transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> no balm in Gilead; <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?<note type="study">recovered: Heb. gone up?</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!<note type="study">Oh…: Heb. Who will give my head, etc</note>
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
And they bend their tongues <transChange type="added">like</transChange> their bow <transChange type="added">for</transChange> lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.<note type="study">neighbour: or, friend</note>
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> weary themselves to commit iniquity.<note type="study">deceive: or, mock</note>
Thine habitation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Their tongue <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: <transChange type="added">one</transChange> speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.<note type="study">in heart: Heb. in the midst of him</note><note type="study">his wait: or, wait for him</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Shall I not visit them for these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; neither can <transChange type="added">men</transChange> hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.<note type="study">habitations: or, pastures</note><note type="study">burned up: or, desolate</note><note type="study">both…: Heb. from the fowl even to, etc</note>
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.<note type="study">desolate: Heb. desolation</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the wise man, that may understand this? and <transChange type="added">who is he</transChange> to whom the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth <transChange type="added">and</transChange> is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:<note type="study">imagination: or, stubbornness</note>
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning <transChange type="added">women</transChange>, that they may come:
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast <transChange type="added">us</transChange> out.
Yet hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
For death is come up into our windows, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the young men from the streets.
Speak, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Let not the wise <transChange type="added">man</transChange> glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty <transChange type="added">man</transChange> glory in his might, let not the rich <transChange type="added">man</transChange> glory in his riches:
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> I delight, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will punish all <transChange type="added">them which are</transChange> circumcised with the uncircumcised;<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all <transChange type="added">these</transChange> nations <transChange type="added">are</transChange> uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> uncircumcised in the heart.<note type="study">in the utmost…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of their hair polled</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Hear ye the word which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vain: for <transChange type="added">one</transChange> cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.<note type="study">customs…: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity</note>
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> in them to do good.
Forasmuch as <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> great, and thy name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great in might.
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none like unto thee.<note type="study">to…: or, it liketh thee</note>
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a doctrine of vanities.<note type="study">altogether: Heb. in one, or, at once</note>
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their clothing: they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all the work of cunning <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the true God, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.<note type="study">true…: Heb. God of truth</note><note type="study">living God: Heb. living Gods</note><note type="study">everlasting…: Heb. king of eternity</note>
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
When he uttereth his voice, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.<note type="study">multitude: or, noise</note><note type="study">with: or, for</note>
Every man is brutish in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image <transChange type="added">is</transChange> falsehood, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no breath in them.<note type="study">brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know</note>
They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vanity, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
The portion of Jacob <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not like them: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the former of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>; and Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the rod of his inheritance: The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.<note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note>
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find <transChange type="added">it so</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a grief, and I must bear it.
My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a den of dragons.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I know that the way of man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in himself: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.<note type="study">bring…: Heb. diminish me</note>
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
The word that came to Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
And say thou unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel; Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
Which I commanded your fathers in the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">So…: Heb. Amen</note>
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to do; but they did <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not.<note type="study">imagination: or, stubbornness</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.<note type="study">to escape: Heb. to go forth of</note>
Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.<note type="study">trouble: Heb. evil</note>
For <transChange type="added">according to</transChange> the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and <transChange type="added">according to</transChange> the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shameful thing, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> altars to burn incense unto Baal.<note type="study">shameful…: Heb. shame</note>
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.<note type="study">trouble: Heb. evil</note>
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, <transChange type="added">seeing</transChange> she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.<note type="study">What…: Heb. What is to my beloved in my house</note><note type="study">when…: or, when thy evil is</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given me knowledge <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>, and I know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: then thou shewedst me their doings.
But I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like a lamb <transChange type="added">or</transChange> an ox <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.<note type="study">the tree…: Heb. the stalk with his bread</note>
But, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that thou die not by our hand:
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the year of their visitation.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
Righteous <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? <transChange type="added">wherefore</transChange> are all they happy that deal very treacherously?<note type="study">talk…: or, reason the case with thee</note>
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> near in their mouth, and far from their reins.<note type="study">they grow: Heb. they go on</note>
But thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.<note type="study">toward…: Heb. with thee</note>
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> in the land of peace, <transChange type="added">wherein</transChange> thou trustedst, <transChange type="added">they wearied thee</transChange>, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.<note type="study">they have called…: or, they cried after thee fully</note><note type="study">fair…: Heb. good things</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.<note type="study">the dearly…: Heb. the love</note>
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.<note type="study">crieth…: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice</note>
Mine heritage <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unto me <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a speckled bird, the birds round about <transChange type="added">are</transChange> against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.<note type="study">speckled: or, taloned</note><note type="study">come to: or, cause them to come to</note>
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. portion of desire</note>
They have made it desolate, <transChange type="added">and being</transChange> desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to heart.
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall devour from the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> end of the land even to the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">they shall: or, ye shall</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
So I got a girdle according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on my loins.
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me the second time, saying,
Take the girdle that thou hast got, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commanded me.
And it came to pass after many days, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
Then the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.<note type="study">imagination: or, stubbornness</note>
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.<note type="study">one…: Heb. a man against his brother</note><note type="study">but…: Heb. from destroying them</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken.
Give glory to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> gross darkness.
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for <transChange type="added">your</transChange> pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> flock is carried away captive.
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the crown of your glory.<note type="study">principalities: or, head tires</note>
The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the flock <transChange type="added">that</transChange> was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> captains, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?<note type="study">punish: Heb visit upon</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy heels made bare.<note type="study">made…: or, shall be violently taken away</note>
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? <transChange type="added">then</transChange> may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.<note type="study">accustomed: Heb. taught</note>
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when <transChange type="added">shall it</transChange> once <transChange type="added">be</transChange>?<note type="study">when…: Heb. after when yet?</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.<note type="study">the dearth: Heb. the words of the dearths, or, restraints</note>
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, because there was no grass.
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no grass.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> cannot save? yet thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.<note type="study">we…: Heb. thy name is called upon us</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, Pray not for this people for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> good.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said I, Ah, Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.<note type="study">assured…: Heb. peace of truth</note>
Then the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.<note type="study">go about…: or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not</note>
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no healing for us? we looked for peace, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
We acknowledge, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, our wickedness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Do not abhor <transChange type="added">us</transChange>, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Are there <transChange type="added">any</transChange> among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? <transChange type="added">art</transChange> not thou he, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> my mind <transChange type="added">could</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> toward this people: cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out of my sight, and let them go forth.
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Such as <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for death, to death; and such as <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for the sword, to the sword; and such as <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for the famine, to the famine; and such as <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for the captivity, to the captivity.
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.<note type="study">kinds: Heb. families</note>
And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which he did in Jerusalem.<note type="study">cause…: Heb. give them for a removing</note>
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?<note type="study">how…: Heb. of thy peace?</note>
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave <transChange type="added">them</transChange> of children, I will destroy my people, <transChange type="added">since</transChange> they return not from their ways.<note type="study">children: or, whatsoever is dear</note>
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.<note type="study">the mother…: or, the mother city a young man spoiling, etc, or, the mother and the young men</note>
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> every one of them doth curse me.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee <transChange type="added">well</transChange> in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.<note type="study">cause…: or, intreat the enemy for thee</note>
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
And I will make <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> to pass with thine enemies into a land <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall burn upon you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts.<note type="study">I am…: Heb. thy name is called upon me</note>
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, <transChange type="added">and as</transChange> waters <transChange type="added">that</transChange> fail?<note type="study">fail: Heb. be not sure?</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came also unto me, saying,
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> lovingkindness and mercies.<note type="study">mourning: or, mourning feast</note>
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall <transChange type="added">men</transChange> lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Neither shall <transChange type="added">men</transChange> tear <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall <transChange type="added">men</transChange> give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.<note type="study">tear…: or, break bread for them</note>
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> pronounced all this great evil against us? or what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our iniquity? or what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our sin that we have committed against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God?
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:<note type="study">imagination: or, stubbornness</note>
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that it shall no more be said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
But, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
For mine eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and <transChange type="added">things</transChange> wherein <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no profit.
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> no gods?
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">The <divineName>Lord</divineName>: or, <divineName>Jehovah</divineName></note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
The sin of Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> written with a pen of iron, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with the point of a diamond: <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;<note type="study">point: Heb. nail</note>
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all thy treasures to the spoil, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall burn for ever.<note type="study">thyself: Heb. in thyself</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> a salt land and not inhabited.
Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man that trusteth in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and whose hope the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.<note type="study">drought: or, restraint</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> deceitful above all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> search the heart, <transChange type="added">I</transChange> try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> according to the fruit of his doings.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> the partridge sitteth <transChange type="added">on eggs</transChange>, and hatcheth <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not; <transChange type="added">so</transChange> he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.<note type="study">sitteth…: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>A glorious high throne from the beginning <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the place of our sanctuary.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the fountain of living waters.
Heal me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my praise.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, they say unto me, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? let it come now.
As for me, I have not hastened from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was <transChange type="added">right</transChange> before thee.<note type="study">to…: Heb. after thee</note>
Be not a terror unto me: thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my hope in the day of evil.
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.<note type="study">destroy…: Heb. break them with a double breach</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in by the gates of Jerusalem;
Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
The word which came to Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.<note type="study">wheels: or, frames, or, seats</note>
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">of clay…: or, was marred, as clay in the hand of the potter</note><note type="study">made it…: Heb. returned and made, etc</note>
Then the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to me, saying,
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Behold, as the clay <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the potter's hand, so <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
<transChange type="added">At what</transChange> instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy <transChange type="added">it</transChange>;
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
And <transChange type="added">at what</transChange> instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant <transChange type="added">it</transChange>;
If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
Will <transChange type="added">a man</transChange> leave the snow of Lebanon <transChange type="added">which cometh</transChange> from the rock of the field? <transChange type="added">or</transChange> shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?<note type="study">the snow…: or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters?</note>
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the ancient paths, to walk in paths, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> a way not cast up;
To make their land desolate, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.<note type="study">with…: or, for the tongue</note>
Give heed to me, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to turn away thy wrath from them.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their <transChange type="added">blood</transChange> by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and <transChange type="added">be</transChange> widows; and let their men be put to death; <transChange type="added">let</transChange> their young men <transChange type="added">be</transChange> slain by the sword in battle.<note type="study">pour…: Heb. pour them out</note>
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Yet, <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay <transChange type="added">me</transChange>: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal <transChange type="added">thus</transChange> with them in the time of thine anger.<note type="study">to slay…: Heb. for death</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and <transChange type="added">take</transChange> of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,<note type="study">the east…: Heb. the sun gate</note>
And say, Hear ye the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire <transChange type="added">for</transChange> burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, neither came <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into my mind:
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as <transChange type="added">one</transChange> breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in Tophet, till <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> no place to bury.<note type="study">be made…: Heb. be healed</note>
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to the inhabitants thereof, and <transChange type="added">even</transChange> make this city as Tophet:
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house; and said to all the people,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> also chief governor in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the high gate of Benjamin, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib.<note type="study">Magor–missabib: that is, Fear round about</note>
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.<note type="study">was deceived: or, was enticed</note>
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But <transChange type="added">his word</transChange> was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not <transChange type="added">stay</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, <transChange type="added">say they</transChange>, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.<note type="study">All…: Heb. Every man of my peace</note>
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: <transChange type="added">their</transChange> everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
But, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, that triest the righteous, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Sing unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, praise ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
And let that man be as the cities which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> always great <transChange type="added">with me</transChange>.
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Enquire, I pray thee, of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and <transChange type="added">against</transChange> the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
And afterward, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And touching the house of the king of Judah, <transChange type="added">say</transChange>, Hear ye the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;
O house of David, thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, because of the evil of your doings.<note type="study">Execute: Heb. Judge</note>
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> rock of the plain, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?<note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note>
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
And say, Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.<note type="study">upon…: Heb. for David upon his throne</note>
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that this house shall become a desolation.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto the king's house of Judah; Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> Gilead unto me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the head of Lebanon: <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> surely I will make thee a wilderness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cities <transChange type="added">which</transChange> are not inhabited.
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the fire.
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> done thus unto this great city?
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; <transChange type="added">that</transChange> useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.<note type="study">large: Heb. through-aired</note><note type="study">windows: or, my windows</note>
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest <transChange type="added">thyself</transChange> in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> then <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> well with him?
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> well <transChange type="added">with him: was</transChange> not this to know me? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
But thine eyes and thine heart <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">violence: or, incursion</note>
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> thou saidst, I will not hear. This <transChange type="added">hath been</transChange> thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.<note type="study">prosperity: Heb. prosperities</note>
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!<note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand <transChange type="added">of them</transChange> whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.<note type="study">desire: Heb. lift up their mind</note>
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> this man Coniah a despised broken idol? <transChange type="added">is he</transChange> a vessel wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Write ye this man childless, a man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name whereby he shall be called, THE <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.<note type="study">THE <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>…: Heb. Jehovah–tsidkenu</note>
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that they shall no more say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
But, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and because of the words of his holiness.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not right.<note type="study">swearing: or, cursing</note><note type="study">course: or, violence</note>
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery <transChange type="added">ways</transChange> in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the year of their visitation, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.<note type="study">folly: or, an absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury</note>
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.<note type="study">an…: or, filthiness</note>
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.<note type="study">profaneness: or, hypocrisy</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not out of the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
They say still unto them that despise me, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.<note type="study">imagination: or, stubbornness</note>
For who hath stood in the counsel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>?<note type="study">counsel: or, secret</note>
Behold, a whirlwind of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
The anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
<transChange type="added">Am</transChange> I a God at hand, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and not a God afar off?
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
How long shall <transChange type="added">this</transChange> be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the chaff to the wheat? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc</note>
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not my word like as a fire? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and like a hammer <transChange type="added">that</transChange> breaketh the rock in pieces?
Therefore, behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against the prophets, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against the prophets, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.<note type="study">that…: or, that smooth their tongues</note>
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the burden of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I will even punish that man and his house.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered? and, What hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spoken?
And the burden of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts our God.
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered thee? and, What hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spoken?
But since ye say, The burden of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Because ye say this word, The burden of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, <transChange type="added">and cast you</transChange> out of my presence:
And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs <transChange type="added">were</transChange> set before the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
One basket <transChange type="added">had</transChange> very good figs, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> like the figs <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> first ripe: and the other basket <transChange type="added">had</transChange> very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.<note type="study">they…: Heb. for badness</note>
Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> good.<note type="study">them…: Heb. the captivity</note>
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull <transChange type="added">them</transChange> down; and I will plant them, and not pluck <transChange type="added">them</transChange> up.
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hurt, <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.<note type="study">to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation</note>
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the three and twentieth year, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.<note type="study">I will…: Heb. I will cause to perish from them</note>
And this whole land shall be a desolation, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Then took I the cup at the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had sent me:
<transChange type="added">To wit</transChange>, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> this day;
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beyond the sea,<note type="study">isles: or, region by the sea side</note>
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> in the utmost corners,<note type="study">that…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of the hair polled</note>
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">which…: Heb. upon which my name is called</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread <transChange type="added">the grapes</transChange>, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
A noise shall come <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the ends of the earth; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> wicked to the sword, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
And the slain of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be at that day from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> end of the earth even unto the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves <transChange type="added">in the ashes</transChange>, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.<note type="study">the days…: Heb. your days for slaughter</note><note type="study">a pleasant…: Heb. a vessel of desire</note>
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.<note type="study">the shepherds…: Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, etc</note>
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, <transChange type="added">shall be heard</transChange>: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoiled their pasture.
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.<note type="study">desolate: Heb. a desolation</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Stand in the court of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, but ye have not hearkened;
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had commanded <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">house</transChange>.<note type="study">in the…: or, at the door</note>
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.<note type="study">This man…: Heb. The judgment of death is for this man</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
As for me, behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.<note type="study">as…: Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes</note>
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Zion shall be plowed <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and besought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.<note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, and the: Heb. the face of the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, etc</note>
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, <transChange type="added">namely</transChange>, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> men with him into Egypt.
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.<note type="study">common…: Heb. sons of the people</note>
Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,<note type="study">saith…: or, hath the <divineName>Lord</divineName> said</note>
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;<note type="study">to say…: or, concerning their masters, saying</note>
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:<note type="study">dreamers: Heb. dreams</note>
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
For I have not sent them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.<note type="study">a lie: Heb. in a lie, or, lyingly</note>
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
But if they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> prophets, and if the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be with them, let them now make intercession to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
Yea, thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in the fifth month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
Thus speaketh the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:<note type="study">two…: Heb. two years of days</note>
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.<note type="study">captives: Heb. captivity</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,
Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do so: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> shall the prophet be known, that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath truly sent him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Jeremiah <transChange type="added">the prophet</transChange>, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">rebellion: Heb. revolt</note>
So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)<note type="study">eunuchs: or, chamberlains</note>
By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
Build ye houses, and dwell <transChange type="added">in them</transChange>; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">falsely: Heb. in a lie</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.<note type="study">expected…: Heb. end and expectation</note>
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find <transChange type="added">me</transChange>, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
And I will be found of you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Because ye have said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
<transChange type="added">Know</transChange> that thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:<note type="study">to be a curse: Heb. for a curse</note>
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; but ye would not hear, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Hear ye therefore the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Babylon, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a witness, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Thus</transChange> shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,<note type="study">Nehelamite: or, dreamer</note>
Thus speaketh the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for every man <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
For therefore he sent unto us <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Babylon, saying, This <transChange type="added">captivity is</transChange> long: build ye houses, and dwell <transChange type="added">in them</transChange>; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Jeremiah, saying,
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; because he hath taught rebellion against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">rebellion: Heb. revolt</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
The word that came to Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Thus speaketh the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
For, lo, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the words that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.<note type="study">of fear…: or, there is fear, and not peace</note>
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?<note type="study">a man: Heb. a male</note>
Alas! for that day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great, so that none <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like it: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
But they shall serve the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make <transChange type="added">him</transChange> afraid.
For I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Thy bruise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> incurable, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy wound <transChange type="added">is</transChange> grievous.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.<note type="study">that…: Heb. for binding up, or, pressing</note>
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; <transChange type="added">because</transChange> thy sins were increased.
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: <transChange type="added">because</transChange> thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; because they called thee an Outcast, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.<note type="study">heap: or, little hill</note>
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Behold, the whirlwind of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.<note type="study">continuing: Heb. cutting</note><note type="study">fall…: or, remain</note>
The fierce anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall not return, until he have done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
At the same time, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The people <transChange type="added">which were</transChange> left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath appeared of old unto me, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.<note type="study">of…: Heb. from afar</note><note type="study">with lovingkindness…: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee</note>
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.<note type="study">tabrets: or, timbrels</note>

Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat <transChange type="added">them</transChange> as common things.<note type="study">eat…: Heb. profane them</note>
For there shall be a day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my firstborn.<note type="study">supplications: or, favours</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O ye nations, and declare <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd <transChange type="added">doth</transChange> his flock.
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of <transChange type="added">him that was</transChange> stronger than he.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
And there is hope in thine end, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself <transChange type="added">thus</transChange>; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed <transChange type="added">to the yoke</transChange>: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God.
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon <transChange type="added">my</transChange> thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> Ephraim my dear son? <transChange type="added">is he</transChange> a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">are…: Heb. sound</note>
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the way <transChange type="added">which</transChange> thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> bless thee, O habitation of justice, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> mountain of holiness.
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they <transChange type="added">that</transChange> go forth with flocks.
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:<note type="study">although…: or, should I have continued an husband unto them?</note>
But this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which giveth the sun for a light by day, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name:
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that the city shall be built to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
The word that came to Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the king of Judah's house.
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jeremiah said, The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Anathoth: for the right of redemption <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine to buy <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Anathoth, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine, and the redemption <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine; buy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for thyself. Then I knew that this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> seventeen shekels of silver.<note type="study">seventeen…: or, seven shekels and ten pieces of silver</note>
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and took witnesses, and weighed <transChange type="added">him</transChange> the money in the balances.<note type="study">subscribed…: Heb. wrote in the book</note>
So I took the evidence of the purchase, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> that which was sealed <transChange type="added">according</transChange> to the law and custom, and that which was open:
And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's <transChange type="added">son</transChange>, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Ah Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> there is nothing too hard for thee:<note type="study">too…: or, hid from thee</note>
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name,
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:<note type="study">work: Heb. doing</note>
Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto this day, and in Israel, and among <transChange type="added">other</transChange> men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">mounts: or, engines of shot</note>
And thou hast said unto me, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.<note type="study">for the: or, though the</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Jeremiah, saying,
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For this city hath been to me <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,<note type="study">a provocation…: Heb. for my anger</note>
Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.<note type="study">back: Heb. neck</note>
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
And they built the high places of Baal, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through <transChange type="added">the fire</transChange> unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And now therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:<note type="study">for ever: Heb. all days</note>
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.<note type="study">from them: Heb. from after them</note>
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.<note type="study">assuredly: Heb. in truth, or, stability</note>
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the maker thereof, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that formed it, to establish it; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name;<note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName> is: or, <divineName>Jehovah</divineName>, etc</note>
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.<note type="study">mighty: or, hidden</note>
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> desolate without man and without beast, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good; for his mercy <transChange type="added">endureth</transChange> for ever: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing <transChange type="added">their</transChange> flocks to lie down.
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this <transChange type="added">is the name</transChange> wherewith she shall be called, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our righteousness.<note type="study">The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>…: Heb. Jehovah–tsidkenu</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;<note type="study">David…: Heb. There shall not be cut off from David</note>
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Jeremiah, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
<transChange type="added">Then</transChange> may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Jeremiah, saying,
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; If my covenant <transChange type="added">be</transChange> not with day and night, <transChange type="added">and if</transChange> I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> that I will not take <transChange type="added">any</transChange> of his seed <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,<note type="study">of his…: Heb. the dominion of his hand</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.<note type="study">he shall…: Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth</note>
Yet hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
<transChange type="added">But</transChange> thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn <transChange type="added">odours</transChange> for thee; and they will lament thee, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">This is</transChange> the word that came unto Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, <transChange type="added">to wit</transChange>, of a Jew his brother.
Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let <transChange type="added">them</transChange> go.
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.<note type="study">hath been…: or, hath sold himself</note>
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:<note type="study">now: Heb. to day</note><note type="study">which…: Heb. whereupon my name is called</note>
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.<note type="study">to be…: Heb. for a removing</note>
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
Behold, I will command, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 35.</title>
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
And I brought them into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the chamber of the princes, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:<note type="study">door: Heb. threshold, or, vessel</note>
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, <transChange type="added">neither ye</transChange>, nor your sons for ever:
Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have <transChange type="added">any</transChange>: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye <transChange type="added">be</transChange> strangers.
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Jeremiah, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.<note type="study">Jonadab…: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off from Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand, etc</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 36.</title>
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> this word came unto Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saying,
Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> shut up; I cannot go into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the ears of the people in the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
It may be they will present their supplication before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and will return every one from his evil way: for great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the anger and the fury that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath pronounced against this people.<note type="study">they…: Heb. their supplication shall fail</note>
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they proclaimed a fast before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, in the ears of all the people.<note type="study">entry: or, door</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,
Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in their ears.
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote <transChange type="added">them</transChange> with ink in the book.
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and <transChange type="added">there was a fire</transChange> on the hearth burning before him.
And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the fire that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the hearth.
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hid them.<note type="study">of Hammelech: or, of the king</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.<note type="study">like: Heb. as they</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 37.</title>
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.<note type="study">by…: Heb. by the hand of the prophet</note>
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God for us.
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.<note type="study">yourselves: Heb. your souls</note>
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained <transChange type="added">but</transChange> wounded men among them, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.<note type="study">wounded: Heb. thrust through</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,<note type="study">broken…: Heb. made to ascend</note>
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.<note type="study">separate…: or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people</note>
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
Then said Jeremiah, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.<note type="study">false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie</note>
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;<note type="study">cabins: or, cells</note>
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there <transChange type="added">any</transChange> word from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
Where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.<note type="study">let…: Heb. let my supplication fall</note>
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 38.</title>
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.<note type="study">welfare: Heb. peace</note>
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in your hand: for the king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">he that</transChange> can do <transChange type="added">any</transChange> thing against you.
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.<note type="study">of Hammelech: or, of the king</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now when Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Ebed–melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no more bread in the city.<note type="study">he is like…: Heb. he will die</note>
Then the king commanded Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.<note type="study">with thee: Heb. in thine hand</note>
So Ebed–melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
And Ebed–melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now <transChange type="added">these</transChange> old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.<note type="study">third: or, principal</note>
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
But if thou refuse to go forth, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath shewed me:
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those <transChange type="added">women</transChange> shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they are turned away back.<note type="study">Thy friends: Heb. Men of thy peace</note>
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.<note type="study">thou shalt cause…: Heb. thou shalt burn, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.<note type="study">they…: Heb. they were silent from him</note>
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was <transChange type="added">there</transChange> when Jerusalem was taken.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 39.</title>
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the city was broken up.
And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, Rab–saris, Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.<note type="study">gave…: Heb. spake with him judgments</note>
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.<note type="study">with…: Heb. with two brasen chains, or, fetters</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.<note type="study">captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</note>
But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.<note type="study">captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</note><note type="study">at the…: Heb. in that day</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard, saying,<note type="study">to: Heb. by the hand of</note><note type="study">captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</note>
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.<note type="study">look…: Heb. set thine eyes upon him</note>
So Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab–saris, and Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;<note type="study">captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</note>
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Go and speak to Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be <transChange type="added">accomplished</transChange> in that day before thee.
But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> afraid.
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 40.</title>
The word that came to Jeremiah from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, after that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.<note type="study">chains: or, manicles</note>
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
Now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.<note type="study">were…: or, are upon thine hand</note><note type="study">I will…: Heb. I will set mine eye upon thee</note>
Now while he was not yet gone back, <transChange type="added">he said</transChange>, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now when all the captains of the forces which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the fields, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.<note type="study">to serve: Heb. to stand before</note>
Likewise when all the Jews that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.<note type="study">to slay…: Heb. to strike thee in soul?</note>
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 41.</title>
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the men of war.
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew <transChange type="added">it</transChange>,
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.<note type="study">weeping…: Heb. in going and weeping</note>
And it was <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, <transChange type="added">and cast them</transChange> into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him.
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with <transChange type="added">them that were</transChange> slain.<note type="study">because…: or, near Gedaliah: Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah</note>
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in Mizpah, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Gibeon.
Now it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when all the people which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, then they were glad.
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 42.</title>
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for all this remnant; (for we are left <transChange type="added">but</transChange> a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)<note type="study">Let…: or, Let our supplication fall before thee</note>
That the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard <transChange type="added">you</transChange>; behold, I will pray unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> whatsoever thing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall answer you, I will declare <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
Then they said to Jeremiah, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God shall send thee to us.
Whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> good, or whether <transChange type="added">it be</transChange> evil, we will obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Jeremiah.
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
And said unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull <transChange type="added">you</transChange> down, and I will plant you, and not pluck <transChange type="added">you</transChange> up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God,
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
And now therefore hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Then it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.<note type="study">shall follow…: Heb. shall cleave after you</note>
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.<note type="study">So…: Heb. So shall all the men be</note>
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.<note type="study">admonished…: Heb. testified against you</note>
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, saying, Pray for us unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God; and according unto all that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">ye dissembled…: or, ye have used deceit against your souls</note>
And <transChange type="added">now</transChange> I have this day declared <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, nor any <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> for the which he hath sent me unto you.
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to sojourn.<note type="study">to go…: or, to go to sojourn</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 43.</title>
And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, for which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God had sent him to them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all these words,
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to dwell in the land of Judah.
But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
<transChange type="added">Even</transChange> men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: thus came they <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to Tahpanhes.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
And say unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, <transChange type="added">and deliver</transChange> such <transChange type="added">as are</transChange> for death to death; and such <transChange type="added">as are</transChange> for captivity to captivity; and such <transChange type="added">as are</transChange> for the sword to the sword.
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
He shall break also the images of Beth–shemesh, that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.<note type="study">images: Heb. statues, or, standing images</note><note type="study">Beth–shemesh: or, The house of the sun</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 44.</title>
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to serve other gods, whom they knew not, <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> they, ye, nor your fathers.
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted <transChange type="added">and</transChange> desolate, as at this day.
Therefore now thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye <transChange type="added">this</transChange> great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;<note type="study">out…: Heb. out of the midst of Judah</note>
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?<note type="study">wickedness…: Heb. wickednesses, or, punishments, etc</note>
They are not humbled <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.<note type="study">humbled: Heb. contrite</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> fall in the land of Egypt; they shall <transChange type="added">even</transChange> be consumed by the sword <transChange type="added">and</transChange> by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.<note type="study">have…: Heb. lift up their soul</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, we will not hearken unto thee.
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for <transChange type="added">then</transChange> had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.<note type="study">queen…: or, frame of heaven</note><note type="study">victuals: Heb. bread</note>
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?<note type="study">men: or, husbands?</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him <transChange type="added">that</transChange> answer, saying,
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> remember them, and came it <transChange type="added">not</transChange> into his mind?
So that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have not obeyed the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all Judah that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the land of Egypt:
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
Therefore hear ye the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> liveth.
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.<note type="study">mine…: Heb. from me, or, from them</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sign unto you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will give Pharaoh–hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 45.</title>
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus shalt thou say unto him, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith thus; Behold, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 46.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh–necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with <transChange type="added">your</transChange> helmets; furbish the spears, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> put on the brigandines.
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed <transChange type="added">and</transChange> turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: <transChange type="added">for</transChange> fear <transChange type="added">was</transChange> round about, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">beaten…: Heb. broken in pieces</note><note type="study">fled…: Heb. fled a flight</note>
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this <transChange type="added">that</transChange> cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and <transChange type="added">his</transChange> waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bend the bow.<note type="study">the Ethiopians: Heb. Cush</note><note type="study">the Libyans: Heb. Put</note>
For this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the day of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> thou shalt not be cured.<note type="study">thou shalt…: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they are fallen both together.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The word that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come <transChange type="added">and</transChange> smite the land of Egypt.
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Why are thy valiant <transChange type="added">men</transChange> swept away? they stood not, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> did drive them.
He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.<note type="study">made…: Heb. multiplied the faller</note>
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt <transChange type="added">is but</transChange> a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the King, whose name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, Surely as Tabor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> shall he come.
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.<note type="study">furnish…: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity</note>
Egypt <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> a very fair heifer, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
Also her hired men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the time of their visitation.<note type="study">fatted…: Heb. bullocks of the stall</note>
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
They shall cut down her forest, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and <transChange type="added">are</transChange> innumerable.

The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and <transChange type="added">all</transChange> them that trust in him:<note type="study">multitude: or, nourisher: Heb. Amon</note>
And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make <transChange type="added">him</transChange> afraid.
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.<note type="study">not leave…: or, not utterly cut thee off</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 47.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.<note type="study">Gaza: Heb. Azzah</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.<note type="study">all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</note>
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong <transChange type="added">horses</transChange>, at the rushing of his chariots, <transChange type="added">and at</transChange> the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to <transChange type="added">their</transChange> children for feebleness of hands;
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.<note type="study">the country: Heb. the isle</note>
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
O thou sword of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how long <transChange type="added">will it be</transChange> ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.<note type="study">put…: Heb. gather thyself</note>
How can it be quiet, seeing the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.<note type="study">How…: Heb. How canst thou</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 48.</title>
Against Moab thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded <transChange type="added">and</transChange> taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.<note type="study">Misgab: or, the high place</note>
<transChange type="added">There shall be</transChange> no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.<note type="study">be cut…: or, be brought to silence</note><note type="study">pursue…: Heb. go after thee</note>
A voice of crying <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.<note type="study">continual…: Heb. weeping with weeping</note>
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.<note type="study">the heath: or, a naked tree</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his priests and his princes together.
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken.
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that doeth the work of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> deceitfully, and cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> he that keepeth back his sword from blood.<note type="study">deceitfully: or, negligently</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.<note type="study">remained: Heb. stood</note>
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth–el their confidence.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>How say ye, We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> mighty and strong men for the war?
Moab is spoiled, and gone up <transChange type="added">out of</transChange> her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">his…: Heb. the choice of</note>
The calamity of Moab <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the beautiful rod!
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he shall destroy thy strong holds.
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> say, What is done?<note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note>
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth–diblathaim,
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth–gamul, and upon Beth–meon,
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Make ye him drunken: for he magnified <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.<note type="study">skippedst…: or, movedst thyself</note>
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove <transChange type="added">that</transChange> maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
I know his wrath, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; but <transChange type="added">it shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> so; his lies shall not so effect <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">his lies…: or, those on whom he stayeth (Heb. his bars) do not right</note>
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; <transChange type="added">mine heart</transChange> shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; <transChange type="added">their</transChange> shouting <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> no shouting.
From the cry of Heshbon <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Elealeh, <transChange type="added">and even</transChange> unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Horonaim, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.<note type="study">desolate: Heb. desolations</note>
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he hath gotten are perished.
For every head <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.<note type="study">clipped: Heb. diminished</note>
<transChange type="added">There shall be</transChange> lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no pleasure, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
They shall howl, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.<note type="study">back: Heb. neck</note>
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.<note type="study">Kerioth: or, The cities</note>
And Moab shall be destroyed from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> a people, because he hath magnified <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.<note type="study">tumultuous…: Heb. children of noise</note>
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.<note type="study">captives, and: Heb. in captivity, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Thus far <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the judgment of Moab.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 49.</title>
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why <transChange type="added">then</transChange> doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?<note type="study">Concerning: or, Against</note><note type="study">their king: or, Melcom</note>
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his priests and his princes together.<note type="study">their king: or, Melcom</note>
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Who shall come unto me?<note type="study">thy…: or, thy valley floweth away</note>
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Concerning Edom, thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will visit him.<note type="study">turn…: or, they are turned back</note>
If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave <transChange type="added">some</transChange> gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.<note type="study">till…: Heb. their sufficiency</note>
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not.
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve <transChange type="added">them</transChange> alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, they whose judgment <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou he <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>.
For I have sworn by myself, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
I have heard a rumour from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> despised among men.
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour <transChange type="added">cities</transChange> thereof, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a chosen <transChange type="added">man, that</transChange> I may appoint over her? for who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that shepherd that will stand before me?<note type="study">appoint me…: or, convent me in judgment?</note>
Therefore hear the counsel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.<note type="study">Red sea: Heb. Weedy sea</note>
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.<note type="study">fainthearted: Heb. melted</note><note type="study">on…: or, as on the sea</note>
Damascus is waxed feeble, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on <transChange type="added">her</transChange>: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben–hadad.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on every side.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.<note type="study">get…: Heb. flit greatly</note>
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which have neither gates nor bars, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> dwell alone.<note type="study">wealthy: or, that is at ease</note>
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">in…: Heb. cut off into corners, or, that have the corners of their hair polled</note>
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor <transChange type="added">any</transChange> son of man dwell in it.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> my fierce anger, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But it shall come to pass in the latter days, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 50.</title>
The word that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake against Babylon <transChange type="added">and</transChange> against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.<note type="study">by…: Heb. by the hand of Jeremiah</note>
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.<note type="study">set up: Heb. lift up</note>
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In those days, and in that time, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God.
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Come, and let us join ourselves to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in a perpetual covenant <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall not be forgotten.
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.<note type="study">restingplace: Heb. place to lie down in</note>
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the habitation of justice, even the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the hope of their fathers.
Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.<note type="study">expert…: or, destroyer</note>
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;<note type="study">fat: Heb. big, or, corpulent</note><note type="study">bellow…: or, neigh as steeds</note>
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Because of the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the vengeance of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.<note type="study">sickle: or, scythe</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a scattered sheep; the lions have driven <transChange type="added">him</transChange> away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
In those days, and in that time, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Go up against the land of Merathaim, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.<note type="study">of Merathaim: or, of the rebels</note><note type="study">Pekod: or, Visitation</note>
A sound of battle <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the land, and of great destruction.
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the work of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.<note type="study">from…: Heb. from the end</note><note type="study">cast…: or, tread her</note>
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, against the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, <transChange type="added">O thou</transChange> most proud, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts: for thy day is come, the time <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will visit thee.<note type="study">most…: Heb. pride</note>
And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.<note type="study">the…: Heb. pride</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Their Redeemer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> strong; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>A sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the Chaldeans, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange>.
A sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.<note type="study">liars: or, chief stays: Heb. bars</note>
A sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
A drought <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the land of graven images, and they are mad upon <transChange type="added">their</transChange> idols.
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell <transChange type="added">there</transChange>, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour <transChange type="added">cities</transChange> thereof, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">so</transChange> shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, <transChange type="added">every one</transChange> put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> pangs as of a woman in travail.
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a chosen <transChange type="added">man, that</transChange> I may appoint over her? for who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that shepherd that will stand before me?<note type="study">appoint me…: or, convent me to plead?</note>
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make <transChange type="added">their</transChange> habitation desolate with them.
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 51.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;<note type="study">midst: Heb. heart</note>
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
Against <transChange type="added">him that</transChange> bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against <transChange type="added">him that</transChange> lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and <transChange type="added">they that are</transChange> thrust through in her streets.
For Israel <transChange type="added">hath</transChange> not <transChange type="added">been</transChange> forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the time of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Babylon <transChange type="added">hath been</transChange> a golden cup in the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the skies.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God.
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device <transChange type="added">is</transChange> against Babylon, to destroy it; because it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the vengeance of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the vengeance of his temple.<note type="study">bright: Heb. pure</note>
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.<note type="study">ambushes: Heb. liers in wait</note>
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the measure of thy covetousness.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath sworn by himself, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.<note type="study">by himself: Heb. by his soul</note><note type="study">lift up: Heb. utter</note>
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
When he uttereth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> voice, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.<note type="study">multitude: or, noise</note>
Every man is brutish by <transChange type="added">his</transChange> knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image <transChange type="added">is</transChange> falsehood, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no breath in them.<note type="study">is brutish…: or, is more brutish than to know</note>
They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
The portion of Jacob <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not like them; for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the former of all things: and <transChange type="added">Israel is</transChange> the rod of his inheritance: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my battle axe <transChange type="added">and</transChange> weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;<note type="study">with thee: or, in thee, or, by thee</note>
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">desolate…: Heb. everlasting desolations</note>
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at <transChange type="added">one</transChange> end,
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like a threshingfloor, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.<note type="study">it is…: or, in the time that he thresheth her</note>
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
The violence done to me and to my flesh <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.<note type="study">The violence…: Heb. My violence</note><note type="study">flesh: or, remainder</note><note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note>
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.<note type="study">yell: or, shake themselves</note>
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth <transChange type="added">any</transChange> son of man pass thereby.
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come <transChange type="added">one</transChange> year, and after that in <transChange type="added">another</transChange> year <transChange type="added">shall come</transChange> a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.<note type="study">lest: or, let not</note>
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.<note type="study">do…: Heb. visit upon</note>
Then the heaven and the earth, and all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
As Babylon <transChange type="added">hath caused</transChange> the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.<note type="study">As…: or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon, etc</note><note type="study">the earth: or, the country</note>
Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house.
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
A sound of a cry <transChange type="added">cometh</transChange> from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
Because the spoiler is come upon her, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of recompences shall surely requite.
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.<note type="study">The broad…: or, The walls of broad Babylon</note><note type="study">broken: or, made naked</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And <transChange type="added">this</transChange> Seraiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a quiet prince.<note type="study">with: or, on the behalf of</note><note type="study">quiet…: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain</note>
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all these words that are written against Babylon.
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
Then shalt thou say, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.<note type="study">desolate: Heb. desolations</note>
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the words of Jeremiah.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 52.</title>
Zedekiah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.<note type="study">began…: Heb. reigned</note>
And he did <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> evil in the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
For through the anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
And in the fourth month, in the ninth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.<note type="study">put out: Heb. blinded</note><note type="study">chains: or, fetters</note><note type="study">prison: Heb. house of the wards</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now in the fifth month, in the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,<note type="study">captain…: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</note><note type="study">served: Heb. stood before</note>
And burned the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, burned he with fire:
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Also the pillars of brass that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the bases, and the brasen sea that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.<note type="study">shovels: or, instruments to remove the ashes</note><note type="study">bowls: or, basons</note>
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of gold <transChange type="added">in</transChange> gold, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of silver <transChange type="added">in</transChange> silver, took the captain of the guard away.<note type="study">firepans: or, censers</note>
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.<note type="study">the brass: Heb. their brass</note>
And <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> the pillars, the height of one pillar <transChange type="added">was</transChange> eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> four fingers: <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> hollow.<note type="study">fillet: Heb. thread</note>
And a chapiter of brass <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon it; and the height of one chapiter <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates <transChange type="added">were</transChange> like unto these.
And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the pomegranates upon the network <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred round about.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:<note type="study">door: Heb. threshold</note>
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.<note type="study">were near…: Heb. saw the face of the king</note><note type="study">principal…: or, scribe of the captain of the host</note>

So Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:<note type="study">persons: Heb. souls</note>
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons <transChange type="added">were</transChange> four thousand and six hundred.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the <transChange type="added">first</transChange> year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> with him in Babylon,<note type="study">kindly…: Heb. good things with him</note>
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
And <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.<note type="study">every…: Heb. the matter of the day in his day</note>
<title type="main">THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
How doth the city sit solitary, <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> full of people! <transChange type="added">how</transChange> is she become as a widow! she <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> great among the nations, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> princess among the provinces, <transChange type="added">how</transChange> is she become tributary!
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort <transChange type="added">her</transChange>: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.<note type="study">because of great…: Heb. for the greatness of servitude</note>
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in bitterness.
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts <transChange type="added">that</transChange> find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> did mock at her sabbaths.<note type="study">pleasant: or, desirable</note>
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.<note type="study">is…: Heb. is become a removing, or, wandering</note>
Her filthiness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified <transChange type="added">himself</transChange>.
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they should not enter into thy congregation.<note type="study">pleasant: or, desirable</note>
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and consider; for I am become vile.<note type="study">to…: or, to make the soul to come again</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath afflicted <transChange type="added">me</transChange> in the day of his fierce anger.<note type="study">Is it…: or, It is nothing</note><note type="study">pass by: Heb. pass by the way?</note>
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate <transChange type="added">and</transChange> faint all the day.

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hands, <transChange type="added">from whom</transChange> I am not able to rise up.
The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty <transChange type="added">men</transChange> in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> in a winepress.<note type="study">the virgin…: or, the winepress of the virgin, etc</note>
For these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.<note type="study">relieve: Heb. bring back</note>
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, <transChange type="added">and there is</transChange> none to comfort her: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath commanded concerning Jacob, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> his adversaries <transChange type="added">should be</transChange> round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.<note type="study">commandment: Heb. mouth</note>
I called for my lovers, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
Behold, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> as death.
They have heard that I sigh: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: thou wilt bring the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.<note type="study">called: or, proclaimed</note>
Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many, and my heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> faint.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange> down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.<note type="study">brought…: Heb. made to touch</note>
He hath cut off in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> devoureth round about.
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.<note type="study">all…: Heb. all the desirable of the eye</note>
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as <transChange type="added">if it were of</transChange> a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.<note type="study">tabernacle: or, hedge</note>
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as in the day of a solemn feast.<note type="study">given up: Heb. shut up</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.<note type="study">destroying: Heb. swallowing up</note>
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> among the Gentiles: the law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>; her prophets also find no vision from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.<note type="study">swoon: or, faint</note>
They say to their mothers, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great like the sea: who can heal thee?
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
All that pass by clap <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, <transChange type="added">saying, Is</transChange> this the city that <transChange type="added">men</transChange> call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?<note type="study">by: Heb. by the way</note>
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed <transChange type="added">her</transChange> up: certainly this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath done <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?<note type="study">of a span…: or, swaddled with their hands?</note>
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not pitied.
Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
He hath led me, and brought <transChange type="added">me into</transChange> darkness, but not <transChange type="added">into</transChange> light.
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand <transChange type="added">against me</transChange> all the day.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
He hath builded against me, and compassed <transChange type="added">me</transChange> with gall and travail.
He hath set me in dark places, as <transChange type="added">they that be</transChange> dead of old.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
He <transChange type="added">was</transChange> unto me <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a bear lying in wait, <transChange type="added">and as</transChange> a lion in secret places.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.<note type="study">arrows: Heb. sons</note>
I was a derision to all my people; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.<note type="study">bitterness: Heb. bitternesses</note>
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.<note type="study">covered…: or, rolled me in the ashes</note>
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.<note type="study">prosperity: Heb. good</note>
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.<note type="study">Remembering: or, Remember</note>
My soul hath <transChange type="added">them</transChange> still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.<note type="study">humbled: Heb. bowed</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.<note type="study">recall…: Heb. make to return to my heart</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">It is of</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
<transChange type="added">They are</transChange> new every morning: great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy faithfulness.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good unto them that wait for him, to the soul <transChange type="added">that</transChange> seeketh him.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good that <transChange type="added">a man</transChange> should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon him.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
He giveth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.<note type="study">willingly: Heb. from his heart</note>
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,<note type="study">the most High: or, a superior</note>
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.<note type="study">approveth not: or, seeth not</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he <transChange type="added">that</transChange> saith, and it cometh to pass, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> the Lord commandeth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not?
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?<note type="study">complain: or, murmur</note>
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Let us lift up our heart with <transChange type="added">our</transChange> hands unto God in the heavens.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that <transChange type="added">our</transChange> prayer should not pass through.
Thou hast made us <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Till the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> look down, and behold from heaven.
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.<note type="study">mine heart: Heb. my soul</note><note type="study">because…: or, more than all</note>
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Waters flowed over mine head; <transChange type="added">then</transChange> I said, I am cut off.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I called upon thy name, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, out of the low dungeon.
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Thou drewest near in the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Thou hast seen all their vengeance <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all their imaginations against me.
Thou hast heard their reproach, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all their imaginations against me;
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> their musick.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Render unto them a recompence, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, according to the work of their hands.
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.<note type="study">sorrow…: or, obstinacy of heart</note>
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
How is the gold become dim! <transChange type="added">how</transChange> is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people <transChange type="added">is become</transChange> cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.<note type="study">sea…: or, sea calves</note>
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> no man breaketh <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto them.

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.<note type="study">punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity</note>
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of sapphire:
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.<note type="study">blacker…: Heb. darker than blackness</note>
<transChange type="added">They that be</transChange> slain with the sword are better than <transChange type="added">they that be</transChange> slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for <transChange type="added">want of</transChange> the fruits of the field.<note type="study">pine…: Heb. flow out</note>
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For the sins of her prophets, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
They have wandered <transChange type="added">as</transChange> blind <transChange type="added">men</transChange> in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.<note type="study">so…: or, in that they could not but touch</note>
They cried unto them, Depart ye; <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn <transChange type="added">there</transChange>.<note type="study">it…: or, ye polluted</note>
The anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.<note type="study">anger: or, face</note>
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation <transChange type="added">that</transChange> could not save <transChange type="added">us</transChange>.
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.<note type="study">The…: or, Thine iniquity</note><note type="study">discover…: or, carry thee captive for thy sins</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Remember, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as widows.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.<note type="study">is…: Heb. cometh for price</note>
Our necks <transChange type="added">are</transChange> under persecution: we labour, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> have no rest.<note type="study">Our…: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted</note>
We have given the hand <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the Egyptians, <transChange type="added">and to</transChange> the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers have sinned, <transChange type="added">and are</transChange> not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Servants have ruled over us: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that doth deliver <transChange type="added">us</transChange> out of their hand.
We gat our bread with <transChange type="added">the peril of</transChange> our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.<note type="study">terrible: or, terrors, or, storms</note>
They ravished the women in Zion, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the maids in the cities of Judah.
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
The crown is fallen <transChange type="added">from</transChange> our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!<note type="study">The…: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>For this our heart is faint; for these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> our eyes are dim.
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> forsake us so long time?<note type="study">so…: Heb. for length of days?</note>
Turn thou us unto thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.<note type="study">But…: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?</note>
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the fifth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, as I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> among the captives by the river of Chebar, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.<note type="study">captives: Heb. captivity</note>
In the fifth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was there upon him.<note type="study">Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness <transChange type="added">was</transChange> about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.<note type="study">infolding…: Heb. catching itself</note>
Also out of the midst thereof <transChange type="added">came</transChange> the likeness of four living creatures. And this <transChange type="added">was</transChange> their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
And their feet <transChange type="added">were</transChange> straight feet; and the sole of their feet <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.<note type="study">straight…: Heb. a straight foot</note>
And <transChange type="added">they had</transChange> the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
Their wings <transChange type="added">were</transChange> joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Thus <transChange type="added">were</transChange> their faces: and their wings <transChange type="added">were</transChange> stretched upward; two <transChange type="added">wings</transChange> of every one <transChange type="added">were</transChange> joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.<note type="study">stretched…: or, divided above</note>
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they turned not when they went.
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like burning coals of fire, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
The appearance of the wheels and their work <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
When they went, they went upon their four sides: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they turned not when they went.
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings <transChange type="added">were</transChange> full of eyes round about them four.<note type="study">and their rings: or, and their strakes</note>
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither <transChange type="added">was their</transChange> spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the wheels.<note type="study">of…: or, of life</note>
When those went, <transChange type="added">these</transChange> went; and when those stood, <transChange type="added">these</transChange> stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the wheels.<note type="study">of…: or, of life</note>
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
And under the firmament <transChange type="added">were</transChange> their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
And there was a voice from the firmament that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over their heads, when they stood, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> had let down their wings.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And above the firmament that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over their heads <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the appearance of the brightness round about. This <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. And when I saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto this very day.<note type="study">nation: Heb. nations</note>
For <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">impudent: Heb. hard of face</note>
And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a rebellious house.<note type="study">briers…: or, rebels</note>
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> most rebellious.<note type="study">most…: Heb. rebellion</note>
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when I looked, behold, an hand <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book <transChange type="added">was</transChange> therein;
And he spread it before me; and it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> written within and without: and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
For thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> to the house of Israel;<note type="study">of a…: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of tongue</note>
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.<note type="study">of a…: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of language</note><note type="study">Surely…: or, If I had sent thee, etc. would they not have hearkened unto thee?</note>
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> impudent and hardhearted.<note type="study">impudent…: Heb. stiff of forehead, and hard of heart</note>
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a rebellious house.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from his place.
<transChange type="added">I heard</transChange> also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.<note type="study">touched: Heb. kissed</note>
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was strong upon me.<note type="study">in bitterness: Heb. bitter</note><note type="study">heat: Heb. hot anger</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel–abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange> shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Again, When a righteous <transChange type="added">man</transChange> doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.<note type="study">righteousness which: Heb. righteousnesses</note>
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a rebellious house.<note type="study">a reprover: Heb. a man reproving</note>
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a rebellious house.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Jerusalem:
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set <transChange type="added">battering</transChange> rams against it round about.<note type="study">battering…: chief leaders</note>
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a sign to the house of Israel.<note type="study">an…: or, a flat plate, or, slice</note>
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: <transChange type="added">according</transChange> to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.<note type="study">each…: Heb. a day for a year, a day for a year</note>
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.<note type="study">from one…: Heb. from thy side to thy side</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, <transChange type="added">according</transChange> to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.<note type="study">fitches: or, spelt</note>
And thy meat which thou shalt eat <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
And thou shalt eat it <transChange type="added">as</transChange> barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
Then said I, Ah Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the <transChange type="added">hair</transChange>.
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.<note type="study">skirts: Heb. wings</note>
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; <transChange type="added">for</transChange> thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> round about her.
And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about you, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about you;
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I, even I, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
Wherefore, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> destruction, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain <transChange type="added">men</transChange> before your idols.<note type="study">images: or, sun images</note>
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.<note type="study">lay: Heb. give</note>
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.<note type="study">images: or, sun images</note>
And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have <transChange type="added">some</transChange> that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
And they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and that</transChange> I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Then shall ye know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when their slain <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">more…: or, desolate from the wilderness</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
Now <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the end <transChange type="added">come</transChange> upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.<note type="study">recompense: Heb. give</note>
And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.<note type="study">watcheth for: Heb. awaketh against</note>
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.<note type="study">sounding…: or, echo</note>
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations <transChange type="added">that</transChange> are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that smiteth.<note type="study">thee according: Heb. upon thee, etc</note>
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them <transChange type="added">shall remain</transChange>, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither <transChange type="added">shall there be</transChange> wailing for them.<note type="study">theirs: or, their tumultuous persons: Heb. tumult</note>
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon all the multitude thereof.
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision <transChange type="added">is</transChange> touching the whole multitude thereof, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.<note type="study">although they…: Heb. though their life were yet among the living</note><note type="study">in the…: or, whose life is in his iniquity</note><note type="study">the iniquity: Heb. his iniquity</note>
They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon all the multitude thereof.
The sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the field shall die with the sword; and he that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak <transChange type="added">as</transChange> water.<note type="study">be weak…: Heb. go into water</note>
They shall also gird <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.<note type="study">removed: Heb. for a separation, or, uncleanness</note><note type="study">it is…: or, their iniquity is their stumblingblock</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.<note type="study">set it far…: or, made it unto them an unclean thing</note>
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret <transChange type="added">place</transChange>: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.<note type="study">robbers: or, burglers</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.<note type="study">their holy…: or, they shall inherit their holy places</note>
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> none.<note type="study">Destruction: Heb. Cutting off</note>
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">according…: Heb. with their judgments</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the fifth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> fell there upon me.
Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thou shalt see greater abominations.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> seeth us not; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath forsaken the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, O son of man? turn thee yet again, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
And he brought me into the inner court of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, between the porch and the altar, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.<note type="study">Is it…: or, Is there any thing lighter than to commit</note>
Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> will I not hear them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his destroying weapon in his hand.
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them <transChange type="added">was</transChange> clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.<note type="study">which lieth: Heb. which is turned</note><note type="study">a slaughter…: Heb. a weapon of his breaking in pieces</note><note type="study">by his…: Heb. upon his loins</note>
And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which <transChange type="added">had</transChange> the writer's inkhorn by his side;
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.<note type="study">set a mark: Heb. mark a mark</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:<note type="study">mine hearing: Heb. mine ears</note>
Slay utterly old <transChange type="added">and</transChange> young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before the house.<note type="study">utterly: Heb. to destruction</note>
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath forsaken the earth, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> seeth not.<note type="study">full of blood: Heb. filled with, etc</note><note type="study">perverseness: or, wresting of judgment</note>
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I will recompense their way upon their head.
And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which <transChange type="added">had</transChange> the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.<note type="study">reported…: Heb. returned the word</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter <transChange type="added">them</transChange> over the city. And he went in in my sight.<note type="study">thine hand: Heb. the hollow of thine hand</note>
Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Then the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went up from the cherub, <transChange type="added">and stood</transChange> over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> glory.<note type="study">went up: Heb. was lifted up</note>
And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> between the cherubims, and took <transChange type="added">thereof</transChange>, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the hands of <transChange type="added">him that was</transChange> clothed with linen: who took <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and went out.<note type="study">stretched forth: Heb. sent forth</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.
And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as the colour of a beryl stone.
And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> full of eyes round about, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the wheels that they four had.<note type="study">body: Heb. flesh</note>
As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.<note type="study">it was…: or, they were called in my hearing, wheel, or, galgal</note>
And every one had four faces: the first face <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the face of a cherub, and the second face <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
And the cherubims were lifted up. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
When they stood, <transChange type="added">these</transChange> stood; and when they were lifted up, <transChange type="added">these</transChange> lifted up themselves <transChange type="added">also</transChange>: for the spirit of the living creature <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in them.<note type="study">of…: or, of life</note>
Then the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also <transChange type="added">were</transChange> beside them, and <transChange type="added">every one</transChange> stood at the door of the east gate of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house; and the glory of the God of Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over them above.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the cherubims.
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man <transChange type="added">was</transChange> under their wings.
And the likeness of their faces <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Which say, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not near; let us build houses: this <transChange type="added">city is</transChange> the caldron, and we <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the flesh.<note type="study">It is…: or, It is not for us to build houses near</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
And the Spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, <transChange type="added">every one of</transChange> them.
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the flesh, and this <transChange type="added">city is</transChange> the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
This <transChange type="added">city</transChange> shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I will judge you in the border of Israel:
And ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about you.<note type="study">for ye…: or, which have not walked</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, thy brethren, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: unto us is this land given in possession.
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
But <transChange type="added">as for them</transChange> whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over them above.
And the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the east side of the city.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had shewed me.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also came unto me, saying,
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a rebellious house.
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a rebellious house.<note type="study">stuff: or, instruments</note>
Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.<note type="study">as they…: Heb. as the goings forth of captivity</note>
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.<note type="study">Dig…: Heb. Dig for thee</note>
In their sight shalt thou bear <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> shoulders, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> carry <transChange type="added">it</transChange> forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sign unto the house of Israel.
And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> forth in the twilight, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I bare <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon <transChange type="added">my</transChange> shoulder in their sight.<note type="study">digged: Heb. digged for me</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And in the morning came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, saying,
Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?
Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; This burden <transChange type="added">concerneth</transChange> the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> among them.
Say, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove <transChange type="added">and</transChange> go into captivity.<note type="study">they…: Heb. by removing go into captivity</note>
And the prince that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among them shall bear upon <transChange type="added">his</transChange> shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> eyes.
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
And I will scatter toward every wind all that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
And they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">a few…: Heb. men of number</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to me, saying,
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.<note type="study">all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</note>
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that proverb <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
For I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to me, saying,
Son of man, behold, <transChange type="added">they of</transChange> the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for many days <transChange type="added">to come</transChange>, and he prophesieth of the times <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> far off.
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;<note type="study">that prophesy out…: Heb. that are prophets out of their own hearts</note>
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!<note type="study">follow: Heb. walk after</note><note type="study">and…: or, and things which they have not seen</note>
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">gaps: or, breaches</note><note type="study">made…: Heb. hedged the hedge</note>
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not sent them: and they have made <transChange type="added">others</transChange> to hope that they would confirm the word.
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; albeit I have not spoken?
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against you, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">assembly: or, secret, or, counsel</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered <transChange type="added">morter</transChange>:<note type="study">a wall: or, a slight wall</note>
Say unto them which daub <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with untempered <transChange type="added">morter</transChange>, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the daubing wherewith ye have daubed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>?
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will even rend <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in <transChange type="added">my</transChange> fury to consume <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered <transChange type="added">morter</transChange>, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered <transChange type="added">morter</transChange>, and will say unto you, The wall <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>, neither they that daubed it;
<transChange type="added">To wit</transChange>, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no peace, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
And say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Woe to the <transChange type="added">women</transChange> that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive <transChange type="added">that come</transChange> unto you?<note type="study">armholes: or, elbows</note>
And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear <transChange type="added">your</transChange> lies?
Wherefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the souls that ye hunt to make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> fly.<note type="study">to make…: or, into gardens</note>
Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:<note type="study">by…: or, that I should save his life: Heb. by quickening him</note>
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Repent, and turn <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange> from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.<note type="study">yourselves: or, others</note>
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will answer him by myself:
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh <transChange type="added">unto him</transChange>;
That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came again to me, saying,
Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver <transChange type="added">but</transChange> their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.

<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:<note type="study">spoil: or, bereave</note>
<transChange type="added">Though</transChange> these three men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in it, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.<note type="study">in it: Heb. in the midst of it</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Or <transChange type="added">if</transChange> I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Though these three men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in it, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Or <transChange type="added">if</transChange> I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in it, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall <transChange type="added">but</transChange> deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?<note type="study">How…: or, Also when</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> concerning all that I have brought upon it.
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 15.</title>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, <transChange type="added">or than</transChange> a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will <transChange type="added">men</transChange> take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for <transChange type="added">any</transChange> work?<note type="study">Is it…: Heb. Will it prosper?</note>
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for <transChange type="added">any</transChange> work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?<note type="study">meet: Heb. made fit</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> fire, and <transChange type="added">another</transChange> fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I set my face against them.
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">committed…: Heb. trespassed a trespass</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 16.</title>
Again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
And say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the land of Canaan; thy father <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.<note type="study">birth: Heb. cutting out, or, habitation</note>
And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.<note type="study">to supple…: or, when I looked upon thee</note>
None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee <transChange type="added">when thou wast</transChange> in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee <transChange type="added">when thou wast</transChange> in thy blood, Live.<note type="study">polluted: or, trodden under foot</note>
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> naked and bare.<note type="study">caused…: Heb. made thee a million</note><note type="study">excellent…: Heb. ornament of ornaments</note>
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, and thou becamest mine.
Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.<note type="study">forehead: Heb. nose</note>
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment <transChange type="added">was of</transChange> fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: <transChange type="added">the like things</transChange> shall not come, neither shall it be <transChange type="added">so</transChange>.
Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,<note type="study">of men: Heb. of a male</note>
And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, <transChange type="added">wherewith</transChange> I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and <transChange type="added">thus</transChange> it was, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest</note>
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. <transChange type="added">Is this</transChange> of thy whoredoms a small matter,<note type="study">to be…: Heb. to devour</note>
That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through <transChange type="added">the fire</transChange> for them?
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wast polluted in thy blood.
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>;)
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.<note type="study">eminent…: or, brothel house</note>
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary <transChange type="added">food</transChange>, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.<note type="study">daughters: or, cities</note>
Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, seeing thou doest all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;<note type="study">In that thou buildest…: or, In thy daughters is thine, etc</note>
<transChange type="added">But as</transChange> a wife that committeth adultery, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> taketh strangers instead of her husband!
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.<note type="study">hirest: Heb. bribest</note>
And the contrary is in thee from <transChange type="added">other</transChange> women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all <transChange type="added">them</transChange> that thou hast loved, with all <transChange type="added">them</transChange> that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.<note type="study">as: Heb. with judgments of</note>
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.<note type="study">thy fair…: Heb. instruments of thine ornament</note>
They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> head, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use <transChange type="added">this</transChange> proverb against thee, saying, As <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the mother, <transChange type="added">so is</transChange> her daughter.
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
And thine elder sister <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Sodom and her daughters.<note type="study">thy younger: Heb. lesser than thou</note>
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as <transChange type="added">if that were</transChange> a very little <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.<note type="study">as if…: or, that was lothed as a small thing</note>
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw <transChange type="added">good</transChange>.
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then <transChange type="added">will I bring again</transChange> the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,<note type="study">mentioned: Heb. for a report, or, hearing</note><note type="study">pride: Heb. prides, or, excellencies</note>
Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.<note type="study">Syria: Heb. Aram</note><note type="study">despise: or, spoil</note>
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">borne: Heb. borne them</note>
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 17.</title>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
And say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:<note type="study">divers…: Heb. embroidering</note>
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> by great waters, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> set it <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a willow tree.<note type="study">planted…: Heb. put it in a field of seed</note>
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.<note type="study">soil: Heb. field</note>
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
Yea, behold, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these <transChange type="added">things mean</transChange>? tell <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:<note type="study">taken an…: Heb. brought him to an oath</note>
That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.<note type="study">but…: Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it</note>
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such <transChange type="added">things</transChange>? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, surely in the place <transChange type="added">where</transChange> the king <transChange type="added">dwelleth</transChange> that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Neither shall Pharaoh with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, he shall not escape.
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon an high mountain and eminent:
In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken and have done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 18.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me again, saying,
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, ye shall not have <transChange type="added">occasion</transChange> any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,<note type="study">that…: Heb. judgment and justice</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
And hath not oppressed any, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
He <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>If he beget a son <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> a robber, a shedder of blood, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> doeth the like to <transChange type="added">any</transChange> one of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>,<note type="study">robber: or, breaker up of an house</note><note type="study">that doeth…: or, that doeth to his brother besides any of these</note>
And that doeth not any of those <transChange type="added">duties</transChange>, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now, lo, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,<note type="study">hath not…: Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to pledge</note>
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> hath taken off his hand from the poor, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not that he should return from his ways, and live?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange> doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
When a righteous <transChange type="added">man</transChange> turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
Again, when the wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange> turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>. Repent, and turn <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange> from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.<note type="study">yourselves: or, others</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: wherefore turn <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange>, and live ye.<note type="study">yourselves: or, others</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 19.</title>
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
And say, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
Now when she saw that she had waited, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> made him a young lion.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> devoured men.
And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.<note type="study">their desolate…: or, their widows</note><note type="study">the fulness…: or, all it containeth</note>
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.<note type="study">in chains: or, in hooks</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thy mother <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.<note type="study">in…: or, in thy quietness, or, in thy likeness</note>
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
And now she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a sceptre to rule. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 20.</title>
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and sat before me.
Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, saying,
Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Are ye come to enquire of me? <transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, I will not be enquired of by you.
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge <transChange type="added">them</transChange>? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:<note type="study">Wilt…: or, Wilt thou plead for them</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God;<note type="study">lifted…: or, sware</note>
In the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the glory of all lands:
Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they <transChange type="added">were</transChange>, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which <transChange type="added">if</transChange> a man do, he shall even live in them.<note type="study">shewed…: Heb. made them to know</note>
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that sanctify them.
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which <transChange type="added">if</transChange> a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, flowing with milk and honey, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the glory of all lands;
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which <transChange type="added">if</transChange> a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
Wherefore I gave them also statutes <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through <transChange type="added">the fire</transChange> all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.<note type="study">committed…: Heb. trespassed a trespass</note>
<transChange type="added">For</transChange> when I had brought them into the land, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
Then I said unto them, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.<note type="study">I said…: or, I told them what the high place was, or, Bamah</note>
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? <transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, I will not be enquired of by you.
And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:<note type="study">bond: or, delivering</note>
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter <transChange type="added">also</transChange>, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.<note type="study">firstfruits: or, chief</note>
I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.<note type="study">sweet…: Heb. savour of rest</note>
And ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
And ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop <transChange type="added">thy word</transChange> toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
And all flesh shall see that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
Then said I, Ah Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 21.</title>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop <transChange type="added">thy word</transChange> toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
That all flesh may know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak <transChange type="added">as</transChange> water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">shall be weak…: Heb. shall go into water</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> every tree.<note type="study">it contemneth…: or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree</note>
And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> thigh.<note type="study">terrors…: or, they are thrust down to the sword with my people</note>
Because <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a trial, and what if <transChange type="added">the sword</transChange> contemn even the rod? it shall be no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">Because…: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?</note>
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the sword of the great <transChange type="added">men that are</transChange> slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.<note type="study">hands…: Heb. hand to hand</note>
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that <transChange type="added">their</transChange> heart may faint, and <transChange type="added">their</transChange> ruins be multiplied: ah! <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> made bright, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> wrapped up for the slaughter.<note type="study">point: or, glittering, or, fear</note><note type="study">wrapped up: or, sharpened</note>
Go thee one way or other, <transChange type="added">either</transChange> on the right hand, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> on the left, whithersoever thy face <transChange type="added">is</transChange> set.<note type="study">or on…: Heb. set thyself, take the left hand</note>
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have said <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me again, saying,
Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose <transChange type="added">it</transChange> at the head of the way to the city.
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made <transChange type="added">his</transChange> arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.<note type="study">parting of: Heb. mother of</note><note type="study">arrows: or, knives</note><note type="study">images: Heb. teraphim</note>
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint <transChange type="added">battering</transChange> rams against the gates, to cast a mount, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to build a fort.<note type="study">captains: or, battering rams: Heb. rams</note>
And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.<note type="study">to them…: or, for the oaths made unto them</note>
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, <transChange type="added">I say</transChange>, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity <transChange type="added">shall have</transChange> an end,
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the same: exalt <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> low, and abase <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> high.
I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.<note type="study">I will overturn…: Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> drawn: for the slaughter <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity <transChange type="added">shall have</transChange> an end.
Shall I cause <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.<note type="study">Shall…: or, Cause it to return</note>
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> skilful to destroy.<note type="study">brutish: or, burning</note>
Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no <transChange type="added">more</transChange> remembered: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 22.</title>
Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.<note type="study">judge: or, plead for</note><note type="study">bloody…: Heb. city of bloods?</note><note type="study">shew her: Heb. make her know</note>
Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
<transChange type="added">Those that be</transChange> near, and <transChange type="added">those that be</transChange> far from thee, shall mock thee, <transChange type="added">which art</transChange> infamous <transChange type="added">and</transChange> much vexed.<note type="study">infamous…: Heb. polluted of name, much in vexation</note>
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.<note type="study">power: Heb. arm</note>
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.<note type="study">oppression: or, deceit</note>
Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.<note type="study">that…: Heb. of slanders</note>
In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.<note type="study">one: or, every one</note><note type="study">another: or, every one</note><note type="study">lewdly: or, by lewdness</note>
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and will do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">shalt take…: or, shalt be profaned</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the dross of silver.<note type="study">dross of silver: Heb. drosses, etc</note>
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; so will I gather <transChange type="added">you</transChange> in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave <transChange type="added">you there</transChange>, and melt you.<note type="study">As…: Heb. According to the gathering</note>
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have poured out my fury upon you.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, say unto her, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed <transChange type="added">difference</transChange> between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.<note type="study">violated: Heb. offered violence to</note>
Her princes in the midst thereof <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered <transChange type="added">morter</transChange>, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, when the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not spoken.
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.<note type="study">oppression: or, deceit</note><note type="study">wrongfully: Heb. without right</note>
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 23.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
And the names of them <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus <transChange type="added">were</transChange> their names; Samaria <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.<note type="study">Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacle</note><note type="study">Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her</note>
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians <transChange type="added">her</transChange> neighbours,
<transChange type="added">Which were</transChange> clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.<note type="study">committed…: Heb. bestowed her whoredoms upon them</note><note type="study">the chosen…: Heb. the choice of the children of Asshur</note>
Neither left she her whoredoms <transChange type="added">brought</transChange> from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.<note type="study">famous: Heb. a name</note>

<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And when her sister Aholibah saw <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in <transChange type="added">her</transChange> whoredoms.<note type="study">she was…: Heb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than, etc</note><note type="study">more than…: Heb. more than the whoredoms of her sister</note>
She doted upon the Assyrians <transChange type="added">her</transChange> neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
Then I saw that she was defiled, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they <transChange type="added">took</transChange> both one way,
And <transChange type="added">that</transChange> she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.<note type="study">as soon…: Heb. at the sight of her eyes</note>
And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.<note type="study">Babylonians: Heb. children of Babel</note><note type="study">alienated: Heb. loosed, or, disjointed</note>
So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> the flesh of asses, and whose issue <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> the issue of horses.
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.<note type="study">fair…: Heb. instruments of thy decking</note>
Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom <transChange type="added">brought</transChange> from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand <transChange type="added">of them</transChange> whom thou hatest, into the hand <transChange type="added">of them</transChange> from whom thy mind is alienated:
And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
I will do these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> because thou art polluted with their idols.
Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
Thou shalt even drink it and suck <transChange type="added">it</transChange> out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;<note type="study">judge: or, plead for</note>
That they have committed adultery, and blood <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through <transChange type="added">the fire</transChange>, to devour <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,<note type="study">to come: Heb. coming</note>
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.<note type="study">stately: Heb. honourable</note>
And a voice of a multitude being at ease <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with her: and with the men of the common sort <transChange type="added">were</transChange> brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.<note type="study">of the…: Heb. of the multitude of men</note><note type="study">Sabeans: or, drunkards</note>
Then said I unto <transChange type="added">her that was</transChange> old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she <transChange type="added">with them</transChange>?<note type="study">whoredoms…: Heb. her whoredoms</note>
Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> adulteresses, and blood <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their hands.
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.<note type="study">to be…: Heb. for a removing and spoil</note>
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.<note type="study">dispatch…: or, single them out</note>
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 24.</title>
Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Set on a pot, set <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on, and also pour water into it:

Gather the pieces thereof into it, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with the choice bones.
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.<note type="study">burn: or, heap</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Wherefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum <transChange type="added">is</transChange> therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the filthiness of it may be molten in it, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the scum of it may be consumed.
She hath wearied <transChange type="added">herself</transChange> with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the fire.
In thy filthiness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: it shall come to pass, and I will do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Also the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.<note type="study">run down: Heb. go</note>
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> lips, and eat not the bread of men.<note type="study">Forbear: Heb. Be silent</note><note type="study">lips: Heb. upper lip</note>
So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> to us, that thou doest <transChange type="added">so</transChange>?
Then I answered them, The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.<note type="study">that…: Heb. the pity of your soul</note>
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover <transChange type="added">your</transChange> lips, nor eat the bread of men.
And your tires <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
Also, thou son of man, <transChange type="added">shall it</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,<note type="study">that…: Heb. the lifting up of their soul</note>
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> to hear <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> ears?
In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 25.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.<note type="study">men: Heb. children</note>
And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because thou hast clapped <transChange type="added">thine</transChange> hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;<note type="study">hands: Heb. hand</note><note type="study">feet: Heb. foot</note><note type="study">heart: Heb. soul</note>
Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">a spoil: or, meat</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like unto all the heathen;
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth–jeshimoth, Baal–meon, and Kiriathaim,<note type="study">side…: Heb. shoulder of Moab</note>
Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.<note type="study">with…: or, against the children of Ammon</note>
And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;<note type="study">by…: Heb. by revenging revengement</note>
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.<note type="study">they…: or, they shall fall by the sword unto Dedan</note>
And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for the old hatred;<note type="study">for the…: or, with perpetual hatred</note>
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.<note type="study">sea coast: or, haven of the sea</note>
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.<note type="study">great vengeance: Heb. great vengeances</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 26.</title>
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, <transChange type="added">now</transChange> she is laid waste:
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
It shall be <transChange type="added">a place for</transChange> the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
And her daughters which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.<note type="study">cast…: or, pour out the engine of shot</note>
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.<note type="study">as men…: Heb. according to the enterings of a city broken up</note>
With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.<note type="study">thy pleasant…: Heb. houses of thy desire</note>
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be <transChange type="added">a place</transChange> to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at <transChange type="added">every</transChange> moment, and be astonished at thee.<note type="study">trembling: Heb. tremblings</note>
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, <transChange type="added">that wast</transChange> inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> on all that haunt it!<note type="study">of…: Heb. of the seas</note>
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
I will make thee a terror, and thou <transChange type="added">shalt be</transChange> no <transChange type="added">more</transChange>: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">a terror: Heb. terrors</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 27.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came again unto me, saying,
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, <transChange type="added">which art</transChange> a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> of perfect beauty.<note type="study">of perfect…: Heb. perfect of beauty</note>
Thy borders <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.<note type="study">midst: Heb. heart</note>
They have made all thy <transChange type="added">ship</transChange> boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.<note type="study">made: Heb. built</note>
<transChange type="added">Of</transChange> the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches <transChange type="added">of</transChange> ivory, <transChange type="added">brought</transChange> out of the isles of Chittim.<note type="study">the company…: or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden</note><note type="study">company: Heb. daughter</note>
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.<note type="study">blue…: or, purple and scarlet</note>
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, O Tyrus, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> were in thee, were thy pilots.
The ancients of Gebal and the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.<note type="study">calkers: or, stoppers of chinks: Heb. strengtheners, etc</note>
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
The men of Arvad with thine army <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
Tarshish <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all <transChange type="added">kind of</transChange> riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.<note type="study">market: or, merchandise</note>
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
The men of Dedan <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thy merchants; many isles <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Syria <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.<note type="study">the wares…: Heb. thy works</note><note type="study">agate: or, chrysoprase</note>
Judah, and the land of Israel, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.<note type="study">balm: or, rosin</note>
Damascus <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.<note type="study">going…: or, Meuzal</note>
Dedan <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.<note type="study">precious…: Heb. clothes of freedom</note>
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these <transChange type="added">were they</transChange> thy merchants.<note type="study">they occupied…: Heb. they were the merchants of thy hand</note>
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Chilmad, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thy merchants.
These <transChange type="added">were</transChange> thy merchants in all sorts <transChange type="added">of things</transChange>, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.<note type="study">all…: or, excellent things</note><note type="study">clothes: Heb. foldings</note>
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.<note type="study">midst: Heb. heart</note>
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in thee, and in all thy company which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.<note type="study">and in…: or, even with all</note><note type="study">midst of the seas: Heb. heart, etc</note>
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.<note type="study">suburbs: or, waves</note>
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bitter wailing.
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, What <transChange type="added">city is</transChange> like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
In the time <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> countenance.
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never <transChange type="added">shalt be</transChange> any more.<note type="study">a terror: Heb. terrors</note><note type="study">never…: Heb. shalt not be for ever</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 28.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because thine heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> lifted up, and thou hast said, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a God, I sit <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:<note type="study">midst: Heb. heart</note>
Behold, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
By thy great wisdom <transChange type="added">and</transChange> by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:<note type="study">thy great…: Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom</note>
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> slain in the midst of the seas.
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God? but thou <transChange type="added">shalt be</transChange> a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.<note type="study">of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth</note>
Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.<note type="study">sardius: or, ruby</note><note type="study">beryl: or, chrysolite</note><note type="study">emerald: or, chrysoprase</note>
Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee <transChange type="added">so</transChange>: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Thou <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never <transChange type="added">shalt</transChange> thou <transChange type="added">be</transChange> any more.<note type="study">a terror: Heb. terrors</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
And say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor <transChange type="added">any</transChange> grieving thorn of all <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God.<note type="study">safely: or, with confidence</note><note type="study">despise: or, spoil</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 29.</title>
In the tenth year, in the tenth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the twelfth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine own, and I have made <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for myself.
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
And I will leave thee <transChange type="added">thrown</transChange> into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.<note type="study">open…: Heb. face of the field</note>
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: because he hath said, The river <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, and I have made <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Behold, therefore I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste <transChange type="added">and</transChange> desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.<note type="study">utterly…: Heb. wastes of waste</note><note type="study">from…: or, from Migdol to Syene</note><note type="study">Syene: Heb. Seveneh</note>
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> desolate, and her cities among the cities <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return <transChange type="added">into</transChange> the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.<note type="study">habitation: or, birth</note><note type="study">base: Heb. low</note>
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth <transChange type="added">their</transChange> iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head <transChange type="added">was</transChange> made bald, and every shoulder <transChange type="added">was</transChange> peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.<note type="study">take her spoil…: Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey</note>
I have given him the land of Egypt <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">for his…: or, for his hire</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 30.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
For the day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near, even the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.<note type="study">pain: or, fear</note>
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.<note type="study">Libya: Heb. Phut</note><note type="study">men: Heb. children</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">from…: or, from Migdol to Syene</note>
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> wasted.
And they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and <transChange type="added">when</transChange> all her helpers shall be destroyed.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. broken</note>
In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.<note type="study">dry: Heb. drought</note><note type="study">all…: Heb. the fulness thereof</note>
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause <transChange type="added">their</transChange> images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.<note type="study">Zoan: or, Tanis</note>
And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.<note type="study">Sin: or, Pelusium</note>
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph <transChange type="added">shall have</transChange> distresses daily.
The young men of Aven and of Pi–beseth shall fall by the sword: and these <transChange type="added">cities</transChange> shall go into captivity.<note type="study">Aven: or, Heliopolis</note><note type="study">Pi–beseth: or, Pubastum</note>
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.<note type="study">darkened: or, restrained</note>
Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the seventh <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded <transChange type="added">man</transChange>.
But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 31.</title>
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, the Assyrian <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.<note type="study">with fair branches: Heb. fair of branches</note>
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.<note type="study">made…: or, nourished him</note><note type="study">set…: or, brought him up</note><note type="study">little rivers: or, conduits</note>
Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.<note type="study">when…: or, when it sent them forth</note>
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the garden of God, envied him.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.<note type="study">he…: Heb. in doing he shall do unto him</note>

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.<note type="study">their trees…: or, stand upon themselves for their height</note>
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.<note type="study">to mourn: Heb. to be black</note>
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
They also went down into hell with him unto <transChange type="added">them that be</transChange> slain with the sword; and <transChange type="added">they that were</transChange> his arm, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with <transChange type="added">them that be</transChange> slain by the sword. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 32.</title>
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.<note type="study">whale: or, dragon</note>
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.<note type="study">the land wherein…: or, the land of thy swimming</note>
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.<note type="study">put…: or, extinguish thee</note>
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">bright…: Heb. lights of the light in heaven</note><note type="study">dark: Heb. them dark</note>
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.<note type="study">vex: Heb. provoke to anger, or, grief</note>
Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at <transChange type="added">every</transChange> moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">destitute…: Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof</note>
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
They shall fall in the midst of <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.<note type="study">she…: or, the sword is laid</note>
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
Asshur <transChange type="added">is</transChange> there and all her company: his graves <transChange type="added">are</transChange> about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.<note type="study">terror: or, dismaying</note>
There <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of <transChange type="added">them that be</transChange> slain.
There <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
And they shall not lie with the mighty <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.<note type="study">with their…: Heb. with weapons of their war</note>
Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> slain with the sword.
There <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by <transChange type="added">them that were</transChange> slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.<note type="study">laid: Heb. given, or, put</note>
There <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with <transChange type="added">them that be</transChange> slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> slain with the sword, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 33.</title>
Again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:<note type="study">When…: Heb. A land when I bring a sword upon her</note>
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.<note type="study">whosoever…: Heb. he that hearing heareth</note>
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take <transChange type="added">any</transChange> person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange> shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Say unto them, <transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his <transChange type="added">righteousness</transChange> in the day that he sinneth.
When I shall say to the righteous, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;<note type="study">that…: Heb. judgment and justice</note>
<transChange type="added">If</transChange> the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the fifth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
Now the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
Then the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many; the land is given us for inheritance.

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, surely they that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.<note type="study">to be…: Heb. to devour him</note>
For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.<note type="study">most…: Heb. desolation and desolation</note>
Then shall they know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">against thee: of, of thee</note>
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee <transChange type="added">as</transChange> my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> their heart goeth after their covetousness.<note type="study">as the…: Heb. according to the coming of the people</note><note type="study">they sit…: or, my people sit before thee</note><note type="study">they shew…: Heb. they make loves, or, jests</note>
And, lo, thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.<note type="study">a very…: Heb. a song of loves</note>
And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 34.</title>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> unto the shepherds; Woe <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> ye feed not the flock.
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
And they were scattered, because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.<note type="study">because…: or, without a shepherd</note>
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek <transChange type="added">after them</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;<note type="study">because…: or, without a shepherd</note>
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>;
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.<note type="study">As…: Heb. According to the seeking</note>
And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.<note type="study">cattle: Heb. small cattle of lambs and kids</note><note type="study">he goats: Heb. great he goats</note>
<transChange type="added">Seemeth it</transChange> a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> unto them; Behold, I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
And I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> afraid.
And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.<note type="study">of renown: or, for renown</note><note type="study">consumed: Heb. taken away</note>
Thus shall they know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with them, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the house of Israel, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my people, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> men, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> your God, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 35.</title>
Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, O mount Seir, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.<note type="study">most…: Heb. desolation and desolation</note>
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed <transChange type="added">the blood of</transChange> the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time <transChange type="added">that their</transChange> iniquity <transChange type="added">had</transChange> an end:<note type="study">perpetual…: or, hatred of old</note><note type="study">shed…: Heb. poured out the children</note><note type="study">force: Heb. hands</note>
Therefore, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.<note type="study">most…: Heb. desolation and desolation</note>
And I will fill his mountains with his slain <transChange type="added">men</transChange>: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was there:<note type="study">whereas…: or, though the <divineName>Lord</divineName> was there</note>
Therefore, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I live, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
And thou shalt know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and that</transChange> I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.<note type="study">to consume: Heb. to devour</note>
Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note type="study">boasted: Heb. magnified</note>
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all of it: and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 36.</title>
Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because they have made <transChange type="added">you</transChange> desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an infamy of the people:<note type="study">Because: Heb. Because for because</note><note type="study">are…: or, ye are made to come up on the lip of the tongue</note>
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about;<note type="study">rivers: or, bottoms, or, dales</note>

Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all <transChange type="added">their</transChange> heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> about you, they shall bear their shame.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
For, behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better <transChange type="added">unto you</transChange> than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them <transChange type="added">of men</transChange>.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Because they say unto you, Thou <transChange type="added">land</transChange> devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">bereave: or, cause to fall</note>
Neither will I cause <transChange type="added">men</transChange> to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols <transChange type="added">wherewith</transChange> they had polluted it:
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and are gone forth out of his land.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I do not <transChange type="added">this</transChange> for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.<note type="study">their: or, your</note>
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
Not for your sakes do I <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause <transChange type="added">you</transChange> to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities <transChange type="added">are become</transChange> fenced, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> are inhabited.
Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> build the ruined <transChange type="added">places, and</transChange> plant that that was desolate: I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and I will do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; I will yet <transChange type="added">for</transChange> this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">holy…: Heb. flock of holy things</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 37.</title>
The hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and set me down in the midst of the valley which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> full of bones,
And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> very many in the open valley; and, lo, <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> very dry.<note type="study">valley: or, champaign</note>
And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, thou knowest.
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no breath in them.
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.<note type="study">wind: or, breath</note>
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
And ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and performed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came again unto me, saying,
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> all the house of Israel his companions:
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou <transChange type="added">meanest</transChange> by these?
Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
And David my servant <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> their prince for ever.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And the heathen shall know that I the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 38.</title>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,<note type="study">the chief…: or, prince of the chief</note>
And say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts <transChange type="added">of armour, even</transChange> a great company <transChange type="added">with</transChange> bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:<note type="study">Libya: or, Phut</note>
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> many people with thee.
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> brought back from the sword, <transChange type="added">and is</transChange> gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; It shall also come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:<note type="study">think…: or, conceive a mischievous purpose</note>
And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,<note type="study">safely: or, confidently</note>
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places <transChange type="added">that are now</transChange> inhabited, and upon the people <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.<note type="study">To take…: Heb. To spoil the spoil, and to prey the prey</note><note type="study">midst: Heb. navel</note>
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>?
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days <transChange type="added">many</transChange> years that I would bring thee against them?<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> my fury shall come up in my face.
For in my jealousy <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.<note type="study">steep…: or, towers, or, stairs</note>
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 39.</title>
Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:<note type="study">leave…: or, strike thee with six plagues: or, draw thee back with an hook of six teeth</note><note type="study">the north…: Heb. the sides of the north</note>
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the beasts of the field to be devoured.<note type="study">sort: Heb. wing</note><note type="study">to be…: Heb. to devour</note>
Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">the open…: Heb. the face of the field</note>

And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">carelessly: or, confidently</note>
So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not <transChange type="added">let them</transChange> pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the Holy One in Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the day whereof I have spoken.
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:<note type="study">handstaves: or, javelins</note><note type="study">burn them…: or, make a fire of them</note>
So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down <transChange type="added">any</transChange> out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the <transChange type="added">noses</transChange> of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call <transChange type="added">it</transChange> The valley of Hamon–gog.<note type="study">noses: or, mouths</note><note type="study">Hamon–gog: that is, The multitude of Gog</note>
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Yea, all the people of the land shall bury <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.<note type="study">men…: Heb. men of continuance</note>
And the passengers <transChange type="added">that</transChange> pass through the land, when <transChange type="added">any</transChange> seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon–gog.<note type="study">set up: Heb. build</note>
And also the name of the city <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.<note type="study">Hamonah: that is, The multitude</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.<note type="study">unto…: Heb. to the fowl of every wing</note><note type="study">my sacrifice: or, my slaughter</note>
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.<note type="study">goats: Heb. great goats</note>
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
So the house of Israel shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God from that day and forward.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made <transChange type="added">them</transChange> afraid.
When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
Then shall they know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.<note type="study">which…: Heb. by my causing of them, etc</note>
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 40.</title>
In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> was upon me, and brought me thither.
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as the frame of a city on the south.<note type="study">by which: or, upon which</note>
And he brought me thither, and, behold, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a man, whose appearance <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew <transChange type="added">them</transChange> unto thee <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits <transChange type="added">long</transChange> by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> one reed broad; and the other threshold <transChange type="added">of the gate, which was</transChange> one reed broad.<note type="study">which looketh…: Heb. whose face was the way toward the east</note>
And <transChange type="added">every</transChange> little chamber <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one reed.
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate <transChange type="added">was</transChange> inward.
And the little chambers of the gate eastward <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three on this side, and three on that side; they three <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
The space also before the little chambers <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one cubit <transChange type="added">on this side</transChange>, and the space <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one cubit on that side: and the little chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.<note type="study">space: Heb. limit, or, bound</note>
He measured then the gate from the roof of <transChange type="added">one</transChange> little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five and twenty cubits, door against door.
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fifty cubits.
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows <transChange type="added">were</transChange> round about inward: and upon <transChange type="added">each</transChange> post <transChange type="added">were</transChange> palm trees.<note type="study">narrow: Heb. closed</note><note type="study">arches: or, galleries, or, porches</note><note type="study">inward: or, within</note>
Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the pavement.
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the lower pavement.
Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.<note type="study">without: or, from without</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.<note type="study">that looked: Heb. whose face was</note>
And the little chambers thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.<note type="study">arches: or, galleries, or, porches</note>
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before them.
And the gate of the inner court <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
And the arches round about <transChange type="added">were</transChange> five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.<note type="study">broad: Heb. breadth</note>
And the arches thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> toward the utter court; and palm trees <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it <transChange type="added">had</transChange> eight steps.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> according to these measures: and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
And the arches thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> toward the outward court; and palm trees <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it <transChange type="added">had</transChange> eight steps.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he brought me to the north gate, and measured <transChange type="added">it</transChange> according to these measures;
The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
And the posts thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> toward the utter court; and palm trees <transChange type="added">were</transChange> upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it <transChange type="added">had</transChange> eight steps.
And the chambers and the entries thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And in the porch of the gate <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two tables; and on the other side, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at the porch of the gate, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two tables.<note type="study">as one…: or, at the step</note>
Four tables <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew <transChange type="added">their sacrifices</transChange>.
And the four tables <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
And within <transChange type="added">were</transChange> hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the flesh of the offering.<note type="study">hooks: or, andirons, or, the two hearthstones</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And without the inner gate <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at the side of the north gate; and their prospect <transChange type="added">was</transChange> toward the south: one at the side of the east gate <transChange type="added">having</transChange> the prospect toward the north.
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward the south, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.<note type="study">charge: or, ward, or, ordinance</note>
And the chamber whose prospect <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward the north <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to minister unto him.
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> before the house.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured <transChange type="added">each</transChange> post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate <transChange type="added">was</transChange> three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
The length of the porch <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and <transChange type="added">he brought me</transChange> by the steps whereby they went up to it: and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 41.</title>
Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, <transChange type="added">which was</transChange> the breadth of the tabernacle.
And the breadth of the door <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ten cubits; and the sides of the door <transChange type="added">were</transChange> five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.<note type="study">door: or, entrance</note>
Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the most holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.
After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of <transChange type="added">every</transChange> side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
And the side chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.<note type="study">one…: Heb. side chamber over side chamber</note><note type="study">thirty…: or, three and thirty times, or, foot</note><note type="study">have hold: Heb. be holden</note>
And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house <transChange type="added">was still</transChange> upward, and so increased <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the lowest <transChange type="added">chamber</transChange> to the highest by the midst.<note type="study">there…: Heb. it was made broader, and went round</note>
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> a full reed of six great cubits.
The thickness of the wall, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the side chamber without, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits: and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> left <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the place of the side chambers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> within.
And between the chambers <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
And the doors of the side chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> toward <transChange type="added">the place that was</transChange> left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits round about.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now the building that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the separate place at the end toward the west <transChange type="added">was</transChange> seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;<note type="study">galleries: or, several walks, or, walks with pillars</note>
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows <transChange type="added">were</transChange> covered;<note type="study">cieled…: Heb. cieling of wood</note><note type="study">and from…: or, and the ground unto the windows</note>
To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.<note type="study">measure: Heb. measures</note>
And <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree <transChange type="added">was</transChange> between a cherub and a cherub; and <transChange type="added">every</transChange> cherub had two faces;
So that the face of a man <transChange type="added">was</transChange> toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> made through all the house round about.
From the ground unto above the door <transChange type="added">were</transChange> cherubims and palm trees made, and <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the wall of the temple.
The posts of the temple <transChange type="added">were</transChange> squared, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the face of the sanctuary; the appearance <transChange type="added">of the one</transChange> as the appearance <transChange type="added">of the other</transChange>.<note type="study">posts: Heb. post</note>
The altar of wood <transChange type="added">was</transChange> three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of wood: and he said unto me, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the table that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
And the doors had two leaves <transChange type="added">apiece</transChange>, two turning leaves; two <transChange type="added">leaves</transChange> for the one door, and two leaves for the other <transChange type="added">door</transChange>.
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as <transChange type="added">were</transChange> made upon the walls; and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 42.</title>
Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> over against the separate place, and which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before the building toward the north.
Before the length of an hundred cubits <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the north door, and the breadth <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits.
Over against the twenty <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for the inner court, and over against the pavement which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the utter court, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> gallery against gallery in three <transChange type="added">stories</transChange>.
And before the chambers <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
Now the upper chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.<note type="study">were higher…: or, did eat of these</note><note type="study">than the lower…: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost</note>
For they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in three <transChange type="added">stories</transChange>, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore <transChange type="added">the building</transChange> was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
And the wall that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits.
For the length of the chambers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the utter court <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an hundred cubits.
And from under these chambers <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.<note type="study">from under: or, from the place</note><note type="study">the entry: or, he that brought me</note><note type="study">as…: or, as he came</note>
The chambers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
And the way before them <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like the appearance of the chambers which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> toward the north, as long as they, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as broad as they: and all their goings out <transChange type="added">were</transChange> both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
And according to the doors of the chambers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> toward the south <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a door in the head of the way, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said he unto me, The north chambers <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the south chambers, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before the separate place, they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.
When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange> into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to <transChange type="added">those things</transChange> which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for the people.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward the east, and measured it round about.
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.<note type="study">side: Heb. wind</note>
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He turned about to the west side, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred <transChange type="added">reeds</transChange> long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 43.</title>
Afterward he brought me to the gate, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the gate that looketh toward the east:
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
And <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions <transChange type="added">were</transChange> like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.<note type="study">when…: or, when I came to prophesy that the city should be destroyed</note>
And the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward the east.
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> filled the house.
And I heard <transChange type="added">him</transChange> speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, <transChange type="added">neither</transChange> they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.<note type="study">and the…: or, for there was but a wall between me and them</note>
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.<note type="study">pattern: or, sum, or, number</note>
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> most holy. Behold, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the house.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a span: and this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the higher place of the altar.<note type="study">bottom: Heb. bosom</note><note type="study">edge: Heb. lip</note>
And from the bottom <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the ground <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the lower settle <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the greater settle <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> four cubits, and the breadth <transChange type="added">one</transChange> cubit.
So the altar <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> four cubits; and from the altar and upward <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> four horns.<note type="study">the altar shall: Heb. Harel, that is, the mountain of God</note><note type="study">the altar and: Heb. Ariel, that is, the lion of God</note>
And the altar <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> twelve <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
And the settle <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> fourteen <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> half a cubit; and the bottom thereof <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, a young bullock for a sin offering.
And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with the bullock.
When thou hast made an end of cleansing <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
And thou shalt offer them before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.<note type="study">consecrate…: Heb. fill their hands</note>
And when these days are expired, it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> upon the eighth day, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">peace…: or, thank offerings</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 44.</title>
Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> shut.
Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; he shall enter by the way of the porch of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> filled the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and I fell upon my face.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.<note type="study">mark well: Heb. set thine heart</note><note type="study">mark well: Heb. set thine heart</note>
And thou shalt say to the rebellious, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
In that ye have brought <transChange type="added">into my sanctuary</transChange> strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.<note type="study">strangers: Heb. children of a stranger</note>
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.<note type="study">my charge: or, my ward, or, ordinance</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> among the children of Israel.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, <transChange type="added">having</transChange> charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, and they shall bear their iniquity.<note type="study">caused…: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etc</note>
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>:
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> with any thing that causeth sweat.<note type="study">with…: or, in sweating places: Heb. in, or, with sweat</note>
And when they go forth into the utter court, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.<note type="study">put…: Heb. thrust forth</note><note type="study">that had…: Heb. from a priest</note>
And they shall teach my people <transChange type="added">the difference</transChange> between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> their possession.
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.<note type="study">dedicated: or, devoted</note>
And the first of all the firstfruits of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and every oblation of all, of every <transChange type="added">sort</transChange> of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.<note type="study">And the first: or, And the chief</note>
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 45.</title>
Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, an holy portion of the land: the length <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the length of five and twenty thousand <transChange type="added">reeds</transChange>, and the breadth <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> ten thousand. This <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> holy in all the borders thereof round about.<note type="study">when…: Heb. when ye cause the land to fall</note><note type="study">an holy…: Heb. holiness</note>
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred <transChange type="added">in length</transChange>, with five hundred <transChange type="added">in breadth</transChange>, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.<note type="study">suburbs: or, void places</note>
And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the most holy <transChange type="added">place</transChange>.
The holy <transChange type="added">portion</transChange> of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And a <transChange type="added">portion shall be</transChange> for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and <transChange type="added">the rest of</transChange> the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">exactions: Heb. expulsions</note>
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
And the shekel <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, <transChange type="added">ye shall offer</transChange> the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> an homer of ten baths; for ten baths <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an homer:
And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">lamb: or, kid</note><note type="study">peace…: or, thank offerings</note>
All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.<note type="study">shall…: Heb. shall be for</note><note type="study">for: or, with</note>
And it shall be the prince's part <transChange type="added">to give</transChange> burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.<note type="study">peace…: or, thank offerings</note>
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; In the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
And so thou shalt do the seventh <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month for every one that erreth, and for <transChange type="added">him that is</transChange> simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
In the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering.
And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a sin offering.
And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
In the seventh <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 46.</title>
Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the sabbath day <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
And the meat offering <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.<note type="study">as he…: Heb. the gift of his hand</note>
And in the day of the new moon <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of <transChange type="added">that</transChange> gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But when the people of the land shall come before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.
And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth <transChange type="added">one</transChange> shall shut the gate.
Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">of</transChange> a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.<note type="study">of the…: Heb. a son of his year</note><note type="study">every…: Heb. morning by morning</note>
And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a continual burnt offering.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> their possession by inheritance.
But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>After he brought me through the entry, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a place on the two sides westward.
Then said he unto me, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear <transChange type="added">them</transChange> not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.
Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a court.<note type="study">in every…: Heb. a court in a corner of a court, and a court in a corner of a court</note>
In the four corners of the court <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> courts joined of forty <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> long and thirty broad: these four corners <transChange type="added">were</transChange> of one measure.<note type="study">joined: or, made with chimneys</note><note type="study">corners were…: Heb. cornered, etc</note>
And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a row <transChange type="added">of building</transChange> round about in them, round about them four, and <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> made with boiling places under the rows round about.
Then said he unto me, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 47.</title>
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house <transChange type="added">stood toward</transChange> the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south <transChange type="added">side</transChange> of the altar.
Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the ankles.<note type="study">the waters were…: Heb. waters of the ankles</note>
Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the loins.
Afterward he measured a thousand; <transChange type="added">and it was</transChange> a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.<note type="study">waters to…: Heb. waters of swimming</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen <transChange type="added">this</transChange>? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river <transChange type="added">were</transChange> very many trees on the one side and on the other.<note type="study">bank: Heb. lip</note>
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: <transChange type="added">which being</transChange> brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.<note type="study">desert: or, plain</note>
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.<note type="study">rivers: Heb. two rivers</note>
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a <transChange type="added">place</transChange> to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.<note type="study">shall not…: or, and that which shall not be healed</note>
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.<note type="study">shall grow: Heb. shall come up</note><note type="study">new: or, principal</note><note type="study">for medicine: or, for bruises and sores</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; This <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph <transChange type="added">shall have two</transChange> portions.
And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.<note type="study">lifted…: or, swore</note>
And this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar–hatticon, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the coast of Hauran.<note type="study">Hazar–hatticon: or, the middle village</note>
And the border from the sea shall be Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> the north side.
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel <transChange type="added">by</transChange> Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> the east side.<note type="study">from (Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, the land): Heb. from between</note>
And the south side southward, from Tamar <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the waters of strife <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> the south side southward.<note type="study">strife: or, Meribah</note><note type="study">river: or, valley</note><note type="study">is the south side southward: or, is the south side toward Teman</note>
The west side also <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the west side.
So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give <transChange type="added">him</transChange> his inheritance, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 48.</title>
Now these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east <transChange type="added">and</transChange> west; a <transChange type="added">portion for</transChange> Dan.<note type="study">a portion: Heb. one portion</note>
And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a <transChange type="added">portion for</transChange> Asher.
And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a <transChange type="added">portion for</transChange> Naphtali.
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a <transChange type="added">portion for</transChange> Manasseh.
And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a <transChange type="added">portion for</transChange> Ephraim.
And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a <transChange type="added">portion for</transChange> Reuben.
And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a <transChange type="added">portion for</transChange> Judah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand <transChange type="added">reeds in</transChange> breadth, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> length as one of the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
And for them, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for the priests, shall be <transChange type="added">this</transChange> holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand <transChange type="added">in length</transChange>, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be in the midst thereof.
<transChange type="added">It shall be</transChange> for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.<note type="study">It…: or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests</note><note type="study">charge: or, ward, or, ordinance</note>
And <transChange type="added">this</transChange> oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
And over against the border of the priests the Levites <transChange type="added">shall have</transChange> five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> holy unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane <transChange type="added">place</transChange> for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
And these <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy <transChange type="added">portion shall be</transChange> ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
All the oblation <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the residue <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the midst thereof.
Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> in the midst <transChange type="added">of that</transChange> which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin <transChange type="added">shall have</transChange> a <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>.<note type="study">a portion: Heb. one portion</note>
And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon <transChange type="added">shall have</transChange> a <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>.
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>.
And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>.
And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a <transChange type="added">portion</transChange>.
And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar <transChange type="added">unto</transChange> the waters of strife <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Kadesh, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to the river toward the great sea.<note type="study">strife…: or, Meribah–kadesh</note>
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their portions, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the gates of the city <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
At the west side four thousand and five hundred, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
<transChange type="added">It was</transChange> round about eighteen thousand <transChange type="added">measures</transChange>: and the name of the city from <transChange type="added">that</transChange> day <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange>, The <divineName>Lord</divineName> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> there.<note type="study">The <divineName>Lord</divineName>…: Heb. Jehovah–shammah</note>
<title type="main">THE BOOK OF DANIEL</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
Children in whom <transChange type="added">was</transChange> no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as <transChange type="added">had</transChange> ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.<note type="study">the wine…: Heb. the wine of his drink</note>
Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel <transChange type="added">the name</transChange> of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed–nego.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> of your sort? then shall ye make <transChange type="added">me</transChange> endanger my head to the king.<note type="study">worse…: Heb. sadder</note><note type="study">sort: or, term, or, continuance?</note>
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,<note type="study">Melzar: or, the steward</note>
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.<note type="study">pulse: Heb. of pulse</note><note type="study">to eat…: Heb. that we may eat, etc</note>
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.<note type="study">Daniel…: or, he made Daniel understand</note>
Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
And in all matters of wisdom <transChange type="added">and</transChange> understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians <transChange type="added">and</transChange> astrologers that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in all his realm.<note type="study">wisdom…: Heb. wisdom of understanding</note>
And Daniel continued <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto the first year of king Cyrus.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.<note type="study">O king…: (Chaldee, to the end of chapter seven)</note>
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.<note type="study">cut…: Chaldee, made pieces</note>
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.<note type="study">rewards: or, fee</note>
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.<note type="study">gain: Chaldee, buy</note>
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, <transChange type="added">there is but</transChange> one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no king, lord, nor ruler, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
And <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Babylon.
And the decree went forth that the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Babylon:<note type="study">answered…: Chaldee, returned</note><note type="study">captain…: or, chief marshal: Chaldee, chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen</note>
He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the decree <transChange type="added">so</transChange> hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Babylon.<note type="study">of the God: Chaldee, from before God</note><note type="study">that Daniel…: or, that they should not destroy Daniel, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast <transChange type="added">now</transChange> made known unto us the king's matter.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.<note type="study">I have…: Chaldee, That I have found</note><note type="study">captives…: Chaldee, children of the captivity of Judah</note>
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;<note type="study">maketh…: Chaldee, hath made known</note>
As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came <transChange type="added">into thy mind</transChange> upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.<note type="study">came: Chaldee, came up</note>
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for <transChange type="added">any</transChange> wisdom that I have more than any living, but for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.<note type="study">but for…: or, but for the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness <transChange type="added">was</transChange> excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> terrible.<note type="study">sawest: Chaldee, wast seeing</note>
This image's head <transChange type="added">was</transChange> of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,<note type="study">thighs: or, sides</note>
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.<note type="study">without…: or, which was not in hands</note>
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
Thou, O king, <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> this head of gold.
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
And <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the toes of the feet <transChange type="added">were</transChange> part of iron, and part of clay, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.<note type="study">broken: or, brittle</note>
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.<note type="study">one…: Chaldee, this with this</note>
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.<note type="study">the days: Chaldee, their days</note><note type="study">the kingdom: Chaldee, the kingdom thereof</note>
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream <transChange type="added">is</transChange> certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.<note type="study">without…: or, which was not in hands</note><note type="study">hereafter: Chaldee, after this</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth <transChange type="added">it is</transChange>, that your God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Babylon.
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel <transChange type="added">sat</transChange> in the gate of the king.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height <transChange type="added">was</transChange> threescore cubits, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,<note type="study">aloud: Chaldee, with might</note><note type="study">it…: Chaldee, they command</note>
<transChange type="added">That</transChange> at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:<note type="study">dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony</note>
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down <transChange type="added">and</transChange> worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:<note type="study">dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony</note>
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.<note type="study">have…: Chaldee, have set no regard upon thee</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Nebuchadnezzar in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?<note type="study">true: or, of purpose</note>
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; <transChange type="added">well</transChange>: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?<note type="study">dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony</note>
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not careful to answer thee in this matter.
If it be <transChange type="added">so</transChange>, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver <transChange type="added">us</transChange> out of thine hand, O king.
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.<note type="study">full: Chaldee, filled</note>
And he commanded the most mighty men that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the burning fiery furnace.<note type="study">most…: Chaldee, mighty of strength</note>
Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their <transChange type="added">other</transChange> garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.<note type="study">coats: or, mantles</note><note type="study">hats: or, turbans</note>
Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego.<note type="study">commandment: Chaldee, word</note><note type="study">flame: or, spark</note>
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.<note type="study">counsellors: or, governors</note>
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.<note type="study">they…: Chaldee, there is no hurt in them</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come <transChange type="added">hither</transChange>. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.<note type="study">mouth: Chaldee, door</note>
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">Then</transChange> Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.<note type="study">I make…: Chaldee, a decree is made by me</note><note type="study">any…: Chaldee, error</note><note type="study">cut…: Chaldee, made pieces</note>
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, in the province of Babylon.<note type="study">promoted: Chaldee, made to prosper</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.<note type="study">I thought…: Chaldee, It was seemly before me</note>
How great <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his signs! and how mighty <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his wonders! his kingdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from generation to generation.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
Thus <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof <transChange type="added">was</transChange> great.<note type="study">I saw: Chaldee, I was seeing</note>
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
The leaves thereof <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:<note type="study">aloud: Chaldee, with might</note>
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> his portion <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
This matter <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> able; for the spirit of the holy gods <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thee.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Daniel, whose name <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
Whose leaves <transChange type="added">were</transChange> fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> his portion <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the interpretation, O king, and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.<note type="study">a lengthening…: or, an healing of thine error</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.<note type="study">in: or, upon</note>
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
While the word <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' <transChange type="added">feathers</transChange>, and his nails like birds' <transChange type="added">claws</transChange>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from generation to generation:
And all the inhabitants of the earth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and <transChange type="added">among</transChange> the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works <transChange type="added">are</transChange> truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.<note type="study">father: or, grandfather</note><note type="study">taken: Chaldee, brought forth</note>
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.<note type="study">countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses</note><note type="study">was changed: Chaldee, changed it</note><note type="study">joints: or, girdles: Chaldee, bindings, or, knots</note>
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. <transChange type="added">And</transChange> the king spake, and said to the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and <transChange type="added">have</transChange> a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.<note type="study">aloud: Chaldee, with might</note><note type="study">scarlet: or, purple</note>
Then came in all the king's wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange>: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.<note type="study">countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Now</transChange> the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, <transChange type="added">I say</transChange>, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> soothsayers;<note type="study">father: or, grandfather</note>
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.<note type="study">interpreting: or, of an interpreter</note><note type="study">dissolving: or, of a dissolver</note><note type="study">doubts: Chaldee, knots</note>
Then was Daniel brought in before the king. <transChange type="added">And</transChange> the king spake and said unto Daniel, <transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou that Daniel, which <transChange type="added">art</transChange> of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?<note type="study">father: or, grandfather</note>
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in thee, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
And now the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and <transChange type="added">have</transChange> a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.<note type="study">make interpretations: Chaldee, interpret, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.<note type="study">rewards: or, fee</note>
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:<note type="study">in pride: or, to deal proudly</note><note type="study">deposed: Chaldee, made to come down</note>
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.<note type="study">his heart…: or, he made his heart equal, etc</note>
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, and whose <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the writing that was written, <inscription>MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN</inscription>.
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the interpretation of the thing: <inscription>MENE</inscription>; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
<inscription>TEKEL</inscription>; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
<inscription>PERES</inscription>; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and <transChange type="added">put</transChange> a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, <transChange type="added">being</transChange> about threescore and two years old.<note type="study">being…: Chaldee, he as the son of, etc</note><note type="study">about: or, now</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find <transChange type="added">it</transChange> against him concerning the law of his God.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.<note type="study">assembled…: or, came tumultuously</note>
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.<note type="study">decree: or, interdict</note>
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.<note type="study">altereth not: Chaldee, passeth not</note>
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask <transChange type="added">a petition</transChange> of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
Then the king, when he heard <transChange type="added">these</transChange> words, was sore displeased with himself, and set <transChange type="added">his</transChange> heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast <transChange type="added">him</transChange> into the den of lions. <transChange type="added">Now</transChange> the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.<note type="study">instruments…: or, table</note>
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion <transChange type="added">shall be even</transChange> unto the end.
He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.<note type="study">power: Chaldee, hand</note>
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> told the sum of the matters.<note type="study">had: Chaldee, saw</note><note type="study">matters: or, words</note>
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
The first <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.<note type="study">and it: or, wherewith it</note>
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and <transChange type="added">it had</transChange> three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.<note type="study">it raised…: or, it raised up one dominion</note>
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> diverse from all the beasts that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> before it; and it had ten horns.
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn <transChange type="added">were</transChange> eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment <transChange type="added">was</transChange> white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne <transChange type="added">was like</transChange> the fiery flame, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> his wheels <transChange type="added">as</transChange> burning fire.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld <transChange type="added">even</transChange> till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.<note type="study">their lives…: Chaldee, a prolonging in life was given them</note>
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which shall not be destroyed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of <transChange type="added">my</transChange> body, and the visions of my head troubled me.<note type="study">body: Chaldee, sheath</note>

I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
These great beasts, which are four, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> four kings, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall arise out of the earth.
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.<note type="study">most…: Chaldee, high ones, that is, things, or, places</note>
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> iron, and his nails <transChange type="added">of</transChange> brass; <transChange type="added">which</transChange> devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;<note type="study">from…: Chaldee, from all those</note>
And of the ten horns that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in his head, and <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even <transChange type="added">of</transChange> that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look <transChange type="added">was</transChange> more stout than his fellows.
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
And the ten horns out of this kingdom <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ten kings <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
And he shall speak <transChange type="added">great</transChange> words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy <transChange type="added">it</transChange> unto the end.
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.<note type="study">dominions: or, rulers</note>
Hitherto <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, <transChange type="added">even unto</transChange> me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at Shushan <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the palace, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had <transChange type="added">two</transChange> horns: and the <transChange type="added">two</transChange> horns <transChange type="added">were</transChange> high; but one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> higher than the other, and the higher came up last.<note type="study">the other: Heb. the second</note>
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither <transChange type="added">was there any</transChange> that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat <transChange type="added">had</transChange> a notable horn between his eyes.<note type="study">touched…: or, none touched him in the earth</note><note type="study">a notable…: Heb. a horn of sight</note>
And he came to the ram that had <transChange type="added">two</transChange> horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant <transChange type="added">land</transChange>.
And it waxed great, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the host of heaven; and it cast down <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.<note type="study">to the host: or, against the host</note>
Yea, he magnified <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily <transChange type="added">sacrifice</transChange> was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.<note type="study">to: or, against</note><note type="study">by him: or, from him</note>
And an host was given <transChange type="added">him</transChange> against the daily <transChange type="added">sacrifice</transChange> by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.<note type="study">an host…: or, the host was given over for the transgression against the daily sacrifice</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain <transChange type="added">saint</transChange> which spake, How long <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the vision <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> the daily <transChange type="added">sacrifice</transChange>, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?<note type="study">that…: or, the numberer of secrets, or, the wonderful numberer: Heb. Palmoni</note><note type="study">of…: or, making desolate</note>
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.<note type="study">days: Heb. evening morning</note><note type="study">cleansed: Heb. justified</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it came to pass, when I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
And I heard a man's voice between <transChange type="added">the banks of</transChange> Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this <transChange type="added">man</transChange> to understand the vision.
So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the vision.

Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.<note type="study">set…: Heb. made me stand upon my standing</note>
And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange>.
The ram which thou sawest having <transChange type="added">two</transChange> horns <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the kings of Media and Persia.
And the rough goat <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king of Grecia: and the great horn that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> between his eyes <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the first king.
Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.<note type="study">are…: Heb. are accomplished</note>

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.<note type="study">holy…: Heb. people of the holy ones</note>
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.<note type="study">peace: or, prosperity</note>
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told <transChange type="added">is</transChange> true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for many days.
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick <transChange type="added">certain</transChange> days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;<note type="study">which: or, in which he</note>
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And I prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
O Lord, righteousness <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> near, and <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.<note type="study">belongeth…: or, thou hast</note>
O Lord, to us <transChange type="added">belongeth</transChange> confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
To the Lord our God <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Neither have we obeyed the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
As <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.<note type="study">made…: Heb. intreated we not the face of the, etc</note>
Therefore hath the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.<note type="study">gotten…: Heb. made thee a name</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people <transChange type="added">are become</transChange> a reproach to all <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> about us.
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.<note type="study">which…: Heb. whereupon thy name is called</note><note type="study">present: Heb. cause to fall</note>
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And whiles I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Yea, whiles I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.<note type="study">swiftly: Heb. with weariness, or, flight</note>
And he informed <transChange type="added">me</transChange>, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.<note type="study">to…: Heb. to make thee skilful of</note>
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew <transChange type="added">thee</transChange>; for thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.<note type="study">commandment: Heb. word</note><note type="study">greatly…: Heb. a man of desires</note>
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.<note type="study">finish: or, restrain</note><note type="study">make an…: or, seal up</note><note type="study">prophecy: Heb. prophet</note>
Know therefore and understand, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.<note type="study">be built…: Heb. return and be built</note><note type="study">wall: or, breach, or, ditch</note><note type="study">troublous: Heb. strait of</note>
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.<note type="study">but…: or, and shall have nothing</note><note type="study">desolations…: or, it shall be cut off by desolations</note>
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.<note type="study">the covenant: or, a covenant</note><note type="study">for the…: or, with the abominable armies</note><note type="study">the desolate: or, the desolator</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing <transChange type="added">was</transChange> true, but the time appointed <transChange type="added">was</transChange> long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.<note type="study">long: Heb. great</note>
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.<note type="study">full…: Heb. weeks of days</note>
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. bread of desires</note>
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hiddekel;
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins <transChange type="added">were</transChange> girded with fine gold of Uphaz:<note type="study">a…: Heb. one man</note>
His body also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.<note type="study">comeliness: or, vigour</note>

Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> the palms of my hands.<note type="study">set: Heb. moved</note>
And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.<note type="study">greatly…: Heb. of desires</note><note type="study">upright: Heb. upon thy standing</note>
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.<note type="study">chief: or, first</note>
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for <transChange type="added">many</transChange> days.
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
And, behold, <transChange type="added">one</transChange> like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.<note type="study">the…: or, this servant of my lord</note>
Then there came again and touched me <transChange type="added">one</transChange> like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.<note type="study">holdeth: Heb. strengtheneth himself</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than <transChange type="added">they</transChange> all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the king of the south shall be strong, and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a great dominion.
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in <transChange type="added">these</transChange> times.<note type="study">join…: Heb. associate themselves</note><note type="study">an…: Heb. rights</note><note type="study">he that begat…: or, whom she brought forth</note>
But out of a branch of her roots shall <transChange type="added">one</transChange> stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:<note type="study">in…: or, in his place, or, office</note>
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue <transChange type="added">more</transChange> years than the king of the north.<note type="study">their precious…: Heb. vessels of their desire</note>
So the king of the south shall come into <transChange type="added">his</transChange> kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to his fortress.<note type="study">shall be…: or, shall war</note><note type="study">return…: or, be stirred up again</note>
And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down <transChange type="added">many</transChange> ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened <transChange type="added">by it</transChange>.
For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.<note type="study">after…: Heb. at the end of times, even years</note>
And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.<note type="study">the robbers: Heb. the children of robbers</note>
So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither <transChange type="added">shall there be any</transChange> strength to withstand.<note type="study">the most…: Heb. the city of munitions</note><note type="study">his…: Heb. the people of his choices</note>
But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.<note type="study">glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of ornament</note>
He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand <transChange type="added">on his side</transChange>, neither be for him.<note type="study">upright…: or, much uprightness: or, equal conditions</note><note type="study">corrupting: Heb. to corrupt</note>
After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to turn upon him.<note type="study">for…: Heb. for him</note><note type="study">the reproach…: Heb. his reproach</note>
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.<note type="study">estate: or, place</note><note type="study">a…: Heb. one that causeth an exacter to pass over</note><note type="study">anger: Heb. angers</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.<note type="study">estate: or, place</note>
And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
And after the league <transChange type="added">made</transChange> with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.<note type="study">peaceably…: or, into the peaceable and fat, etc</note><note type="study">forecast…: Heb. think his thoughts</note>
And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
And both these kings' hearts <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> at the time appointed.<note type="study">hearts: Heb. their hearts</note>
Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> against the holy covenant; and he shall do <transChange type="added">exploits</transChange>, and return to his own land.
At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily <transChange type="added">sacrifice</transChange>, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.<note type="study">maketh…: or, astonisheth</note>
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do <transChange type="added">exploits</transChange>.<note type="study">corrupt: or, cause to dissemble</note>
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, <transChange type="added">many</transChange> days.
Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
And <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> white, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the time of the end: because <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> yet for a time appointed.<note type="study">try them: or, try by them</note>
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.<note type="study">in…: or, as for the Almighty God, in his seat he shall honour yea, he shall honour a god, whom, etc</note><note type="study">estate: or, stead</note><note type="study">forces: or, munitions: Heb. Mauzzim, or, God's protectors</note><note type="study">pleasant: Heb. things desired</note>
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge <transChange type="added">and</transChange> increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.<note type="study">most…: Heb. fortresses of munitions</note><note type="study">gain: Heb. a price</note>
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many <transChange type="added">countries</transChange> shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.<note type="study">glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of delight, or, ornament</note>
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.<note type="study">stretch…: Heb. send forth</note>
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> at his steps.
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.<note type="study">glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. mountain of delight of holiness</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame <transChange type="added">and</transChange> everlasting contempt.
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.<note type="study">wise: or, teachers</note>
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.<note type="study">bank: Heb. lip</note><note type="study">bank: Heb. lip</note>
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> said to the man clothed in linen, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the waters of the river, How long <transChange type="added">shall it be to</transChange> the end of these wonders?<note type="study">upon…: or, from above</note>
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that <transChange type="added">it shall be</transChange> for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> shall be finished.<note type="study">a time…: or, part</note>
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the end of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>?
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words <transChange type="added">are</transChange> closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
And from the time <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the daily <transChange type="added">sacrifice</transChange> shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> a thousand two hundred and ninety days.<note type="study">the abomination: Heb. to set up the abomination</note><note type="study">maketh…: or, astonisheth</note>
Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
But go thou thy way till the end <transChange type="added">be</transChange>: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.<note type="study">for thou: or, and thou, etc</note>
<title type="main">HOSEA</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The beginning of the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by Hosea. And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, <transChange type="added">departing</transChange> from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little <transChange type="added">while</transChange>, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.<note type="study">avenge: Heb. visit</note>
And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And <transChange type="added">God</transChange> said unto him, Call her name Lo–ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.<note type="study">Lo–ruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercy</note><note type="study">no…: Heb. not add any more to</note><note type="study">but…: or, that I should altogether pardon them</note>
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Now when she had weaned Lo–ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
Then said <transChange type="added">God</transChange>, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not my people, and I will not be your <transChange type="added">God</transChange>.<note type="study">Lo–ammi: that is, Not my people</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in the place where it was said unto them, Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not my people, <transChange type="added">there</transChange> it shall be said unto them, <transChange type="added">Ye are</transChange> the sons of the living God.<note type="study">in…: or, instead of that</note>
Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the day of Jezreel.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.<note type="study">Ammi: that is, My people</note><note type="study">Ru–hamah: that is, Having obtained mercy</note>
Plead with your mother, plead: for she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not my wife, neither <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the children of whoredoms.
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give <transChange type="added">me</transChange> my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.<note type="study">drink: Heb. drinks</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.<note type="study">make…: Heb. wall a wall</note>
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then <transChange type="added">was it</transChange> better with me than now.
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> they prepared for Baal.<note type="study">wine: Heb. new wine</note><note type="study">which…: or, wherewith they made Baal</note>
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax <transChange type="added">given</transChange> to cover her nakedness.<note type="study">recover: or, take away</note>
And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.<note type="study">lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany</note>
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.<note type="study">destroy: Heb. make desolate</note>
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.<note type="study">comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart</note>
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
And it shall be at that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.<note type="study">Ishi: that is, My husband</note><note type="study">Baali: that is, My lord</note>
For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to <transChange type="added">them which were</transChange> not my people, Thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> my people; and they shall say, <transChange type="added">Thou art</transChange> my God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of <transChange type="added">her</transChange> friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.<note type="study">of wine: Heb. of grapes</note>
So I bought her to me for fifteen <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:<note type="study">half…: Heb. lethech</note>
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for <transChange type="added">another</transChange> man: so <transChange type="added">will</transChange> I also <transChange type="added">be</transChange> for thee.
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and <transChange type="added">without</transChange> teraphim:<note type="study">image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar</note>
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and David their king; and shall fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> and his goodness in the latter days.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Hear the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, ye children of Israel: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as they that strive with the priest.
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.<note type="study">destroy: Heb. cut off</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.<note type="study">destroyed: Heb. cut off</note>
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> will I change their glory into shame.
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.<note type="study">set…: Heb. lift up their soul to</note>
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note><note type="study">reward: Heb. cause to return</note>
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people <transChange type="added">that</transChange> doth not understand shall fall.<note type="study">I will not: or, Shall I not</note><note type="study">fall: or, be punished</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth–aven, nor swear, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> liveth.
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Ephraim <transChange type="added">is</transChange> joined to idols: let him alone.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers <transChange type="added">with</transChange> shame do love, Give ye.<note type="study">sour: Heb. gone</note><note type="study">rulers: Heb. shields</note>
The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I <transChange type="added">have been</transChange> a rebuker of them all.<note type="study">though: or, and</note><note type="study">a rebuker: Heb. a correction</note>
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Israel is defiled.
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of them, and they have not known the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">They will…: or, Their doings will not suffer them</note><note type="study">frame: Heb. give</note>
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; but they shall not find <transChange type="added">him</transChange>; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
They have dealt treacherously against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud <transChange type="added">at</transChange> Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Ephraim <transChange type="added">is</transChange> oppressed <transChange type="added">and</transChange> broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Therefore <transChange type="added">will</transChange> I <transChange type="added">be</transChange> unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.<note type="study">rottenness: or, a worm</note>
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah <transChange type="added">saw</transChange> his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.<note type="study">king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead</note>
For I <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>I will go <transChange type="added">and</transChange> return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.<note type="study">acknowledge…: Heb. be guilty</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Come, and let us return unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Then shall we know, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> we follow on to know the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter <transChange type="added">and</transChange> former rain unto the earth.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.<note type="study">goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness</note>
Therefore have I hewed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments <transChange type="added">are as</transChange> the light <transChange type="added">that</transChange> goeth forth.<note type="study">and…: or, that thy judgments might be, etc</note>
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.<note type="study">men: or, Adam</note>
Gilead <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a city of them that work iniquity, <transChange type="added">and is</transChange> polluted with blood.<note type="study">polluted: or, cunning for</note>
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.<note type="study">by…: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem</note><note type="study">lewdness: or, enormity</note>
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the troop of robbers spoileth without.<note type="study">wickedness: Heb. evils</note><note type="study">spoileth: Heb. strippeth</note>
And they consider not in their hearts <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.<note type="study">consider…: Heb. say not to</note>
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.<note type="study">who…: or, the raiser will cease</note><note type="study">raising: or, waking</note>
In the day of our king the princes have made <transChange type="added">him</transChange> sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.<note type="study">bottles…: or, heat through wine</note>
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.<note type="study">made…: or, applied</note>
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none among them that calleth unto me.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.<note type="study">here…: Heb. sprinkled</note>
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, nor seek him for all this.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.<note type="study">destruction: Heb. spoil</note>
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they rebel against me.
Though I have bound <transChange type="added">and</transChange> strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.<note type="study">have…: or, chastened</note>
They return, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> their derision in the land of Egypt.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
<transChange type="added">Set</transChange> the trumpet to thy mouth. <transChange type="added">He shall come</transChange> as an eagle against the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.<note type="study">thy: Heb. the roof of thy</note>
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
Israel hath cast off <transChange type="added">the thing that is</transChange> good: the enemy shall pursue him.
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long <transChange type="added">will it be</transChange> ere they attain to innocency?
For from Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> it also: the workman made it; therefore it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.<note type="study">stalk: or, standing corn</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no pleasure.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.<note type="study">lovers: Heb. loves</note>
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.<note type="study">sorrow: or, begin</note><note type="study">a…: or, in a little while</note>
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
I have written to him the great things of my law, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> they were counted as a strange thing.
They sacrifice flesh <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat <transChange type="added">it; but</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.<note type="study">They sacrifice…: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc</note>
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as <transChange type="added">other</transChange> people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.<note type="study">upon: or, in, etc</note>

The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.<note type="study">winepress: or, winefat</note>
They shall not dwell in the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in Assyria.
They shall not offer wine <transChange type="added">offerings</transChange> to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>?
For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant <transChange type="added">places</transChange> for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in their tabernacles.<note type="study">destruction: Heb. spoil</note><note type="study">the…: or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle, etc.: Heb. the desire</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>: the prophet <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fool, the spiritual man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.<note type="study">spiritual…: Heb. man of the spirit</note>
The watchman of Ephraim <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with my God: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> the prophet <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a snare of a fowler in all his ways, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> hatred in the house of his God.<note type="study">in the: or, against the</note>
They have deeply corrupted <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange>, as in the days of Gibeah: <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: <transChange type="added">but</transChange> they went to Baal–peor, and separated themselves unto <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shame; and <transChange type="added">their</transChange> abominations were according as they loved.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/><transChange type="added">As for</transChange> Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, <transChange type="added">that there shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a man <transChange type="added">left</transChange>: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Give them, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.<note type="study">miscarrying: Heb. that casteth the fruit</note>
All their wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> revolters.
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the beloved <transChange type="added">fruit</transChange> of their womb.<note type="study">the…: Heb. the desires</note>
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.<note type="study">an…: or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth</note><note type="study">images: Heb. statues, or, standing images</note>
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.<note type="study">Their heart…: or, He hath divided their heart</note><note type="study">break…: Heb. behead</note><note type="study">images: Heb. statues, or, standing images</note>
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; what then should a king do to us?
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof <transChange type="added">that</transChange> rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.<note type="study">the priests…: or, Chemarim</note>
It shall be also carried unto Assyria <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
<transChange type="added">As for</transChange> Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.<note type="study">the water: Heb. the face of the water</note>
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.<note type="study">when…: or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or, in their two habitations</note>
And Ephraim <transChange type="added">is as</transChange> an heifer <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> taught, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> loveth to tread out <transChange type="added">the corn</transChange>; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Jacob shall break his clods.<note type="study">her…: Heb. the beauty of her neck</note>
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> time to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth–arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon <transChange type="added">her</transChange> children.
So shall Beth–el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.<note type="study">your…: Heb. the evil of your evil</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
When Israel <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
<transChange type="added">As</transChange> they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.<note type="study">take off: Heb. lift up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, because of their own counsels.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.<note type="study">none…: Heb. together they exalted not</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? <transChange type="added">how</transChange> shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? <transChange type="added">how</transChange> shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
They shall walk after the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.<note type="study">saints: or, most holy</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:<note type="study">had…: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely</note>

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Beth–el, and there he spake with us;
Even the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his memorial.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">He is</transChange> a merchant, the balances of deceit <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his hand: he loveth to oppress.<note type="study">a merchant: or, Canaan</note><note type="study">oppress: or, deceive</note>
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: <transChange type="added">in</transChange> all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sin.<note type="study">in all…: or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin</note><note type="study">that: Heb. which</note>
And I <transChange type="added">that am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.<note type="study">ministry: Heb. hand</note>
<transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> iniquity <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept <transChange type="added">sheep</transChange>.
And by a prophet the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Ephraim provoked <transChange type="added">him</transChange> to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.<note type="study">most…: Heb. with bitternesses</note><note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.<note type="study">they sin…: Heb. they add to sin</note><note type="study">the men…: or, the sacrificers of men</note>
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Yet I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no saviour beside me.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.<note type="study">great…: Heb. droughts</note>
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe <transChange type="added">them</transChange>:
I will meet them as a bear <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> bereaved <transChange type="added">of her whelps</transChange>, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.<note type="study">wild…: Heb. beast of the field</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine help.<note type="study">is…: Heb. in thy help</note>
I will be thy king: where <transChange type="added">is any other</transChange> that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?<note type="study">I will…: rather, Where is thy king?</note>
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took <transChange type="added">him</transChange> away in my wrath.
The iniquity of Ephraim <transChange type="added">is</transChange> bound up; his sin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> hid.
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an unwise son; for he should not stay long in <transChange type="added">the place of</transChange> the breaking forth of children.<note type="study">long: Heb. a time</note>
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.<note type="study">power: Heb. hand</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Though he be fruitful among <transChange type="added">his</transChange> brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. vessels of desire</note>
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
O Israel, return unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Take with you words, and turn to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive <transChange type="added">us</transChange> graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.<note type="study">receive…: or, give good</note>
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, <transChange type="added">Ye are</transChange> our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.<note type="study">grow: or, blossom</note><note type="study">cast…: Heb. strike</note>
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.<note type="study">spread: Heb. go</note>
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> as the wine of Lebanon.<note type="study">grow: or, blossom</note><note type="study">scent: or, memorial</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Ephraim <transChange type="added">shall say</transChange>, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and observed him: I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise, and he shall understand these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
<title type="main">JOEL</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Tell ye your children of it, and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> your children <transChange type="added">tell</transChange> their children, and their children another generation.
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.<note type="study">That which the palmerworm…: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm</note>
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast <transChange type="added">it</transChange> away; the branches thereof are made white.<note type="study">barked…: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; the priests, the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> ministers, mourn.
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the inhabitants of the land <transChange type="added">into</transChange> the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and cry unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,<note type="study">solemn…: or, day of restraint</note>
Alas for the day! for the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.<note type="study">seed: Heb. grains</note>
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.<note type="study">pastures: or, habitations</note>
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cometh, for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> nigh at hand;<note type="study">trumpet: or, cornet</note>
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the years of many generations.<note type="study">of many…: Heb. of generation and generation</note>
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
The appearance of them <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.<note type="study">blackness: Heb. pot</note>
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and <transChange type="added">when</transChange> they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.<note type="study">sword: or, dart</note>
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp <transChange type="added">is</transChange> very great: for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> strong that executeth his word: for the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore also now, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, turn ye <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Who knoweth <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a meat offering and a drink offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Let the priests, the ministers of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their God?<note type="study">rule over: or, use a byword against</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Yea, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
But I will remove far off from you the northern <transChange type="added">army</transChange>, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.<note type="study">hath…: Heb. hath magnified to do</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will do great things.<note type="study">will…: Heb. hath magnified to do</note>
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>.<note type="study">the former rain moderately: or, a teacher of righteousness</note><note type="study">moderately: Heb. according to righteousness</note>
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
And ye shall know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> in the midst of Israel, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass afterward, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> come.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> whosoever shall call on the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath said, and in the remnant whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall call.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly <transChange type="added">and</transChange> speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:<note type="study">pleasant: Heb. desirable</note>
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.<note type="study">the Grecians: Heb. the sons of the Grecians</note>
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:<note type="study">Prepare: Heb. Sanctify</note>
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> strong.<note type="study">pruninghooks: or, scythes</note>
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">cause…: or, the <divineName>Lord</divineName> shall bring down</note>
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near in the valley of decision.<note type="study">decision: or, concision, or, threshing</note>
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.<note type="study">hope: Heb. place of repair, or, harbour</note>
So shall ye know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.<note type="study">holy: Heb. holiness</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and shall water the valley of Shittim.<note type="study">flow: Heb. go</note>
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence <transChange type="added">against</transChange> the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.<note type="study">dwell: or, abide</note>
For I will cleanse their blood <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I have not cleansed: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> dwelleth in Zion.<note type="study">for the…: or, even I the <divineName>Lord</divineName> that</note>
<title type="main">AMOS</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
And he said, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away <transChange type="added">the punishment</transChange> thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:<note type="study">and…: or, yea, for four</note><note type="study">turn…: or, convert it, or, let it be quiet</note>
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben–hadad.
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">the plain…: or, Bikathaven</note><note type="study">the house…: or, Beth–eden</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away <transChange type="added">the punishment</transChange> thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver <transChange type="added">them</transChange> up to Edom:<note type="study">away captive…: or, them away with an entire</note>
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away <transChange type="added">the punishment</transChange> thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:<note type="study">the brotherly…: Heb. the covenant of brethren</note>
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away <transChange type="added">the punishment</transChange> thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:<note type="study">did cast…: Heb. corrupted his compassions</note>
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away <transChange type="added">the punishment</transChange> thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:<note type="study">ripped…: or, divided the mountains</note>
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away <transChange type="added">the punishment</transChange> thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with the sound of the trumpet:
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away <transChange type="added">the punishment</transChange> thereof; because they have despised the law of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away <transChange type="added">the punishment</transChange> thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the <transChange type="added">same</transChange> maid, to profane my holy name:<note type="study">maid: or, young woman</note>
And they lay <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the house of their god.<note type="study">the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like the height of the cedars, and he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> full of sheaves.<note type="study">I am…: or, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth</note>
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:<note type="study">himself: Heb. his soul, or, life</note>
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> swift of foot shall not deliver <transChange type="added">himself</transChange>: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
And <transChange type="added">he that is</transChange> courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">courageous: Heb. strong of his heart</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Hear this word that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?<note type="study">cry: Heb. give forth his voice</note>
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for him? shall <transChange type="added">one</transChange> take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath not done <transChange type="added">it</transChange>?<note type="study">be afraid: or, run together?</note><note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName>…: or, shall not the <divineName>Lord</divineName> do somewhat?</note>
Surely the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.<note type="study">oppressed: or, oppressions</note>
For they know not to do right, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.<note type="study">robbery: or, spoil</note>
Therefore thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; An adversary <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus <transChange type="added">in</transChange> a couch.<note type="study">taketh: Heb. delivereth</note><note type="study">in Damascus…: or, on the bed's feet</note>
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, the God of hosts,
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth–el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.<note type="study">visit: or, punish Israel for</note>
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
The Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every <transChange type="added">cow at that which is</transChange> before her; and ye shall cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> into the palace, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">cast…: or, cast away the things of the palace</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Come to Beth–el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> your tithes after three years:<note type="study">three…: Heb. three years of days</note>
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim <transChange type="added">and</transChange> publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">offer: Heb. offer by burning</note><note type="study">this…: Heb. so ye love</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And also I have withholden the rain from you, when <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
So two <transChange type="added">or</transChange> three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">when…: or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmerworm</note>
I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">after…: or, in the way</note><note type="study">and have…: Heb. with the captivity of your horses</note>
I have overthrown <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, The God of hosts, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.<note type="study">wind: or, spirit</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> a lamentation, O house of Israel.
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none to raise her up.
For thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>; The city that went out <transChange type="added">by</transChange> a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth <transChange type="added">by</transChange> an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
But seek not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el shall come to nought.
Seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">there be</transChange> none to quench <transChange type="added">it</transChange> in Beth–el.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
<transChange type="added">Seek him</transChange> that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name:
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.<note type="study">spoiled: Heb. spoil</note>
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Forasmuch therefore as your treading <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. vineyards of desire</note>
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate <transChange type="added">from their right</transChange>.<note type="study">a bribe: or, a ransom</note>
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an evil time.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
And in all vineyards <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Woe unto you that desire the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>! to what end <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it for you? the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> darkness, and not light.
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
<transChange type="added">Shall</transChange> not the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.<note type="study">in…: or, your holy days</note>
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept <transChange type="added">them</transChange>: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.<note type="study">peace…: or, thank offerings</note>
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.<note type="study">run: Heb. roll</note>
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.<note type="study">the tabernacle…: or, Siccuth your king</note>
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, whose name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> The God of hosts.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Woe to them <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, <transChange type="added">which are</transChange> named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!<note type="study">are at…: or, are secure</note><note type="study">chief: or, firstfruits</note>
Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: <transChange type="added">be they</transChange> better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;<note type="study">seat: or, habitation</note>
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;<note type="study">stretch…: or, abound with superfluities</note>

That chant to the sound of the viol, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;<note type="study">chant: or, quaver</note>
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.<note type="study">wine…: or, in bowls of wine</note><note type="study">affliction: Heb. breach</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> hath sworn by himself, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.<note type="study">that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</note>
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> by the sides of the house, <transChange type="added">Is there</transChange> yet <transChange type="added">any</transChange> with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">we…: or, they will not, or, have not</note>
For, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.<note type="study">breaches: or, droppings</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Shall horses run upon the rock? will <transChange type="added">one</transChange> plow <transChange type="added">there</transChange> with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.<note type="study">river: or, valley</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Thus hath the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> the latter growth after the king's mowings.<note type="study">grasshoppers: or, green worms</note>
And it came to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> small.<note type="study">by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> repented for this: It shall not be, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus hath the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Then said I, O Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> small.<note type="study">by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall <transChange type="added">made</transChange> by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Amaziah the priest of Beth–el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king's chapel, and it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the king's court.<note type="study">chapel: or, sanctuary</note><note type="study">king's court: Heb. house of the kingdom</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> no prophet, neither <transChange type="added">was</transChange> I a prophet's son; but I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:<note type="study">sycomore…: or, wild figs</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> took me as I followed the flock, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.<note type="study">as…: Heb. from behind</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now therefore hear thou the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not <transChange type="added">thy word</transChange> against the house of Isaac.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Thus hath the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast <transChange type="added">them</transChange> forth with silence.<note type="study">shall be howlings: Heb. shall howl</note><note type="study">with…: Heb. be silent</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?<note type="study">new…: or, month</note><note type="study">set…: Heb. open</note><note type="study">falsifying…: Heb. perverting the balances of deceit</note>
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; <transChange type="added">yea</transChange>, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the flood of Egypt.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only <transChange type="added">son</transChange>, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold, the days come, saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and shall not find <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer–sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.<note type="study">manner: Heb. way</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.<note type="study">lintel: or, chapiter, or, knop</note><note type="study">cut…: or, wound them</note>
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
And the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> of hosts <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the flood of Egypt.
<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.<note type="study">stories: or, spheres: Heb. ascensions</note><note type="study">troop: or, bundle</note>
<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Behold, the eyes of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as <transChange type="added">corn</transChange> is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.<note type="study">sift: Heb. cause to move</note><note type="study">grain: Heb. stone</note>
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:<note type="study">close: Heb. hedge, or, wall</note>
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that doeth this.<note type="study">which…: Heb. upon whom my name is called</note>
Behold, the days come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.<note type="study">soweth: Heb. draweth forth</note><note type="study">sweet: or, new</note>
And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God.
<title type="main">OBADIAH</title>
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Though thou exalt <transChange type="added">thyself</transChange> as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave <transChange type="added">some</transChange> grapes?<note type="study">some…: or, gleanings?</note>
How are <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> of Esau searched out! <transChange type="added">how</transChange> are his hidden things sought up!
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> prevailed against thee; <transChange type="added">they that eat</transChange> thy bread have laid a wound under thee: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none understanding in him.<note type="study">that were…: Heb. of thy peace</note><note type="study">they…: Heb. the men of thy bread</note><note type="study">in him: or, of it</note>
Shall I not in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, even destroy the wise <transChange type="added">men</transChange> out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
And thy mighty <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou <transChange type="added">wast</transChange> as one of them.<note type="study">captive…: or, his substance</note>
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.<note type="study">spoken…: Heb. magnified thy mouth</note>
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid <transChange type="added">hands</transChange> on their substance in the day of their calamity;<note type="study">substance: or, forces</note>
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.<note type="study">delivered up: or, shut up</note>
For the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.<note type="study">swallow…: or, sup up</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.<note type="study">deliverance: or, they that escape</note><note type="study">there…: or, it shall be holy</note>
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be <transChange type="added">any</transChange> remaining of the house of Esau; for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
And <transChange type="added">they of</transChange> the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and <transChange type="added">they of</transChange> the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin <transChange type="added">shall possess</transChange> Gilead.
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel <transChange type="added">shall possess</transChange> that of the Canaanites, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.<note type="study">which…: or, shall possess that which is in</note>
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg>.
<title type="main">JONAH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
Now the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,<note type="study">Jonah: Gr. Jonas</note>
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.<note type="study">sent out: Heb. cast forth</note><note type="study">was like…: Heb. thought to be broken</note>
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the ship into the sea, to lighten <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon us; What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> thy country? and of what people <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou?
And he said unto them, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> an Hebrew; and I fear the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>.<note type="study">the <divineName>Lord</divineName>: or, <divineName>Jehovah</divineName></note>
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because he had told them.<note type="study">exceedingly…: Heb. with great fear</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.<note type="study">may…: Heb. may be silent from us</note><note type="study">wrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went</note>
And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon you.
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.<note type="study">rowed: Heb. digged</note><note type="study">wrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went</note>
Wherefore they cried unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, We beseech thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, hast done as it pleased thee.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.<note type="study">ceased: Heb. stood</note>
Then the men feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and made vows.<note type="study">offered…: Heb. sacrifice unto the <divineName>Lord</divineName>, and vowed vows</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.<note type="study">belly: Heb. bowels</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Then Jonah prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God out of the fish's belly,
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thou heardest my voice.<note type="study">by…: or, out of mine affliction</note><note type="study">hell: or, the grave</note>
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.<note type="study">midst: Heb. heart</note>
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
The waters compassed me about, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars <transChange type="added">was</transChange> about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God.<note type="study">bottoms: Heb. cuttings off</note><note type="study">corruption: or, the pit</note>
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay <transChange type="added">that</transChange> that I have vowed. Salvation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.<note type="study">exceeding: Heb. of God</note>
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered <transChange type="added">him</transChange> with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
And he caused <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:<note type="study">published: Heb. said</note><note type="study">nobles: Heb. great men</note>
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their hands.
Who can tell <transChange type="added">if</transChange> God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
And he prayed unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and said, I pray thee, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou <transChange type="added">art</transChange> a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Therefore now, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> better for me to die than to live.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Doest thou well to be angry?<note type="study">Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God prepared a gourd, and made <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.<note type="study">gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon</note><note type="study">was…: Heb. rejoiced with great joy</note>
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better for me to die than to live.<note type="study">vehement: or, silent</note>
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> unto death.<note type="study">Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?</note><note type="study">I do well…: or, I am greatly angry</note>
Then said the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:<note type="study">had pity: or, spared</note><note type="study">came…: Heb. was the son of the night</note>
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and <transChange type="added">also</transChange> much cattle?
<title type="main">MICAH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.<note type="study">all ye…: Heb. ye people, all of them</note><note type="study">all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</note>
For, behold, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as the waters <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> poured down a steep place.<note type="study">a steep…: Heb. a descent</note>
For the transgression of Jacob <transChange type="added">is</transChange> all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the transgression of Jacob? <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not Samaria? and what <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the high places of Judah? <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> not Jerusalem?
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered <transChange type="added">it</transChange> of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.<note type="study">owls: Heb. daughters of the owl</note>
For her wound <transChange type="added">is</transChange> incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to Jerusalem.<note type="study">her…: or, she is grievously sick of her wounds</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Declare ye <transChange type="added">it</transChange> not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.<note type="study">Aphrah: that is, Dust</note>
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth–ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.<note type="study">thou…: or, thou that dwellest fairly</note><note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note><note type="study">Zaanan: or, The country of flocks</note><note type="study">Beth–ezel: or, A place near</note>
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto the gate of Jerusalem.<note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note><note type="study">waited…: or, was grieved</note>
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.<note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note>
Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth–gath: the houses of Achzib <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a lie to the kings of Israel.<note type="study">to…: or, for Moresheth–gath</note><note type="study">Achzib: that is, A lie</note>
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.<note type="study">inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</note><note type="study">he…: or, the glory of Israel shall, etc</note>
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
And they covet fields, and take <transChange type="added">them</transChange> by violence; and houses, and take <transChange type="added">them</transChange> away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.<note type="study">oppress: or, defraud</note>
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time <transChange type="added">is</transChange> evil.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In that day shall <transChange type="added">one</transChange> take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed <transChange type="added">it</transChange> from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.<note type="study">a doleful…: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations</note><note type="study">turning…: or, instead of restoring</note>
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Prophesy ye not, <transChange type="added">say they to them that</transChange> prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they shall not take shame.<note type="study">Prophesy ye…: or, Prophesy not as they prophesy: Heb. Drop, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>O <transChange type="added">thou that art</transChange> named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> straitened? <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?<note type="study">straitened: or, shortened?</note><note type="study">uprightly: Heb. upright?</note>
Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.<note type="study">of late: Heb. yesterday</note><note type="study">with the: Heb. over against a</note>
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.<note type="study">women: or, wives</note>
Arise ye, and depart; for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">your</transChange> rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy <transChange type="added">you</transChange>, even with a sore destruction.
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.<note type="study">walking…: or, walk with the wind, and lie falsely</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of <transChange type="added">the multitude of</transChange> men.
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> on the head of them.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not for you to know judgment?
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Then shall they cry unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Therefore night <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.<note type="study">that…: vision: Heb. from a vision</note><note type="study">that…: divine: Heb. from divining</note>
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no answer of God.<note type="study">lips: Heb. upper lip</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and say, <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> not the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> among us? none evil can come upon us.<note type="study">and say: Heb. saying</note>
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
But in the last days it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the mountain of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> from Jerusalem.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.<note type="study">pruninghooks: or, scythes</note>
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> afraid: for the mouth of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath spoken <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God for ever and ever.
In that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
But they know not the thoughts of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, <transChange type="added">though</transChange> thou be little among the thousands of Judah, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> out of thee shall he come forth unto me <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth <transChange type="added">have been</transChange> from of old, from everlasting.<note type="study">everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity</note>
Therefore will he give them up, until the time <transChange type="added">that</transChange> she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, in the majesty of the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.<note type="study">feed: or, rule</note>
And this <transChange type="added">man</transChange> shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.<note type="study">principal: Heb. princes of</note>
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver <transChange type="added">us</transChange> from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.<note type="study">waste: Heb. eat up</note><note type="study">in the…: or, with her own naked swords</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.<note type="study">sheep: or, goats</note>
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no <transChange type="added">more</transChange> soothsayers:
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.<note type="study">standing…: or, statues</note>
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.<note type="study">cities: or, enemies</note>
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
Hear ye now what the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.<note type="study">before: or, with</note>
Hear ye, O mountains, the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Wherewith shall I come before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?<note type="study">of a…: Heb. sons of a year?</note>
Will the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> be pleased with thousands of rams, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn <transChange type="added">for</transChange> my transgression, the fruit of my body <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the sin of my soul?<note type="study">body: Heb. belly</note>
He hath shewed thee, O man, what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good; and what doth the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?<note type="study">walk…: Heb. humble thyself to walk</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> voice crieth unto the city, and <transChange type="added">the man of</transChange> wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.<note type="study">the man…: or, thy name shall see that which is</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> abominable?<note type="study">Are…: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etc</note><note type="study">scant…: Heb. measure of leanness</note>
Shall I count <transChange type="added">them</transChange> pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?<note type="study">count…: or, be pure with, etc</note>
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue <transChange type="added">is</transChange> deceitful in their mouth.
Therefore also will I make <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> sick in smiting thee, in making <transChange type="added">thee</transChange> desolate because of thy sins.
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.<note type="study">For the…: or, For he doth much keep the, etc</note><note type="study">desolation: or, astonishment</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.<note type="study">when…: Heb. the gatherings of summer</note>
The good <transChange type="added">man</transChange> is perished out of the earth: and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.<note type="study">good: or, godly, or, merciful</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge <transChange type="added">asketh</transChange> for a reward; and the great <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.<note type="study">his…: Heb. the mischief of his soul</note>
The best of them <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as a brier: the most upright <transChange type="added">is sharper</transChange> than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the men of his own house.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Therefore I will look unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> a light unto me.
I will bear the indignation of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I shall behold his righteousness.
Then <transChange type="added">she that is</transChange> mine enemy shall see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.<note type="study">Then…: or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame</note><note type="study">shall she…: Heb. she shall be for a treading down</note>
<transChange type="added">In</transChange> the day that thy walls are to be built, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> that day shall the decree be far removed.
<transChange type="added">In</transChange> that day <transChange type="added">also</transChange> he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> mountain to mountain.<note type="study">and <seg subType="x-added" type="x-transChange">from</seg> the fortified cities: or, even to the fortified cities</note>
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.<note type="study">Notwithstanding: or, After that it hath been</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.<note type="study">Feed: or, Rule</note>
According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hand upon <transChange type="added">their</transChange> mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> our God, and shall fear because of thee.<note type="study">worms: or, creeping things</note>
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth <transChange type="added">in</transChange> mercy.
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
<title type="main">NAHUM</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> jealous, and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> revengeth; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> revengeth, and <transChange type="added">is</transChange> furious; the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth <transChange type="added">wrath</transChange> for his enemies.<note type="study">God…: or, The <divineName>Lord</divineName> is a jealous God, and a revenger, etc</note><note type="study">is furious: Heb. that hath fury</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit <transChange type="added">the wicked</transChange>: the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the dust of his feet.
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.<note type="study">abide: Heb. stand up</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.<note type="study">strong hold: or, strength</note>
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>What do ye imagine against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
For while <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> folden together <transChange type="added">as</transChange> thorns, and while they are drunken <transChange type="added">as</transChange> drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
There is <transChange type="added">one</transChange> come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, a wicked counsellor.<note type="study">a wicked…: Heb. a counsellor of Belial</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; Though <transChange type="added">they be</transChange> quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.<note type="study">Though…: or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away</note><note type="study">cut down: Heb. shorn</note>

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath given a commandment concerning thee, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.<note type="study">keep…: Heb. feast</note><note type="study">the wicked: Heb. Belial</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> loins strong, fortify <transChange type="added">thy</transChange> power mightily.<note type="study">He…: or, The disperser, or, hammer</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.<note type="study">the excellency of Jacob…: or, the pride of Jacob as the pride, etc</note>
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in scarlet: the chariots <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.<note type="study">in scarlet: or, dyed scarlet</note><note type="study">flaming: or, fiery</note>
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.<note type="study">they: Heb. their show</note>
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.<note type="study">worthies: or, gallants</note><note type="study">defence: Heb. covering, or, coverer</note>
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.<note type="study">dissolved: or, molten</note>
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead <transChange type="added">her</transChange> as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.<note type="study">Huzzab: or, that which was established, or, there was a stand made</note><note type="study">led…: or, discovered</note>
But Nineveh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, <transChange type="added">shall they cry</transChange>; but none shall look back.<note type="study">of old: or, from the days that she hath been</note><note type="study">look back: or, cause them to turn</note>
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none end of the store <transChange type="added">and</transChange> glory out of all the pleasant furniture.<note type="study">for…: or, and their infinite store, etc</note><note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. vessels of desire</note>
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the old lion, walked, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the lion's whelp, and none made <transChange type="added">them</transChange> afraid?
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Woe to the bloody city! it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> all full of lies <transChange type="added">and</transChange> robbery; the prey departeth not;<note type="study">bloody…: Heb. city of bloods</note>
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none end of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:<note type="study">the bright…: Heb. the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear</note>
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
Behold, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, <transChange type="added">that had</transChange> the waters round about it, whose rampart <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the sea, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> her wall <transChange type="added">was</transChange> from the sea?<note type="study">populous…: or, nourishing, etc: Heb. No Amon</note>
Ethiopia and Egypt <transChange type="added">were</transChange> her strength, and <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.<note type="study">thy helpers: Heb. in thy help</note>
Yet <transChange type="added">was</transChange> she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
All thy strong holds <transChange type="added">shall be like</transChange> fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee <transChange type="added">are</transChange> women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.<note type="study">spoileth: or, spreadeth himself</note>
Thy crowned <transChange type="added">are</transChange> as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they <transChange type="added">are</transChange>.
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell <transChange type="added">in the dust</transChange>: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note type="study">nobles: or, valiant ones</note>
<transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?<note type="study">healing: Heb. wrinkling</note>
<title type="main">HABAKKUK</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! <transChange type="added">even</transChange> cry out unto thee <transChange type="added">of</transChange> violence, and thou wilt not save!
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause <transChange type="added">me</transChange> to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before me: and there are <transChange type="added">that</transChange> raise up strife and contention.
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.<note type="study">wrong: or, wrested</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for <transChange type="added">I</transChange> will work a work in your days, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> ye will not believe, though it be told <transChange type="added">you</transChange>.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> not theirs.<note type="study">breadth: Heb. breadths</note>
They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.<note type="study">their judgment…: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these</note>
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle <transChange type="added">that</transChange> hasteth to eat.<note type="study">fierce: Heb. sharp</note>
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.<note type="study">their…: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east</note>
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Then shall <transChange type="added">his</transChange> mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, <transChange type="added">imputing</transChange> this his power unto his god.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">Art</transChange> thou not from everlasting, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.<note type="study">mighty…: Heb. rock</note><note type="study">established: Heb. founded</note>
<transChange type="added">Thou art</transChange> of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth <transChange type="added">the man that is</transChange> more righteous than he?<note type="study">iniquity: or, grievance</note>
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, <transChange type="added">that have</transChange> no ruler over them?<note type="study">creeping: or, moving</note>
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.<note type="study">drag: or, flue net</note>
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> fat, and their meat plenteous.<note type="study">plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat</note>
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.<note type="study">tower: Heb. fenced place</note><note type="study">unto me: or, in me</note><note type="study">when…: or, when I am argued with: Heb. upon my reproof, or, arguing</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
For the vision <transChange type="added">is</transChange> yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Behold, his soul <transChange type="added">which</transChange> is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and <transChange type="added">is</transChange> as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:<note type="study">Yea…: or, How much more</note>
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth <transChange type="added">that which is</transChange> not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!<note type="study">Woe…: or, Ho, he</note>
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!<note type="study">coveteth…: or, gaineth and evil gain</note><note type="study">power…: Heb. palm of the hand</note>
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned <transChange type="added">against</transChange> thy soul.
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.<note type="study">beam: or, piece, or, fastening</note><note type="study">answer it: or, witness against it</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
Behold, <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?<note type="study">for…: or, in vain?</note>
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as the waters cover the sea.<note type="study">with…: or, by knowing the glory</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and makest <transChange type="added">him</transChange> drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> on thy glory.<note type="study">with…: or, more with shame than with glory</note>
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?<note type="study">maker of…: Heb. fashioner of his fashion</note>
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> laid over with gold and silver, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no breath at all in the midst of it.
But the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.<note type="study">let…: Heb. be silent all the earth before him</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.<note type="study">upon…: or, according to variable songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew, Shigionoth</note>
O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I have heard thy speech, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> was afraid: O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.<note type="study">speech: Heb. report, or, hearing</note><note type="study">revive: or, preserve alive</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.<note type="study">Teman: or, the south</note>
And <transChange type="added">his</transChange> brightness was as the light; he had horns <transChange type="added">coming</transChange> out of his hand: and there <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the hiding of his power.<note type="study">horns…: or, bright beams out of his side</note>
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.<note type="study">coals: or, diseases</note>
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways <transChange type="added">are</transChange> everlasting.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.<note type="study">Cushan: or, Ethiopia</note><note type="study">in…: or, under affliction, or, vanity</note>
Was the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> displeased against the rivers? <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thine anger against the rivers? <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thy chariots of salvation?<note type="study">of…: or, were salvation?</note>
Thy bow was made quite naked, <transChange type="added">according</transChange> to the oaths of the tribes, <transChange type="added">even thy</transChange> word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.<note type="study">earth…: or, rivers of the earth</note>
The mountains saw thee, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> lifted up his hands on high.
The sun <transChange type="added">and</transChange> moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> at the shining of thy glittering spear.<note type="study">at the light…: or, thine arrows walked in the light</note>
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.<note type="study">by…: Heb. making naked</note>
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as to devour the poor secretly.<note type="study">came…: Heb. were tempestuous</note>
Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, <transChange type="added">through</transChange> the heap of great waters.<note type="study">heap: or, mud</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.<note type="study">invade…: or, cut them in pieces</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither <transChange type="added">shall</transChange> fruit <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and <transChange type="added">there shall be</transChange> no herd in the stalls:<note type="study">fail: Heb. lie</note>
Yet I will rejoice in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' <transChange type="added">feet</transChange>, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.<note type="study">chief…: or, overseer</note><note type="study">stringed…: Heb. Neginoth</note>
<title type="main">ZEPHANIAH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
I will utterly consume all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> from off the land, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">I will…: Heb. By taking away I will make an end</note><note type="study">the land: Heb. the face of the land</note>
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">stumblingblocks: or, idols</note>
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that swear by the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and that swear by Malcham;<note type="study">by the…: or, to the <divineName>Lord</divineName></note>
And them that are turned back from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and <transChange type="added">those</transChange> that have not sought the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, nor enquired for him.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg>: for the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> at hand: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.<note type="study">bid: Heb. sanctified, or, prepared</note>
And it shall come to pass in the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.<note type="study">punish: Heb. visit upon</note>
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">that there shall be</transChange> the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
And it shall come to pass at that time, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will not do good, neither will he do evil.<note type="study">settled: Heb. curded, or, thickened</note>
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit <transChange type="added">them</transChange>; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>The great day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> near, and hasteth greatly, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the voice of the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
That day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;<note type="study">not…: or, not desirous</note>
Before the decree bring forth, <transChange type="added">before</transChange> the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> come upon you, before the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anger come upon you.
Seek ye the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> anger.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
And the sea coast shall be dwellings <transChange type="added">and</transChange> cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.<note type="study">for the <divineName>Lord</divineName>: or, when, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> against their border.
Therefore <transChange type="added">as</transChange> I live, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> against the people of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall worship him, every one from his place, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all the isles of the heathen.<note type="study">famish: Heb. make lean</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Ye Ethiopians also, ye <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> slain by my sword.
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> dry like a wilderness.
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; <transChange type="added">their</transChange> voice shall sing in the windows; desolation <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.<note type="study">cormorant: or, pelican</note><note type="study">upper…: or, knops, or, chapiters</note><note type="study">for…: or, when he hath uncovered</note>
This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wag his hand.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!<note type="study">her…: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw</note>
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; she drew not near to her God.<note type="study">correction: or, instruction</note>
Her princes within her <transChange type="added">are</transChange> roaring lions; her judges <transChange type="added">are</transChange> evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Her prophets <transChange type="added">are</transChange> light <transChange type="added">and</transChange> treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
The just <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.<note type="study">every…: Heb. morning by morning</note>
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.<note type="study">towers: or, corners</note>
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> corrupted all their doings.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, to serve him with one consent.<note type="study">language: Heb. lip</note><note type="study">consent: Heb. shoulder</note>
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.<note type="study">because…: Heb. in my holy</note>
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> afraid.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: <transChange type="added">and to</transChange> Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.<note type="study">slack: or, faint</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> thy God in the midst of thee <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.<note type="study">rest: Heb. be silent</note>
I will gather <transChange type="added">them that are</transChange> sorrowful for the solemn assembly, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> are of thee, <transChange type="added">to whom</transChange> the reproach of it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a burden.<note type="study">reproach…: Heb. the burden upon it was reproach</note>
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.<note type="study">get…: Heb. set them for a praise</note><note type="study">where…: Heb. of their shame</note>
At that time will I bring you <transChange type="added">again</transChange>, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="main">HAGGAI</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note><note type="study">governor: or, captain</note>
Thus speaketh the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house should be built.
Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by Haggai the prophet, saying,
<transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house <transChange type="added">lie</transChange> waste?
Now therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Consider your ways.<note type="study">Consider…: Heb. Set your heart on your ways</note>
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages <transChange type="added">to put it</transChange> into a bag with holes.<note type="study">with holes: Heb. pierced through</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Consider your ways.<note type="study">Consider…: Heb. Set your heart on your ways</note>
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Ye looked for much, and, lo, <transChange type="added">it came</transChange> to little; and when ye brought <transChange type="added">it</transChange> home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts. Because of mine house that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.<note type="study">blow…: or, blow it away</note>
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed <transChange type="added">from</transChange> her fruit.
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Then spake Haggai the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> messenger in the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> message unto the people, saying, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, their God,
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
In the seventh <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the one and twentieth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by the prophet Haggai, saying,<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,
Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and work: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts:
<transChange type="added">According to</transChange> the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Yet once, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry <transChange type="added">land</transChange>;
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
The silver <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, and the gold <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>In the four and twentieth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the ninth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Ask now the priests <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> the law, saying,
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
Then said Haggai, If <transChange type="added">one that is</transChange> unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
Then answered Haggai, and said, So <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this people, and so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this nation before me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> every work of their hands; and that which they offer there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean.
And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
Since those <transChange type="added">days</transChange> were, when <transChange type="added">one</transChange> came to an heap of twenty <transChange type="added">measures</transChange>, there were <transChange type="added">but</transChange> ten: when <transChange type="added">one</transChange> came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty <transChange type="added">vessels</transChange> out of the press, there were <transChange type="added">but</transChange> twenty.
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye <transChange type="added">turned</transChange> not to me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth <transChange type="added">month, even</transChange> from the day that the foundation of the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> temple was laid, consider <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless <transChange type="added">you</transChange>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, saying,
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
In that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<title type="main">ZECHARIAH</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath been sore displeased with your fathers.<note type="study">sore…: Heb. with displeasure</note>
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Your fathers, where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.<note type="study">take…: or, overtake</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the bottom; and behind him <transChange type="added">were there</transChange> red horses, speckled, and white.<note type="study">speckled: or, bay</note>
Then said I, O my lord, what <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these <transChange type="added">be</transChange>.
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
And they answered the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered and said, O <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> answered the angel that talked with me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> good words <transChange type="added">and</transChange> comfortable words.
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
Therefore thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.<note type="study">prosperity: Heb. good</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What <transChange type="added">be</transChange> these? And he answered me, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shewed me four carpenters.
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up <transChange type="added">their</transChange> horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the breadth thereof, and what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the length thereof.
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited <transChange type="added">as</transChange> towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
For I, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Ho, ho, <transChange type="added">come forth</transChange>, and flee from the land of the north, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the daughter of Babylon.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath sent me.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And many nations shall be joined to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
Be silent, O all flesh, before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.<note type="study">his…: Heb. the habitation of his holiness</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.<note type="study">Satan: that is, an adversary</note><note type="study">to…: Heb. to be his adversary</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto Satan, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rebuke thee, O Satan; even the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> stood by.
And the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> protested unto Joshua, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.<note type="study">charge: or, ordinance</note><note type="study">places…: Heb. walks</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.<note type="study">wondered…: Heb. of wonder, or, sign</note>
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
In that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon the top thereof:<note type="study">a bowl: Heb. her bowl</note><note type="study">seven pipes…: or, seven several pipes to the lamps</note>
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right <transChange type="added">side</transChange> of the bowl, and the other upon the left <transChange type="added">side</transChange> thereof.
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these, my lord?
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">might: or, army</note>
Who <transChange type="added">art</transChange> thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel <transChange type="added">thou shalt become</transChange> a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone <transChange type="added">thereof with</transChange> shoutings, <transChange type="added">crying</transChange>, Grace, grace unto it.
Moreover the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath sent me unto you.
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel <transChange type="added">with</transChange> those seven; they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the eyes of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which run to and fro through the whole earth.<note type="study">for they…: or, since the seven eyes of the <divineName>Lord</divineName> shall rejoice</note><note type="study">plummet: Heb. stone of tin</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then answered I, and said unto him, What <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these two olive trees upon the right <transChange type="added">side</transChange> of the candlestick and upon the left <transChange type="added">side</transChange> thereof?
And I answered again, and said unto him, What <transChange type="added">be these</transChange> two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden <transChange type="added">oil</transChange> out of themselves?<note type="study">through: Heb. by the hand of</note><note type="study">empty…: or, empty out of themselves oil into the gold</note><note type="study">the golden oil: Heb. the gold</note>
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these <transChange type="added">be</transChange>? And I said, No, my lord.
Then said he, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.<note type="study">anointed…: Heb. sons of oil</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 5.</title>
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof <transChange type="added">is</transChange> twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
Then said he unto me, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off <transChange type="added">as</transChange> on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off <transChange type="added">as</transChange> on that side according to it.<note type="study">every one that stealeth…: or, every one of this people that stealeth holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth</note>
I will bring it forth, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this that goeth forth.
And I said, What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it? And he said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their resemblance through all the earth.
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.<note type="study">talent: or, weighty piece</note>
And he said, This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 6.</title>
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains <transChange type="added">were</transChange> mountains of brass.
In the first chariot <transChange type="added">were</transChange> red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.<note type="study">bay: or, strong</note>
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these, my lord?
And the angel answered and said unto me, These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.<note type="study">spirits: or, winds</note>
The black horses which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto me, saying,
Take of <transChange type="added">them of</transChange> the captivity, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set <transChange type="added">them</transChange> upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:<note type="study">grow…: or, branch up from under him</note>
Even he shall build the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And they <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> far off shall come and build in the temple of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and ye shall know that the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath sent me unto you. And <transChange type="added">this</transChange> shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> your God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 7.</title>
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Zechariah in the fourth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the ninth month, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in Chisleu;
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem–melech, and their men, to pray before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>,<note type="study">pray…: Heb. intreat the face of</note>
<transChange type="added">And</transChange> to speak unto the priests which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then came the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts unto me, saying,
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to me?
And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat <transChange type="added">for yourselves</transChange>, and drink <transChange type="added">for yourselves</transChange>?<note type="study">did not ye: or, be not ye they that</note>
<transChange type="added">Should ye</transChange> not <transChange type="added">hear</transChange> the words which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when <transChange type="added">men</transChange> inhabited the south and the plain?<note type="study">Should…: or, Are not these the words</note><note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> came unto Zechariah, saying,
Thus speaketh the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:<note type="study">Execute…: Heb. Judge judgment of truth</note>
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.<note type="study">pulled…: Heb. they gave a backsliding shoulder</note><note type="study">stopped: Heb. made heavy</note>
Yea, they made their hearts <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">by: Heb. by the hand of</note>
Therefore it is come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts:
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.<note type="study">pleasant…: Heb. land of desire</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 8.</title>
Again the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts came <transChange type="added">to me</transChange>, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts the holy mountain.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.<note type="study">very…: Heb. multitude of days</note>
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">marvellous: or, hard, or, difficult</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;<note type="study">the west…: Heb. the country of the going down of the sun</note>
And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the day <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the foundation of the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither <transChange type="added">was there any</transChange> peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.<note type="study">there was…: or, the hire of man became nothing</note>
But now I <transChange type="added">will</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
For the seed <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.<note type="study">prosperous: Heb. of peace</note>
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> let your hands be strong.
For thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and I repented not:
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:<note type="study">execute…: Heb. judge truth, and the judgment of peace</note>
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these <transChange type="added">are things</transChange> that I hate, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts came unto me, saying,
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; The fast of the fourth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.<note type="study">feasts: or, solemn, or, set times</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; <transChange type="added">It shall</transChange> yet <transChange type="added">come to pass</transChange>, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
And the inhabitants of one <transChange type="added">city</transChange> shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts: I will go also.<note type="study">speedily: or, continually: Heb. going</note><note type="study">to pray…: Heb. to intreat the face of</note>
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">to pray…: Heb. to intreat the face of</note>
Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; In those days <transChange type="added">it shall come to pass</transChange>, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard <transChange type="added">that</transChange> God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with you.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 9.</title>
The burden of the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> toward the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
Ashkelon shall see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and fear; Gaza also <transChange type="added">shall see it</transChange>, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.<note type="study">blood: Heb. bloods</note>
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.<note type="study">having…: or, saving himself</note>
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> from sea <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to sea, and from the river <transChange type="added">even</transChange> to the ends of the earth.
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein <transChange type="added">is</transChange> no water.<note type="study">by…: or, whose covenant is by blood</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will render double unto thee;
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord <seg><divineName>God</divineName></seg> shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> as the corners of the altar.<note type="study">with…: or, the stones of the sling</note><note type="study">be…: or, fill both the bowls, etc</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they <transChange type="added">shall be as</transChange> the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
For how great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his goodness, and how great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.<note type="study">cheerful: or, grow, or, speak</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 10.</title>
Ask ye of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> rain in the time of the latter rain; <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.<note type="study">bright…: or, lightnings</note>
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> no shepherd.<note type="study">idols: Heb. teraphims</note><note type="study">were…: or, answered that, etc</note>
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.<note type="study">punished: Heb. visited upon</note>
Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they shall be as mighty <transChange type="added">men</transChange>, which tread down <transChange type="added">their enemies</transChange> in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.<note type="study">the riders…: or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed</note>
And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> their God, and will hear them.
And <transChange type="added">they of</transChange> Ephraim shall be like a mighty <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and <transChange type="added">place</transChange> shall not be found for them.
And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
And I will strengthen them in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 11.</title>
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.<note type="study">mighty: or, gallants</note><note type="study">the forest…: or, the defenced forest</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note type="study">deliver: Heb. make to be found</note>
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.<note type="study">even…: or, verily the poor</note><note type="study">Bands: or, Binders</note>
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.<note type="study">lothed…: Heb. was straightened for them</note>
Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.<note type="study">another: Heb. his fellow, or, neighbour</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And I took my staff, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">so…: or, the poor of the flock, etc. certainly knew</note>
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give <transChange type="added">me</transChange> my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver.<note type="study">If ye…: Heb. If it be good in your eyes</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty <transChange type="added">pieces</transChange> of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.<note type="study">Bands: or, Binders</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.<note type="study">cut off: or, hidden</note><note type="study">feed: or, bear</note>
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 12.</title>
The burden of the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> for Israel, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah <transChange type="added">and</transChange> against Jerusalem.<note type="study">trembling: or, slumber, or, poison</note><note type="study">when…: or, and also against Judah shall he be which shall be in siege against Jerusalem</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
In that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> my strength in the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts their God.<note type="study">The inhabitants…: or, There is strength to me and to the inhabitants, etc</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in Jerusalem.
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> against Judah.
In that day shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> as God, as the angel of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> before them.<note type="study">feeble: or, abject: Heb. fallen</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for <transChange type="added">his</transChange> only <transChange type="added">son</transChange>, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for <transChange type="added">his</transChange> firstborn.
In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;<note type="study">every…: Heb. families, families</note>
The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;<note type="study">of Shimei: or, of Simeon, as LXX</note>
All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 13.</title>
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.<note type="study">uncleanness: Heb. separation for uncleanness</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:<note type="study">a rough…: Heb. a garment of hair</note><note type="study">deceive: Heb. lie</note>
But he shall say, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> no prophet, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
And <transChange type="added">one</transChange> shall say unto him, What <transChange type="added">are</transChange> these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, <transChange type="added">Those</transChange> with which I was wounded <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the house of my friends.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> my fellow, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in all the land, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, two parts therein shall be cut off <transChange type="added">and</transChange> die; but the third shall be left therein.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my people: and they shall say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my God.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 14.</title>
Behold, the day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Then shall the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, <transChange type="added">and there shall be</transChange> a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
And ye shall flee <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> my God shall come, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all the saints with thee.<note type="study">the mountains: or, my mountains</note><note type="study">for the…: or, when he shall touch the valley of the mountains to the place he separated</note>
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the light shall not be clear, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> dark:<note type="study">that the…: that is, it shall not be clear in some places, and dark in other places of the world</note><note type="study">clear: Heb. precious</note><note type="study">dark: Heb. thickness</note>
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> at evening time it shall be light.<note type="study">it shall be…: or, the day shall be one</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>And it shall be in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.<note type="study">former: or, eastern</note>
And the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and his name one.
All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.<note type="study">turned: or, compassed</note><note type="study">inhabited: or, shall abide</note>
And <transChange type="added">men</transChange> shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.<note type="study">shall be: or, shall abide</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>And this shall be the plague wherewith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
And it shall come to pass in that day, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> a great tumult from the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.<note type="study">Judah…: or, thou also, O Judah shalt</note><note type="study">at: or, against</note>
And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And it shall come to pass, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
And it shall be, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> whoso will not come up of <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that <transChange type="added">have</transChange> no <transChange type="added">rain</transChange>; there shall be the plague, wherewith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.<note type="study">that have no: Heb. upon whom there is not</note>
This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.<note type="study">punishment: or, sin</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, <inscription>HOLINESS UNTO THE <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg></inscription>; and the pots in the <seg><divineName>Lord's</divineName></seg> house shall be like the bowls before the altar.<note type="study">bells: or, bridles</note>
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<title type="main">MALACHI</title>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 1.</title>
The burden of the word of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> to Israel by Malachi.<note type="study">by…: Heb. by the hand of</note>
I have loved you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? <transChange type="added">Was</transChange> not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>: yet I loved Jacob,
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath indignation for ever.
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will be magnified from the border of Israel.<note type="study">from: or, upon: Heb. from upon</note>
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>A son honoureth <transChange type="added">his</transChange> father, and a servant his master: if then I <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a father, where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine honour? and if I <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a master, where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my fear? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> contemptible.<note type="study">offer…: or, bring unto, etc</note>
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">for: Heb. to</note>
And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">God: Heb. the face of God</note><note type="study">by…: Heb. from your hand</note>
Who <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> even among you that would shut the doors <transChange type="added">for nought</transChange>? neither do ye kindle <transChange type="added">fire</transChange> on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> great among the heathen, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> polluted; and the fruit thereof, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> his meat, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> contemptible.
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness <transChange type="added">is it</transChange>! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts; and ye brought <transChange type="added">that which was</transChange> torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>.<note type="study">and ye have…: or, whereas ye might have blown it away</note>

But cursed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a great King, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, and my name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> dreadful among the heathen.<note type="study">which…: Heb. in whose flock is</note>
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 2.</title>
And now, O ye priests, this commandment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for you.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to heart.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the dung of your solemn feasts; and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> shall take you away with it.<note type="study">corrupt: or, reprove</note><note type="study">spread: Heb. scatter</note><note type="study">one…: or, it shall take you away to it</note>
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the messenger of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">stumble at: or, fall in</note>
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.<note type="study">have been…: or, lifted up the face against: Heb. accepted faces</note>
<milestone type="x-extra-p"/>Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.<note type="study">loved: or, ought to love</note>
The <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">the master…: or, him that waketh, and him that answereth</note>
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with good will at your hand.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet <transChange type="added">is</transChange> she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.<note type="study">residue: or, excellency</note><note type="study">godly…: Heb. seed of God</note><note type="study">treacherously: or, unfaithfully</note>
For the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for <transChange type="added">one</transChange> covereth violence with his garment, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.<note type="study">that he…: or, if he hate her, put her away</note><note type="study">putting…: Heb. to put away</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Ye have wearied the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied <transChange type="added">him</transChange>? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good in the sight of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and he delighteth in them; or, Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God of judgment?
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 3.</title>
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
And he shall sit <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> an offering in righteousness.
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, as in the days of old, and as in former years.<note type="study">former: or, ancient</note>
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger <transChange type="added">from his right</transChange>, and fear not me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">oppress: or, defraud</note>
For I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept <transChange type="added">them</transChange>. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Ye <transChange type="added">are</transChange> cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> this whole nation.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that <transChange type="added">there shall</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be room</transChange> enough <transChange type="added">to receive it</transChange>.<note type="study">pour…: Heb. empty out</note>
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.<note type="study">destroy: Heb. corrupt</note>
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.
<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Your words have been stout against me, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>. Yet ye say, What have we spoken <transChange type="added">so much</transChange> against thee?
Ye have said, It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vain to serve God: and what profit <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts?<note type="study">ordinance: Heb. observation</note><note type="study">mournfully: Heb. in black</note>
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, <transChange type="added">they that</transChange> tempt God are even delivered.<note type="study">are set up: Heb. are built</note>
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Then they that feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> spake often one to another: and the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> hearkened, and heard <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>, and that thought upon his name.
And they shall be mine, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.<note type="study">jewels: or, special treasure</note>
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
<title type="chapter">CHAPTER 4.</title>
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, saith the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg> of hosts.

<milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the statutes and judgments.
<milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the <seg><divineName>Lord</divineName></seg>:
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
