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This edition of the Sacred Scriptures is called the

Douay Bible, since it is substantially the translation of

the Latin Vulgate made toward the end of the six-

teenth century by Gregory Martin of the English Col-
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France. The revision of Bishop Challoner in the middle
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have not fundamentally affected its character. Its own
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superiors, continue to maintain its position as the Bible

of English-speaking Catholics the world over.
The present issue contains the same text as its
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lands and study of the Bible itself have led to new
conclusions about some of the dates of the events of
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 THE NAMES AND ORDER
OF ALL THE

BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

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PAOE WAm
S^enesfs , • • 5 Canticle of Canticles
Exodus 61 Wisdom . . . .

Leviticus 107 Ecclesiasticus . 713—

Numbers 139 Isaias , 761
Deuteronomy , , . . .... 184 Jeremias .
. . . . 816
Josue 324 Lamentations . . 878
Judges 250 Baruch . , . . ,
J83_
Buth 278 Ezechiel . . . . ,
891'
1 Kings 282 Daniel . , . . , 949
2 Kings 319 Osee , 973
3 Kings 349 Joel , 982
4 Kings 385 Amos , 985
1 Paralipomenon . . .' .^ ^ji^i^^j . 418 Abdias .... 993
3 Paralipomenon . . ^- ^h^'^'^^^. 449 Jonas 993
1 Esdras ^ .^J'^. 486 Micheas 996
^
2 Esdras, alias Nehemias . ^U^^^'^r'-^ 498 Nahum .... 1002
Tobias ^' Habacuc . , . . 1004
Judith ^524 Sophbnias . . . . 1007
Esther 538 Aggeus .... 1016
lob 551 Zacharias . . . 1013
Psalms 581 Malachias . . . . 1033
Proverbs .... 658 1 Machabees . , 1030
Ccclesiastep < . . ^ . . 683 2 Machabees . . 1061
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The beginning of creation GENESIS God makes the lights of heaven

THE .iS

BOOK OF GENESIS.
This book is so called from its treativ.g of the Generation, that is, of the creation
and the beginning of the world. The Hebrews call it Bereshith, from the Word
with which it begins. It contains not only the history of the Creation of the
world; but also an account of its progress until the death of Joseph.

CHAPTER 1. 11 And he said Let the earth bring

:

Ood createth Heaven and Earth, and, all things forth the green herb, and such as may
therein. seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit
the beginning God created heaven, after its kind, which may have seed in
XNand earth. itself upon the earth. And it was so
2 ^ the earth was void and empty,
And done.
and darkness was upon the face of the 12 And the earth brought forth tht
deep and the spirit of God moved over
;
green herb, and such as yieldeth seed ac-
the waters. cording to its kind, and the tree that
3 And God said : ° Be light made. And beareth fruit, having seed each one ac-
light was made. cording to its kind. And God saw that it
4 And God saw the light that it was was good.
good ; and he divided the light from the 13 And the evening and the morning
darkness. were the third day.
5 And he called the light Day, and the 14 And God said: Let there be lights
darkness Night and therejwas eyjBfling
; made in the firmament of heaven, to
and morning one day. divide the day and the night, /and let
6 And God said Let there be a firma-: them be for signs, and for seasons, and
ment made amidst the waters and let : for days and years;
it divide the waters from the waters. 15 To shine in the firmament of heaven,
7 And ^ God made a firmament, and di- and to give light upon the earth. And
vided the waters that were under the it was so done.

firmament, from those that were above 16 And God made two great lights a :

the firmament, and it was so. greater light to rule the day and a ;

8 And God called the firmament, Hea- lesser light to rule the night : and the
ven ; and the evening and morning were stars.
the second day. 17 And he set them in the firmament or
9 God also said Let the waters that are heaven to shine upon the earth.
;

under the heaven, be gathered together 18 And to rule the day and the night,
into one place and let ^^he dry land ap- and to divide the light and the darkness-
:

pear. And it was so done. And God saw that it was good.
10 And God called the dry land, * Earth 19 And the evening and morning were
ind the gathering together of the waters, the fourth day.
^^^ -^- —
he called Seas. And God saw that it was 2a God also said Let the waters bring :

good. forth the creeping creature having life,

b Acts 14. 14, and 17. 24 d Ps. 135. 5, and 148. 4; Jer. 10. 12, and 51. 15.
Fs. 32. 6, and 135 5 ; Eccli. 18. L e Job 38. 4 ; Ps. 32. 7, and 88. 12, and 135. 7.
c Heb. 11. 3. / Ps. 135. 7.

Chap. 1. Ver. 6. Afirmament. By this name is Ver. 16. The moon, though much less than the
aere understood the whole space between the earth, stars, is here called a great light, from its giving
and the highest stars. The lower part of which a far greater light to the earth than any of them.
divideth the waters that are upon the earth, from
those that are above in the clouds.
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The creation of Adam GENESIS The garden of Paradise

and the fowl that may fly over the earth to every fowl cf the. air, and to all that
under the firmament of heaven. move upon the earth, and wherein there
21 And God created the great whales, that they may have to feed upon.
is life,
and every living and moving creature, And was so done.
it
which the waters brought forth,, accord- 31 'And God saw all the things that
ing to their kinds, and every winged fowl h^ had made, and they were very good.
according to its kind. And Qod saw that And the evening and morning were the
it was good. sixth day.
22 And he blessed them, saying In- :
^- .CHAPTER 2.
crease and multiply, and fill the waters God resteth on day and llesseth it. The
the seventh
earthly paradise, in which God placeth man. He
of the sea r and let the birds be multi- com,m,andeth him not to eat of the tree of know-
plied upon the earth. ledge.And formeth a woman of his rib.
23 And the evening an "^d mornin~^g were the heavens and the earth were
thejaith^day.
SO finished, and all the furniture of them.
24 And Ood said Let the earth bring : 2yAnd on the seventh day God ended
forth the living creatui'e in its kind, cat- his work which he had made :
"* and he
tle and creeping things^ and beasts of the rested on the seventh day from all his
earth, according to their kinds. And it work which he had done, t
was so done. 3 And he blessed the seventh day, and
25 And God made the beasts of the sanctified it because in it he had rested
:

earth according to their kinds, and cat- from all his work which God created and
tle, and every thing that creepeth on made.
the earth after its kind. And God saw 4 These are the generations of the
that it was good. heaven and the earth, when they were
26 Axid he said ^Let us make man to : created, in the day that the Lord God
our image and likeness and let him have : made the heaven and the earth
dominion over the fishes of the sea, and 5 And every plant of the field before it
the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and sprung up in the earth, and every- herb
the whole earth, and every creeping of the grouijid before it grew : • for the
creature that moveth upon the earth. Lord God had not rained upon the earth
27 And God created man to his own im- and there was not a man to till the
age ^ to the image of God he created
: earth.
him male and female he created them. *
: 6 But a spring rose out of the earth, wa
28 And God blessed them, saying ^ In- the surface of the earth. : tering all
crease and multiply, and fill the earth, 7 And the Lord God formed man of the
and subdue it, and rule over the fishes slime of the earth : and breathed into his
of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and face the breath of life, and man became
all living creatures that movp upon the a living soul. **
earth. 8 And the Lord God had planted a para-
29 And God said Behold I have given dise of pleasure from the beginning:
:

you every herb bearing seed upon the wherein he placed man whom he had
earth, and all trees that have in them- formed.'
selves seed of their own kind, to be your 9 And the Lord God brought forth of
meat ^
: the ground all manner of trees, fair to
30 And to all beasts of the earth, and behold, and pleasant to eat of the tree :

<7 Infra 5. 1, and 9. 6 ; l Cor. 11. 7 ; CoK 3. 10. I Eccli 39. 21; Mark 7. 37.
AWisd. 2. 23; Eccli. 17. — i Matt.
I. 19. 4. m Ex. 20. 11, and 31. 17 ;Deut 5. 14 ; fleb. 4. i.

j Infra 8. 17, and 9. l. — Infra

A; 9. 3. n 1 Cor. 16. 45.

Ver. 26. Let iis make man

to our image. This ceased to make or create any new kinds of thinfei*
image of God in man,
not in the body, but in the
is Though, as our Lord tells us, John 6. 17, He still
soul ; which is a spiritual substance, endued with worketh, viz., by conserving and governing all things,
understanding and free will and creating souls.
Ver. 9. The tree of life. So called because it had
that quality, that by eating of the fruit of it, man
Ver. 28. Increase and m,ultiply. This is not a would have been preserved in a constant state of
precept, as some Protestant controvertists would health, vigour, and strength, and would not have
nave it, but a blessing, rendering them fruitful for ; died at alL The tree of knowledge. To which the
God had said the same words to the fishes, and birds, deceitful serpent falsely attributed the power of
(ver. 22) who were incapable of receiving a precept. imparting a superior kind of knowledge, beyoud UiaX
ChaK 2. Ver. 2. Me rested^ &c That is, be whicb God was pleased to giv^
§
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Eve made from the rib of Adam GENESIS The fall

cf life also in the midst of paradise : and shall be called woman, because she was
the tree of knowledge of good and evil. taken out of man.
10 And a river went out of the place of 24 Wherefore a man shall leave father **

pleasure to water paradise, which from and mother, and shall cleave to his wife :
thence is divided into four heads. * and they shall be two in one flesh.

11 °The name of the one is Phison: that 25 And they were both naked to wit, :

is it which compasseth all the land of Adam and his wife : and were not
HevUath, where gold groweth. ashamed.
12 And the gold of that land is very- CHAPTER 3.
good : there is found bdellium, and the 77i« serpenVs craft. The fall of our first pa', ^ent».
onyx stone. Their punishment. The promise of a Redeemer.
13 And the name
of the second river is I^OW the serpent was more subtle
I Gehon: the same that compassethis it JJl than any of the beasts of the earth
all the land of Ethiopia. which the Lord God had made. And he
14 And the name of the third river is said to the woman : Why hath God com-
Tigris: the same passeth along by the manded you, that you should not eat of
Assyrians. And the fourth river is Eu- every tree of paradise ?
phrates. 2 And the woman answered him, saying:
15 And the Lord God took man, and put Of the fruit of the trees that are in para-
him into the paradise of pleasure, to dise we do eat
dress it, and to keep it. 3 But of the fruit of the tree which ia
16 And he commanded him, saying Of : in the midst of paradise, God hath com-
every tree of paradise thou shalt eat manded us that we should not eat and ;

17 But of the tree of knowledge of good that we should not touch it, lest perhaps
and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what we die.
day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt 4 And
the serpent said to the woman
die the death. *No, you shall not die the death.
18 And the Lord God said: It is not 5 For God doth know that in what day
good for man to be alone: let us make soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes
him a help like unto himself. shall be opened and you shall be as :

19 And the Lord God having formed out Gods, knowing good and evil.
of the ground all the beasts of the earth, 6 And the woman saw that the tree was
and all the fowls of the air, brought them good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and de-
to Adam to see what he would call them lightful to behold : " and she took of the
P for whatsoever Adam called any living fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to
creature the same is its name. her husband who did eat.
20 And Adam called all the beasts by 7 And the eyes of them both were
their names, and all the fowls of the air, opened and when they perceived them- :

and all the cattle of the field: but for selves to be naked, they sewed together
Adam there was not found a helper like fig leaves, and made themselves aprons.
himself. 8 And when they heard the voice of the
21 Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep Lord God walking in paradise at the
upon Adam: and when he was fast afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid
asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled themselves from the face of the Lord
up flesh for it. God, amidst the trees of paradise.
22 And the Lord God built the rib which 9 And the Lord God called Adam, and
he took from Adam into a woman : and said to him Where art thou ? :

brought her to Adam. 10 And he said: I heard thy voice in

23 And Adam said ^ This now is bone paradise
: and I was afraid, because I ;

of my bones, and flesh of my flesh she was naked, and I hid myself. ;

O Eccli. 24. 35. — p Ps. 146. 4. s 1 Cor. 6. 16.— 1 2 Cor. 11. 3.

q 1 Cor. 11. 9 ; Eph. 5. 31.— r Matt 19. 5; Mark 10. 7. u EcclL 25. 33 ; 1 Tim. 2. 14.

Chap. 3. Ver. 7. And the eyes, &c. Not that incurred the dreadful evil of sin. From whence fol-
they were blind before, (for the woman saw that the lowed a shame of their being naked; which they
tree was fair to the eyes, ver. 6,) nor yet that their minded not before because being now stript of
;

eyes were opened to any more perfect knowledge of original grace, thej quickly began to be subject to
good ; but only to the unhappy experience of having the shameful rebellions oX the flesli.
lost the ffood of original grace and innocence, and
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The punishment GENESIS Cain murders Abel

11 And he said to him : And who hath come as one of us, knowing good and
told thee that thou wast naked, but that evil : now, therefore, lest perhaps he put
thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I forth his hand, and take also of the tree
conunanded thee that thou shouldst not of life, and eat, and live for ever.
eat? 23 And the Lord God sent him out of
12 And Adam said The woman, whom the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth
:

thou gavest me to be my companion, from which he was taken.

gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 24 And he cast out Adam; and placed
13 And the Lord God said to the woman before the paradise of pleasure Cheru-
Why hast thou done this ? And she an- bims, and a flaming sword, turning every
swered : The serpent deceived me, and I way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
did eat.
14 And the Lord God said to the ser- CHAPTER 4.
pent Because thou hast done this thing,
: The history of Cain and Abel.
thou art cursed among all cattle, and AND Adam knew Eve his wife: who
beasts of the earth: upon thy breast JLjL conceived and brought forth Cain,
ehalt thou go, ^ and earth shalt thou eat saying: I have gotten a man through
all the days of thy life. God.
15 I will put enmities between thee and 2 And again she brought forth his bro-
the woman, and thy seed and her seed ther Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and
she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt Cain a husbandman.
lie in wait for her heel.
^ 3 And it came to pass after many days,
16 To the woman also he said: I will that Cain offered, of the fruits of the
multiply thy sorrows, and thy concep- earth, gifts to the Lord.
tions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth 4 ** Abel also offered of the firstlings of
children, and thou shalt be under thy and of their fat: and the Lord his flock,
husband's power, and he shall have do- had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.
minion over thee. 6 But to Cain and his offerings he had
17 And to Adam he said: Because thou no respect: and Cain was exceedingly
hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, angry, and his countenance fell.
and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I 6 And the Lord said to him* Why art
commanded thee that thou shouldst not thou angry? and why is jhy counte-
eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; nance fallen?
with labour and toil shalt thou eat there- 7 If thou do well, shalt thon not re-
of all the days of thy life. if ill, shall not sin forthwith ceive ? but
be present at the door? but the lust
18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat thethereof shall be under thee, and thou
herbs of the earth. shalt have dominion over it.
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
8 And Cain said to Abel his brother
Let us go forth abroad. And when they
eat bread till thou return to the earth,
out of which thou wast taken for dustwere in the field, Cain rose up against
:

thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. *

his brother Abel, and slew him. ^
20 y And Adam called the name of his 9 And the Lord said to Cain : Where is
wife Eve because she was the mother thy brother Abel? And he answered, I
:

of all the living. know not: am I my brother's keeper?

21 And the Lord God made for Adam 10 And he said to him: What hast thou
and his wife, garments of skins, and done? the voice of thy brother^s blood
clothed them. crieth to me from the earth.
22 And he said: Behold Adam is be- 11 Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be
V Isa. 49. 23 ; 65. 25 ; Micll. 7. 17 ; Ps. 72. 9. a Heb. 11. 4.
w Apoc. 12. ; Infra 49. 17 ; 1 Cor. 14. 34. e Wisd. 10.3;
X Infra 18. 21. — y Ps. 102. 14, and 22. 6; Eccli. 7. 12. Matt. 23. 35 ; 1 John 3. 12 ; Jude 11.

Ver. 15. She shall crush. So divers of the fathers way of reproaching him with
his pride, in affecting
read this place, conformably to the Latin others : a knowledge that might make him like to God.
read it ipsum, viz., the seed. It is by her seed, Chap. 4. Ver. 4. Had respect. That is, shewed
Jesus Christ, that the woman crushes the serpent's his acceptance of his sacrifice (as coming from a
head. heart full of devotion) : and that, as we may sup.
Ver. 22. Behold Adam, &c. Tb^'s was spoken by pose, by some visible token, such as sending fire
from heaven upon his offerings.
8
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The descendants of Cain GENESIS Genealogy of the patriarchs

apon the earth, which hath opened her and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of
mouth and received the blood of thy Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I
brother at thy hand. have slain a man to the wounding of my-
12 When thou shalt till it, it shall not self, and a stripling to my own bruising.
yield to thee its fruit a fugitive and a : 24 Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken
vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth. for Cain : but for Lamech seventy times
13 And Cain said to the Lord My in- sevenfold. *^
:

iquity is greater than that I may deserve 25 Adam also knew his wife again and :

pardon. she brought forth a son, and called his

14 Behold thou dost cast me out this name Seth,eaying: God hath given me
day from the face of the earth, and I another seed, for Abel whom Cain slew,;
shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall 26 But to Seth also was born a son,
be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth whom he called Enos this man began to ;

every one, therefore, that findeth me, call upon the name of the Lord.
shall kill me. 5. u CHAPTER
15 And the Lord said to him: No, it The genealogy, age, and death of the Patriarchs^
shall not be so : but whosoever shall kill from Adam to Noe. The translation of Henoch.
Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And is the book of the generation ofTHIS
the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that who- Adam. In the day that God created
soever found him should not kill him. man, -^he made him to the likeness of
16 And Cain went out from the face of God.
the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the 2 He created them male and female ; and
earth, at the east side of Eden. blessed them: and called their name
17 And Cain knew his wife, and she con- Adam, in the day when they were created.
ceived, and brought forth Henoch: and 3 ^ And Adam hved a hundred and
he built a city, and called the name thirty years, and begot a son to his own
thereof by the name of his son Henoch. image and likeness, and called his name
18 And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad be- Seth.
got Maviael, and Maviael begot Mathu- 4 And the days of Adam, after he begot
saei, and Mathusael begot Lamech Seth, were eight hundred years and he
*
:

19 Who took two wives: the name of begot sons and daughters.
the one was Ada, and the name of the 5 And all the time that Adam lived came
other Sella. to nine hundred and thirty years, and he
20 And Ada brought forth Jabel : who died. .

was the father of such as dwell in tents, 6 Seth also lived a hundred and five
and of herdsmen. years, and begot Enos.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal; 7 And Seth lived after he begot Enos,
he was the father of them that play upon eight hundred and seven years, and begot
the harp and the organs. sons and daughters.
22 Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, 8 And all the days of Seth were nine
who was a hammerer and artificer in hundred and twelve years, and he died.
every work of brass and iron. And the 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and be-
sister of Tubalcain was Noema. got Cainan.
23 And Lamech said to his wives Ada 10 After whose birth he lived eight hun-
d Matt. 18. 22.
/ Wisd. 2. 23 Eccli. 17. Infra g 1 Par. 1. 1.
; 1 ; 9. 6.

Ver. 14. Every one that findeth me shall kill mankind couid not otherwise be propagated. He
me. His guilty conscience made him fear his own built a city, viz.. In process of time, when his race
brothers and nephews of whom, by this time,
; was multiplied, so as to be numerous enough to
there might be a good number upon the earth people it. For in the many hundred years he lived,
though in the compendious account given in the his race might be multiplied even to millions.
Bcriptures, only Cain and Abel are mentioned. Ver. Began to call upon, &c. Not that
26.
Ver. 17. His wife. She was the daughter of Adam and Seth had not called upon God, before
Adam, and Cain's own sister God dispensing with; the bjrth of Enos but that Enos used more solem*'
;

such marriages in the beginning of the world, as nity in the worship and invocation of God.
 ; ':

ffeiwch taken up by God GENESIS Wickedness of the world

dred and fifteen yeaxs, and begot sons 28 And Lamech lived a hundred and
and daughters. eighty- two years, and begot a son.
11 And all the days of Enos were nine 29 And he called his name Noe, saying
hundred and five years, and he died. This same shall comfort us from the works
12 And Cainan hved seventy years, and and labours of our hands on the earth,
begot Malaleel. which the Lord hath cursed.
13 And Cainan lived after he begot 30 And Lamech lived after he begot Noe,
Malaleel, eight himdred and forty years, five hundred and ninety-five years, and
and begot sons and daughters. begot sons and daughters.
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine 31 And all the days of Lamech came to
hundred and ten years, and he died. seven hundred and seventy-seven years^
15 And Malaleel lived sixty-five years, and he died. And Noe, when he was five
and begot Jared. hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and
16 And Malaleel lived after he begot Japheth.
Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, CHAPTER 6.
and begot sons and daughters. Man^s sin is the cause of the deluge. Noe is com-
17 And all the days of Malaleel were manded to build the ark.
eight hundred and ninety-five years, and A NT) after that men began to be multi-
be died. Jl\. plied upon the earth, and daughters
18 And Jared lived a hundred and sixty- were born to them,
two years, and begot Henoch. 2 The sons of God seeing the daughters
19 And Jared hved after he begot He- of men, that they were fair, took to them-
noch, eight hundred years, and begot sons sel\es wives of all which they chose.
and daughters. 3 And God said: My spirit shall not
20 And all the days of Jared were nine remain in man for ever, because he is
hundred and sixty-two years, and he died. flesh, and his days shall be a hundred
21 And Henoch lived sixty-five years, and twenty years.
and begot Mathusala. 4 Now giants were upon the earth in
22 And Henoch walked with God and those days. For after the sons of God
:

lived after he begot Mathusala, three went in to the daughters of men, and
hundred years, and begot sons and daugh- they brought forth children, these are
ters. the mighty men of old, men of renown.
23 And all the days of Henoch were 6 And God seeing that the wickedness
three hundred and sixty- five years. of men was great on the earth, and
24 And he walked with God, and was that all the thought of their heart was»
seen no more because God took him.
: bent upon evil at all times, "*
25 And Mathusala lived a hundred and 6 It repented him that he had made
eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech. man on the earth. And being touched
26 And Mathusala lived after he begot inwardly with sorrow of heart,
Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two 7 He said I will destroy man, whom I
:

years, and begot sons and daughters. have created, from the face of the earth,
27 And all the days of Mathusala were from man even to beasts, from the creep-
nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and ing thing even to the fowls of the air, lor
he died. it repenteth me that I have made them.

I Bar. 3. 26 ; Amos 2. 9 ; Wisd. 14. 6

Eccli. 16. 8. — m Infra 8. 21 ; Matt. 15. 19.

Chap. 6. Ver. 2. The sons of God. The descend- Ver. 3. His days shall be, &c. The meaning Is.
ants of Seth and Enos are here called sons of God that God would allow men this term of 120 years,
from their religion and piety whereas the ungodly for their repentance and conversion, before he
:

race of Cain, who by their carnal affections lay gro- would send the deluge.
velling upon the earth, are called the children of Ver. 6. It repented him, &c. God, who is un
men. The unhappy consequence of the formermar- changeable, is not capable of repentance, grief, or
rying with the latter, ought to be a warning to Chris- any other passion. But these expressions are used
tians to be very circumspect in their marriages and to declare the enormity of the sins of men, which
;

not to suffer themselves to be determined in their was so provoking as to determine their Creator to
choice by their carnal passion, to the prejudice of destroy these his creatures, whom before he had so
virtue or religion. .much favoured.

10
 Noe commanded to huild the arh
8 But Noe found grace before the up with thee: and it shall be food for
Lord. thee and them.
9 These are the generations of Noe:"^ 22 And Noe did all things which God
Noe was a just and perfect man in his commanded him.
generations, he walked with God.
10 And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Xoe toith his family go into the ark. The deluge
and Japheth.
11 And the earth was corrupted before
God, and was filled with iniquity.
12 And when God had seen that the
earth was corrupted (for all flesh had
corrupted its way upon the earth,)
13 He said to Noe: The end of all flesh
is come before me, the earth is filled
with iniquity through them, and I will
destroy them with the earth, o
14 Make thee an ark of timber planks:
thou shalt make little rooms in the ark,
and thou shalt pitch it within and with- earth.
out.
15 And thus shalt thou make it: The
length of the ark shall be three hundred
cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and
the height of it thirty cubits.
16 Thou shalt make a window in the
ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the
top or it: and the door of the ark thou
shalt set in the side: with lower, middle
chambers, and third stories shalt thou
make it.
17 Behold I will bring the waters of a
great flood upon the earth, to destroy all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life, under
heaven. All things that are in the earth
shall be consumed.
18 And I will establish my covenant
with thee, and thou shalt enter into the
ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and
the wives of thy sons with thee.
19 And of every living creature of all
flesh, thou shalt bring two of a sort into
the ark, that they may live with thee:
of the male sex, and the female.
20 Of fowls according to their kind, and
of beasts in their kind, and of every
thing that creepeth on the earth accord-
ing to its kind; two of every sort shall
go in with thee, that they may live,
21 Thou shalt take unto thee of all food
that may be eaten, and thou shalt lay it
n Eccli. 44. 17. —o 1 Peter 3. 20 2 Peter
; 2. 5.
p Heb. 11. 7 ; 2 Peter 2. 5.
GENESIS Noe enters the ark
7. CHAPTER
overflows the earth.
AND the Lord said to him: Go in thou
-^^ and all thy house into the ark: for
thee I have seen just before me in this
generation. P
2 Of all clean beasts take seven and
seven, the male and the female.
3 But of the beasts that are unclean two
and two, the male and the female. Of
the fowls also of the air seven and seven,
the male and the female: that seed may
be saved upon the face of the whole
4 For yet a while, and after seven days,
I will rain upon the earth forty days and
forty nights; and I will destroy every
substance that I have made, from the
face of the earth.
5 And Noe did all things which the Lord
had commanded him.
6 And he was six hundred years old,
when the waters of the flood overflowed
the earth.
7 «'And Noe went in and his sons, his
wife and the wives of his sons with him
into the ark, because of the waters of
the flood.
8 And of beasts clean and unclean, and
of fowls, and of every thing that moveth
upon the earth,
9 Two and two went in to Noe into the
ark, male and female, as the Lord had
commanded Noe.
10 And after the seven days were
passed, the waters of the flood over-
flowed the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of the life
of Noe, in the second month, in the
seventeenth day of the month, all the
fountains of the great deep were broken
up, and the flood gates of heaven were
opened:
12 And the rain fell upon the earth forty
days and forty nights.
g Matt. 24. 37 ; Luke 17. 26 ; 1 Peter 3. 20.

Ver. 15. Three hundred cubits, &c. The ark, ac- Chap. 7. Ver. 2. Of all clean. The distinction
cording to the dimensions here set down, contained of cleanand unclean beasts appears to have been
feur hundred and fifty thovisand square cubits. made before the law of Moses.

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The deluge GENESIS The waters diminish

13 In the selfsame day Noe, and Sem, 2 The fountains also of the deep, and
and Cham, and Japheth his sons: his the flood gates of heaven were shut up,
wife, and the three wives of his sons with and the rain from heaven was re-
them, went into the ark strained.
14 They and every beast according to 3 And the waters returned from off the
its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, earth going and coming and they began
:

and every thing that moveth upon the to be abated after a hundred and fifty
earth according to its kind, and every days. dr^],.
fowl according to its kind, all birds, and And
the ark rested in the seventh
4
all that fly, month, the seven and twentieth day of
15 Went in to Noe into the ark, two and the month, upon the mountains of
two of all flesh, wherein was the breath Armenia.
of life. 5 And the waters were going and de-
16 And they that went in, went in male creasing until the tenth month for in :

and female of all flesh, as God had com- the tenth month, the first day of the
manded him and the Lord shut him in month, the tops of the mountains ap-
:

on the outside. peared.

17 And the flood was forty days upon 6 And after that forty days were passed,
the earth, and the waters increased, and Noe, opening the window of the ark
lifted up the ark on high from the which he had made, sent forth a raven
earth. 7 Which went forth and did not return,
18 For they overflowed exceedingly till the waters were dried up upon the

and filled all on the face of the earth and earth. :

the ark was carried upon the waters. 8 He sent forth also a dove after him,
19 And the waters prevailed beyond to see if the waters had now ceased upon
measure upon the earth and all the high the face of the earth.
:

^Ouiitains under the whole heaven were 9 But she, not finding where her foot
covered. might rest, returned to him into the ark
20 The water was fifteen cubits higher for the waters were upon the whole
than the mountains which it covered. earth: and he put forth his hand, and
21 * And all flesh was destroyed that caught her, and brought her into the ark.
moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and 10 And having waited yet seven other
of cattle, and of beasts, and of all creep- days, he again sent forth the dove out
ing things that creep upon the earth of the ark.
and all men. 11 And she came to him in the evening,
22 And all things wherein there is the carrying a bough of an olive tree, with
breath of life on the earth, died. green leaves, in her mouth. Noe there-
23 And he destroyed all the substance fore understood that the waters were
that was upon the earth, from man even ceased upon the earth.
to beast, and the creeping things and 12 And he stayed yet other seven days:
fowk A the air and they were destroyed
: and he sent forth the dove, which re-
from the earth and Noe: only remained, turned not any more unto him.
and they that were with him in the ark. 13 Therefore in the six hundredth and
24 And the waters prevailed upon the first year, the first month, the first day
earth a hundred and fifty days. of the month, the waters were lessened
CHAPTER 8. upon the earth, and Noe opening the
The deluge ceaseth. Noe goeth out of the ark, and covering of the ark, looked, and saw that
offereth a sacrifice. God's covenant to him. the face of the earth was dried.
, ] AND God remembered Noe, and all 14 In the second month, the seven and
jl\ the living creatures, and all the twentieth day of the month, the earth
cattle which were with him in the ark, was dried.
and brought a wind upon the earth, and 15 And God spoke to Noe, saying
the waters were abated. 16 Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife,
s Wisd. 10. 4 ; Eccli. 39. 28 ; 1 Peter 3. 20.

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t^oe leaves the ark GENESIS GoiTs promise to Noe

ihy sons, and the wives of thy sons with Whosoever shall shed man's blood, 6 y
thee. his blood shall be shed for man was :

17 All living things that are with thee made to the image of God.^
of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, 7 " But increase you and multiply, and
and all creeping things that creep upon go upon the earth, and fill it.
the earth, bring out with thee, and go 8 Thus also said God to Noe, and to his
ye upon the earth ;
* increase and multi- sons with him,
ply upon it. 9 Behold I will establish my covenant
18 So Noe went out, he and his sons his : with you, and with your seed after you
wife, and the wives of his sons with him. 10 And with every living soul that is
19 And all living things, and cattle, and with you, as well in all birds as in cattle
creeping things that creep upon the and beasts of the earth, that are come
earth, according to their kinds, went out forth out of the ark, and in all the beasts
of the ark. of the earth.
20 And Noe built an altar unto the 11^1 will establish covenant with my
Lord and taking of all cattle and fowls
: you, and all flesh shall be no more de-
that were clean, offered holocausts upon stroyed with the waters of a flood, nei-
the altar. ther shall there be from henceforth a
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, flood to waste the earth.
and said I will no more curse the earth 12 And God said This is the sign of
: :

for the sake of man : ^ for the imagi- the covenant which I give between me
nation and thought of man's heart are and you, and to every living soul that
prone to evil from his youth : therefore is with you, for perpetual generations.
I will no more destroy every living soul 13 I will set bow in the clouds, and my
as I have done. it shall be the sign of a covenant be-
22 All the days of the earth, seedtime tween me, and between the earth.
and harvest, cold and heat, summer and 14 ^And when I shall cover the sky
winter, night and day, shall not cease. with clouds, bow shall appear in the my
clouds
CHAPTER 9. 16 And I will remember my covenant
ijfod blesSeth Noe : forbiddeth blood, and promiseth
never more to destroy the world by water. The with you, and with every living soul
blessing of Sera and Japheth. that beareth flesh : and there shall no
AND God blessed Noe and his sons. more be waters of a flood to destroy all
J\. And he said to them ^ Increase and flesh. :

multiply, and fill the earth. 16 And the bow shall be in the clouds,
2 And let the fear and dread of you be and I shall see it, and shall remember
upon all the beasts of the earth, and the everlasting covenant, that was made
upon all the fowls of the air, and all that between God and every living soul of
move upon the earth all the fishes of all flesh which is upon the earth.
:

the sea are delivered into your hand. 17 And God said to Noe This shall be :

8 And every thing that moveth and the sign of the covenant which I have
liveth shall be meat for you even as the established between me and all flesh
:

green herbs have I delivered them all to upon the earth.

you:^ 18 And the sons «f Noe who came out
4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall of the ark, were Sem, Cham, and Ja-
not eat. ^ pheth: and Cham is the father of Cha-
5 For I will require the blood of your naan.
lives at the hand of every beast, and at 19 These three are the sons of Noe
the hand of man^ at the hand of every and from these was all mankind spread
man, and of his brother, will I require the over the whole earth.
life of man. 20 And Noe, a husbandman, began to
t Supra 1. 28; Infra 9. 1. — ?« Supra 6. 5; X Lev. —
17. 14 ; Acts 15. 29. y Matt. 26. 52.
Matt. 15. 19... v Supra 1. 22, and 8. 17. 2 Apoc. 13. 19.— a Supra 1. 28 and 8. 17.
w Supra 1. 29. —
6 Isa. 54. 2. c Eccli. 43. 12.
Ver. 20. Holocausts^ or whole burnt offerings. In Ver. 21. Smelted, &c. A figurative expression,
which the whole victim was consumed by fire upon denoting that God was well pleased with the sacri
God's altar, and no part was reserved lor Ibe use of fices which his servant offered.
priest or people.

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The conduct of Noe*s sons GENESIS The descendants of Noe

till the ground, and planted a vine- according to his tongue and their fami-
yard, lies in their nations.
21 And drinking of the wine was made 6 And the sons of Cham Chus, and
-

drunk, and was uncovered in his tent. Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.
22 Which when Cham the father of 7 And the sons of Chus Saba, and He-
:

Ohanaan had seen, to wit, that his vila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sa-
father's nakedness was uncovered, he batacha. The sons of Regma Saba and :

told it to his two brethren without. Dadan.

23 But Sem and Japheth put a cloak 8 Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began
upon their shoulders, and going back- to be mighty on the earth.
ward, covered the nakedness of their 9 And he was a stout hunter before the
father: and their faces were turned Lord. Hence came a proverb : Even as
away, and they saw not their father's Nemrod the stout hunter before the
nakedness. Lord.
24 And Noe awaking from the wine, 10 And the beginning of his kingdom
when he had learned what his younger was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and
8on had done to him, Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.
25 He said : Cursed be Chanaan, a ser- 11 Out of that land came forth Assur,
vant of servants shall he be unto his and built Ninive, and the streets of the
brethren. city, and Chale.
26 And he said Blessed be the Lord
: 12 Resen also between Ninive and Chale
God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant. this is the great city.
27 May God
enlarge Japheth, and may 13 And Mesraim begot Ludim, and Ana-
he dwell in the tents of Sem, and Cha- mim, and Laabim, Nepthuim,
naan be his servantc 14 And Phetrusim, and Chasluim; of
28 And Noe lived after the flood three whom came forth the Phihstines, and
hundred and fifty years the Capthorim.
29 And all his days were in the whole 15 And Chanaan begot Sidon, his first-
nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. born, the Hethite,
CHAPTER 10. 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite,
The genealogy of the children of Noe, by whom the and the Gergesite,
world was peopled after the flood. 17 The Hevite and the Aracite the :

rriHESE are the generations of the sons Sinite,

1 of Noe Sem, Cham, and Japheth
: 18 And the Aradian, the Samarite, and
and unto them sons were born after the the Hamathite and afterwards the fami- :

flood. ^ lies of the Chanaanites were spread

2 The sons of Japheth Gomer, and Ma- abroad.
:

gog, and Madai, and Javan, and Thubal, 19 And the limits of Chanaan were
and Mosoch, and Thiras. from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even
3 And the sons of Gomer Ascenez and to Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and
:

Hiphath and Thogorma. Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even

4 And the sons of Javan: Elisa and to Lesa.
Tharsis, Cetthim and Dodanim. 20 These are the children of Cham in
5 By these were divided the islands of their kindreds, and tongues, and genera-
the Gentiles in their lands, every one tions, and lands, and nations.
d 1 Par. 3. 5.

Chap. 9. Ver. 21. Drunk. Noe by the judg-

ment of the fathers was not guilty of sin, in being
overcome by wine because he knew n»t the strength
:

of it.
Ver. Covered the nakedness. Thus, as St
23.
Gregory takes notice L. 35 Moral, c. 22, we ought to
; Chap. 10. Ver. 5. The islands. So the Hebrews
cover the nakedness, that is, the sins, of our spiritual called all the remote countries, to which they went
parents and superiors. by ships from Judea, to Greece, Italy, Spain, &c.
Ver. 25. Cursed be Chanaan. The curses, as well
as the blessings, of the patriarchs, were prophetical :
And this in particular is here recorded by Moses, for
the children of Israel, who were to possess the land
of Chanaan.

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The tower of Babel GENESIS

The genealogy of Sem
21 Of Sem also, the father of all the 7 Come ye, therefore, let us go down,
children of Heber, the elder brother of and there confound their tongue, that
Japheth, sons were bom. they may not understand one another's
22 The sons of Sem ^ Elam and Assur, speech.
:

and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 8 And so the Lord scattered them from
23 The sons of Aram Us and Hull, and that place into all lands, and they ceased
:

Gether and Mess.

: to build the city.
24 But Arphaxad begot Sale, of whom 9 And therefore the name thereof was
was born Heber. called Babel, because there the language
25 And to Heber were born two sons of the whole earth was confounded and :

the name of the one was Phaleg, because from thence the Lord scattered them
in his days the earth was divided and abroad upon the face of all countries.
:

his brother's name Jectan. 10 These are the generations of Sem:*

26 Which Jectan begot Elmodad, and Sem was a hundred years old when he
Saleph, and Asarmoth, Jare, begot Arphaxad, two years after the
27 And Aduram, and Uzal, and Decla, flood.
28 And Ebal, and Abimael, Saba, 11 And Sem lived after he begot Ar-
29 And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. phaxad, five hundred years, and begot
All these were the sons of Jectan. sons and daughters.
30 And their dwelling was from Messa 12 And Arphaxad lived thirty-five
as we go on as far as Sephar, a moun- years, and begot Sale.
tain in the east. 13 Ajid Arphaxad lived after he begot
31 These are the children of Sem ac- Sale, three hundred and three years;
^X>rding to their kindreds and tongues, and begot sons and daughters.
and countries in their nations. 14 Sale also lived thirty years, and begot
32 These are the families of Noe, ac- Heber.
cording to their peoples and nations. 15 And Sale lived after he begot Heber,
By these were the nations divided on four hundred and three years ; and be-
the earth after the flood. got sons and daughters.
CHAPTER 11. 16 And Heber lived thirty- four years,
The tower of Babel. The confusion of tonffues. and begot Phaleg.
The genealogy of Sent down to Abram. 17 And Heber lived after he begot Pha-
AND the earth was of one tongue, leg, four hundred and thirty years : and
xTl ^ and of the same speech. begot sons and daughters.
2 And when they removed from the 18 Phaleg also lived thirty years, and
east, they found a plain in the land of begot Reu.
Sennaar, and dwelt in it. 19 * And Phaleg lived after he begot
3 And each one said to his neighbour Reu, two hundred and nine years, and
Come, let us make brick, and bake them begot sons and daughters.
with fire. And they had brick instead 20 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and
of stones, and slime instead of mortar. begot Sarug.
4 And they said Come, let us make a
: 21 And Reu lived after he begot Sarug,
city and a tower, the top whereof may two hundred and seven years, and begot
reach to heaven: and let us make our sons and daughters.
name famous before we be scattered 22 And Sarug lived thirty years, and
abroad into all lands. begot Nachor.
5 And the Lord came down to see the 23 And Sarug lived after he begot Na-
city and the tower, which the children chor, two hundred years and begot sons
:

of Adam were building. and daughters.

6 And he said Behold, it is one people
: 24 And Nachor lived nine and twenty
and all have one tongue and they have years, and begot Thare.
:

begun to do this, neither will they leave 25 ^ And Nachor lived after he begot
off from their designs, till they accom- Thare, a hundred and nineteen years:
plish them in deed. and begot sons and daughters.
e 1 Par. 1. 17. —/ Wisd. 10. 5. 1 —
Par. 1. 17. i 1 Par 1. 19.
j I Par. 1. 26.
Chap. il Ver.». BabeL That ia^ confusion.
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The call of Abram GENESIS Abram goes down to Egypt

26 And Thare lived seventy years, and
'^ 6 Abram passed through the country
begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran. into the place of Sichem, as far as the
27 And these are the generations of noble vale now the Chanaanite was at :

Thare Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and that time in the land.
:

Aran. And Aran begot Lot. 7 And the Lord appeared to Abram,
28 And Aran died before Thare his and said to him p To thy seed will I give :

father, in the land of his nativity in Ur this land. And he built there an altar
of the Chaldees. to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
29 And Abram and Nachor married 8 And passing on from thence to a
wives: the name of Abram's wife was mountain, that was on the east side of
Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having
Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east
Melcha, and father of Jescha. he built there also an altar to the Lord,
30 And Sarai was barren, and had no and called upon his name.
children. 9 And Abram went forward, going, and
31 ^And Thare took Abram, his son, proceeding on to the south.
and Lot the son of Aran, his son's son, 10 And there came a famine in the
and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife country; and Abram wen^. down into
of Abram his son, and brought them out Egypt, to sojourn there for the famine :

of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the was very grievous in the land.

land of Chanaan: and they came as far 11 And when he was near to enter into
as Haran, and dwelt there. Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife I know :

32 And the days of Thare were two that thou art a beautiful woman
hundred and five years, and he died in 12 And that when the Egyptians shall
Haran. see thee, they will say She is his wife :

and they will kill me, and keep thee.

CHAPTER 12. 13 Say, therefore, I pray thee, that **

'The call of Abram, and the prornise made to him,.

He sojourneth in Chanaan^ and then by occasion thou art my sister: that I may be well
ofafamjine, goeth down to Egypt. used for thee, and that my soul may live
AND the Lord said to Abram: "*Go for thy sake.
x\. forth out of thy country, and from 14 And when Abram was come into
thy kindred, and out of thy father's Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman
House, and come into the land which I thaj she was very beautiful.
shall shew thee. 16 And the princes told Pharao, and
2 And I will make of thee a great na- praised her before him and the woman :

tion, and I will bless thee, and magnify was taken into the house of Pharao.
thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. 16 And they used Abram well for her
3 I will bless them that bless thee, and sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and
curse them that curse thee, and "in he asses, and menservants and maid-
THEE shall all the kindred of the earth servants, and she asses, and camels.
be blessed 17 But the Lord scourged Pharao and
4 So Abram went out as the Lord had his house with most grievous stripes for
commanded him, and Lot went with Sarai, Abram's wife.
him Abram was seventy-five years old 18 And Pharao called Abram, and said
:

when he went forth from Haran. to him What is this that thou hast done :

6 And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot to me? Why didst thou not tell me that
his brother's son, and all the substance she was thy wife ?
which they had gathered, and the souls 19 For what cause didst thou say, she
which they had gotten in Haran: and was thy sister, that I might take her to
they went out to go into the land of my wife ? Now, therefore, there is thy
Chanaan. And when they were come wife, take her, and go thy way.
into it, 20 And Pharao gav<^ his men orders
k Jos. 24. 2 ; Neh. 9. 7. — i Judith 5. 6 ; Acts 7. 2. p Gal. 3. 17 ; Infra 13. 14,.. nd 15. 18, and 26. 2
m Acts 7.3. — n Infra 18. 18, and 22. 18, and 26. 4
rTnfra20l !,
Deut. 34. 4.
GaL3. 8; Heb. 11. 8.

Chap. 12. Ver. 13. My sister. This was no lie she might truly be called h... a ter, as Lot is called
because she was his niece, being daughter to his bro- Abram's brother^ Geo. ^v. 14» gee Gea ^X 12.
ther Aran, and therefore, in tne style ot the Hebrews,
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Abram and Lot separate GENESIS The battle of the kings

concerning Abram: and they led him Lot was aeparated from him: '^Lift up
away, and his wife, and all that he had. thy eyes, and look from the place wherein
CHAPTER 13. thou now art, to the north and to the
Abram and Lot part from each other. God's pro- south, to the east and to the west.
mise to Abram, 15 All the land which thou seest, I wiR
AND .
Abram went up out of Egypt, he give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
and his wife, and all that he had, 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust
and Lot with him, into the south. of the earth if any man be able to num-
:

2 And he was very rich in possession ber the dust of the earth, he shall be
of gold and silver. able to number thy seed also.
3 And he returned by the way that he 17 Arise and walk through the land in
came, from the south to Bethel, to the the length, and in the breadth thereof:
place where before he had pitched his for I will give it to thee.
tent between Bethel and Hai 18 So Abram removing his tent came
4* In the place of the altar which he and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which
had made before; and there he called is in Hebron and he built there an altar
:

upon the name of the Lord. to the Lord.

5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, CHAPTER 14.
had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, The expedition of the four kings the victory »f ;

and tents. Abram ; he is blessed by Melchisedech.

6 Neither was the land able to bear A ND it came tc pass at that time, that
them, that they might dwell together: XJL Amraphel king of Sennaar, and Ari-
* for their substance was great, and they och king of Pontus, and Chodorlahomor
could not dwell together. king of the Elamites, and Thadal king
7 Whereupon also there arose a strife of nations,
between the herdsmen of Abram and of 2 Made war against Bara king of Sodom,
Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and against Bersa king of Gomorrha, and
and the Pherezite dwelled in that country. against Sennaab king of Adama, and
8 Abram therefore said to Lot: Let against Semeber king of Seboim, and
there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, be- against the king of Bala, which is Segor.
tween me and thee, and between my 3 All these came together into the
herdsmen and thy herdsmen : for we are woodland vale, which now is the salt sea. ^
brethren. 4 For they had served Chodorlahomor
9 Behold the whole land is before thee twelve years, and in the thirteenth year
depart from me I pray thee if thou wilt they revolted from him.
:

go to the left hand, I will take the right 5 And in the fourteenth year '^came
if thou choose the right hand, I will pass Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were
to the left. with him and they smote the Raphaim
:

10 And Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with
the courtry about the Jordan, which was them, and the Emim in Save of Caria-
watered throughout, before the Lord de- thaim.
stroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the 6 And the Chorreans in the mountains
paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as of Seir, even to the plains of Pharan,
one comes to Segor. which is in the wilderness.
11 And Lot chose to himself the country 7 And they returned, and came to the
about the Jordan, and he departed from fountain of Misphat, the same is Cades
the east: and they were separated one and they smote all the country of the
brother from the other. Amalecites, and the Amorrhean that
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan dwelt in Asasonthamar.
and Lot abode in the towns that were 8 And the king of Sodom, and the king
about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom. of Gomorrha, and the king of Adama,
13 And the men of Sodom were very and the king of Seboim, and the king or
wicked, and sinners before the face of Bala, which is Segor, went out and they :

the Lord, beyond measure. set themselves against them in battle

14 And the Lord said to Abram, after array in the woodland vale
$ Supra —
12. 7. —u
t Infra 36. 7. Supra 12. 7 ; V Infra 19. 24.
Infra 15. 18, and 26. 4; Deut.34. 4. w About B. C. 1920, probably.
n
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Melchisedech blesses Ahram GENESIS Ahram* s faith

9 To wit, against Chodorlahomor king hand to the Lord God the most high, the
of the Elamites, and Thadal king of na- possessor of heaven and earth,
tions, and Amraphel king of Sennaar, 23 That from the very woof thread unto
and Arioch king of Pontus: four kings the shoe latchet, I will not take of any
against five. things that are thine, lest thou say I
10 Now the woodland vale had many have enriched Abram
pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, 24 Except such things as the young
and the king of Gomorrha turned their men have eaten, and the shares of the
backs and were overthrown there and men that came with me, Aner, Escol,
:

they that remained fled to the moun- and Mambre these shall take their :

tain. shares.
11 And they took all the substance of 15. CHAPTER
the Sodomites, and Gomorrhites, and all God promiseth seed to Abram. His faith, sacrifice
their victuals, and went their way and vision,
12 And Lot also, the son of Abram's 1^ when these OW
things were done,
brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his JLN the word of the Lord came to
substance. Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not,
13 And behold one that had escaped Abram, I am thy protector, and thy re-
told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in ward exceeding great.
the vale of Mambre the Amorrhite, the 2 And Abram said Lord God, what wilt :

brother of Escol, and the brother of thou give me ? I shall go without chil-
Aner: for these had made league with dren and the son of the steward of my
:

Abram. house is this Damascus Eliezer.

14 Which when Abram had heard, to 3 And Abram added: But to me thou
wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he hast not given seed and lo my servant, :

numbered of the servants born in his born in my house, shall be my heir.

house, three hundred and eighteen well 4 And immediately the word of the Lord
appointed and pursued them to Dan.
: came to him, saying He shall not be thy :

15 And dividing his company, he rushed heir but he that shall come out of thy
:

upon them in the night: and defeated
them, and pursued them as far as Hoba,
which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the sub-
stance, and Lot his brother, with his sub-
stance, the women also and the people.
bowels, him shalt thou have for thy
heir.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and
said to him: ^Look up to heaven and
number the stars, if thou canst. And he
said to him So shall thy seed be.
:

17 And the king of Sodom went out to 6 " Abram believed God, and it was re-
meet him, after he returned from the puted to him unto justice.
slaughter of Chodorlahomor, and of the 7 And he said to him: I am the Lord
kings that were with him in the vale of who brought thee out from Ur of the
Save, which is the king's vale. Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that
18 ^ But Melchisedech the king of Salem, thou mightest possess it.
bringing forth bread and wine, for he 8 But he said Lord God, whereby : may
was the priest of the most high God, I know
that I shall possess it ? ,

19 Blessed him, and said Blessed be

: the Lord answered, and said:
9 And
Abram by the most high God, who cre- Take me a cow of three years old, and a
ated heaven and earth. she goat of three years, and a ram ot
20 And blessed be the most high God,three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.
by whose protection the enemies are in10 ^ And he took all these, and divided
thy hands. And he gave him the tithesthem in the midst, and laid the two
of all. pieces of each one against the other ; but
21 And the king of Sodom said to the birds he divided not.
Abram: Give me the persons, and the 11 And the fowls came down upon the
rest take to thyself. carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
22 And he answered him I lift up my
: 12 And when the sun was setting h,
X Heb. 1. 1. 2 Rom. 4. 18. a Rom. 4. 3 Gal. 3. 6 James 2. 23. h Jer. 34. 18.
; ; —
Chap. 14. Ver. 10. Of slime. Jlituminis. This building of BabeU Geo. xL 3, and was U8a4 by l^oe in
was a kind of pitch, which served for mortar in the pitching the ark.
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The covenant vnth Abram GENESIS Agar and Ismael

deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great self to be with child, despiseth me. The
and darksome horror seized upon him. Lord judge between me and thee.
13 And it was said unto him ^ Know 6 And Abram made answer, and said to
:

thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a her Behold thy handmaid is in thy own :

stranger in a land not their own, and hand, use her as it pleaseth thee. And
they shall bring them imder bondage, when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away.
and afflict them four hundred years. 7 And the angel of the Lord having
14 But I will judge the nation which found her, by a fountain of water in the
they shall serve, and after this they shall wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in
come out with great substance. the desert,
15 And thou shalt go to thy fatherc in 8 He said to her Agar, handmaid of :

peace, and be buried in a good old age. Sarai, whence comest thou ? and whither
16 But in the fourth generation they goest thou ? And she answered I flee :

shall return hither for as yet the iniqui- from the face of Sarai, my mistress.
:

ties of the Amorrhites are not at the full 9 And the angel of the Lord said to
until this present time. her Return to thy mistress, and humble
:

17 And when the sun was set, there thyself under her hand.
arose a dark mist, and there appeared a 10 And again he said I will multiply :

smoking furnace and a lamp of fire pass- thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be
ing between those divisions. numbered for multitude.
18 ^That day God made a covenant 11 And again: Behold, said he, thou
with Abram, saying To thy seed will I art with child, and thou shalt bring forth
:

give this land, from the river of Egypt a son: and thou shalt call his name
even to the great river Euphrates. Ismael, because the Lord hath heard
19 The dneans and Cenezites, the Ced- thy affliction.
monites, 12 He shall be a wild man his hand :

20 And the Hethites, and the Pherez will be against all men, and all men's
ites, the Raphaim also, hands against him and he shall pitch :

21 And the Amorrhites, and the Cha- his tents over against all his brethren.
naanites, and the Qergesites, and the Je- 13 And she called the name of the
busites. Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the
CHAPTER 16. God who hast seen me. For she said i

Abram marrieth Agar, who bringeth forth Ismael. Verily here have I seen the hinder parts
"VTOW Sarai the wife of Abram, had of him that seeth me. ^
J^ brought forth no children but 14 Therefore she called that well. The
;

having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named well of him that liveth and seeth me.
Agar, The same is between Cades and Barad.
2 She said to her husband Behold, the : 15 And Agar brought forth a son to
Lord hath restrained me from bearing Abram who called his name Ismael. :

go in unto my handmaid, it may be I 16 Abram was fourscore and six years

may have children of her at least. And old when Agar brought him forth Is-
when he agreed to her request, mael.
3 She took Agar the Egyptian her CHAPTER 17.
handmaid, ten years after they first The Covenant of circumcision.
dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave A ND after he began to be ninety and
her to her husband to wife. XjL nine years old, the Lord appeared
4 And he went in to her. But she, per- to him and said unto him I am the
: :

ceiving that she was with child, despised Almighty God walk before me, and be
:

her mistress. perfect.

5 And Sarai said to Abram Thou dost 2 And I will make
: covenant be- my
unjustly with me I gave my handmaid tween me and thee and I will multiply
: :

into thy bosom, and she perceiving her- thee exceedingly.

c Acts 7. 6. — d Supra and 13. 15 Infra 26. 4
12. 7, ;

Deut. 34. 4 2 Par.

; 9.Kings 4. 20, and 3 Kings 4. 21.
26 ; 1 / Ex. 33. 20 and 23. Infra 24. 62.
Chap. 16. Ver. 3. To wife. Plurality of wives, continued during the time of the law of Moses. But
though contrary to the primitive institution of mar- Christ our Lord reduced marriage to Its primitive
riage. Gen. 2. 24, was by dMoe dispsnsation allowed iDstitutioQ. Matt. 19.
to the paMu'chs whrck allowance seems to bave
:

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The covenant of circumcision GENESIS Isaac is promised

3 Abram fell flat on his face. a hundred years old ? and shall Sara is
4 And God said to him I am, and my that is ninety years old bring forth ?
:

covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be 18 And he said to God O that Ismael :

a father of many nations. may live before thee.

5 Neither shall thy name be called any 19 And God said to Abraham * Sara :

more Abram: but thou shalt be called thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou
Abraham: because I have made thee a shalt call his name Isaac, and I will
father of many nations. estabhsh my covenant with him for a
6 And I will make thee increase, ex- perpetual covenant, and with his seed
ceedingly, and I will make nations of after him.
fchee, and kings shall come out of thee. 20 And as for Ismael I have also heard
7 And I will establish my covenant thee. Behold, I will bless him, and
between me and thee, and between thy increase, and multiply him exceedingly
seed after thee in their generations, by he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will
a perpetual covenant; to be a God to make him a great nation.
thee, and to thy ceed after thee. 21 But my covenant I will establish
8 And I will give to thee, and to thy with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth
seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the to thee at this time in the next year.
land of Chanaan for a perpetual pos- 22 And when he had left off speaking
session, and I will be their God. with him, God went up from Abraham.
9 Again God said to Abraham ^ And 23 And Abraham took Ismael his son,
:

thou therefore shalt keep my covenant, and all that were born in his house and :

and thy seed after thee in their genera- all whom he had bought, every male
tions. among the men ot his house and he :

10 This is my covenant which you shall circumcised the flesh of their foreskin
observe, between me and you, and thy forthwith the very same day, as God
seed after thee All the male kind of had commanded him.
:

you shall be circumcised 24 Abraham was ninety and nine years

:

11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of old, when he circumcised the fleeh of hie
your foreskin, that it may be for a ^ sign foreskin.
of the covenant between me and you. 25 And Ismael his son was full thirteen
12 An infant of eight days old shall be years old at the time of his circumcision.
circumcised among you, every man child 26 The selfsame day was Abraham cir-
in your generations: he that is born in cumcised and Ismael his son.
the house, as well as the bought servant 27 And all the men of his house, as
shall be circumcised, and whosoever is well they that were born in his house, as
not of your stock the bought servants and strangers were
13 And my covenant shall be in your circumcised with him.
flesh for a perpetual covenant.
14 The male, whose flesh of his foreskin
CHAPTER 18.
Angels are entertained by Abraham. They fore-
shall not be circumcised, that soul shall tell the birth of Isaac. Abraham^s prayer for the
be destroyed out of his people because men of Sodom, :

he hath broken my covenant. the Lord appeared to him in the AND •?

15 God said also to Abraham Sarai _ vale of Mambre as he was sitting

:

thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but at the door of his tent, in the very heat
Sara. of the day.
16 And I will bless her, and of her I will 2 And when he had lifted up his eyes,
give thee a son, whom I will bless, and there appeared to him three men stand-
he shall become nations, and kings of ing near him and as soon as he saw :

people shall spring from him. them he ran to meet them from the door
17 Abraham fell upon his face, and of his tent, and adored down to the
laughed, saying in his heart Shall a ground. :

son, thinkest thou, be born to him that 3 And he said Lord, if I have found :

g Acts l.S. — h Rom. 4. 11 ; Lev. 12. 3 t Infra 18. IQ. and 21. 2.—j Heb. 18. 2.
Luke 2. 21.

Chap. 17. Ver. 5. Abram, in the Hebrew, sig- multitude ; Sarai signifies my Lady^ but Sara abso
Oifies a high father but Abraham^ the father of the lutely Lady,
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Sara*8 unbelief GENESIS Abraham's prayer for Sodom

avour in thy sight, pass not away from 18 Seeing he shall become a great '^

tny servant and mighty nation, and in him all the

4 But I will fetch a little water, and nations of the earth shall be blessed ?
wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the 19 For I know that he will command
tree. his children, and his household after
5 And I will set a morsel of bread, and him to keep the way of the Lord, and
strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you do judgment and justice that for Abra- :

shall pass on: for therefore are you ham's sake the Lord may bring to effect
come aside to your servant. And they all the things he hath spoken unto him.
said Do as thou hast spoken.
: 20 And the Lord said The cry of :

6 Abraham made haste into the tent to multiplied, and Sodom and Gomorrha is
Sara, and said to her : Make haste, -tem- their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
per together three measures of flour, and 21 I will go down and see whether they
make cakes upon the hearth. have done according to the cry that is
7 And he himself ran to the herd, and come to me : or whether it be not so,
took from thence a calf very tender and that I may know.
very good, and gave it to a young man 22 And they turned themselves from
who made haste and boiled it. thence, and went their way to Sodom but :

8 He took also butter and milk, and the Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.
calf which he had boiled, and set before 23 And drawing nigh he said Wilt :

them but he stood by them under the

: thou destroy the just with the wicked ?
tree.
9 And when they had eaten, they said
to him : Where is Sara thy wife ? He
answered: Lo, she is in the tent.
10 And he said to him: *I will return
and come to thee at this time, life ac-
companying, and Sara thy wife shall have
a son. Which when Sara heard, she
laughed behind the door of the tent.
11 Now they were both old, and far
advanced in years, and it had ceased to
be with Sara after the manner of women.
12 And she laughed secretly, saying:
After I am grown old and my lord is an ^
old man, shall I give myself to pleasure ?
13 And the Lord said to Abraham Why
did Sara laugh, saying Shall I who am
an old woman bear a child indeed ?
14 Is there any thing hard to God?
according to appointment I will return
24 If there be fifty just men in the city,
shall they perish withal ? and wilt thou
not spare that place for the sake of the
fifty just, if they be therein ?
25 Far be it from thee to do this thing,
and to slay the just with the wicked, and
for the just to be in like case as the
wicked, this is not beseeming thee
thou who judgost all the earth, wilt not
make this judgment.
26 And the Lord said to him: If I find
in Sodom fifty just within the city, I
will spare thewhole place for thoir sake.
27 And Abraham answered, and said
Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to
: my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.
: 28 What if there be five less than fifty
just persons? wilt thou for five and
forty destroy the whole city ? And he
said I will not destroy it, if I find five
:

\jO thee at this same time, life accom- and forty.

panying, and Sara shall have a son. 29 And again he said to him: But if
15 Sara denied, saying I did not : forty be found there, what wilt thou do?
laugh: for she was afraid. But the He said: I will not destroy it for the
Lord said. Nay but thou didst laugh
: sake of forty.
16 And when the men rose up from 30 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I be-
thence, they turned their eyes towards seech thee, if I speak: What if thirty
Sodom and Abraham walked with them,
: ^hall be found there? He answered: I
bringing them on the way. ?'
.
*"
will notdo it, if I find thirty there.
17 And the Lord said Can I hide from : 31 Seeing, saith he, I have once begun,
Abraham what I am about to do I will speak to my Lord. What if
k Supra 17. 19 ; Infra 21. 1 ; Rom. 9. 9. 1 1 Peter 3. 6. — m Supra 12. 3 ; Infra 22. 18.

Chap. 18. Ver. 21. / will go dovm, &c.

The formation. Note here, that two of the three angels
Lord here accommodates his discourse to the way of went away immediately for Sodom whilst the third, ;
speaking and acting amongst men for he knoweth who represented tlia Lord, remained with Abra>
;

ell things, and ueedetli not to go anywhere for io*

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Lot receives the angels GENESIS Lot saved from Sodom

twenty be found there ? He hand, and drew in Lot unto them, and
said : I will
not destroy it for the sake of twenty. shut the door
32 I beseech thee, saith he, be not 11 And them that were without, ^ they
angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more struck with blindness from the least to
What if ten should be found there ? And the greatest, so that they could not find
he said I will not destroy it for the
: the door.
sake of ten. 12 And they said to Lot Hast thou here :

33 And the Lord departed, after he had any of thine? son in law, or sons, or
left speaking to Abraham and Abraham daughters, all that are thine bring them
:

returned to his place. out of this city

13 For we will destroy this place, because
CHAPTER 19. their cry is grown loud before the Lord,
Lot, entertaining Angels in his house, is delivered
from Sodom, which is destroyed his wife for who hath sent us to destroy them.
:

looking back is turned into a statue of

salt. 14 So Lot went out, and spoke to his
A ND ^ the two angels came to Sodom sons in law that were to have his daugh-
J\ in the evening, and Lot was sitting ters, and said Arise get you out of this : :

in the gate of the city. And seeing them, place, because the Lord will destroy this
he rose up and went to meet them and city. And he seemed to them to speak
:

Worshipped prostrate to the ground, as it were in jest.

2 And said I beseech you, my lords,
: 15 And when it was morning, the angels
turn in to the house of your servant, and pressed him, saying Arise, take thy wife, :

lodge there wash your feet, and in the and the two daughters which thou hast
:

morning you shall go on your way. And lest thou also perish in the wickedness of
they said No, but we will abide in the the city.
:

street. 16 And as he lingered, they took his hand,

3 He pressed them very much to turn in and the hand of his wife, and of hie two
unto him and when they were come in daughters, because the Lord spared him.
:

to his house, he made them a feast, and 17 5 And they brought him forth, and set
baked unleavened bread and they ate him without the city and there they :

4 But before they went to bed, the men spoke to him, saying Save thy life look : :

of the city beset the house both young not back, neither stay thou in all the
and old, all the people together. country about: but save thyself in the
5 And they called Lot, and said to him mountain, lest thou be also consumed.
Where are the men that came in to thee 18 And Lot said to them I beseech thee :

at night? bring them out hither that we my Lord,

may know them 19 Because thy servant hath found grace
6 Lot went out to them, and shut the before thee, and thou hast magnified thy
door after him, and said mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in
7 Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, saving my life, and I cannot escape to the
do not commit this evil. mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I
8 I have two daughters who as yet have die
not known man I will bring them out to 20 There is this city here at hand, to
:

you, and abuse you them as it shall please which I may flee, it is a little one, and I
you, so that you do no evil to these men, shall be saved in it is it not a little one, :

because they are come in under the and my soul shall Uve ?
shadow of my roof. 21 And he said to him: Behold also in
9 But they said Get thee back thither. this, I have heard thy prayers, not to de-
:

And again Thou camest in, said they, stroy the city for which thou hast spoken.
:

as a stranger, was it to be a judge? 22 '"Make haste and be saved there, be-

therefore we will afflict thee more than cause I cannot do any thing till thou go
them. ° And they pressed very violently in thither. Therefore the name of that
upon Lot: and they were even at the city was called Segor.
point of breaking open the doors. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth,
10 And behold the men put out their and Lot entered into Segor.
n Heb. 13. 2. p WJsd. 19. 16 2 Kings 18. 6. q Wisd. 10. 6, ;

o 2 Peter 2. 8. r Wisd. 10. 6.

Chap. 19. Yer. 22. Segor. ThaX is, a little one,

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Destruction of the cities GENESIS God warns Ahimelech

24 * the Lord rained upon Sodom
And called his name Ammon, that is, the son
and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from of my people he is the father of the
:

the Lord out of heaven. Ammonites unto this day.

25 And he destroyed these cities, and all CHAPTER 20.
the country about, all the inhabitants of Abraham sojourned in Gerara : Sara is taken into
the cities, and all things that spring from king Abimelech^s house, but by God's command'
the earth. ment is restored untouched.
26 *And his wife looking behind her, A BRAHAM removed from thence to
was turned into a statue of salt. XJL the south country, and dwelt be-
27 And Abraham got up early in the tween Cades and Sur, and sojourned in
morning, and in the place where he had Gerara.
stood before with the Lord, 2 And he She is
said of Sara his wife :

28 He looked towards Sodom and Go- my sister. So Abimelech the king of

morrha, and the whole land of that Gerara sent, and took her.
country and he saw the ashes rise up
: 3 And God came to Abimelech in a
from the earth as the smoke of a furnace. dream by night, and he said to him;
29 Now when God destroyed the cities Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou
of that country, remembering Abraham, hast taken for she hath a husband.
:

he deUvered Lot out of the destruction 4 Now Abimelech had not touched her,
of the cities wherein he had dwelt. and he said Lord, wilt thou slay a nation,
:

30 And Lot went up out of Segor, and that ic ignorant and just ?
abode in the mountain, and his two daugh- 5 Did not he say to me She is my sister
:

ters with him, (for he was afraid to stay
in Segor, ) and he dwelt in a cave, he and
his two daughters with him.
31 And the elder said to the younger
Our father is old, and there is no man left
on the earth, to come in unto us after the
manner of the whole earth.
32 Come, let us make him drunk with
wine, and let us lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our father.
and she say, He is my brother? in the
simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of
my hands have I done this.
6 And Godsaid to him ; And I know
that thou didst it with a sincere heart
and therefore I withheld thee from sin-
ning against me, and I suffered thee not
to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his
wife, for he is a prophet and he shall pray
:

33 And they made their father drink for thee, and thou shalt live but if thou :

wine that night and the elder went in

: wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt
and lay with her father but he perceived
: surely die, thou and all that are thine.
not neither when his daughter lay down, 8 And Abimelech forthwith rising up in
nor when she rose up. the night, called all his servants : and
34 And the next day the elder said to spoke all these words in their hearing,
the younger Behold I lay last night with
: and all the men were exceedingly afraid
my father, let us make him drink wine 9 And Abimelech called also for Abra-
also to night, and thou shalt lie with him, ham, and said to him What hast thou :

that we may save seed of our father.
35 They made their father drink wine
that night also, and the younger daugh-
ter went in, and lay with him and neither
then did he perceive when she lay down,
nor when she rose up.
36 So the two daughters of Lot were
with child by their father.
37 And the elder bore a son, and she
called his name Moab he is the father
: myself, saying Perhaps there is not the
done to us ? what have we offended thee
in,that thou hast brought upon me and
upon my kingdom a great sin? thou
: hast done to us what thou oughtest not
to do.
10 And again he expostulated with him,
and said, What sawest thou, that thou
hast done this?
11 Abraham answered: i thought with
:

of the Moabites unto this day. fear of God in this place and they will :

38 The younger also bore a son, and she kill me for the sake of my wife

s Dent. 29. 23 Isa.; 13. 19; Jer. 50. 40 Luke 17. 29; Jude 1. 7. — t Luke 17.32.
Ezech. 16. 49 Osee
; 11. 8 ; Amos 4. 11 u Supra 18. 1.
Yer. 2& And Ms vri/e. As a standing memorial to tlie servants of God to proceed in virtue, and not
to look back to vice or its aUuremeuts.
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Isaac is horn GENESIS Agar and Ismael cast forth

12 Howbeit, otherwise aloo she is truly
iny sister, "^ tho daughter of my father,
and not the daughter of my mother, and
I took her to wife.
13 And after God brought me out of my
9 And when Sara had seen the son of
Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac
her son, she said to Abraham
10 Cast out this bondwoman, and her
son for the son of the bondwoman shall
:

father's house, I said to her : ^ Thou shalt not be heir with my son Isaac.
do me this kindness : In every place, to 11 Abraham took this grievously for his
which we shall come, thou shalt say that son.
I am thy brother. 12 And God said to him Let it not seem :

14 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy
and servants and handmaids, and gave to bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said
Abraham : and restored to him Sara, his to thee, hearken to her voice : ^ for in
wife. Isaac shall thy seed be called.
15 And said: The land is before you, 13 But I will make the son also of the
dwell wheresoever it shall please thee. bondwoman a great nation, because he
16 And to Sara he said: Behold I have is thy seed.
given thy brother a thousand pieces of 14 So Abraham rose up in the morning,
silver this shall serve thee for a cover- and taking bread and a bottle of water,
:

ing of thy eyes to all that are with thee, put it upon her shoulder, and dehvered
and whithersoever thou shalt go and the boy, and sent her away.
: And she
remember thou wast taken. departed, and wandered in the wilder-
17 And when Abraham prayed, God ness of Bersabee.
healed Abimelech and his wife, and his 15 And when the water in the bottle
handmaids, and they bore children was spent, she cast the boy under one of
:

18 For the Lord had closed up every the trees that were there.
womb of the house of Abimelech on ac- 16 And she went her way, and sat over
coimt of Sara, Abraham's wife. against him a great way off as far as a
bow can carry, for she said : I will not
CHAPTER 21. see the boy die and sitting over against, :

Isaac is born. Agar and Ismael are cast forth. she lifted up her voice and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the boy
AND the Lord visited ^ Sara, as he had
_ promised : and fulfilled what he had and an angel of God called to Agar from
spoken. heaven, saying: What art thou doing,
2 * And she conceived and bore a son Agar ? fear not for God hath heard the :

in her old age, at the time that God had voice of the boy, from the place wherein
foretold her. he is.
3 And Abraham called the name of his 18 Arise, take up the boy, and hold him
son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac. by the hand for I will make him a great
:

4 And he circumcised him the eighth nation.

day, ^ as God had commanded him, 19 And God opened her eyes and she :

5 When he was a hundred years old saw a well of water, and went and filled
for at this age of his father was Isaac the bottle, and gave the boy to drink.
born. 20 And God was with him and he grew, :

6 And Sara said : God hath made a laugh- and dwelt in the wilderness, and became
ter for me whosoever shall hear of it a young man, an archer.
:

will laugh with me. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of

7 And again she said: Who would be- Pharan, and his mother took a wife foi
lieve that Abraham should hear that him out of the land of Egypt.
Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore 22 At the same time Abimelech, and
to him in his old age. Phicol the general of his army said to
8 And the child grew and was weaned Abraham: God is with thee in all that
and Abraham made a great feast on the thou dost.
day of his weaning. 23 Swear therefore by God, that thou
w Supra 12. 13, and 11. 29. — x Infra 21. 23. b Supra 17. 10; Matt. 1. 2.
y Supra 17. 19, and 18. 10. — s Gal 4.23 ; Heb. 11. 11. c Rom. 9. 7; Heb. 11. 18.

Chap. 21. Ver. ^ isaac This word signifies iaiigMer,

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Abraham and Abimelech GENESIS God tries Abraham

wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor saddled his ass : and took with him two
my stock but according to the kindness
: young men, and Isaac his son and when :

^ that I have done to thee, thou shalt do
to me, and to the land wherein thou hast
lived a stranger.
24 And Abraham said I will swear.
25 And he reproved Abimelech for a well
of water, which his servants had taken
he had cut wood for the holocaust he
went his way to the place which God had
commanded him.
: 4 And on the third day, lifting up his
eyes, he saw the place afar off.
5 Aiid he said to his young men Stay :

away by force. you here with the ass I and the boy will
:

And Abimelech answered I knew not

26 : go with speed as far as yonder, and after
who did this thing: and thou didst not we have worshipped, will return to you.
tell me, and I heard not of it till to day. 6 And he took the wood for the holo-
r27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, caust, and laid it upon Isaac his son:
and gave them to Abimelech and both of ; and he himself carried in his hands fire
them made a league. and a sword. And as they two went on
28 And Abraham set apart seven ewe together,
lambs of the flock. 7 Isaac said to his father: My
father.
29 And Abimelech said to him What : And he answered : What wilt thou, son ?
mean these seven ewe lambs which thou Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where
hast set apart ? is the victim for the holocaust ?
30 But he said : Thou shalt take seven 8 And Abraham said God will provide
:

ewe lambs at my hand

that they may : himself a victim for an holocaust, my
be a testimony for me, that I dug this son. So they went on together.
well. 9 And they came to the place which
31 Therefore that place was called Ber- God had shewn him, where he built an
sabee because there both of them did altar, and laid the wood in order upon it:
:

swear. and when he had bound Isaac his son, he

32 And they made a league for the well laid him on the altar upon the pile of
of oath. wood.
»33 And Abimelech, and Phicol the gen- 10 And he put forth his hand and took '^

eral of his army arose and returned to the sword, to sacrifice his son.
the land of the Palestines. But Abra- 11 And behold an angel of the Lord
ham planted a grove in Bersabee, and from heaven called to him, saying Abra- :

there called upon the name of the Lord ham, Abraham. And he answered : Here
God eternal. I am.
34 And he was a sojourner in the land 12 And he said to him : Lay not thy
of the Palestines many days. hand upon the boy, neither do thou any
CHAPTER 22. thing to him now I know that thou :

The faith and obedience of Abraham is proved in fearest God, and hast not spared thy
his readiness to sacrifiee his son Isaac. He is only begotten son for my sake.
stayed from the act by an angel. Former pro-
m,ises are renewed to him. His brother Nachor^s 13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw
issue. behind his back a ram amongst the briers
AFTER these things, -^God tempted sticking fast by the horns, which he took
XjL Abraham, and said to him Abra- and offered for a holocaust instead of his
:

ham, Abraham. And he answered Here son. •-

I am. 14 And he called the name of that place,

2 He said to him Take thy only begot- The Lord seeth.
: Whereupon even to
ten eon Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go this day it is said In the mountain the :

into the land of vision and there thou Lord will see.:

shalt offer him for ar holocaust upon one 15 And the angel of the Lord called to
of the mountains which I will shew thee. Abraham a second time from heaven,
3 So Abraham rising up in the night, saying
e Supra 20. 13.
/ Judith 8. 22 ; Heb. 11. 17. h James 2. 21.

31. Bersabee.
Ver. That the well of oath.
is, ourselves, what we are, as here by this trial the sin
Chap. 22. Ver. l. God tempted, &c. God tempt- gular faith and obedience of Abraham was made
eth no man
to evil, James 1. 13 ; but by trial and manifest.
experiment maketh known to the world, and to
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God Abraham
blesses GENESIS Burial of Sara
16 *By my own self have I sworn, saith the people of the land, to wit the chil-
the Lord because thou hast done this
: dren of Heth
thing, and hast not spared thy only be- 8 And said to them: If it please your
gotten son for my sake soul that I should bury my dead, hear
17 I will bless thee, and I will multiply me, and intercede for me to Ephron the
thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as son of Seor.
the sand that is by the sea shore thy : 9 That he may give me the double cave,
seed shall possess the gates of their ene- which he hath in the end of his field:
mies. for as much money as it is worth he shall
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations
«^ give it me before you, for a possession of
of the earth be blessed, because thou hast a buryingplace.
obeyed my voice. 10 Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of
19 Abraham returned to his young men, the children of Heth. And Ephron made
and they went to Bersabee together, and answer to Abraham in the hearing of all
he dwelt there. that went in at the gate of the city, say-
20 After these things, it was told Abra- ing:
ham that Melcha also had borne children 11 Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou
to Nachor his brother. rather hearken to what I say The field :

21 Hub the firstborn, and Buz his bro- I deliver to thee, and the cave that is
ther, and Camuel the father of the Syri- therein, in the presence of the children
ans, of my people, bury thy dead.
22 And Cased, and Azau, and Pheldas, 12 Abraham bowed down before the
and Jedlaph, people of the land,
23 And Bathuel, of whom was born Re- 13 And he spoke to Ephron, in the pre-
becca: These eight did Melcha bear to sence of the people I beseech thee to :

Nachor Abraham's brother. hear me : I will give money for the

24 And his concubine, named Roma, field : take it, and so I will bury my dead
bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and in it.

Maacha. 14 And Ephron answered

CHAPTER 23. 15 My lord, hear me. The ground
Sarahs death and burial in the field bought of which thou desirest, is worth four hun-
Ephron. dred sides of silver: this is the price
A ND Sara lived a hundred and twenty- between me and thee but what is this ? :

J\, seven years. bury thy dead.

2 And she died in the city of Arbee 16 And when Abraham had heard this,
^hich is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan he weighed out the money that Ephron
and Abraham came to mourn and weep had asked, in the hearing of the children
for her. of Heth, four hundred sides of silver of
3 And after he rose up from the funeral common current money.
obsequies, he spoke to the children of 17 And the field that before was
Heth, saying: Ephron's, wherein was the double cave,
4 I am a stranger and sojourner among looking towards Mambre, both it and
you : give me the right of a burying- the cave, and all the trees thereof in all
place with you, that I may bm:y my dead. its limits round about,
5 The children of Heth answered, say- 18 Was made sure to Abraham for a
ing: possession, in the sight of the children
6 MyLord, hear us, thou art a prince of of Heth, and of all that went in at the
God among us bury thy dead in our gate of his city.
:

principal sepulchres and no man shall 19 And so Abraham buried Sara his
:

have power to hinder thee from burying wife, in a double cave of the field, that
thy dead in his sepulchre» looked towards ' Mambre, this is Hebron
7 Abraham rose up, and bowed down to in the land of Chanaan.
i Ps. 104. 9 Eccli. 44. 21
; 1 Mac. 2. 52
; Eccli. 44. 25; Acts 3. 25.
Luke 1. 73 Heb. 6. 13 and 17.
;

j Supra 12. 3, and 18. 18 ; Infra 26. 4 I Infra 35. 27.

Chap. 23. Ver. 7. Bowed down

to the people. isused to signify only an inferior honour and rever-
Adoravit, literally adored. But this word here, as ence paid to men, expressed by a bowing down ol
well as in many other places in the Latin scriptures, the body.
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Abraham seeks a wife for Isaac GENESIS The servant meets Rebecca
20 And the field was made sure to Abra- ham, meet me to day, I beseech thee,
ham, and the cave that was in it, for a and shew kindness to my master Abra-
possession to bury in, by the children of ham.
Heth. 13 Behold I stand nigh the spring of
water, and the daughters of the inhabit-
CHAPTER 24.
ants of this city will come out to draw
Abraham's servant, sent by him into Mesopotam,ia,
hringeth from, thence Rebecca, who is married to water.
Isaac. 14 Now, therefore, the maid to whom I
NOW Abraham was old; and ad- shall say Let down thy pitcher that I
vanced in age and the Lord had may drink : and she shall answer. Drink,
:
:

blessed him in all things. and I will give thy camels drink also:
2 And he said to the elder servant of let it be the same whom thou hast pro-
his house, who was ruler over all he had vided for thy servant Isaac and by this :

° Put thy hand under my thigh, I shall understand, that thou hast shewn
3 That I may make thee sw3ar by the kindness to my master.
Lord the God of heaven and earth, that 15 He had not yet ended these words
thou take not a wife for my son, of within himself, and behold Rebecca came
the daughters of the Chanaanites, among out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Mel-
whom I dwell cha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abra-
4 But that thou go to my own country ham, having a pitcher on her shoulder ^ :

and kindred, and take a wife from thence 16 An exceeding comely maid, and a
for my son Isaac. most beautiful virgin, and not known to
5 The servant answered If the woman man and she went down to the spring,
: :

will not come with me into this land, and filled her pitcher and was coming
must I bring thy son back again to the back.
place, from whence thou camest out? 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and
6 And Abraham said Beware thou said Give me a little water to drink of
: :

never bring my son back again thither. thy pitcher. ,

7 The Lord God of heaven, who took 18 And she answered : Drink, lord. my
me out of my father's house, and out of And quickly she let down the pitcher
my native country, who spoke to me, upon her arm, and gave him drink.
and swore to me, saying: ^To thy seed 19 And when he had drunk, she said : I
will I give this land he will send his will draw water for thy camels also, till
:

angel before thee, and thou shalt take they all drink.
from thence a wife for my son. ^ 20 And pouring out the pitcher into the
8 But if the woman will not follow troughs, she ran back to the well to draw
thee, thou shalt not be bound by the water and having drawn she gave to all :

oath ; only bring not my son back thither the camels.

again. 21 But he musing beheld her with
9 The servant therefore put his hand silence, desirous to know whether the
under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and Lord had made his journey prosDcrous
swore to him upon this word. or not.
10 And he took ten camels of his mas- 22 And after that the camels had drunk,
ter's herd, and departed, carrying some- the man took out golden earrings, weigh-
thing of all his goods with him, and he ing two sides and as many bracelets of :

set forward and went on to Mesopotamia ten sides weight.

to the city of Nachor. 23 And he said to her Whose daughter :

11 And when he had made the camels art thou ? tell me is there any place in :

lie down without the town near a well of thy father's house to lodge ?
water in the evening, at the time when 24 And she answered I am the daugh- :

women are wont to come out to draw ter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, whom
water, he said she bore to Nachor.
12 O Lord the God of my master Abra- 25 And she said moreover to him : We
p Supra 12. 7, and 13. 15, and 15. 8.
o Infra 47. 29. q Infra 26. 2. — r Ex. 11*16; Infra 29. 8.

Chap. 24. Ver. 7. He v-ill send his ancjel be- that God gave them guardiao angels lor their pro
fore thee. This shows that the Hebrews believed tectioQ.

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The servanfs message GENESIS Bathuel lets Rebecca go

have good store of both straw and hay, 41 But thou shalt be clear from my
and a large place to lodge in. curse, when thou shalt come to my kin-
26 The man bowed himself down, and dred, if they will not give thee one.
adored the Lord, 42 And I came to day to the well ot
27 Saying Blessed be the Lord God of water, and said O Lord God of my mas-
: :

uy master Abraham, who hath not taken ter Abraham, if thou hast prospered my
away Ais mercy and truth from my mas- way, wherein I now walk,
ter, and hath brought me the straight 43 Behold I stand by the well of wa-
way into the house of my master's bro- ter, and the virgin, that shall come out
ther. to draw water, who shall hear me say
28 Then the maid and told in her Give me a little water to drink of thy
ran,
mother's house, all that she had heard. pitcher
29 And Rebecca had a brother named 44 And shall say to me: Both drink
Laban, who went out in haste to the thou, and I will also draw for thy camels
man, to the well. let the same be the woman, whom the
30 And when he had seen the earrings Lord hath prepared for my master's
and bracelets in his sister's hands, and son.
had heard all that she related, saying 45 And whilst I pondered these things
Thus and thus the man spoke to me secretly with myself, Rebecca appeared
he came to the man who stood by the coming with a pitcher, which she carried
camels, and near to the spring of water, on her shoulder and she went down to
:

31 And said to him: Come in, thou the well and drew water. And I said to
blessed of the Lord : why standest thou her Give me a little to drink.
:

without ? I have prepared the house, and 46 And she speedily let down the
a place for the camels. pitcher from her shoulder, and said to
32 And he brought him in into his lodg- me Both drink thou, and to thy camels
!

ing and he unharnessed the camels and I will give drink. I drank, and she wa-
:

gave straw and hay, and water to wash tered the camels.
his feet, and the feet of the men that 47 And I asked her, and said Whose
:

were come with him. daughter art thou? And she answered:
33 And bread was set before him. But I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of
he said I will not eat, till I tell my mes- Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him. So I
:

sage. He answered him Speak. : put earrings on her to adorn her face,
34 And he said: I am the servant of and I put bracelets on her hands.
Abraham 48 And falling down I adored the Lord,
35 And the Lord hath blessed /ny mas- blessing the Lord God of my master Abra-
ter wonderfully, and he is become ham, who hath brought me the straight
great : and he hath given him sheep and way to take the daughter of my master's
oxen, silver and gold, menservants and brother for his son.
V^omenservants, camels and asses. 49 Wherefore if you do according to
36 And Sara my master's wife hath mercy and truth with my master, tel!
borne my master a son in her old age, and me but if it please you otherwise, tell
:

he hath given him all that he had. me that also, that I may go to the right
37 And my master made me swear, say- hand, or to the left.
ing Thou Shalt not take a wife for my
: 60 And Laban and Bathuel answered:
son of the Chanaanites, in whose land I The word hath proceeded from the Lord,
dwell we cannot speak any other thing to thee
38 But thou Shalt go to my father's but his pleasure.
house, and shalt take a wife of my own 51 Behold Rebecca is before thee, take
kindred for my son : her and go thy way, and let her be the
39 But I answered my master What if wife of thy master's son, as the Lord hath
:

the woman will not come with me ? spoken.

40 The Lord, said he, in whose sight I 52 Which when Abraham's servant
walk, will send his angel with thee, and heard, falling down to the ground he
will direct thy way and thou shalt take adored the Lord.
;

a wife for my son of my own kindred, 53 And bringing forth vessels of silver
and of my father's house. and gold, and garments, he gave them
 : ;
:

Isofic and Rebecca meet GENESIS 4928Q eaih of Abraham

to Rebecca for a present. He offered ated the sorrow which was occasioned by
gifts also to her brothers, and to her mo- his mother's death.
ther. CHAPTER 26.
54 And a banquet was made, and tney AhraharrCs children by Cetura ; his death and that
ate and drank together, and lodged there. of Ismael. Isaac hath Esau and Jacob twins.
And in the morning, the servant arose, Esau selleth his first birthright to Jacob.
and said Let me depart, that I may go
:
A ND
Abraham married another wife
to my master. XJL named Cetura * :

55 And her brother and mother an- 2 Who bore him Zamran, and Jecsan,
swered Let : the maid stay at least ten and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboc, and
days with us, and afterwards she shall Sue.
depart. 3 Jecsan also begot Saba and Dadan.
56 Stay me not, said he, because the The children of Dadan were Assurim, and
Lord hath prospered my way send me : Latusim and Loomin.
away, that I may go to my master. 4 But of Madian was born Epha, and
57 And they said Let us call the maid,
: Opher, and Henoch, and Abida, and
and ask her will. Eldaa: all these were the children of
58 And they called her, and when she Cetura.
was come, they asked Wilt thou go: 5 And Abraham gave aU his possessions
with this man ? She said I will go. : to Isaac.
59 So they sent her away, and her 6 And to the children of the concubines
nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his he gave gifts, and separated them from
company, Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the
60 Wishing prosperity to their sister, and east country.
saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou 7 And the days of Abraham's life were
increase to thousands of thousands, and a hundred and seventy-five years.
may thy seed possess the gates of their 8 And decaying he died in a good old
enemies. age, and having lived a long time, and
61 So Rebecca and her maids, being set being full of days : and was gathered to
upon camels, followed the man who with : his people.
speed returned to his master. 9 And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried
62 At the same time Isaac was walking him in the double cave, which was sit-
along the way to the well * which is called uated in the field of Ephron the son of
Of the living and the seeing for he dwelt : Seor the Hethite, over against Mambre
in the souiih country. 10 Which he had bought of the chil-
63 And he was gone forth to meditate dren of Heth there was he buried, and
:

in the field, the day being now well Sara his wife.
spent : and when he had lifted up his 11 And after his death, God blessed
eyes, he saw camels coming afar off. Isaac his son, who dwelt by the 'Tell
64 Rebecca also, when she saw Isaac, named Of the living and seeing.
lighted off the camel, 12 These are the generations of Ismael
65 And said to the servant Who is : the son of Abraham, whom Agar the
that man who cometh towards us along Egyptian, Sara's servant, bore unto him
the field ? And he said to her That man : 13 And these are the names of his chil-
is my master. But she quickly took her dren according to their calling and gen-
cloak, and covered herself. erations. ^The firstborn of Ismael was
66 And the servant told Isaac all that Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and
he had done. Mabsam.
67 Who brought her into the tent of 14 And Masma, and Duma, and Massa,
Sara his mother, and took her to wife 15 Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and
and he loved her so much, that it moder- Naphis, and Cedma.
s Supra 16. 14.
1 1 Par. 1. 32, V 1 Par. 1. 29.

Ver. 57. Let us call the maid, and ask her will. Chap. 25. Ver. 6. Concubines. Agar and Cetura
Not as to her marriage, as she had already con- are here called concubines^ (though they were law-
sented, but of her quitting her parents and going to ful wives, and in other places are so called,) because
her husband. they were of an inferior degree, and such in scrip-
ture are usually called concubines.
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Birth of Esau and Jacob GENESIS Isaac sojourns in Gerara

16 These are the sons of Ismael: and 31 And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy
these are their names by their castles and first birthright.
fcowns, twelve princes of their tribes.
^ 32 He answered Lo I die, what will the :

17 And the years of Ismael's life were first birthright avail me.
a hundred and thirty-seven, and decaying 33 Jacob said: Swear therefore to me.
he died, and was gathered unto his Esau swore to him, and sold his first
people. birthright.
18 And he dwelt from Hevila as far as 34 And so taking bread and the pottage
Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to of lentils, he ate, and drank, and went
them that go towards the Assyrians. He his way making little account of having
;

died in the presence of all his brethren. sold his first birthright.
19 These also are the generations of
Isaac the son of Abraham Abraham be-
;
CHAPTER 26.
Isaac sojoumeth in Gerara, where God reneiveth to
got Isaac him the promise m,ade to Abraham,. King AM-
20 Who when he was forty years old, m,elech m,aketh league vrith him.

took to wife Rebecca the daughter of A ND

when a famine came in the land,
Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister J\. after that barrenness which had
to Laban. happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac
21 And Isaac besought the Lord for his went to Abimelech king of the Pales-
wife, because she was barren , and he tines to Gerara.
heard him, and made Rebecca to con- 2 And the Lord appeared to him and
ceive. said Go not down into Egypt, but stay
:

22 But the children struggled in her in the land that I shall tell thee.
womb and she said If it were to be so 3 And sojourn in it, and I will be with
: :

with me, what need was there to con- thee, and will bless thee for to thee and :

ceive ? And she went fco consult the Lord. to thy seed I will give all these countries,
23 Anu he answeriJig said: ^Two na- •^to fulfil the oath which I swore to Abra-
tions are in thy womb, and two peoples ham thy father.
shall be divided out of thy womb, and 4 And I will multiply thy seed like the
one people shall overcome the other, stars of heaven and I will give to thy :

and the elder shall serve the younger. posterity all these countries and in thy :

24 And when her time was come to be seed shall all the nations of the earth be
delivered, behold twins were found in blessed. ^
her womb. 5 Because Abraham obeyed my voice,
25 " He that came rorth rirsD was red, and kept my precepts and command-
and hairy like a skin and his name was ments, and observed my ceremonies and
:

called Esau. ^ Immediately the other laws.

coming forth, held his brother's foot in 6 So Isaac abode in Gerara.

his hand, and therefore he was called 7 And when he was asked by the men
Jacob. of that place, concerning his wife, he
26 Isaac wa^ threescore years old when answered She is my sister for he was
: ;

the children were born unto him. afraid to confess that she was his wife,
%7 And when they were grown up, Esau thinking lest perhaps they would kill
became a skilful hunter, and a husband- him because of her beauty.
man: but Jacob a plain man dwelt in 8 And when very many days were
tents. passed, and he abode there, Abimelech
28 Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of king of the Palestines looking out through
his hunting and Rebecca loved Jacob.
: a window, saw him playing with Rebecca
29 And Jacob boiled pottage to whom his wife.:

Esau, coming faint out of the field, 9 And calling for him, he said It is evi* :

30 Said: Give me of this red pottage, dent she is thy wife why didst thou feign :

for I am exceeding faint. For which rea- her to be thy sister? He answered: I
son his name was called Edom. ** feared lest I should die for her sake.

w Supra 17. 20. d Heb. 12. 16 ; Abd, 1. 1.

z Rom. 9. 10. / Supra 12. 7, and 15. 18.
a Osee 12. 13. — b Matt. 1. 2. g Supra 12. 3, and 18. 18, and
22. 18;
Infra 28. 14.

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The Pcdestines envy Isaac GENESIS Abimelech and Isaac

iO And Abimelech said Why hast thou tiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's
:

deceived us? Some man of the people sake.

might have lain with thy wife, and thou
hadst brought upon us a great sin. And
he commanded all the people, saying
11 He that shall touch this man's wife,
shall surely be put to death.
12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and
he found that same year a hundredfold
and the Lord blessed him.
25 And he built there an altar: and
called upon the name of the Lord, and
pitched his tent: and commanded hie
servants to dig a welL
26 To which place when Abimelech, and
Ochozath his friend, and Phicol chief
captain of his soldiers came from Gerara,
27 Isaac said to them Why are ye come :

13 And the man was enriched, and he to me, a man whom you hate, and have
went on prospering and increasing, till thrust out from you?
be became exceeding great: 28 And they answered saw that : We
14 And he had possessions of sheep the Lord is with thee, and therefore we
and of herds, and a very great family. said : Let there be an oath between us,
Wherefore the Palestines envying him, let us make a covenant,
and
15 Stopped up at that time all the wells, 29 That thou do us no harm, as we on
that the servants of his father Abraham our part have touched nothing of thine,
had digged, filling them up with earth: nor have done any thing to hurt thee:
16 Iiuaomuch that Abimelech himself but with peace have sent thee away in-
said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou creased with the blessing of the Lord.
art become much mightier than we. 30 And he made them a feast, and after
17 So he departed and came to the tor- they had eaten and drunk
rent of Gerara, to dwell there 31 Arising in the morning, they swore
18 And he digged again other wells, one to another: and Isaac sent them
which the servants of his father Abraham away peaceably to their own home.
had digged, and which, after his death, 32 And behold the same day the ser-
the Palestines had of old stopped up: vants of Isaac came, telling him of a well
and he called them by the same names which they had digged, *nd saying: We
by which his father before had called have found water.
thenu 33 Whereupon he called it Abundance
19 And they digged in the torrent, and and the name of the city was called Ber-
found living water. sabee, even to this day.
20 But there also the herdsmen of Ge- 34 And Esau being forty years ol^
rara strove against the herdsmen of married wives, Judith the daughter of
Isaac, saying: It is our water. Where- Beeri the Hethite, and Basemath the
fore he called the name of the well, on daughter of Elon of the same place.
occasion of that which had happened. 35^ And they both offended the mind
Calumny. of Isaac and Rebecca.
21 And they digged also another ; and
for that they quarrelled likewise, and he
CHAPTER 27.
Jacob, by his mother^s counsel^ obtaineth his father^
called the name of it, Enmity. blessing instead of Esau. And by her is advised
22 Going forward from thence, he digged to fly to his uncle ^jaban.
another well, for which they contended "VrOW Isaac was old, and his eyes were
liot: therefore he called the name thereof, XM dim, and he could not see and he :

Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord called Esau, his elder son, and said bo
given us room, and made us to increase him: My son? And he answered : Here
upon the earth,* I am.
23 And he went up from that place to 2 And his father said to him: Thou
Bersabee, seest that I am old, and know not the
24 Where the Lord appeared to him day of my death.
that same night, saying : I am the God 3 Take thy arms, thy quiver, and bow,
of Abraham thy father ; do not fear, for I and go abroad: and when thou hast
am with thee : I will hless thee, and mul- taken some thing by hunting,
/i Ps. 4. 1. Infra 27. 46.

Chap. 26. Ver. 19. Torrent. That Is, a channel Ver. 22 Latitude. That is, wilderness, or room.
jrher* sometimes a torrent or violent stream had run.

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Jacob deceives Isaac GENESIS Jacob receives the blessing

± Make me savoury meat thereof, as 20 And Isaac said to his son Koii :

thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I couldst thou find it so quickly, my son?
may eat: and my soul may bless thee He answered: It was the will of God that
before I die. what I sought came quickly in my way.
6 And when Rebecca had heard this, 21 And Isaac said: Come hither, that 1
and he was gone into the field to fulfil may feel thee, my son, and may prove
bis father's commandment, whether thou be my son Esau, or not.
6 She said to her son Jacob I heard 22 He came near to his father, and when
:

thy father talking with Esau thy brother, he had felt him, Isaac said: The voice
and saying to him indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the
7 Bring me of thy hunting, and make hands are the hands of Esau.
me meats that I may eat, and bless thee 23 And he knew him not, because his
in the sight of the Lord, before I die. hairy hands made him like to the elder.
8 Now, therefore, my eon, follow my Then blessing him,
counsel 24 He said : Art thoa my ton Esant H0
9 And go thy way to the flock, bring answered I am. :

me two kids of the best, that I may 25 Then he said Bring me the meats of :

make of them meat for thy father, such thy hunting, my son, that my soul may
as he gladly eateth: bless thee. And when they were brought,
10 Which when thou hast brought in, and he had eaten, he offered him wine
and he hath eaten, he may bless thee also^ which after he had drunk,
before he die. 26 He said to him : Come near me, and
11 And he answered her : Thou knowest give me a kiss, my son,
Shat Esau my brother is a hairy man, 27 He came near, and kissed him. And
And I am smooth. immediately as he smelled the fragrant
,12 my father shaK feel me, and per- smell of his garments, blessing him, he
](J2

ceive it, I fear lest he will think I would said: Behold the smell of my son is as
have mocked himv and I shall bring upon the smell of a plentiful field, which the
me a curse instead of a blessing. Lord hath blessed.
13 And his mother said to him: Upon 28 God give thee the dew of heaven,
me be this curse, my son : only hear thou and of the fatness of the earth, abun*
my voice, and go, fetch me the things dance of com and wine, v/»i<'J hiif.

which I have said. 29 And let peoples serve thee, and tribes
14 He went, and brought, and gave them worship thee: be thou lord of thy bre
to his mother. She dressed meats, such thren, and let thy mother's children bow
as she knew his father liked. down before thee. Cursed be he that
15 And she put on him very good gar- curseth thee * and let him that blesseth
ments of Esau, which she had at home thee be filled with blessings.
with her 30 Isaac had scarce ended his words,
16 And the little skins of the kids she when Jacob being now gone out abroad,
put about his hands, and covered the Esau came,
bare of his neck. 31 And brought in to his father meate
17 And she gave him the savoury meat, made of what he had taken in hunting^
and delivered him bread th^-t she had saying: Arise, my father, and eat of thy
baked. son's venison; that thy soul may blesa
18 Which when he had carried in, he me. Ji'-i

said: My father? But he answered: I 32 And Isaac said to him: Why! whd
hear. Who art thou, my son ? art thou? He answered: I am thy first-
19 And Jacob said : I am Esau thy first- bom son Esau.
born: I have done as thou didst com- 33 Isaac was struck with fear, and aston-
mand me arise, sit, and eat of my veni- ished exceedingly: and wondering be-
:

son, that thy soul may bless me.
Chap. 27. Ver. 19. / am Esau thy firstborn.
Bt.Augustine (L. Contra mendacium, c. 10), treat-
ing at large upon this place excuseth Jacob from
a lie, because this whole passage was mysteri.
yond what can be beheved, said: Who is
Jews, which Jacob by prophetic light might under-
stand. So far Is certain» that the first birthright,
both by divine election and by Esau* free cession
belonged to Jacob so that if there were any lie in
:

ous, as relating to the preference which was after- the case, it could be mm> more tbao an officiouc and
wards to be given to the Gentiles before the carnal venial one.
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Esau intends to kill Jacob GENESIS Jacob journeys to Mesopotamia

he then that even now brought me veni- from thence hither. Why shall I be de-
son that he had taken, and I ate of all prived of both my sons in one day?
before thou earnest? and I have blessed 46 And Rebecca said to Isaac: °I am
him, and he shall be blessed. weary of my life because of the daugh-
34 Esau having heard his father's words, ters of Heth if Jacob take a wife of the
:

roared out with a great cry and being : stock of this land, I choose not to live.
in a great consternation, said : Bless me 28. CHAPTER
also, my father. Jacobus journey to Mesopotamia his vision and v&w, :

36 And he said Thy brother came de-

: ND
Isaac called Jacob, and blessed
ceitfully and got thy blessing. A"
him, and charged him, saying Take :

36 But he said again Rightly is his not a wife of the stook of Chanaan
:

name called Jacob; for he hath sup- 2 But go, and take a journey to Meso-
planted me lo this second time * my first potamia of Syria, to \he house of Bathuei
:

birthright he took away before, and now thy mother's fathei, and take thee a wife
this second time he hath stolen away thence of the daughters of Laban thy
toy blessing. And again he said to his uncle.
father Hast thou not reserved me also
: 3 And God almighty bless thee, and
a blessing ? make thee to increase, and multiply
37 Isaac answered: I have appointed thee: that thou mayst be a multitude
him thy lord, and have made all his bre- of people.
thren his servants: I have established 4 And give the blessings of Abraham
him with corn and wine, and after this, to iihee, and to thy seed after thee : that
what shall I do more for thee, son? my
thou mayst possess the land of thy so-
38 And Esau said to him: Hast thou journment, which he promised to thy
only one blessing, father? I beseech grandfather.
thee bless me also. And when he wept 5 ^ And when Isaac had sent him away,
With a loud cry, "* he took his journey and went to Meso-
39 Isaac being moved, said to him : In potamia of Syria to Laban the son of
the fat of the eaxth, and in the dew of Bathuei the Syrian, brother to Rebecca
heaven from above, his mother.
40 Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt 6 And Esau seeing that his father had
live by the sword and shalt serve thy blessed Jacob, and had sent him into
brother and the time shall come, when Mesopotamia of Syria, to marry a wife
:

thou shalt shake o& and loose his yoke thence and that after the blessing he ;

from thy neck. had charged him, saying Thou shalt not :

41 Esau therefore always hated Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Chanaan
for the blessing wherewith his father had 7 And that Jacob obeying his parents
blessed him: and he said in his heart: was gone into Syria
'^The days will come of the mourning 8 Experiencing also that his father was
of my father, and I will kill my
brother not well pleased with the daughters of
Jacob. Chanaan
42 These things were told to Rebecca 9 He went to Ismael, and took to wife,
and she sent and called Jacob her son, besides them he had before, Maheleth
and said to him: Behold Esau thy bro- the daughter of Ismael, Abraham's son,
ther threateneth to kill thee. the sister of Nabajoth.
43 Now therefore, son, hear my my10 But Jacob being departed from Ber-
«roice: arise and flee to Laban my bro- sabee, went on to Haran. .

iiher to Haran 11 And when he was come to a certain

44 And thou shalt dwell with him a few place, and would rest in it after sunset,
days, till the wrath of thy brother be as- he took of the stones that lay there, and
suaged, putting under his head, slept in the
45 And his indignation cease, and he same place.
torget the things thou hast done to him 12 And be saw in his sleep a laddei
afterwards I will send, and bring thee standing upon the earth, and the top
I Supra 25. 34. — m Heb. 1\. 20. o Si:pra 26. 35.
n Abd. 1. 10. q Osee 12. 12.

Ver. 36. Jacob. That Is, a sujpplanter,

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Vision of Jacobus ladder GENESIS Jacob serves Laban

tuereof touching heaven: angels sheep were gathered together, to roll
the
also of God ascending and descending by away the stone, and after the sheep
it; were watered, to put it on the mouth of
13 And the Lord leaning upon the lad- the Well again.
der, saying to him: ''I am the Ix>rd God 4 And he said to the shepherds Bre- :

of Abraham thy father, and the God of thren, whence are you ? They answered
Isaac; the land, wherein thou sleepest, Of Haran.
I will give to thee and to thy seed. 6 And he asked them, saying: Enow
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of, you Laban the son of Nachor? They
the earth * thou shalt spread abroad to said We know him.
: :

the west, and to the east, and to the 6 He said Is he in health ? He is in :

north, and to the south: and en thee health, say they and behold Rachel his :

and thy seed all the tribes of the earth daughter cometh with his flock.
SHATJi BE BLESSED. 7 And Jacob said: There is yet much
16 And I will be thy keeper whither- day remaining, neither is it time to
soever thou goest, and will bring thee l)ring the flocks into the folds again:
back into this land neither will I leave first give the sheep drink, and so lead
:

thee, till I «hall have accomplished all them back to feed.

that I have said. 8 They answered:- We cannot, till all
16 And when Jacob awaked out of the cattle be gathered together, and we
Bleep, he said : Indeed the Lord is in remove the stone from the well's mouth,
this place, and I knew it noti that we may water the flocks.
17 And trembhng he said How terrible : 9 They were yet speaking, and behold
is this place! this is no other but the Rachel came with her f ather''s 'sheep for :

house of God, and the gate of heaven. she fed the flock.
18 And Jacob, arising in the morning, 10 -And when Jacob saw her, and knew
took the stone, which he had laid under her to be his cousin- german, and that
bis head, and set it up for a title, pour- they were the sheep of Laban, his uncle
ing oil upon the top of it. he removed the stone wherewith the
19 And he called the name of the city well was closed.
Bethel, which before was called Luza. 11 And having watered the flock, he
20 And he made a vow, saying : If God kissed her: and lifting up his voice^
shall be with me, and shall keep me in wept.
the way by which I walk, and shall give 12 And he told her that he was her
me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, father's brother, and the son of Rebecca:
21 -And I shall return prosperously to but she went in haste and told her '

my father's house : the Lord shall be my father.

God: 13 Who, when he heard that Jacob his
22 And this stone, which I have set up sister's son was come, ran forth to meet
for a title, shall be called the house of him; and embracing him, and heartily
God : and of aU things that thou shalt kissing him, brought him into his house.
give to me, I will offer tithes to thee. And when he had heard the caused of
his journey,
CHAPTER 29.
14 He answered: Thou art my bone
Jacob gerveth Laban seven years for Rachel : but
is deceived vrith Lia : he afterwards marrieth and my flesh. And after the days of one
Rachfi-l. Lia bears him four sons. month were e;xpired,
THEN Jacob went on in his Journey, 15 He said to him: Because thou art
and came into the east country. my brother, shalt thou serve me without
2 And he saw a well in the field, and wages ? Tell me what wages thou wilt
three flocks of sheep lying by it : for the have.
beasts were watered out of it, and the 16 Now he had two daughters, tho
mouth thereof was closed with a great name of the elder was Lia: and the
stone. younger was called Rachel.
3 And the custom was, when all the 17 But Lia was blear eyed Rachel was :

r Infra 35. 1, and 48. a—s Deut. 12. 20. and 19. 8 Supra 26w 4. — f Infra 31. 13.

QsLkx, 2& Yer. 18. BeiikU. This name signifies tbe bouse of God.
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Hejnarries Lia and Rachel GENESlS Jacob*s sons by the handmaids

well favoured, and of a beautiful counte- also to mei and she called his name
nance. Simeon.
18 And Jacob being in love with her, 34 And she conceived the third time,
Baid: I will serve thee seven years for and bc"3 another son: and said: Now
Rachel thy younger daughter. also my husband will be joined to me,
19 Laban answered: It is better that I because I have borne him three sons:
give her to thee than to another man and therefore she called his name Levi.
stay with' me. 35 The fourth time she conceived and
20 So Jacob served seven years for bore a son, and said now will I praise :

Rachel and they seemed but

: , a few the Lord and for this she called him
:

days, because of the greatness of his Juda.
love.
21 And he said to Laban : Give me
wife for noV the time is fulfilled, that I
;
may go in unto "her.
22 And he, having invited a great num-
ber of his friends to the feast, mada the
marriage.
23 And at night he brought in Lia his
daughter to him,
^ And she left bearing.
CHAPTER 30.
my Rachel, being barren, delivereth her handmaid to
Jacob ; she beareth two sons. Lia ceasing to 6ear,
giveth also her handmaid, and she beareth two
more. Then Lia beareth other two sons and one
daughter. Racliel beareth Joseph. Jacob, desir-
ous to return home, is hir^ed to stay for a certnitt
part of the flock^s increase^ whereby he becometh
exceeding rich.
AND
Rachel, seeing herself without
. children, envied ner sister, and said

24 Giving his daughter a handmaid, to her husband Give me children, :

named Zelpha. Now when Jacob had otherwise I shall die.

gone in to her according to custom, 2 And Jacob being angry with her, an-
when morning was come he saw it was swered: Am
I as God, who hath de-
Lia: prived thee of the fruit of thy womb ?
25 And he said to his father in law: 3 But she said I have here my ser-
:

What is it that thou didst mean to do ? vant Bala go in unto her, that she may
:

did not I serve thee for Rachel? why bear upon my knees, and I may have
hast thou deceived me ? children by her.
26 Laban answered It is not the cus-
: 4, And she gave him Bala in marriage:
tom in this place, to give the younger in who,
marriage first. 6 When her husband had gone in unto
27 Make up the week
of days of this her, conceived and bore a son.
match : and I will give thee her also, 6 And Rachel said The Lord hath :

for the service that thou shalt render judged for me, and hath heard my voice,
me other seven 3'^ears. giving me a son, and therefore she
2d He yielded to his pleasure : and called his name Dan.
after the week was past, he married 7 And again Bala, conceived and bore
Rachel: another,
29 To whom her father gave Bala for 8 For whom Rachel said God hath :

her servant. compared me with my sister, and I have

30 And having at length obtained the prevailed and she called him Nephtali.
:

marriage he wished for, he preferred 9 Lia, perceiving that she had left oflf
the love of the latter before the former, bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to
and served with him other seven years. her husband.
31 And the Lord seeing that'he despised 10 And when she had conceived and
Lia, opened her womb, but her sister re-brought forth a son,
mained barren. 11 She said: Happily. And therefore
32 And she conceived and bore a son, called his name Gad.
and called his name Ruben, saying The 12 Zelpha also bore another.
:

Lord saw my affliction: now my hus- 13 And Lia said This is for my happi- :

band will love me. ness: for women will call me blessed.
33 And again she conceived and bore a Therefore she called him Aser.
son, and said Because the Lord heard 14 And Ruben, going out in the time of
:

that I was despised, he hath given this the wheat harvest into the field, found

•M«»ti. 2.

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The children of Lia and Rachel GENESIS Jacob*s wages

mandrakes whicli he brought to his 30 Thou hadst but little before I came
:

mother Lia. And Rachel said Give me to thee, and now thou art become rich
:

part of thy son's mandrakes. and the Lord hath blessed thee at my
15 She answered Dost thou think it a coming. It is reasonable therefore that
:

small matter, that thou hast taken my I should now provide also for my own
husband from me, unless thou take also house.
my son's mandrakes ? Rachel said He 31 And Laban said What shall I give
; :

shall sleep with thee this night, for thy thee ? But he said I require nothing
:

son's mandrakes. but thou wilt do what I demand, I will

16 And when Jacob returned at even
from the field, Lia went out to meet
him, and said : Thou shalt come in unto
me, because I have hired thee for my
if
feed, and keep thy sheep again.
32 Go round through all thy flocks, and
separate all the sheep of divers colours,
and speckled and all that is brown and
;

son's mandrakes. And he slept with spotted, and of divers colours, as well
her that night. among the sheep, as among the goats,
17 And God heard her prayers ; and shall be my wages.
she conceived and bore the fifth son, 33 And my justice shall answer for me
18 And said : God hath given me a re- to morrow before thee when the time
ward, because I gave my
handmaid to of the bargain shall come and all that :

my husband. And she called his name is not of divers colours, and spotted,
Issachar. and brown, as well among the sheep
19 And Lia conceived again, and bore as among the goats, shall accuse me of
the sixth son, theft.
20 And said : God hath endowed me 34 And Laban said : I like well what
with a good dowry: this turn also my thou demandest.
husband will be with me, because I have 35 And he separated the same day the
borne him six sons : and therefore she she goats, and the sheep, and the he
called his name Zabulon. goats, and the rams of divers colours,
21 After whom she bore a daughter, and spotted and all the flock of one
:

Darned Dina. colour, that is, of white and black fleece,

22 The Lord also remembering Rachel, he delivered into the hands of his sons.
^eard her, and opened her womb. 36 And he set the space of three days*
23 And she conceived, and bore a son, journey betwixt himself and his son in
saying i God hath taken away my re- law, who fed the rest of his flock.
proach. 37 And Jacob took green rods of pop-
24 And she called his name Joseph, lar, and of almond, and of plane trees,
saying : The Lord give me also another and pilled them in part so when the :

son. bark was taken off, in the parts that

25 And when Joseph was born, Jacob were pilled, there appeared whiteness:
said to his father in law : Send me away but the parts that were whole remained
that I may return into my country, and green: and by this means the colour
to my land. was divers.
26 Give me my
wives, and my
children, 38 And he put them in the troughs,
for whom I have served thee, that I may where the water was poured out: that
depart thou knowest the service that I when the flocks should come to drink,
:

have rendered thee. they might have the rods before their
27 Laban said to him: Let mc find eyes, and in the sight of them might
favour in thy sight I have learned by conceive.
:

experience, that God hath blessed me 39 And it came to pass that in the very
tor thy sake heat of coition, the sheep beheld the
28 Appoint thy wages which I shall rods, and brought forth spotted, and of
give thee. divers colours, and speckled.
29 But he answered : Thou knowest 40 And Jacob separated the flock, and
how I have served thee, and how great put the rods in the troughs before the
thy possession hath been in my hands. eyes of the rams : and all the white and

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Jacob seeks to leave Lahan GENESIS His departure

the black were Laban's and the rest were
: ewes conceiving, I lifted up my eyes,
Jacob's, when the flocks were separated and saw in my sleep that the males
one from the other. which leaped upon the females were of
41 So when the ewes went first to ram, divers colours, and spotted, and speckled.
Jacob put the rods in the troughs of 11 And the angel of God said to me in
water before the eyes of the rams, and my sleep Jacob ? And I answered :

of the ewes, that they might conceive Here I am.

while they were looking upon them 12 And he said Lift up thy eyes, and :

42 But when the latter coming was, and see that all the males leaping upon the
the last conceiving, he did not put them. females, are of divers colours, spotted,
And those that were lateward, became and speckled. For I have seen all that
Laban's and they of the first time, Laban hath done to thee.
:

Jacob's. 13 I am the God of Bethel, ^ where thou

43 And the man was enriched exceed- didst anoint the stone, and make a vow
ingly, and he had many flocks, maid- to me. Now therefore arise, and go out
servants and menservants, camels and of this land, and return into thy native
asses. country.
CHAPTER 31. 14 And Rachel and Lia
answered:
Jacobus departure : he is pursued and overtaken by Have we any thing left among
the goods
Laban. They make a covenant. and inheritance of our father's house ?
BUT after that he heard the words of
the sons of Laban, saying: Jacob
15 Hath he not counted us as stran-
gers and sold us, and eaten up the price
hath taken away all that was our father's, of us?
and being enriched by his substance is 16 But God hath taken our father's
become great: riches, and delivered them to us, and to
2 And perceiving also that Laban's our children wherefore do all that God
:

countenance was not towards him as hath commanded thee.

yesterday and the other day, 17 Then Jacob rose up, and having set
3 Especially the Lord saying to him his children and wives upon camels,
Return into the land of thy fathers, and went his way,
to thy kindred, and I will be with thee. 18 And he took all his substance, and
4 He sent, and called Rachel and Lia flocks, and whatsoever he had gotten in
into the field, where he fed the flocks, Mesopotamia, and went forward to Isaao
5 And said to them I see your father's
: his father to the land of Chanaan.
countenance is not towards me as yes- 19 At that time Laban was gone to
terday and the other day but the God : shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away
of my father hath been with me. her father's idols.
6 And you know that I have served 20 And Jacob would not confess to his
your father to the uttermost of my father in law that he was flying away.
power. 21 And when he was gone, together
7 Yea, your father also hath over- with all that belonged to him, and
reached me, and hath changed my wages having passed the river, was going on
ten times and yet God hath not suffered
: towards mount Galaad,
him to hurt me. 22 It was told Laban on the third day
8 If at any time he said The speckled : that Jacob fled.
shall be thy wages all the sheep brought
: 23 And he took his brethren with him,
forth speckled but when he said on the
: and pursued after him seven days and ;

contrary: Thou shalt take all the white overtook him in the mount of Galaad.
ones for thy wages all the flocks brought
: 24 And he saw in a dream God saying
forth white ones. to him :Take heed thou speak not any
9 And God hath taken your father's thing harshly against Jacob.
substance, and given it to me. 25 Now Jacob had pitched his tent in
10 For after that time came of the the mountain and when he with his
:

c Supra 28. 18.

Chap. 31. Ver. 19. Her father's idols. By this these idols to withdraw him from idolatry, remoy-
it appears that Laban was an idolater; and some ing the occasion of his sin.
of the fathers are of opinion that Bachel stole away

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:

Lahan pursues Jacob GENESIS They make a leagu$

orethren had overtaken him, he pitched 38 Have I therefore been with thee
his tent in the same mount of Galaad. twenty years ? thy ewes and goats were
26 And he said to Jacob Why hast not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did
:

thou done thus, to carry away, without not eat

my knowledge, my daughters, as captives 39 Neither did I shew thee that which
taken with the sword. the beast had torn, I made good all the
27 Why would 8 1 thou run away privately damage whatsoever was lost by theft,
:

and not acquaint me, that I might have thou didst exact it of me :
brought thee on the way with joy, and 40 Day and night was I parched with
with songs, and with timbrels, and with heat, and with frosty and sleep departed
harps? from my eyes.
28 Thou hast not suffered me to kiss 41 And in this manner have I served
my sons and daughters thou hast done
: thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen
foolishly : and now, indeed, for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks
29 It is in my power to return thee thou hast changed also my wages ten
evil but the God of your father said to
: times.
me yesterday: *^Take heed thou speak 42 Unless the God of my father Abra-
not any thing harshly against Jacob. ham, and the fear of Isaac had stood b;
30 Suppose thou didst desire to go to me, peradventure now thou hadst sent
thy friends, and hadst a longing after me away naked God : beheld my afflic-
thy father's house : why hast thou stolen tion and the labour of my hands, and
away my gods? rebuked thee yesterday.
31 Jacob answered: That I departed 43 Laban answered him : The daughters
unknown to thee, it was for fear lest are mine and the children, and thy flocks,
thou wouldst take away thy daughters and all things that thou seest are mine
by force. what can I do to my children, and grand-
32 But whereas thou chargest me with children?
theft with whomsoever thou shalt find
: 44 Come therefore, let us enter into a
thy gods, let him be slain before our league : that it may be for a testimony
brethren. Search, and if fchou find any between me and thee.
of thy things with me, take them away. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it
Now when he said this, he knew not that up for a title :
Rachel had stolen the idols. 46 And he said to his brethren : Bring
33 So Laban went into the tent of Jacob, hither stones. And they gathering stones
and of Lia, and of both the handmaids, together, made a heap, and they ate upon
and found them not. And when he was it.
entered into Rachel's tent, 47 And Laban called it The witness
34 She in haste hid the idols under the heap: and Jacob, The hillock of tes-
camel's furniture, and sat upon them: timony ; each of them according to the
and when he had searched all the tent, propriety of his language.
and found nothing, 48 And Laban said This heap shall be
:

35 She said : Let not my lord be angry a witness between me and thee this day,
that I cannot rise up before thee, because and therefore the name thereof was
It has now happened to me, according called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.
to the custom of women. So his careful 49 The Lord behold and judge between
search was in vain. us when we shall be gone one from the
36 And Jacob being angry, said in a other.
chiding manner : For what fault of mine, 50 If thou afflict my daughters, and if
and for what offence on my part hast thou bring in other wives over tnem:
thou so hotly pursued me, none is witness of our speech but God,
37 And searched all my household stuff ? who is present and beholdeth.
What hast thou found of all the substance 61 And he said again to Jacob: Behold,
of thy house? lay it here before my this heap, and the stone which I have
brethren, and thy brethren, and let them set up between me and thee,
judge between me and thee. 52 Shall be a witness this heap, I say,
:

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Jacob sends messengers to Esau GENESIS He divides Ms company

and the stone, be they for a testimony, 10 I am not worthy of the least of all
if either I shall pass beyond it going thy mercies, and of thy truth which thou
towards thee, or thou shalt pass beyond hast fulfilled to thy servant. With my
it, thinking harm to me. staff I passed over this Jordan and now ;

63 The God of Abraham, and the God of I return with two companies.
Nachor, the God of their father, judge 11 Deliver me from the hand of my bro-
between us. And Jacob swore by the ther Esau, for I am greatly afraid of
fear of his father Isaac. him lest perhaps he come, and kill the
:

54 And after he had offered sacrifices in mother with the children.

the mountain, he called his brethren to 12 Thou didst say that thou wouldst do
eat bread. And when they had eaten, well by me, and multiply my seed like
they lodged there the sand of the sea, which cannot be
55 But Laban arose in the night, and numbered for multitude.
kissed his sons, and daughters, and 13 And when he had slept there that
blessed them and returned to his place. night, he set apart, of the things which
:

CHAPTER 32. he had, presents for his brother Esau,

Jacobus vision of angels his message and
; presents 14 Two hundred she goats, twenty he
to Esau ; his wrestling with an angel. goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty
JACOB * also went on the journey he rams,
had begun: and the angels of God 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts,
met him. forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she
2 And when he saw them, he said asses, and ten of their foals.
These are the camps of God, and he 16 And he sent them by the hands of
called the name of that place Mahanaim, his servants, every drove by itself, and
that is. Camps. he said to his servants: Go before me,
3 And he sent messengers before him to and let there be a space between drove
Esau his brother to the land of Seir to and drove.
the country of Edom 17 And he commanded the first, saying:
4 And he commanded them, saying If thou meet my brother Esau, and he
Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: ask thee: Whose art thou? or whither
Thus saith thy brother Jacob I have goest thou? or whose are these before
:

sojourned with Laban, and have been thee?

with him until this day. 18 Thou snalt answer: Thy servant Ja-
5 I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and cob's he hath sent them as a present to
:

menservants, and womenservants and my lord Esau and he cometh after us.
: :

now I send a message to my lord, that I 19 In like manner he commanded the

may find favour in thy sight. second and the third, and all that followed
6 And the messengers returned to Ja- the droves, saying: Speak ye the same
cob, saying We came to Esau thy bro- words to Esau, when ye find him.
:

ther, and behold he cometh with speed 20 And ye shall add Thy servant Jacob
:

to meet thee with four hundred men. himself also folio weth after us; for he
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and said I will appease him with the presents
; :

in his fear divided the people that was that go before, and afterwards I will see
with him, and the flocks, and the sheep, him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.
and the oxen, and the camels, into two 21 So the presents went before him, but
companies, himself lodged that night in the camp.
8 Saying If Esau come to one company
: 22 And rising early he took his two
and destroy it, the other company that wives, and his two handmaids, with his
is left shall escape. eleven sons, and passed over the ford of
9 And Jacob said O God of my father Jaboc.
:

Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O 23 And when all things were brought
Lord, who saidst to me Return to thy over that belonged to him,
:

land and to the place of thy birth, and I 24 He remained alone and behold a :

will do well for thee, man wrestled with him till morning.
e Infra 48. 16.
Chap. 32. Ver. 24. A man, &c. This was an He is called God ver. 28 and 30, because he repre-
liDgel in bumau shape, as we learn from Osee 12. 4. seated the person of the Soa ol God. This wres*
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Jacob wrestles vrith an angel GENESIS The meeting of Jacob and Esau
25 And when he saw that he could not 7 Lia aloo with her children came near,
overcome him, he touched the sinew of and bowed dowr ir like manner, and las',
his thigh, and forthwith it shrank. of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down.
26 And he said to him Let me go, for it
: 8 And Esau said What are the droves :

is break of day. He answered: I will that I met ? He answered That I might :

not let thee go except thou bless me. find favour before my lord.
27 And he said What is thy name ? He
: 9 But he said I have plenty, my brother, :

answered: Jacob. keep what is thine for thyself.

28 But he said Thy name shall not be
: 10 And Jacob said: Do not sol beseech
called Jacob, but Israel for if thou hast thee, but if I have found favour in thy
:

been strong against God, how much more eyes, receive a little present at my hands
ehalt thou prevail against men ? for I have seen thy face, as if I should
29 Jacob asked him. Tell me by what have seen the countenance of God: be
name art thou called ? He answered gracious to me,
Why dost thou ask my name ? And he 11 And take the blessing, which I have
blessed him in the same place. brought thee, and which God hath given
30 And Jacob called the name of the me, who giveth all things. He took it
place Phanuel, saying I have seen God
: with much ado at his brother's earnest
face to face, and my soul has been saved. pressing him,
31 And immediately the sun rose upon 12 And on together,
said: Let us go
him, after he was past Phanuel but he ; and accompany thee in thy journey.
I will
halted on his foot. 13 And Jacob said My lord, thou know-
:

32 Therefore the children of Israel, unto est that Ihave with me tender children,
*ihis day, eat not the sinew, that shrank and sheep, and kine with young which :

in Jacob's thigh : because he touched the if should cause to be overdriven, in

I
sinew of his thigh and it shrank. one day all the flocks will die.
CHAPTER 33. 14 May it please my lord to go before
Jacob and Esau meet: Jacob goeth to Salem, where his servant and I will follow softly after
:

he raiseth an altar, him, as I shall see my children to be able,

A ND Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw until I come to my lord in Seir.
J\ Esau coming, and with him four 15 Esau answered I beseech thee., xhat
:

hundred men; and he divided the chil-
dren of Lia, and of Rachel, and of the
two handmaids
2 i^ nd he put both the handmaids and
some of the people at least, who are with
me, may stay to accompany thee in the
way. And he said: There is no neces-
sity I want nothing else but only to find
:

theii children foremost: and Lia and her
children in the second place and Rachel
and Joseph last.
3 And he went forward and bowed down
with his face to the ground seven times
came near.
until his brother
4Then Esau ran to meet his brother,
and embraced him and clasping him fast
: 18 And he passed over to Salem, a city
about the neck, and kissing him, wept.
5 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the
women and their children, and said:
What mean these? And do they belong
to thee ? He answered They are the
children which God hath given to me
thy servant.
6 Then the handmaids and their children
came near, and bowed themselves.
favour, my lord, in thy sight.
: 16 So Esau returned, that day, the way
that he came, to Seir.
17 And Jacob came to Socoth: where
having built a house, and pitched tents,
he called the name of the place Socoth,
that is. Tents.
of the Sichemites, which is in the land of
Chanaan, after he returned from Meso-
potamia of Syria : and he dwelt by the
town:
: 19 And he bought that part of the field,
in which he pitched his tents, of the
children of Hemor, the father of Sichem
for a hundred lambs.
20 And raising an altar there, he in»

in which Jacob, assisted by God, was a match eth by his earnest prayer, urging and at last obtain
tling:,
for an angrel, was so ordered (ver. 28,) that he might ing the angel's blessing,
learn by this experiment of the divine assistance, Ver. 30. PfianueL This word signifies the face of
that neither Esau nor any other man, should have Oodt or the sight, or seeing o/ God.
—
power to hurt him It was also spiritual, as appear-
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Dina is ravished GENESIS The Sichemiies punished

voked upon it ^he most mighty God of 15 But in this we may be allied with
Israel. you, if you will be like us, and all tin?
CHAPTER 34. male sex among you be circumcised
Dina U ravished, for which the Sichemites are 16 Then will we mutually give and take
destroyed. your daughters, and ours: and we will
AND Dina the daughter of Lia went dwell with you, and will be one people
x\. out to see the women of that 17 But if you will not be circumcised,
country. we will take our daughter and depart
2 And when Sichem the son of Hemor 18 Their offer pleased Hemor, and Si-
the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw chem his son
her, he was in love with her: and took 19 And the young man made no delay,
her away, and lay with her, ravishing the but forthwith fulfilled what was required,
virgin. for he loved the damsel exceedingly, and
3 And his soul was fast knit unto her, he was the greatest man in all his father's
and whereas she was sad, he comforted house.
her with sweet words. 20 And going into the gate of the city
4 And going to Hemor his father, he they spoke to the people :

said Get me this damsel to wife.

: 21 These men are peaceable and willing
5 But when Jacob had heard this, his to dwell with us: let them trade in the
sons being absent, and employed in feed- land, and till it, which being large and
ing the cattle, he held his peace till they wide wanteth men to till it we shall take .*

came back. their daughters foi wives, and we will

6 And when Hemor the father of Sichem give them ours.
was come out to speak to Jacob, 22 One thing there is for which so great
7 Behold his sons came from the field a good is deferred We must circumcise
•
:

and hearing what had passed, they were every male among ue, following the man-
exceeding angry, because he had done ner of the nation.
a foul thing in Israel, and committed an 23 And their substance, and cattle, and
unlawful act, in ravishing Jacobus daugh- all that they possess, shall be ours : only
ter. in this let us condescend, and by dwell-
8 And Hemor spoke to them : The soul ing together, we shall make one people.
of my son Sichem has a longing for your 24 And they all agreed, and circumcised
daughter give her him to wifo
: all the males.
9 And let us contract marriages one 25 And behold the third day, when the
with another: give us your daughters pain of the wound was greatest, two of
and take you our daughters, the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the
10 And dwell with us : the land is at brothers ot Dina, taking their swords,
your command, till, trade, and possess entered boldly into the city, and slew all
it. the men :
*

11 Sichem also said to her father and to 26 they killed also Hemor and Si-
And
her brethren Let me find favour in your chem, and took away their sister Dina^
:

sight and whatsoever you shall appoint out of Sichem's house.

:

I will give. 27 And when they were gone out, the

12 Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and other sons of Jacob came upon the slain j
1 will gladly give what you shall demand and plundered the city in revenge of the
:

only give me this damsel to wife rape.

13 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem 28 And they took their sheep and their
and his father deceitfully, being enraged herds and their asses, wasting all they
at the deflowering of their sister had in their houses and in the fields.
14 We cannot do what you demand, nor 29 And their children and wives they
give our sister to one that is uncircum- took captive,
cised, which with as is unlawful and 30 And when they had boldly perpe-
abominable. trated these things, Jacob said to Simeon
? Infra 49 6

Chap. 34. Ver. 13. Deceitfully. The sons of Ja- revenge though otherwise their zeal against so too!
cob, on this occasion, were guilty of a grievous sin, as a crime was commendable.
well by falsely preteading religion, as by excess ot

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Jacob goes to Bethel GENESIS The death of Rachel

and Levi: You have troubled me, and any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy
made me hateful to the Chanaanites and name. And he called him Israel.
Plaerezites, the inhabitants of this land : 11 And said to him I am God Almighty,
:

we are few they

: will gather themselves increase thou and be multiplied. Na-
together and kill me and both I, and my; tions and peoples of nations shall be
house, shall be destroyed. from thee, and kings shall come out of
31 They answered Should they abuse thy loins.
:

our sister as a strumpet? 12 And the land which I gave to Abra-

CHAPTER 35. ham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and
Jacob purgeth his family from, Idols goethby God^s to thy
: seed after thee.
com,m,andment to Bethel^ and there buUdeth an 13 And he departed from him.
altar. God appearing again to Jacob blesseth
him, and changeth his name into Israel. Jl?xhel 14 But he set up a monument of stone,
dieth in childbirth. Isaac also dieth. in the place where God had spoken to
the mean time God said to Jacob: him pouring drink offerings upon it,
IN Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell and pouring oil thereon
:

there, and make there an altar to God, 15 And calling the name of that place
^who appeared to thee when thou didst Bethel.
flee from Esau thy brother. 16 And going forth from thence, he
2 And Jacob having called together all came in the springtime to the land which
his household, said Cast away the leadeth to Ephrata wherein when Ra-
: :

strange gods that are among you, and be chel was in travail,
cleansed and change your garments. 17 By reason of her hard labour she
3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that began to be ii danger, and the midwife
we may make there an altar to God said to her Fear not, for thou shalt have :

who heard me in the day of my afliiction, this son also.

and accompanied me in my journey. 18 And when her soul was departing
4 So they gave him all the strange gods for pain, and death was now at hand,
ihey had, and the earrings which were she called the name of her son Benoni,
in their ears ^ and he buried them under that is. The son of my pain: but his
:

the turpentine tree, that is behind the father called him Benjamin, that is, The.
city of Sichem. son of the right hand.
5 And when they were departed, the 19 So Rachel died, and was buried in
terror of God fell upon all the cities the highway that leadeth to Ephrata,
round about, and they durst not pursue this is Bethlehem.
after them as they went away. 20 And Jacob erected a pillar over her
6 And Jacob came to Luza, which is in sepulchre ° this is the pillar of Rachel's :

the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel monument, to this day,

he and all the people that were with 21 Departing thence, he pitched his
him. tent beyond the Flock tower.
7 And he built there an altar, and called 22 P And when he dwelt in that country,
the name of that place. The house of Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the
God ' for there God appeared to him concubine of his father: which he was
:

when he fled from his brother. not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob
8 At the same time Debora the nurse of were twelve.
Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot 23 The sons of Lia : Ruhen the first-
of Bethel under an oak and the name born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda,
:

of that place was called. The oak of and Issachar, and Zabuion.
weeping. 24 The sons of Rachel Joseph and :

9 And God appeared again to Jacob, Benjamin.

after he returned from Mesopotamia of 25 The sons of Bala, Rachel's hand-
Syria, and he blessed him, maid Dan and Nephtali. :

10 Saying: ^Thou shalt not be called 26 The sons of Zelpha, Lia's handmaid

j Supra 28. 13. I Supra 28. 18. — m Supra 32. 28.

* Ex. 32. 20; 4 Kings 18. 4. o Infra 48, 7.—p Infra 49. 4.

Chap. 36. Ver. 10. Israel. This name siguitieta Ver. 22. The concubine. She was his lawful wife:
one tha^' prevaileth with God. but, according to the style of the Hebrews, is called
concubine, becauM o£ ber servile extracti( a.

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[saac dies GENESIS The descendants of Esau

Gad and Aser: these are the sons of 12 And Thamna was the concubine of
Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopo- Eliphaz the son of Esau: and she bore
tamia of Syria. him Amalech. These are the sons of
27 And he came to Isaac his father Ada the wife of Esau.
in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is 13 And the sons of Rahuel wenre Nahath
Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac and Zara, Samma and Meza. These were
sojourned. the sons of Basemath the wife of Esau.
28 And the days of Isaac were a hun- 14 And these were the sons of Ooli-
dred and eighty years. bama, the daughter of Ana, the daughter
f 9 And being spent with age he died, of Sebeon, the wife of Esau, whom she
and was gathered to his people, being bore to him, Jehus, and Ihelon, and
old and full of days and his sons Esau Core.
:

and Jacob buried him» 15 These were dukes of the sons ol

Esau the sons of Ehphaz the fir^itboru
CHAPTER 36. of Esau
:

duke Theman, duke Omar,

:
Esau with Ms wives and children parteth from
Jacob. An account of his descendants^ and of the duke Sepho, duke Cenez,
first kings of Edom. 16 Duke Core, duke Gatham, duke Ama-
A ND these are the generations of Esau, lech: these are the sons of Eliphaz in
XX. the same is Edom. the land of Edom, and these the sons of
2 Esau took wives of the daughters of Ada.
Chanaan Ada the daughter of Elon the
: 17 And these were the sons of RahueL
Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of the son of Esau: duke Nahath, duke
Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite : Zara, duke Samma, duke Meza. And
3 And Basemath the daughter of Is- these are the dukes of Rahuel, in the
mael, sister of Nabajoth. land of Edom these the sons of Base-
:

4 * And Ada bore Eliphaz : Basemati) math the wife of Esau.

bore Rahuel: 18 And these the sons of Oolibama the
5 Oolibama bore Jehus and Ihelon and wife of Esau duke Jehus, duke Ihelon,
:

Core. These are the sons of Esau, that duke Core. These are the dukes of
were born to him in the land of Chanaan. Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, and wife
6 And Esau took his wives and his sons of Esauo
and daughters, and every soul of his 19 These are the sons of Esau, and
house, and his substance, and cattle, and these the dukes of them the same is :

all that he was able to acquire in the Edom.

land of Chanaan and went into another
: 20 ^ These are the sons of
Seir the
country, and departed from his brother Horrite, the inhabitants of the land;
Jacob. Lotan, and Sobal, and Sebeon, and Ana,
7 'For they were exceeding rich, and 21 And Dison, and Eser, and Disan.
could not dwell together: neither was These are dukes of the Horrites, the sons
the land in which they sojourned able of Seir in the land of Edom.
to bear them, for the multitude of their 22 And Lotan had sons Hori and :

flocks, Heman. And the sister of Lotan was

8 " And Esau dwelt in mount Seir he Thamna.
:

Is Edom. 23 And these the sons of Sobal Alvan :

9 And these are the generations of and Manahat, and Ebal, and Sepho, and
Esau the father of Edom in mount Seir, Oman.
IQ And these the names of his sons 24 And these the sons of Sebeon Aia :

^'EUphaz the son of Ada the wife of and Ana. This is Ana that found the
Esau and Rahuel the son of Basemath hot waters in the wilderness, when he
:

his wife. fed the asses of Sebeon his father: ,,.j

11 And Eliphaz had sons: Theman, 25 And he had a son Dison, and a
Omar, Sepho, and Gatham, and Cenez. daughter Oolibama.
t Supra 13. 6. — w Jos. 24. 4. - v\ Par. 1.35.
1 Par. 1. 35. ?y' 1 Par. 1. 38.

Chap. 36. Ver. 2. Ada. These wives of Esau persons to have two names» as £sau himself wai
are called by other names, Gen. 26. But it was also called Edom. ,.. ,

verf common amongst the ancients for the same

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The dukes of Edam GENESIS Joseph*s dreams

26 And these were the sons of Dison: CHAPTEii 37.
Hamdan, and Eseban, and Jethram, and Joseph's dreams he is sold by his brethrerit o,nd
:

Charan. carried into Egypt.

27 These also were the sons of Eser: A ND Jacob dwelt in the land of Cha-
Balaan, and Zavan, and Acan. XX naan wherein his father sojourned.
28 And Disan had sons Hus, and Aram.
: 2 And these are his generations ^ Jo- :

29 These were dukes of the Horrites seph, when he was sixteen years old, was
duke Lotan, duke Sobal, duke Sebeon, feeding the flock with his brethren, being
duke Ana, but aboy and he was with the sons of
:

30 Duke Dison, duke Bser, duke Disan Bala and of Zelphahis father's wives and :

these were dukes of the Horrites that he accused his brethren to his father of a
ruled in the land of Seir. most wicked crime.
31 And the kings that ruled in the land 3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all
of Edom, before the children of Israel he had him in his old
his sons, beca^ise
had a king, were these age : and he made him a coat of divers
32 Bela the son of Beor, and the name colours.
of his city Denaba. 4 And his brethren seeing that he was
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of loved by his father, more than all his
Zara of Bosra reigned in his stead. sons, hated him, and could not speak
34 And when Jobab was dead, Husam peaceably to him.
of the land of the Themanites reigned in 5 Now it fell out also that he told his
his stead. brethren a dream, that he had dreamed
36 And after his death, Adad the son which occasioned them to hate him the
of Badad reigned in his stead, who de- more.
feated the Madianites in the country of 6 And he said to them : Hear my dream
Moab : and the name of his city was which I dreamed.
Avith. 7 I thought we were binding sheaves in
36 And when Adad was dead, there the field : and my
shejif arose as it were,
reigned in his stead, Semla of Masreca. and stood, and your sheaves standing
37 And he being dead, Saul of the river about, bowed down before my sheaf.
Eohoboth, reigned in his stead. 8 His brethren answered Shalt thou be :

38 And when he also was dead, Balanan our king? or shall we be subject to thy
the son of Achobor succeeded to the dominion? Therefore this matter of his
kingdom. dreams and words ministered nourish-
39 This man also being dead, Adar ment to their envy and hatred.
reigned in his place, and the name of his 9 He dreamed also another dream, whiclj
city was Phau and his wife was called he told his brethren, saying I saw in a
: :

Meetabel, the daughter of Matred, daugh- dream, as it were the sun, and the moon,
ter of Mezaab. and eleven stars ^worshipping me.
40 And these are the names of the dukes 10 And when he nad told this to his
of Esau in their kindreds, and places, and father and brethren, his father rebuked
callings : duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke him, and said What meaneth this dream
:

Jetheth, that thou hast dreamed ? shall I and thy

41 Duke OoUbama, duke Ela, duke mother, and thy brethren worship thee
Phinon, upon the earth ?
42 Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke 11 His brethren therefore envied him:
Habsar, but his father considered the thing with
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram these : himself.
are the dukes of Edom dwelling in the 12 And when his brethren abode in
land of their government; the same is Sichem feeding their father's flocks,
Esau the father of the Edomites. 13 Israel said to him Thy brethren feed
:

y Supra 35. 25 and 26.

Chap. 37. Ver. 5. A dream. These dream» Ver. 10. Worship. This word is not used here to
of Joseph were prophetical, and sent from God as
; signify divine worship, but an inferior veneration^
were also those which he interpreted. Gen. 40. and expressed by the bowing of the body, and that, ac-
41.; otherwise generally speaking, the observing of cording to the manner of the eastern nations, down
dreams is condemned in the Scripture, as supersti- to the ground.
tious and sinful. See Deut. 18 Eccli. 34. 2. 3.
:

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Joseph sold to the Madianites GENESIS Jacob mourns for Joseph

the sheep in Sichem come, I will send
: 28 ^* And when the Madianite merchants
thee to them. And when he answered :
14 I am ready he said to him Go, and
: :
see if all things be well with thy brethren,
and the cattle : and bring me word again
what is doing. So being sent from the
vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem
15 And a man found him there wander-
ing in the field, and asked what he sought.
16 But he answered: I seek my brethren;
tell me where they feed the flocks.
17 And the man said to him : They are
departed from this place: for I heard
them say: Let us go to Dothain. And
Joseph went forward after his brethren,
passed by, they drew him out of the pit,
and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty
pieces of silver: and they led him into
Egypt.
29 And Ruben, returning to tho pit,
found not the boy :
30 And rending his garments he went
to his brethren, and said : The boy doth
not appear and whither shall I go?
31 And they took his coat, and dipped
it in the blood of a kid, which they had
killed
32 Sending some to carry it to their
father, and to say This we have found
:

and found them in Dothain. see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.
18 And when they saw him afar off, be- 33 And the father acknowledging it,
fore he came nigh them, they thought to said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild
kill him. beast hath eaten him, a beast hath de-
19 And said one to another: Behold the voured Joseph.
dreamer cometh. 34 And tearing his garments, he put on
20 Come, let us kill him, and cast him sackcloth, mourning for his son a long
into some old pit and we will say Some time.
: :

evil beast hath devoured him and then 35 And all his children being gathered
:

it shall appear what his dreams avail him together to comfort their father in his
21 ^ And Ruben hearing this, endeav- sorrow, he would not receive comfort,
oured to deliver him out of their hands, but said : I will go down to my son into
and said hell, mourning. And whilst he contin-
22 Do not take away his life, nor shed ued weeping,
his blood : but cast him into this pit, that 36 The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt
is in the wilderness, and keep your hands to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, cap-
harmless : now he said this, being desirous tain of the soldiers.
^3 deUver him out of their hands and to CHAPTER 38.
restore him to his father. The sons of Juda the death of Her and Onan : the
23 And as soon as he came to bis bre- birth of Phares and Zara.
thren, they forthwith stript him of his T that time Juda went down from his
outside coat, that was of divers colours A^ brethren, and turned in to a certain
24 And cast him into an old pit, where Odollamite, named Hiras.
there was no water. 2 And he saw there the daughter of a
^'

25 And sitting down to eat bread, they man of Chanaan, called Sue : and taking
saw some Ismaelites on their way coming her to wife, he went in unto her.
from Galaad, with their camels, carrying 3 And she conceived, and bore a son,
spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt. and called his name Her.
26 And Juda said to his brethren : What 4 ^ And conceiving again, she bore a
will it profit us to kill our brother, and son, and called him Onan.
conceal his blood? 5 She bore also a third : whom she
27 It is better that he be sold to the called Sela. After whose birth, she ceased
Ismaelites, and that our hands be not de- to bear any more.
filed for he is our brother and our flesh.
: 6 And Juda took a wife for Her his
His brethren agreed to his words. firstborn, whose name was Thamar.
z Infra 42. 22.— a Wisd. 10. 13. c 1 Par. 2. 3.
d Num. 26. 19.

Ver 35. Into hell. That is, into limbo, the place
where the souls of the just were received before the
death of our Kedeemer. For allowing that the word
hell sometimes is taken for the grave, it cannot be
so taken in this place ; since Jacob did not believe
his SOD to be in the grave^ (whc«u be supposed to be
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devoured by a wild beast,) and therefore could not
mean to go down to him thither but certainly meant
the place of rest where he believed his soul to be.
Ver. 36. An eunuch. This word sometimes sig-
nifies a chamberlain, courtier, or officer of the kiof:
and so it is taken iu this place.
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The sin of Onan GENESIS Birth of Phares and Zara

7 * And Her, the firstborn of Juda, was had taken, put on the garments of her
wicked in the sight of the Lord and ; widowhood.
\7Sl8 slain by him. 20 And Juda sent a kid by his shepherd,
8 Juda therefore said to Onan his son the Odollamite, that he might receive
Go in to thy brother's wife and marry the pledge again, which he had given to
her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy the woman : but he, not finding her,
brother. 21 Asked the men of that place Where :

9 He knowing that the children should- is the woman that sat in the cross way?
not be his, when he went in to his bro- And when they all made answer : There
ther's wife, spilled his seed upon the was no harlot in this place,
ground, lest children should be born in 22 He returned to Juda, and said to him
his brother's name. have not found her moreover the men
I ;

10 And therefore the Lord slew him, be- of that place said to me, that there never
cause he did a detestable thing. sat a harlot there.
11 Wherefore Juda said to Thamar his 23 Juda said Let her take it to herself; :

daughter in law: Remain a widow in surely she cannot charge us with a lie I :

thy father's house, till Sela my son grow sent the kid which I promised and thou :

up : for he was afraid lest he also might didst not find hey,
die, as his brethren did. She went her 24 And behold after three months they
way and dwelt in her father's house. told Juda, saying Thamar, thy daughter :

12 And after many days were past, the in law hath played the harlot, and she ap-
daughter of Sue the wife of Juda died peareth to have a big belly And Juda
and when he had taken comfort after said Bring her out that she may be burnt. :

his mourning, he went up to Thamnas, to 26 But when she was led to execution,
the shearers of his sheep, he and Hiras she sent to her father in law, saying By :

the Odollamite the shepherd of his flock. the man, to whom these things belong,
13 And it was told Thamar that her I am with child. See whose ring, and
father in law was come up to Thamnas bracelet, and staff this is.
to shear his sheep. 26 But he acknowledging the gifts,
14 And she put oif the garments of her said She is juster than I because I did
: :

widowhood, and took a veil and chan- not give

: her to Sela my son. However,
ging her dress, sat in the cross way, that he knew her no more.
led^deth to Thamnas because Sela was 27 -^And when she was ready to be
;

grown up, and she had not been married brought to bed, there appeared twins in
to him. her womb and in the very deUvery of :

.16 When Juda saw her, he thought she the infants, one put forth a hand, where-
was a harlot for she had covered her on the midwife tied a scarlet thread,
:

face, lest sheshould be known. saying

16 And going to her, he said Suffer me 28 This shall come forth the first.
:

to lie with thee for he knew her not to 29 But he drawing back his hand, the
:

be his daughter in law. And she an- other came forth and the woman said :

swered What wilt thou give me to en- Why is tbe partition divided for thee*?
:

joy my company ? and therefore called his name Phares.

17 He said I will send thee a kid out
: 30 ^ Afterwards his brother came out,
of the flock. And when she said again : on whose hand was the scarlet thread
I will suffer what thou wilt, if thou give a and she called him Zara.
pledge, till thou send what thou promisest,
18 Juda said What wilt thou have for
:
CHAPTER 39.
Joseph hath charge of his master''s house: rejecteth
a pledge ? She answered Thy ring and :
his mistresses solicitations: is falsely accused by
bracelet, and the staff which thou bold- her, and cast into prison,where he hath the charge
est in thy hand. The woman therefore of all the prisoners.

at one sopalation conceived. ANDandJoseph was brought into Egypt,

Putiphar an eunuch of Pharao,
19 And she arose and went her way .

toad putting off the apparel which she chief captain of the army, an Egyptian,

e Num. 26. 19. —/ Matt 1. 3. g 1 Par. 2. 4.

CBAf.3& Yer.29. J*harea. Iiiftti9,abreac^orclivisloQ.

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Joseph tempted by Putiphar*s tvife GENESIS

Joseph cast into prison
bought bim of tho lomaelites, by whom And he heard my voice, he left the
16-

he was brought. garment that I held, and got him out,

.2 And the Lord was with him, and he 16 For a proof therefore of her fidelity,
was a prosperous man in all things and she kept the garment, and shewed it to
:

he dwelt in his master's house^ her husband when he returned home

3 Who knew very well that the Lord 17 And said:. The Hebrew servant,
was with him, and made all that he did whom thou hast brought, came to me to
to pro8j>er in his hand. abuse me.
4 And Joseph foundfavour in the sight 18 And when he heard me cry, he left
of his master, and ministered to him: the garment which I held, and fied out.
and being set over all by him, hb gov- 19 His master hearing these things, and
erned the house committed to him, and giving too much credit to his wife's
all things that were delivered to him words, was very angry.
:

5 And the uord blessed the house of 20 *And cast Joseph into the prison,
the Egyptian for Joseph's sake, and mul- where the king's prisoners were kept,
tiplied all his substance, both at home, and he was there shut up.
and in the fields. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and
6 Neither knew he any other thing, but having mercy upon him gave him favour
the bread which he ate. And Joseph was in the sight of the chief keeper of the
of a beautiful countenance, and comely prison
to behold. 22 Who delivered into his hand all the
7 And after many days his mistress prisoners that were kept in custody and :

cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie whatsoever was done was under him,
with me. 23 Neither did he himself know any
8 But he, In no wise consenting to that thing, having committed all things to
wicked act, said to her Behold, my mas- him for the Lord was with him, and
: :

ter hath delivered all things to me, and made all that he did to prosper.
knoweth not what he hath in his own
house
CHAPTER 40.
Joseph interpreteth the dreams of two of Phatao*B
9 Neither is there any thing which is servants in prison: the event declareth the inter*
not in my power, or that he hath not de- ' pretations to be true, but Joseph is forgotten.
livef ed to me, but thee, whaart his wife AFTER
this, it came to pass, that two
:

hbw then can I do this wicked thing, and . eunuchs, the butler and the baker
Bin against mv Ood? of the king of Egypt, offended their
10 With such words as these day by lord.
day, both the woman was importunate 2 And Pharao being angry with them
with the young man, and he refused the (now the one was chief butler, the other
adultery. chief baker)
11 Now it happened on a certain day, 3 He sent them to the prison of the
that Joseph went into the house, and coDimander of the soldiers, in which
was doing some business without any Joseph also was prisoner,
man with him 4 But the keeper of the prison delivered
12 And she catching the skirt of his them to Joseph, and he served them.
garment, said: Lie with me. But he Some little time passed, and they were
leaving the garment in her hand, fled, kept in custody.
and went "but. 5 And they both dreamed a dream the
13 And when the woman saw the gar- same night, according to the interpreta*
ment in her hands, and herself disre- tion agreeing to themselves
garded, 6 And when Joseph was come in to them
14 She called to her the' men of her in the morning, and saw them sad,
house, and said to them: See, he hath 7 He asked them, saying Why is your :

brought in a Hebrew, to abuse us he countenance sadder to day than usual?

:

^ame in to me, to lie with me and when 8 They answered We have drean^ed a
: :

I cried out. dream, and there is nobody to interpret

i Ps. 104. 18.

Chap. 39. Ver. 16.A proof of her fidelity, or an Chap. 40. Ver. 8. Doth not interpretation belong
MVrffumenl to gain credit^ argumentum fULeL to Oodf Wbeu dreams are from God. as these
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The butler'sand the haker*s dream GENESIS Pharaohs dreams

it to TIB. And Joseph said to them Doth that the truth of the interpreter might
:

not interpretation belong to jod? Tell be shewn.

me what you have dreamed. 23 But the chief butler, when things pro-
9 The chief butler first told his dream spered with him, forgot his interpreter.
I saw before me a vine, CHAPTER 41.
10 On which were three branches, which Joseph interpreteth the two dreams of Pharao : he
by little and sent out buds, and
little is made ruler over all Egypt.

after the bWssoms brought forth ripe A FTER two years Pharao had a dream.
grapes J\. He thought he stood by the river,
11 And the cup of Pharao was in my 2 Out of which came up seven kine,
hand : and I took the grapes, and pressed very beautiful and fat : and they fed in
them into the cup which I held, and I marshy places.
gave the cup to Pharao. 3 Other seven also came up out of the
12 Joseph answered: This is the in- river, ill favoured, and leanfleshed and :

terpretation of the dream: The three they fed on the very bank of the river,
branches are yet three days in green places
13 After which Pharao will remember 4 And they devoured them, whose bod*
thy service, and will restore thee to thy ies were very beautiful and well condi-
former place : and thou shalt present tioned. So Pharao awoke.
him the cup according to thy office, as 6 He slept again, and dreamed another
before thou wast wont to do. dream Seven ears of corn came up upon
:

14 Only remember me, when it shall be one stalk full and fair:
well with thee, and do me this kindness 6 Then seven other ears sprung up thin
to put Pharao in mind to take me out of and blasted,
tills prison 7 And devoured all the beauty of the
15 For I was stolen away out of the land former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
of the Hebrews, and here without any 8 And when morning was come, being
fault was cast into the dungeon. struck with fear, he sent to all the inter-
16 The chief baker seeing that he had preters of Egypt, and to all the wise
wisely interpreted the dream, said I also men and they being called for, he told
: :

dreamed a dream. That I had three bas- them his dream, and there was not any
kets of meal upon my head one that could interpret it.
17 And that in one basket which was 9 Then at length the chief butler re-
uppermost, I carried all meats that are membering, said I confess my sin :

made by the art of baking, and that the 10 The king being angry with his ser-
birds ate out of it. vants, commanded me and the chief baker
18 Joseph answered: This is the inter- to be cast into the prison of the captain
pretation of the dream: The three bas- of the soldiers
kets are yet three days 11 Where in one night both of us
19 After which Pharao will take thy dreamed a dream foreboding things to
head from thee, and hang thee on a come.
cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh. 12 There was there a young man a
20 The third day after this was the Hebrew, servant to the same captain
birthday •£ Pharao and he made a great of the soldiers: to whom we told our
:

feast for hie servants, and at the banquet dreams,

remembered the chief butler, and the 13 And we heard what afterwards the
chief baker. event of the thing proved to be so. For
21 And he restored the one to his place I was restored to my office : and he was
to present him the cup hanged upon a gibbet.
22 The other he hanged on a gibbet, 14 Forthwith at the king's command.

were, the interpretation of them is a gift of God.
But the generality of dreams are not of this sort
but either proceed from the natural complexions and
dispositions of persons, or the roving of their imagi-
Dations in the day on such objects as they are much
infirmities : or they are suggested by evil spirits, to
flatter, or to terrify wealc minds, in order to gain
belief, and so draw them into error or superstition
or at least to trouble them in their sleep, whom they
eannot move when they are awake so that the gen-
:

affected with, or from their mind being disturbed eral rule, with regard to dreams, is not to observe
with caies aod troubles, and oppressed with bodUi^ kbem, nor to give any ere^ to thecs.
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Joseph interprets them GENESIS Joseph made ruler over Egypt

Joseph was brought out of the prison, 31 And the greatness of the scarcity
and they shaved him, and changing his shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
apparel, brought him in to him. 32 And for that thou didst see the sec-
15 And he said to him I have dreamed ond time a dream pertaining to the
:

dreams, and there is no one that can same thing it is a token of the certainty, :

expound them: now I have heard that and that the word of God cometh to
thou art very wise at interpreting them. pass, and is fulfilled speedily.
16 Joseph answered Without me, 'God
: 33 Now therefore let the king provide
shall give Pharao a prosperous answer. a wise and industrious man, and make
17 So Pharao told what he had dreamed him ruler over the land of Egypt
Methought I stood upon the bank of the 34 That he may appoint overseers over
river, all the countries and gather into barns :

18 And seven kine came up out of the the fifth part of the fruits, during the
river exceeding beautiful and full of seven fruitful years,
flesh: and they grazed on green places 35 That shall now presently ensue and :

in a marshy pasture. let all the com be laid up under Pharao's

19 And behold, there followed these, hands, and be reserved in the cities.
other seven kine, so very ill favoured 36 And let it be in readiness, against
and lean, that I never saw the Uke in the famine of seven years to come,
the land of Egypt which shall oppress Egypt, and the land
20 And they devoured and consumed shall not be consumed with scarcity.
the former, 37 The counsel pleased Pharao and al}
21 And yet gave no mark of their being his servants.
full but were as lean and ill favoured as
: 38 And he said to them: Can we find
before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again, such another man, that is full of the
22 And dreamed a dream: Seven ears spirit of God?
of corn grew upon one stalk, full and 39 He said therefore to Joseph: Seeing
very fair. God hath shewn thee all that thou hast
23 Other seven also thin and blasted, said, can I find one wiser and one like
sprung of the stock unto thee?
24 And they devoured the beauty of 40 "* Thou shalt be over my house, and
the former: I told this dream to the con- xb the commandment of thy mouth all
Jecturers, and there is no man that can the people shall obey only in the kingly :

expound it. throne will I be above thee.

25 Joseph answered The king's dream
: 41 And again Pharao said to Joseph:
is one : God hath shewn to Pharao what Behold, I have appointed thee over the
he is about to do. whole land of Egypt.
26 The seven beautiful kine, and the 42 And he took his ring from his own
seven full ears, are seven years of hand, and gave it into his hand and he :

plenty and both contain the same mean- put upon him a robe of silk, and put a
:

ing of the dream. chain of gold about his neck.

27 And the seven lean and thin kine 43 And he made him go up into his
that came up after them, and the seven second chariot, the crier proclaiming
Chin ears that were blasted with the that all should bow their knee before
biu-ning wind, are seven years of famine him, and that they should know he was
to come made governor over the whole land of
28 Which shall be fulfilled in this order Egypt.
29 Behold, there shall come seven years 44 And the king said to Joseph: I am
of great plenty in the whole land of Pharao; without thy commandment no
Egypt: man shall move hand or foot in all the
30 After which shall follow other seven land of Egypt.
years of so great scarcity, that all the 45 And he turned his name, and called
abundance before shall be forgotten for him in the Egyptian tongue. The saviour
:

the famine shall consume all the land. of the world. And he gave him to wife
I Matt 10. 20. r,i, i*s. 104, 21 ; 1 Mac. 2. 53 ; Acts 7. 10.

CiBAr.41. Ver.4&. Tti$ saviour o/ t?i6 wortO, Zaphuab paaneab.

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The sons of Joseph GENESIS Jacobus sons go to Egypt

Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest A ND Jacob hearing that food was sold
of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to XA. in Egypt, said to his sons : Why are
the land of Egypt: ye careless ?
46 (Now he was thirty years old when 2 I have heard that wheat is sold in
he stood before king Pharao) and he Egypt go ye down, and buy us neces- :

went round all the countries of Egypt. saries, that we may live, and not be con«>
47 And the fruitfulness of the seven sumed with want.
years came and the corn being bound
: 3 So the ten brethren of Joseph went
up into sheaves was gathered together down, to buy corn in Egypt:
into the barns of Egypt. 4 Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by
48 And all the abundance of grain was Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest
laid up in every city. perhaps he take any harm in the journey.
49 And there was so great abundance 5 And they entered into the land of
of wheat, that it was equal to the sand Egypt with others that went to buy.
of the sea, and the plenty exceeded mea- For the famine was in the land of Cha-
sure. naan.
50 "" And
before the famine came, Jo- 6 And Joseph was governor in the land
seph had two sons born whom Aseneth : of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direc-
the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heli- tion to the people. And when his bre-
opolis bore unto him. thren had bowed down to him,
51 And he called the name of the first- 7 And he knew them, he spoke as it
born Manasses, saying God hath made : v/ere to strangers somewhat roughly,
me to forget all my labours, and my asking them : Whence came you ? They
father's house. answered From the land of Chanaan, t#
:

t 52 And he named the second Ephraim, buy necessaries of life.

saying: God hath made me to grow in
the land of my poverty.
63 Now when the seven years of the
plenty that had been in Egypt were
past
64 The seven years of scarcity, which
Joseph had foretold, began to come
and the famine prevailed in the whole
world, but there was bread in all the land
of Egypt.
^ 55 And when there also they began to
be famished, the people cried to Pharao
for food. And he said to them : Go to
Joseph : and do all that he shall say to
you.
56 And the famine increased daily in
all the land and Joseph opened all the
: the land of Chanaan: the youngest ig
barns, and sold to the Egyptians : for
the famine had oppressed them also.
57 And all provinces came into Egypt,
to buy food, and to seek some
their want.
CHAPTER
42.
brother come.
Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt.
Their treatment by Joseph.
n Infra 46. 20, and 48. 20.
8 And though he knew his brethren, he
was not known by them.
9 And remembering the dreams, which
formerly he had dreamed, he said to
them You are spies. You are come
: to
view the weaker parts of the land.
10 But they said : It is not so, my lord,
but thy servants are come to buy food.
11 We are all the sons of one man : we
are come as peaceable men, neither do
thy servants go about any evil.
12 And he answered them : It is other-
wise : you are come to consider the un-
fenced parts of this land.
13 But they said: We thy servants are
twelve brethren, the sons of one man in
with our father, the other is not living.
14 He saith : This is it that I said : You
are spies.
relief of 16 I shall now presently try what you
are : by the health of Pharao you shall
not depart hence, until your youngest
16 Send one of you to fetch him: and

Ver. 51. Manasses. That is, Or else by the health of Pharao you are
oblivion^ or forget- Ver. 16.
ting. That is, if these things you sayJDC proveij
spies.
Ver. 52. Ephraim. That is, fruitful^ or grow- you are to be held for spies for youiMying, and
false,
ing. shall be treated as such. Joseph dealt inxthis mat
Chap. 42. Ver. 9. You are spies. This he said ner with his brethren, to bring them by the means ot
by way of examining them, to see what tbey would afdiction to a sense of their former sin, and a sincere
aotw«r. repentance for iU
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Simeon kept hack by Joseph GENESIS The brethren return to Jacol

you shall be in prison,till what you have to us, and took us to be spies of the
said be proved, whether it be true or country.
false: or else by the health of Pharao 31 And we answered him: We are
you are spies. peaceable men, and we mean no plot.
17 So he put them in prison three days. 32 We are twelve brethren born of one
18 And the third day he brought them father: one is not living, the youngest
out of prison, and said: Do as I have is with our father in the land of Ghana \n.
said, and you shall live : for I fear God. 33 And he said to us Hereby shall I :

19 If yoTffi be peaceable men, let one of know that you are peaceable men:
your brethien be bound in prison: and Leave one of your brethren with me,
go ye your ways and carry the corn that and take ye necessary provision for
you have boughtj unto your houses. your houses, and go your ways.
20 2 And bring your youngest brother 34 And bring your youngest brother to
to me^ that I may find your words to be me, that I may know you are not spies
truej and you may not die. They did as and you may receive this man again,
he had saido that is kept in prison: and afterwards
21 And they talked one to another may have leave to buy what you will.
We deserve to suffer these things, be- 35 When they had told this, they
cause we have sinned against our bro- poured out their corn, and every man
ther, seeing the anguish of his soul, found his money tied in the mouth of
when he besought us. and we would not his sack: and all being astonished to-
hear: therefore is this affliction come gether,
upon us. 36 Their father Jacob said You have :

22 And Ruben, one of them, said: Did made me to be without children Joseph :

not 1 say to you: '"Do not sin against is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds,
the boy: and you would not hear me? and Benjamin you will take away: all
Behold hife blood is required. these evils are fallen upon me.
23 And they knew not that Joseph 37 And Ruben answered him Kill my :

understood, because he spoke to them two sons, if I bx'ing him not again to
by an interpreter. thee: deliver him into my hand, and I
24 And he turned himself away a little will restore him to thee.
while, and wept: and returning he spoke 38 But he said: My son shall not go
to them. down with you his brother is dead, and :

25 And taking Simeon, and binding him he is left alone: if any mischief befall
in their presence, he commanded his ser- him in the land to which you go, you
vants to fill their sacks with wheat, and will bring down my gray hairs with sor-
to put every man's money again in their row to hell.
sacks, and to give them besides pro- CHAPTER 43.
visions for the way and they did so.
:
The sons of Jacob go again into Egypt with Ben-
26 But they having loaded their asses jamin. They are entertained by Joseph.
with the corn, went their way. N the mean time the famine was
27 And one of them opening his sack, I
heavy upon all the land.
to give his beast provender in the inn, 2 And when they had eaten up all the
saw the money in the sack's mouth corn, which they had brought out of
28 And said to his brethren My money Egypt, Jacob said to his sons : Go again
:

is given me again, behold it is in the and buy us a little food.

sack. And they were astonished, and 3 Juda answered: The man declared
troubled, and said to one another : What unto us with the attestation of an oath,
is this that God hath done unto us ? saying You shall not see my face, un-
:

29 And they came to Jacob their father less you bring your youngest brother
in the land of Chanaan, and they told with you.
him all things that had befallen them, 4 If therefore thou wilt send him with
saying: us, we will set out together, and will buy
30 The lord of the land spoke roughly necessaries for thee.

q Infra 43. 3 and 5.— r Supra 37. 21.

Ver. 38. Tq AeM. VaaX is» to tliat place, where the souls tlien remameo, as above, chapter 37. ver. 35.
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Oacoh^s sons go again to Egypt GENESIS Joseph meets Benjamin

6 But if thou wilt not, we will not go tnere one to another Because of the
: :

for the man, as we have often said, de-
clared unto us, saying * You shall not see
; time in our sacks, we are brought in:
my face without your youngest brother.
6 Israel said to them: You have done
this for my misery in that you told him
you had also another brother.
7 But they answered The man asked
us in order concerning our kindred: if
our father lived if we had a brother
: hear us : ^
and we answered him regularly, accord-
ing to what he demanded: could we
know that he would say Bring hither
your brother with you ?
8 And Juda said to his father: Send
the boy with me, that we may set for-
ward, and may live lest both we and :
our children perish.
9 " I take the boy upon me, require him
at my hand: unless I bring him again,
money, which we carried back the first
that he may bring upon us a false accu-
sation, and by violence make slaves of
us and our asses.
19 Wherefore going up to the steward
: of the house, at the door,
20 They said: Sir, we desire thee to
We
came down once before to
buy food
21 And when we had bought, and come
: to the inn, we opened our sacks, and
found our money in the mouths of the
sacks which: we have now brought again
in the same weight.
22 And we have brought other money
besides, to buy what we want : we can-
not tell who put it in our bags.
23 But he answered Peace be with :

and restore him to thee, I will be guilty you, fear not : your God, and the God of
of sin against thee for ever. your father hath given you treasure in
10 If delay had not been made, we had your sacks. For the money, which you
been here again the second time. gave me, I have for good. And he
11 Then Israel said to them If it must brought Simeon out to them.
:

needs be so, do what you will take of 24 And having brought them into the
:

the best fruits of the land in your ves- house, he fetched water, and they
sels, and carry down presents to the washed their feet, and he gave proven-
man, a little balm, and honey, and sto- der to their asses.
rax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds. 25 But they made ready the presents,
12 And take with you double money, against Joseph came at noon : for they
and carry back what you found in your had heard that they should eat bread
sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mis- there.
take. 26 Then Joseph came into his house,
13 And take also your brother, and go and they offered him the presents hold-
to the man. ing them in their hands, and they bowed
14 And may my almighty God make down with their face to the ground.
him favourable to you; and send back 27 But he, courteously saluting them
with you your brother, whom he keep- again, asked them, saying: Is the old
eth, and this Benjamin and as for me I man your father in health, of whom you
:

shall be desolate without children. told me ? Is he yet living ?

15 So the men took the presents, and 28 And they answered : Thy servant
double money, and Benjamin and went our father is in health, he is yet living.
:

down into Egypt, and stood before Jo- And bowing themselves they made obei-
seph. sance to him.
16 And when he had seen them, and 29 And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw
Benjamin with them, he commanded the Benjamin his brother, by the same mo-
steward of his house, saying Bring in ther, and said : Is this your young bro-
:

the men into the house, and kill victims, ther, of whom you told me ? And he
and prepare a feast because they shall said God be gracious to thee, my son.
: :

eat with me at noon. 30 And he made haste because his heart

17 He did as he was commanded, and was moved upon his brother, and tears
brought the men into the house. gushed out : and going into his chamber
18 And they being much afraid, said he wept.

t Supra 42. 20. — u Infra 44. 32. V Supra 42. 3.

CuAP. 43. Ver. 11. Balm, Literally rosin, resince ; but here by that name is meant balm.
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JosefKs silver cup GENESIS The brethren return to Joseph

31 And when he had washed his face, should it be that we should steal out of
coming out again, he refrained himself, thy lord's house, gold or silver ?
and said Set bread on the table.
: 9 With whomsoever of thy servants
32 And when it was set on, for Joseph shall be found that which thou seekest,
apart, and for his brethren apart, for the let him die, and we will be the bondmen
Egyptians also that ate with him, apart, of my lord.
(for it is unlawful for the Egyptians to 10 And he said to them : Let it be ac-
eat with the Hebrews, and they think cording to your sentence with whom-*.

such a feast profane :) soever it shall be found, let him be my

33 They sat before him, the firstborn ac- servant, and you shall be blameless.
cording to his birthright, and the young- 21 Then they speedily took down their
est according to his age. And they won- sacks to the ground, and every man
dered very much opened his sack.
34 Taking the messes which they re- 12 Which when he had searched, begin-
ceived of him: and the greater mess ning at the eldest and ending at the
came to Benjamin, so that it exceeded youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin's
by five parts. And they drank, and were sack.
merry with him. 13 Then they rent their garments, and
loading their asses again, returned into
CHAPTER 44.
the town.
Joseph's contrivance 14 And Juda at the head of his brethren
to stop his brethren. The
humble supplication of Juda. went in to Joseph, (for he was not yet
AND Joseph commanded the steward gone out of the place,) and they alto-
J\. of his house, saying Fill their sacks gether fell down before him on the
:

with corn, as much as they can hold and ground. :

put the money of every one in the top of 15 And he said to them: Why would
his sack. you do so ? know you not that there is no
2 And in the mouth of the younger's one like me in the science of divining.
sack put my silver cup, and the price 16 And Juda said to him: What shall
which he gave for the wheat. And it we answer my lord? or what shall we
was so done. say, or be able justly to allege? God hath
3 And when the morning arose, they found out the iniquity of thy servants
were sent away with their asses. behold, we are all bondmen to my lord,
4 And when they were now departed both we, and he with whom the cup was
out of the city, and had gone forward a found.
little way; Joseph sending for the stew- 17 Joseph answered God forbid that I :

ard of his house, said Arise, and pursue should do so he that stole the cup, he
: :

after the men and when thou hast over- shall be my bondman and go you away
: :

taken them, say to them Why have free to your father.

:

you returned evil for good ? 18 Then Juda coming nearer, said
5 The cup which you have stolen is boldly I beseech thee, my lord, let thy
:

that in which my lord drinketh, and in servant speak a word in thy ears, and
which he is wont to divine : you have be not angry with thy servant for after :

done a very evil thing. Pharao thou art,

6 He did as he had commanded him. 19 My lord. ^ Thou didst ask thy ser-
And having overtaken them, he spoke vants the first time : Have you a father
to them the same words. or a brother ?
7 And they answered: Why doth our 20 And we answered thee, my lord:
lord speak so, as though thy servants We have a father an old man, and a
had committed so heinous a fact ? young boy, that was born in his old age
8 The money, that we found in the top whose brother by the mother is dead
of our sacks, we brought back to thee and he alone is left of his mother, and
from the land of Chanaan: how then his father loveth him tenderly.
w Supra 42. 13.
Chap. 44. Ver. 15. The science of divining. He a prophet, knew more without comparison than any
speaks of himself according to what he was es- of the Egyptian sorcerers.
teemed in that kingdom. And indeed, he being truly
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Judges 'prayer to Joseph GENESIS Joseph makes himself known

21 And thou eaidst to thy servants: whereupon he commanded that all should
Bring him hither to me, and I will set go out, and no stranger be present at
my eyes on him. their knowing one another. ^
22 We suggested to my lord The boy 2 And he Ufted up his voice with weep
:

cannot leave his father : for if he leave ing, which the Egyptians and all the
him, he will die. house of Pharao heard.
23 * And thou saidst to thy servants 3 And he said to his brethren: I am
Except your youngest brother come with Joseph is my father yet living ? His :

you, you shall see my face no more. brethren could not answer him, being
24 Therefore when we were gone up to struck with exceeding great fear.
thy servant our father, we told him all 4 And he said mildly to them: Come
that my lord had said. nearer to me. And when they were come
25 And our father said Go again, and near him, he said " I am Joseph, your
: :

buy us a little wheat. brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

26 And we said to him "We cannot go : 5 Be not afraid, and let it not seem to
:

if our youngest brother go down with you a hard case that you sold me into
us, we will set out together : otherwise, these countries : ^ for God sent me before
without him we dare not see the man's you into Egypt for your preservation.
face. 6 For it is two years since the famine
27 Whereunto he answered : You know began to be upon the land, and five years
that my wife bore me two. more remain, wherein there can be nei-
28 One went out, and you said : ^ A ther ploughing nor reaping.
beast devoured him: and hitherto he 7 And God sent me before, that you
appeareth not. may be preserved upon the earth, and
29 If you take this also, and any thing may have food to live.
befall him in the way, you will bring 8 Not by your counsel was I sent hither,
down my gray hairs with sorrow unto hell. but by the will of God : who hath made
30 Therefore if I shall go to thy ser- me as it were a father to Pharao, and
vant our father, and the boy be want- lord of his whole house^ and governor in
ing, (whereas his life dependeth upon all the land of Egypt.
th^ life of him,) 9 Make haste, and go ye up to my father,
31 And he shall see that he is not with and say to him: Thus saith thy son
us, he will die, and thy servants shall Joseph : God *lath made mf^ lord of the
bring down his gray hairs with sorrow whole land of Egypt : come down to me
unto hell. linger not.
32 Let me be thy proper servant, who 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of
took him into my trust, and promised, Gessen : and thou shalt be near me, thou
saying : ^ If I bring him not again, I and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy
will be guilty of sin against my father sheep, and thy herds, and all things that
for ever. thou hast.
33 Therefore I thy servant will stay 11 And there I will feed thee, (for there
instead of the boy in the service of are yet five years of famine remaining,)
ny lord, and let the boy go up with his lest both thou perish, and thy house, and
orethren. all things that thou hast.
34 For I cannot return to my father 12 Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of
without the boy, lest I be a witness of my brother Benjamin see that it is my
the calamity that will oppress my father. mouth that speaketh to you.
CHAPTER 45. 13 You shall tell my father of all my
Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren : and glory, and all things that you
have seen
sendethfor his father. in Egypt : make haste and bring him to
JOSEPH could no longer refrain him- me.
self before many that stood by 14 And falling upon the neck of hie

X Supra 43. 3 and 5. — y Supra 37. 20 and 33. e Supra 43. 9. — a Acts 7. 13. — h Infra 50. 20.

Ver. 31. gray hairs. That is, his person, now

Jlis but for that place of souls below where the ser.
far advanced in years. —
With sorrow unto hell. vants of God were kept before the coming of Christ.
The Hebrew word for hell is here sheol, the Greek Which place, both in the Scripture and in the -reed,
\ades t it is not taken for the hel^ 9f the damned; is name^ *«W.

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He sends for his father GENESIS Israel sets out on his journey
urother Benjamin, he embraced him and whole order of the thing. And when he
wept and Benjamin in like manner wept
: saw the wagons and all that he had sent,
also on his neck. his spirit revived.
15 And Joseph kissed all his brethren, 28 And he said : It isenough for me, if
and wept upon every one of them: Joseph my son be yet living i I will go
after which they were emboldened to and see him before I die.
Bpeak to him. CHAPTER 46.
16 And was heard, and the fame was Israel, warranted by a vision from God,goethdoiifn
it
abroad in the king's court The brethren :
into Egypt with all his family.

of Joseph are come and Pharao with : AND Israel taking his journey, with
all his family was glad. jljL all that he had, came to the well of
17 And he spoke to Joseph that he should the oath, and killing victims there to the
give orders to his brethren, saying Load God of his father Isaac,:

your beasts, and go into the land of 2 He heard him by a vision in the night
Chanaan. calUng him, and saying to him: Jacob,
18 And bring away from thence your Jacob. And he answered him Lo, here :

father and kindred, and come to me and I am. :

I will give you all the good things of 3 God said to him I am the most mighty :

Egypt, that you may eat the marrow of God of thy father: fear not, go down
the land. into Egypt, for I will make a great nation
19 Give orders also that they take of thee there.
wagons out of the land of Egypt, for 4 I will go down with thee thither, and
the carriage of their children and their will bring thee back again from thence :
wives and say Take up your father,
: : Joseph ai'^o shall put his hands upon thy
anc make haste to come with all speed eyes.
20 And leave nothing of your house- 5 And Jacob rose up from the well of
hold stuff for all the riches of Egypt
: the oath: *^and his sons took him up,
shall be yours. with their children and wives in the
21 And the sons of Israel did as they wagons, which Pharao had sent to carry
were bid. And Joseph gave them wagons the old man,
according Pharao's commandment:
to 6 And all that he had in the land of
and provisions for the way. Chanaan, and he came into Egypt with
*
22 He ordered also to be brought out all his seed :

for every one of them two robes but to
Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces
of silver with five robes of the best
23 Sending to his father as much money
and raiment, adding besides ten he asses
to carry off all the riches of Egypt, and
as many she asses, carrying wheat and
bread for the journey.
24 So he sent away his brethren, and at
their departing said to them Be not
angry in the way.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and
came into the land of Chana£'.n to their
father Jacob.
26 And they told him, saying : Joseph
thy son is living and he is ruler in all
: and Onan died in the land of Chanaan.
the land of Egypt. Which when Jacob
heard, he awaked as it were out of a
deep sleep, yet did not believe them.
27 They, on the other side, told the
d Acts
e Jos. 24. 4 ; Ps. 101. 23 ; Isa. 52. 4.
/Ex. 1. 2, and 6. 14 ; Num. 26. 5 ; 1 Par. 5. 1
: 7 His sons, and grandsons, daughters,
and all his offspring together.
8 And these are the names of the chil-
dren of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he
and his children. -^ His firstborn Ruben,
9 The sons of Ruben : Henoch and
Phallu, and Hesron and Charmi.
10 ^The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and
Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar,
: and Saul the son of a woman of Cha-
naan.
11 '^The sons of Levi: Gerson and
Caath and Merari.
12 *The sons of Juda: Her and Onan
and Sela and Phares and Zara. And Her
And sons were born to Phares : Hesron
and Hamul.
13 -^The sons of Issachar: Thola and
Phua and Job and Semron.
7. 15, grEx.6. 15; 1 Par. 4. 24.
h1 Par. 6. 1.— i 1 Par. 2. 3, and 4. 21.
and 3. j 1 Par. 7. 1.

i;BAf.4i». Y«s.l. The weU qf the oath» BersabMi

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Jacobus family go into Egypt
14 The sons of Zabulon Sared and Elon
and Jahelel.
15 These are the sons of Lia, whom she
bore in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dina
GENESIS Jacob and his sons before Pharao
: shall I die with ^oy, because I have seen
thy face, and leave thee alive.
31 And Joseph said to his brethren, and
to all his father's house I will go up, :

his daughter. All the souls of her sons and will tell Pharao, and will say to him
and daughters, thirty-three. My brethren and my father's house, that
16 The sons of Gad : Sephian and Haggi were in the land of Chanaan, are come
and Suni and Esebon and Heri and Arodi to me:
and Areli. 32 And the men are shepherds, and
17 ^' The sons of Aser : Jamne and Jesua their occupation is to feed cattle their :

and Jessuri and Beria, and Sara their flocks and herds, and all they have, they
sister. The sons of Beria: Heber and have brought with them.
Melchiel. 33 And when he shall call you, and shall
18 These are the sons of Zelpha, whom say : What is your occupation ?
Laban gave to Lia his daughter. And 34 You shall answer : We thy servants
these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls. are shepherds, from our infancy until
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife : now, both we and our fathers. And this
Joseph and Benjamin. you shall say, that you may dwell in the
20 * And sons were born to Joseph, in land of Gessen, because the Egyptians
the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth the have all shepherds in abomination.
daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopo-
lis bore him : Manasses and Ephraim. CHAPTER 47.
21 The sons of Benjamin ^ Bela and Jacob and his sons are presented before Pharao:
:
he giveth them the land Gessen. The famine
Bechor and Asbel and Gera and Naaman forceth the Egyptians to of sell all their possessions
and Echi and Ros and Mophim and to the king.
Ophim and Ared.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, whom
THEN
Joseph went in and told Pharao,
saying: My father and brethren,
he bore to Jacob: all the souls, four- their sheep and their herds, and all that
teen. they possess, are come out of the land of
23 The sons of Dan : Husim. Chanaan: and behold they stay in the
24 The sons of Nephtali: Jaziel and land of Gessen.
Quni and Jeser and Sallem. 2 Five men also the last of his brethren,
25 These are the sons of Bala, whom he presented before the king
Laban gave to Rachel his daughter: and 3 And he asked them : What is your
these she bore to Jacob: all the eouls, occupation? They answered: We thy
seven. servants are shepherds, both we, and our
26 All the souls that went with Jacob fathers.
Into Egypt, and that came out of his 4 We are come to sojourn In thy land,
ttiigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six. because there is no grass for the flocks
27 And the sons of Joseph, that were of thy servants, the famine being very
born to him in the land of Egypt, two grievous in the land of Chanaan: and
souls. ** All the souls of the house of we pray thee to give orders that we thy
Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were servants may be in the land of Gessen.
seventy. 5 The king therefore said to Joseph
28 And he sent Juda before him to Jo- Thy father and thy brethren are come to
seph, to tell him; and that he should thee.
meet him in Gessen. 6 The land of Egypt is before thee
29 And when he was come thither, Jo- make them dwell in the best place, and
seph made ready his chariot, and went give them the land of Gessen. And if
up to meet his father, in the same place thou knowest that there are industrious
:

and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, men among them, make them rulers over
and embracing him wept. my cattle.
30 And the father said to Joseph Now 7 After this Joseph brought in his father
:

^—^M^—^»^M^— ! 11 I II 111!» I I II m

k 1 Par. 7. 30. — I Supra 41. 50. m 1 Par. 7. 6, and 8. l. — w Deut. 10. 22.

Chap. 47. Ver. 2. The last. Extremos. Some had the meanest appearance, that Pharao might nci
nterpret this word of the chiefest^ and mo.s< rightly: think of employing them at court, with danger «f
but Joseph seems ratlier to liave chosen out such as tneir morals and religion. ^- —
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The famine continues GENESIS Jacob calls for Joseph

to the king, and presented him before because of the greatness of iM9 famine.
him and he blessed him.
: And he brought it into Pharao's hands :

8 And being asked by him How many

: 21 And all its people from one end of
are the days of the years of thy life ? the borders of Egypt, even to the other
9 He answered The days of my pil- end thereof,
:

grimage are a hundred and thirty years, 22 Except the land of the priests,
few, and evil, and they are not come which had been given them by the
up to the days of the pilgrimage of my king: to whom also a certain allowance
fathers. of food was given out of the publio stores»
10 And blessing the king, he went out. and therefore they were not forced to
11 But Joseph gave a possession to his sell their possessions.
father and his brethren in Egypt, in the 23 Then Joseph said to i^ie people Be- :

best place of the land, in Ramesses, as hold as you see, both you .md your lands
Pharao had commanded. belong to Pharao take seed and sow the
:

12 And he nourished them, and all his fields,

father's house, allowing food to every 24 That you may have corn. The fifth
one. part you shall give to the king: the
13 For in the whole world there was other four you shall have for seed, and
want of bread, and a famine had op- for food for your families and children.
pressed the land: more especially of 25 And they answered: Our life is in
Egypt and Chanaan. thy hand : only let my lord look favour-
14 Out of which he gathered up all the ably upon us, and we will gladly serve the
money for the corn which they bought, king.
and brought it into the king's treasure. 26 From that time unto this day, in the
15 And when the buyers wanted money, whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is
all Egypt came to Joseph saying Give paid to the king, and it is become as a
j

us bread: why should we die in thy law, except the land of the priests, which
presence, having now no money. was free from this covenant.
16 And he answered them : Bring me 27 So lorael dwelt in Egypt, that is, in
your cattle, and for them I will give you the land of Gessen, and possessed it:
food, if you have no money. and grew, and was multiphed exceed-
17 And when they had brought them, ingly.
he gave them food in exchange for their 28 And he lived in it seventeen years
horses, and sheep, and oxen, and asses and all the days of his life came to a
and he maintained them that year for the hundred and forty-seven years.
exchange of their cattle. 29 And when he saw that the day of
18 And they came the second year, and his death drew nigh, he called his son
said to him We will not hide from our Joseph, and said to him If I have found
: ;

lord, how that our money is spent, and favour in thy sight, ^put thy hand under
our cattle also are gone: neither art my thigh and thou shalt shew me this
;

thou ignorant that we have nothing now kindness and truth, not to bury me in
left but our bodies and our lands. Egypt:
19 Why therefore shall we die before 30 But I will sleep with my fathers, and
thy eyes? we will be thine, both we and thou shalt take me away out of this land,
our lands buy us to be the king's ser- and bury me in the buryingplace of my
:

vants, and give us seed, lest for want of ancestors. A nd Joseph answered him
^"

tillers the land be turned into a wilder- I will do what thou hast commanded.
ness. 31 And he said: Swear then to me.
20 So Joseph bought all the land of And as he was swearing, Israel adored
Egypt, every man selling his possessions. God, turning to the bed's head.
q Supra 24. 2. — r Supra 23. 17.
Ver. 31. To the bed's head. St. Paul, Heb. 11. 21, turning towards the head of his bed : which adora>
following the Greek translation of the Septuagint, tion, inasmuch as it was referred to God, was an
reads adored the top of his rod. Where note, that absolute and sovereign worship: but inasmuch as
the same word in the Hebrew, according to the dif- it was referred to the rod of Joseph, as a figure of
ferent pointing of it, signifies both a bed and a rod. the sceptre, that is, of the royal dignity of Christ
And to verify both these sentences, we must under- was only an inferior and relative hoMour.
tacd tluit Jacob leaning on Joseph's rod adored,
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Joseph visits his Jathef GKNESIS Jacob blesses the sons of Joseph
CHAPTER
48. wit, towards his father's right hand, and
Joseph visiteth his father in his sickness, who brought them near to him.
adopteth Itis two sous Manasses and Ephrabn
and blesseth them^ preferring the younger before 14 But he stretching forth his right hand,
the elder. put it upon the head of Ephraim the
AFTER these things, it was told Jo- younger brother and the left upon the
;

. seph that his father was sick and
he set out to go to him, taking his two
sons Manasses and Ephraim.
2 And it was told the old man: Behold
: head of Manasses who was the elder,
changing his hands.
15 ^ And Jacob blessed the sons of Jo-
seph, and said God, in whose sight my
:

thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God
being strengthened he sat on his bed. that feedeth me from my youth until
3 And when Joseph was come in to him, this day
he said * God Almighty appeared to me
: 16 The angel that delivereth me from
2/

at Luza^ which is in the land of Cha- all evils, bless these boys and let my :

x>sKQ.a :And he blessed me, name be called upon them, and the names
4 And he said I will cause thee to in-
: of my fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and
frease and multiply, and I will make of may they grow into a multitude upon
thee a multitude of people and I will the earth. :

give this land to thee, and to thy seed 17 And Joseph seeing that his father
after thee for an everlasting possession. had put his right hand upon the head
5 **So thy two sons who were born to of Ephraim, was much displeased: and
thee in the land of Egypt before I came taking his father's hand he tried to lift
hither to thee, shall be mine ^ Ephraim it from Ephraim's head, and to remove
:

and Manasses shall be reputed to me as it to the head of Manasses.

Ruben and Simeon. 18 And he said to his father It should :

6 But the rest whom thou shalt have not be so, my father for this is the first- :

after them, shall be thine, and shal? be born, put thy right hand upon his head.
called by the name of their brethren in 19 But he refusing, said: I know, my
their possessions. son, I know and this also shall become :

7 For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, peoples, and shall be multiplied but :

^ Rachel died from me in the land of this younger brother shall be greatej
Chanaan in the very journey, and it was than he: and his seed shall gi'ow into
springtime and I was going to Ephrata, nations.
:

and I buried her near the way of Eph- 20 And he blessed them at that time,
rata, which by another name is called saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed,
Bethlehem. and it shall be said God do to thee as :

8 Then seeing his sons, he said to him to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And
Who are these ? he set Ephraim before Manasses.
9 He answered They are my sons, 21 And he said to Joseph his son Be-
: :

Whom God hath given me in this place. hold I die. and God will be with you,
And he said Bring them to me that I and v/ill bring you back into the land of
:

may bless them. your fathers.

10 For Israel's eyes were dim by reason 22 ^ I give thee a portion above thy
of his great age, and he could not see brethren, which I took out of the hand of
clearly. And when they were brought the Amorrhite " with my sword and bow.
to him, he kissed and embraced them. CHAPTER 49.
11 And said to his son: I am not de- Jacobus prophetical blessings of his twelve sons his
prived of seeing thee: moreover God death.
hath shewed me thy seed. ND Jacob called his sons, and said to
12 And when Joseph had taken them A^
them: Gather yourselves together
from his father's lap, he bowed down that T may tell you the things that shall
with his face to the ground. befall you in the last days.
13 And he set Ephraim on his right 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear,
hand, that is, towards the left hand of O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel
Israel but Manasses on his left hand, to your father
;

t Supra 28. 13.-1« Supra 41. 60. X Heb. 11. 21. —y Supra 31. 29 and 32.
V Jos. 13. 7 and 2Q,—w Supra 35. 19. s Matt. 18. 10. — a Jos. 16. l, and 16. 7. ^.

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The promise to Juda GENESIS Jacob blesses his sons

3 Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my and in the road of eMpe, reaching as far
strength, and the beginning of my sor- as Sidon.
row excelling
: in gifts, greater in com- 14 Issachar shall be a strong ass lying
mand. down between the borders.
4 Thou art poured out as water, grow rest that it was good an(J
15 He saw :

thou not ^because thou wentest up to thy

: the land that it was excellent: and h6
father's bed, and didst defile his couch. bowed his shoulder to carry, and became
5 Simeon and Levi brethren vessels of
: a servant under tribute.
iniquity, waging war. 16 Dan shall judge his people like an-
6 Let not my soul go into their counsel, other tribe in Israel.
nor my glory be in their assembly ^ be- 17 Let Dan be a snake in the way, a ser-
:

cause in their fury they slew a man, and pent in the path, that biteth the horse's
in their selfwill they undermined a wall. heels that his rider may fall backward.
7 Cursed be their fury, because it was 18 1 will look for thy salvation, O Lord.
stubborn : and their wrath because it 19 Gad, being girded, shall fight before
was cruel : ^ I will divide them in Jacob, him: and he himself shall be girded
and will scatter them in Israel. backward.
8 Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise 20 Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he
thy hands shall be on the necks of thy shall yield dainties to kings.
enemies : the sons of thy father shall bow 21 Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving
down to thee. words of beauty.
9 Juda is a lion's whelp to the prey, 22 ^ Joseph is a growing son, a growing
* :

my son, thou art gone up resting thou son and comely to behold the daughters
: ;

bast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, run to and fro upon the wall.
who shall rouse him ? 23 But they that held darts provoked
10 -^The sceptre shall not be taken away him, and quarrelled with him, and envied
from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till him.
be come that is to be sent, and he shall 24 His bo-,/ rested upon the strong, and
be the expectation of nations. the bands of his arms and his hands were
11 Tying his foal to the vineyard, and loosed, by the hands of the mighty one
>is ass, O my son, to the vine. He shall of Jacob : thence he came forth a pastor,
wash his robe in wine, and his garment the stone of Israel.
in the blood of the grape. 25 The God of thy father shall be thy
12 His eyes are more beautiful than helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee
wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. with the blessings of heaven above, with
13 Zabulon shall dwell on the sea shore, the blessings of the deep that lieth be*
6 Jos. 24. 8 Deut. 13. 6.
; —
c Supra 34. 25. /Matt. 2. 6; Johns. 45.
d Jos. 19. 1. —
el Par. 5. 2. g 1 Par. 5. 1.
Chap. 49. Ver. 3. My
strength, Sia. He calls him from his race till about the time of the coming of
his strength^ as being boru whilst his father was in Christ: as in effect it never was which is a demon-
:

his full strength and vigour: he calls him the be-
giny\ing of his sorrow, because cares and sorrows
usually come on with the birth of children. Excel-
ling in gifts, (fee, because the firstborn had a title to
a double portion, and to have the command over his
brethren, which Ruben forfeited by his sin; being
ponred out as water, that is, spilt and
Ver. 4. Grow thou This was not meant by
not.
way of a curse or imprecation; but by way of a pro-
phecy foretelling that the tribe of Ruben should not
mherit the pre-eminences usually annexed to the
flrst birthright, viz., the double portion, the being
stration against the modern Jews, that the Messiah
is long since come; for the sceptre has long since
been utterly taken away from Juda.
Ver. 16. Dan shall judge, &c. This was verified
in Samson, who was of the tribe of Dan, and began
to deliver Israel. Judges 13. 5. But as this deliver,
lost. ance was but temporal and very imperfect, the holy
patriarch (v3r. 18) aspires after another kind of
deliverer, saying: / will look for thy salvation^ O
Lord.
Ver. 19. Gad being girded, &c. It seems to allude
to the tribe of Gad when after they had received
;

prince or lord over the other brethren, and the for their lot the land of Galaad, they marched in
priesthood of which the double portion was given
: arms before the rest of the Israelites, to the con-
to Joseph, the princely office to Juda, and the priest- quest of the land of Chanaan: from whence they
hood to Levi. afterwards returned loaded with spoils. See Jos. 4.
Ver. 6. Slew a man, viz., Sichem the son o2 He- and 12.
mor, with all his people. Gen. 34. Ver. 22. Bun to and fro^ &c. To behold his
beauty; whilst his envious brethren turned their
darts against him, &c.
Ver. 24. His bow rested upon the strong, &c. That
Ver. 9. A
lion''s whelp, &c. This blessing of Juda is, upon God, who was his strength: who also Zoosed
foretelleth the strength of his tribe, the fertility of his bands, and brought him out of prison to be the
his inheritance ; and principnlly that the sceptre and pastor, that is, the feeder and ruler of Egypt, antf
leglslatlTe power should not be utterly taken away the stone, that is, the rock and support of IsraeL

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The death of Jacob GENESIS The burial of Jacob

neath, with the blessings of the breasts expiredj Joseph spoke to the family oi
and of the womb. Pharao If I have found favour in your
;

26 The blessings of thy father are
strengthened with the blessings of his
fathers: until the desire of the everlast-
ing hills should come may they be upon
; me in
the head of Joseph, and upon the crown
of the Nazarite among his brethren.
27 Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the
morning shall eat the prey, and in the
sight, speak in the ears of Pharao
5 For my father made me swear to him,
saying: Behold I die: thou shalt bury
my
sepulchre ^ which I have digged
for myself in the land of Chanaan. So
I will go up and bury my father, and
return.
6 And Pharao said to him Go up and :

evening shall divide the spoil. bury thy father according as he made
28 All these are the twelve tribes of thee swear.
Israel : these things their father spoke 7 So he went up, and there went with
to them, and he blessed every one, with him the ancients of Pharao's house,
all
their proper blessings. and the elders of the land of Egypt,
all
29 And he' charged them, saying: 1 am 8 And the house of Joseph with his
now going to be gathered to my people brethren, except their children, and their
bury me with my fathers in the double flocks and herds, which they left in the
cave, which is in the field of Ephron the land of Gessen.
Hethite, 9 He had also in his train chariots and
30 Over against Mambre in the land of horsemen and it was a great company.:

Chanaan, ^ which Abraham bought to- 10 And they came to the threshingfloor
gether with the field of Ephron the of Atad, which is situated beyond the
Hethite for a possession to bury in. Jordan where celebrating the exequies
:

31 There they buried him, and Sara his with a great and vehement lamentation,
wife! there was Isaac buried with Re- they spent full seven days.
becca hia wife there also Lia doth lie 11 And when the inhabitants of Cha-
:

buried. naan saw this, they said This is a great :

32 And when he had ended the com- mourning to the Egyptians. And there-
mandments, wherewith he instructed his fore the name of that place was called.
sons, he drew up his feet upon the bed, The mourning of Egypt.
and died; and he was gathered to his 12 So the sons of Jacob did as he had
people. commanded them.
13 And carrying him into the land of
CHAPTER 60.
Chanaan, * they buried him in the doubLe
The mourninrf for Jacob, and his interment.
Joseph's kindness towards his brethren. His cave which Abraham had bought to-
death. gether with the field for a possession of
AND when Joseph saw this, he fell a buryingplace, of Ephron the Hethite
XjL upon his father's face weeping and over against Mambre.
kissing him. 14 And Joseph returned into Egypt
2 And he commanded his servants the with his brethren, and all that were in
physicians to embalm his father. his company, after he had buried his fa-
3 And while they were fulfilling his ther.
commands, there passed forty days foi 15 Now he being dead, his brethren
:

this was the manner with bodies that were afraid, and talked one with another
were embalmed, and Egypt mourned for Lest perhaps he should remember the
him seventy days. wrong he suffered, and requite us all the
4 And the time of the mourning being evil that we did to him.
h Supra 23. 17. j Supra 47. 29. — k Acts 7. 16 ; Supra 23. 17.

Ver. 26. The blessings of thy father, &c. That is, eminence of their wisdom and The Naza-
holiness.
thy father's blessings are made more prevalent and rite. This word signifies one separated ; and agrees
effectual in thy regard, by tlie additional strength to Joseph, as being separated from, and more emi-
they receive from his inheriting the blessings of his nent than, his brethren. As the ancient Nazorites
progenitors Abraham and Isaac. The desire of the were so called from their being set aside for God,
everlasting hills, &c These blessings all looked for- and vowed to him.
ward towards Christ, called the desire of the ever- Ver. 29. To be gathered to my people. That is, 1
lasting hills, as being longed for, as it were, by the am going to die, and so to follow my ancestors that
whole creation. Mystically, the patriarchs and pro- are gone before cae, and to join their company in
phets are called the everlasting hills, by reason of the another world.
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The death EXODUS' of Joseph

10 And they sent a messagr^ to him, say- 21 m Feaj. not : I will feed you and youi
ing: Thy father commanded us before children. And he comforted them, and
he died, spoke gently and mildly.
17 That we should say thus much to 22 And he dwelt in Egypt with all his
thee from him I beseech thee to forget
: father's house and lived a hundred and
:

the wickedness of thy brethren, and the ten years. And he saw the children of
sin and malice they practised against Ephraim to the third generation. "The
thee we also pray thee, to forgive the
: children also of Machir the son of Ma-
servants of the God of thy father this nasses were born on Joseph's knees.
wickedness. And when Joseph heard •
23 After which he told his brethren:
chis, he wept. ° God will visit you after my death, and
18 And his brethren came to him and : will make you go up out of this land, to
worshipping prostrate on the ground the land which he swore to Abraham,
they »aid We are thy servants.
: Isaac, and Jacob.
19 And he answered them: Fear not: 24 And he made them swear to him,
can we resist the will of God ? saying God will visit you, ^ carry my
:

20 'You thought evil against me: but bones with you out of this place
God turned it into good, that he might 25 And he died being a hundred and
exalt me, as at present you see, and ten years old. And being embalmed he
might save many people. was laid in a coffin in Egypt.

THE
BOOK OP EXODUS.
Th^ Second Book of Moses is called Exodus, from the Greek word Exodos, which signifies
going out because it contains the history of the going out of tht childreriof Israel out oj
:

Egypt. The Hebrews, from the words uith which it begins, call it Veelle Semoth These :

are the names It contains transaction, for 145 years; that is, from the death of Joseph to
the erecting of the tabernacle.

CHAPTER 8 In the mean time there arose a new

1.

The Israelites are multiplied in Egypt They are king over Egypt, that knew not Jo-
oppressed by a new king, who eommandeth all seph:
their male children to be killed.
9 And he said to his people : Behold
THESE are the names of the children the people of the children of Israel are
of Israel, that went into Egypt with numerous and stronger than we.
Jacob : they went in, every man with his 10 Come, let us wisely oppress them,
household : ^ lest they multiply : and if any war shall
2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, rise against us, join with our enemies,
3 Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin, and having overcome us, depart out of
4 Dan, and Nephtali, Gad and Aser. the land.
5 And all the souls that came out of Ja- 11 Therefore he set over them masters
cob's thigh, were seventy : * but Joseph of the works, to afflict them with bur-
was in Egypt. dens, and they built for Pharao cities oi
6 After he was dead, and all his bre- tabernacles, Phithom and Ramesses.
thren, and all that generation, 12 But the more they oppressed them,
7 *The children of Israel increased, and the more they were multipKed, and in-
sprung up into multitudes, and growing creased :

exceedingly strong they filled the land. 13 And the Egyptians hated the chil
I Supra 45. 5. — m Supra 47. 12.
n Num. 32. 39. — a Heb. IL 22, r Gen. 46. 8.—« Gen. 46. 27.
p Ex. 13. 19 , .TOS. 24. 32. t Acts 7. 17.

Chap. l. Ver. ll, Q/ tabernacles^ or of storehouses.

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The male infants are
dren of Israel, and
mocked them
14 And they made their Hfe bitter with
hard works in clay, and brick, and with
all manner of service, wherewith they
were overcharged in the works of the
earth.
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the
midwives of the Hebrews of whom one
was called Sephora, the other Phua,
16 Commanding them When you shall
do the office of midwives to the Hebrew
women, and the time of delivery is
come if it be a man
: child, kill it : if
woman, keep it alive.
17 But the midwives feared God, and
did not do as the king of Egypt had
commanded, but saved the men chil-
dren.
18 And the king called for them and
said What is that you meant to do, that
: man, to nurse the babe?
you would save the men children ?
19 They answered: The Hebrew women
are not as the Egyptian women for they
killed EXODUS Moses found hy Pharaohs daughter
afflicted them and 3 And when she could hide him no
longer, she took a basket made of bul-
rushes, and daubed it with slime and
pitch: and put the little babe therein,
and laid him in the cedges by the river's
brink,
4 His sister standing afar off, and tak-
ing notice what would be done
: 5 And behold the daughter ot Phar«.o
came down to wash herself in the river:
: and her maids walked by the river's
;
brink. And when she saw the basket in
the sedges, she sent one of her maids for
a it: and when it was brought,
6 She opened it and seeing within it an
infant crying, having compassion on it
she said : This is one of the babes of the
Hebrews.
7 And the child's sister said to her!
Shall I go and call to thee a Hebrew wo-
8 She answered: Go. The maid went
and called her mother.
9 And Pharao's daughter said to her:
:

themselves are skilful in the office of aTake this child and nurse him for me I :

midwife and they are delivered before

; will give thee thy wages. The woman
we come to them. took, and nursed the child and when he :

20 Therefore God dealt well with the was grown up, she delivered him to
midwives and the people multiplied and Pharao's daughter.
:

grew exceedingly strong. 10 And she adopted him for a son, and
21 And because the midwives feared called him Moses, saying : Because I took
God, he built them houses. him out of the water.
22 Pharao therefore charged all his 11 ^In those days after Moses was
people, saying: Whatsoever shall be grown up, ^he went out to his brethren:
born of the male sex, ye shall cast into and saw their affliction, and an Egyp-
the river whatsoever of the female, ye tian striking one of the Hebrews his bre-
:

shall save alive. thren.

CHAPTER
2. 12 And when he had looked about this
Moses is bom and exposed on the bank of the river way and that way, and saw no one there,
where he is taken up by the daughter of Pharao, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the
and adopted for her son. He killeth an Egyptian, sand.
and Jieeth into Madian; where he marrieth a
wife. 13 And going out the next day, he saw
A FTER this there went a man of the two Hebrews quarrelling and he said to
:

J\. house of Levi " and took a wife of ;

him that did the wrong: Why strikest
ais own kindred. thou thy neighbour ?
2 And she conceived, and bore a son; 14 But he answered Who hath ap-
:

^ and seeing him a goodly child, hid him pointed thee prince and judge over us
three months. wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yester-

u Infra 6. 20.— v Heb. 11. 23. X B. C. 1486.

y Heb. 11. 24.

Ver. 21. Because the midwives feared God, &c. Ver. 12. He slew the Egyptia,n. This he did by a
The midwives were rewarded, not for their lie, which particular inspiration of God as a prelude to his ;

was a venial sin but for their fear of God, and their delivering the people from their oppression and
;

humanity: but this reward was only temporal, in bondage. He thought, says St. Stephen, Acts 7. 25,
building them houses, that is, in establishing and that his brethren understood that God by his hand
enriching their families. would save them. But such particular and eztraor*
Chap. 2. Ver. 10. Moses or Moyses, in the Egyp- dinary examples are not to be imitatecu
tian tongue, signifies one taken or saved out of the
water.
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Moses flees to Madian EXODUS The burning bush

day kill the Egyptian? Mosea feared, ner parts of ^he desert, and came to the
and said Howls tiiis come to be known? mountain of God, Horeb. "
:

15 And Pharao heard of this word and 2 ^ And the Lord appeared to him in a
sought to kill Moses but he fled from : flame of fire out of the midst of a bush
his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he saw that the bush was on fire and
and he sat down by a well. was not burnt.
16 And the priest of Madian had seven 3 And Moses said I will go and see :

daughters, who came to draw water this great sight, why the bush is not
and when the troughs were filled, de- burnt.
sired to water their father's flocks. 4 And when the Lord saw that he went
17 And the shepherds came and drove forward to see, he called to him out of
them away: and Moses arose, and de- the midst of the bush, and said Moses, :

fending the maids, watered their sheep. Moses. And he answered Here I am. :

18 And when they returned to Raguel 6 And he said Come not nigh hither :

their father, he said to them Why are put off the shoes from thy feet: foi
:

ye come sooner than usual ? the place whereon thou standest is hol>
19 They answered A man of Egypt de- ground.
:

livered us from the hands of the shep- 6 And he said ^ I am the God of thy :

herds and he drew water also with us, father, the God of Abraham, the God of
:

and gave the sheep to drirk, Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid
20 But he said Where is he ? why have his face : for he durst not look at God.
:

you let the man go ? call him that he may 7 And the Lord said to him I have :

eat bread. seen the affliction of my people in Egypt,

21 And Moses swore that he would and I have heard their cry because of
Iwell with him. ^ And he took Sephora the rigour of them that are over the
ais daughter to wife : works
22 And she bore him a son, whom he 8 And knowing their sorrow, I am come
called Gersam, saying : I have been a down to deliver them out of the hands
stranger in a foreign country. And she of the Egyptians, and to bring them out
bore another, whom he called Eliezer, of that land into a good and spacioua
saying: For the God of my father, my lanJ, into a land that floweth with milk
helper hath delivered me out of the and honey, to the places of the Chanaan-
hand of Pharao. ite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and
23 Now after a long time the king of Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite.
Egypt died: and the children of Israel 9 For the cry of the children of Israel
groaning, cried out because of the works is come unto me : and I have seen their
and their cry went up unto God from the affliction, wherewith they are oppressed
works. by the Egyptians.
24 And he heard their groaning, and 10 But come, and I will send thee to
remembered the covenant which he Pharao, that thou mayst bring forth
made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. my people, the children of Israel out of
25 And the Lord looked upon the chil- Egypt.
dren of Israel, and he knew them. 11 And Moses said to God: Who am I
CHAPTER 3. that I should go to Pharao, and should
God ajypeareth to Moses in a bush, and sendeth him bring forth the children of Israel out of
to deliver Israel. Egypt?
"VrOW the sheep of Jethro
l^Ioses fed 12 And he said to him : I will be with
Jji his father in law, the priest of Ma- thee and this thou shalt have for a sign,
:

dian : and he drove the flock to the in- that I have sent thee ; When fchou shalt

z Infra 18. 2 and 3 1 Par. 23.

j 15. b Acts 7.30.
a About B.C. 1445. c Matt, 22. 32 ; Mark 12. 26 ; Luke 20. 37.

Ver. 15. A
Madian, and country of Arabia, fies a stranger there as Eliezer signifies the help oj
city :

which took its name from Madian the son of Abra- God.
\am, by Cetura, and was peopled by his posterity. Ver. 25. Knew them ; that is, he had respect to
Ver. 18. Raguel. He had two names, being also them, he cast a merciful eye upon them.
called Jethro, as appears from the first verse of the Chap. 3. Ver. 2. The Lord appeared. That is,
following chapter. an angel representing God, and speaking iu hit
Ver. 22. Oersam^ or Oershom. This name '^'-nil. name.
6a
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Qod sends Moses to deliver Israel EXODUS The rod and the leprous hand
have brought my people out of Egypt, neighbour, and of her that is in her
bhou shalt offer sacrifice to God upon house, vessels of silver and of gold, and
this mountain. raiment and you shall put them on :

13 Moses said to God Lo, I shall go to your sons and daughters, and shall spoil
:

the children of Israel, and say to them Egypt.

The God of your fathers hath sent me to CHAPTER 4.
you. If they should say to me What is Moses is empowered to confirm his m,ission with
:

his name ? what shall I say to them ? miracles his brother Aaron is appointed to assist :

him,.
14 God said to Moses I am who am. :

He said Thus shalt thou say to the chil-

: answered and said They will MOSES :

dren of Israel He who is, hath sent me

: not believe me, nor hear my voice,
to you. but they will say: The Lord hath not
15 And God said again to Moses Thus appeared to thee. :

shalt thou say to the children of Israel 2 Then he said to him What is that
The Lord God of your fathers, the God thou boldest in thy hand ? He answered
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the A rod.
God of Jacob, hath sent me to you This 3 And the Lord said Cast it down upon ; :

is my name for ever, and this is my the ground. He cast it down, and it was
memorial unto all generations. turned into a serpent so that Moses fled :

16 Go, gather together the ancients of from it.

Israel, and thou shalt say to them The 4 And the Lord said Put out thy hand : :

Lord God of your fathers, the God of and take it by the tail. He put forth his
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God hand, and took hold of it, and it was
of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying turned into a rod.
Visiting I have visited you and I have 5 That they may believe, saith he, that
:

seen all that hath befallen you in Egypt. the Lord God of their fathers, the God of
17 And I have said the word to bring Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
you forth out of the aflliction of Egypt, of Jacob, hath appeared to thee.
into the land of the Chanaanite, the Heth- 6 And the Lord said again: Put thy
ite, and the Amorrhite, and Pherezite, hand into thy bosom. And when he had
and Hevite, and Jebusite, to a land that put it into his bosom, he brought it forth
floweth with milk and honey. leprous as snow.
18 And they shall hear thy voice and 7 And he said Put back thy hand into : :

thou shalt go in, thou and the ancients thy bosom. He put it back, and brought
of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and thou it out again, and it was like the other
shalt say to him The Lord God of the flesh.
:

Hebrews hath called us we will go three 8 If they will not believe thee, saith he,
:

days' journey Into the wilderness, to nor hear the voice of the former sign,
sacrifice unto the Lord our God. they will believe the word of the latter
19 But I know that the king of Egypt sign.
will not let you go, but by a mighty 9 But if they will not even believe these
hand. two signs, nor hear thy voice take of :

20 For I will stretch forth my hand, the river water, and pour it out upon
and will strike Egypt with all my won- the dry land, and whatsoever thou draw-
ders which I will do in the midst of est out of the river shall be turned into
them after these he will let you go.
: blood.
21 And I will give favom* to this peo- 10 Moses said I beseech thee. Lord, I :

ple, in the sight of the Egyptians ^ and am not eloquent from yesterday and the
:

when you go forth, you shall not depart day before and since thou hast spoken :

empty to thy servant, I have more impediment

22 But every woman shall ask of her and slowness of tongue.
d Infra 11. 2, and 12. 35.

Ver. 14. / avi who am. That

being itself, is, I am not authorizing theft or injustice; but was a just
without
eternal, self-existent, independent, infinite ; disposal made by Him, who is the great lord and
beginning, end, or change; and the source of all master of all things, in order to pay the children of
otlier beings. Israel some part of what was due to them from tbe
Ver. 22. Shall spoil, &c. That is, you shall strip. Egyptians for their labours.
and take away the goods at the £gyptiaus. This wag
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Aaron chosen to assist Moses EXODUS Moses returns to Egypt

11 The Lord said to him: Who made the inn, the Lord met him, and would
man's mouth? or who made the dumb have killed him.
and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? 25 Immediately Sephora took a very
did not I? sharp stone, and circumcised the fore-
12 Go therefore, «and I will be in thy skin of her son, and touched his feet,
mouth: and I will teach thee what thou and said: A bloody spouse art thou to
shalt speak. me.
13 But he said: I beseech thee. Lord, 26 And he let him go after she had said
send whom thou wilt send. A bloody spouse art thou to me, because
14 The Lord being angry at Moses, said of the circumcision,
Aaron the Levite is thy brother, I know 27 And the Lord said to Aaron Go into :

that he is eloquent: behold he cometh the desert to meet Moses. And he went
forth to meet thee, and seeing thee shall forth to meet him in the mountain of
be glad at heart. God, and kissed him.
15 Speak to him, and put my words in 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words
his mouth: and I will be in thy mouth, of the Lord, by which he had sent him,
and in his mouth, / and will shew you and the signs that he had commanded.
what you must do. 29 And they came together, and they
16 He shall speak in thy stead to the assembled all
the ancients of the children
people, and shall be thy mouth: but thou
of Israel.
shalt be to him in those things that per-
tain to God.
30 And Aaron
spoke all the words which
Lord had said to Moses: and he
the
17 And take this rod in thy hand, where-
wrought the signs before the people.
with thou shalt do the signs.
31 And the people believed. And they
18 Moses went his way, and returned to
Jethro his father in law and said to him heard that the Lord had visited the chil-
I will go and return to my brethren into
dren of Israel: and that he had looked
Egypt, that I may see if they be yet upon their affliction: and falling down
alive. And Jethro said to him: Go in they adored.
peace. CHAPTER 5.
Pharao refuseth to let They are
the people go.
19 And the Lord said to Moses, in Ma- more oppressed.
dian: Go, and return into Egypt: for
they are all dead that sought thy life. AFTER these things Moses and Aaron
went in, and said to Pharao:
20 Moses therefore took his wife, and 9 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel
his sons, and set them upon an ass: and Let my people go that they may sacri-
returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of fice to me in the desert.
God in his hand. 2 But he answered: Who is the Lord,
21 And the Lord said to him as he was that I should hear his voice, and let
returning into Egypt: See that thou do Israel go? I know not the Lord, nei-
all the wonders before Pharao, which I ther will I let Israel go.
have put in thy hand: I shall harden 3 And they said: The God of the He-
his heart, and he will not let the people
brews hath called us, to go three days*
go. journey into the wilderness and to sacri-
22 And thou shalt say to him: Thus fice to the Lord our God: lest a pesti-
saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my lence or the sword fall upon us.
firstborn. 4 The King of Egypt said to them:
23 I have said to thee: Let my son go, Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off
that he may serve me, and thou wouldst the people from their works? Get you
not let him go : behold I will kill thy son, gone to your burdens.
thy firstborn. 5 And Pharao said: The people of
24 And when he was in his journey, in the land is numerous: you see that the
e Matt. 10. 20—/ Infra 7. 2. g About B. C. 1445.

Chap. 4. Ver. 21. / shall harden, &c. Not by be-
ing the efficient cause of his sin but by withdraw-
;
ing from him, for his just punishment, the dew of
him. This was an angel representing the Lord, who
treated Moses in this manner, for having neglected
the circumcision of his younger son which his wife
;

grace that might have softened his heart, and so understanding, circumcised her child upon the spot,
suffering him to grow harder and harder. upon which the angel let Moses go.
Ver. 24 The Lord met him, and would have killed

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The Hebretotf are more oppressed EXODUS
multitude is increased : how mnch more
if you give them rest from their works ?
6 Therefore ho commanded the same
day the overseers of the works, and the
taskmasters of the people, saying
7 You shall give straw no more to the
people to make brick, as before : but let
them go and gather straw.
8 And you shall lay upon them the task
of bricks, which they did before, neither
shall you diminish any thing thereof:
for they are idle, and therefore they
cry, saying Let us go and sacrifice to
: sword to
our God.
9 Let them be oppressed, with works,
and let them fulfil them : that they may
not regard lying words.
10 And the overseers of the works and
the taskmasters went out and said to
the people: Thus saith Pharao, I allow
you no straw
11 Go, and gather it where you can find
It : neither shall any thing of your work
be diminished.
12 And the people was scattered
through all the land of Egypt to gather
AKD
etraw.
13 And the overseers of the works
pressed them, saying: Fulfil your work
every day as before you were wont to
do when straw was given you.
14 Aiiid they that were over the works
of the children of Israel were scourged
by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why
have you not made up the task of bricks
both yesterday and to day as before ?
15 And the officers of tlie children of
Israel came, and cried out to Pharao,
saying: Why dealest thou so with thy
servants ?
16 Straw is not given us, and bricks are
required of us as before : behold we thy
servants are beaten with whips, and thy
people is unjustly dealt withal.
17 And he said: You are idle, and
therefore you say : Let us (50 and sacri-
fice to the Lord.
18 Go therefore, and work : straw shall
not be given you, and you shall deUver
the accustomed number of bricks.
Chap. 6. Ver. 3. My name Ada lai. The name, or vowels, which belong to the name Adonai, to the
which is in the Hebrew
text, is t lat most proper
name of God, which signifieth his e> emal, self-exist-
ent beinQy Ex. 3. 14, which the Jei /s out of rever-
ence never pronounce but, instead of it, whenever
; Jews or Christians; for the true pronunciation of
It occurs in the Bible, they read Ad ^nai, which sig-
nifies the Lord; ap<l« tiierefore. thex put th& points
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_ God renews His promis e
19 And the officers of the children of
Israelsaw that they were in evil case,
because it was said to them There : shall
not a whit be diminished of the bricks
for every day.
20 And they met Moses and Aar^*^
who stood over against them at Aey
came out from Pharao
21 And they said to them: The Lord
see and judge, because you have made
our savour to stink before Pharao and
his servants, and you have given him a
kill us.
22 And Moses
returned to the Lord
and said Lord, why hast thou afflicted
:
this people? wherefore hast thou sent
me ?
23 For since the time that I went in to
Pharao to speak in thy name, he hath
afflicted thy people: and thou hast not
delivered them.
CHAPTER 6.
God reneweth his promise. The genealogies of Bt»
ben, Simeon and Levi, down to Moses and Aaron.
the Lord eaii feo Moses: Now
. thou Shalt see what I will d<Q to
Pharao for by a mighty hand shall he
:
let them
go, and with a strong han<?
shall he cast them out of his land.
2 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
I am the Lord,
3 That appeared to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, by the name of God Al-
mighty ; and my name Adonai I did not
shew them.
4 And I made a covenant with them, to
give them the land of Chanaan, the land
of their pilgrimage wherein they were
strangers.
6 I have heard the groaning of the
children of Israel, wherewith the Egyp
tians have oppressed them : and I have
remembered my covenant.
6 Therefore say to the children of Is
rael: I am the Lord who will bring you
out from the work prison of the Egyp-
tians, and will deliver you from bond
age : and redeem you with a high arm,
and great judgments.
7 And I wiU take you to myself for my
four letters of that other ineffablename Jod, Ee,
Vau, He. Hence some moderns have franwd the
name Jehovah, unknown to all the ancients, whethei
the name, which is in the Hebrew text, by lOOg ^»
US&- is Qow quit'^ lost
 —
The descendants of Ruben, etc. EXODUS Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
people, I will and you 20 And Amram took to wife Jochabed
be your God:
shall know that I am
the Lord your God, his aunt by the father's side: and she
who brought you out from the work bore him Aaron and Moses. And the
prison of the Egyptians. years of Amram's life were a hundred
8 And brought you into the land, con- and thirty-seven.
cerning which I lifted up my hand to 21 The sons also of Isaar: Core, and
give it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Nepheg, and Zechri.
and I will give it you to possess, I am 22 The sons also of Oziel: Mizael, and
the Lord. Elizaphan, and Sethri.
9 And Moses told all this to the chil- 23 And Aaron took to wife Elizabeth
dren of Israel: but they did not hearken the daughter of Aminadab, sister of
to him, for anguish of spirit, and most Nahason, who bore him Nadab, and Abiu,
painful work. and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 24 The sons also of Core: Aser, and
11 Go in, and speak to Pharao king of Elcana, and Abiasaph. These are the
Egypt, that he let the children of Israel kindreds of the Corites.
go out of his land. 25 But Eleazar the son of Aaron took
12 Moses answered before the Lord: a wife of the daughters of Phutiel: and
Behold the children of Israel do not she bore him Phinees. These are the
hearken to me; and how will Pharao heads of the Levitical families by their
hear me, especially as I am of uncircum- kindreds.
cised lips? 26 These are Aaron and Moses, whom
13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and the Lord commanded to bring forth the
Aaron, and he gave them a charge unto children of Israel out of the land of
the children of Israel, and unto Pharao Egypt by their companies.
the king of Egypt, that they should 27 These are they that speak to Pharao
bring forth the children of Israel out of king of Egypt, in order to bring out the
the land of Egypt. children of Israel from Egypt: these are
14 *These are the heads of their houses that Moses and Aaron,
by their families. The sons of Ruben 28 In the day when the Lord spoke to
the firstborn of Israel. Henoch and Moses in the land of Egypt.
Phallu, Hesron and Charmi. 29 And the Lord Spoke to Moses, saying:
15 These are the kindreds of Ruben. I am the Lord: speak thou to Pharao
/The sons of Simeon: Jamuel, and Jamin, king of Egypt all that I say to thee.
and Ahod, and Jachin, and Soar, and Saul 30 And Moses said before the Lord: Lo
the son of a Chanaanitess: these are I am of uncircumcised lips, how will
the families of Simeon. Pharao hear me?
16 And these are the names of the sons
CHAPTER 7.
of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson, and Moses and Aaron go in to Pharao: they turn the
Caath, and Merari. And the years of the rod into a serpent; and the waters of Egypt
into hlood, which was the first plague. The ma-
life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-
gicians do the like, and Pharao's heart is hard-
seven. ened.
17 ^The sons of Gerson: Lobni and Se-
mei, by their kindreds.
AND
the Lord said to Moses: Behold
- I have appointed thee the God of
18 ^The sons of Caath: Amram, and Pharao: and Aaron thy brother shall be
Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel. And the thy prophet.
years of Caath's life were a hundred and 2 wThou shalt speak to him all that I
thirty-three. command thee; and he shall speak to
19 The sons of Merari: Moholi and Pharao, that he let the children of Israel
Musi. These are the kindreds of Levi go out of his land.
by their families. 3 But I shall harden his heart, and shall
i Gen. 46 9 : Num. 26 5 ; 1 Par. 5. 1. I Num. 3. 19, and 26. 57, 58 ; 1 Par. 6. 2, and
; 1 Par. 4. 24. k 1 Par. 6. 1, and 23. 6. n Supra 4.15.

Ver. 12 Uncircumcised lips. So he calls the Ver. 3. I shall harden, &o. Not by being the
defect he had in his words, or utterance. efficient cause of his hardness of heart, but by
Chap 7. Ver. 1. The Ood of Pharao, viz., to permitting it and by withdrawing grace from
;

be his judge ; and to exercise a divine power, as him, in punishment of his malice which alone ;

God's instrument, over him and his people. was the proper cause of his being hardened.
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Moses and Aaron before Pharao EXODUS The first plague, of blood
multiply my wgnt mnA "^onderk in the in my hand, the water of the river, and
land of Egypt, it shall be turned into blood.
4 And he will not heur you and I will : 18 Andthe fishes that are in the river
lay my hand upon Egypt, and will bring shall die, and the waters shall be cor-
forth my army and my people the chil- rupted, and the Egyptians shall be af-
dren ct Israel out of thy land of Egypt, flicted when they drink the water of the
by very great judgments. river.
6 And the Egyptians shall know that I 19 The Lord also said to Moses : Say to
am the Lord, who have stretched forth Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch forth >

my hand upon Egypt, and have brought thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, and
forth the children of Israel out of the upon their rivers, and streams and pools,
midst of them. and all the ponds of waters, that they
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord may be turned into blood and let blood :

had commanded : so did they. be in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels
7 And Moses was eighty years old, and of wood and of stone.
Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to 20 And Moses and Aaron did as the
pharao. Lord had commanded:^ and lifting up
8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron the rod he struck the water of the river
9 When Pharao shall say to you. Shew before Pharao and his servants : and it
eigns : thou shalt say to Aaron Take was turned into blood.
:

fchy rod, and cast it down before Pharao, 21 And the fishes that were in the river
and it shall be turned into a serpent. died : and the river corrupted, and the
10 So Moses and Aaron went in unto Egyptians could not drink the water of
pharao, and did as the Lord had com- the river, and there was blood in all the
manded. And Aaron took the rod before land of Egypt.
pharao, and his servants, and it was 22 3 And the magicians of the Egyptians
turned into a serpent. with their enchantments did in like
11 **And Pharao called the wise men manner : and Pharao's heart was hard-
and the magicians : and they also by ened, neither did he hear them, as the
Egyptian enchantments and certain se- Lord had commanded.
crets did in like manner. 23 And he turned himself away and
12 And they every one cast down their went into his house, neither did he set
pods, and they were turned into serpents his heart to it this time also.
but Aaron's rod devoured their rods. 24 And all the Egyptians dug round
13 And Pharaohs heart was hardened, about the river for water to drink : for
and he did not hearken to them, as the they could not drink of the water of the
Lord had commanded. river.
14 And the Lord said to Moses Pharao's 25 And seven days were fully ended,
i

heart is hardened^ he will not let the after that the Lord struck the river.
people go, CHAPTER 8.
15 Go to him
in the morning, behold The second plague is offrogs : Pharao promiseth to
let the Israelites go, but breaketh his promise. The
he will go out to the waters : and thou third plague is of sciniphs. The fourth is of flies.
shalt stand to meet him on the bank of Pharao again promiseth to dismiss the people^
the river: and thou shalt take in thy but doth it not.

hand the rod that was turned into a
serpent.
16 And thou shalt say to him: The Lord
God of the Hebrews sent me to thee,
saying : Let my people go to sacriuce to
me in the desert: and hitherto thou
wouldst not hear.
17 Thus therefore saith the Lord: In
this thou shalt know that I am the Lord
behold I will strike with the rod, that is
ANDthe Lord said to Moses: Go in
J\. to Pharao, and thou shalt say to
him : Thus saith the Xx)rd : Let my peo-
ple go to sacrifice to me.
2 But if thou wilt not let them ga
behold I will strike all thy coasts with
frogs.
3 And the river shall bring forth an
abundance of frogs : which shall come
up, and enter into thy house, and thy

o 2 Tim. a& p Infra 17 5 ; Ps. 77. 44. — ^ Wisd, 17. 7.

Ver IX, Atofficians, Jannes, and Mambres^ or Jambres 2 TiCi. 3, 8.

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The second plague^ of frogs EXODUS The third plagtie, of sciniphs

bedchamber, and npon thy bed, and into into immense heaps, and the land was
the houses of thy servants, and to thy corrupted.
people, and into itorj ovens, and into the 15 And Pharac seeing that rest was
remains of thy meats given, hardened his own heart, and did
4 And the frogs shall come in to thee, not hear them, as the Lord had com-
and to thy people, and to all thy ser- manded.
vants. 16 And the Lord said to Moses Say to :

5 And the Lord said to Moses : Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod, and strike
Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand upon the the dust of the earth : and may there be
streams and upon the rivers and the sciniphs in all the land of Egypt.
pools, and bring forth frogs upon the 17 And they did so. And Aaron stretch-
land of Egypt. ed forth his hand, holding the rod i and
6 And Aaron stretched forth his hand he struck the dust of the earth, and there
upon the waters of Egypt, and the came sciniphs on men and on beasts all :

frogs came up, and covered the land of the dust of the earth was turned into
Egypt. sciniphs through all the land of Egypt.
7 And the magicians also by their en- 18 And the magicians with their en-
chantments did in like manner, and they chantments practised in like manner, to
brought forth frogs upon the land of bring forth sciniphs, and they could not
Egypt. and there were sciniphs as well on men
8 But Pharao called Moses and Aaron, as on beasts.
and said to them : Pray ye to the Lord 19 And the magicians said to Pharao:
to take away the frogs from me and ITiis is the finger of God. And Pharao's
from my people ; and I will let the peo- heart was hardened, and he hearkened
ple go to sacrifice to the Lord. not unto them, as the Lord had com-
9 And Moses said to Pharao : Set me a manded.
time when I shall pray for thee, and for 20 The Lord also said to Moses : Arise
thy servants, and for thy people, that the early, and stand before Pharao: for he
frogs may be driven away from thee and will go forth to the waters: and thou
from thy house, and from thy servants, shalt say to him : Thus saith the Lord
and from thy people: and may remain Let my people go to sacrifice to me.
only in the river. 21 But if thou wilt not let them go, be-
10 And he answered : To morrow. But hold I will send in upon thee, and upon
he said : I will do according to thy word thy servants, and upon thy houses all
that thou mayst know that there is none kind of flies : and the houses of the Egyp-
like to the Lord our God. tians shall be filled with flies of divers
11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, kinds, and the whole land wherein they
and from thy house, and from thy ser- shall be.
vants, and from thy people; and shall 22 And I will make the land of Gessen
remain only in the river. wherein my people is, wonderful in that
12 And Moses and Aaron went forth day, so that flies shall not be there and :

from Pharao : and Moses cried to the thou shalt know that I am the Lord in
Lord for the promise, which he had made the midst of the earth. -^
to Pharao concerning the frogs. 23 And I will put a division between
13 And the Lord did according to the my people and thy people : to morrow
word of Moses : and the frogs died out shall this sign be.
of the houses, and out of the villages, 24 And the Lord did so. '' And there
and out of the fields came a very grievous swarm of flies into
14 And they gathered them together the houses of Pharao and of his ser-
r Wisd. 16. 9.

Chap. 8. Ver. 8. Pray ye to the Lord, &c. By
this it appears, that though the magicians, by the
help of the devil, could bring frogs, yet they conld
not take them away: God beiuf; pleased to abridge
In this the power of Satan. So we see they could
Dot afterwards produce the lesser Insects; and in
this restraint of the power of the devil, were forced
to acknowledge the finger of God.
Ver- 1& Pharao hardened his own heart. By Uiis
we see that Pharao was himself the efficient cause
of his heart being hardened, and not God. — See the
same repeated in ver. 32. Pharao hardened his heart
at this time also : likewise chap. 9. 7, 35, and chap.
13. 15.
Ver. 16. Scinipfis, or dnifs, Hebrew Chinnim,
small flying insects, very troublesome botb to meo
and beasts.

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The fourth 'plague, of flies EXODUS The fifth and sixth plagues
vants, and into all the land of Egypt: difference between the possessions of
and the land was corrupted by this kind L'-^raol and the possessions of the Egyp-
of flies. tians, that nothing at all shall die of
25 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, those tilings that belong to the children
and said to them: Go, and sacrifice to of Israel.
your God in this land. 5 And the Lord appointed a time, say-
26 And Moses said It cannot be so for ing: To morrow will the Lord do this
: :

we shall sacrifice the abominations of thing in the land.

the Egyptians to the Lord oar God now : 6 The Lord therefore did this thing the
if we Idll those things which the Egyp- next day and all the beasts of the Egyp-
:

tians worship, in their presence, they tians died, but of the beasts of the chil-
will stone us. dren of Israel there died not one.
27 We will go three days' journey into 7 And Pharao sent to see and there :

the wilderness and we will sacrifice to was not any thing dead of that which
:

th*? Lord our God, ^ as he hath command- Israel possessed. And Pharao's heart
fvd us. was hardened, and he did not let the
28 And Pharao said : I will let you go people go.
to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the 8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aar-
wilderness but go no farther pray for on
: : Take to you handfuls of ashes out
:

me. of the chimney, and let Moses sprinkle

29 And Moses said : I will go out from it in the air in the presence of Pharao.
thee, and will pray to the Lord : and the 9 And be there dust upon all the land
flies shall depart from Pharao, and from of Egypt for there shall be boils and
:

his servants, and from his people to swelling blains both in men and beasts,
morrow but do not deceive any more, in the whole land of Egypt.
:

in not letting the people go to sacrifice 10 And they took ashes out of the chim-
to the Lord. ney, and stood before Pharao, and Moses
30 So Moses went out from Pharao, and sprinkled it in the air: and there came
prayed to the Lord. boils with swelling blains in men and
31 And he did according to his word beasts.
and he took away the flies from Pharao, 11 Neither could the magicians stand
and from his servants, and from his peo- before Moses for the boils that were upon
ple there was not left so much as one.
: them, and in all the land of Egypt.
32 And Pharaohs heart was hardened, 12 And the Lord hardened Pharao's
so that neither this time would he let heart, and he hearkened not unto them,
the people go. as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
13 And the Lord said to Moses Arise :

CHAPTER 9. in the morning, and stand before Pharao,

The fifth plague is a murrain among the cattle. and thou shalt say to him Thus "saith :
The sixth, of boils in men and beasts. The sev-
enth, of hail. Pharao promiseth again to let the the Lord the God of the Hebrews Let :

•people go, and breaketh his word. my people go to sacrifice to me.

AND the Lord said to Moses: Go in 14 For I will at this time send all my
XX to Pharao, and speak to him Thus plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy
:

Baith the Lord God of the Hebrews : Let servants, and upon thy people that thou :

my people go to sacrifice to me. mayst know there is none like me in all

2 But if thou refuse, and withhold them the earth.
still: 15 For now I will stretch out my hand
3 Behold my hand shall be upon thy to strike thee, and thy people with pes-
fields: and a very grievous murrain tilence, and thou shalt perish from the
upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, earth.
and oxen, and sheep. 16 *And therefore have I raised thee,
4 And the Lord will make a wonderful that I may shew my power in thee, and
s Supra 3. 18. t Rom, 9. r
Ver. The abominations, &c. That is, the thmgs
26. Chai». 9. Ver. 6. All the beasts. That is, many
they worship for Gods: oxen, rams, &c. It is the of all kinds.
usual style of the scriptures to call all idols and Ver. 12. Hardened, &c. See the annotations above,
false gods, abominations, to siguify how much the chap, 4. 21, cliap> 7. 3, and chap. 8. l&
people of God ought to detest aod abhor them.
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Seventh plague, lightning and hail
my uame may b*^ spoken of throughout
all the earth.
17 Dost thou yet hold back my people
and wilt thou not let them go ?
18 Behold I will cause it to rain to mor-
row at this same hour, an exceeding great
hail: such as hath not been in Egypt
from the day that it was founded, until
this present time.
19 Send therefore now presently, and
gather together thy cattle, and all that
thou hast in the field : for men and
beasts, and all things that shall be found
abroad, and not gathered together out of
the fields, which the hail shall fall upon,
shall die.
20 He
that feared the word of the Lord
among Pharao's servants, made his ser-
vants and his cattle flee into houses
21 But he that regarded not the word of
the Lord, left his servants and his cattle
in the fields
22 And the Lord said to Moses : Stretch
forth thy hand towards heaven, that
there may be hail in the whole land of
Egypt, upon men, and upon
upon every herb of the field
of Egypt.
23 ^ And Moses stretched forth his rod
towards heaven, and the Lord sent thun-
der and hail, and lightning running along
the ground: and the Lord rained hail
upon the land of Egypt.
24 And the hail and fire mixed with it
drove on together: and it was of so
great bigness, as never before was seen
in the whole land of Egypt since that
nation was founded»
25 And the hail destroyed through all
the land of Egypt all things that were in
the fields, both man and beast and the
hail smote every herb of the field, and it
broke every tree of the country.
26 Only in the land of Gessen, where
the children of Israel were, the hail fell
not,
27 And Pharao sent and called Moses
and Aaron, saying to them; I have
sinned this time also the Lord is just
; which the hail hath left may be eaten
I and my people are wicked.
28 Pray ye to the Lord, that the thun-
derings of God and the hail may cease
that I may let you go, and that you may
stay here no longer.
29 Moses said As soon as I am gone
: have not seen, nor thy grandfathers.
u Wisd. 16. 16, and 19.
: : ::
EXODUS Pharaohs heart is hardened
out of the city, I will stretch forth my
hands to the Lord, and the thunders shall
: cease, and the hail shall be no more
that thou mayst know that the earth is
the Lord's.
30 But I know that neither thou, nor
thy servants do yet fear the Lord God.
31 The flax therefore and the barley were
hurt, because the barley was green, and
the flax was now boiled :
32 But the wheat, and other winter corn
were not hurt, because they were late-
ward.
33 And when Moses was gone from Pha-
rao out of the city, he stretched forth his
hands to the Lord: and the thunders and
the hail ceased, neither did there drop
any more rain upon the earth.
: 34 And Pharao seeing that the rain and
the hail, and the thunders were ceased,
increased hig sin.
35 And his heart was hardened, and the
heart of his servants, and it was made
exceeding hard: neither did he let the
children of Israel go, as the Lord had
beasts, and commanded by the hand of Moses.
in the land CHAPTER 10.
The eighth plague of the locusts. The ninths o/
darkness: Pharao is still hardened.
ND
the Lord said to Moses: Go in
A^to Pharao ; for I have hardened his
heart, and the heart of his servants : that
I may work these my signs in him.
2 And thou mayest tell in the ears ol
thy sons, and of thy grandsons, how
often I have plagued the Egyptians, and
wrought my signs amongst them: and
^^m, may know that I am the Lord
I
3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in
toPharao, and said to him: Thus saith
: the Lord God of the Hebrews: How
long ref usest thou to submit to me ? let
my people go, to sacrifice to me.
4 ^ But if thou resist, and wilt not let
them go, behold I will bring in to mor-
row the locust into thy coasts
5 To cover the face of the earth that
nothing thereof may appear, but that
for they shall feed upon all the ,ti:ejBS
that spring in the fields. ,.,•,'
: 6 And they shallthy houses, and the
fill
houses of thy servants, and of all the
Egyptians : such a number as thy fathers
•.luiA; ^~ «^-twU-
la V Wisd. 16. 9l
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The eighth plague, of locusts EXODUS The ninth plague, of darkness

from the time they were first also, and pray to the Lord your God, that
upon the I

earth, until this present day. he he take away from me this death.
And \

turned himself away, and went forth from 18 And Moses going forth from the pre-
Pharao. sence of Pharao, prayed to the Lord. J

7 And Pharao's servants said to him: 19 And he made a very strong wind to
How long shall we endure this scandal? blow from the west, and it took the lo-
let the men go to sacrifice to the Lord custs and cast them into the Red Sea;
their God. Dost thou not see that Egypt there remained not so much as one in all
is imdone? the coasts of Egypt.
8 And theycalled back Moses and Aaron 20 And the Lord hardened Pharao's
to Pharao: and he said to them: Go, heart, neither did he let the children of
sacrifice to the Lord your God: who are Israel go.
they that shall go? 21 And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch
9 Moses said: We
will go with our out thy hand towards heaven: and may
young and with our sons and daugh-
old, there be darkness upon the land oflEgypt,
ters, with our sheep and herds: for it is so thick that it may be felt.
the solemnity of the Lord our God. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand
10 And Pharao answered: So be the towards heaven: and there came horri-
Lord with you, as I shall let you and ble darkness in all the land of Egypt for
your children go: who can doubt but three days.
that you intend some great evil? 23 ^ No man saw his brother, nor moved
11 It shall not be so: but go ye men himself out of the place where he was:
only, and sacrifice to the Lord: for this « but wheresoever the children of Israel
yourselves also desired. And immedi- dwelt there was light.
ately they were cast out from Pharao's 24 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron,
presence. and said to them: Go sacrifice to the
12 And the Lord said to Moses Stretch : Lord: let your sheep only, and herds
forth thy hand upon the land of Egypt remain; let your children go with you.
unto the locust, that it come upon it, 25 Moses said: Thou shalt give us also
and devour every herb that is left after sacrifices and burnt offerings, to the
the hail. Lord our God.
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod 26 All the flocks shall go with us there
:

upon the land of Egypt: and the Lord shall not a hoof remain of them, for
brought a burning wind all that day, and they are necessary for the service of the
night: and when it was morning, the Lord our God: especially as we know
burning wind raised the locusts. not what must be offered, till we come
14 And they came up over the whole to the very place.
land of Egypt: and rested in all the 27 And the Lord hardened Pharao's
coasts of the Egyptians innumerable, the heart, and he would not let them go.
like as had not been before that time, 28 And Pharao said to Moses: Get thee
nor shall be hereafter. from me, and beware thou see not my
15 And they covered the whole face of face any more: in what day soever thou
the earth, wasting all things. And the shalt come in my sight, thou shalt die.
grass of the earth was devoured, and 29 Moses answered: So shall it be as
what fruits soever were on the trees, thou hast spoken, I will not see thy face
which the hail had left: and there re- any more.
mained not any thing that was green on CHAPTER 11.
the trees, or in the herbs of the earth in Pharao and his people are threatened with the
all Egypt. death of their firstborn.
16 Wherefore Pharao in haste called
Moses and Aaron, and said to them: I
AND
the Lord said to Moses: Yet one
plague more will I bring upon Pha-
have sinned against the Lord your God, rao and Egypt, and after that he shall let
and against you. you go and thrust you out.
17 But now forgive me my sin this time 2 y Therefore thou shalt tell all the peo-
w Wisd. 17. 2.—X Wisd. 18. 1. y Supra 3. 22, Infra 12. 35.
Chap. 10. Ver. 21. Darkness upon the land of gross exhalations, which were to cause and accom-
Egypt, 80 thick that it may be felt. By means of the pany the darkness.
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Death of firstborn threatened EXODUS The Passover

pie that every man ask of his friend, suflBce to eat the lamb, he shall take unto
and every woman of her neighbour, ves- him his neighbour that joineth to hia
sels of silver, and of gold. house, according to the number of souls
3 And the Lord will give favour to his which may be enough to eat the lamb.
people in the sight of the Egyptians. 6 And it shall be a lamb without blem-
* And Moses was a very great man in the ish, a male, of one year: according to

land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharao's which rite also you shall take a kid.
servants, and of all the people. 6 And you shall keep it until the four-
4 And he said Thus said the Lord At teenth day of this month and the whole
: : :

midnight I will enter into Egypt. multitude of the children of Israel shaU
6 And every firstborn in the land of sacrifice it in tha evening.
the Egyptians shall die, from the first- 7 And they shall take of the blood
born of Pharao who sitteth on his throne, thereof, and put it upon both the side
even to the firstborn of the handmaid posts, and on the upper door posts of the
that is at the mill, and all the firstborn houses, wherein they shall eat it.
of beasts. 8 And they shall eat the flesh that night
6 And
there shall be a great cry in all roasted at the fire, and unleavened bread
the land of Egypt, such as neither hath with wild lettuce.
been before, nor shall be hereafter. 9 You shall not eat thereof any thing
7 But with all the children of Israel raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted
there shall not a dog make the least at the fire you shall eat the head with
:

noise, from man even to beast : that you the feet and entrails thereof
may know how wonderful a difference the 10 Neither shall there remain any thing
Lord maketh between the Egyptians and of it until morning. ^If there be any
Israel. thing left, you shall burn it with fire.
8 And all these thy servants shall come 11 And thus you shall eat it: you shall
down to me, and shall worship me, say- gird your reins, and you shall have shoeg
ing Go forth thou, and all the people that
: on your feet, holding staves in your
is under thee after that we will go out.
: hands, and you shall eat in haste : for it
9 And he went out from Pharao exceed- is the Phpse (that ir the Passage) of the
ing angry. But the Lord said to Moses Lord.
Pharao will not hear you, that many 12 And i will pass through the land ol
eigns may be done in the land of Egypt. Egypt that night, and will kill every
10 And Moses and Aaron did all the firstborn in the land of Egypt both man
wonders that are written, before Pharao. and beast: and against all the gods of
And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, Egypt I will execute judgments. I am
neither did he let the children of Israel the Lord.
go out of his land. 13 And the blood shall be unto yon for
a sign in the houses where you shall be
CHAPTER 12. and I shall see the blood, and shall paas
Tfu manner of preparing^ and eating the paschal
lamb the firstborn of Egypt are all slain the ever you and the plague shall not be
^ :

Israelites depart. upon you to destroy you, when 1 shall

AND the Lord said to Moses and strike the land of Egypt.
^ Aaron in the land of Egypt 14 And this day shall be for a memorial
2 This month shall be to you the begin- to you: and you shall keep it a feast
ning of months it shall be the first in to the Lord in your generations with an
:

cbe months of the year. everlasting observance.

3 Speak ye to the whole assembly ot 16 Seven days shall you eat unleavened
the children of Israel, and say to them ; bread in the first day there shall be no
:

On the tenth day of this month let every leaven in your houses: whosoever shall
man take a lamb by their familicL and eat any thing leavened, from the first
houses. day until the seventh day, that soul
4 But if the number be less than may shall perish out of Israel
t EcclL 45. 1. r. Lev. 7. 15^

Chap. IL Ver. 10.The Lord hardened, &c. See performed, either with a lamb or with i. kid and aU :

tlie annotations above, chap. 4. 21, and chap. 7. 3. the same rites and ceremoniej were to be used
CUAP. 12. Ver. 6b :.l kid. The "ohase might be the one aa wiUi ti>e otber.
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The doors to be marked with blood EXODUS The firstborn of Egypt slain
16 The first day shall be holy and passed ovei* the tonses of the elalfiiTe
solemn, and the seventh day shall be Israel in Egypt, .striking the
kept with the like solemnity you shall and saving our houses. And the p^iu
:

do no work in them, except those things pie bowing themselves, adored.

that belong to eating. 28 And the children of Israel going
17 Ard you shall observe the fea^t of the forth did as the Lord had commanded
unleavened bread : for in this same day Moses and Aaron.
I will bring forth your army out of the 29 And it came to pr^s at midnight,
land of Egypt, and you shall keep this Lord slew every firstborn in the
''the
day in your generations by a perpetual land of Egypt, from the firstborn of
pbservance. Pharao, who sat on his throne, ® unto the
18 ^The first morth, the fourteenth firstborn of the captive woman that was
day of the month ixi the evening, you in the prison, and aU the firstborn of
shall eat unleavened bread, until the one cattle,
and twentieth day of the same month in 30 And Pharao arose in the night, and
the evening. all his servants, and all Egypt and there ;

19 Seven days there shall not be found arose a great cry in Egypt : for there wa^
any leaven in your houses : he that shall not a houde wherein there lay not one
eat leavened bread, his soul shall perish dead.
out of the assembly of Israel, whether 31 And Pharao calling Mosec and Aar-
he be a stranger or bom in the land. on, in the night, said : Arise and go forth
20 You shall not eat any thing leavened from among my people, you and the chil-
in all your habitations you shall eat un- dren of Israel: go, sacrifice to the Lord
leavened bread. as you say.
21 And Moses called all the ancients of 32 Your sheep and herds take along
the children of Israel, and said to them with y">!ii, as you demanded, and depart-
Go take a lamb by your families, and ing, bless me.
sacrifice the Phase. 33 And the Egyptians pressed the peo-
22 ^And dip a bunch of hyssop in the ple to go forth out of the land speedily,
blood that is at the door, and sprinkle saying : We
shall all die,
the transom of the door therewith, and 34 The people therefore took dough
both the door cheeks let none of you go
: before it was leavened : and tying it in
out of the door of his house till morning. their cloaks^ put it on their shoulderc.
23 For the Lord will pass through strik- 35-^ And the children of Israel did as
ing the Egyptians and when he shall see
: Moses had commanded ; and they asked
the blood on the transom, and on both Dt the Egyptians vessels of silver and
the posts, he will pass over the door of gold, and very much raiment.
the house, and not suffer the destroyer 36 And the Lord gave favour to the
to come into your houses and to hurt you. people in the sight of the Egyptians, so
24 Thou ohalt keep this thing as a law that they lent unto them: and they
for thee and thy children for ever. stripped the Egyptians.
26 And when you have entered into the 37 ^ And the children of Israel set for-
land which the Lord will give you as he ward from Ramesse to Socoth, being
hath promised, you shall observe these about six hundred thousand men on foot,
ceremonies. beside children.
26 And when your children shall say to 35 And a mixed multitude without
you: What is the meaning of this ser- number went up also with them, sheep
vice? and herds and beasts of divers kindSr ex
27 Yon shall say to them. It is the vic- ceeding many.
tim of the passage of the Lord when he 39 And they baked the meal, which a
b Lev. 23. 5i Nma 28. :3. - Heb. IL 28. /SupraS. 22, and 11,2.
d Supra XL 5. — Wisd. 18. 5. g About B. C. 1445.
Ver. 18. Unleavened bread. E this it appears, Ver. 22. Sprinkle, &c. This sprinkling the doors
ihat our Saviour made use of nlGavencd bread, in of the Israelites with the blood of the paschal lamb,
the institution of the blessed sacrament, 'vhlch was in order to their being delivered from the sword of
on the evening of the paschal solemnity, r*^ v/hich the destroying angel, was a lively figure of "
tuBO ^ore was no Inaveued bread to be iound ti redemption by the blood of Christ.
iHraei.
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The from Egypt EXODUS Paschal solemnity to he observed

Israelites depart

little before they had brought out of A "ND thri Lord epokf^ to Moses, say-
Egypt, in dough and they made earth -jLjL ing:
:

cake unleavened for it could not be : 2 Sanotiiy unto me every firstborn

leavened, the Egyptians pressing them that openeth the womb among the chil-
to depart, and not suffering them to dren of Ljrael, as well of men as of .

make any stay neither did they think

: beasts fo/ they are all mine. :

of preparing any meat. 3 And Moses said to the people Re- :

40 And the abode of the children of member this day in which you came
Israel that they made in Egypt, was four forth out of Egypt, and out of the house
hundred and thirty years. of bondage, for with a strong hand hath
41 Which being expired, the same day the Lord brought you forth out of this
all the army of the Lord went forth out place that you eat no leavened bread. :

of the land of Egypt. 4 This day you go forth in the month of

42 This is the observable night of the new com.
Lord, when he brought them forth out of 5 And when the Lord shall have brought
the land of Egypt: this night all the thee into the land of the Chanaanite, and
children of Israel must observe in their the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the
generations. Hevito, and the Jebusite, which he swore
43 And the Lord said to Moses and to thy fathers that he would give thee
Aaron : This is the service of the Phase a land that floweth with miik and honey,
No foreigner shall eat of it. thoa shalt celebrate this laaaner of sa^
14 But every bought servant s^iiail be cred rites in this month »

oircumcised, and so shall eat. 6 Seven days shalt fchou e9> anieavened
45 The stranger and the hireling shall bread : and on the seventh day shall be
not eat thereof, the solemnity of the Lord,
46 ^ In one house shall it be eaten, nei- 7 Unleavened bread shall you eat seven
ther shall you carry forth of the flesh days: there shall not be seen any thing
thereof out of the house, neither shall leavened with thee, nor iu all thy
you break a bone thereof. coasts.
47 All the assembly of the children of 8 And thou shalt tell thy son in that
Israel shall keep it. day, saying : This is what the Lord did
48 And if any stranger be willing to to me when I came forth out of Egypt.
dwell among you, and to keep the Phase 9 And it shall be as a sign in thy hand,
of the Lord, all his males shall first be and as a memorial before thy eyes : and
circumcised, and then shall he celebrate that the law of the Lord be always in
it according to the manner : and he shall thy mouth, for with a strong hand the
be as he that is born in the land : but if Lord hath brought thee out of the land
any man be uncircumcised, he shall not of Egypt.
eat thereof. 10 Thou shalt keep this observance at
49 The same law shall be to him that is the set time from days to days.
born in the land, and to the proselyte 11 And when the Lord shall have brought
that sojourneth with you. thee into the land of the Chanaanite^ as
60 And all the children of Israel did he swore to thee and thy father?; and
as the Lord had commanded Moses and shall give it thee :

Aaron. 12 ^ Thou shalt set apart all that cpen-

51 And the same day the Lord brought eth the womb for the Lord, and all that
forth the children of Israel oat of the is first brought forth ci thy sattle : what-
land of Egypt by their companies. soever thou shalt have of she male sex,
CHAPTER 13. thou shalt consecrate to the Lord.
'^he paschal solemnity is to be observed ; and the 13 The firstborn of an ass thou shalt
firstborn are to be consecrated to God. The peo-
ple are conducted through the desert by a pillar change for a sheep : and if thou do not
offiM'e in the nighty and a clovjd in the day. redeem it, thou shalt kill it. And every
h Num. 9. 12 ; John 19. 36. i Infra 22. 29, and 34. 19; ;'-*

i lufra 34. 19 ; Lev. 27. 26 ; Num, 8. 16 ; Luke 2. 23. Ezech. 44. 30.

Chap. is. Ver. 2. Sanctify unto me every first- to the ministry in the divine worship and the ; first
bom. Sanctification in this placxi means that the born of beasts to be given for a sacrifice.
firstborn males of tbe Hebrew» «bould be deputed

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The Hebrews guided on the way EXODUS Pharao pursues them
firstborn of men thou shalt redeem with them turn and encamp over against
a price. Phihahiroth which is between Magdal
14 And when thy son shall ask thee to and the sea over against Beelsephon:
morrow, saying: What is this? thou you shall encamp before it upon the
shalt answer him: With a strong hand sea.
did the Lord bring us forth out of the 3 And Pharao will say of the children
land of Egypt, out of the house of bond- of Israel: They are straitened in the
age. land, the desert hath shut them in,
15 For when Pharao was hardened, and 4 And I shall harden his heart, and he
would not let us go, the Lord slew every will pursue you: and I shall be glorified
firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the in Pharao, and in all his army: and
firstborn of man to the firstborn of the Egyptians know that I am the
shall
beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord Lord. And they did so.
all that openeth the womb of the male 5 And it was told the king of the Egyp-
sex, and all the firstborn of my sons I tians that the people was fled: and the
redeem. heart of Pharao and of his servants was
16 *And it shall be as a sign in thy changed with regard to the people, and
hand, and as a thing hung between thy 'they said: What meant we to do, that
eyes, for a remembrance: because the we let Israel go from serving us ?
Lord hath brought us forth out of Egypt 6 So he made ready his chariot, and
by a strong hand. f
took all his people with him.
17 And when Pharao had sent out the 7 And he took six hundred chosen
people, the Lord led them not by the chariots, and all the chariots that were
way of the land of the Philistines which in Egypt: and the captains of the whole
is near: thinking lest perhaps they army.
would repent, if they should see wars 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of
arise against them, and would return Pharao king of Egypt, and he pursued
into Egypt. the children of Israel: but they were
18 But he led them about by the way gone forth in a mighty hand.
of the desert, which is by the Red Sea: 9 "And when the Egyptians followed
and the children of Israel went up armed the steps of them who were gone before,
out of the land of Egypt. they found them encamped at the sea
19 And Moses took Joseph's bones side: all Pharao*s horse and chariots,
with him: because he had adjured the and the whole army were in Phihahi-
children of Israel, saying: ^God shall roth before Beelsephon.
visit you, carry out my bones from 10 And when Pharao drew near, the
hence with you. children of Israel, lifting up their eyes,
20 And marching from Socoth they en- saw the Egyptians behind them: and
camped in Etham in the utmost coasts they feared exceedingly, and cried to
of the wilderness. the Lord.
21 «^And the Lord went before them 11 And they said to Moses: Perhaps
to shew the way by day in a pillar of a there were no graves in Egypt, there-
cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire: fore thou hast brought us to die in the
that he might be the guide of their jour- wilderness: why wouldst thou do this,
ney at both times. to lead us out of Egypt ?
22 There never failed the pillar of the 12 Is not this the word that we spoke
cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by to thee in Egypt, saying: Depart from
night, before the people. us that we may serve the Egyptians?
CHAPTER 14. for it was much better to serve them,
Pharao puraueth the children of Israel. They than to die in the wilderness.
murmur against Moses, hut are encouraged hy 13 And Moses said to the people: Fear
him, and pass through the Red Sea. Pharao
and his army foll9xoing them are drowned, not: stand and see the great wonders of
AND -
the Lord spoke to Moses, say- the Lord, which he will do this day: for
ing: the Egyptians, whom you see now, you
2 Speak to the children of Israel: Let shall see no more for ever.
h Dtut. 6. 8. m Num. 14. 14 ; 2 Esd. 9. 12 and 19 ; 1 Cor. 10. 1.
I Qmu 60 24. n Jos. 24. ; 1 Mac 4. 9.

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Israelites pass through Bed Sea EXODUS The Egyptians are drowned
14 The Lord and you forth thy hand over the sea, that the
will fight for you,
shall hold your peace. waters may come again upon the Egyp-
15 And the Lord said to Moses: Why tians, upon their chariots and horsemen.
criest thou to me? Speak to the chil- 27 And when Moses had stretched forth
dren of Israel to go forward. his hand towards the sea, it returned at
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch the first break of day to the former
forth thy hands over the sea, and divide place: and as the Egyptians were fleeing
it: that the children of Israel may go away, the waters came upon them, and
through the midst of the sea on dry the Lord shut them up in the middle of
ground. the waves.
17 And harden the heart of the
I will 28 And the waters returned, and cov-
Egyptians to pursue you: and I will be ered the chariots and the horsemen of
glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, all the army of Pharao, who had come
and in his chariots, and in his horsemen. into the sea after them, neither did there
18 And the Egyptians shall know that so much as one of them remain.
I am the Lord, when I shall be glorified 29 But the children of Israel marched
in Pharao, and in his chariots and in his through the midst of the sea upon dry
horsemen. land, and the waters were to them as a
19 Andthe angel of God, who went be- wall on the right hand and on the left:
fore the camp of Israel, removing, went 30 And the Lord delivered Israel on that
behind them: and together with him day out of the hands of the Egyptians.
the pillar of the cloud, leaving the fore- 31 And they saw the Egyptians dead
part, upon the sea shore, and the mighty hand
20 Stood behind, between the Egyp- that the Lord had used against them:
tians*camp and the camp of Israel: and and the people feared the Lord, and they
it was a dark cloud, and enlightening believed the Lord, and Moses his servant.
the night, so that they could not come
CHAPTER 15.
at one another all the night. The canticle of Moses. The hitter waters of
21 oAnd when Moses had stretched made stoeet. Mara are
forth his hand over the sea, the Lord THEN
«'Moses and the children of Is-
took it away by a strong and burning rael sung this canticle to the Lord:
wind blowing all the night, and turned and said: Let us sing to the Lord: for he
it into dry g^round: and the water was is gloriously magnified, the horse and
divided. the rider he hath thrown into the sea.
22 And the children of Israel went in 2 The Lord is my strength and my
**

through the midst of the sea dried up: praise, and he is become salvation to
for the water was as a wall on their me he ts my God and I will glorify him
:

right hand and on their left. the God of my father, and I will exalt
23 And the Egyptians pursuing went him.
in after them, and all Pharao's horses, 3 The Lord ^s as a man of war, Almighty
his chariots and horsemen through the is his name.
midst of the sea, 4 Pharao's chariots and his army he
24 And now the morning watch was hath cast into the sea: his chosen cap-
come, Pand behold the Lord looking tains are drowned in the Red Sea.
upon the Egyption army through the 5 The depths have covered them, they
pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their are sunk to the bottom like a stone.
host. 6 Thy right hand, Lord, is magnified
25 And overthrew the wheels of the in strength: thy right hand, Lord,
chariots, and they were carried into the hath slain the enemy.
deep. And the Egyptians said: Let us 7 And in the multitude of thy glory
flee from Israel: for the Lord fighteth thou hast put down thy adversaries:
for them against us. thou hast sent thy wrath, which hath
26 And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch devoured them like stubble.
• P». 77. 13, and 104. 37, and 113. 3 Heb.
; 11.2». g Wisd. 10. 20.
p Wisd. 18 15.
. r Ps. 117. 14 ; Isa. 12. 2.
Chap. 14. Ver. 20. A dark cloud, and enlight- Egyptians ; but enlightened the night to the
ening the night. It wag a dark cloud to the Israelites, by giyinsr them a great light.
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The canticle of Moses EXO DUS The hitter iraters made sweet
8 And with the blast of thy anger the !
22 And Moses brought Israel from the
waters were gathered together: the flow- Red Sea, and they went forth into the
ing water stood, the depths were gath- wilderness of Sur and they marched
ered together in the midst of the sea. three days through the wilderness and
S The enemy said I will pursue and
: found no water.
overtake, I will divide the spoils, my 23 And they came into Mara, ani fche3*
Boul shall hr.ve its fill: I will draw my could not drink the wa-ters of Mara, be-
sword, my hand shall slay thsm, cause they were bitter: v/hereupon he
10 Thy wind blew and the sea covered gave a name also agreeable to the placej
them they sunk oe lead in the mighty
: calling it Mara, that Is, bitterness.
waters. 24 And the people murmured against
11 Who is like to thee, among the I
Moses, saying: What shall we drink?
strong, O Lord ? who is like to thee, glo- I
25 But he cried to the Lord, and he
rious in holiness, terrible and praise- i
shewed him a tree, * which when he bad
worthy, doing wonders? cast into the waters, they were turned
12 Thou stretchedst forth thy hand,
I
'
into sweetness. There he appointed him
and the earth swallowed them. ordinances, and judgments, and there he
13 In thy mercy thou hast been a leader proved him,
to the people which thou bast ledeemod 26 Saying: If thou wilt hear the voice
and in thy strength thou hast oartied of the Lord thy God, and do what ip
them to tby holy nabltationc right before him, and obey his com-
14 Nations rose up. and were cngiy mandments, and keep all his precepts,
sorrows <-ocfe l?cld on the inhabitants of none of the evils that I Im?? upon Egypt,
PhilistMm. will I bring upon thee: for I am the
15 Ihen were Ihe prince«s of B;dom trou- Lord thy healer.
oled, trem^iing teized on th3 stout men 27 ' And the children of Israel came
of Moab. all the inhabitants cf Chanaan into Elim, where the?e were twelve
became rtiff. fountains of water, and seventy palm
16 Let fear and dread fall wpon them, trees: and tney encamned by the waters.
in the greatness jf thy arm: let them CHAFrER 16.
become immoveable as stone, until thy
e, The people mut^mur for want of meat: God giveth
people, O Lord, pass b> until this thy
:
them quails and manna.
people pass by, whieh thou hast pos- A NBtuey set forward from Eiim, and
sessed. Jl\. all the multitude of the children of
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant Israel came into the desert 3f Sin, which
them in the mountain of thy inheritance, is between Elim and Sinai: ^ the fifteenth
in thy most firm habitation which thou day of the second month, after they
hast made, O Lord; thy sanctuary, O came out of the land of Egypt. ^
Lord, which thy hands have established. 2 And all the congregation of the chil-
18 The Lord shall reign for ever and dren of Israel murmured against Moses
ever. and Aaron in the wilderness.
18 For Pharao went in on horseback 3 And the children of Israel said to
With his chariots and horsemen into the them: Would to God we had died by the
sea: and the Lord brought back upon hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt,
them the waters of the sea : but the chi'- when we sat over the flesh pots, and ate
dren of Israel walked on dry ground '•• bread to the full. Why
have you brought
the midst thereof. us into this desert, that you might de*
20 So Mary the prophetess, the sister oj stroy all the multitude with famine?
Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and 4 And the Lord said to Moses Behold :

all the women went forth after her with I will rain bread from heaven for you:
timbrels and with dances: '
let the people go forth, and gather what
21 And she began the song to them, !
is sufficient fur every day: that I may
saying: Let us sing to the Lord, for he is !
prove them whethor they wiU walk in
gloriously magnified, the horse and his my law, or not.
rider he hath thrown into the sea. 5 But the sixth day let them provide

§ JodithOb I6i Eccli ^ &— t Num. 33. 9. u Wisd. 11. 2. — V B. C. 1445.

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The people murmur EXODUS The manna

for to bring to ! and !©t ffc be double to
that they were wont to gather every day.
6 And Moses and Aaron said to the
children of Israel: In the evening you
shall know that the Lord hath brought
you forth out of the land of Egypt
7 And in the morning you shall see the
of your souls that dwell in a tent, so
shall you take of it.
17 And the children of Israel did so:
and they gathered, one more, another
less.
18 A.nd they measured by the measure
gomor " neither had he more that of a :

glory of the Lord: for he hath heard had gathered more : nor did he find less
your murmuring against the Lord but that had provided less : but every one
:

as for us, what are we, that you mutter had gathered, according to what they
agiinst us ? were able to eat.
8 And Moses said In the evening the
: 19 And Moses said to them : Let no
Lord will give you flesh to eat, and in man leave thereof till the morning.
the morning bread to the full: for he 20 And they hearkened not to him, but
hath heard your murmurings, with which some of them left until the morning,
yoa have murmured against him, for and it began to be full of worms, and it
what are we? your murmuring is not putrefied, and Moses was angry with
against us, but against the Lord. them.
9 Moses also said to Aaron Say to the 21 Now every one of them gathered in
:

whole congregation of the children of the morning, as much as might suffice

Israel : Come before the Lord : for he to eat : and after the sun grew hot, it
hath heard your murmuring. melted.
10 And when Aaron spoke to all the 22 But on the sixth day they gathered
assembly of the children of Israel, they twice as much, that is, two gomors every
looked towards the wilderness: '^and man: and all the rulers of the multi-
behold the glory of the Lord appeared in tude came, and told Moses.
a cloud. 23 And he said to them: This is what
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say- the Lord hath spoken : To morrow is the
ing: rest of the sabbath sanctified to the
12 I have heard the murmuring of Lord. Whatsoever work is to be done,
the children of Israel: say to them: In do it: and the meats that are to be
the evening you shall eat flesh, and in dressed, dress them: and whatsoever
the morning you shall have your fill of shall remain, lay it up until the morning,
bre id : and you shall know that I am the 24 And they did so as Moses had com-
Lord your God. manded, and it did not putrefy, neither
13 So it came to pass in the evening, ^ was there worm found in it.
that quails coming up, covered the camp 26 And Moses said : Eat it to day, be»
and in the morning a dew lay round cause it is the sabbath of the Lord : to
about the camp. day it shall not be found in the field.
14 And when it had covered the face of 26 Gather it six days : but on the seventh
the earth, ^it appeared in the wilder- day is the sabbath of the Lord, therefore
ness small, and as it were beaten with it shall not be found.
a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the 27 And the seventh day came: and
ground, some of the people going forth to gather,
15 And when the children of Israel saw found none.
it, they said one to another: Manhu! 28 And the Lord said to Moses : How
which signifieth : What is this ! for they long will you refuse to keep com- my
knew not what it was. And Moses said mandments, and my law?
to them : ^ This is the bread, which the 29 See that the Lord hath given you the
Lord hath given you to eat. sabbath, and for this reason on the sixth
16 This is the word, that the Lord hath day he giveth you a double provision:
commanded : Let every one gather of it let each man stay at home, and let none
as much as is enough to eat a gomor go forth out of his place the seventh
:

for every man, according to the number day.

V) Eccli. 45. 3 —X Num. IL 31. eiOor. las.

» «^iT?» le. 20i Nuiik t . Pa 71. 24 J John s. 31. a80or.&i&
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The people murmur for water EXODUS 'Amalec is overcome
30 And the people kept the sabbath on hand the rod wherewith thou didst strike
the seventh day. the river, «and go.
31 And the house of Israel called the 6 Behold I will stand there before thee,
name thereof Manna: and it was like upon the rock Horeb: and thou shalt
coriander seed white, and the taste strike the rock, and water shall come out
thereof like to flour with honey. of it that the people may drink. Moses
32 And Moses said: This is the word, did so before the ancients of Israel:
which the Lord hath commanded: Fill a 7 And he called the name of that place
gomor of it, and let it be kept unto Temptation, because of the chiding of
generations to come hereafter, that they the children of Israel, and for that they
may know the bread, wherewith I fed tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord
you in the wilderness, when you were amongst us or not?
brought forth out of the land of Egypt. 8 /And Amalec came, and fought against
33 And Moses said to Aaron: Take a Israel in Raphidim.
vessel, and put manna into it, as much 9 And Moses said to Josue: Choose out
as a gomor can hold: and lay it up men: and go out and fight against
before the Lord to keep unto your gener- Amalec: to morrow I will stand on the
ations. top of the hill having the rod of God in
34 As the Lord commanded Moses. And my hand.
Aaron put it in the tabernacle to be 10 Josue did as Moses had spoken, and
kept. he fought against Amalec; but Moses,
35 ^And the children of Israel ate manna and Aaron, and Hur went up upon the
forty years, till they came to a habitable top of the hill.
land: with this meat were they fed, 11 And when Moses lifted up his hands,
until they reached the borders of the Israel overcame but if he let them down:

land of Chanaan. a little, Amalec overcame.

36 Now a gomor is the tenth part of an 12 And Moses' hands were heavy: so
ephi.
they took a stone, and put under him,
CHAPTER 17. and he sat on it: and Aaron and Hur
The people murmur again for want of drink; the stayed up his hands on both sides. And
Lord giveth them water out of a rock. Moses
lifting up his hand in prayer. Amalec is over- it came to pass that his hands were not
come. weary until sunset.
THEN
of
allthe multitude of the children
Israel setting forward from the
13 And Josue put Amalec and his people
to flight, by the edge of the sword.
desert of Sin, by their mansions, accord-
14 And the Lord said to Moses: Write
ing to the word of the Lord, encamped
this for a memorial in a book, and deliver
in Raphidim, where there was no water
it to the ears of Josue: for I will destroy
for the people to drink. ^
the memory of Amalec from under
2 <* And they chode with Moses, and
heaven.
said: Give us water, that we may drink.
And Moses answered them: Why chide 15 And Moses built an altar: and called
the name thereof, The Lord my exalta-
you with me? Wherefore do you tempt
tion, saying:
the Lord?
3 So the people were thirsty there for 16 Because the hand of the throne of
want of water, and murmured against the Lord and the war of the Lord shall
Moses, saying: Why didst thou make us be against Amalec, from generation to
go forth out of Egypt, to kill us and our generation.
children, and our beasts with thirst? CHAPTER 18.
4And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and children. His
What shall I do to this people? Yet a counsel.
little more and they will stone me.

5 And the Lord said to Moses: Go be-

AND
when Jethro s the priest of Ma-
dian, the kinsman of Moses, had
i
'

fore the people, and take with thee of heard all the things that God had done
the ancients of Israel: and take in thy to Moses, and to Israel his people, and
6 2 Esd. 9. 21 ; Judith 5. 15. e Supra 14. 21 Ps. 77. 15 ; 1 Cor. 10. 4.
;

c A. M. 2513. / Deut. 25. 17 Judith 4. 13 ; Wisd. 11. 3.

;

* d Num. 20. 41. g B. C. 1444.

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The meeting of Jethro and Moses
that the Lord had brought forth
out of Egypt,
2 He took Sephora the wife of Moses
whom he had sent back:
3 And her two sons, of whom one was
called Gersam, his father saying: '^I have
been a stranger in a foreign country.
4 And the other Eliezer For the God
of my father, said he, is
hath delivered me from the sword of
Pharao.
5 And Jethro the kinsman of Moses
came with his sons and his wife, to Moses
into the desert, where he was camped by
the mountain of God.
6 And he sent word to Moses, saying:
I Jethro thy kinsman come to thee, and
thy wife, and thy two sons with her.
7 And he went out to meet his kinsman,
and worshipped and kissed him and they
saluted one another with words of peace.
And when he was oome into the tent,
8 Moses told bis kinsman all that the
Lord had done to Pharao, and the Egyp-
tians, in favour of Israel: and ail the
labour which had befalien them in the
journey, and that the Lord had delivered
uhem.
9 And Jethro rejoieed for all the good
things that the Lord had done to Israel,
because he had delivered them oat of
the hands of the Egyptians.
10 And he said Blessed Is the Lord,
; 23
who hath delivered you out of the hand
of Pharao, and out of the band ot the
Egyptians, who hath delivered his people
out of the hand of Egypt
11 Now 1 know that the Lord ts great
above all gods ' because they dealt
-
proudly against them.
12 So Jethro the kinsman of Moses of-
fered holocausts and sacrifices to God
and Aaron and all ^he ancients of Israel
came, to eat bread with them before
God.
13 And the next day Moses sat, to judge
the people, who stood by Moses from
morning until night.
14 And when his kinsman had seen all country.*'
things that he did among the people, he
gaid: What is it that thou dost
the people ? Why sittest thou alone, and
all the people wait from morning till
night.
15 And Moses answered him
h Supra 2. 22.
1 Supra 1. 14, and 6. 7. and la
: :
EXODUS Jethro's counsel
Israel pie come to me to seek the judgment of
God.
16 And when any controversy falleth
out among them, they come to me to
judge between them, and to shew the
precepts of God, and his laws.
17 But he said ; The thing thou dost is
: not good.
my helper, and 18 Thou art spent with foolish labour,
both thou and this people that is with
thee : the business is above thy strength,
^ thou alone canst not bear it.
19 But hear my words and counsels, and
God shall be with thee. Be thou to the
people in those things that pertain to
God, to bring their words to him
20 And to shew the people the cere-
monies and the manner of worshipping,
and the way wherein they ought to walk,
: and the work that they ought to do.
21 And provide out of all the people
able men, such as fear God, in whom
there is truth, and that hate avarice, and
appoint of them rulers of thousands,
and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens.
22 Who may judge the people at all
times: and when any great matter so-
ever shall fall out, let them refer it to
thee, and let them judge the lesser
matters only : that so it may be lighter
for thee, the burden being shared out
tuito others.
If thou dost this, thou shalt fulfil the
commandment of God, and shalt be able
to bear his precepts : and all this people
shall return to their places with peace.
24 And when Moses heard this, he did
things that he had suggested unto him.
all
25 And choosing able men out of all
Israel, he appointed them rulers of the
people, rulers over thousands, and over
hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
26 And they judged the people at all
times: and whatsoever was of greater
diflaculty they referred to him, and they
judged the easier cases only.
27 And he let his kinsman depart and :
he returned and went into his own
among CHAPTER 19.
They come to Sinai : the people are commanded to
be sanctified. The Dord, coming in thunder and,
lightning, apeakUh with Moses,
the third month of the departura of
: The peo- IN Israel ' out of the land of E^/pt, on
j Deut 1. 12.— A- Num. 2a 29.
10, and 14. 8. i Hum. 33. 15.
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The people are to he sanctified EXODUS God speaks from Sinai

tins day they came into the wilderness through with arrows whether it be
i

of Sinai beast, or man, he shall not live. When

2 For departing out of Raphidim, and
coming to the desert of Sinai, they
camped in the same place, and there
Israel pitched their tents over against
the mountain.
3 "^ And Moses went up to God and garments, .
the trumpet shall begin to sound, then
let them go up into the mount.
14 And Moses came down from the
mount to the people, and sanctified
them. And when they had washed their

the Lord called unto him from the moun- 15 He said to them Be ready against the :

tain, and said Thus shalt thou say to the third day, and come not near your wives.
:

house of Jacob, and tell the children of 16 And now the third day was come,
Israel and the morning appeared and behold :

4 ^ You have seen what I have done to thunders began to be heard, and light-
the Egyptians, how I have carried you ning to flash, and a very thick cloud to
upon the wings of eagles, and have taken cover the mount, and the noise of the
you to myself. trumpet sounded exceeding loud, and
5 If therefore you will hear my voice, the people that was in the camp, feared.
and keep my covenant, you shall be my 17 And when Moses had brought them
peculiar possession above all people forth to meet God from the place of the
® for all the earth is mine. camp, they stood at the bottom of the
6 P And you shall be to me a priestly mount.
kingdom, and a holy nation. These are 18 ''And all mount Sinai was on a
the words thou shalt speak to the chil- smoke because the Lord was come
:

dren of Israel. down upon it in fire, and the smoke arose

7 Moses came, and calling together the from it as out of a furnace : and all the
elders of the people, he declared all the mount was terrible.
words which the Lord had commanded. 19 And the sound of the trumpet grew
8 And all the people answered together by degrees louder and louder, and was
All that the Lord hath spoken, we will drawn out to a greater length: Moses
do. And when Moses had related the spoke, and God answered him.
people^s words to the Lord, 20 And the Lord came down upon mount
9 The Lord said to him Lo, now will I Sinai, in the very top of the mount, and
:

come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, he called Moses unto the top there ofc
that the people may hear me speaking And when he was gone up thither,
to thee, and may believe thee for ever. 21 He said unto him: Go down, and
And Moses told the words of the people charge the people : lest they should
to the Lord. have a mind to pass the limits to see the
10 And he said to him : Go to the peo- Lord, and a very great multitude of
ple, and sanctify them to day, and to them should perish.
morrow, and let them wash their gar- 22 The priests also that come to the
ments. Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he
11 And let them be ready against the strike them.
third day : for on the third day the Lord 23 And Moses said to the Lord : The
will come down in the sight of all the people cannot come up to mount Sinai
people upon mount Sinai. for thou didst charge, and command,
12 And thou shalt appoint certain limits saying: Set limits about the mount, and
to the people round about, and thou sanctify it.
shalt say to them: ^Take heed you go 24 And the Lord said to him : Go, get
not up into the mount, and that ye thee down and thou shalt come up, thou :

touch not the borders thereof: every and Aaron with thee: but let not the
one that toucheth the mount dying he priests and the people pass the limits, nor
shall die. come up to the Lord, lest he kill them.
13 No hands shall touch him, but he 25 And Moses went down to the people
shall be stoned to death, or shall be shot and told them all.
Acts 7. 38. — n Deut. 29. 2.— o Ps. 23. L p 1 Pet. 2. 9. — 7 Heb. 12. 18. — r Deut. 4. 11.
Chat. 19. Yer. 3. And Moses went wa to Qod. Moses went up to mount Sinai, wbere God spoke
to him.
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The ten commandments EXODUS Moses reassures the people

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness

CHAPTER
The ten commandments.
A ND the Lord spoke all these words :*
20.
against thy neighbour.
17^ Thou shalt not covet thy neigh-
bour's house neither shalt thou desire
:

JLA. 2 I am the Lord thy God, who his wife, nor his servant, nor his hand-
brought thee out of the land of Egypt., maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any
out of the house of bondage. thing that is his.
3 Thou shalt not have strange gods be- 18 And all the people saw the voices
fore me. and the flames, and the sound of the
4 *Thou shalt not make to thyself a trumpet, and the mount smoking: and
graven thing, nor the likeness of any being terrified and struck with fear, they
thing that is in heaven above, or in the stood afar off,
earth beneath, nor of those things that 19 Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us,
are in the waters under the earth. and we will hear: let not the Lord speak
5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve to us, lest we die.
them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, 20 And Moses said to the people: Fear
jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers not: for God is come to prove you, and
upon the children, unto the third and that the dread of him might be in you.
fourth generation of them that hate me and you should not sin.
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands 21 Andthe people stood afar off. °^But
to them that love me, and keep my com- Moses went to the dark cloud wherein
mandments. God was.
7 " Thou shalt not take the name of the 22 And the Lord said to Moses Thus :

Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will
not hold him guiltless that shall take the
name of the Lord his God in vain.
8 ^ Remember that thou keep holy the
sabbath day.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do
: shalt thou say to the children of Israel
You have seen that I have spoken to you
from heaven.
23 You shall not make gods of silver, nor
shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.
24 ^ You shall make an altar of earth

all thy works. unto me, and you shall offer upon it your
10 But on the seventh day is the sab- holocausts and peace offerings, your
bath of the Lord thy God thou shalt do : sheep and oxen, in every place where the
no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy memory of my name shall be I will come :

daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy to thee, and

will bless thee.
maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the 25 ^ And if thou make an altar of stone
stranger that is within thy gates. unto me, thou shalt not build it of hewn
11 ^ For in six days the Lord made hea- stones : for if thou lift up a tool upon it,
ven and earth, and the sea, and all things it shall be defiled.
that are in them, and rested on the sev- 26 Thou shalt not go up by steps unto my
enth day therefore the Lord blessed the
: altar, lest thy nakedness be discovered.
seventh day, and sanctified it.
12 * Honour thy father and thy mother, CHAPTER 21.
that thou mayest be longlived upon the Laws relating to Justice
land which the Lord thy God will give
thee.
THESE are the judgments which Ubioa
shalt set before them.
13 y Thou Shalt not kill. 2 '^ If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. years shall he serve thee in the seventh :

15 Thou shalt not steal. he shall go out free for nothing.

s Deut. 5. 6 ; Ps. 80. 11. w Gen.
2. 2. —
X Deut. 5. 16 Matt. 15. 4 Eph. 6. 2.
;

—
;

t Lev. Deut. 4. 15 Jos. 24. 14 Fs. 96.

26, 1 ; ; ; 7. y Matt. 5. 21. 2 Kom. 7. 7, and 13. 9.
u Lev. 19. 12 Deut. 5. 11 Matt. 5. 33.
; ; ; —
a Deut. 18. 16 Heb. 12. IS. b Infra 27. 8, and 38. 7.
V Infra 31. 13 Deut. 5. 14 Ezech. 20. 12.
; ; c Deut. 27. 5 Jos. 8. 31.
; —
rf Deut. 15. 12 Jer 34. 14.
;

Chap. 20. Ver. 4. A graven thing, nor the like-
ness of any thing, &c. All such images, or like-
nesses, are forbidden by this commandment, as are
made to be adored and served; according to that
which immediately follows, thou shalt not adore
with divine honour. But otherwise images, pictures,
or representations, even in the house of God, and in
the very sanctuary so far from being forbidden, are
express ty authorized by the word of God. See Ex.
25. 15, &c. chap. 3«. 7
; Nutn. 21. 8, 9 1 Chron. or Par.
; ;

them, nor serve them. That is, all such as are de- 1 alip. 28. 18, 19 ;'2 Chron. or Paralip. 3. 10.
tigned for idols or image-gods^ or are worshipped *

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The laio of slaves EXODUS The l aw of retaliation

3 With what raiment he came in, with upon his staff, he that struck him shall
the like let him go out: if having a wife, be quit, yet so that he make restitution
his wife also shall go out with him. for his work, and for his expenses upon
4 But if his master gave him a wife, the physician.
and she hath borne sons and daughters: 20 He that striketh his bondman or
the woman and her children shall be her bondwoman with a rod, and they die
master's: but he himself shall go out under his hands, shall be guilty of the
with his raiment. crime.
5 And if the servant shall say : I love 21 But if the party remain alive a day
my master and my wife and children, I or two, he shall not be subject to the
will not go out free punishment, because it is his money.
6 His master shall bring him to the gods, 22 If men quarrel, and one strike a wo-
and he shall be set to the door and the man with child, and she miscarry indeed,
posts, and he shall bore his ear through but live herseli : he shall be answerable
with an awl : and he shall be his servant for so much damage as the woman's hus-
for ever. band shall require, and as arbiters shall
7 If any man sell bis daughter to be a award.
servant, she shall not go out as bond- 23 But if her death ensue thereupon, he
women are wont to go out. shall render liie for life.
8 If she displease the eyes of her mas- 24 ^ Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hai)d
ter to whom
she was delivered, he shall for hand, foot for foot,
let her go : but he shall have no power 25 Burning for burning, wound for
to sell her to a foreign nation, if he de- woijid, stripe for stripe.
spise her. 26 If any man strike the eye of his man-
9 But if 1 e have betrothed her to his servant or maidservant, and leave them
son, he shall deal with her after the man- but one eye, he shall let them go free for
ner of daughters. the eye which he put out.
10 And if he take another wife for him, 27 Also if he strike out a tooth of hie
he shall provide her a marriage, and rai- manservant or maidservant, he shall in
ment, neither shall he refuse the price of like manner make them free.
her chastity. 28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, and
11 If he do not these three things, she they die, he shall be stoned: and his
shall go out free without money. flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner ol
12 ® He that strike th a man with a will the ox shall be quit.
to kill him, shall be put to death. 29 But if the ox was wont to push with
13 But he that did not lie in wait for his horn yesterday and the day before,
him, but God delivered him into his and they warned his master, and he did
hands ^I will appoint thee a place to not shut him up, and he shall kill a man
:

which he must flee. or a woman : then the ox shall be stoned,

14 If a man kill his neighbour on set and his owner also shall be put to
purpose and by lying in wait for him death.
thou shalt take him away from my al- 30 And if they set a price upon him, h^
tar, that he may die. shall give for his life whatsoever is laid
15 He that strike th his father or mo- upon him.
ther, shall be put to death. 31 If he have gored a son, or a daughter,
16 He that shall steal a man, and sell he shall fall under the like sentence.
him, being convicted of the guilt, shall 32 If he assault a bondman or a bond
be put to death. woman, he shall give thirty sides of
17 He that curse th his father, or mo-
fl'
silver to theii master, and the ox shall
ther, shall die the death. be stoned.
18 If men quarrel, and the one strike 33 If a man open a pit, and dig one,
his neighbour with a stone or with his and cover it not, and an ox or an ass ^11
fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed into it,

19 If he rise again and walk abroad 34 The owner of the pit shall pay the
e Lev. 24. 17. Lev. 20. 9 ; Prov. 20. 20 ; Matt 15. 4 ; Mark 7. 10.

/ Deut. 19. 2. h Lev. 24. 20 ; Deut. 19. 21 . Matt. 5. 38.

Chap« 2L Ver. 6. To the -^da Elohim. Tka,t is, to tlie juuges, or fiaagistrates, autliorized by Go<L
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Punishment of theft EXODUS The law of restitution
price of the beasts: and that which is if they give judgment, he shall restore
dead shall be his own. double to his neighbour.
35 If one man's ox gore another man's 10 If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or
ox, and he die: they shall sell the live any beast, to his neighbour's custody,
ox, and shall divide the price, and the and it die, or be hurt, or be taken by
carcass of that which died they shall enemies, and no man saw it:
part between them: 11 There shall be an oath between
36 But if he knew that his ox was wont them, that he did not put forth his hand
to push yesterday and the day before, to his neighbour's goods: and the owner
and his master did not keep him in: he shall accept of the oath; and he shall not
shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the be compelled to make restitution.
whole carcass. 12 /But if it were taken away by stealth,
he shall make the loss good to the owner.
CHAPTER 22.
13 If it were eaten by a beast, let him
The punishment of theft, andother trespasses. The
law of lending without usury, of taking pledges bring to him that which was slain, and he
of reverences toi superiors, and of paying tithes. shall not make restitution.
any man
steal an ox or a sheep, and 14 If a man borrow of his neighbour
IF or sell it: he shall restore five
kill any of these things, and it be hurt or
oxen for one ox, *and four sheep for one die, the owner not bemg present, he
sheep. shall be obliged to make restitution.
2 If a thief be found breaking open a 15 But if the owner be present, he shall
house or undermining it, and be wounded not make restitution, especially if it
so as to die: he that slew him shall not were hired and came for the hire of his
be guilty of blood. work.
5 But if he did this when the sun is 16 ^If a man seduce a virgin not yet
risen, he hath committed murder, and he espoused, and lie with her: he shall en-
shall die. If he have not wherewith to dow her, and have her to wife.
make restitution for the theft, he shall 17 If the maid's father will not give
be sold. her to him, he shall give money accord-
4 If that which he stole be found with ing to the dowry, which virgins are wont
him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep: to receive.
he shall restore double. 18 Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live.
5 If any man hurt a field or a vineyard, 19 Whosoever copulateth with a beast
and put in his beast to feed upon that shall be put to death.
which is other men's: he shall restore 20 ^He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be
the best of whatsoever he hath in his put to death, save only to the Lord.
own field, or in his vineyard, according 21 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor
to the estimation of the damage. afflict him: for yourselves also were
6 If a fire breaking out light upon strangers in the land of Egypt.
thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn 22 ««-You shall not hurt a widow or an
standing in the fields, he that kindled orphan.
the fire shall make good the loss. 23 If you hurt them they will cry out to
7 If a man deliver money, or any vessel me, and I will hear their cry:
-unto his friend to keep, and they be 24 And my rage shall be enkindled, and
«tolen away from him that received I will strike you with the sword, and
ihem: if the thief be found he shall re- your wives shall be widows, and your
store double: children fatherless.
8 If the thief be not known, the master 25 If thou lend money to any of my
of the house shall be brought to the people that is poor, that dwelleth with
ffods, and shall swear that he did not lay thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them
liis hand upon his neighbour's goods, as an extortioner, nor oppress them with
9 To do any fraud, either in ox, or in usuries.
mss, or sheep, or raiment, or any thing 26 wif thou take of thy neighbour a
that may bring damage: the cause of garment in pledge, thou shalt give it
hoth parties shall come to the gods: and him again before sunset.

i 2 Kings 12. 6. j Gen. 31. 39. k Deut. 22.28 I Lev. 19. 4.—«» Zach. 7. 10. —n Deut. 24. 13.
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Laws for judges EXO DUS The feasts to he observed
27 For that same
is the only thing- let it alone, and suffer it to rest, that the
wherewith he covered, the clothing of poor of thy people may eat, and what-
is
his body, neither hath he any other to soever shall be left, let the beasts of the
sleep in: if he cry to me, I will hear field eat it: so shalt thou do with thy
him, because I am compassionate. vineyard and thy oliveyard.
28 Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods, 12 Six days thou shalt work: the sev-
and «the prince of thy people thou shalt enth day thou shalt cease, that thy ox
not curse. and thy ass may rest: and the son of
29 Thou shalt not delay to pay thy thy handmaid and the stranger may be
tithes and thy firstfruits: Pthou shalt refreshed.
give the first bom of thy sons to me. 13 Keep all things that I have said to
30 Thou shalt do the same with the you. And by the name of strange gods
firstborn of thy oxen also and sheep: you shall not swear, neither shall it be
seven days let it be with its dam, the heard out of your mouth.
eighth day thou shalt give it to me. 14 Three times every year you shall
31 You shall be holy men to me: a the celebrate feasts to me.
flesh that beasts have tasted of before, 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unlea-
you shall not eat, but shall cast it ta the vened bread. '«'Seven days shalt thou
dogs. eat unleavened bread, as I commanded
CHAPTER 23. thee, in the time of the month of new
Laws for judges; the rest of the seventh year, and corn, when thou didst come forth out of
day; three principal feasts to 6e solemnized
every year; the promise of an angel, to conduct Egypt: a^thou shalt not appear empty
and protect them; idols are to he destroyed. before me.
THOU shalt not receive the voice of a 16 And the feast of the harvest of the
lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand firstfruits of thy work, whatsoever thou
to bear false witness for a wicked person. hast sown in the field. The feast also
2 Thou shalt not follow the multitude to in the end of the year, when thou hast
do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judg- gathered in all thy corn out of the field.
ment, to the opinion of the most part, to 17 2/ Thrice a year shall all thy males
stray from the truth. appear before the Lord thy God.
3 Neither shalt thou favour a poor man 18 Thou shalt not sacrifice the blood
in judgment. of my victim upon leaven, neither shall
4 '"If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass the fat of my solemnity remain until the
going astray, bring it back to him. morning.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth 19 ^Thou shalt carry the firstfruits of
thee lie underneath his burden, thou the corn of thy ground to the house of
shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him up the Lord thy God. «Thou shalt not
with him. boil a kid in the milk of his dam.
6 Thou shalt not go aside in the poor 20 Behold I will send my angel, who
man's judgment. shall go before thee, and keep thee in
7 Thou shalt fly lying. «The innocent thy journey, and bring thee into the
and just person thou shalt not put to place that I have prepared.
death: because I abhor the wicked. 21 Take notice of him, and hear his
8 * Neither shalt thou take bribes, which voice, and do not think him one to be
even blind the wise, and pervert the contemned: for he will not forgive when
words of the just. thou hast sinned, and my name is in him.
9 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for 22 &But if thou wilt hear his voice, and
you know the hearts of strangers: <*for do all that I speak, I will be an enemy
you also were strangers in the land of to thy enemies, and will afflict them
Egypt. that afflict thee.
10 Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, 23 cAnd my angel shall go before thee,
and shalt gather the corn thereof. and shall bring thee in unto the Amor-
11 ^But the seventh year thou shalt rhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherez-
o Acts 23. 5. p Supra 13. 2 and 12 Infra 34. 19 w Deut. 16. 16 Eccli. 35. 6.
8 Dan. 13. 53.
—
t Deut. 16.19
;

Ezech. 44. 30 q Lev. 22. 8. r Deut. 22. 1.

Eccli. 20. 31,
; ;

y Infra. 34. 23 Deut. 16. 16.

;

z Infra 34. 26.

w
1* Gen. 46. 6.
;

v Lev. 25. 4.
Supra 13. 3 and 4 ; Infra 34. 22.
—
o Deut. 14. 21. 6 Deut. 7. 11.
Infra 33. 2 ; Jos. 24. 11 ; Deut. 7. 22.
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God*s promise to the Israelites EXODUS The Mood of the covenant

ite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hevite, all the words of the Lord, and all the
and the Jebusite, whom I will destroy. judgments and all the people answered :

24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor with one voice We will do all the words :

serve them. Thou shalt not do their of the Lord, which he hath spoken.
works, but shalt destroy them, and 4 Anc Moses wrote all the words of the
break their statues. Lord and risiug in the morning he
25 And you shall serve the Lord your built an altar at the foot of the mount,
God, that I may bless your bread and and twelve titles according to the twelve
your waters, and may take away sick- tribes of Israel.
ness from the midst of thee. 5 And he sent young men of the chil-
26 There shall not be one fruitless nor dren of Israel, and they offered holo-
barren in thy land: I will fill the num- causts, and sacrificed pacific victims of
ber of thy days. calves to the Lord.
27 I will send my fear before thee, and 6 Then Moses took half of the blood,
will destroy all the people to whom and put it into bowls: and the rest he
thou shalt come: and will turn the poured upon the altar.
backs of all thy enemies before thee. 7 And taking the book of the covenant,
28 ** Sending out hornets before, that he read it in the hearing of the people:
shall drive away the Hevite, and the and they said : All things that the Lord
Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before hath spoken we will do, we will be obe-
thou come in. dient.
29 I will not cast them out from thy face 8 And he took the blood and sprinkled
in one year: lest the land be brought it upon the people, and he said: •'^This
into a wilderness, and the beasts multi- is the blood of the covenant which the
ply against thee. Lord hath made with you concerning all
30 By little and little I will drive them these words.
out from before thee, till thou be in- 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and
creased, and dost possess the land. Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Israel went up
Red Sea to the sea of the Palestines, 10 And they saw the God of Israel:
and from the desert to the river : I will and under his feet as it were a work of
deliver the inhabitants of the land into sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when
your hands, and will drive them out clear.
from before you. 11 Neither did he lay his hand upoc
32 ^ Thou shalt not enter into league those of the children of Israel, that re-
With them, nor with their gods. tired afar off, and they saw God, and
33 Let them not dwell in thy land, lest they did eat and drink.
perhaps they make thee sin against me, 12 And the Lord said to Moses : Come
if thou serve their gods: which un- up to me into the mount, and be there
doubtedly will be a scandal to thee. and I will give thee tables of stone, and
the law, and the commandments which
CHAPTER 24.
I have written: that thou mayst teach
Mose3 writefh Ms laio: and after offerinrf sacrifices^ them.
spHnkleth the blood of the testament upon the
people: then goeth np the mountain which God 13 Moses rose up, and his minister
covereth with a fiery cloud. Josue: and Moses going up into the
AND he said to Moses: Come up to mount of God,
J\. the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, 14 Said to the ancients : Wait ye here
and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of tillwe return to you. You have Aaron
Israel, and you shall adore afar off. and Hm* with you: if any question shall
2 And Moses alone shall come up to arise, you shall refer it to them.
the Lord, but they shall not come nigh 15 And when Moses was gone up, a
neither shall the people come up with cloud covered the mount.
him. 16 And the glory of the Lord dwelt
3 So Moses came and told the people upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud sis
d Deut 7. 20. — c Infra 34. 15 ; Deut. 7. 2. /Heb. 9.20.
Chap. 24. Ver. 4. Titles. That is, pillars. which the whole sacrifice was coiuumed with fix»
. Yw. 6. Holocausts: whole burnt ofEeringa, in upon the altar.
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The ark of the covenant EXODUS TTie propitiatory

days: and the seventh day he called him 13 Thou shalt make bars also of setim
out of the midst of the cloud. wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.
17 And the sight of the glory of the 14 And thou shalt put them in through
Lord was like a burning fire upon the the rings that are in the sides of the ark,
top of the mount, in the eyes of the that it may be carried on them.
children of Israel. 15 And they shall be always in the rings,
18 And Moses, entering into the midst neither shall they at any time be drawn
of the cloud, went up into the moun- out of them.
tain: S'and he was there forty days, and 16 And thou shalt put in the ark the
forty nights. testimony which I will give thee.
CHAPTER 25. 17 Thou shalt make also a propitiatory
Offerings prescribed for making the tabernacle, of the purest gold: the length thereof
the ark^ the candlestick, etc» shall be two cubits and a half, and the
AND -
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: breadth a cubit and a half.
2 Speak to the children of Israel, 18 Thou shalt make also two cherubims
'i that they bring firstfruits to me of of beaten gold, on the two sides of the
:

every man that offereth of his own oracle.

accord, you shall take them. 19 Let one cherub be on the one side,
3 And these are the things you must and the other on the other.
take: gold, and silver, and brass. 20 Let them cover both sides of the
4 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice propitiatory, spreading their wings, and
dyed, and fine linen, and goat's hair, covering the oracle, and let them look
5 And rams' skins dyed red, and violet one towards the other, their faces being
skins, and setim wood: turned towards the propitiatory where-
6 Oil to make lights: spices for oint- with the ark is to be covered.
ment, and for sweetsmelling incense: 21 In which thou shalt put the testi-
7 Onyx stones, and precious stones to mony that I will give thee.
adorn the ephod and the rational. 22 Thence will I give orders, and will
8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, speak to thee over the propitiatory, and
and I will dwell in the midst of them: from the midst of the two cherubims,
9 ^According to all the likeness of the which shall be upon the ark of the tes-
tabernacle which I will shew thee, and timony, all things which I will command-
of all the vessels for the service thereof: the children of Israel by thee.
and thus you shall make it: 23 Thou shalt make a table also of setim
10 Frame an ark of setim wood, the wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit
length whereof shall be of two cubits and in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height.
a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half: 24 And thou shalt overlay it with the
the height, likewise, a cubit and a half. purest gold: and thou shalt make to it
11 And thou shalt overlay it with the a golden ledge round about.
purest gold within and without: and 25 And to the ledge itself a polished
over it thou shalt make a golden crown crown, four inches high: and over the
round about: same another little golden crown.
12 And four golden rings, which thou 26 Thou shalt prepare also four golden
shalt put at the four corners of the ark: rings, and shalt put them in the four
let two rings be on the one side, and two corners of the same table over each foot.
on the other. 27 Under the crown shall the golden

g Deut. 9. 9. h Infra 35. 5. i Heb. 9. 2.

Chap. 25. Ver. 2. Firstfruits: offerings of
some of the best and choicest of their goods.
Ver. 5. Setim wood. The wood of a tree that
grows in the wilderness, which is said to be in-
cause the Lord, who was supposed to sit there
upon the wings of the cherubims, with the ark
for his footstool, from thence shewed mercy. It
is also called the oracle, ver. 18 and 20 because
;

corruptible. from thence God gave his orders and his answers.
Ver. 7. The ephod and the rational. The Ver. 23. A table: on which were to be placed
ephod was the high priest's upper vestment the twelve loaves of proposition: or, as they are
and the rational his breastplate, in which were called in the Hebrew, the fa^e bread, because
twelve gems, &c. they were always to stand before the face of the
Lord in his temple as a figure of the eucharis-
Ver. 17. A propitiatory: a covering for the tic
:

sacrifice and sacrament, in the Church ofl

ark called a propitiatory, or mercy seat, be- Christ
:

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Tke candlestick
rings be, that the bars may be put through
them, and the table may be carried.
28 The bars also themselves thou shalt
make of setim wood, and shalt overlay
them with gold to bear up the table.
29 Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and
bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the
libations are to be offered of the purest
gold.
30 And thou shalt set upon the table
loaves of proposition in my sight always.
31 Thou shalt make also a candlestick
of beaten work of the finest gold, the
shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups,
and the bowls, and the lilies going forth
from it.
32 Six branches shall come out of the
sides, three out of the one side, and
three out of the other.
33 Three cups as it were nuts to every
branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily;
and three cups, likewise of the fashion
of nuDS in the other branch, and a bowl
withal, and a lily. Such shall be the
work of the six branches, that are to
come out from the shaft
34 And in the candlestick itself shall be
four cups in the manner of a nut, and at
every one, bowls and lilies.
35 Bowls under two branches in three
places, which together make six coming
forth out of one shaft.
36 And both the bowls and the branches
shall be of the same beaten work of the
purest gold.
37 Thou shalt make also seven lamps,
and shalt set them upon the candlestick,
to give light over against.
38 The snuffers also and where the
snuffings shall be put out, shall be made
of the purest gold.
39 The whole weight of the candlestick
"With all the furniture thereof shall be a
talent of the purest gold.
40 ^ Look and make it according to the
pattern, that was shewn thee in the
mount.
CHAPTER
The form of the tabernacle with
A ND thou shalt make the tabernacle
XA. in this manner: Thou shalt make
ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and
^Ver.
Ver.
29.
31.
j Heb. 8. 5
Libations.
A candlestick.
That
; Acts
is, drink oiterings.
This candlestick, with its
«eyeu lamj^ wliicli was always to give light iu the
:
EXODUS The tabernacle
violet and purple, and scarlet twice
dyed, diversified with embroidery.
2 The length of one curtain shall be
twenty-eight cubits, the breadth shall be
four cubits. All the curtains shall be of
one measure.
3 Five curtains shall be joined one to
another, and the other five shall be cou-
pled together in like manner.
4 Thou shalt make loops of violet in
the sides and tops of the curtains, that
they may be joined one to another.
6 Every curtain shall have fifty loops
on both sides, so set on, that one loop
may be against another loop, and one
may be fitted to the other.
6 Thou shalt make also fifty rings of
gold wherewith the veils of the curtains
are to be joined, that it may be made
one tabernacle.
7 Thou shalt make also eleven curtains
of goats' hair, to cover the top of the
tabernacle.
8 The length of one hair curtain shall be
thirty cubits : and the breadth four the :
measure of all the curtains shall be equal.
9 Five of which thou shalt couple by
themselves, and the six others thou shalt
couple one to another, so as to double
the sixth curtain in the front of the roof,
10 Thou shalt make also fifty loops in
the edge of one curtain, that it may be
joined with the other: and fifty loops in
the edge of the other curtain, that it
may be coupled with its fellov».
11 Thou shalt make also fifty buckles
of brass, wherewith the loops may be
joined, that of all there may be made
one covering.
12 And that which shall remain of the
curtains, that are prepared for the roof,
to wit, one curtain that is over and
above, with the half thereof thou shalt
cover the back parts of the tabernacle.
13 And there shall hang down a cubit
on the one side, and another on the
other side, which is over and above in
the length of the curtains, fencing both
26. sides of the tabernacle.
its appurtenances. 14 Thou shalt make also another cover
to the roof, of rams' skins dyed red and ;
over that again another cover of violet
7. 44.
coloured skins.
house of God, was a figure of tlie light of the Holy
Ghost, and his sevenfold grace, in the sanctuary cw
the churcli oi Christ.
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The tabernacle EXODUS The altar

15 Tliou shalt make also the boards of 31 Thou shalt make also a veil of violet
the tabernacle standing upright of setim and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and
wood. fine twisted linen, wrought with em-
16 Let every one of them be ten cubits broidered work, and goodly variety
in length, and in breadth one cubit and 32 And thou shalt hang it up before
a half. four pillars of setim wood, which them-
17 In the sides of the boards shall be selves also shall be overlaid with gold,
made two mortises, whereby one board and shall have heads of gold, but sockets
.ttiay be joined to another board and of silver.
:

after this manner shall all the boards be 33 And the veils shall be hanged on
prepared. with rings, and within it thou siialt put
18 Of which twenty shall be in the the ark of the testimony, and the sanc-
south side southward. tuary, and the holy of holies shall be di-
19 For which thou shalt cast forty vided with it.
sockets of silver, that under every board 34 And thou shalt set the propitiatory
may be put two sockets at the two cor- upon the ark of the testimony in the
ners. holy of holies.
20 In the second side also the taberna- 35 And the table without the veil and :

cle that looketh to the north, there shall over against the table the candlestick in
be twenty boards, the south side of the tabernacle for the ?

21 Having forty sockets of silver, two table shall stand in the north side.
sockets shall be put under each board. 36 Thou shalt make also a hanging in
22 But on the west side of the taberna- the entrance of the tabernacle of violet
cle thou shalt make six boards. and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and
23 And again other two which shall be fine twisted linen with embroidered work.
erected in the corners at the back of the 37 And thou shalt overlay with gold five
tabernacle, pillars of setim wood, before which the
24 And they shall be joined together hanging shall be drawn: their heads
from beneath unto the top, and one joint shall be of gold, and the sockets of brass.
shall hold them alL The like joining CHAPTER 27.
shall be observec* for the two boards The altar ; and the court of the tabernacle with its
also that are to b put in uh corners. hangings and pillars. Provision of oil for lamps.
25 And they sha'l be in all eight boards, rpHOU
shalt make also an altar of setim
and their silver ^ocl^.ets sixteen, reckon- i
wood, which shall be five cubits long
ing two sockets iTcr cr.ch board. and as many broad, that is, foursquare,
26 Thou shalt make also five bars of and three cubits high. ^
setim wood, to hold together the boards 2 And there shall be horns at the four
on one side of the tabernacle. corners of the same: and thou shalt
27 And five others on the other side, cover it with brass.
and as many at the west side 3 And thou shalt make for the uses
28 And they shall be put along by the thereof pans to receive the ashes, and
midst of the boards from one end to the tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all
other. its vessels thou shalt make of brass.
29 The boards also themselves thou shalt 4 And a grate of brass in manner of a
overlay with gold, and shall cast rings of net: at the four corners of which shall
gold to be set upon them, for places for be four rings of brass,
the bars to hold together the board- 5 Which thou shalt put under the hearth
work : which bars thou shalt cover with of the altar and the grate shall be even
:

plates of gold. to the midst of the altar.

30 And thou shalt rear up the taberna- 6 Thou shalt make also two bars for the
cle according to the pattern that was altar of setim wood, which thou shalt
^ shewn thee in the mount. cover with plates of brass
k Supra 25. 40. I Infra 38. 6.

Chap. 26. Ver. 33. The sanctuary, &c. That part
Of the tabernacle, which was without the veil, into
which the priests daily entered, is here called the
ianctuary, or holy place; that part which was
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within the veil, into which no one but the high priest
ever went, and he but once a year, is called the holy
of holies, (literally, the sanctuary of the sanctuaries,)
as being the most holy of all holy places.

The court of the tabernacle EXODUS
7 And thotii shalt draw thetn through without the veil that hangs before the
rings, and they shall be on both sides of testimony. And Aaron and his sons
the altar to carry It.
8 "* Thou shaJt not make it solid, but
empty and hollow in the inside, as it was
shewn thee in the mount.
9 Thou shalt make also the court of the
tabernacle, in the south side whereof
southward there shall be hangings of
fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits
long for one side.
10 And twenty pillars with as many
sockets of brass, the heads of which with
their engraving shall be of silver.
11 In like manner also on the north side
there shall be hangings of a hundred
cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many
sockets of brass, and their heads with
their engraving of silver.
12 But in the breadth of the court, that
looketh to the west, there shall be hang-
ings of fifty cubits, and ten pillars, and
as many sockets.
13 In that breadth also of the court,
which looketh to the east, there shall be
fifty cubits.
14 In which there shall be for one side
hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pil-
lars and as many sockets.
15 And in the other side there shall be
hangings of fifteen cubits, with three
pillars and as many sockets.
16 And in the entrance of the court
there shall be made a hanging of twenty
cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet
twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with
embroidered work it shall have four pil-
: 7 It shall have the two edges joined in
lars with as many sockets.
17 All the pillars of the court round
about shall be garnished with plates of
silver, silver heads and sockets of brass.
18 In length the court shall take up a
hundred cubits, in breadth fifty, the
height shall be of five cubits, and it shall
be made of fine twisted linen, and shall
have sockets of brass.
19 All the vessels of the tabernacle for
all uses and ceremonies, and the pins
both of it, and of the court, thou shalt
make of brass.
20 Command the children of Israel that
they bring thee the purest oil of the
ohves, and beaten with a pestle : that a
lamp may burn always, about
21 In the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And thou shalt put
X» Supra 20.
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shall order it, that it may give hght be-
fore the Lord until the morning. It
shall be a perpetual observance through-
out their successions among the children
of Israel.
CHAPTER 28.
The holy vestments for Aaron and his sons.
TAKE unto thee also Aaron thy bro-
ther with his sons, from among the
children of Israel, that they may minister
to me in the priest's office : Aaron, Nadab,
and Abiu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 And thou shalt make a holy vesture
for Aaron thy brother for glory and for
beauty.
3 And thou shalt speak to all the wise
of heart, whom I have filled with the
spirit of wisdom, that they may make
Aaron's vestments, in which he being con-
secrated may minister to me.
4 And these shall be the vestments that
they shall make : A rational and an
ephod, a tunick and a strait linen gar-
ment, a mitre and a girdle. They shall
make the holy vestments for thy brother
Aaron and his sons, that they may do
the office of priesthood unto me.
5 And they shall take gold, and violet,
and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and
fine linen.
6 And they shall make the ephod of
gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet
twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, em-
broidered with divers colours.
the top on both sides, that they may be
closed together.
8 The very workmanship also and all
the variety of the work shall be of gold,
and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice
dyed, and fine twisted linen.
9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones,
and shalt grave on them the names of
the children of Israel
10 Six names on one stone, and the
other six on the other, according to the
order of their birth.
11 With the work of an engraver and
the graving of a jeweller, thou shalt en-
grave them with the names of the chil-
dren of Israel, set in gold and compassed
them in both
8Ai
The rational of judgment EXODUS The tunic and the hells
sides of the ephod, a memorial for the 27 Moreover also other two rings of
children of Israel. And Aaron shall gold, which are to be set on each side of
bear their names before the Lord upon the ephod beneath, that looketh towards
both shoulders for a remembrance. the nether joining, that the rational may
13 Thou shalt make also hooks of gold. be fitted with the ephod.
14 And two little chains of the purest 28 And may be fastened by the rings
gold linked one to another, which thou thereof unto the rings of the ephod with
shalt put into the hooks. a violet fillet, that the joining artificially
15 And thou shalt make the rational of wrought may continue, and the rational
judgment with embroidered work of and the ephod may not be loosed one
divers colours, according to the work- from the other.
manship of the ephod, of gold, violet, 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of
and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and the children of Israel in the rational of
fine twisted linen. judgment upon his breast, when he shall
16 It shall be foursquare and doubled: enter into the sanctuary, a memorial be-
it shall be the measure of a span both in fore the Lord for ever.
length and in breadth. 30 And thou shalt put in the rational of
17 And thou shalt set in it four rows of judgment doctrine and truth, which shall
stones: in the first row shall be a sardius be on Aaron's breast, when he shall go
stone, and a topaz, and an emerald: in before the Lord: and he shall bear
18 In the second a carbuncle, a sap- the judgment of the children of Israel
phire and a jasper. on his breast, in the sight of the Lord
19 In the third a ligurius, an agate, and always.
an amethyst: 31 And thou shalt make the tunick of
20 In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx, the ephod all of violet,
and a beryl. They shall be set in geld 32 In the midst whereof above shall be
by their rows. a hole for the head, and a border round
21 And they shall have the names of about it woven, as is wont to be made in
the children of Israel: with twelve the outmost parts of garments, that it
names shall they be engraved, each stone maye not easily be broken.
with the name of one according to the 33 And beneath at the feet of the same
twelve tribes. tunick round about, thou shalt make as ^
22 And thou shalt make on the rational it were pomegranates, of violet, and
chains linked one to another of the purest purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with little
gold: bells set between:
23 And two rings of gold, which thou 34 So that there shall be a golden bell
shalt put in the two ends at the top of and a pomegranate, and again another
the rational. golden bell and a pomegranate.
24 And the golden chains thou shalt 35 wAnd Aaron shall be vested with it
join to the rings, that are in the ends in the office of his ministry, that the
thereof: sound may be heard, when he goeth in
25 And the ends of the chains them- and Cometh out of the sanctuary, in the
selves thou shalt join together with two sight of the Lord, and that he may not
hooks on both sides of the ephod, which die.
is towards the rational. 36 Thou shalt make also a plate of the
26 Thou shalt make also two rings of purest gold: wherein thou shalt grave
gold which thou shalt put in the top with engraver's work. Holy to the Lord.
parts of the rational, in the borders that 37 And thou shalt tie it with a violet
are over against the ephod, and look fillet, and it shall be upon the mitre,
towards the back parts thereof. 38 Hanging over the forehead of the
n Eccli. 45. 11.
Chap. 28. Ver. 15. The rational of judg- because itgave divine answers and oracles, as
ment. This part of the priest's attire, which he if it were rational and endowed with judgment.
wore at his breast, was called the rational of judg- Ver. 30. Doctrine and truth. Hebrew, Urim
ment; partly because it admonished both priest and Thummim: illuminations and perfections.
and people of their duty to God, by carrying the These words, written on the rational, seem to
names of all their tribes in his presence and by
; signify the light of doctrine and the integrity of
the Urim and Thummim, that is, doctrine and life, with which the priests of God ougllt to
truth, which were written upon it and partly (
; approach to him.
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The mitre and the girdle EXODUS Consecration of Aaron and his sons
high priest. And Aaron shall bear the his head, and the holy plate upon the
Iniquities of those things, which the chil- mitre,
dren of Israel have offered and sanctified, 7 And thou shalt pour the oil of unc-
in all their gifts and offerings. And the tion upon his head and by this rite shall
:

plate shall be always on his forehead, he be consecrated.

that the Lord may be well pleased with 8 Thou shalt bring his sons also and
them. shalt put on them the linen tunicks,
39 And thou shalt gird the tunick with and gird them with a girdle:
fine linen, and thou shalt make a fine 9 To wit, Aaron and his children, and
linen mitre, and a girdle of embroidered thou shalt put mitres upon them: and
work. they shall be priests to me by a perpet-
40 Moreover for the oooBOii Aaron thou ual ordhmnce. After thou shaJt nave
shalt prepare linen tunicks, and girdles consecrated their hands,
and mitres for glory and beauty 10 ^Thou shalt present also the ca?t
41 And with all these things thou shalt before the tabernacle of the testimony.
vest Aaron thy brother, and his sons with And Aaron and his sons shall lay their
him. And thou shalt consecrate the hands upon his head,
hands of them all, and shalt sanctify 11 And thou shalt kill him in the sight
them, that they may do the office of of the Lord, beside the door of the taber-
priesthood unto me. nacle of the testimony.
42 Thou shalt make also linen breeches, 12 And taking some of the blood of the
to cover the flesh of their nakedness calf, thou shalt put it upon the horns of
from the reins to the thighs the altar with thy finger, and the rest of
43 And Aaron and his sons shall use the blood thou shalt pour at the bottom
hiem when they shall go in to the taber- thereof.
nacle of the testimony, or when they 13 5 Thou shalt take also all the fat that
approach to the altar to l dnister in the covereth the entrails, and the caul of the
sanctuary, lest being guiV.y of iniquity Uver, and the two kidneys, and the fat
they die. It shall be a Ilw for ever to that is upon them, and shalt offer ^
Aaron, and to his seed after him. burnt offering upon the alfiar
CHAPTER 29. 14 But the flesh of the calf and the hide
The manner of consecrating Aaron and other and the dung, thou shalt burn abroad,
priests ; the institution of the daily sacrifice of
two lambs, one in the Tnoming^ the other at without the camp, because it is for sin.
evening. 15 Thou shalt take also one ram upon
AND thou shalt also do this, that they the head whereof Aaron and his sons
XJL may be consecrated to me in priest- shall lay their hands.
hood. °Take a calf from the herd, and 16 And when thou hast killed him, thou
two rams without blemish, shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour
2 And unleavened bread, and a cake round about the altar
without leaven, tempered with oil, wafers 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces,
also unleavened anointed with oil : thou and having washed his entrails and feet,
shalt make them at of wheaten flour. thou shalt put them upon the flesh that
3 And thou snalt put them in a basket is cut in pieces, and upon his head.
and offer them: and the calf and the 18 And thou shalt offer the whole ram
two rams. for a burnt offering upon the altar : it is
4 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his an oblation to the Lord, a most sweet
sons to the door of the tabernacle of the savour of the victim of the Lord.
testimony. And when thou hast washed 19 Thou shalt take also the other ram,
the father and his sons with water, upon whose head Aaron and his sons
5 Thou shalt clothe Aaron with his vest- shall lay their hands.
aients, that is, with the linen garment 20 And when thou hast sacrificed him,
and the tunick, and the ephod and the thou shalt take of his blood, and put
rational, which thou shalt gird with the upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron
girdle. and of his sons, and upon the thumbs
6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon and great toes of their right hand and

« bev a% p Lev. 1. 3. — lAv 9. %

^a

The sacrifices of the consecration EXODUS
foot, and thou shalt pour the blood upon
the altar round about.
21 And when thou hast taken of the
blood, that is upon the altar, and of the
oil of unction, thou shalt sprinkle Aaron
and his vesture, his sons and their vest-
ments. And after they and their vest-
ments are consecrated,
22 Thou shalt take the fat of the ram,
and the rump, and the fat that covereth
the lungs, and the caul of the liver, and
the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, and the right shoulder, because it
is the ram of consecration.
23 And one roll of bread, a cake tem-
pered with oil, a wafer out of the basket
of unleavened bread, which is set in the
eight of the Lord.
24 And thou shalt put all upon the hands
of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt sanc-
tify them elevating before the Lord.
25 And thou shalt take all from their
hands, and shalt burn them upon the al-
tar for a holocaust, a most sweet savour
in the sight of the Lord, because it is his
oblation.
26 Thou shalt take also the breast of
the ram, wherewith Aaron was conse-
crated, and elevating it thou shalt sanc-
tify it before the Lord, and it shall fall to
thy share.
27 And thou shalt sanctify both the
consecrated breast, and the shoulder that
thou didst separate of the ram,
28 Wherewith Aaron was consecrated
and his sons, and they shall fall to Aar-
on's share and his sons' by a perpetual
right from the children of Israel : be-
cause they are the choicest and the be-
ginnings of their peace victims which
they offer to the Lord.
29 And the holy vesture, which Aaron
shall use, his sons shall have after him,
that they may be anointed, and their
hands consecrated in it,
30 He of his sons that shall be appointed
high priest in his stead, and that shall
enter into the tabernacle of the testi-
mony to minister in the sanctuary, shall
wear it seven days.
31 And thou shalt take the ram of the
consecration, and shalt boil the flesh
thereof in the holy place : Lord their God, who have brought them
32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
^ The loaves also, that are in the basket,
I/ev. 8. 31, and 24. 8
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they shall eat in the entry of the taber*
nacle of the testimony,
33 That it may be an atoning sacrifice,
and the hands of the offerers may be
sanctified. A stranger shall not eat of
them, because they are holy.
34 And if there remain of the conse-
crated flesh, or of the bread till the
morning, thou shalt burn the remainder
with fire they shall not be eaten, be-
:
cause they are sanctified.
35 All that I have commanded thee, thou
shalt do unto Aaron and his sons. Seven
days shalt thou consecrate their hands
36 And thou shalt offer a calf for sin
every day for expiation. And thou shalt
cleanse the altar when thou hast offered
the victim of expiation, and shalt anoint
it to sanctify it.
37 Seven days shalt thou expiate the
altar and sanctify it, and it shall be most
holy. Every one that shall touch it
shall be holy.
38 This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon
the altar: Two lambs of a year old every
day continually.
39 One lamb in the morning and an-
other in the evening,
40 With one lamb a tenth part of flour
tempered with beaten oil, of the fourth
part of a hin, and wine for Ubation of the
same measure.
41 And the other lamb thou snalt offer
in the evening, according to tne rite of
the morning oblation, and according to
what we have said, for a savour of sweet-
ness:
42 It is a sacrifice to the Lord by per-
petual oblation unto your generations,
at the door of the tabernacle of the tes-
timony before the Lord, where I will
appoint to speak unto thee.
43 And there will I command the chil-
dren of Israel, and the altar shall be
sanctified by my glory.
44 I will sanctify also the tabernacle of
the testimony with the altar, and Aaron
with his sons, to do the office of priest-
hood unto me.
45 And I will dwell in the midst of the
children of Israel, and will be their God:
46 And they shall know that I am the
out of the land of Egypt, that I might
abide among them, I the Lord their God.
; Biatt 12. 4.
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The altar of incense EXODUS Brazen laver, and oil of unction

CHAPTER 30. A ' side hath twenty obols. Half a side
The altar of inct^uce : money to be gathered for the shall be offered to the Lord.
use of the taberruicle : the brazen laver : the holy 14 He that is counted in the number
oil of unction^ and the composition of the per-
fume. from twenty years and upwards, shall
rPHOU shalt make also an altar to give the price.
JL burn incense, of setim wood. 15 The rich man shall not add to half a
2 It shall be a cubit in length, and an- side, and the poor man shall diminish
other in breadth, that is, foursquare, and nothing.
two in height. Horns shall go out of the 16 And the money received which was
same. contributed by the children of Israel,
3 And thou shalt overlay it with the thou shalt deliver unto the uses of the
purest gold, as well as the grate thereof, tabernacle of the testimony, that it may
as the walls round about and the horns. be a memorial of them before the Lord,
And thou shalt make to it a crown of and he may be merciful to their souls.
gold round about, 17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say*
4 And two golden rings under the crown ing:
on either side, that the bars may be put 18 Thou shalt make also a brazen laver
into them, and the altar be carried, with its foot, to wash in : and thou shalt
6 And thou shalt make the bars also of set it between the tabernacle of the
setim wood, and shalt overlay them with testimony and the altar. And water being
gold. put into it,
6 And thou shalt set the altar over 19 Aaron and his sons shall wash theif
against the veil, that hangeth before the hands and feet in it
ark of the testimony before the propitia- 20 When they are going into the taber-
tory wherewith the testimony is covered, nacle of the testimony, and when they
where I will speak to thee. are to come to the altar, to offer on it
7 And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense to the Lord,
incense upon it in the morning. When 21 Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an
he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it everlasting law to him, and to his seed
8 And when he shall place them in the by successions.
evening, he shall burn an everlasting in- 22 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
cense before the Lord throughout your 23 Saying ; Take spices, of principal and
generations. chosen myrrh five hundred sides, and
9 You shall not offer upon it incense of of cinnamon half so much, that is, two
another composition nor oblation, and hundred and fifty sides, of calamus in
victim, neither shall you offer libations. Uke manner two hundred and fifty.
10 And Aaron shall pray upon the horns 24 And of cassia five hundred sides by
thereof once a year, with the blood of the weight of the sanctuary, of oil of
that which was offered for sin, and shall olives the measure hin:
make atonement upon it in your genera- 25 And thou shalt make the holy oil of
tions. It shall be most holy to the Lord. unction, an ointment compounded after
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say- the art of the perfumer,
ing: 26 And therewith thou shalt anoint the
12 When thou shalt take the sum of tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark
the children of Israel according to their of the testament,
number, every one of them shall give a 27 And the table with the vessels there-
price for their souls to the Lord, and of, the candlestick and furniture there-
there shall be no scourge among them, of, the altars of incense,
when they shall be reckoned. 28 And of holocaust, and all the furni-
13 And this shall every one give that ture that belongeth to the service of
passeth at the naming, half a side ac- them.
cording to the standard of the temple. 29 And thou shalt sanctify all, and they
s Num. 1. 2, t Lev. 27. 25
; Num. 3. 47 Ezeeli. 45. 12.
;

Chap. 30. Ver. 1. An altar to fmrn incense. (wliicli was also called a stater,) according to the
Tbis burning of incense was an enibieni of prayer, standard or weight of the sanctuary, whicli was the
ascending to God from an inflamed lieart. See most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, thai
Ps. 140. 2; Apoc. 6. 8, and 8. 4. is, about half a crown of English money. The ot)ol
\ Ver. t& Ba>ff aside, A side or shekel of silver. or geraht was about tliree halfpence.
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be most holy: lie that shall touch panion Ooliab the son of Achisamech cl
ciiiall

uhom hall be sanctified. the tribe of Dan. And I have put wis-
30 Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, dom in the heart of every skilful man,
ana chalt sanctify them, that they may that they may make all things which I
:lo the office of priesthood unto me. have commanded thee,
31 And thou shalt say to the children of 7 The tabernacle of the covenant, and
Israel : This unction shall be holy the ark of the testimony, and the pro-
oil of
unto me throughout your generations. pitiatory that is over it, and all the
32 The flesh of man shall not be anoint- vessels of the tabernacle,
ed therewith, and you shall make none 8 And the table and the vessels thereof,
other of the same composition, because the most pure candlestick with the ves-
it is sanctified, and shall be holy unto sels thereof, and the altars of incense,
you. 9 And of holocaust, and all their vessels,
33 What man soever shall compound the laver with its foot,
such, and shall give thereof to a stran- 10 The holy vestments in the ministry
ger, he 3hall be cut off from his people. for Aaron the priest, and for his sons,
34 And the Lord said to Moses ; Take that they may execute their office about
unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, the sacred things
galbanum of sweet savour, and the clear- 11 The oil of unction, and the incense
est frankincense, all shall be of equal of spices in the sanctuary, all things
weight. which I have commanded thee, shall they
36 And thou shalt make incense com- make.
pounded by the work of the perfumer, 12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
well tempered together, and pure, and 13 Speak to the children of Israel, and
most worthy of sanctification. thou shalt say to them : ^ See that thou
36 And when thou hast beaten all into keep my sabbath: because it is a sign
very small powder, thou shalt set of it between me and you in your generations
before the tabernacle of the testimony, that you may know that I am the Lord,
in the place where I will appear to thee. who sanctify you.
Most holy shall this incense be unto you. 14 Keep you my sabbath : for it is holy
37 You shall not make such a composi- unto you : he that shall profane it, shall
tion for your own uses, because it is holy be put to death : he that shall do any
to the Lord. work in it, his soul shall perish out of the
38 What man soever shall make the midst of his people.
like, to onjoy the smell thereof, he shall 16 Six days shall you do work: in the
perish out of his people. seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy
CHAPTER 31. to the Lord. Every one that shall do
Beseleel and Ooliab are appointed by the Lord to any work on this day, shall die.
make the tabernacle, and the things belonging 16 Let the children of Israel keep the
thereto. The observation of the scbbath day is
again commanded. And the Lord delivereth to sabbath, and celebrate it in their gener-
Moses two tables written with the finger of God. ations. It is an everlasting covenant
AND the Lord spoke to Moses, say- 17 Between me and the children of Israel,
X3- ing: and a perpetual sign. ^ For in six days
2 Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the Lord made heaven and earth, and in
the son of Uri the son of Hur of the the seventh he ceased from work.
tribe of Juda, 18 And the Lord, when he had ended
And I have filled him with the spirit these words in mount Sinai, *^gave to
of God, with wisdom and understanding, Moses two stone tables of testimony,
and knowledge in all manner of work. written with the finger of God.
4 To devise whatsoever may be artifi- CHAPTER 32.
cially made of gold, and silver, and The people fall into idolatry. Moses prayeth for
them,. He breaketh the tables: destroyeth the
brass, idol : blameth Aaron, and causeth m,any of the
6 Of marble, and precious stones, and idolaters to be slain.
variety of wood. ND the people seeing that Mosee
6 And I have given him for his com- A^ delayed to come down from the >

u Suprr. ?0. o ; Ezecli. 20c 13, V ixen. 1. 31. aua 2,2,— w Deut. d. lo,

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The people fall into idolatry EXODUS Moses breaks the tables of the law
iiount, gathering together against Aaron, anger cease, and be appeased upon the
iaid . * Arise, make us gods, that may go wickedness of thy people.
before us for as to this Moses, the man
: 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Is-
that brought us out of the land of Egypt, rael,thy servants, to whom thou sworest
we know not what has befallen him. by thy own self, saying: ''I will multiply
2 And Aaron said to them: Take the your seed as the stars of heaven: and
golden earrings from the ears of your this whole land that I have spoken of, I
wives, and your sons and daughters, and will give to your seed, and you shall
bring them to me. possess it for ever.
3 And the people did what he had com- 14 And the Lord was appeased from
manded, bringing the earrings to Aaron. doing the evil which he had spoken
4 y And when he had received them, he against hi3 people.
fashioned them by founders' work, and 15 And Moses returned from the mount,
made of them a molten calf. And they carrying the two tables of the testimony
said ; These are thy gods, O Israel, that in his hand, written on both sides,
have brought thee out of the land of 16 And made by the work of God: :he
Egypt. writing also of God was graven in the
6 And when Aaron saw this, he built an tables.
altar before it, and made proclamation 17 And Josue hearing the noise of the
by a crier's voice, saying To morrow is people shouting, said to Moses: The
?

the solemnity of the Lord. noise of battle is heard in the camp.

6 And rising in the morning, they of- 18 But he answered It is not the cry of
:

fered holocausts, and peace victims, n.en encouraging to fight, nor the shout
'and the people sat down to eat, and of men compelling to flee : but I hear the
irink, and they rose up to play. voice of singers.
7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 19 And when he came nigh to the camp,
'Go, get thee down: thy people, which he saw the calf, and the dances and :

^hou hast brought out of the land of
Egypt, hath sinned.
8 They have quickly strayed from the
vay which thou didst shew ^^hem: and
;h6y have made to themselves a molten
jalf,and have adored it, and sacrificing
victims toit, have said : * These are thy
^ods, O Israel, that have brought thee
)ut of the land of Egypt.
9 And again the Lord said to Moses
'See that this people is stiffnecked
IC Let me alone, that my
being very angry, he threw the tables
out of his hand, and broke them at the
foot of the mount
20 And laying hold of the calf which
they had made, he burnt it, -^and beat
it to powder, which he strewed into
water, and gave thereof to the children
of Israel to drink.
21 And he said to Aaron : What has this
I people done to thee, that thou shouldst
: Dring upon them a most heinous sin ?
I

wrath may be 22 And he answered him Let not my i

tindled against them, and that i may lord be offended : for thou knowest this
lestroy them, and I will make of thee a people, ^ that they are prone to evil.
p-eat nation. 23 They said to me : Mrke us gods, that
11 But Moses besought the Lord his may go befce us: for as to this Moses,
5od, saying : ^ Why, O Lord, is thy in- who brought us lOrth out of the (and of
lignation enkindled against thy people, Egypt, we know not what is befallen
v^hom thou hast brought out of the land him.
>f Egypt, with great power, and with c 24 And I said \>o them : Which of you
nighty hand? hath any gold? and they took and
12 Le^ not the Egyptians say, i beseech brought it to me : and I cast it> into the
hee He craftily brought them out, that fire, and this calf came out.
:

le might kill them in the mountains, and 25 And when Moses saw that the people
lestroy them from the earth: let chy were naked, (for Aaron had stripped
X Acts 7. 40. —
y Ps. 105. 19. —
zl Cor. 10. 7, ~ Dent. 9. 13. -- d Num. 14. 13 Ps. 105. 40. — Gen. 12. ",
a Pent. C. 22. — 6 3 Kings 12. 28. ~ c Infra 33. 3 ^ and 15. 7. and
John 5. 19.
48, 16.—/ Deut. 9. 21,— :7 1
'

Chap 32. Ver. 25. Naked.

Having lost not of the idol, ;vhich they had taken for their god. It
nly their gold, and their honour, but what was worst is the usual ohrase
of tbe scripture t» ^aiXi idols JUtk
f hU. iieins: stripped alsc of the grace of God, and
and abonu7uition3.
aving lost hini.— The shame of the filth. That is,

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The guilty are slain EXODUS The tabernacle removed from camp
bhem by occasion of the ahame of the filth, brought out of the land of Egypt, into
and had set them naked among their the land concerning which I swore tc
enemies,) Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: *To
26 Then standing in the gate of the thy seed I will give it.
camp, he saids If any man be on the 2 ^ And I will send an angel before thee,
Lord's side let him join with me. And that I may cast out the Chanaanite, '^

all the sons of Levi gathered themselves and the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, «ind
together unto him the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the
27 And he said to them : Thus saith the Jebusite,
Lord God of Israel Put every man his 3 That thou mayst enter into the land
:

Bword upon his thigh: go, and return that floweth with milk and honey. For
from gate to gate through the midst of I will not go up with thee, because
*

the camp, and let every man kill his
orother, ^ and friend, and neighbour.
28 And the sons of Levi did according
to the words of Moses, and there were
3lain that day about three and twenty
thousand men.
29 And Moses said: You have conse-
thou art a stiffnecked people : lest I de-
stroy thee in the way.
4 And the people hearing these very
bad tidings, mourned: and no man put
on his ornaments according to custom.
S> \nd the I*ord said to Moses : Say to
th^v ch'Wren of Israel: Thou art a stiff-

crated your hands this day to the Lord, necked peoplr once I shall come up ii
;

every man in his son and in his brother,
that a blessing may be given to you.
80 And when the next day was come,
Hoses spoke to the people You have
ginned a very great sin I will go up to
: their ornaments by mount Horeb.
tihe Lord, if by any means I may be able
to entreat him for your crime.
31 And returning to the Lord, he said
1 beseech thee : this people hath sinned
a heinous 3in, and they have made to
themselves gods of gold : either forgive
them this trespass,
32 Or if thou do not, strike me out of
the book that thou hast written.
33 And the Lord answered him: He
that hath sinned against me, him will I
strike out of my book
the midst of thos., an^ shall destroy thf)(
Now presently lay aside thy ornaments,!
that I may know what to do to thee.
: 6 So the children of Israel laid aside
7 Moses also taking the tabernacle,
pitched it without the camp afar off, and
called the name thereof. The tabernacle
of the covenant. And all the people
that had any question, went forth to the
tabernacle of the covenant, without the
camp.
8 And when Moses went forth to the
tabernacle, the
all people rose up, and
every one stood in the door of his pavil-
ion, and they beheld the back of Moses,
till he went into the tabernacle.

34 But go thou, and lead this people
whither I have told thee: my angel
shall go before thee. And I in the day
of revenge will visit this sin also of
theirs.
35 The Lord iiherefore struck the peo-
ple ior the guilt on occasion of the calf
which Aaron had made.
CHAPTER 33.
Th6 people mourn for their sin. Moses pitcheth the
tabernacle without the camp. He converse^h fa-
miliarly with God. Desireth to see his glory.
A ND the Lord spoke to Mose^ saying
J\. Go, get thee up from this place,
thou and thy people which thou hast
h Deut. 33. 9.— i Gen. 12 7. —j Supra 32. 34.
9 And when he was gone into the taber-
nacle of the covenant, the pillar of the
cloud came down, and stood at the door,
and he spoke with Moses.
10 And alf saw that the pillar of the
cloud stoo4 at the door of the taber-
nacle. And they stood, and worshipped
at the doors of their tents.
il And the Lord spoke to M
jses face
to face, as a man is wont to speak to his
friend. And when he returned into
the camp, hin servant Josue the son of
Nun, a youni' man, departed not from
the tabernacle
12 And Moses said to the Lord: Thou
k Deut. —
7. 22 ; Jos. 24. 11. I Supra 32. 9 ; Deut. 9. 13.

Chap. 33. Ver. ll. Face to face. That is, in a the scriptures, God is said to know such as he ap-
Host tamiliar manner. Though as we learn from proves and loves and to kvow by name, those whotn
-•

thii very chapter, Moses could not see the fcu:e of he favours In a most singular mamier, as iic did a^
^JleLord. servant Moses.
^ ^^ , ,
Vor 12. Iknawtlieebyruimt, IatUelanfiuii£eox
O&J
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Moses prays to see God EXODUS The tables are renewed

commandest me to lead forth this peo- former, and I will write npon them tL3
ple :and thou dost not let me know words which were in the tables, which
whom thou wilt send with me, especially thou brokest.
whereas thou hast said I know thee by 2 Be ready in the morning, that thou
:

name, and thou hast found favour in my mayst forthwith go up into mount Sinai,
pight. and thou shalt stand with me upon the
13 If therefore I have found favour in top of the mount.
thy sight, shew me thy face, that I may 3 Let no man go up with thee and let :

know theo, and may find grace before not any man be seen throughout all the
thy eyes: look upon thy people this mount: neither let the oxen nor the
nation. sheep feed over against it.
14 And the Lord said My face shall go 4 Then he cut out two tables of stone,
:

before thee, and I will give thee rest. such as had been before and rising very :

15 And Moses said If thou thyself early he went up into the mount Sinai
:

dost not go before, bring us not out of as the Lord had commanded him, carry
this place. ing with him the tables.
16 For how shall we be able to know, 5 And when the Lord was come down
I and thy people, that we have found in a cloud, Mosc^ stood with him, calhng
grace in thy sight, unless thou walk with upon the name of the Lord.
us, that we may be glorified by all peo- 6 And when he passed before him, he
ple that dwell upon the earth ? said O the Lord, the Lord God, merci- :

17 And the Lord said to Moses: This ful and gracious, patient and of much
word also, which thou hast spoken, will compassion, and true,
I do for thou hast found grace before
: 7 ° Who keepest mercy unto thousands
me, and thee I have known by name. who takest away iniquity, and v/icked-
18 And he said Shew me thy glory. i ness, and sin, P and no man of himself is
19 He answered I will shew thee all innocent before thee. ' Who renderest
:

good, and I will proclaim in the name of the iniquity of the fathers to the 3hil-
the Lord before thee ^ and I will have dren, and to the grandchildren, unto the
:

mercy on whom I will, and I will be mer- third and fourth generation.
ciful to whom it shall please me. 8 And Moses making haste, bowed
20 And again he said Thou canst not down prostrate unto the earth, and
:

see my face for man shall not see me adoring,

:

and live. 9 Said If I have found grace in thy :

21 And again he said: Behold there is a sight O Lord, I beseech thee, that thou :

place with me, and thou shalt stand upon wilt go with us, (for it is a stiffnecked
the rock. people,) and take away our iniquities
22 And when ray glory shall pass, I will and sin, and possess us.
set thee in a hole of the rock, and pro- 10 The Lord answered: *"! will make a
tect thee with my right hand, till I pass covenant in the sight of all. I will do
23 And I wiU take away my hand, and signs such as were never seen upon the
thou shalt see my back parts but my face earth, nor in any nations that this peo-
: :

thou canst not see. ple, in the midst of whom thou art, may
CHAPTER 34. see the terrible work of the Lord which
The tables are renewed: all society with the Cha- I will do.
naanites forbid : some precepts concerning the
is
firstborn, the sabbath, and other feasts : after forty 11 Observe all things which this day I
days'* fast, Moses retumeth to the people with the command
thee: I myself will drive out
commandments, and his face appearing homed
before thy face the Amorrhite, and the
with rays of light, he covereth it, whensoever he
speaketh to the people. Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the
^ND after this he said : ** Hew thee Pherezite, apd the He 7ite, and the Jebu-
J\. two tables of stone like unto the site.
m Rom. 9. 15. — n Deut 10. 1. q D.eutj 5. 9 ; Jec. S2. 18.
o Dent. 5. 10 ; Jer. 32. 18.— p Ps. 142. 2. ,r J)fcUt. 3. 2; JeuiiZ. IC.

Ver. 23. See my

back parts. The Lord by his assumed ooiporeil form not in the face, the rays of
I

angel, usually spoke to Moses in the pillar of the which were too bright lor morta' «iye to boar^ bat to
cloud so that he could not see the glory of him that
; vJe\ hi'rh ijislt'wcre beliind, wheQli^face vps turned
spoke familiarly with him. In the vision here men- from n ID, '
'

tioned he was allowed to see something of him. in an

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Precepts to he observed
12 Beware thon ne^e^ jofai in friend-
sliip with the inhabitants ot ttiat land,
which may be thy ruin
13 But destroy their altars, break their
statues, and cut down their groves
14 Adore not any strange god. The Lord
his name it Jealous, he i£ a jealous Godc
15 " Make no covenant with the men
Oi those countries lest, when they have
committed fornication with their gods,
and have adored their idols, some one
call thee to eat of the things sacrificed.
16 Neither shalt thou take of their
daughters a wife for thy son, lest after
they themselves have committed forni-
cation, they make thy sons also to com-
mit fornication with their gods.
17 Thou ehalt not make to thyself any
molten gods.
18 Thou shalt keep the feast of the un-
leavened bread. Seven days shalt thou
eat unleavened bread, as I commanded
thee m
the time of the month of the new
cont ? for in the month of the spring-
time thou cameet out from Egypt.
19 "^ All of the male kind, that openeth
the womb, shall be mine. Of all beasts.,
both of oxen and of sheep, it shall be
mine.
20 The firstling of an ass thou shalt re-
deem with a sheep but if thou wiit not
: to him : and he gave them in command-
give a price for it, it shall be slain. The
firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem
neither shalt thou appear before me
empty.
21 Six days shalt thou work, the sev-
enth day thou shalt cease to plough, and
to reap.
22 '^Thou shalt keep the feast of weeks
with the firstfruits of the corn of thy
wheat harvest, and the feast when the
time of the year retumeth that all things
are laid in.
23 '^ Three times in the year all thy
males shall appear in the sight of the
Almighty Lord the God of IsraeL
24 For when I shall have taken away
the nations from thy face, and shall have
enlarged thy borders, no man shall lie in
wait against thy land when thou shalt go
up, and appear iij the sight of the Lord
thy God thrice in a year.
8 Snpwi 2a 32 Deuit 7.
; 2=
13 Kings 11« 2 v Deut 7.
tc Supra 13. 2, 12 —
and 22, 29^ r Supra 3S.
'X' Supra 23 17 ; Deut 16. 16.
Chat. 3^ Ver. 23l liomod. Tbat Is.
:
EXODUS Moses comes down from the mount
iS * fHiou shalt not offer the blood of
my sacrifice upon leaven : neither shall
there remain in the morning any thing
of the victim of the solemnity of the
Phase,
26 The first of the fruits of thy ground
thou shalt offer in the house of the Lord
thy God. y Thou shalt not boil a kid in
the milk of his dam.
27 And the Lord said to Moses : Write
thee these words by which I have made a
covenant both with thee and with IsraeL
28 And he was there with the Lord
^ forty days and forty nights : he neither
ate bread nor drank water, and he wrote
upon the tables " the ten words of the
covenant.
29 And when Moses came down from
the mount Sinai, he held the two tables
of the testimony, and he knew not that
his face was horned from the conversa-
tion of the Lord.
30 And Aaron and the children of Is-
rael seeing the face of Moses horned,
were afraid to come near.
31 And being called by him, they re-
turned, both Aaron and the rulers of the
congregation. And after that he spoke
to them.
32 And all the children of Israel came
ment all that he had heard of the Lord
in mount Sinai.
33 And having done speaking, ''he put
a veil upon his face.
34 But when he went in to the Lord,
and spoke with him, he took it away
until he came forth, and then he spoke
to the children of Israel all things that
had been commanded him.
35 And they saw that the face of Mosee
when he came out was horned, but he
i covered his face again, if at any time he
| spoke to them,
CHAPTER 85.
The sabbath. Offerings for making the tabernacle
ana Ooliab are called to the work.
Beseleel
ND all the multitude of the children
of Israel being gathered together^
he said to them: These are the thing»
which the Lord hath commanded to be
done.
X Supra 23 18 and 19.
i y Supra 23. 18 % DeuL 14. 21.
tft. z Supra "1. 18 i Deut 9. 9 and 18.
c Deut 4. 13 — 6 2 Cor. 3. 13.
siiimn^, and sending fortb rays oi llgtit like uoro».
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Offerings for the tabernacle EXODUS Beseleel and OoUab

2 Six days yon shall do work : the sev- 20 And all the multitude of the chil-
enth day shall be holy unto you, the sab- dren of Israel going out from the pre-
bath, and the rest of the Lord he that sence of Moses,
:

shall do any work on it, shall be put to 21 Offered firstfruits to the Lord with
death. a most ready and devout mind, to make
3 You shall kindle no fire in any of the work of the tabernacle of the testi-
your habitations on the sabbath day, mony. Whatsoever was necessary to the
4 And Moses said to all the assembly service, and to the holy vestments,
of the children of Israel This is the
: 22 Both men and women gave bracelets
word the Lord hath commanded, saying and earrings, rings and tablets: every
:

5 Set aside with you firstfruits to the vessel of gold was set aside to be offered
Lordo ^ Let every one that is willing to the Lord.
and hath a ready heart, offer them to the 23 If any man had violet, and purple,
Lord : gold, and silver, and brass, and scarlet twice dyed, fine linen and
6 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and
dyed, and fine linen, goats' hair, violet coloured skins,
7 And rams' skins dyed red, and violet 24 Metal of silver and brass, they offered
coloured skins, setim wood, it to the Lord, and setim wood for divers
8 And oil to maintain lights, and tc uses.
make ointment, and most sweet incensOc 25 The skilful women also gave such
9 Onyx stones, and precious stones, for things as they had spun, violet, purple,
the adorning of the ephod and the ra- and scarlet, and fine linen,
tional. 26 And goats' hair, giving all of their
10 Whosoever of you is wise, let him own accord.
come, and make that which the Lord 27 But the princes offered onyx stones,
hath commanded and precious stones, for the ephod and
11 To wit, the tabernacle and the roof the rational,
thereof, and the cover, the rings, and 28 And spiceo and oil for the lights,
the board work with the oars, the pillars, and for the preparing of ointment, and
and the sockets to make the incense of most sweet sa-
12 The ark and the staves, the propitia- vour.
tory, and the veil that is drawn before 29 All both men and women with de-
it: vout mind offered gifts, that the works
13 The table with the bars and the ves- might be done which the Lord had com-
sels, and the loaves of proposition manded by the hand of Moses. All the
14 The candlestick to bear up the lights, children of Israel dedicated voluntary
the vessels thereof and the lamps, and offerings to the Lord.
the oil for the nourishing of fires 30 And Moses said to the children of
15 The altar of incense, and the bars, Israel : ^ Behold the Lord hath called by
and the oil of unction and the incense of name Beseleel the son of Uri the son of
spices the hanging at the door of the Hur of the tribe of Juda.
:

tabernacle 31 And hath filled him with the spirit

16 The altar of holocaust, and its grate of God, with wisdom and understanding
of brass, with the bars and vessels there- and knowledge and all learning.
of the laver and its foot:
; 32 To devise and to work in gold and
17 The curtains of the court with the silver and brass,
pillars and the sockets, the hanging in 33 And in engraving stones, and in car-
the doors of the entry, penters' work. Whatsoever can be de-
18 The pins of the tabernacle and of vised artificially,
the court with their little cords 34 He hath given in his heart Ooliab
:

19 The vestments that are to be used also the son of Achisamech of the tribe
in the ministry of the sanctuary, the of Dan:
vesture of Aaron the high priest, and of 35 Both of them hath he instructed
his sons, to do the office of priesthood to with wisdom, to do carpenters' work, and
me. tapestry, and embroidery in blue and

<K Supra 8&t • Sii|«a8i.it

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Liberality of the people EXODUS Making the tabernacle

purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine of gold, that might catch the loops of
linen, and to weave all things, and to the curtains, and they might be made
invent all new things. one tabernacle.
14 He made also eleven curtains of
CHAPTER 36. goats' hair, to cover the roof of the tab-
The offerings are delivered to the workmen^ the cur-
tains, coverings, boards, bars, veil, pillars, and ernacle :
*? hanging are made. 15 One curtain was thirty cubits long
BESELEEL, therefore, and Ooliab, and four cubits broad: all the curtains
and every wise man, to whom the were of one measure.
Lord gave wisdom and understanding, to 16 Five of which he joined apart, and
know how to work artificially, made ^ the the other six apart.
things that are necessary for the uses of 17 And he made fifty loops in the edge
the sanctuary, and which the Lord com- of one curtain, and fifty in the edge
n.anded. of another curtain, that they might be
2 ^ And when Moses had called them, and joined one to another.
every skilful man, to whom the Lord had 18 And fifty buckles of brass wherewith
given wisdom, and such as of their own the roof might be knit together, that of
accord had offered themselves to the all the curtains there might be made
making of the work, one covering.
3 He delivered all the offerings of the 19 He made also a cover for the taber-
children of Israel unto them. And while nacle of rams' skins dyed red: and an-
they were earnest about the work, the other cover over that of violet skins.
people daily in the morning offered their 20 He made also the boards of the tab-
vows. ernacle of setim wood standing.
4 Whereupon the workmen being con- 21 The length of one board was ten
strained to come, cubits: and the breadth was one cubit
5 Said to Moses : The people offereth and a half.
more than is necessary. 22 There were two mortises throughout
6 Moses therefore commanded procla- every board, that one might be joined to
mation to be made by the crier's voice the other. And in this manner he made
Let neither man nor woman offer any for all the boards of the tabernacle.
more for the work of the sanctuary. 23 Of which twenty were at the south
And so they ceased from offering gifts, side southward,
7 Because the things that were offered 24 With forty sockets of silver, two
did suffice, and were too much. sockets were put under one board on
8 And all the men that were wise of the two sides of the corners, where the
heart, to accomplish the work of the tab- mortises of the sides end in the corners.
ernacle, made ten curtains of twisted 25 At that side also of the tabernacle,
fine linen, and violet, and purple, and that looketh toward the north, he made
scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, twenty boards.
and the art of embroidering 26 With forty sockets of silver, two
' 9 The length of one curtain was twenty- sockets for every board.
eight cubits, and the breadth four: all 27 But against the west, to wit, at that
the curtains were of the same size. side of the tabernacle, which looketh to
10 And he joined five curtains, one to the sea, he made six boards,
another, and the other five he coupled 28 And two others at each corner of
one to another. the tabernacle behind
11 He made also loops of violet in the 29 Which were also joined from beneath
edge of one curtain on both sides, and in unto the top, and went together into
the edge of the other curtain in like one joint. Thus he did on both sides at
manner, the corners
12 That the loops might meet one 30 So there were in all eight boards,
against another, and might be joined and they had sixteen sockets of silver,
^each with the other. to wit, two sockets under every board.
•
13 Whereupon also he cast fifty rings 31 He made also bars of setim wood,

g Supra 26- ], h 1 Par. 21. 29.

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The ark and the propitiatory EXODUS The candlestick

five to hold together the boards of one 8 One cherub in the top of one side,
'

side of the tabernacle, and the other cherub in the top of the
32 And five others to join together the other side: two cherubims at the two
boards of the other side: and besides ends of the propitiatory,
these, five other bars at the west side of 9 Spreading their wings, and covering
the tabernacle towards the sea. the propitiatory, and looking one to
33 He made also another bar, that wards th« other, and towards it.
might come by the midst of the boards 10 He made also the table of setim
from corner to corner. wood, in length two cubits, and in
34 And the board works themselves breadth one cubit, and in height it was
he overlaid with gold, casting for them a cubit and a half.
sockets of silver. And their rings he 11 And he overlaid it with the finest
made of gold, through which the bars gold, and he made to it a golden ledge
might be drawn: and he covered the round about.
bars themselves with plates of gold. 12 And to the ledge itself he made a
35 He made also a veil of violet, and polished crown of gold, of four fingers*
purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, breadth, and upon the same another
varied and distinguished with embroid- golden crown.
ery: 13 And he cast four rings of gold, which
36 And four pillars of setim wood, which he put in the four corners at each foot
with their heads he overlaid with gold, of the table,
casting for them sockets of silver. 14 Over against the crown: and he put
37 He made also a hanging in the entry the bare into them, that the table might
of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scar- be carried.
let, and fine twisted linen, with the work 15 And the bars also themselves he
of an embroiderer. made of setim wood, and overlaid them
38 And five pillars with their heads, with gold,
which he covered with gold, and their 16 And the vessels for the divers uses
sockets he cast of braas. of the table, dishes, bowls, and cups, and
censers of pure gold, wherein the liba-
CHAPTER 37. tions are to be ofiPered.
Beseleel maketh the ark : the propitiatory, and cher-
ubims, the table, the candlestick, the lamps, and 17 He made also the candlestick of
the altar of incense, and compoundeth the incense. beaten work of the finest gold. From
AND .
Beseleel made also the ark of the shaft whereof its branches, its cups,
setim wood: it was two cubits and and bowls, and lilies came out
a half in length, and a cubit and a half 18 Six on the two sides: three branches
in breadth, and the height was of one on one side, and three on the other.
cubit and a half : and he overlaid it with 19 Three cups in manner of a nut on
the purest gold within and without. each branch, and bowls withal and lilies
2 And he made to it a crown of gold and three cups of the fashion of a nut in
round about, another branch, and bowls withal and
3 Casting four rings of gold at the four lilies. The work of the six branches
corners thereof: two rings in one side, that went out from tho shaft of the can-
and two in the other. dlestick was equal.
4 And he made bars of setim wood, 20 And in the shaft itself were four
which he overlaid with gold, cups after the manner of a nut, and
6 And he put them into the rings that bowls withal at every one, and lilies :

were at the sides of the ark to carry it. 21 And bowls under two branches in
6 He made also the propitiatory, that three places, which together make six
Is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two branchea going out from «ne shaft.
cubits and a half in length, and a cubit 22 So both the bowls, and the branches
and a half in breadth. were of the same, all beaten work of
7 Two cherubims also of beaten gold, the purest gold.
prhich he set on the two sides of the pro- 23 He made also the seven lamps with
;)itiatory their snaffers, and the vessels where the

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The altar of holocaust EXODUS The court of the tahemacle

enuflangs were to be pat out, of the pur- side whereof were hangings of fine
est gold. twisted linen, of a hundred cubits,
24 The candlestick with all the vessels 10 Twenty pillars of brass with their
thereof weighed a talent of gold. sockets, the heads of the pillars, and the
26 He made also the altar of incense of whole graving of the work, of silver.
setim wood, being a cubit on every side 11 In like manner at the north side the
foursquare, and in height two cubits: hangings, the pillars, and the sockets
from the corners of which went out and heads of the pillars were of the
boms. same measure, and work and metal.
26 And heoverlaid it with the purest 12 But on that side that looketh to the
gold, with its grate and the sides, and west, there were hangings of fifty cubits,
the horns. ten pillars of brass with their sockets,
27 And he made to it a crown of gold and the heads of the pillars, and all the
round about, and two golden rings graving of the work, of silver.
under the crown at each side, that the 13 Moreover towards the east he pre-
bars might be put into them, and the pared hangings of fiffcy cubits
altar be carried. 14 Fifteen cubits of which were on one
28 And the bars themselves he made side with three pillars, and their sockets
also of setim wood, and overlaid them 15 And on the other side (for between
with plates of gold. the two he made the entry of the tab-
29 He compounded also the oil for the ernacle) there were hangings equally of
ointment of sanctification, and incense fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as
of the purest spices, according to the many sockets.
work of a perfumer. 16 All the hangings of the court were
woven with twisted linen.
CHAPTER 38. 17 The sockets of the pillars were of
He maketh the altar of holocaust. The brazen brass, and their heads with all their
laver.The court with its pillars and hangings. gravings of silver : and he overlaid the
The sum of what the people offered. pillars of the court also with silver.

HE made «^also the altar *of holo-

caust of setim wood, five cubits
square, and three in height
2 The horns whereof went out from the
corners, and be overlaid it with plates of
brass.
3 And for the uses thereof, he prepared
divers vessels of brass, cauldrons, tongs,
fleshhooks, pothooks, and firepans.
4 And he made the grate thereof of
brass, in manner of a net, and under it
in the midst of the altar a hearth,
5 Casting four rings at the four ends
of the net at the top, to put in bars to
carry it.
6 And he made the bars of setim wood,
and overlaid them with plates of brass
7 And he drew them through the rings
that stood out in the sides of the altar.
'And the altar itself was not solid, but
hollow, of boards, and empty within.
8 He made also the laver of brass, with
the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the
women that watched at the door of the
tabernacle.
9 He made also the court, in the south and fine linen.
18 And he made in the entry thereof
an embroidered hanging of violet, pur-
ple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, that
was twenty cubits long, and five cubits
high according to the measure of all the
hangings of the court.
19 And the pillars in the entry were
four with sockets of brass, and their
heads and gravings of silver.
20 The pins also of the tabernacle and of
the court round about he made of brass.
21 These are the instruments of the
tabernacle of the testimony, which were
counted according to the commandment
of Moses, in the ceremonies of the Le-
vites, by the hand of Ithamar son of
: Aaron the priest
22 Which Beseleel the son of Uri the
son of Hur of the tribe of Juda had
made as the Lord commanded by Moses,
23 Having for his companion Ooliab
the son of Achisamech of the tribe of
Dan : who also was an excellent artificer
in wood, and worker in tapestry and
embroidery in violet, purple, scarlet,^

3 B. C. 1444. — Ic2 Par. 1. 5. I Oupra 27. 8.

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The amount of the offerings EXODUS Vesture of Aaron and his sons

24 All the gold that was spent in the faeti set and closed in gold, and graven
work of the sanctuary, and that was by the art of a lapidary, with the namec
offered in gifts was nine and twenty of the children of Israel
talents, and seven hundred and thirty 7 And he set them in the sides of the
sides according to the standard of the ephod for a memorial of the children
sanctuary. of Israel, as the Lord had commanded
25 And it was offered by them that Moses.
went to be numbered, from twenty years 8 He made also a rational with embroid-
old and upwards, of six hundred and ered work, according to the work of
three thousand five hundred and fifty the ephod, of gold, violet, purple, and
men able to bear arms. scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted
26 There were moreover a hundred tal- linen,
ents of silver, whereof were cast the 9 Foursquare, double, ol the measure of
sockets of the sanctuary, and of the a span.
entry where the veil hangeth. 10 And he set four rows of precious
27 A hundred sockets were made of a stones in it. In the first row was a
hundred talents, one talent being reck- sardius, a topaz, an emerald.
oned for every socket. 11 In the second, a carbuncle, a sapphire,
28 And of the thousand seven hundred and a jasper.
and seventy- five he made the heads of 12 In the third, a ligurius, an agate, and
the pillars, which also he overlaid with an amethyst.
silver. 13 In the fourth, a chrysolite, an onyx,
29 And there were offered of brass and a beryl, set and enclosed in gold by
also seventy-two thousand talents, and their rows.
four hundred sides besides. 14 And the twelve stones were engraved
30 Of which were cast the sockets in with the names of the twelve tribes of
the entry of the tabernacle of the testi- Israel, each one with its several name.
mony, and the altar of brass with the 15 They made also in the rational little
grate thereof, and all the vessels that chains lirked one to another of the
belong to the use thereof. purest gold,
31 And the sockets of the court as well 16 And two hooks, and as many rings of
'ound about as in the entry thereof, and gold. And they set the rings on either
the pins of the tabernacle and of the side of the rational,
court round about. 17 On which rings the two golden chains
should hang, which they put into the
CHAPTER 39. hooks that stood out in the corners of
All the ornaments of Aaron and his sons are
made. And the whole work of the tabernacle is the ephod.
finished. 18 These both before and behind so an-
A ND he made, ^ of violet and purple, swered one another, that the ephod and
XX scarlet and fine linen, the vest- the rational were bound together,
ments for Aaron to wear when he min- 19 Being fastened to the girdle and
istered in the holy places, as the Lord strongly coupled with rings, which a
commanded MoseSe violet fillet joined, lest they should flag
2 So he made an ephod of gold, violet, loose, and be moved one from the other,
and purple, a^i scarlet twice dyed, and as the Lord commanded Moses.
fine twisted linen. 20 They made also the tunick of the
3 With embroidered work : and he cut ephod all of violet,
thin plates of gold, and drew them small 21 And a hole for the head in the upper
into threads, that they might be twisted part at the middle, and a woven border
with the woof of the aforesaid colours, round about the hole
4 And two borders coupled one to the 22 And beneath at the feet pomegran-
other in the top on either side, ates of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine
5 And a girdle of the same colours, as twisted linen
the Lord had commanded Moses. 23 And little bells of the purest gold,
6 He prepared also two onyx stones, which they put between the pomegran-

m Supra 28. 6.
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The work completed EXODUS The tabernacle to be set up

ates at the bottom of the tunick round to wit, Aaron and his sona, used in the
about sanctuary,
24 To wit, a bell of gold, and a pome- 42 The children of Israel offered as the
granate, wherewith the high priest went Lord had commanded.
adorned, when he discharged his minis- 43 And when Moses saw all things
try, as the Lord had commanded Moses. finished, he blessed them.
25 They made also fine linen tunicks CHAPTER 40.
with woven work for Aaron and his The tabernacle is commanded to be set up and
sons: anointed. Godfilleth it with his majesty,
26 And mitres with their little crowns ND the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
of fine linen ing: A^
27 And Unen breeches of fine linen 2 The first month, the first day of the
28 And a girdle of fine twisted linen, month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle
violet, purple, and scarlet twice dyed, of of the testimony,
embroidery work, as the Lord had com- 3 And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt
manded Moses. let down the veil before it
29 They made also the plate of sacred 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and
veneration of the purest gold, and they set upon it the things that are command-
wrote on it with the engraving of a lapi- ed according to the rite. The candle-
dary, The Holy of the Lord stick shall stand with its lamps,
30 And they fastened it to the mitre 6 And the altar of gold whereon the
with a violet fillet, as the Lord had com- incense is burnt, before the ark of the
manded Moses. testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging
31 So all the work of the tabernacle and in the entry of the tabernacle,
of the roof of the testimony was finished: 6 And before it the altar of holocaust
and the children of Israel did all things 7 The laver between the altar and the
which the Lord had commanded Moses. tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with
32 And they offered the tabernacle and water.
the roof and the whole furniture, the 8 And thou shalt encompass the court
rings, the boards, the bars, the pillars, with hangings, and the entry thereof.
and their sockets, 9 And thou shalt take the oil of unction
33 The cover of rams' skins dyed red, and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels,
and the other cover of violet skins, that they may be sanctified
34 The veil, the ark, the bars, the pro- 10 The altar of holocaust and all its
pitiatory, vessels
•
35 The table, with the vessels thereof, 11 The laver with its foot: thou shalt
and the loaves of proposition* consecrate all with the oil of unction,
36 The candlestick, the lamps, and the that they may be most holy.
furniture of them with the oil 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his
37 The altar of gold, and the ointment, sons to the door of the tabernacle of the
and the incense of spices testimony, and having washed them with
38 And the hanging in the entry of the water,
tabernacle 13 ^Thou shalt put on them the holy
39 The altar of brass, the grate, the vestments, that they may minister to
bars, and all the vessels thereof: the me, and that the unction of them may
laver with the foot thereof the hang- prosper to an everlasting priesthood.
:

ings of the court, and the pillars with 14 And Moses did all that the Lord had
their sockets commanded.
40 The hanging in the entry of the 15 So in the first month of the second
court, and the little cords, and the pins year, the first day of the month, the
thereof. Nothing was wanting of the tabernacle was set up.
vessels, that were commanded to be 16 P And Moses reared it up, and placed
made for the ministry of the tabernacle, the boards and the sockets and the bars,
and for the roof of the covenant. and set up the pillars,
41 The vestments also, which the priests, 17 And spread the roof over the taber-

n bupra 2& 36 ; Lev. «. 2. j> JMuiu. 2^JL

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All things are set in place LEVITICUS The cloud covers the tabernacle
nacle, putting over it a cover, as the caust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the
Lord had commanded. Lord had commanded.
18 And he put the testimony in the ark, 28 And he set the laver between the
thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle tabernacle of the testimony and the altar,
above. filling it with water.
19 And when he had brought the ark 29 And Moses and Aaron, and his sons
into the tabernacle, he drew the veil be- washed their hands and feet,
fore it to fulfil the commandment of the 30 When they went into the tabernacle
Lord. of the covenant, and went to the altar,
20 And he set the table in the taber- as the Lord had commanded Moses.
nacle of the testintony at the north side 31 He set up also the court round about
without the veil, the tabernacle and the altar, drawing
21 Setting there in order the loaves of the hanging in the entry thereof. After
proposition, as the Lord had commanded all things were perfected,
Moses. 32 5 The cloud covered the tabernacle
22 He set the candlestick also in the of the testimony, and the glory of the
tabernacle of the testimony over against Lord filled it.
the table on the south side, 33 Neither could Moses go into the
23 Placing the lamps in order, accord- tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud
ing to the precept of the Lord. covering all things and the majesty of
24 He set also the altar of gold under the Lord shining, for the cloud had cov-
the roof of the testimony over against ered all.
the veil, 34 If at any time the cloud removed
26 And burnt upon it the incense of from the tabernacle, the children of
spices, as the Lord had commanded Israel went forward by their troops
Moses. 36 If it hung over, they remained in the
26 And he put also the hanging in the same place.
entry of the tabernacle of the testi- 36 For the cloud of the Lord hung
mony, over the tabernacle by day, and a fire by
27 And the altar of holocaust of tke night, in the sight of all the children of
entry of the testimony, offering the holo- Israel throughout all their mansions.

THE
BOOK OF LEVITICUS.
This Book is calledLEYiTicvs, because it treats of the Offices, Ministries, Rites and Ceremoniet
of the Priests and Levites. The Hebrews call it Vaicra, from the word with which it begins.

CHAPTER 1. thou shalt say to them: The man among

Of holocausts or burnt offerings, you that shall offer to the Lord a sacri-
A ND the Lord called Moses, and
spoke fice of the cattle, that is, offering victims
jLX to him from the tabernacle of the of oxen and sheep,
^*
testimony, saying : * If his offering be a holocaust, and
3 of
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and the herd, he shall offer a male without

q Num. 9. 15 ; 3 Kings 8. 10. r B. C. 1445. — a Ex. 29. 10.

Chap, l. Ver. 3. A holocaust, that is, a whole graces. So that sacrifices were then offered to God
burnt offering {olokauston), so called, because the for four different ends or intentions, answerable to
whole victim was consumed with fire and given in ; the different obligations which man has to God l. :

such manner to God as wholly to evaporate, as it By way of adoration, homage, praise and glory due
were, for his honour and glory : without having any to his divine majesty. 2. By way of thanksgiving for
part of it reserved for the use of man. The other all benefits received from him. 3. By way of confess-
sacrifices of the Old Testament were either offerings ing and craving pardon for sins. 4. By way of prayer
for sin, or peace offerings : and these latter again and petition for grace and relief in all necessities.
were
.. w,j either y^uv/xx^u
w.vuwA offered Au thanksgiving lui
in i,i>,u,n,iM>yivtny for blessings
uicaaiuga In the
xu New Law
tuc x^cw LiHYf we uave
have but
oui. one sacrifice, viz., that
sacrince, VIZ., luai
received! or by way of jtnt^t&r tor new favours or I of tbe body and blood of Clirist ; but this one sacrt
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The holocaust or burnt offering LEVITICUS Offerings of flour

i)lemish, at thedoor of the testimony, to 17 And he dhall break tnc pinions there-
make the Lord favourable to him: of, and shall not cut, nor divide it with a
4 And he shall put his hand upon the knife, and shall burn it upon the altar,
head of the victim, and it shall be ac- putting fire under the wood. It is a
ceptable, and help to its expiation. holocaust and oblation of most sweet
6 And he shall immolate the calf before savour to the Lord.
the Lord, and the priests the sons of CHAPTER 2.
Aaron shall ofifer the blood thereof, pour- Of offerings ofji our, and Jirstfruits.
ing it round about the altar, which is
before the door of the tabernacle.
WHEN
any one shall offer an oblation
of sacrifice to the Lord, his offering
6 And when they have flayed the victim, shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour
they shall cut the joints into pieces, oil upon it, and put frankincense,
7 And shall put fire on the altar, having 2 And shall bring it to the sons of Aaron
before laid in order a pile of wood: the priests : and one of them shall take
8 And they shall lay the parts that are a handful of the flour and oil, and all the
cut out in order thereupon, to wit, the frankincense, and shall put it a memorial
head, and all things that cleave to the liver, upon the altar for a most sweet savour
9 The entrails and feet being washed to the Lord.
with water : and the priest shall burn 3 " And the remnant of the sacrifice
them upon the altar for a holocaust, and shall be Aaron's, and his sons', holy of
a sweet savour to the Lord. hoUes of the offerings of the Lord.
10 And if the offering be of the flocks, 4 But when thou offerest a sacrifice
a holocaust of sheep or of goats, he shall baked in the oven of flour, to wit, loaves
offer a male without blemish : without leaven, tempered with oil, and
11 And he shall immolate it at the side unleavened wafers, anointed with oil
of the altar that looketh to the north, 5 If thy oblation be from the fryingpan,
before the Lord but the sons of Aaron of flour tempered with oil, and without
:

shall pour the blood thereof upon the leaven,

altar round about 6 Thou shalt divide it into little pieces,
12 And they shall divide the joints, the and shalt pour oil upon it.
head, and all that cleave to the Hver 7 And if the sacrifice be from the grid-
and shall lay them upon the wood, under iron, in like manner the flour shall be
^hich the fire is to be put tempered with oil
13 But the entrails and the feet they 8 And when thou offerest it to the Lord,
shall wash with water. And the priest thou shalt deliver it to the hands of the
shall offer it all and burn it all upon the priest.
altar for a holocaust, and most sweet 9 And when he hath offered it, he shall
savour to the Lord. take a memorial out of the sacrifice, and
14 But if the oblation of a holocaust to burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour
the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of to the Lord.
young pigeons, 10 And whatsoever is left, shall be
15 The priest shall offer it at the altar Aaron's, and his sons', holy of hohes of
:

and twisting back the neck, and breaking the offerings of the Lord.
the place of the wound, he shall make 11 Every oblation that is offered to the
the blood run down upon the brim of the Lord shall be made without leaven,
altar. neither shall any leaven or honey be
16 But the crop of the throat, and the burnt in the sacrifice to the Lord.
feathers he shall cast beside the altar at 12 You shall offer only the firstfruits of
the east side, in the place where the them and gifts but they shall not be put:

ashes are wont to be poured out, upon the altar, for a savour of sweetness.
u Eccli. 7. 34.

Bee oi the New Testament perfectly answers all Ver. 11. Without 1eaven,or honey. No Zeavcn nor
these four ends and both priest and people, as often
; honey was to be used in the sacrifice offered to God
as it is celebrated, ought to join in offering it up for to signify that we are to exclude from the pure wor-
these four ends. ship of the gospel, all double dealing and affectiOD
Chap. 2. Ver. 3. Holy of holies, that is, most to caroal pleasures.
holy, as being dedicated to God, and set aside by his
ordinance tor the use of his priests.
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Peace offerings LEVITICUS Peace offerings

13 Wiiatsoever sacrifice thou offerest, of his victim ! and it shall be slain in the
*'
thou shalt season it with salt, neither entry of the tabernacle of the testimony:
shalt thou take away the salt of the and the sons of Aaron shall pour the
covenant of thy God from thy sacrifice. blood thereof round about upon the
In all thy oblations thou shalt offer salt. altar.
14 But if thou offer a gift of the first- 9 And they shall offer of the victim of
fruits of thy com to the Lord, of the ears peace offerings a sacrifice to the Lord:
yet green, thou shalt dry it at the fire, and the fat and the whole rump,
break it small like meal, and so shalt thou 10 With the kidneys, and the fat that
offer thy firstfruits to the Lord, covereth the belly and all the vitals and
15 Pouring oil upon it and putting on both the little kidneys, with the fat that
frankincense, because it is the oblation is about the flanks, and the caul of th©
of the Lord. liver with the little kidneys.
16 Whereof the priest shall burn for a 11 And the priest shall burn them upon
memorial of the gift, part of the corn the altar, for the food of the fire, and of
broken small and of the oil, and all the the oblation of the Lord.
frankincense. 12 If his offering be a goat, and he offer
CHAPTER 3. itto the Lord,
Of peace offerings, 13 He shall put his hand upon the head
AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of thereof and shall immolate it in the en-
:

J\. peace offerings, and he will offer of
the herd, whether male or female, he
shall offer them without blemish before
the Lord.
2 And he shall lay his hand upon the
head of his victim, which shall be slain in
the entry of the tabernacle of the testi-
mony, and the sons of Aaron the priests
shall pour the blood round about upon
the altar.
3 And they shall offer of the sacrifice
of peace offerings, for an oblation to the
Lord, ^ the fat that covereth the entrails,
and all the fat that is within.
4 The two kidneys with the fat where-
with tne flanks are covered, and the caul
of the liver with the two little kidneys.
try of the tabernacle of the testimony.
And the sons of Aaron shall pom* the
blood thereof round about upon the altar.
14 And they shall take of it for the food
of the Lord's fire, the fat that covereth
the belly, and that covereth all the vital
parts
15 The two little kidneys with the caul
that is upon them which is by the flanks,
and the fat of the liver with the little
kidneys
16 And the priest shall bum them upon
the altar, for the food of the fire, and of
a most sweet savour. All the fat shall
be the Lord's.
17 By a perpetual law for your genera-
tions, and in all your habitations neither :

5 And they shall burn them upon the blood nor fat shall you eat at alL
altar, for a holocaust, putting fire under CHAPTER 4.
the wood for an oblation of most sweet
: Cf offerings for sins of ignorance.
savour to the Lord.
6 But if his oblation and the sacrifice
AND -
the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
ing:
of peace offering be of the flock, whether 2 Say to the children of Israel : The soul
he offer male or female, they shall be that sinneth through ignorance, and doth
without blemish. any thing concerning any of the com-
7 If he offer a lamb before the Lord, mandments of the Lord, which he com-
8 He shall put his hand upon the head manded not to be done
V Mark 9. 48. X Ex. 29. 13.

Ver. 13. Salt. In every sacrifice salt was to be
used, which is an emblem of tvisdom and discretion,
without which none of our performances are agree-
able to God.
Chap. 3. Ver. 1. Peace offerings. Peace, in the
scripture language, signifies happiness, welfare or
prosperity ; in a word, all kind of blessings, — Such
sacrifices, therefore, as were offered either on occa-
sion of blessings received, or to obtain new favours,
the altar of God; other parts were eaten by the
priests and by the persons for whom the sacrifice
was offered.
Ver. 17. Fat. It is meant of the fat, which by the
prescription of the law was to be offered on God's
altar ; not of the fat of meat, such as we commonly
eat.
Chap. 4. Ver. 2. Ignorance. To be ignorant ol
what we are bound to know is sinful and for such ;

were called pacific or peace offerings. In these, culpable ignorance, these sacrifices, prescribed io
soma part of the vletliu was consumed witb fiLre on this and tbe following chapter, were appointed.
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Sin offerings LEVITICUS Sin offerings

3 If the priest that is anointed shall sin, 16 The priest that is anointed shall
making the people to offend, he shall carry of the blood into the tabernacle of
offer to the Lord for his sin a calf with- the testimony.
out blemish. 17 And shall dip his finger in it .nd
4 And he shall bring it to the door of sprinkle it seven times before the veil.
the testimony before the Loid, and shall 18 And he shall put of the same blood
put his hand upon the head thereof, and on the horns of the altar that is before
shall sacrifice it to the Lord. the Lord, in the tabernacle of the testi-
6 He shall take also of the blood of the mony and the rest of the blood he shall
:

calf, and carry it into the tabernacle of
the testimony.
6 And having dipped his finger in the
blood, he shall sprinkle with it seven
times before the Lord, before the veil of
the sanctuary.
7 And he shall put some of the same
pour at the foot of the altar of holocaust,
which is at the door of the tabernacle of
the testimony.
19 And all the fat thereof he shall take
off, and shall burn it upon the altar
20 Doing so with this calf, as he did
also with that before and the priest
:

blood upon the horns of the altar of the praying for them, the Lord will be mer-
sweet incense most acceptable to the ciful unto them.
Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the 21 But the calf itself he shall carry
testimony. And he shall pour all the forth without the camp, and shall burn
rest of the blood at the foot of the altar it as he did the former calf: because it is
of holocaust in the entry of the taber- for the sin of the multitude.
nacle. 22 If a prince shall sin, and through
8 And he shall take
off the fat of the ignorance do any one of the things that
calf forthe sin offering, as well that the law of the Lord forbiddeth,
which covereth the entrails, as all the 23 And afterwards shall come to know
inwards his sin, he shall offer a buck goat with-
9 The two little kidneys, and the caul out blemish, a sacrifice to the Lord.
that is upon them, which is by the flanks, 24 And he shall put his hand upon
and the fat of the liver with the little the head thereof: and when he hath
kidneys, immolated it in the place where the holo-
10 As it is taken off from the calf of the caust is wont to be slain before the Lord,
sacrifice of peace offerings, and he shall because it is for sin,
burn them upon the altar of holocaust. 25 The priest shall dip his finger in the
11 But the skin and all the flesh with blood of the victim for sin, touching
the head and the feet and the bowels and therewith the horns of the altar of holo-
the dung, caust, and pouring out the rest at the
12 And the rest of the body he shall foot thereof.
carry forth without the camp into a clean 26 But the fat he shall burn upon it,
place where the ashes are wont to be as is wont to be done with the victims
poured out, and he shall burn them upon of peace offerings and the priest shall :

a pile of wood, they shall be burnt in the pray for him, and for his sin, and it
place where the ashes are poured out. shall be forgiven him.
13 And if all the multitude of Israel 27 And if any one of the people of the
shall be ignorant, and through ignorance land shall sin through ignorance, doing
shall do that which is against the com- any of those things that by the law of
mandment of the Lord, the Lord are forbidden, and offending,
14 And afterwards shall understand 28 And shall come to know his sin, he
their sin, they shall offer for their sin a shall offer a she goat without blemish.
calf, and shall bring it to the door of the 29 And he shall put his hand upon the
labernacle. head of the victim that is for sin, and
15 And the ancients of the people shall shall immolate it in the place of the holo-
put their hands upon the head thereof caust.
before the Lord. And the calf being im- 30 And the priest shall take of the
molated in the sight of the Lord, blood with his finger, and shall touch the
Ver. 0. The blood. As the figure of the blood of Christ shed for the remission of our sius»and carried
by him into the sanctuary of heaven.
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Other sacrifices for sins LEVITICUS Other sacrifices for sins

horns of the altar of holocaust, and shall 7 But if he be not able to offer a beact,
pour out the rest at the foot thereof. let him offer two turtles, " or two younnj
31 But taking off all the fat, as is wont pigeons to the Lord, one for sin, and the
to be taken away of the victims of peace other for a holocaust,
offerings, he shall burn it upon the altar, 8 And he shall give them to the priest:
for a sweet savour to the Lord and he
: who shall offer the first for sin, and twist
shall pray for him, and it shall be for- back the head of it to the little pinions,
given him. so that it stick to the neck, and be not
32 But if he offer of the flock a victim altogether broken off.
for his sin, to wit, an ewe without blem- 9 And of its blood he shall sprinkle the
ish: side of the altar, and whatsoever is left,
33 He shall put his hand upon the head he shall let it drop at the bottom there-
thereof, and shall immolate it in the of, because it is for sin.
place where the victims of holocausts are 10 And the other he shall burn for a
wont to be slain. holocaust, as is wont to be done and:

34 And the priest shall take of the the priest shall pray for him, and for his
blood thereof with his finger, and shall sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
touch the horns of the altar of holocaust, 11 And if his hand be not able to offer
and the rest he shall pour out at the foot two turtles, or two young pigeons, he
thereof. shall offer for his sin the tenth part of
35 All the fat also he shall take off, as an ephi of flour. He shall not put oil
the fat of the ram that is offered for upon it, nor put any frankincense there-
peace offerings is wont to be taken away on, because it is for sin
and shall burn it upon the altar, for a 12 And he shall deliver it to the priest
burnt sacrifice of the Lord and he shall who shall take a handful thereof, and
:

pray for him and for his sin, and it shall shall burn it upon the altar for a memo-
be forgiven him. rial of him that offered it
CHAPTER 5. 13 Praying for him and making atone-
Of other sacrifices for sins. ment : but the part that is left, he him-
any one sin, and hear the voice of self shall have for a gift.
IF one swearing, and is a witness either 14 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
because he himself hath seen, or is privy 15 If any one shall sin through mistake,
to it : if he do not utter it, he shall bear transgressing the ceremonies in those
his iniquity. things that are sacrificed to the Lord, he
2 Whosoever toucheth any unclean shall offer for his offence a ram without
thing, either that which hath been killed blemish out of the flocks, that may be
by a beast, or died of itself, or any other bought for two sides, according to the
creeping thing: and forgetteth his un- weight of the sanctuary
deanness, he is guilty, and hath offended 16 And he shall make good the damage
3 And if he touch any thing of the un- itself which he hath done, and shall add
cleanness of man, according to any un- the fifth part besides, delivering it to the
cleanness wherewith he is yont to be priest, who shall pray for him, offering
defiled, and having forgotten it, come the ram, and it shall be forgiven him.
afterwards to know it, he shall be guilty 17 If any one sin through ignorance,
of an offence. and do one of those things which by the
4 The person that sweareth, and utter- law of the Lord are forbidden, and being
eth with his lips, that he would do either guilty of sin, understand his iniquity,
evil or good, and bindeth the same with 18 He shall offer of the flocks a ram
an oath, and his word, and having for- without blemish to the priest, according
g":)tten it afterwards understandeth his to the measure and estimation of the
offence, sin : and the priest shall pray for him,
5 Let him do penance for his sin, because he did it ignorantly and it
:

6 And offer of the flocks an ewe lamb, shall be forgiven him,

or a she goat, and the priest shall pray 19 Because by mistake he trespassed
for him and for his sin against the Lord.

a Infra 12. 8 Luke 2. 24.

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The law of holocaust LEVITICUS The sacrifices of the priest

CHAPTER 6. 14 This is the law of the sacrifice and
Oblation for sins of injustice: ordinances concern- libations, which the children of Aaron
ing the holocausts and the perpetual fire: the shall offer before the Lord, and before
sacrifices of the priests, and the sin offerings.
the altar.
THE Lord spoke to Moses, saying;
2 Whosoever shall sin, and de-
15 The priest shall take a handful of
the flour that is tempered with oil, and
spising the Lord, shall deny to his neigh- all the frankincense that is put upon the
bour the thing delivered to his keeping, flour: and he shall burn it on the altar
which was committed to his trust; or for a memorial of most sweet odour to
shall by force extort any thing, or com- the Lordt
mit oppression;
16 And the part of the flour that is left,
3 Or shall find a thing lost, and deny- Aaron and his sons shall eat, without
ing it, shall also swear falsely, or shall leaven: and he shall eat it in the holy
do any other of the many things, where- place of the court of the tabernacle.
in men are wont to sin
17 And therefore it shall not be leav-
4 Being convicted of the offence, he ened, because part thereof is offered for
shall restore the burnt sacrifice of the Lord. It shall
5 All that he would have gotten by be most holy, as that which is offered
fraud, in the principal, « and the fifth for sin and for trespass.
part besides to the owner, whom he 18 The males only of the race of Aaron
wronged. shall eat it. It shall be an ordinance
6 Moreover for his sin he shall offer a everlasting in your generations concern-
ram without blemish out of the flock, ing the sacrifices of the Lord: Every
and shall give it to the priest, according one that toucheth them shall be sancti-
to the estimation and measure of the fied.
offence 19 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
7 And he shall pray for him before the ing:
Lord, and he shall have forgiveness for 20 This is the oblation of Aaron, and of
every thing in doing of which he hath his sons, which they must offer to the
sinned. Lord, in the day of their anointing:
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: They shall offer the tenth part of an
ephi of flour for a perpetual sacrifice,
9 Command Aaron and his sons: This
half of it in the morning, and half of it
is the law of a holocaust: It shall be
in the evening:
burnt upon the altar, all night until
morning: the fire shall be of the same 21 It shall be tempered with oil, and
altar. shall be fried in a fryingpan.
10 The priest shall be vested with the 22 And the priest that rightfully suc-
tunick and the linen breeches, and he
-
ceedeth his father, shall offer it hot, for
shall take up the ashes of that which the
a most sweet odour to the Lord, and it
devouring fire hath burnt, and putting shall be wholly burnt on the altar.
them beside the altar. 23 For every sacrifice of the priest shall
11 Shall put off his former vestments, be consumed with fire, neither shall any
and being clothed with others, shall man eat thereof.
carry them forth without the camp, and 24 And the Lord spoke to Moses saying
shall cause them to be consumed to dust 25 Say to Aaron and his sons: This is
in a very clean place, the law of the victim for sin: in the
12 And the fire on the altar shall always place where the holocaust is offered, it
bum, and the priest shall feed it, putting shall be immolated before the Lord. It
wood on it every day in the morning, is holy of holies.
and laying on the holocaust, shall burn 26 The priest that offereth it, shall eat
thereupon the fat of the peace offerings. it in a holy place, in the court of the
13 This is the perpetual fire which shall tabernacle.
never go out on the altar. 27 whatsoever shall touch the flesh .

c Num. 5. 7.

Chap. 6. Ver. 13. The perpetual fire. This fire the heavenly fire of divine love, which ought to be
came from heaven, (infra chap. 9. 24.) and was always burning in the heart of a Christian,
always kept burning on the altar, as a figure of [

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The sacrifice for tresspass LEVITICUS No fat or blood to be eaten

thereof, shall be aanctified. If a gar- anointed with oil, and fine flour fried, and
ment be sprinkled with the blood there- cakes tempered and mingled with oil
of, it shall be washed in a holy place. 13 Moreover loaves of leavened bread
28 And the earthen vessel, wherein it with the sacrifice of thanks, which is
was sodden, shall be broken, but if the offered for peace offerings
vessel be of brass, it shall be scoured, and 14 Of which one shall be offered to the
washed with water. Lord for firstfruits, and shall be the
29 Every male of the priestly race shall priest's that shall pour out the blood of
eat of the flesh thereof, because it is holy the victim.
of holies. 15 And the flesh of it shall be eaten the
^ same day,
30 For the victim that is slain for sin, neither shall any of it remain
the blood of which is carried into the until the morning.
tabernacle of the testimony to make 16 If any man by vow, or of his own
atonement in the sanctuary, shall not be accord offer a sacrifice, it shall in like
eaten, but shall be burnt with fire. manner be eaten the same day and if :

CHAPTER 7. any of it remain until the morrow, it is

O/ sacrifices for trespasses and thanks offerings. lawful to eat it
No fat nor blood is to he eaten, 17 But whatsoever shall be found on
THIS also is the law of the sacrifice the third day shall be consumed with
for a trespass, it is most holy fire.
2 Therefore where the holocaust is im- 18 If any man eat of the flesh of the
molated, the victim also for a trespass victim of peace offerings on the third
shall be slain : the blood thereof shall be day, the oblation shall be of no effect,
poured round about the altar. neither shall it profit the offerer yea :

3 They shall offer thereof the rump and rather whatsoever soul shall defile itself
the fat that covereth the entrails with such meat, shall be guilty of trans-
4 The two little kidneys, and the fat gression.
which is by the flanks, and the caul of 19 The flesh that hath touched any un-
the liver with the little kidneys. clean thing, shall not be eaten, but shall
5 And the priest shall b^irn them upon be burnt with fire: he that is clean shall
the altar : it is the burnt sacrifice of the eat of it.
Lord for a trespasSo 20 If any one that is defiled shall eat of
6 Every male of the priestly race, shall the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offer-
eat this flesh in a holy place, because it ings, which is offered to the Lord, he
is most holy. shall be cut off from his people.
7 As the sacrifice for sin is offered, so is 21 And he that hath touched the un-
also that for a trespass : the same shall cleanness of man, or of beast, or of any
be the law of both these sacrifices: it thing that can defile, and shall eat of
shall belong to the priest that offereth it. such kind of flesh, shall be cut off from
8 The priest that offereth the victim of his people.
holocaust, shall have the skin thereof. 22 And the Lord spoke to Mosen, saying:
9 And every sacrifice of flour that is 23 Say to the children of Israeli The fat
baked in the oven, and whatsoever is of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat
dressed on the gridiron, or in the frying- you shall not eat.
pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it 24 The fat of a carcass that hath died
10 Whether they be tempered with oil, of itself, and of a beast that was caught
or dry, all the sons of Aaron shall have by another beast, you shall have for
one as much as another. divers uses.
11 This is the law of the sacrifice of 25 If any man eat the fat that should be
peace offerings that is offered to the offered for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord,
Lord. he shall perish out of his people.
12 If the oblation be for thanksgiving, 26 Moreover you shall not eat the blood
they shall offer loaves without leaven of any creature whatsoever, whether of
tempered with oil, and unleavened wafers birds or beasts.
-,'
Supra 4 5; Heb. 13.11.

Chap. 7. Vei. 1. Trespass. Trespasses, for offences than tliose tor v/hioU tiie sin ofieiiugs were
wtiicli these ofl^eriueK /ere to be made, were iesser appointecL
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The priest's portion LEVITICUS Aaron and his sons consecrated

27 Every one that eateth blood, shall 3 And thou shalt gather together all
perish from among the people. the congregation to the door of the tab-
28 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying ernacle.
29 Speak to the children of Israel, say- 4 And Moses did as the Lord had com-
ing He that offereth a victim of peace
: manded. And all the multitude being
offerings to the Lord, let him offer gathered together before the door of
therewith a sacrifice also, that is, the the tabernacle,
libations thereof. 5 He said: This is the word that the
30 He shall hold in his hands the fat of Lord hath commanded to be done.
the victim, and the breast and when he
: 6 And immediately he offered Aaron
hath offered and consecrated both to the and his sons and when he had washed
:

Lord, he shall deliver them to the priest, them,

31 Who shall burn the fat upon the 7 He vested the high priest with the
altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and strait linen garment, girding him with
his sons'. the girdle, and putting on him the violet
32 The right shoulder also of the vic- tunick, and over it he put the ephod,
tims of peace offerings shall fall to the 8 And binding it with the girdle, he
priest for firstfruits. fitted it to the rational, on which was
33 He among the sons of Aaron, that Doctrine and Truth.
offereth the blood, and the fat, he shall 9 He put also the mitre upon his head
have the right shoulder also for his por- and upon the mitre over the forehead,
tion. he put the plate of gold, consecrated
34 For the breast that is elevated and with sanctification, as the Lord had com-
the shoulder that is separated I have manded him.
taken of the children of Israel, from off 10 He took also the oil of unction,
their victims of peace offerings, and with which he anointed the tabernacle,
have given them to Aaron the priest, with all the furniture thereof.
and to his sons, by a law for ever, from 11 And when he had sanctified and
all the people of Israel. sprinkled the altar seven times, he an-
35 This is the anointing of Aaron and ointed it, and all the vessels thereof,
his sons, in the ceremonies of the Lord, and the laver with the foot thereof, he
in the day when Moses offered them, sanctified with the oil.
that they might do the office of priest- 12 '^And he poured it upon Aaron's
hood, head, and he anointed and consecrated
36 And the things that the Lord com- him:
manded to be given them by the children 13 And after he had offered his sons,
of Israel, by a perpetual observance in he vested them with linen tunicks, and
their generations. girded them with girdles, and put mitres
37 This is the law of holocaust, and of on them as the Lord had commanded.
the sacrifice for sin, and for trespass, and 14 He offered also the calf for sin: and
for consecration, and the victims of when Aaron and his sons had put their
peace offerings hands upon the head thereof,
38 Which the Lord appointed to Moses 15 He immolated it: and took the
in mount Sinai, when he commanded blood, and dipping his finger in it, he
the children of Israel, that they should touched the horns of the altar round
offer their oblations to the Lord in the about. Which being expiated, and sanc-
desert of Sinai. tified, he poured the rest of the blood
CHAPTER 8. at the bottom thereof.
Moses consecrnteth Aaron and his sons. 16 But the fat that was upon the en-
AND the Lord spoke to Moses, say- trails, and the caul of the liver, and the
J\ ing: two little kidneys, with their fat, he
2 ^Take Aaron with his sons, their burnt upon the altar
vestments, and the oil of unction, a calf 17 And the calf with the skin, and the
for sin, two rams, a basket with unleav- flesh and the dung, he burnt without the
ened bread. camp, as the Lord had commanded.

g Ex. 29. 3&» and 40c 13. A EccU. 4& 18»

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 The sacrifices of the consecration LEVITICUS They remain in the tabernacle

18 He offered also a ram for a holo- blood that was upon the altar, he
caust: and when Aaron and his sons had sprinkled Aaron, and his vestments, and
put their hands upon its head, and their vestments with it.
his sons,
19 He immolated it, and poured the 31 And when he had sanctified them in
blood thereof round about upon the their vestments, he commanded them,
altar. saying: Boil the flesh before the door of
20 And cutting the ram into pieces, the tabernacle, and there eat it. Eat
the head thereof, and the joints, and ye also the loaves of consecration, that
the fat he burnt in the fire, are laid in the basket, as the Lord com-
21 Having first washed the entrails, and manded me, saying * Aaron and his son» :

the feet, and the whole ram together he shall eat them:
burnt upon the altar, because it was 32 And whatsoever shall be left of the
a holocaust of most sweet odour to the flesh and the loaves, shall be consumed
Lord, as he had commanded him. with fire.
22 He offered also the second ram, in 33 And you shall not go out of the door
the consecration of priests : and Aaron, of the tabernacle for seven days, until
and his sons put their hands upon the the day wherein the time of your conse-
head thereof: cration shall be expired. For in seven
23 And when Moses had immolated it, days the consecration is finished :

he took of the blood thereof, and touched 34 As at this present it hath been done,
the tip of Aaron's right ear, and the that the rite of the sacrifice might be
thumb of his right hand, and in like accomplished.
manner also the great toe of his right 35 Day and night shall you remain in
foot, the tabernacle observing the watches of
24 He offered also thie sons of Aaron: the Lord, lest you die for so it hath :

and when with the blood of the ram that been commanded me.
was immolated, he had touched the tip 36 And Aaron and his sons did all things
of the right ear of every one of them, which the Lord spoke by the hand of
and the thumbs of their right hands, and Moses.
the great toes of their right feet, the CHAPTER 9.
rest he poured on the altar round about: Aaron offereth sacrifice for himself and the people.
25 But the fat, and the rump, and all Fire cometh from, the Lord upon the altar.
the fat that covereth the entrails, and A ND
when the eighth day was come,
the caul of the liver, and the two kid- XX
Moses called Aaron and his sons,
neys with their fat, and with the right and the ancients of Israel, and said to
shoulder, he separated. Aaron ^ :

26 And taking out of the basket of un- 2 Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a
leavened bread, which was before the ram for a holocaust, both without blem-
Lord, a loaf without leaven, and a cake ish, and offer them before the Lord.
tempered with oil and a wafer, he put 3 And to the children of Israel thou
them, upon the fat, and the right shoul- shalt say: Take ye a he goat for sin,
der, and a calf, and a lamb, both of a year
27 Delivering all to Aaron, and to his old, and without blemish for a holocaust,
Bons: who having hfted them up before 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peaco
the Lord, offerings and immolate them before the :

28 He took them again from their hands, Lord, offering for the sacrifice of overy
and burnt them upon the altar of holo- one of them flour tempered with oil;
caust, because it was the oblation of for to day the Lord will appear to you.
consecration, for a sweet odour of sacri- 5 They brought therefore all things that
fice to the Lord. Moses had commanded before the door
29 And he took of the ram of consecra- of the tabernacle where when all the :

tion, the breast for his portion, elevating multitude stood,

it before the Lord, as the Lord had com- 6 Moses said This is the word, which :

manded him. the Lord hath commanded do it, and his :

30 And taking the ointment, and the glory will appear to you.

% Ex. 2». 32, and 30. 22, and 40. 9. Infra 2A. 9. 3 Ex. 29. 1.

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Aaron offers sacrifice LEVITICUS Nadah and Abiu slain

7 And he said to Aaron : Approach to
the altar, and offer sacrifice for thy sin:
offer the holocaust, and pray for thyself
and for the people : and when thou hast
slain the people's victim, pray for them,
as the Lord hath commanded.
8 And forthwith Aaron, approaching to
the altar, immolated the calf for his sin
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the
tabernacle of the testimony, and after'
wards came forth and blessed the people.
^ And the glory of the Lord appeared to
all the multitude:
24 And behold a fire, coming forth from
the Lord, devoured the holocaust, and J
the fat that was upon the altar which : 1

9 And his sons brought him the blood when the multitude saw, they praised
of it and he dipped his finger therein,
: the Lord, falUng on their faces.
and touched the horns of the altar, and CHAPTER 10.
poured the rest at the foot thereof. Nadab and Abiu for offering strange fire, are burnt
by Priests are forbidden to drink wine,
fire.
10 And the fat, and the little kidneys, when they enter into the tabernacle. The law of
and the caul of the liver, which are for eating the holy things.
sin, he burnt upon the altar, as the Lord A ND Nadab and Abiu, the sons of
had commanded Moses JLA_ Aaron, taking their censers, put fire
11 But the flesh and skins thereof he therein, and incense on it, offering before
burnt with fire without the camp. the Lord strange fire: which was not
12 He immolated also the victim of commanded them. *
holocaust and his sons brought him the
: 2 And fire coming out from the Lord j
blood thereof, which he poured round destroyed them, and they died before
about on the altar. the Lord.
13 And
the victim being cut into pieces, 3 And Moses said to Aaron : This is
they brought to him the head and all the what the Lord hath spoken: be I will
members, all which he burnt with fire sanctified in thenl that approach to me,
upon the altar, and I will be glorified in the sight of all
14 Having first washed the entrails and the people. And when Aaron heard this,
the feet with water. he held his peace.
15 Then offering for the sin of the peo- 4 And Moses called Misael and Elisa-
ple, he slew the he goat : and expiating phan, the sons of Oziel, the uncle of
the altar^ Aaron, and said to them: Go and take
16 He offered the holocaust: away your brethren from before the
17 Adding in the sacrifice the libations, sanctuary, and carry them without the
which are offered withal, and burning camp.
them upon the altar, besides the cere- 6 And they went forthwith and took
monies of the morning holocaust. them as they lay, vested with linen tu-
18 He immolated also the bullock and nicks, and cast them forth, as had been
the ram, the peace offerings of the peo- commanded them.
ple and his sons brought him the blood,
: 6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to
which he poured upon the altar round Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons: Uncover
about. not your heads, and rend not your gar-
19 The fat also of the bullock, and the ments, lest perhaps you die, and indig-
rump of the ram, and the two little kid- nation come upon all the congregation.
neys, with their fat, and the caul of the Let your brethren, and all the house of
liver, Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord
20 They put upon the breasts. And has kindled:
after the fat was burnt upon the altar, 7 But you shall not go out of the door
21 Aaron separated their breasts, and of the tabernacle, otherwise you shall
the light shoulders, elevating them be- perish, for the oil of the holy unction is
fore the Lord, as Moses had commanded. on you. And they did all things accord-
22 And stretching forth his hands to ing to the precept of Moses.
the people, he blessed them. And so 8 The Lord a,lso said to Aaron:
the victims for sin, and the holocausts, 9 You shall not drink wine nor any
and the peace offerings being finished, he thing that may make drunk, thou nor
came down. thy sons, when you enter into the taber-

k 2 Mac. 2. 10. I Num. 3. 4, and 26. 61 ; 1 Par. 24. 2.

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Law of eating the holy things LEVITICUS Clean and unclean animals
nacle of the testimony, lest you die holy places, and you ought to have eaten
:

because it is an everlasting precept it in the sanctuary, as was commanded

through your generations : me?
10 And that you may have knowledge 19 Aaron answered This day hath :

to discern between holy and unholy, be- been offered the victim for sin, and the
tween unclean and clean holocaust before the Lord and to me :

11 And may teach the children of Israel what thou seest has happened how :

all my ordinances which the Lord hath could I eat it, or please the Lord in the
spoken to them by the hand of Moses. ceremonies, having a sorrowful heart?
12 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to 20 Which when Moses had heard he
Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons that were was satisfied.
left: Take the sacrifice that is remain- CHAPTER 11.
ing of the oblation of the Lord, and eat The distinction of clean and unclean animals.
it without leaven beside the altar, be- AND the Lord spoke to Moses and
cause it is holy of holies. jLJL- Aaron, saying
13 And you shall eat it in a holy place 2 Say to the children of Israel ° These
: :

which is given to thee and thy sons of are the animals which you are to eat of
the oblations of the Lord, as it hath been all the living things of the earth.
commanded me. 3 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided,
14 The breast also that is offered, and and cheweth the cud among the beasts,
the shoulder that is separated, you shall you shall eat.
eat in a most clean place, thou and thy 4 But whatsoever cheweth indeed the
eons, and thy daughters with thee. For cud, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not,
they are set aside for thee and thy chil- as the camel, and others, that you shall
dren, of the victims of peace offerings of not eat, but shall reckon it among the
the children of Israel: unclean.
15 Because they have elevated before 5 The cherogrillus which cheweth the
the Lord the shoulder and the breast, cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.
and the fat that is burnt on the altar, 6 The hare also for that too cheweth :

and they belong to thee and to thy sons the cud, but divideth not the hoof.
by a perpetual law, as the Lord hath 7 P And the swine, which, though it di-
commanded. videth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.
16 "^ While these things were a doing, 8 The flesh of these you shall not eat,
when Moses sought for the buck goat, that nor shall you touch their carcasses, be-
had been offered for sin, he found it cause they are unclean to you.
burnt and being angry with Eleazar 9 These are the things that breed in the
:

and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All
were left, he said : that hath fins, and scales, as well in the
17 Why did you not eat in the holy sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, you
place the sacrifice for sin, which is most shall eat.
holy, and given to you, that you may 10 But whatsoever hath not fins and
bear the iniquity of the people, and may scales, of those things that move and
pray for them in the sight of the Lord, live in the waters, shall be an abomina-
18 Especially whereas none of the blood tion to you,
thereof hath been carried within the 11 And detestable : their flesh you shall

m 2 Mac. 2. 11. o Deut. 14. 3,— p 2 Mac. f>. 18.

Chap. Ver. 2. Animals which y&u are to

11. the law of God and where either of these ic want,
;

eat, &c. The prohibition of so many kinds of beasts, ing a man is unclean. In like manner fishes were
birds, and fishes, in tlie law, was ordered, 1st, to reputed unclean that had not fins and scales that :

exercise the people in obedience, and temperance
2ndly, to restrain them from the vices of which these
animals were symbols; 3rdly, because the things
bere forbidden were for the most part unwholesome,
and not proper to be eaten ; 4thly, that the people of
God, by being obliged to abstain from things corpo-
rally unclean^ might be trained up to seek a spiritual
cleanness*
Ver. 3, Hoof divided, and cheweth the end. The
dividmg of the hoof ana chewing of the cud, signify
discretioQ between good and eviUaDd medUattiig oo
is, souls that did not raise themselves up by prayer
and cover themselves with the scales of virtues.
Ver. 5. The cherogrillus. Some suppose it to be
the rabbit, others the hedgehog. St. Jerome inti.
mates that it is another kind of animal common in
Palestine, which lives in the holes of rocks or in the
earth. "We choose bere, as also in the names of sev-
eral other creatures that follow, (which are little
known in this part ol the world.) to keep the Greek
or Latin names.

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Clean and unclean birds LEVITICUS Creeping things are unclean

not eat, and their carcasses you shall unclean things, of all that move upon
avoid. the earth, the weasel, and the mouse,
12 All that have not fins and scales, in and the crocodile, every one according
the waters, shall be unclean. to their kind
13 Of birds these are they which you 30 The shrew, and the chameleon, and
must not eat, and which are to be the stello, and the lizard, and the mole
avoided by you The eagle, and the 31 All these are unclean. He that
:

griffon, and the osprey, toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean

14 And the kite, and the vulture, ac- until the evening.
cording to their kind, 32 And upon what thing soever any
15 And all that is of the raven kind, of their carcasses shall fall, it shall be
according to their likeness. defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood,
16 The ostrich, and the owl, and the or a garment, or skins or haircloths or ;

larus, and the hawk according to its any thing in which work is done, they
kind. shall be dipped in water, and shall be
17 The screech owl, and the cormorant, unclean until the evening, and so after-
and the ibis, wards shall be clean.
18 And the swan, and the bittern, and 33 But an earthen vessel, into which
the porphyrion, any of these shall fall, shall be defiled,
19 The heron, and the charadrion ac- and therefore is to be broken.
cording to its kind, the houp also, and 34 Any meat which you eat, if water
the bat. ^rofm such a vessel be poured upon it,
20 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth shall be unclean and every liquor that
;

upon four feet, shall be abominable to is drunk out of any such vessel, shall be
you. unclean.
21 But whatsoever walketh upon four 35 And upon whatsoever thing any of
feet, but hath the legs behind longer, these dead beasts shall fall, it shall be
wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth, unclean: whether it be oven, or pots
22 That you shall eat, as the bruchus in with feet, they shall be destroyed, and
its kind, the attacus, and ophlomachus, shall be unclean.
and the locust, every one according to 36 But fountains and cisterns, and a^i
their kind. gatherings together of waters shall be
23 But of flying things whatsoever hath clean. He that toucheth their carcasses
four feet only, shall be an abomination shall be defiled.
to you: 37 If it fall upon seed com, it shall not
24 And whosoever shall touch the car- defile it.
casses of them, shall be defiled, and shall 38 But if any man pour water upon the
be unclean until the evening: seed, and afterwards it be touched by
25 And if it be necessary that he carry the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled.
any of these things when they are dead, 39 If any beast die, of which it is lawful
he shall wash his clothes, and shall be for you to eat, he that toucheth the car-
unclean until the sun set. cass thereof, shall be unclean until the
26 Every beast that hath a hoof, but evening
divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud, 40 And he that eateth or carrieth any
shall be unclean: and he that toucheth thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and
it, shall be defiled. shall be unclean until the evening.
27 That which walketh upon hands of 41 All that creepeth upon the earth
all animals which go on all four, shall be shall be abominable, neither shall it be
unclean: he that shall touch their car- taken for meat.
casses shall be defiled until evening. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the breast
28 And he that shall carry such car- on four feet, or hath many feet, or trail-
casses, shall wash his clothes, and shall eth on the earth, you shall not eat, be-
be unclean until evening: because all cause it is abominable.
these things are unclean to you. 43 Do not defile your souls, nor touch
29 These also shall be reckoned among aught thereof, lest you be unclean.
Ver. 13. The nriffon. Not the monster which the but a bird of the eagle iuixu, iaiger uuui ma comr
painters represent, whicb liath do being upon earth; men.
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44 For I am the Lord your God: 9 be
boly because I am holy. Defile not your
souls by any creeping thing, that moveth
upon the earth.
45 For I am the Lord, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, that I might
be your God.
46 You shall be holy, because I am holy.
This is the law of beasts and fowls, and
of every living creature that moveth in
the waters, and creepeth on the earth
47 That you may know the differences
of the clean, and unclean, and know
what you ought to eat, and what to re-
fuse.
CHAPTER 12.
The purification of women after childbirth.
AND the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
J\ ing:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and
thou shalt say to them: *If a woman
having received seed shall bear a man
child, she shall be unclean seven days,
according to the days of the separation
of her flowers.
3 * And on the eighth day the infant
shall be circumcised
4 But she shall remain three and thirty
days in the blood of her purification.
She shall touch no holy thing, neither
shall she enter into the sanctuary, until
the days of her purification be fulfilled.
5 But if she shall bear a maid child, she
shall be unclean two weeks, according
to the custom of her monthly courses,
and she shall remain in the blood of her
purification sixty-six days.
6 And when the days of her purification
are expired, for a son, or for a daughter,
she shall bring to the door of the taber-
nacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year
old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon
or a turtle for sin, and shall deliver them
to the priest:
7 Who shall offer them before the Lord,
and shall pray for her, and so she shall
be cleansed from the issue of her blood.
This is the law for her that beareth a
man child or a maid child.
8 And if her hand find not sufficiency,
and she is not able to offer a lamb, she
shall take two turtles, ^or two young
pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another
for sin: and the priest shall pray for her,
and so she shall be cleansed.
« 1 Peter 1 1& • Luke 2. 22
(Jotiol.sa^
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:
The law for discovering leprosy
CHAPTER 13.
Th6 taw eonceminff leprosy in men, and in ffcvr
m,ents.
ANDAaron,
.
the Lord spoke
saying:
to Moses and
2 The man in whose skin or flesh shall
arise a different colour or a blister, or as
it were something shining, that is, the
stroke of the leprosy, shall be brought to
Aaron the priest, or any one of his sons.
3 And if he see the leprosy in his skin,
and the hair turned white, and the place
where the leprosy appears lower than
the skin and the rest of the flesh: it is
the stroke of the leprosy, and upoD '^^
judgment he shall be separated.
4 But if there be a shining whiteness in
the skin, and not lower than the other
flesh, and the hair be of the former col-
our, the priest shall shut him up seven
days.
5 And the seventh day he shall look on
him: and if the leprosy be grown no far-
ther, and hath not spread itself in the
skin, he shall shut him up again other
seven dav3,
6 And on the seventh day, he shall look
on him : if the leprosy be somewhat
obscure, and not spread in the skin, he
shall declare him clean, because it is hut
a scab: and the man shall wash his
clothes, and shall be clean.
7 But if the leprosy grow again, after
he was seen by the priest and restored
to cleanness, he shall be brought to him,
8 And shall be condemned of unclean-
ness.
9 If the stroke of the leprosy be in a
man, he shall be brought to the priest,
10 And he shall view him. And when
there shall be a whito colour in the skin,
and it shall have changed the look of
the hair, and the living flesh itself shall
appear
11 It shall be judged an inveterate lep-
rosy, and grown into the skin. The priest
therefore shall declare him unclean, and
shall not shut him up, because he is evi-
dently unclean.
12 But if the leprosy spring out running
about in the skin, and cover all the skin
from the head to the feet, whatsoever
falleth under the sight of the eyes,
13 The priest shall view him, and shall
judge that th3 leprosy which he has is
tt Supra 5. 7 and 11 : Luke S-. •i^
 : : ;

The law for discovering leprosy LEVITICUS The law for discovering leprosy
very clean : because it is allturned into or the beard of a man or woman, bhe
whiteness, and therefore the man shall priest shall see them,
be clean. 30 And if the place be lower than the
14 But when the live flesh shall appear other flesh, and the hair yellow, and
in him, thinner than usual he shall declare
:

15 Then by the judgment of the priest them unclean, because it is the leprosy
he shall be defiled, and shall be reckoned of the head and the beard
among the unclean for live flesh, if it be 31 But if he perceive the place of the
:

spotted with leprosy, is unclean. spot is equal with the flesh that is near
16 And if again it be turned into white- it, and the hair black: he shall shut him
ness, and cover all the man, up seven days,
17 The priest shall view him, and shall 32 And on the seventh day he shall
judge him to be clean. look upon it. If the spot be not grown,
18 When also there has been an ulcer and the hair keep its colour, and the
in the flesh and the skin, and it has been place of the blemish be even with the
healed, other flesh:
19 And in the place of the ulcer, there 33 The man shall be shaven all but the
appeareth a white scar, or somewhat place of the spot, and he shall be shut up
red, the man shall be brought to the other seven days:
priest 34 If on the seventh day the evil seem
20 And when he shall see the place of to have stayed in its place, and not lower
the leprosy lower than the other flesh, than the other flesh, he shall cleanse him,
and the hair turned white, he shall de- and his clothes being washed he shall be
clare him unclean, for the plague of clean.
leprosy is broken out in the ulcer. 35 But if after his cleansing the spot
21 But if the hair be of the former spread again in the skin,
colour, and the scar somewhat obscure, 36 He shall seek no more whether the
and be not lower than the flesh that is hair be turned yellow, because he is evi-
near it, he shall shut him up seven dently unclean.
days. 37 But if the spot be stayed, and the hair
22 And if it spread, he shall judge him be black, let him know that the man is
to have the leprosy healed, and let him confidently pronounce
23 But if it stay in its place, it is hut him clean.
ftie scar of an ulcer, and the man shall 38 If a whiteness appear in the skin of
be clean. a man or a woman,
24 The flesh also and skin that hath 39 The priest shall view them. If he find
been burnt, and after it is healed hath a that a darkish whiteness shineth in the
white or a red scar, skin, let him know that it is not the lep-
25 The priest shall view it, and if he see rosy, but a white blemish, and that the
it turned white, and the place thereof man is clean.
is lower than the other skin : he shall 40 The man whose hair falleth off from
declare him unclean, because the evil of his head, he is bald and clean:
leprosy is broken out in the scar. 41 And if thohair fall from his forehead,
26 But if the colour of the hair be not he is bald before and clean.
changed, nor the blemish lower than the 42 But if in the bald head or in the bald
other flesh, and the appearance of the forehead there be risen a white or reddish
leprosy be somewhat obscure, he shall colour,
shut him up seven days, 43 And the priest perceive this, he shall
27 And on the seventh day he shall view condemn him undoubtedly of leprosy
him: if the leprosy be grown farther in which is risen in the bald part.
the skin, he shall declare him unclean. 44 Now whosoever shall be defiled with
28 Eat if the whiteness stay in its place, the leprosy, and is separated by the
and be not very clear, it is the sore of judgment of the priest,
a burning, and therefore he shall be 45 Shall have his clothes hanging loose,
cleansed, because it is only the scar of a his head bare, his mouth covered with
burning. a cloth, and he shall cry out that lie i«
29 II the leprosy break out in the head defiled and oncleaik
[

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LEVITICUS Sacrifices in cleansing a leper

Unclean garynents
be cleansed: he shall be brought to
46 All the time that he is a leper and is to
without the the priest:
unclean, he shall dwell alone
camp. 3 X Who going out of the camp when he
shall find that the leprosy is cleansed,
47 A woollen or linen garment that shall
have the leprosy 4 y Shall command him that is to be
woof or a skin, purified, to offer for himself two living
48 In the warp, and the ,

or whatsoever is made of a skin,

sparrows, which it is lawful to eat, and
cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
49 If it be infected with a white or red
spot, it shall be accounted the leprosy, 5 And he shall command one of the
and shall be shewn to the priest. sparrows to be immolated in an earthen
living waters:
50 And he shall look upon it and shall vessel over
shut it up seven days 6 But the other that is alive he shall
cedar wood, and the scarlet
51 And on the seventh day when he dip, with the
that and the hyssop, in the blood of the spar-
looketh on it again, if he find it is

grown, it is a fixed leprosy: he shall row that is immolated

judge the garment unclean, and every 7 Wherewith he shall sprinkle him that
thing wherein it shall be found: is to be cleansed seven times, that he

52 And therefore it shall be burnt with may be rightly purified and

he shall let
:

fire. go the living sparrow, that it may fly into

53 But if he see that it is not grown, the field.

54 He shall give orders, and they shall 8 And when the man hath washed his
wash that part wherein the leprosy is, clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his
and he shall shut it up other seven days. body, and shall be washed with water:
that the former and being purified, he shall enter into
55 And when he shall see
camp, yet so that he tarry without
colour is not returned, nor yet the lep- the
rosy spread, he shall judge it unclean, his own tent seven days:
and shall burn it with fire, for the leprosy 9 And on the seventh day he shall shave
has taken hold of the outside of the gar« the hair of his head, and his beard and
ment, or through the whole. his eyebrows, and the hair of all his body.

But the place of the leprosy be And having washed again his clothes, and
56 if
somewhat dark, after the garment is his body,
washed, he shall tear it off, and divide it 10 On the eighth day he shall take two
from that which is sound. lambs without blemish, and an ewe of
57 And if after this there appear in a year old without blemish, and three
those places that before were without tenths of flour tempered with oil for a
spot, a flying and wandering leprosy: it sacrifice, and a sextary of oil apart.
must be burnt with fire. 11 And when the priest that purifieth
58 If it cease, he shall wash with water the man, hath presented him, and all
the parts that are pure, the second time, these things before the Lord, at the door
and they shall be clean. of the tabernacle of the testimony,
59 This is the law touching the leprosy 12 He shall take a lamb, and offer it for
of any woollen or linen garment, either a trespass offering with the sextary of oil
in the warp or woof, or any thing of and having offered all before the Lord,
skins, how it ought to be cleansed, or pro- 13 He shall immolate the lamb, where
nounced unclean. the victim for sin is wont to be immo-
CHAPTER 14. lated, and the holocaust, that is in the
The rites of sacrifices in cleansing the leprosy. holy place: for as that which is for sin,
Leprosy in houses. so also the victim for a trespass offering
pertaineth to the priest: it is holy of
ANDing:
.
the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
holies.

2 This is the rite of a leper, when he 14 And the priest taking of the blood of
X Matt. 8. 4. y Mark 1. 44 ; Luke 5. 14.

Chap. 14. Ver. 5. Living waters. That is, monies used in the cleansing of a leper, mj'ste- were
waters taken from a spring, brook, or river. rious and very significative. The sprinkling seven
Ver. 10. A sextary. Heb. log: a measure of li- times with the blood of the little bird, the washiner
quids, which was the twelfth part of a hin: and himself and his clothes, the shaving his hair and his
held about as much as six eggs, beard, signify the means which are to be used in the
Ver. 14. Taking of the blood, &c. These cere reconciliation of a sinner, and the steps by which he
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Sacrifices in cleansing a lejper LEVITICUS Signs of leprosy in a house

the victim that was immolated for tres- hand in it, he shall sprinkle it seven times
it upon the tip of the before the Lord
•
pass, shall put
right ear of him that is cleansed, and 28 And ho shall touch the tip of the
vpon the thumb of his right hand and right ear of him that is cleansed, and the J
the great toe of his right foot: thumb of his right hand and the great i

16 And he shall pour of the sextary of toe of Ms

right foot, in the place of the
oil into his own left hand, blood that was shed for trespass.
16 And shall dip his right finger in it, 29 And the other part of the oil that is
and sprinkle it before the Lord seven in his left hand, he shall pour upon the
times. head of the purified person, that he may
17 And the rest of the oil in his left appease the Lord for him.
band, he shall pour upon the tip of the 30 And he shall offer a turtle, or young i
right ear of him that is cleansed, and pigeon,
upon the thumb of his right hand and the 31 One for trespass, and the other for a
great toe of his right foot, and upon the holocaust, with their libations.
blood that was shed for trespass, 32 This is the sacrifice of a leper, that
18 And upon his head. is not able to have all things that apper-
19 And he shall pray for him before the tain to his cleansing.
Lord, and shall offer the sacrifice for sin 33 And the Lord spoke to Moses and
then shall he immolate the holocaust, Aaron, saying:
20 And put it on the altar with the Hba- 34 When you shall be come into the land
tions thereof, and the man shall be rightly of Chanaan, which I will give you for
cleansed. a possession, if there be the plague of
21 But if he be poor, and his hand can- leprosy in a house,
not find the things aforesaid : he shall 35 He whose house it is, shall go and
take a lamb for an offering for trespass, tell the priest, saying : It seemeth to me,
that the priest may pray for him, and a that there is the plague of leprosy in my
tenth part of flour tempered with oil for house,
a sacrifice, and a sextary of oil, 36 And he shall command, that they
22 *And two turtles or two young carry forth all things out of the house,
pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and before he go into it, and see whether it
the other for a holocaust: have the leprosy, lest all things become
23 And he shall offer them on the eighth unclean that are in the house. And after-
day of his purification to the priest, at wards he shall go in to view the leprosy
the door of the tabernacle of the testi- of the house.
mony before the Lord. 37 And if he see in the walls thereof as
24 And the priest receiving the lamb for it were little dints, disfigured with pale-
trespass, and the sextary of oil, shall ness or redness, and lower than all the
elevate them together. rest,
25 And the lamb being immolated, he 38 He shall go out of the door of the
shall put of the blood thereof upon the house, and forthwith shut it up seven
tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, days,
and upon the thumb of his right hand, 39 And returning on the seventh day,
and the great toe of his right foot: he shall look upon it. If he find that
26 But he shall pour part of the oil into the leprosy is spread,
his own lef hand, 40 He shall command, that the stones
27 And dipping the finger of Ms right wherein the leprosy is, be taken out, and
2 Supra 5. 7, 11, and 12. 8 , Luke 2. 24.

is toreturn to Ged, viz., by the repeated application
of the blood of Christ: the washing his conscience
with the waters of compunction and retrenching all
: of the victim, and then with the remainder of the oil,
vanities and superfluities, by employing all that is
over and above what is necessary in alms deeds.
The sin offering, and the holocaust or burnt offering,
which he was to offer at his cleansing, signify the
sacrifice of a contrite and humble heart, and that of
touching the right ear, the thumb of the right hand,
and the great toe of the right foot, first with the blood
which had been sprinkled seven times before the
Lord, signify the application of the blood of Christ,
and the unction of the sevenfold grace of the Holy
Ghost; to the sinner's right ear, that he may duly
hearken to and obey the law of God and to his right
;

adoration in spirit and truth, with gratitude and hand and foot, that the works of his hands, and all
thankfulness, for the forgiveness of sins, with which the steps or affections of his soul, sigoifled by tbt
we are ever to appear before the Almighty Tbe feet, mz^Y^ rjglitly directed to God.

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Purifying the house LEVITICUS Other uncleanlines/*

cadt without the city into an unclean out, of a shining spot, and when thf
place colours are diversely changed
41 And that the house be scraped on 57 That it may be known when a thing
the inside round about, and the dust of is clean or unclean.
the scraping be scattered without the CHAPTER 15.
city into an unclean place Other legal ancleannesses.
42 And that other stones be laid in the A ND the Lord spoke to Moses and Aar-
place of them that were taken away, and J\. on, saying
the house be plastered with other mor- 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say
to them The man that hath an issue of
:

43 But if, after the stones be taken out, seed, shall be unclean.
and the dust scraped off, and it be plas- 3 And then shall he be judged subject to
tered with other earth, this evil, when a filthy humour, at every
44 The priest going in perceive that the moment, cleaveth to his flesh, and gath-
leprosy is returned, and the walls full of ereth there.
spots, it is a lasting leprosy, and the 4 Every bed on which he sleepeth, shall
house unclean
is be unclean, and every place on which he
45 Andthey shall destroy it forthwith, sitteth.
and shall cast the stones and timber 5 If any man touch his bed, he shall
thereof, and all the dust without the wash his clothes : and being washed with
town into an unclean place. water, he shall be unclean until the even-
46 He that entereth into the house ing.
when it is shut, shall be unclean until 6 If a man sit where that man hath
evening, sitten, he also shall wash his clothes:
47 And he that sleepeth in it, and eat- and being washed with water, shall be
eth any thing, shall wash his clothes. unclean until the evening.
43 But if the priest going in perceive 7 He that touch eth his flesh, shall wash
that the leprosy is not spread in the his clothes : and being himself washed
house, after it was plastered again, he with water shall be unclean until the
shall purify it, it being cured, evening.
49 And for the purification thereof he 8 If such a man cast his spittle upon
shall take two sparrows, and cedar him that is clean, he shall wash his
wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : clothes and being washed with water,
:

50 And having immolated one sparrow he shall be unclean until the evening.
in an earthen vessel over living waters, 9 The saddle on which he hath sitten
61 He shall take the cedar wood, and shall be unclean.
the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the liv- 10 And whatsoever has been under him
ing sparrow, and shall dip all in the blood that hath the issue of seed, shall be un*
of the sparrow that is immolated, and in clean until the evening. He that car-
the living water, and he shall sprinkle rieth any of these things, shall wash his
the house seven times clothes : and being washed with water,
52 And shall purify it as well with the he shall be unclean until the evening.
blood of the sparrow, as with the living 11 Every person whom such a one shall
water, and with the living sparrow, and touch, not having washed his hands be-
with the cedar wood, and the hyssop, fore, shall wash his clothes: and being
and the scarlet. washed with water, shall be unclean un-
53And when he hath let go the spar- til the evening.
row to fly freely away into the field, he 12 If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall
shall pray for the house, and it shall be be broken: but if a vessel of wood, it
rightly cleansed. shall be washed with water.
54 This is the law of every kind of 13 If he who suffereth this disease be
leprosy and stroke. healed, he shall number seven days after
55 Of the leprosy of garments and his cleansing, and having washed his
houses, clothes, and all his body in living water,
56 Of a scar and of blisters breaking he shall be clean.
CUAT. 16. Ver-a. Issueo/ seed shnll be unclean. These legal uncleannesses were instituted in order
to give tbe people a horror of carnal Impurities.
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Other uncleanliness LEVITICUS Before entering the sanctuary

14 And on the eighth day he shall take 28 If the blood stop and cease to run,
two turtles, or two young pigeons, and she shall count seven days of her puri-
he shall come before the Lord, to the fication :

door of the tabernacle of the testimony, 29 And on

and shall give them to the priest
15 Who shall offer one for sin, and the
other for a holocaust and he shall pray
: tabernacle of the testimony
for Iiim before the Lord, that he may be
cleansed of the issue of his seed.
16 The man from whom the seed of
copulation goeth out, shall wash all his
body with water; and he shall be un-
clean until the evening.
17 The garment or skin that he wear-
eth, he shall wash with water, and it
shall be unclean until the evening.
18 The woman, with whom he copulat-
eth, shall be washed with water, and shall
be unclean until the evening.
19 The woman, who at the return of
the month, hath her issue of blood, shall
be separated seven days.
20 Every one that toucheth her, shall
be unclean until the evening.
21 And every thing that she sleepeth
on, or that she sitteth on in the days of
her separation, shall be defiled.
22 He that toucheth her bed shall wash
his clothes; and being himself washed
with water, shall be unclean until the
evening.
the eighth day she shall offef
for herself to the priest, two turtles, oi-
two young pigeons, at the door of the
30 And he shall offer one for sin, and
the other for a holocaust, and he shall
pray for her before the Lord, and for
the issue of her uncleanness.
31 You shall teach therefore the chil-
dren of Israel to take heed of unclean-
ness, that they may not die in their filth,
when they shall have defiled taber- my
nacle that is among them.
32 This is the law of him that hath the
issue of seed, and that is defiled by
copulation.
33 And of the woman that is separated
in her monthly times, or that hath a
continual issue of blood, and of the man
that sleepeth with her.
CHAPTER 16.
When and how the high priest must enter into the
sanctuary. The feast of expiation.
A ND the Lord spoke to Moses, after
J\. the death of the two sons of Aaron,
when they were slain upon their offering
strange fire :
^

23 Whosoever shall touch any vessel on 2 And he commanded him, saying:

which she sitteth, shall wash his clothes: Speak to Aaron thy brother, ^'that he
and himself being washed with water, enter not at all into the sanctuary,
shall be defiled until the evening. which
is within the veil before the pro-
24 If a man copulateth with her in the pitiatory, with which the ark is covered,
time of her flowers, he shall be unclean lest he die, (for I will appear in a cloud
seven days : and every bed on which he over the oracle,)
shall sleep shall be defiled. 3 Unless he first do these things He :

25 The woman that hath an issue of shall offer a calf for sin, and a ram for a
blood many days out of her ordinary holocaust.
time, or that ceaseth not to flow after 4 He shall be vested with a linen tunick,
the monthly courses, as long as she is he shall cover his nakedness with linen
subject to this disease, shall be unclean, breeches he shall be girded with a linen
:

in the same manner as if she were in girdle, and he shall put a linen mitre
her flowers. upon his head for these are holy vest- :

26 Every bed on wi/ich she sleepeth, ments: all which he shall put on, aftcx'
and every vessel on which she sitteth, he is washed.
shall be defiled. 5 And he shall receive from the whole
27 Whosoever toucheth them shall wash multitude of the children of Israel two
his clothes : and himself being washed buck goats for sin, and one ram Tor a
with water, shall be unclean until the holocaust.
evening. 6 And when he hath offered the calf

b Supra 10. \. — c Ex. 30. 10 ; Heb. 9. 7.

Chap, 16, Ver. Enter not. ^o one but the the sanctuary of heaven, till Christ our high prief*
2.
high priest, and he but once a year, could enter Into opened it by his passion. Heb. 10. 9.
Ibe sanctuary i to signify ttiat no one could enter into
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The sin offering LEVITICUS The scape goat

and prayed for himself, and for his owr pour it upon the horns thereof round
house, about
7 He shall the two buck goats to
make 19 And sprinkling with his finger seven
stand before the Lord in the door of the times, let him expiate, and sanctify it
tabernacle of the testimony : from the uncleanness of the children of
8 And casting lots upon them both, one Israel.

to be offered to the Lord, and the other 20 After he hath cleansed the sanctuary,
to be the emissary goat and the tabernacle, and the altar, then
9 That whose lot fell to be offered to let him offer
the living goat
the Lord, he shall offer for sin 21 And putting both hands upon his
10 But that whose lot was to be the head, let him confess aU the iniquities of
emissary goat, he shall present alive be- the children of Israel, and all their of-
and and praying that they
fore the Lord, that he may pour out fences sins :

may on head, he shall turn him

prayers upon him, and let him go into light his
the wilderness. out by a man ready for it, iQto the desert.

11 After these things are duly cele- 22 And when the goat hath carried all
uninhabited land,
brated, he shall offer the calf, and pray- their iniquities into an
ing for himself and for his own house, he and shall be let go into the
desert,
23 Aaron shall return into the taber-
shall immolate it
12 And taking the censer, which he nacle of the testimony, and putting off

hath filled with the burning coals of the the vestments, which he had on him be-
altar, and taking up with his hand the fore when he
entered into the sanctuary,
compounded perfume for incense, he and leaving them there,
shall go in within the veil into the holy 24 He shall wash his flesh in the holy
place: place, and shall put on his own garments.
13 That when the perfumes are put And after that he has come out and hath
upon the fire, ohe cloud and vapour offered his own holocaust, and that o^
which the people, he shall pray both for him-
thereof may ^j\^v the oracle, is

over the testimouy, and he may not die. self, and for the people
14 He shall take also of the blood of 25 And the fat that is offered for sinft»
the calf, and sprinkle with his finger he shall burn upon the
altar.

seven times towards the propitiatory to 26 But he that hath let go the emissary
the east. goat, shall wash his clothes, and his body
15 And when he hath killed the buck with water, and so shall enter into the
goat for the Bin of the people, he shall camp.
carry in the blood thereof within the 27 But the calf and the buck goat, that
veil, as he was commanded to do with were sacrificed for sin, and whose blood
the blood of the calf, that he may sprin- was carried into the sanctuary, to accom-
kle it over against the oracle, plish the atonement, they shall carry
16 And may expiate the sanctuary from forth without the camp, ^ and shall burn
the uncleanness of the children of Israel, with fire, their skins and their flesh, and
and from their transgressions, and all their their dung
sins. According to this rite shall he do 28 And whosoever burneth them shall
to the tabernacle of the testimony, which wash his clothes, and flesh with water,
is fixed among them in the midst of the and so shall enter into the camp.
filth of their habitation. 29 And this shall be to you an everlast-
17 ** Let no man be in the tabernacle ing ordinance -^The seventh month, the
:

when the high priest goeth into the
sanctuary, to pray for himself and his
house, and for the whole congregation
of Israel, until he come out.
18 And when he is come out to the
altar that is before the Lord, let him
pray for himself, and taking the blood of
the calf, and of the buck goat, let him
tenth day of the month, you shall afflict
your souls, and shall do no work, whether
it be one of your own country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among you.
30 Upon this day shall be the expiation
for you, and the cleansing from all your
sins: you shall be cleansed before the
Lord,

d Luke 1. la e Heb. 13. II. —/ Infra 23. 27. 28.

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The door of the tabernacle LEVITICUS No blood to be eaten

6i For it 'g a sabbath of rest, and you 8 And thou shalt say to them: The man
shall afflict your souls by a perpetual of the house of Israel, and of the strangers
religion. who sojourn among you, that offereth d
32 And the priest that is anointed, and holocaust or a victim,
whose hands are consecrated to do the 9 And bringeth it not to the door of the
office of the priesthood in his father's tabernacle of the testimony, that it may
stead, shall make atonement; and he be offered to the Lord, shall perish from
shall be vested with the linen robe and among his people.
the holy vestments, 10 If any man whosoever of the house
33 And he shall expiate the sanctuary of Israel, and of the strangers that so-
and the tabernacle of the testimony and journ among them, eat blood, I will set
the altar, the priest also and all the my face against his soul, and will cut him
people. off from among his people:
34 And this shall be an ordinance for 11 Because the life of the flesh is in the
ever, that you pray for the children of blood: and I have given it to you, that
Israel, and for all their sins once in a you may make atonement with it upon
year. He did therefore as the Lord had the altar for your souls, and the blood
commanded Moses. may be for an expiation of the soul.
CHAPTER 17. 12 Therefore I have said to the children
Ko sacrifices to be offered but at the door of the taber- of Israel: No soul of you, nor of the
nacle: a prohibition of blood. strangers that sojourn among you, shall
AND2 the
.
Lord spoke to Moses, saying
Speak to Aaron and his sons, and
eat blood.
13 Any man whosoever of the children
to all the children of Israel, saying to of Israel, and of the strangers that so-
them I This is the word, which the Lord journ among you, if by hunting or fowl-
hath commanded, saying: ing, he take a wild beast or a bird, which
3 Any man whosoever of the house of is lawful to eat, let him pour out its blood,
Israel if he kill an ox, or a sheep, or a and cover it with earth.
goat in the camp, or without the camp, 14 ^* For the life of all flesh is in the
4 And offer it not at the door of the blood: therefore I said to the children
tabernacle an oblation to the Lord, shall of Israel: You shall not eat the blood of
be guilty of blood as if he had shed any flesh at all, because the life of the
:

blood, so shall he perish from the midst flesh is in the blood, and whosoever eat-
of his people. eth it, shall be cut off.
6 Therefore the children of Israel shall 15 The soul that eateth that which died
bring to the priest their victims, which of itself, or has been caught by a beast,
"shey kill in the field, that they may be whether he be one of your own country
sanctified to the Lord before the door or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and
of the tabernacle of the testimony, and himself with water, and shall be defiled
they may sacrifice them for peace offer- until the evening: and in this manner
ings to the Lord. he shall be made clean.
6 And the priest shall pour the blood 16 But if he do not wash his clotKee,
upon the altar of the Lord, at the door and his body, he shall bear his iniquity.
of the tabernacle of the testimony, and CHAPTER 18.
shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to Marriage is prohibited in certain degrees of kit^
the Lord. dred: and all unnatural lusts,
7 And they shall no more sacrifice their AND
the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
victims to devils, with whom they have ing: XX
committed fornication. It shall be an 2 Speak to fche children of Israel, and
ordinance for ever to them and to their thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord
posterity. your God.
h Gen. 9. 4 ; Supra 7. 26.

Chap. 17. Ver. 3. If he &c.

kill, That is, in Ver.10. Eat blood. To eat blood was forbidden
order to sacrifH^e. The law of God forbids sacrifices in tYf. law; partly, because God reserved It to him-
to be offered in any other place but at the tabernacle self, to be offered in sacrifices on the altar, as to the
or temple of the Lord; to signify that no sacrifice Lord of life and death; and as a figure of the blood
v'ould be acceptable to God, out of his true temple, of Christ ; and partly, to give men a iiorror ol slMd
^•ue uue, ixoly, catholic, apostolic chuich. ding ifloocL Geo. 9. 4» 6b 6,
t»

Certain marriages unlawful
3 You shall not do according to the her shame : because they are her
custom of the land of Egypt, in which and such copulation is incest.
you dwelt: neither shall you act accord- 18 Thou shalt not take thy wife's
ing to the manner of the country of
Chanaan, into which I will bring you,
nor shall you walk in their ordinances.
4 You shall do my judgments, and shall
observe my precepts, and shall walk in
them. I am the Lord your God.
5-^' Keep my laws and my judgments,
which if a man do, he shall live in them.
I am the Lord.
6 No man shall approach to her that is
near of kin to him, to uncover her naked-
ness. I am the Lord.
7 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy father, or the nakedness of thy
mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt
not uncover her nakedness.
8 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy father^s wife: for it is the naked-
ness of thy father.
9 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of thy sister by father or by mother,
Sjrhether born at home or abroad.
10 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of thy son's daughter, or thy daugh-
ter's daughter : because it is thy own
nakedness.
11 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of thy father's wife's daughter, whom
she bore to thy father, and who is thy
sister.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of thy father's sister : because she
is the flesh of thy father.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of thy mother's sister : because she
is thy mother's flesh.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ftess of thy father's brother: neither
ehalt thou approach to his wife, who is
joined to thee by affinity.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of thy daughter in law : because
she is thy son's wife, neither shalt thou
discover her shame.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of thy brother's wife : because it is
^he nakedness of thy brother.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the naked-
ness of thy wife and her daughter.
Thou shalt not take her son's daughter Divers ordinances, partly moral, partly
or her daughter's daughter, to discover
j Ezech. 20. 11 ; Rom. 10.
Chap. 18. Ver. Because it is
23.
riffne, Ib Hebrew, this word heinous crime
:
LEVITICUS Unlawful lusts
flesh,
sister
for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt
thou discover her nakedness, while she
is yet living.
19 Thou shalt not approach to a woman
having her flowers, neither shalt thou
uncover her nakedness.
20 Thou shalt not lie with thy neigh-
bour's wife, nor be defiled with mingling
of seed.
21 ^Thou shalt not give any of thy
seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch,
nor defile the name of thy God I am the :
Lord.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind aa
with womankind, because it is an abomi-
nation.
23 Thou shalt not copulate with any
beast, neither shalt thou be defiled with
it. * Awoman shall not lie down to a
beast, nor copulate with it : because it is
a heinous crime.
24 Defile not yourselves with any of
these things with which all the nations
have been defiled, which I will cast out
before you,
25 And with which the land is defiled
the abominations of which I will visit,
that it may vomit out its inhabitants.
26 Keep ye my ordinances and my
judgments, and do not any of these
abominations : neither any of your own
nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth
among you.
27 For all these detestable things th©
inhabitants of the land have done, that
were before you, and have defiled it.
28 Beware then, lest in like manner, it
vomit you also out, if you do the like
things, as it vomited out the nation that
was before you.
29 Every soul that shall commit any of
these abominations, shall perish from
the midst of his people.
30 Keep my commandments. Do not
the things which they have done, that
have been before you, and be not defiled
therein. I am the Lord your God.
CHAPTER 19.
ceremo-
nial or judicial.
6 ; Gal. 3. 12. k Infra 20. 2. — I Infra 20. 16.
a heinous pressed by the word confusion, signifying the shame*
is ex> fulness and baseness ol this abominable sin.
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Various ordinances LEVITICUS Various ordinances

THE Lord spoke to Moses, saying

2 Speak to the congregatlou all
15 Thou shalt not do that which is un-
of just, nor judge unjustly. ^ Respect not
the children of Israel, and thou shalt say the person of the poor, nor honour the
to them: '^Be ye holy, because I the countenance of the mighty. But judge
Lord your God am holy. thy neighbour according to justice.
3 Let every one fear his father, and his 16 Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a
mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the whisperer among the people. Thou shalt
Lord your God. not stand against the blood of thy neigh-
4 Turn ye not to idols, nor make to bour. I am the Lord.
yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord 17 * Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
your God. thy heart, ** but reprove him openly, lest
5 If ye offer in sacrifice a peace offering thou incur sin through him.
to the Lord, that he may be favourable, 18 Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of
6 You shall eat it on the same day it was the injury of thy citizens. ^Thou shalt
offered, and the next day and whatso- love thy friend as thyself.
: I am the
ever shall be left until the third day, you Lord.
shall burn with fire. 19 Keep ye my laws. Thou shalt not
7 If after two days any man eat there- make thy cattle to gender with beasts of
of, he shall be profane and guilty of im- any other kind. Thou shalt not sow thy
piety : field with different seeds. Thou shalt
8 And shall bear his iniquity, because not wear a garment that is woven of two
he hath defiled the holy thing of the sorts.
Lord, and that soul shall perish from 20 If a man carnally lie witti a woman
among his people. that is a bondservant and marriageable,
9 ° When thou reapest the corn of thy and yet not redeemed with a price, nor
land, thou shalt not cut down all that is made free : they both shall be scourged,
on the face of the earth to the very and they shall not be put to death, be-
ground nor shalt thon njather the ears cause she was not a free woman.
:

that remain. 21 And for his trespass he shall offer a

to Neither shalt thou gather the bunch- ram to the Lord, at the door of the tab-
es and grapes that fall down in thy ernacle of the testimony
vineyard, but shalt leave them to the 22 And the priest shall pray for him
poor and the strangers to take. I am and for his sin before the Lord, and he
the Lord your God. shall have mercy on him, and the sin
11 You shall not steaL You shall not shall be forgiven.
lie, neither shall any man deceive his 23 When you shall be come into the
neighbour. land, and shall have planted in it fruit
12 ^Thou shalt not swear falsely my
trees, you shall take away the firstfruits
by
name, nor profane the name of thy God. of them : the fruit that comes forth shall
I am the Lord. be unclean to you, neither shall you eat
13 ^Thou shalt not calumniate thy of them.
neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. 24 But in the fourth year, aU their fruit
•"The wages of him that hath been hired shall be sanctified, to the praise of the
by thee shall not abide with thee until Lord.
the morning. 25 And in the fifth year you shall eat
14 Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, the fruits thereof, gathering the increase
nor put a stumblingblock before the thereof. I am the Lord your God.
blind but thou shalt fear the Lord thy
: 26 You shall not oat with blood. You
God, because I am the Lord. shall not divine nor observe dreams.
n Supra 11. 44 ; 1 Peter 1. 16. James 2. 2.
o Infra 23. 22. —p Ex. 20. — q Eccli.
i. 10. 6. 1 1 John 2. 11, and 3. 14.
r Deut. 24. 14 ; Tob. 4. 15. u Eccli. 19. 13, Matt. 18. 15; Luke 17.3.
5 Deut. 1, 17, and 16. 19 ; Prov. 24. 23 ; Eccli. 42. 1 V Matt 5. 43, and 22. 39 ; Luke 6. 27 Rom. 13.
; 9.

Chap. 19. Ver

inherent seeds, &c. This their foreskins it alludes to circumcision, and sig-
19. ;

law tends to recornmend simplicity and plain deal- nifies that for the first three years the trees were
ing in all things, and to teach the people not to join to be as uncircumcised, and their fruit unclean till :

any false worship or heresy with the worship of the in the fourth year their increase was sanctified and
kue God. given to the Lord, that is, to the priests.
Ver. 23. The firstfruits. PrcepuHa^ literally,
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The law of just dealings LEVITICUS Crimes punished with death

27 Nor shaU you cut your hair round- hath given of his seed to Moloch, and
wise nor shave your beard.
: will not kill him
28 You shall not make anj'' cuttings in 5 I will set my face against that man^
your flesh, for the dead, neither shall and his kindred, and will cut off both
you make in yourselves any figures or him and all that consented with him, to
marks I am the Lord.
: commit fornication with Moloch, out of
29 Make not thy daughter a common the midst of their people.
strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and 6 The soul that shall go aside after
filled with wickedness. magicians, and soothsayers, and shall
30 Keep ye my sabbaths, and reverence commit fornication with them, I will set
my sanctuary. I am the Lord. my face against that soul, and destroy it
31 Go not aside after wizards, neither out of the midst of its people.
ask any thing of soothsayers, to b© de- 7 ^ Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy
Ifiled by them I am the Lord your God.
: because I am the Lord your God.
1 32 Rise up before the hoary head, and 8 Keep my precepts, and do them. 1
honour the person of the aged man and : am the Lord that sanctify you.
fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord. 9 " He that curseth his father, or mother,
33 ^ If a stranger dwell in youi' land, dying let him die: he hath cursed his
i

and abide among you, do not upbraid him father, and mother, let his blood be upon
, 34 But let him be among you as one of him.
ithe same country: and you shall love 10 ^ If any man commit adultery with
ihim as yourselves : for you were stran- the wife of another, and defile his neigh-
gers in the land of Egypt. I am the bour's wife, let them be put to death
jLord your God. both the adulterer and the adulteress.
!
35 Do not any unjust thing in judg- 11 If a man lie with his stepmother, and
ment, in rule, in weight, or in measure. discover the nakedness of his father, let
36 Let the balance be just and the them both be put to death : their blood
weights equal, the bushel jast, and the be upon them.
sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, 12 If any man lie with his daughter in
that brought you out of the laud of law, let both die, because they have done
1
Egypt. a heinous crime : their blood be upon
37 Keep all my precepts, and all my them.
judgments, and do them. I am the 13 If any one lie with a man as with a
Lord. woman, both have committed an abomi-
nation, let them be put to death their :
CHAPTEK 20. blood be upon them.
Divers crimes to be punished tvith death, 14 If any man after marrying the daugh-
AND the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
^ ing:
ter,marry her mother, he hath done a
heinous crime he shall be burnt alive
:

2 Thus shalt thou say to the children with them: neither shall so great an
of Israel ^ If any man of the children of
: abomination remain in the midst of you.
Israel, or of the strangers, that dwell in 15 He that shall copulate with any
Israel, give of his seed to the idol Mo- beast or cattle, dying let him die? the
loch, dying let him die: the people of beast also ye shall kill.
the land shall stone him. 16 ^The woman that shall lie under any
3 And I will set my face against him: beast, shall be killed together with the
and I will cut him off from the midst of same their blood be upon them. :

his people, because he hath given of his 17 If any man take his sister, the daugh-
seed to Moloch, and hath defiled my ter of his father, or the daughter of his
sanctuary, and profaned ray holy name. mother, and see her nakedness, and she
4 And if the people of the land neglect- behold her brother's shame : they have
ing, and as it were little regarding my committed a crime : they shall be slain,
commandment, let alone the man that in the sight of their people, because they
W Ex. 22. 21. y Supra 18. 21. a Ex. 21. 17 ; Prov. 20. 20 ; 4
IVIatt. 15. ; Mark 7. 10.
2 1 Peter 1. 16. b Deut. 22. 22 ; John 8. 5. — c Supra 18. 23.

Chap. 20. Ver. 15. The beast also ye shall kill. the crime, and to prevent the remembrance of such
The killing of the beast was for the greater horror of abomination.
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Crimes punished with death LEVITICUS Laws relating to priests

have discovered one another's naked- thou shalt say to them Let not a priest :

ness, and they shall bear their iniquity. incur an uncleanness at the death of his
18 If any man lie with a woman in her citizens
flowers, and uncover her nakedness, and 2 But only for his kin, such as are near -
she open the fountain of her blood, both in blood, that is to say, for his father and
\
shall be destroyed out of the midst of for his mother, and for his son, and for
their people. his daughter, for his brother also,
19 Thov shalt not uncover the naked- 3 And for a maiden sister, who hath had
ness of thy aunt by thy mother, and of no husband
thy aunt by thy father: he that doth 4 But not even for the prince of his peo-
this, hath uncovered the shame of his ple shall he do any thing that may make
own flesh, both shall bear their iniquity. him unclean.
20 If any man lie with the wife of his 5 ^ Neither shall they shave their head,
uncle by the father, or of his uncle by nor their beard, nor make incisions in
the mother, and uncover the shame of their flesh.
his near akin, both shall bear their sin: 6 They shall be holy to their God, and
they shall die without children. shall not profane his name for they offer :

21 He that marrieth his brother's wife, the burnt offering of the Lord, and the
doth an unlawful thing, he hath uncov- bread of their God, and therefore they
ered his brother's nakedness : they shall shall be holy.
be without children. 7 ^ They shall not take to wife a harlot
22 Keep my
laws and my
judgments, or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been
and do them: lest the land into which put away from her husband: because
you are to enter to dwell therein, vomit they are consecrated to their God,
you also out. 8 And offer the loaves of proposition.
23 Walk not after the laws of the na- Let them therefore be holy, because I also
tions, which I will cast out before you. am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
For they have done all these things, and 9 If the daughter of a priest be taken ir
therefore I abhorred them. whoredom, and dishonour the name of
24 But to you I say: Possess their land her father, she shall be burnt with fire.
which I will give you for an inheritance, 10 The high priest, that is to say, thJ
a land flowing with milk and honey. I priest, is the greatest among his brethren
am the Lord your God, who have sepa- upon whose head the oil of unction hatL
rated you from other people. been poured, and whose hands have been
25 Therefore do you also separate the consecrated for the priesthood, and who
clean beast from the unclean, and the hath been vested with the holy vestments,
clean fowl from the unclean defile not : shall not uncover his head, he shall not
your souls with beasts, or birds, or any rend his garments
things that move on the earth, and which 11 Nor shall he go in at all to any dead
I have shewn you to be unclean. person not even for his father, or his
:

26 ^ You shall be holy unto me, because mother, shall he be defiled :

I the Lord am holy, and I have separated 12 Neither shall he go out of the holy
you from other people, that you should places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the
be mine. Lord, because the oil of the holy unction
27 ® A man, or woman, in whom there is of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
a pythonical or divining spirit, dying let 13 * He shall take a virgin unto his wife !

them die they shall stone them: their

: 14 But a widow or one that is divorced,
blood be upon them. or defiled, or a harlot, he shall not take,
but a maid of his own people :

CHAPTER 21. 15 He shall not mingle the stock of his

Ordinances relating to the priests. kindred with the common people of his

THE Lord said also to Moses Speak : nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify
to the priests the sons of Aaron, and him.
» .-I... .— I .,..,. — .

d 1 Peter 1. 16. —e Dent. 18. 11 ; 1 Kings 28. 7. o Suora 19. 27 Ezech. 44. 20.
;

h Supra 19. 29. — i Ezech. 44. 22.

Chap. 21. Ver. l. An uncleanness, viz., such as ing it or in going into the bouse, or ; assisting at the
was contracted in laying out the dead body, or touch- funeral, &c.
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Laws relating to priests LEVITICUS Who may eat the holy things
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying 6 And he that toucheth a creeping
17 Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy thing, or any unclean thing, the touching
seed throughout their famihes, hath a of which is defiling,
blemish, he shall not offer bread to his 6 Shall be unclean until the evening,
God. and shall not eat those things that are
18 Neither shall he approach to minister sanctified: but when he hath washed his
to him If he be blind, if he be lame, if
: flesh with water,
he have a little, or a great, or a crooked 7 And
the sun is down, then being puri-
nose, fied, he shall eat of the sanctified things,
19 If his foot, orif his hand be broken, because it is his meat.
20 If he be crookbacked, or blear eyed, 8 ^ That which dieth of itself, and that
or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual which was taken by a beast, they shall
scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rup- not eat, nor be defiled therewith. I am
ture : the Lord.
21 Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the 9 Let them keep my precepts, that they
priest hath a blemish, he shall not ap- may not fall sin, and die in the
into
proach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, sanctuary, when they shall have defiled
nor \)read to his God. it. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
22 He shall eat nevertheless of the 10 No stranger shall eat of the sancti-
loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary, fied things: a sojourner of the priests,
23 Yet so that he enter not within the or a hired servant, shall not eat of them.
veil, nor approach to the altar, because 11 But he whom the priest hath bought,
he hath a blemish, and he must not de- and he that is his servant, born in his
file my sanctuary. I am the Lord who house, these shall eat of them.
sanctify them. 12 If the daughter of a priest be mar-
24 Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and ried to any of the people, she shall not
to his sons and to all Israel, all the things eat of those things that are sanctified,
that had been commanded him. nor of the firstfruits.
13 But if she be a widow, or divorced,
CHAPTER 22.
and having no children return to her fa-
WTio may eat the holy things : and what things may
be offered. ther's house, she shall eat of her father's
A ND the Lord spoke to Moses, say- meats, as she was wont to do when shtf
XTL ing: was a maid, no stranger hath leave to
2 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that eat of them.
they beware of those things that are con- 14 He that eateth of the sanctified things
lecrated of the children of Israel, and through ignorance, shall add the fifth
iefile not the name of the things sancti- part with that which he ate, and shall
fied to me, which they offer. I am the give it to the priest into the sanctuary.
Lord. 15 And they shall not pr^^fqne the sanc-
3 Say to them and to their posterity tified things of the chiiaren ot Israel,
Every man of your race, that approacheth which they offer to the Lord ?
to those things that are consecrated, and 16 Lest perhaps they bear the iniquity
which the children of Israel have offered of their trespass, when tney shall have
to the Lord, in whom there is unclean- eaten the sanctified things. I am the
ness, shall perish before the Lord. I am Lord who sanctify them.
the Lord. 17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
4 The man of the seed of Aaron, that is ing:
a leper, or that suffereth a running of the 18 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and
seed, shall not eat of those things that to all the children of Israel, and thou
are sanctified to me, until he be healed. shalt say to them The man of the house
:

He that toucheth any thing unclean by of Israel, and of the strangers who dwell
occasion of the dead, and he whose seed with you, that offereth his oblation, either
goeth from him as in generation. paying his vows, or offering of his own
k Supra 17. 15 ; Ex. 22. 31 Deut. 14. 21 ; Ezech. 4. 14.

Chap. 22. Ver. 3. Approo.cheth, &c. This is to these meats tliat had heeu o£[ered in sacrifice were
give us to understand, with what purity of soul we a ligure.
are to approach to the blessed sacrament of which
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What things may he offered LEVITICUS The holy days

accord, whatsoever it be which he pre- land of Egypt, that I might be your God i

senteth for a holocaust of the Lord, I am the Lord.

19 To be offered by you, it shall be a
male without blemish of the beeves, or CHAPTER 23.

of the sheep, or of the goats. Holy days to be kept

20 If it have a blemish you shall not ND the Lord spoke to Moses^ say-
offer it, neither shall it be acceptable. A' ing:
21 *The man that off ere th a victim of 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
peace offerings to the Lord, either pay- shalt say to them These are the feasts
:

ing his vows, or offering of his own ac- of the Lord, which you shall call holy.
cord, whether of beeves or of sheep, 3 Six days shall ye do work the seventh :

shall offer it without blemish, that it
may be acceptable; there shall be no
blemish in it.
22 If it be blind, or broken, or have a
scar or blisters, or a scab, or a dry scurf
you shall not offer them to the Lord, nor
burn any thing of them upon the Lord's
altar.
day, because it is the rest of the sabbath,
shall be called holy. You shall do no
work on that day: it is the sabbath of
the Lord in all your habitations.
4 These also are the holy days of the
Lord, which you must celebrate in theii
seasons.
The first month, the fourteenth day
5 "^

23 An ox or a sheep, that hath the ear of the month at evening, is the phase of
and the tail cut off, thou mayst offer the Lord:
voluntarily: but a vow may not be paid 6 And the fifteenth day of the same
with them. month is the solemnity of the unleavened
24 You shall not offer to the Lord any bread of the Lord. Seven days shall you
beast that hath the testicles bruised, or eat unleavened bread.
crushed, or cut and taken away: neither 7 The first day shall be most solemn
shall you do any such thing in your land. unto you, and holy you shall do no ser- :

25 You shall not offer bread to your vile work therein

God, from the hand of a stranger, nor 8 But you shall offer sacrifice in fire to
any other thing that he would give : be- the Lord seven days. And the seventh
cause they are all corrupted, and defiled day shall be more solemn, and more
you shall not receive them. holy : and you shall do no servile work/'
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say- therein.
ing: 9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a 10 Speak to the children of Israel, and
goat, is brought forth, they shall be thou shalt say to them : When you shall
seven days under the udder of their have entered into the land which I will
dam: but the eighth day, and thence- give you, and shall reap your corn, you
forth, they may be offered to the Lord. shall bring sheaves of ears, the firstfruits
28 Whether it be a cow, or a sheep, of your harvest to the priest
they shall not be sacrificed the same day 11 Who shall hft up the sheaf before
with their young ones. the Lord, the next day after the sabbath,
29 If you immolate a victim for thanks- that it may be acceptable for you, and
giving to the Lord, that he may be fa- shall sanctify it.
vourable, 12 And on the same day that the sheaf
30 You shall eat it the same day, thrre is consecrated, a lamb without blemish
shall not any of it remain until the of the first year shall be killed for a'
morning of the next day. I am the Lord. holocaust of the Lord.
31 Keep my commandments, and do 13 And the libations shall be offered
them. I am the Lord. with it, two tenths of flour tempered
32 Profane not my holy name, that I with oil, for a burnt offering of the Lord,
may be sanctified in the midst of the and a most sweet odour: libations als<
children of Israel. I am the Lord who of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
sanctify you, 14 You shall not eat either bread, oi
33 And who brought you out of the parched corn, or frumenty of the hai

I Deut 15. 21 1 EcclL 3d. 14. n Ex. 12. 18; Num. 2& 16,
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The first fruits LEVITICUS The feast of tabernacles

vest, until the day that you shall offer 28 You shall do no servile work in the
thereof to your God. It is a precept for time of this day because it is a day ol:

ever throughout your generations, and propitiation, that the Lord your God
all your dwellings. may be merciful unto you.
15 ''You shall count therefore from the 29 Every soul that is not afflicted on this
morrow after the sabbath, wherein you day, shall perish from among his peopl :

offered the sheaf of the firstfruits, seven 30 And every soul that shall do any
full weeks. work, the same will I destroy from
16 Even unto the morrow after the among his people.
seventh week be expired, that is to say, 31 You shall do no work therefore on
fifty days, and so you shall offer a new that day it shall be an everlasting ordi-
:

sacrifice to the Lord. nance unto you in all your generations,

17 Out of all your dwelHngs, two loaves and dwelhngs.
of the firstfruits, of two tenths of flour 32 It is a sabbath of rest, and you shall
leavened, which you shall bake for the afflict your souls beginning on the ninth
firstfruits of "tiie l^ord. day of the month: from evening until
ir And fOM sha/1 offer with the loaves evening you shall celebrate your sab-
fle\ en lambs without blemish of the first baths.
/ear, and one calf from the herd, and 33 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
two rams, and they shall be for a holo- 34 Say to the children of Israel From :

caust with their libations for a most the fifteenth day of this same seventh
sweet odour to the Lord, month, shall be kept the feast of taber-
19 You shall offer also a buck goat for nacles seven days to the Lord.
sin, and two lambs of the first year for 35 The first day shall be called most
sacrifices of peace offerings. solemn and most holy you shall do no :

20 And when the priest hath lifted them servile work therein. And seven day»
up with the loaves of the firstfruits be- you 3hall offer holocausts to the Lord.
fore the Lord, they shall fall to his use. 36 The eighth day also shall be most sol-
21 And you shall call this day most emn and most holy, and you shall offer
solemn, and most holy. You shall do holocausts to the Lord for it is the day :

no servile work therein. It shall be an of assembly and congregation: you shall

everlasting ordinance in all your dwell- do no servile work therein.
ings and generations. 37 These are the feasts of the Lord,
22 P And when you reap the corn of which you shall call most solemn and
your land, you shall not cut it to the most hcly, and shall offer on them obla-
very ground: neither shall you gather tions to the Lord, holocausts and liba-
the ears that remain but you shall leave tions according to the rite of every day,
;

them for the poor and for the strangers. 38 Besides the sabbaths of the Lord,
I am the Lord your God. and your gifts, and those things that you
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying offer by vow, or which you shall give to
24 5 Say to the children of Israel : The the Lord voluntarily.
seventh month, on the first day of the 39 So from the fifteenth day of the sev-
month, you shall keep a sabbath, a memo- enth month, when you shall have gath-
rial, with the sound of trumpets, and it ered in all the fruits of your land, you
shall be called holyc shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven
25 You shall do no servile work there- days: on the first day and the eighth
in, and you shall offer a holocaust to the shall be a sabbath, that is a day of rest.
Lord. 40 And you shall take to you on the
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying first day the fruits of the fairest tree.
27 * Upon the tenth day of this seventh and branches of palm trees, and boughs
month shall be the day of atonement, it of thick trees, and willows of the brook,
shall be most solemn, and shall be called and you shall rejoice before the Lord
holy and you shall afllict your souls on your God.
:

that day, and shall offer a holocaust to 41 And you shall keep the solemnity
the Lord. thereof seven days in the year. It shall

Deut 16. 9. — p Supra 19. 9.—q Num. 29. L r Supra 16. 29 ; Num. 29. 7 ; John 7. 37.
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The loaves of proposition LEVITICUS The punish ment of blasphemy

be an everlasting ordinance in your gen- Salumith, the daughter of Dabri, of the
erations. In the seventh month shall tribe of Dan:)
you celebrate this feast. And they put him
12 into prison, till
42 And yod shall dwell in bowers seven they might know what the Lord would
days: every one that is of the race of command.
Israel, shall dwell in tabernacles 13 And the Lord spoke to Moses;
43 That your posterity may know, that 14 Saying Bring forth the blasphemer
:

I made the children of Israel to dwell without the camp, and let them that
in tabernacles, when I brought them out heard him, put their hands upon his head,
of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord and let all the people stone him.
your God. 15 And thou shalt speak to the children
44 And Moses spoke concerning the of Israel the man that curseth his God,
:

feasts of the Lord to the children of shall bear his sin

Israel. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name
CHAPTER 24. of the Lord, dying let him die all the :

The oil for the lamps. The loaves of proposition. multitude shall stone him, whether he be
The punishment of blasphemy. a native or a stranger. He that blas-
AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying phemeth the name of the Lord, dying
JLjL 2 Command the children of Israel, let him die.
that they bring unto thee the finest and 17 * He that strike th and killeth a man,
clearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps dying let him die.
continually, 18 He that killeth a beast, shall make it
3 Without the veil of the testimony in good, that is to say, shall give beast for
the tabernacle of the cov»enant. And beast.
Aaron shall set them from evening until 19 He that giveth a blemish to any of
morning before the Lord, by a perpetual his neighbours as he hath done, so shall
:

service and rite in your generations. it be done to him:

4 They shall be set upon the most pure 20 ^ Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth
candlestick before the Lord continually. for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish
5 Thou shalt take also fine flour, and he gave, the hke shall he be compelled
shalt bake twelve loaves thereof, two to suffer.
tenths shall be in every loaf : 21 He that striketh a beast, shall render
6 And thou shalt set them six and six another. He that striketh a man shall
one against another upon the most clean be punished.
table before the Lord 22 Let there be equal judgment among
7 And thou shalt put upon them the you, whether he be a stranger, or a na-
clearest frankincense, that the bread tive that offends : because I am the Lord
may be for a memorial of the oblation of your God.
the Lord. 23 And Moses spoke to the children of
8 Every sabbath they shall be changed Israel : and they brought forth him that
''efore the Lord, being received of the had blasphemed, without the camp, and
^bildren of Israel by an everlasting cove- they stoned him. And the children of
nant: Israel did as the Lord had commanded
9 And they shall be Aaron's and his Moses.
sons^ that they may eat them in the holy CHAPTER 25.
place because it is most holy of the sac- The law of the seventh and of the fiftieth yea,r of
:

rifices of the Lord by a perpetual right. jubilee.

10 And behold there went out the son ND

the Lord spoke to Moses in
of a woman of Israel, whom she had of an A^mount Sinai, saying:
Egyptian, among the children of Israel, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and
and fell at words in the camp with a thou shalt say to them When you shall :

man of Israel. have entered into the land which I will

11 And when he had blasphemed the give you, observe the rest of the sabbath
name, and had cursed it, he was brought to the Lord.
t,o Moses : (now his mother was called 3 '^ Six years thou shalt sow thy field

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The year of jubilee LEVITICUS Redemption of land

and six years thou shalt prune thy vine- let every one fear his God because I am :

yard, and shalt gather the fruits there- the Lord your God.
of: 18 Do my precepts, and keep my judg-
4 But in the seventh year there shall be ments, and fulfil them: that you may
a sabbath to the land, of the resting of dwell in the land without any fear,
the Lord thou shalt not sow thy field,
: 19 And the ground may yield you its
nor prune thy vineyard. fruits, of which you may eat your fill,
5 What the ground shall bring forth of fearing no man's invasion.
itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt 20 But if you say What shall we eat :

thou gather the grapes of the firstfruits the seventh year, if we sow not, nor
as a vintage: for a year of rest to gather our fruits ?
it is
the land 21 I will give you my blessing the sixth
6 But they shall be unto you for meat, year, and it shall yield the fruits of three
to thee and to thy manservant, to thy years
maidservant and thy hireling, and to the 22 And the eighth year you shall sow,
strangers that sojourn with thee: and shall eat of the old fruits, until the
7 All things that grow shall be meat to ninth year: till new grow up, you shall
thy beasts and to thy cattlOo eat the old store.
8 Thou shalt also number to thee seven 23 The land also shall not be sold for
weeks of years, that is to say, seven ever: because it is mine, and you are
times seven, which together make forty- strangers and sojourners with me.
nine years 24 For which cause all the country of
9 And thou shalt sound the trumpet in your possession shall be under the condi-
the seventh month, the tenth day of the tion of redemption.
month, in the time of the expiation in all 25 If thy brother being impoverished
your land. sell his little possession, and his kinsman
10 And thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth will, he may redeem what he had sold.
fear, and shalt proclaim remission to all 26 But if he have no kinsman, and he
the inhabitants of thy land for it is the himself can find the price to redeem it
:

year of jubilee. Every man shall return 27 The value of the fruits shall be
to his possession, and every one shall go counted from that time when he sold it
back to his former family and the overplus he shall restore to the
11 Because it is the jubilee and the fif- buyer, and so shall receive his possession
tieth year. You shall not sow, nor reap again.
the things that grow in the field of their 28 But if his hands find not the means
own accord, neither shall you gather the to repay the price, the buyer shall have
firstfruits of the vines, what he bought, until the year of the
12 Because of the sanctification of the jubilee. For in that year all that is sold
jubilee but as they grow you shall pre- shall return to the owner, and to the
:

sently eat them. ancient possessor.

13 In the year of the jubilee all shall 29 He that selleth a house within the
return to their possessions. walls of a city, shall have the liberty to
14 When thou shalt sell any thing to thy redeem it, until one year be expired
neighbour, or shalt buy of him grieve not 30 If he redeem it not, and the whole
;

thy brother but thou shalt buy of him year be fully out, the buyer shall possess
:

according to the number of years from it, and his posterity for ever, and it can-
the jubilee. not be redeemed, not even in the jubi-
15 And he shall sell to thee according to lee.
the computation of the fruits. 31 But if the house be in a village, that
16 The more years remain after the hath no walls, it shall be sold according
jubilee, the more shall the price increase to the same law as the fields if it be not :

and the less time is counted, so much the redeemed before, in the jubilee it shall
less shall the purchase cost. For he return to the owner.
shall sell to thee the time of the fruits. 32 The houses of Levites, which are in
17 Do not afflict your countrymen, but cities, may always be redeemed
Chap. 25. Ver. 10. Remission. That is, a gen- and a reinstating ol every man in liis lormer posseft^
eral release and discharge from debts and bondage, sions. - . ,

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Redemption of Hebreio slaves LEVITICUS God's promises to the obedient

33 If they be not redeemed, in the jubi- or his kinsman, by blood, or by affinity.

lee they shall all return to the owners, But if he himself be able also, he shali
because the houses of the cities of the redeem himself,
Levites are for their possessions among 50 Counting only the years from thei
the children of Israel. time of his selling unto the year of the
34 But let not their suburbs be sold, jubilee and counting the money that he :

because it is a perpetual possession. was sold for, according to the number of

3'^ If thy brother be impoverished, and the years and the reckoning of a hired

weak of hand, and thou receive him as servant,

a stranger and sojourner, and nc live 51 If there be many years that remain
with thee, until the jubilee, according to them shall
36 Take not usury of him nor more than he also repay the price.
thou gavest fear thy God, that thy bro- 52 If few, he shall make the reckoning
:

ther may live with thee. with him according to the number of the
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money years, and shall repay to the buyer of
upon usury, nor exact of him any increase what remaineth of the years,
of fruits. 53 His wages being allowed for which
38 I am the Lord your God, who brought he served before he shall not afflict him :

you out of the land of Egypt, that I might violently in thy sight.
give you the land of Chanaan, and might 54 And if by these means he cannot be
be your God. redeemed, in the year of the jubilee he
39 If thy brother constrained by poverty, shall go out with his children.
sell himself to thee, thou ohalt not oppr'^se 55 For the children of Israel are my
him witn the service of bondservants servants, whom I brought forth out of
:

40 But he shall bo as a hireling, and a the land of Egypt.

sojourner: he shall work with thee until
the year of the jubilee,
CHAPTER 26.
God^s promises to them that keep his com,m,and.
41 And afterwards he shall go out with ments. And the m,any punishments with which
his children, and shall return to his kin- he threatens trayisgressors.
dred and to the possession of his fathers, AM
the Lord your God : you shall
42 For they are my servants, and I I
not make to yourselves any idol or
brought them out of the land of Egypt: graven thing, neither shall you erect
let them not be sold as bondmen: pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in
43 Afflict him not by might, but fear your land, to adore it : for I am the Lord
thy Godo your God.
44 Let your bondmen, and your bond- 2 Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my
women, be of the nations that are round sanctuary : I am the Lord.
about you. 3 ^ If you walk in my precepts, and keep
45 And of the strangers thaj sojourn my commandments, and do them, I will
among you, or that were born of them give you rain in due seasons.
in your land, these you shall have for 4 And the ground shall bring forth its
servants increase, and the trees shall be filled
46 And by right of inheritance shall with fruit.
leave them to your posterity, and shall 5 The threshing of your harvest shall
possess them for ever. But oppress not reach unto the vintage, and the vintage
your brethren the children of Israel by shall reach unto the sowing time and :

might. you shall eat your bread to the full, and

47 If the hand of a stranger or a so- dwell in your land without fear.
journer grow strong among you, and thy 6 I will give peace in your coasts you :

brother being impoverished sell himself shall sleep, and there shall be none to
to him, or to any of his race : make you afraid. I will take away evil
48 After the sale he may be redeemed. beasts: and the sword shall not pass
He that will of his brethren shall redeem through your quarters.
him 7 You shall pursue your enemies, and
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son. they shall fall before you.

Ex. 20. 4: Deut 6. 3 $ Ps. 96. 7. y Deut. 2& 1.

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Punishment of disobedience LEVITICUS Punishment of disobedience

8 Five of yours shall pursue r^ hundred 23 And if even so you will not amend,
others, and a hundred of you ten thou- but will walk contrary to me :

sand your enemies shall fall before you 24 I also will walk contrary to you, and
:

by the sword. will strike you seven times for your sins.
9 I will look on you, and make you in- 25 And I will bring in upon you the
crease you shall be multiplied, and I evvord that shall avenge my covenant.
:

will establish my covenant with you. And when you shall flee into the cities,
10 You shall eat the oldest of the old I will send the pestilence in the midst of
store, and, new coming on, you shall cast you, and you shall be delivered into the
away the old. hands of your enemies,
11 I will set my tabernacle in the midst 26 After I shall have broken the staff
of you, and my soul shall not cast you of your bread so that ten women shall
:

off. bake your bread in one oven, and give it

12^1 will walk among you, and will be out by weight: and you shall eat, and
your God, and you shall be my people. shall not be filled.
13 1 am the Lord your God who have : 27 But if you will not for all this
brought you out of the land of the Egyp- hearken to me, but will walk against me:
tians, that you should not serve them, 28 I will also go against you -^ith oppo-
and who have broken the chains of your site fury, and 1 will chastise you with
necks, that you might go upright. seven plagues for your sins,
14 " But if you will not hear mo, nor do 29 So that you shall oat the flesh of
all my commandments, your sons and of your daughters.
15 If you despise my laws, and contemn 30 I will destroy yoin* high places, and
my judgments so as not to do those things break your idols. You shall frJ! among
which are appointed by me, and to make the ruins of your idols, and my soul shaU
void my covenant abhor you.
16 I also will do these things toyou I : 31 Insomuch that I will bring your
will quickly visit you with poverty, and cities to be a wilderness, and I will make
burning heat, which shall waste your your sanctuaries desolate, and will re-
eyes, and consume your lives. You shall ceive no more your sweet odours.
BOW your seed in vain, which shall be 32 And I will destroy your land, and
devoured by your enemies. your enemies shall be astonished at it,
17 I will set my face against you, and when they shall be the inhabitants
you shall fall down before your enemies, thereof.
and shall be made subject to them that 33 And I win scatter you among the
hate you, you shall flee when no man Gentiles, and I will draw out the sword
pursueth you. after you, and your land shall be desert,
18 But if you will not yet for all this and your cities destroyed.
obey me : I will chastise you seven times 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sab-
more iox» your sins, baths all the days of her desolation:
19 And I will break the pride of your when you shall be
stubbornness, and I will make to you the 35 In the enemy's land, she shall keep
heaven above as iron, and the earth as a sabbath, and rest in the sabbaths of her
brass desolation, because she did not rest in
20 Your labour shall be spent in vain, your sabbaths when you dwelt therein.
the ground shall not bring forth her in- 36 And as to them that shall remain of
crease, nor the trees yield their fruit you I will send fear in their hearts in
21 If you walk contrary to me, and will the countries o^ their enemies, the sound
not hearken to me, I will bring seven of Vj Hying leaf shall terrify them, and
times more plagues upon you for jovo they shall flee ac it were from the sword
sins: they shall fall, when no man pursueth
22 And I will send in upon you the them,
beasts of the field, to destroy you and 37 And they shall every one fall upon
your cattle, and make you few in number, their brethren as fleeing from wars, none
and that your highways may be desolate. of you shall dare to resist your enemiea

s2 Ck>r. 6. 16, aOeut2&l6i Mat 2^ 2.

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Mercy to the repentant LEVITICUS Vows

38 You shall perish Gentiles, tieth, a man shall give twenty sides : a
among the
and an enemy's land shall consume you. woman ten.
39 And if of them also some remain, 6 From one month until the fifth year,
they shall pine away in their iniquities, for a male shall be given five sides : fojf
in the land of their enemies, and they a female three.
ohall be afflicted for the sins of their 7 A
man that is sixty years old or up-
fathers, and their own ward, shall give fifteen sides a woman
:

40 Until they confess their iniquities ten.

and the iniquities of their ancestors, 8 If he be poor, and not able to pay the
whereby they have transgressed against estimation, he shall stand before the
me, and walked contrary unto me. priest and as much as he shall value
:

41 Therefore I also will walk against him at, and see him able to pay, so much
them, and bring them into their enemies' shall he give.
land until their uncircumcised mind be 9 But a beast that may be sacrificed to
ashamed ; then shall they pray for their the Lord, if any one shall vow, shall be
Bins. holy,
42 And I will remember my covenant, 10 And cannot be changed, that is to
that I made with Jacob, and Isaac, and say, neither a better for a worse, nor a
Abraham. I will remember also the land: worse for a better. And if he shall
43 Which when she shall be left by change it both that which was changed,
:

them, shall enjoy her sabbaths, being and that for which it was changed, shall
desolate for them. But they shall pray be consecrated to the Lord.
for their sins, because they rejected my 11 An unclean beast, which cannot be
judgments, and despised my laws. sacrificed to the Lord, if any man shall
44 And yet for all that when they were vow, shall be brought before the priest
in the land of their enemies, I did not 12 Who judging whether it be good or
ca^t them off altogether, neither did I so bad, shall set the price:
despise them that they should be quite 13 Which if he that offereth it will give,
consumed, and I should make void my he shall add above the estimation the
covenant with them. For I am the Lord fifth part.
their God. 14 If a man shall vow his house, and
45 And I will remember my former sanctify it to the Lord, the priest shall
covenant, when I brought them out of consider it, whether it be good or bad,
the land of Egypt, in the sight of the and it shall be sold according to the
Gentiles, to be their God. I am, the price, which he shall appoint.
Lord. These are the judgments, and pre- 15 But if he that vowed, will redeem it,
cepts, and laws, which the Lord gave he shall give the fifth part of the estima-
between him and the children of Israel tion over and above, and shall have the
in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. house.
16 And if he vow the field of his pos-
CHAPTER 27. session, and consecrate it to the Lord,
Of VOW8 and tithes, the price shall be rated according to the
AND the Lord spoke to Moses, say- measure of the seed. If the ground be
J\ ing: sowed with thirty bushels of barley, let
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and it be sold for fifty sides of silver.
fchou shalt say to them: The man that 17 If he vow his field immediately from
shall have made a vow, and promised his the year of jubilee that is beginning, as
soul to God, shall give the price accord- much as it may be worth, at so much it
ing to estimation. shall be rated.
3 If it be a man from twenty years old 18 But if some time after, the priest
unto sixty years old, he shall give fifty shall reckon the money according to the
sides of silver, after the weight of the number of years that remain until the
sanctuary jubilee, and the price shall be abated.
4 If a woman, thirty. 19 And if he that had vowed, will redeem
5 But from the fifth year until the twen- his field, he shall add the fifth part of the

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money of the estimation, and
sess it.
20 And il he will not redeem it, but it
be sold to any other man, he that vowed
it, may not redeem it any more:
21 For when the day of jubilee cometh,
it shall be sanctified to the Lord,
a possession consecrated, pertaineth to
the right of the priests.
22 If a field that was bought, and not
of a man's ancestors' possession, be sanc-
tified to the Lord,
23 The priest shall reckon the price
according to the number of years unto
the jubilee and he that had vowed, shall
: 31 And if any man will redeem his tithes,
give that to the Lord.
24 But in the jubilee, it shall return to
the former owner, who had sold it, and
had it in the lot of his possession.
25 All estimation shall be made accord-
ing to the side of the sanctuary. A '^
side hath twenty obols.
26 The firstborn, which belong to the
NUMBERS Tithes
shall pos- part of the price. If he will not redeem
it, it shall be sold to another for how
much soever it was estimated by thee.
28 ^ Any thing that is devoted to the
Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or
field, shall not be sold, neither may it be
and as redeemed. Whatsoever is once conse-
crated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.
29 And any consecration that is offered
by man, shall not be redeemed, but dying
shall die.
30 All tithes of the land, whether of corn,
or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord's,
: and are sanctified to him.
he shall add the fifth part of them.
32 Of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep,
and goats, that pass under the shepherd's
rod, every tenth that cometh shall be
sanctified to the Lord.
33 It shall not be chosen neither good
nor bad, neither shall it be changed for
another. If any man change it both :

Lord, no man may sanctify and vowi that which was changed, and that for
whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are which was changed, shall be sanctified
it
the Lord's. to the Lord,and shall not be redeemed.
27 And if it be an unclean beast, he that 34 These are the precepts which the
offereth it shall redeem it, according to Lord commanded Moses for the children
thy estimation, and shall add the fifth of Israel in mount Sinai.

THE
BOOK OF NUMBERS.
This fourth Book of Moses is called Numbers, because it begins with the numbering of the
people. The Hebrews, from its first words, call it Vaiedabber. It contains the transactions
of the Israelites from the second month of the second year after their going out of Egypt, until
the beginning of the eleventh month of tlie fortieth year ; that is, a history almost of thirty-
nine years.
CHAPTER 1. 3 From twenty years old and upwards,
The children of Israel are numbered : the Levites of all the men of Israel fit for war, and
are designed to serve the tabernacle. you shall number them by their troops,
A ND the Lord spoke to Moses in the thou and Aaron.
XX desert of Sinai in the tabernacle of 4 And there shall be with you the princes
the covenant, the first day of the second of the tribes, and of the houses in their
month, the second year of their going kindreds,
out of Egypt, saying ^ : 5 Whose names are these: Of Ruben,
2 -^Take the sum of all the congregation Elisur the son of Sedeur.
of the children of Israel by their families, 6 Of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Su-
and houses, and the names of every one, risaddai.
as many as are of the male sex, 7 Of Juda, Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

( Ex. 30. 13; Num. 3. 47{ EzeclL 46. 12.— d Jos. 6. 19. e B. C. 1444. — / Ex. 80. 12.
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The princes of Israel NUMBERS Every tribe is numbered

8 Of Issachar, Kathanael the son of 28 Of the sons of Issachar, by their
3uar. generations and families and houses of
3 Of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Helon. their kindreds, by the names of every
10 And of the sons of Joseph of Ephra- one from twenty years old and upward,
:

im, Elisama the son of Ammiud of all that could go forth to war,
:

Manasses, Gamahel the son of Phadassur. 29 Were reckoned up fifty-four thou-

11 Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of sand four hundred.
Gedeon. 30 Of the sons of Zabulon, by the gen-
12 Of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisad- erations and families and houses of
dai. their kindreds, were reckoned up by the
13 Of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran. names of every one from twenty years
14 Of Gad, Ehasaph the son of Duel. old and upward, all that were able to go
15 Of Nephtah, Ahira the son of Enan. forth to war,
16 These are the most noble princes of 31 Fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
the multitude by their tribes and kin- 32 Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of
dreds, and the chiefs of the army of the sons of Ephraim, by the generations
Israel and families and houses of their kin-
17 Whom Moses and Aaron took with dreds, were reckoned up by the names
all the multitude of the common people : of every one, from twenty years old and
18 And assembled them on the first day upward, all that were able to go forth to
of the second month, reckoning them up war,
by the kindreds, and houses, and families, 33 Forty thousand five hundred.
and heads, and names of every one from 34 Moreover of the sons of Manasses,
twenty years old and upward, by the generations and families and
19 As the Lord had commanded Moses. houses of their kindreds, were reckoned
And they were numbered in the desert up by the names of every one from
of Sinai. twenty years old and upward, all that
20 Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by could go forth to war,
their generations and families and houses 35 Thirty- two thousand two hundred.
and names of every head, all that were 36 Of the sons of Benjamin, by their
of the male sex, from twenty years old generations and families and houses ol
and upward, that were able to go forth their kindreds, were reckoned up by the
to war, names of every one from twenty years
21 Were forty- six thousand five hun- old and upward, all that were able to go
dred. forth to war,
22 Of the sons of Simeon by their gener- 37 Thirty- five thousand four nundred.
ations and families, and houses of their 38 Of the sons of Dan, by their genera-
kindreds, were reckoned up by the names tions and families and houses of their
and heads of every one, all that were of kindreds, were reckoned up by the
the male sex, from twenty years old and names of every one from twenty years
upward, that were able to go forth to war, old and upward, all that were able to go
23 Fifty- nine thousand three hundred. forth to war,
24 Of the sons of Gad, by their genera- 39 Sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
tions and families and houses of their 40 Of the sons of Aser, by their genera-
kindreds were reckoned up by the names tions and families and houses of their
of every one from twenty years old and kindreds, were reckoned up by the
upward, all that were able to go forth to names of every one from twenty years
war, old and upward, all that were able to go
25 Forty-five thousand six hundred and forth to war,
fifty. 41 Forty-one thousand and five hun-
26 Of the sons of Juda, by their gener- dred.
a^tions and families and houses of their 42 Of the sons of Nephtali, by their
kindreds, by the names of every one generations and families and houses of
from twenty years old and upward, all their kindreds, were reckoned up by the
that were able to go forth to war, names of every one from twenty years
27 Were reckoned up seventy-four thou- old and upward, all that were able to go
sand six hundred. forth to war.
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The Levites not numbered NUMBERS The grmr.gement of the tribes

43 Fifty-three thousand four hundred. men of his stock, were seventy-four

44 These are they who were numbered
by Moses and Aaron, and the twelve
princes of Israel, every one by the
houses of their kindreds.
45 And the whole number of the chil-
dren of Israel by their houses and fami-
1 lies, from twenty years old and upward,
that were able to go to war,
i
thousand six hundred,
5 Next unto him they of the tribe of
Issachar encamped, whose prince was
Nathanael, the son of Suar.
6 And the whole number of his fighting
men were fifty -four thousand four hun-
dred.
7 In the tribe of Zabulon the prince

46 Were six hundred and three thou-
sand five hundred and fifty men.
47 But the Levites in the tribes of their
families were not numbered with them.
48 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
49 Number not the tribe of Levi, neither
Bhalt thou put down the sum of them
was EUab the son of Helen.
8 And all the army of fighting men of
his stock, were fifty-seven thousand four
hundred.
9 All that were numbered in the camp
of Juda, were a hundred and eighty- six
thousand four hundred and they by
:

with the children of Israel their troops shall march first.

50 But appoint them over the taber- 10 In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on
nacle of the testimony, and the ves-
all the south side, the prince shall be Eiisur
sels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth the son of Sedeur
to the ceremonies. They shall carry the 11 And the whole army of his fighting
tabernacle and all the furniture thereof men, that were numbered, were forty-
and they shall minister, and shall encamp six thousand five hundred.
round about the tabernacle. 12 Beside him camped they of the tribe
51 When you are to go forward, the of Simeon :whose prince was Salamiel
Levites shall take down the tabernacle : the son of Surisaddai.
when you are to camp, they shall set it 13 And the whole army of his fighting
up. What stranger soever cometh to it, men, that were numbered, were fifty-
shall be slain. nine thousand three hundred.
52 And the children of Israel shall camp 14 In the tribe of Gad the prince was
every man by his troops and bands and Eliasaph the son of Duel.
army. 15 And the whole army of his fighting
53 But the Levites shall pitch their men that were numbered, were forty-
cents round about the tabernacle, lest five thousand six hundred and fifty.
there come indignation upon the multi- 16 All that were reckoned up in the
tude of the children of Israel, and they camp of Ruben, were a hundred and
shall keep watch, and guard the taber- fifty-one thousand four hundred and
nacle of the testimony. fifty, by their troops ; they shall march
54 And the children of Israel did ac- in the second place.
cording to all things which the Lord had 17 And the tabernacle of the testimony
commanded Moses. shall be carried by the officers of tho
Levites and their troops. As it shall be
CHAPTER 2. set up, so shall it be taken down. Every
The order of the tribes in their camp. one shall march according to their
AND the Lord spoke to Moses and places, and ranks.
XjL Aaron, saying i^* 18 On the west side shall be the camp
2 All the children of Israel shall camp of the sons of Ephraim, whose prince
by their troops, ensigns, and standards, was Elisama the son of Ammiud.
and the houses of their kindreds, round 19 The whole army of his fighting men,
about the tabernacle of the covenant. that were numbered, were forty thousand
3 On the east Juda shall pitch his tents five hundred.
by the bands of his army and the prince 20 And with them the tribe of the sons
:

of his sons shall be Nahasson the son of of Manasses, whose prince was Gamaliel
Aminadab. the son of Phadassur.
4 And the whole sum of the fighting 21 And the whole army of hie fighting

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The arrangement of the tribes NUMBERS The Lemtes are numbered

men. that were numbered, were These the names of the sons of Aaroi?
thirty- 3
two thousand two hundred. the
priests that were anointed, and
22 In the tribe of the sons of Benja- whose hands were filled and consecrated,
min the prince was Abidan the son of to do the functions of priesthood.
Gedeon. 4 * Now Nadab and Abiu died, without
23 And the whole army of his fighting children, when they offered strange fire
men, that were reckoned up, were thirty- before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai:
five thousand four hundred. and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the
24 All that were numbered in the camp priestly oflBce in the presence oi Aaron
of Ephraim, were a hundred and eight their father.
thousand one hundred by their troops: 6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
they shall march in the third place. 6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and make
26 On the north side camped the sons them stand in the sight of Aaron the
of Dan: whose prince was Ahiezar the priest to minister to him, and let them
son of Ammisaddai. watch,
26 The whole army of his fighting men, 7 And observe whatsoever appertaineth
that were numbered, were sixty-two to the service of the multitude before
thousand seven hundred. the tabernacle of the testimony,
27 Beside him they of the tribe of Aser 8 And let them keep the vessels of the
pitched their tents: whose prince was tabernacle, serving in the ministry
Phegiel the son of Ochran. thereof.
28 The whole army of his fighting men, 9 And thou shalt give the Levites for 9
that were numbered, were forty-one gift,
thousand five hundred. 10 To Aaron and to his sons, to whom
29 Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali they are delivered by the children of
the prince was Ahira the son of Enan. Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron
30 The whole army of his fighting men, and his sons over the service of priest-
were fifty-three thousand four hundred. hood. The stranger that approacheth to
31 All that were numbered in the camp minister, shall be put to death.
of Dan, were a hundred and fifty-seven 11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
thousand six hundred and they shall : 12 I have taken the Levites from tHe
march last. children of Israel, for every firstborn
32 This is the number of the children that openeth the womb among the chil-
of Israel, of their army divided according dren of Israel, and the Levites shall be
to the houses of their kindreds and their mine.
troops, six hundred and three thousand 13 -^For every firstborn is mine: since
five hundred and fifty. I struck the firstborn in the land of
33 And the Levites were not numbered Egypt I have sanctified to myself what-:

among the children of Israel for so the soever is firstborn in Israel both of man
:

Lord had commanded Moses. and beast, they are mine I atn the :

34 And the children of Israel did accord- Lord.

ing to all things that the Lord had com- 14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the
manded. They camped by their troops, desert of Sinai, saying:
and marched by the families and houses 15 Number the sons of Levi by the
of their fathers. houses of their fathers and their families,
every male from one month and upward.
CHAPTER 3.
16 Moses numbered them as the Lord
The Levites are numbered and their offices distin-
had commanded.
guished. They are taken in the place of the first-
born of the children of Israel. 17 ^ And there were found sons of Levi
THESE are the generations of Aaron by their names, Gerson and Caath and
and Moses in the day that the Lord Merari.
spoke to Moses in mount Sinai. 18 The sons of Gerson : Lebni and
2 ^ And these the names of the sons of Semei.
Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, 19 The sons of Caath: Amram, and Jes-
and Eleazar, and Ithamar. aar, Hebron and Oziel

A Ex. 6. 23.— i Le?. 10. 1 and 2 ; 1 Far. 24. 3. 4 Ex. 13. 2 ; Infra 8. 16.— A Ex. «. 16.
14?*
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The charge of the Levites NUMBERS Taken in 'place of the firstborn

20 The sons of Merar!. Moholi and 37 And the pillars of the court round
Musi. about with their sockets, and the pins
21 Of Gerson were two families, the with their cords.
Lebnites, and the Semeites 38 Before the tabernacle of the cove-
22 Of which were numbered, people of nant, that is to say on the east side,
the male sex from one month and up- shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their
ward, seven thousand five hundred. sons, having the custody of the sanc-
23 These shall pitch behind the taber- tuary, in the midst of the children of
nacle on the west, Israel. What stranger soever cometh
24 Under their prince Eliasaph the son unto it, shall be put to death.
of Lael. 39 All the Levites, that ^ Moses and Aar-
25 And their charge shall be in the tab- on numbered according to the precept
ernacle of the covenant of the Lord, by their families, of the
26 The tabernacle itself and the cover male kind from one month and upward,
thereof, the hanging that is drawn before were twenty-two thousand.
the doors of the tabernacle of the cove- 40 And the Lord said to Moses Num- :

nant, and the curtains of the court the ber the firstborn of the male sex of the
:

hanging also that is hanged in the entry children of Israel, from one month and
of the court of the tabernacle, and what- upward, and thou shalt take the sum of
soever belongeth to the rite of the altar, them.
the cords of the tabernacle, and all the 41 And thou shalt take the Levites to
furniture thereof. me for all the firstborn of the children
27 Of the kindred of Caath come the of Israel, I am the Lord and their cattle :

families of the Amramites and Jesaarites for all the firstborn of the cattle of th6
and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are children of Israel
the families of the Caathites reckoned up 42 Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had
by their names commanded, the firstborn of the children
28 All of the male sex from one month of Israel
and upward, eight thousand six hundred 43 And the males by their names, from
they shall have the guard of the sanc- one month and upward, were twenty-
tuary, two thousand two hundred and seventy-
29 And shall camp on the south side. three.
30 And their prince shall be Elisaphan 44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
the son of Oziel 45 Take the Levites for the firstborn
31 And they shall keep the ark, and the of the children of Israel, and the cattle
table and the candlestick, the altars, and of the Levites for their cattle, and the
the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
they minister, and the veil, and all the 46 But for the price of the two hundred
furniture of this kind. and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the
32 And the prince of the princes of the children of Israel, that exceed the num-
Levites, Eleazar, the son of Aaron the ber of the Levites,
priest, shall be over them that watch for 47 Thou shalt take five sides for every
the guard of the sanctuary. head, according to the weight of the
33 And of Merari are the families of the sanctuary. "* A side hath twenty obols.
Moholites, and Musites, reckoned up by 48 And thou shalt give the money to
their names Aaron and his sons, the price of them
34 All of the male kind from one month that are above.
and upward, six thousand two hundred. 49 Moses therefore took the money of
36 Their prince Suriel the son of Abi- them that were above, and whom they
haiel they shall camp on the north side. had redeemed from the Levites,
:

36 Under their custody shall be the 60 For the firstborn of the children of
boards of the tabernacle, and the bars, Israel, one thousand three hundred and
and the pillars and their sockets, and all sixty-five sides, according to the weight
things that pertain to this kind of ser- of the sanctuary,
vice: 51 And gave it to Aaron and his sons.

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Service of the sons of Caath NUMBERS
Service of the sons of Gerson
according to the word that the Lord had 14 And shall put it with all the vessels
commanded him. that they use in the ministry thereof,
that is to say, firepans, fleshhooks and
CHAPTER 4.
The age and time of the Levites* service : their of-
fices and burdens.
AND the Lord spoke to Moses, and
JlL Aaron, saying :
2 Take the sum of the sons of Caath
from the midst of the Levites, by their
houses and families.
3 From thirty years old and upward, to
fifty years old, of all that go in to stand
and to minister in the tabernacle of the
covenant.
4 This is the service of the sons of
Caath:
6 When the camp to set forward,
is
Aaron and go into the tab-
his sons shall
ernacle of the covenant, and the holy of
hohes, and shall take down the veil that
hangeth before the door, and shall wrap
up the ark of the testimony in it,
6 And shall cover it again with a cover
of violet skins, and shall spread over it a
cloth all of violet, and shall put in the bars.
7 They shall wrap up also the table of
proposition in a cloth of violet, and shall
put with it the censers and little mortars,
the cups and bowls to pour out the liba-
tions the loaves shall be always on it
: of holies. Aaron and his sons shall go
8 And they shall spread over it a cloth
of scarlet, which again they shall cover
with a covering of violet skins, and shall
put in the bars.
9 They shall take also a cloth of violet
wherewith they shall cover the candle-
stick with the lamps and tongs thereof
and the snuffers and all the oil vessels,
which are necessary ior the dressing of
the lamps:
10 And over all they shall put a cover
of violet skins and put in the bars.
11 And they shall wrap up the golden
altar also in a cloth of violet, and shall
spread over it a cover of violet skins,
and put in the bars.
12 All the vessels wherewith they min-
ister in the sanctuary, they shall wrap
up in a cloth of violet, and shall spread
over it a cover of violet skins, and put
in the bars.
13 They shall cleanse the altar also from
the ashes, and shall wrap it up in a pur-
ple cloth,
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forks, pothooks and shovels. They
shall cover all the vessels of the altar
together with a covering of violet skins,
and shall put in the bars.
15 And when Aaron and his sons have
wrapped up the sanctuary and the ves-
selsthereof at the removing of the
camp, then shall the ° sons of Caath en-
ter in to carry the things wrapped up
and they shall not touch the vessels of
the sanctuary, lest they die. These are
the burdens of the sons of Caath : in the
tabernacle of the covenant
16 And over them shall be Eleazar the
son of Aaron the priest, to whose charge
pertaineth the oil to dress the lamps, and
the sweet incense, and the sacrifice, that
is always offered, and the oil of unction,
and whatsoever pertaineth to the ser*
vice of the tabernacle, and of all the ves*
sels that are in the sanctuary.
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron, saying:
18 Destroy not the people of Caath
from the midst of the l/cvites :
19 But do this to them, that they may
live, and not die, by touching the hohes
in, and they shall appoint every man his
work, and shall divide the burdens that
every man is to carry.
20 Let not others by any curiosity see
the things that are in the sanctuary be-
fore they be wrapped up, otherwise they
shall die.
21 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
22 Take the sum of the sons of Gerson
also by their houses and famihes and
kindreds.
23 From thirty years old and upward,
unto fifty years old. Number them all
that go in and minister in the tabernacle
of the covenant.
24 This is the office of the family of the
Gersonites
25 To carry the curtains of the taber-
nacle and the roof of the covenant, the
other covering, and the violet covering
over all, and the hanging that hangeth
in the entry of the tabernacle of the
covenant,
26 The curtains of the court, and the
o 1 Par. 15. 15.
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Service of the sons of Merari NUMBERS The unclean removed from camp
veil in the entry that is before the taber- 40 And they were found two thousanc?
nacle. All things that pertain to the six hundred and thirty.
altar, the cords and the vessels of the 41 This is the people of the GersoniteSj
ministry, whom Moses and Aaron numbered accord-
27 The sons of Gerson shall carry, by ing to the word of the Lord.
the commandment of Aaron and his sons 42 The sons of Merari also were num-
and each man shall know to what burden bered by the kindreds and houses o*
he must be assigned. their fathers,
28 This is the service of the family of 43 From thirty years old and upward,
the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the unto fifty years old, all that go in to
covenant, and they shall be under the fulfil the rites of the tabernacle of the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the covenant
priest. 44 And they were found three thousand
29 Thou shalt reckon up the sons of two hundred.
Merari also by the families and houses 45 This is the number of the sons of
of their fathers, Merari, whom Moses and Aaron reckoned
30 From thirty years old and upward, up according to the commandment of
unto fifty years old, all that go in to the the Lord by the hand of Moses.
office of their ministry, and to the service 46 All that were reckoned up of the
of the covenant of the testimony. Levites, and whom Moses and Aaron and
31 These are their burdens: They shall the princes of Israel took by name, by
carry the boards of the tabernacle and the the kindreds and houses of their fathers,
bars thereof, the pillars and their sockets, 47 From thirty years old and upward,
32 The pillars also of the court round until fifty years old, that go into the
about, with their sockets and pins and ministry of the tabernacle, and to carry
cords. They shall receive by account the burdens,
all the vessels and furniture, and so shall 48 Were in all eight thousand five hun-.
carry them. dred and eighty,
33 This is the office of the family of the 49 Moses reckoned them up according
Merarites, and their ministry in the taber- to the word of the Lord, every one ac-
nacle of the covenant and they shall be cording to their office and burdens, as
:

under the hand of Ithamar the son of the Lord had commanded him.
Aaron the priest.
34 So Moses and Aaron and the princes
CHAPTER 5.
The unclean are removed out of the eamp: con-
of the synagogue reckoned up the sons fession of sins, and satisfaction firstfruits and
of Caath, by their kindreds and the oblations belonging to the priests: trial ofjealousy,
houses of their fathers, AND the Lord spoke to Moses, say
35 From thirty years old and upward, x\. ing:^
unto fifty years old, all that go in to the 2 Command the children of Israel, that
ministry of the tabernacle of the cove- they cast out of the camp every leper,
nant: and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or
36 And they were found two thousand is defiled by the dead
seven hundred and fifty, 3 Whetlier it be man or woman, cast ye
37 This is the number of the people of them out of the camp, lest they defile it
Caath that go in to the tabernacle of the when I shall dwell with you.
covenant these did Moses and Aaron 4 And the children of Israel did so, and
:

number according to the word of the they cast them forth without the camp,
Lord by the hand of Moses. as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
38 The sons of Gerson also were num- 5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
bered by the kindreds and houses of 6 Say to the children of Israel When a :

their fathers, man or woman shall have committed any

39 From, thirty years old and upward, of all the sins that men are wont to
unto fifty years old, all that go in to commit, and by negligence shall have
minister in the tabernacle of the cove- transgressed the commandment of the
nant: Lord, and offended,

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The trial of jealousy NUMBERS The trial of jealousy

7 They shall confess their sin, and re- bitter waters, on which I have heaped
store the principal itself, and the fifth curses, shall not hurt thee.
part over and above, to him against 20 But if thou hast gone aside from thy
whom they have sinned. husband, and art defiled, and hast lain
8 But if there be no one to receive it, with another man
they shall give it to the Lord, and it shall 21 These curses shall light upon thee
be the priest's, besides the ram that is The Lord make thee a curse, and an ex-
offered for expiation, to be an atoning ample for all among his people: aiay
sacrifice. he make thy thigh to rot, and may th^
9 All the firstfruits also, which the chil- belly swell and burst asunder.
dren of Israel offer, belong to the priest 22 Let the cursed waters enter into thy
10 And whatsoever is offered into the belly, and may thy womb swell and thy
sanctuary by every one, and is delivered thigh rot. And the woman fihall answer,
into the hands of the priest, it shall be Amen, amen.
his. 23 And the priest shall write these curses
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying in a book, and shall wash them out with
12 Speak to the children of Israel, and the most bitter waters, upon which he
thou shalt say to them The man whose hath heaped the curses,
:

v^f e shall have gone astray, and contemn- 24 And he shall give them her to drink.
ing her husband, And when she hath drunk them up,
13 Shall have slept with another man, 25 The priest shall take from her hand
and her husband cannot discover it, but the sacrifice of jealousy, and shall ele
the adultery is secret, and cannot be vate it before the Lord, and shall put it
proved by witnesses, because she was upon the altar yet so as first, :

not found in the adultery 26 To take a handful of the sacrifice of

14 If the spirit of jealousy stir up the that which is offered, and burn it upon
husband against his wife, who either is the altar and so give the most bitter
:

defiled, or is charged with false suspicion, waters to the woman to drink.

15 He shall bring her to the priest, and 27 And when she hath drunk them, if
shall offer an oblation for her, the tenth she be defiled, and having despised her
part of a measure of barley meal: he husband be guilty of adultery, the male-
shall not pour oil thereon, nor put frank- diction shall go through her, and her
incense upon it because it is a sacrifice belly swelling, her thigh shall rot: and
:

of jealousy, and an oblation searching the woman shall be a curse, and an ex-
out adultery. ample to all the people.
16 The priest therefore shall offer it, and 28 But if she be not defiled, she shall
set it before the Lord. not be hurt, and shall bear children.
17 And he shall take holy water in an 29 This is the law of jealousy. If a wo-
earthen vessel, and he shall cast a little man hath gone aside from her husband,
earth of the pavement of the tabernacle and be defiled,
into it. 30 And the husband stirred up by the
18 And when the woman shall stand be- spirit of jealousy bring her before th*
fore the Lord, he shall uncover her head, Lord, and the priest do to her according
and shall put on her hands the sacrifice to all things that are here written :

of remembrance, and the oblation of 31 The husband shall be blameless, and

jealousy and he himself shall hold the she shall bear her iniquity.
:

most bitter waters, whereon he hath

heaped curses with execration. CHAPTER 6.
19 And he shall adjure her, and shall The law of the Nazarites : the form of blessing the
people.
say If another man hath not slept with
:

thee, and if thou be not defiled by for-

saking thy husband's bed, these most ing:A
ND the Lord spoke to Moses, say-

Chap. 5. Ver. 7. Shall confess. This confession was designed to clear the innocent, and to prevent
and satisfaction, ordained in the Old Law, was a fig- jealous husbands from doing mischief to their wives i

ure of the sacrament of penance. as likewise to give all a horror of adultery, by puDr
Ver.?.'!. The spirit ofJealousy, Sid» This ordinance ishing it in so remarkable a manner.

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The law of the Nazarites NUMBERS Blessing the people

2 Speak to the children of and Lord one he lamb of a year old with-
Israel, :

thou Shalt say to them When a man, out blemish for a holocaust, and one
;

or woman, shall make a vow to be sanc- ewe lamb of a year old without blemish
tified, and will consecrate themselves to for a sin offering, and one ram without
the Lord blemish for a victim of peace offering,
3 They shall abstain from wine, and 15 A basket also of unleavened bread,
from every thing that may make a man tempered with oil, and wafers without
drunk. They shall not drink vinegar of leaven anointed with oil, and the liba-
wine, or of any other drink, nor any tions of each
thing that is pressed out of the grape 16 And the priest shall present them
nor shall they eat grapes either fresh before the Lord, and shall offer both the
or dried. sin offering and the holocaust.
4 All the days that they are consecrated 17 But the ram he shall immolate for a
to the Lord by vow they shall eat no- sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord,
:

thing that cometh of the vineyard, from offering at the same time the basket of
the raisin even to the kernel. unleavened bread, and the libations that
6 All the time of his separation ^ no are due by custom.
razor shall pass over his head, until the 18 *Then shall the hair of the conse-
day be fulfilled of his consecration to the cration of the Nazarite, be shaved off
Lord. He shall be holy, and shall let before the door of the tabernacle of the
the hair of his head grow. covenant : and he shall take his hair, and
6 All the time of his consecration he lay it upon the fire, which is under the
shall not go in to any dead, sacrifice of the peace offerings.
7 Neither shall he make himself un- 19 And shall take the boiled shoulder
clean, even for his father, or for his mo- of the ram, and one unleavened cake
ther, or for his brother, or for his sister, out of the basket, and one unleavened
when they die, because the consecration wafer, and he shall deliver them into the
of his God is upon his head. hands oi the Nazarite, after his head is
8 All the days of his separation he shall shaven.
be holy to the Lord. 20 And receiving them again from him,
9 But if any man die suddenly before he shall elevate them in the sight of the
him the head of his consecration shall
: Lord and they being sanctified shall be-
:

be defiled and he shall shave it forth-

: long to the priest, as the breast, which
with on the same day of his purification, was commanded to be separated, and
and again on the seventh day. the shoulder. After this the Nazarite
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring may drink wine.
two turtles, or two young pigeons to the 21 This is the law of the Nazarite, when
priest in the entry of the covenant of the he hath vowed his oblation to the Lord
testimony. in the time of his consecration, besides
11 And the priest shall offer one for sin, those things which his hand shall find,
and the other for a holocaust, and shall according to that which he had vowed in
pray for him, for that he hath sinned by his mind, so shall he do for the fulfilling
the dead and he shall sanctify his head of his sanctification.
:

that day 22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying

12 And shall consecrate to the Lord the 23 Say to Aaron and his sons Thus :

days of his separation, offering a lamb of shall you bless the children of Israel,
one year for sin yet so that the former and you shall say to them
:

days be made void, because his sanctifi- 24 * The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.
cation was profaned. 25 The Lord shew his face to thee, and
13 This is the law of consecration. have mercy on thee.
When the days which he had determined 26 The Lord turn his countenance to
by vow shall be expired, he shall bring thee, and give thee peace.
him to the door of the tabernacle of the 27 And they shall invoke my name upon
covenant, the children of Israel, and I will bless
14 And shall offer his oblation to the them.

r Judges 13. 6w • Acts 21. SA.— t £coU. 36. la.

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Offerings of the princes NUMBERS Offerings of the princes

CHAPTER 7. 15 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
The offerings of the princes at the dedication of the
lamb of a year old for a holocaust
tabernacle: God speaketh to Moses from the pro- 16 And a buck goat for sin
pitiatory. 17 And for the sacrifice of peace offer-
ND it came to pass in the day that ings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats,
K Moses had finished the tabernacle, five lambs of a year old. This was the
**and set it up, and had anointed and offering of Nahasson the son of Amina-
sanctified it with all its vessels, the altar dab.
likewise and all the vessels thereof, 18 The second day Nathanael the son
2 The princes of Israel and the heads of of Suar, prince of the tribe of Issachar,
the families, in every tribe, who were made his offering,
the rulers of them who had been num- 19 A
silver dish weighing one hundred
bered, offered" and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy
3 Their gifts before the Lord, six wagons sides, according to the weight of the
covered, and twelve oxen. Two princes sanctuary, both full of flour tempered
offered one wagon, and each one an ox, with oil for a sacrifice
and they offered them before the taber- 20 A
little mortar of gold weighing ten

nacle. sides full of incense

I And the Lord said to Moses 21 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
5 Receive them from them to s<^rve in lamb of a year old for a holocaust
tho ministry of the tabernacle, and thou 22 And a buck goat for sin:
Shalt deliver them to the Levites accord- 23 And for the sacrifice of peace offer-
ing to the order of their ministry. ings, two oxen, five rams, five buck
6 Moses therefore receiving the wagons goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
and the oxen, delivered them to the Le- the offering of Nathanael the son of Suar.
vites. 24 The third day the prince of the sons
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Helon,
to the sons of Gerson, according to their 25 Offered a silver dish weighing one
necessity. hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl
8 The other four wagons, and eight oxen of seventy sides by the weight of the
he gave to the sons of Merari, according sanctuary, both full of flour tempered
to their offices and service, under the with oil for a sacrifice
hand of Itbamar the son of Aaron the 26 A
little mortar of gold weighing ten
priest. sides full of incense
9 But to the sons of Caath he gave no 27 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
wagons or oxen because they serve in lamb of a year old for a holocaust:
:

the sanctuary and carry their burdens 28 And a buck goat for sin:
upon their own shoulders. 29 And for the sacrifice of peace offer-
10 And the princes offered for the dedi- ings, two oxen, five rams, five buck
cation of the altar on the day when it was goats, five lambs of a year old. This is
anointed, their oblation before the altar. the oblation of EHab the son of Helon.
II And the Lord said to Moses: Let 30 The fourth day the prince of the
each of the princes one day after another sons of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur,
offer their gifts for the dedication of the 31 Offered a silver dish weighing one
altar. hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl
12 The first day Nahasson the son of of seventy sides according to the weight
Aminadab of the tribe of Juda offered of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem-
his offering: pered with oil for a sacrifice
13 And his offering was a silver dish ?.2 A
little mortar of gold weighing ten
weighing one hundred and thirty sides, sides full of incense
a silver bowl of seventy sides according 33 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
to the weight of the sanctuary, both full lamb of a year old, for a holocaust
of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice 34 And a buck goat for sin
14 Alittle mortar of ten sides of gold 35 And for victims of peace offerings
full of incense two oxen, five rams, five buck goats,

u Ex. 40. i& I

y B. C. 1444.

14S
 ; : : :: :
: ;
:
: :
Offerings of the "princes
five lambs of a year old. This was the of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem-
offering of Elisur the son of Sedeur.
36 The fifth day the prince of the sons
of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Surisaddai,
37 Offered a silver dish weighing one
hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl
of seventy sides after the weight of the
sanctuary, both full of flour tempered
with oil for a sacrifice
38 A little mortar of gold weighing ten
nicies full of incense
89 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
lamb of a year old for a holocaust
40 And a buck goat for sin
41 And for sacrifices of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, five
lambs of a year old. This was the offer-
ing of Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.
42 The sixth day the prince of the sons
of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel,
43 Offered a silver dish weighing a hun-
dred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of
seventy sides by the weight of the sanc-
tuary, both full of flour tempered with
oil for a sacrifice
44 A
little mortar of gold weighing ten
sides full of incense
45 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
lamb of a year old for a holocaust
46 And a buck goat for sin
47 And for sacrifices of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, five
lambs of a year old. This was the offer-
ing of Eliasaph the son of Duel.
48 The seventh day the prince of the
sons of Ephraim, Elisama the son of
Ammiud,
49 Offered a silver dish weighing a hun-
dred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of
seventy sides according to the weight
of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem-
pered with oil for a sacrifice
50 A little mortar of gold weighing ten
sides of incense :
full
51 An ox
of the herd, and a ram, and a
lamb of a year old for a holocaust
52 And a buck goat for sin
53 And for sacrifices of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, five
lambs of a year old. This was the offer-
ing of Elisama the son of Ammiud.
54 The eighth day the prince of the
sons of Manasses, Gamaliel the son of
Phadassur,
55 Offered a silver dish weighing a hun-
dred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of
seventy sides, according to the weight
:::: ::: :
NUMBERS Offerings of the 'princes
pered with oil for a sacrifice
56 A little mortar of gold weighing ten
sides full of incense
57 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
lamb of a year old for a holocaust
58 And a buck goat for sin
59 And for sacrifices of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, five
lambs of a year old. This was the offer-
ing of Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
60 The ninth day the prince of the sons
of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon,
61 Offered a silver dish weighing a hun-
dred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of
seventy sides by the weight of the sanc-
tuary, both full of flour tempered with
oil for a sacrifice :
62 A little mortar of gold weighing ten
sides full of incense
63 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
lamb of a year old for a holocaust
64 And a buck goat for sin
65 And for sacrifices of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, five
lambs of a year old. This was the offer-
ing of Abidan the son of Gedeon.
66 The tenth day the prince of the sons
of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai,
67 Offered a silver dish weighing a hun-
dred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of
seventy sides, according to the weight
of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem-
pered with oil for a sacrifice
68 A little mortar of gold weighing ten
sides full of incense:
69 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
lamb of a year old for a holocaust
70 And a buck goat for sin
71 And for sacrifices of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, five
lambs of a year old. This was the offer-
ing of Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.
72 The eleventh day the prince of the
sons of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran,
73 Offered a silver dish weighing a hun-
dred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of
seventy sides, according to the weight
of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem-
pered with oil for a sacrifice :
74 A little mortar of gold weighing ten
sides full of incenso :
75 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and
a lamb of a year old for a holocaust
76 And a buck goat for sin
77 And for sacrifices of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, fivis
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God speaks from the propitiatory NUMBERS Ordination of the Levites

lambs of a year old. This was the offer-
ing of Phegiel the son of Ochran.
78 The twelfth day the prince of the
sons of NephtaU, Ahira the son of Enan,
79 Offered a silver dish weighing a hun-
dred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of
seventy sides, according to the weight
of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem-
pered with oil for a sacrifice
80 A little mortar of gold weighing ten
sides full of incense
8 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a
lamb of a year old for a holocaust
82 And a buck goat for sin : had commanded Moses.
83 And for sacrifices of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, five
lambs of a year old. This was the offer-
ing of Ahira the son of Enan.
84 These were the offerings made by the
princes of Israel in the dedication of the
altar, in the day wherein it was conse-
crated. Twelve dishes of silver twelve sil-
ver bowls twelve little mortars of gold
: the children of Israel, and thou shalt
85 Each dish weighing a hundred and
thirty sides of silver, and each bowl
AND the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
J\. ing:«'
2 Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to
him: When thou shalt place the seven
lamps, let the candlestick be set up on
the south side. Give orders therefore that
the lamps look ovei against the north,
towards the table of the loaves of propo-
sition, over against that part shall they
give light, towards which the candlestick
looketh.
3 And Aaron did so, and he put the
lamps upon the candlestick, as the Lord
j
4 Now this was the work of the candle- ^
stick, it was of beaten gold, both the
shaft in the middle, and all that came out
of both sides of the branches : according
to the pattern which the Lord had shewn
to Moses, so he made the candlestick.
6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
: 6 Take the Levites out of the midst of
purify them,
7 According to this rite Let them be :

seventy sides: that is, putting all the sprinkled with the water of purification,
vessels of silver together, two thousand and let them shave all the hairs of their
four hundred sides, by the weight of the flesh. And when they shall have washed
sanctuary. their garments, and are cleansed,
86 Twelve little mortars of gold full of 8 They shall take an ox of the herd,
incense, weighing ten sides apiece, by and for the offering thereof fine fiour
the weight of the sanctuary that is, in tempered with oil and thou shalt take
: :

all a hundred and twenty sides of gold. another ox of the herd for a sin offering
87 Twelve oxen out of the herd for a 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites be-
holocaust, twelve rams, twelve lambs of fore the tabernacle of the covenant, call-
a year old, and their libations twelve ing together all the multitude of the
:

buck goats for sin. children of Israel

88 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, 10 And when the Levites are before the
oxen twenty- four, rams sixty, buck goats Lord, the children of Israel shall put
sixty, lambs of a year old sixty. These their hands upon them:
things were offered in the dedication of 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as
the altar, when it was anointed. a gift in the sight of the Lord from the
89 And when Moses entered into the children of Israel, that they may serve
tabernacle of the covenant, to consult the in his ministry.
oracle, he heard the voice of one speak- 12 The Levites also shall put their hands
ing to him from the propitiatory, that upon the heads of the oxen, of which
was over the ark between the two cheru- thou shalt sacrifice one for sin, and the
bims, and from this place he spoke to him. other for a holocaust to the Lord, to
pray for them.
CHAPTER 8. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites in the
The seven lamps are placed on the golden candle- sight of Aaron and of his sons, and shaltj
stick, toshine towards the loaves of proposition •

consecrate them being offered to th<

the ordination of the Levites : and to what age
they shall serve in the tabernacle. Lord,
to B. C. 1444.

Chap. 8. Ver. 7. Let them be sprinkled with appointed for purifying all that were unclean. It
the irater of ^purification. This was the holy water was a figure of the blood of Christ, applied to oul
mixed with the ashes of the red cow, Num. 19., souls by his holy sacraments.
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TheLevites taken for the firstborn NUMBERS Precept of the pasch renewed
14 And Shalt separate them from the the works. Thus shalt thou order the
midst of the children of Israel, to be Levites touching their charge.
mine.
15 And afterwards they shall enter into CHAPTER 9.
the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve The precept of the pasch is renewed the unclean :
and travellers are to observe it the second month
me. And thus shalt thou purify and
.

the camp is guided by the pillar of the cloud.

consecrate them for an oblation of the
Lord: for as a gift they were given me
THE
Lord spoke to Moses in the des-
ert of Sinai, the second year after
by the children of Israel. they were come out of the land of Egypt,
16^1 have taken them instead of the in the first month, saying v :

firstborn that open every womb in Is- 2 ^ Let the children of Israel make the
rael, phase in its due time,
17 For all the firstborn of the children 3 The fourteenth day of this month in
of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are the evening, according
to all the cere-
mine. From the day that I slew every monies and justifications thereof.
firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I 4 And Moses commanded the children
sanctified them to myself: of Israel that they should make the phase.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all 6 And they made it in its proper time:
the firstborn of the children of Israel: the fourteenth day of the month at even-
19 And have delivered them for a gift ing, in mount
Sinai. The children of
to Aaron and his sons out of the midst Israel did according
to all things that
of the people, to serve me for Israel in the Lord had
commanded Moses.
the tabernacle of the covenant, and to 6 But behold some who were unclean
pray for them, lest there should be a by occasion of the soul
of a man, who
plague among the people, if they should could not make the phase
on that day,
presume to approach unto my sanctuary. coming to Moses and Aaron,
20 And Moses and Aaron and all the 7 Said to them We are unclean by oc-
:

multitude of the children of Israel did casion of the soul of a man.

with the Levites all that the Lord had we kept back that
Why are
we may not offer in
commanded Moses: its season the offering to the Lord among
21 And they were purified, and washed the children of
Israel?
their garments. And Aaron lifted them
8 And Moses answered them Stay that :
up in the sight of the Lord, and prayed I may consult the Lord
what he will or-
for them, dain concerning you.
22 That being purified they might go 9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
into the tabernacle of the covenant to 10 Say to the children of Israel: The
do their services before Aaron and his man that shall be
unclean by occasion
sons. As the Lord had commanded Mo- of one that
is dead, or shall be in a jour-
ses touching the Levites, so was it done. ney afar
off in your nation, let him make
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say- the phase
to the Lord.
ing: 11 In the second month, on the four-
24 This is the law oi the Levites Prom teenth day of :
the month in the evening,
twenty-five years old and upwards, they they shall eat it
with unleavened bread
shall go in to minister in the tabernacle and
wild lettuce
of the covenant. 12 They shall not leave any thing thereof
25 And when they shall have accom- until morning, "
nor break a bone thereof,
plished the fiftieth year of their age, they
shall observe all the ceremonies of
they shall cease to serve the phase.
26 And they shall be the ministers of 13 But if any man is clean, and was not
bheir brethren in the tabernacle of the
on a journey, and did not make the
jovenant, to keep the things that are phase,
that soul shall be cut off from
^.ommitted to their care, but not to do among
his people, because he offered
X Ex. 13. 2 : Supra 3. 13 Luke
; 2. 23.
2 Ex. 12 3
y B. C. 1444. a Ex. 12.46*; John 19. 36.
Chap.9. Ver.2. Make the phase. That is, keep
sion of the soul of a maau, &c. That by navme
ne paschal solemnity, and eat the paschal lamb. ia,
Ver. 8. Behold some who were uncleca^ by
occa»
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The pillar of the cloud NUMBERS The silver trumpets

not sacrifice to the Lord in due season A ND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:*^
he shall bear his sin. XX. 2 Make thee two trumpets of beaten
14 The sojourner also and the stranger silver, wherewith thou mayest call to-
if they be among you, shall make the gether the multitude when the camp is
phase to the Lord according to the cere- to be removed.
monies and justifications thereof. The 3 And when thou shalt sound the trum-
same ordinance shall be with you both pets, all the multitude shall gather unto
for the stranger, and for him that was thee to the door of the tabernacle of the
born in the land. covenant.
1? Now on the day that the tabernacle
''
4 If thou sound but once, the prince»
was reared up, a cloud covered it. But and the heads of the multitude of Israel
from the evening there was over the shall come to thee.
tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of 5 But if the sound of the trumpets be i
fire until the morning. longer, and with interruptions, they that
16 So it was always by day the cloud are on the east side, shall first go forward.
:

covered it, and by night as it were the 6 And at the second sounding and like
itppearance of fire. noise of the trumpet, they who lie on the
17 And when the cloud that covered south side shall take up their tents. And
the tabernacle was taken up, then the after this manner shall the rest do, when
children of Israel marched forward and the trumpets shall sound for a march.
:

in the place where the cloud stood still, 7 But when the people is to be gathered
there they camped. together, the sound of the trumpets shall
18 At the commanament of the Lord be plain, and they shall not make a bro-
they marched, and at his commandment ken sound.
they pitched the tabernacle. ^ All the 8 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall
days that the cloud abode over the taber- sound the trumpets and this shall be an
:

nacle, they remained in the same place ordinance for ever in your generations.
:

19 And if it was so that it continued 9 If you go forth to war out of your land
over it a long time, the children of Israel against the enemies that fight against you,
kept the watches of the Lord, and you shall sound aloud with the trumpets,
marched not, and there shall be a remembrance of you
20 For as many days soever as the before the Lord your God, that you may
\
cloud stayed over the tabernacle. At the be delivered out of the hands of your ene-
commandment of the Lord they pitched mies.
their tents, and at his commandment 10 If at any time you shall have a ban-
they took them down. quet, and on your festival days, and on
21 If the cloud tarried from evening the first days of your months, you shall
until morning, and immediately at break sound the trumpets over the holocausts,
of day left the tabernacle, they marched and the sacrifices of peace offerings, that
forward and if it departed after a day they may be to you for a remembrance
:

and a night, they took down their tents. of your God. I am the Lord your God.
22 But if it remained over the taber- 11 The second year, in the second
nacle for two days or a month or a longer month, the twentieth day of the month,
time, the children of Israel remained in the cloud was taken up from the taber-
the same place, and marched not: but nacle of the covenant.
immediately as soon as it departed, they 12 And the children of Israel marched
removed the camp. by their troops from the desert of Sinai,
23 By the word of the Lord they pitched and the cloud rested in the wilderness of
their tents, and by his word they marched: Pharan.
and kept the watches of the Lord accord- 13 And the first went forward according
ing to his commandment by the hand of to the commandment of the Lord by the.
Moses. hand of Moses.
14 ^The sons of Juda by their troops:
CHAPTER 10. whose prince was Nahasson the son of
The silver trumpets and their tLse. They march
from Sinai. Aminadab.

I Ex. 40. 16 and 32 ; Supra 7. &.— cl Cor. 10. 1. d B. C. 1444. — e Supra 1. 7.

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The march from Sinai NUMBERS The people murmur

15 In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, encamp in the wilderness, and thou shall
the prince wasNathanael the son of Suar. be our guide.
13 In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince 32 And if thou comest with us, we wil*
was Eliab the son of Helon. give thee what is the best of the riches
17 And the tabernacle was taken down, which the Lord shall deliver to us.
and the sons of Gerson and Merari set 33 So they marched from the mount of
forward, bearing it. the Lord three days' journey, and the
18 And the sons of Ruben also marched, ark of the covenant of the Lord went
by their troops and ranks, whose prince before thom, for three days providing a
was Helisur the son of Sedeur. place for the camp.
19 And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince 34 The cloud also of the Lord was over
was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai. them by day when they marched.
20 And in the tribe of Gad, the prince 35 And when the ark was lifted up, Mo-
was Eliasaph the son of Duel. ses said ^ Arise, O Lord, and let thy ene :

21 Then the Caathites also marched mies be scattered, and let them that hate
carrying the sanctuary. So long was the thee, flee from before thy face.
tabernacle carried, till they came to the 36 And when it was set down, he said
place of setting it up. Return, O Lord, tc the multitude of the
22 The sons of Ephraim also moved host of Israel.
their camp by their troops, in whose 11. CHAPTER
army the prince was Elisama the son of The jjeozjle irnurniur, and are jjunished with fire,
God appointeth seventy ancients for assistants to
Ammiud. Moses. They prophesy. The people have their
23 Andin the tribe of the sons of Ma- fill of flesh, butforthivith many die of the j)lague.

na^sses,the prince was Gamaliel the son the mean time there arose a
17 mur-
of Phadassur. I muring of the people against the
24 And in the tribe of Benjamin, the Lord, as it were repining at their fa-
prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon. tigue. And when the Lord heard it he
25 The last of all the camp marched the was angry. *And the fire of the Lord
sons of Dan by their troops, in whose being kindled against them, devoured
army the prince was Ahiezer the son of them that were at the uttermost part of
Ammisaddai. the camp.
26 And in the tribe of the sons of Aser, 2 And when the people cried to Moses,
the prince was Phtgiel the son of Ochran. Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire
27 And in the tribe of the sons of Neph- was swallowed up.
tali, the prince was Ahira the son of 3 And he called the name of that place,
Enan. The burning: for that the fire of the
28 This was the order of the camps, and Lord had been kindled against them.
marches of the children of Israel by their 4 For a mixt multitude, of people, that
troops, when they set forward. came up with them, burned with desire,
29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of sitting and weeping, the children of Isra-
Raguel the Madianite, his kinsman We el also being joined with them, and said
:

are going towards the place which the ^ Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Lord will give us come with us, that 5 We remember the fish that we ate in
:

we may do thee good for the Lord hath Egypt free cost: the cucumbers come
:

promised good things to Israel. into our mind, and the melons, and the
30 But he answered him I will not go leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.
:

with thee, but I will return to my ^ coun- 6 Our soul is dry, our eyes behold no-
try, wherein I was born. thing else but manna.
31 And he said : Do not leave us for 7 ^ Now the manna was like coriander
:

thou knowest in what places we should seed, of the colour of bdellium.

/ Ex. 18. 27.— g Ps. 67. 2. i —
Ps. 77. 21. ?1 Cor. 10.3.
h Infra 33. 16 Ps. 77. 19 ; 1 Cor. 10. 10.
; k Ex. 16. 14; Ps. 77. 24; Wisd. 16. 20; John 6. 31

Chap. 11. Ver. 3. The burning. Hebrew, Tabe- US the danger of associating ourselves with the chil-
rah. dren of Egypt, that
is, with the lovers and admirers
Ver. 4. A mixt mnltitvde.
These were people that of this wicked world.
fame with them out of Egypt, who were not of the Ver. 7. Bdelliutn. Bdellium, according to Pliny,,
race of Israel: who, by their murmnring, drew also 1. 21, c. 9, was of the colour of a man's nail, white
the childreu of Israel to murmur : this should teachand brigbtc
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8 And the people went about, and gath- 20 But even for a month of days, till it
ering it, ground it in a mill, or beat it come out at your nostrils, and become
in a mortar, and boiled it in a pot, and loathsome to you, because you have cast
made cakes thereof of the taste of bread off the Lord, who is in the midst of you,
tempered with oil. and have wept before him, saying Why :

9 And when the dew fell in the night came we out of Egypt ?
upon the camp, the manna also fell with it. 21 And Moses said There are six hun- :

10 Now Moses heard the people weep- dred thousand footmen of this people,
ing by their families, every one at the and sayest thou I will give them flesh :

door of his tent. And the wrath of the to eat a whole month ?
Lord was exceedingly enkindled to 22 ^ Shall then a multitude of sheep and
:

Moses also the thing seemed insupport- oxen be killed, that it may suffice for
able. their food ? or shall the flshes of the sea
11 And he said to the Lord: Why hast be gathered together to fill them ?
thou afflicted thy servant ? wherefore do 23 And the Lord answered him "* Is :

I not find favour before thee ? and why the hand of the Lord unable ? Thou shalt
hast thou laid the weight of all this peo- presently see whether my word shall
ple upon me ? come to pass or no.
12 Have I conceived all this multitude, 24 Moses therefore came, and told the
or begotten them, that thou shouldst say people the words of the Lord, and as-
to me Carry them in thy bosom as the sembled seventy men of the ancients of
:

nurse is wont to carry the little infant, Israel, and made them to stand about the
and bear them into the land, for which tabernacle.
thou hast sworn to their fathers ? 25 And the Lord came down in a cloud,
13 Whence should I have flesh to give and spoke to him, taking away of the
to so great a multitude ? they weep spirit that was in Moses, and giving to
against me, saying : Give us flesh that the seventy men. And when the spirit
we may eat. had rested on them they prophesied,
14 I am not able alone to bear all this nor did they cease afterwards.
people, because it is too heavy for me. 26 Now there remained in the camp two
15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I of the men, of whom one was called El-
beseech thee to kill me, and let me find dad, and the other Medad, upon whom
grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted the spirit rested ; for they also had been
with so great evils. enrolled, but were not gone forth to the
16 And the Lord said to Moses : Gather tabernacle.
unto me seventy men of the ancients of 27 And when they prophesied in the
Israel, whom thou knowest to be ancients camp, there ran a young man, and told
and masters of the people: and thou Moses, saying: Eldad and Medad pro-
shalt bring them to the door of the tab- phesy in the camp.
ernacle of the covenant, and shalt make 28 Forthwith Josue the son of Nun,
them stand there with thee, the minister of Moses, and chosen out
17 That I may come down and speak of many, said: My lord Moses forbid
with thee and I will take of thy spirit, them.
:

and will give to them, that they may 29 But he said Why hast thou emula- :

bear with thee the burden of the people, tion for me ? O that all the people might
and thou mayest not be burthened alone. prophesy, and that the Lord would give
18 And thou shalt say to the people: them his spirit
Be ye sanctified to morrow you shall eat 30 And Moses returned, with the an-
:

flesh : for I have heard you say Who cients of Israel, into the camp.
:

will give us flesh to eat ? it was well with 31 ^ And a wind going out from the
us in Egypt. That the Lord may give Lord, taking quails up beyond the sea
you flesh, and you may eat brought them, and cast them into the
19 Not for one day, nor two, nor five, camp for the space of one day's journey,
nor ten, no nor for twenty. on every side of the camp round about,
John 6. 10.
I m Isa. 59. 1. — n Ps. 77. 26 and 27.
Ver. 16. Seventy men. This was the first institu- consisting of seventy or seventy-two senators oi
ttODOf t' "ouDcil cr senate, called the Sanhedrim^ counsellors.
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Mary and Aaron murmur NUMBERS Mary stricken with leprosy

and they flew in the air "^i; cubits high were you not afraid to speak ill of my
above the ground. servant Moses ?
32 The people therefore rising up all 9 And being angry with them he went
that day, and night, and the next day, away:
gathered together of quails, he that did 10 The cloud also that was over the
least, ten cores: and they dried them tabernacle departed : ® and behold Mary
round about the camp. appeared white as snow with a leprosy.
33 ° As yet the flesh was between their And when Aaron had looked on her, and
teeth, neither had that kind of meat saw her covered with leprosy,
all
failed when behold the wrath of the
: 11 He said to Moses: I beseech thee,
Lord being provoked against the people, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which
struck them with an exceeding great we have foolishly committed
plague. 12 Let her not be as one dead, and as
34 And that place was called. The graves an abortive that is cast forth from the
of lust for there they buried the people
: mother's womb. Lo, now one half of
that had lusted. And departing from the her flesh is consumed with the leprosy.
graves of lust, they came unto Haseroth, 13 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying
and abode there. O God, I beseech thee heal her.
14 And the Lord answered him : If her
CHAPTER 12. father had spitten upon her face, ought
Mary and Aaron murmnr against Moses, whom she not to have been ashamed for seven
God praiseth above other prophets. Mary being
struck with leprosy, Aaron confesseth his fault.
days at least? Let her be separated
Moses prayeth for her, and after seven days'* sepa- seven days without the camp, and after-
ration from the camp, she is restored. wards she shall be called again.
AND Mary and Aaron spoke against 15 Mary therefore was put out of the
J\ Moses, because of his wife the Ethio- camp seven days and the people moved
:

pian, not from that place until Mary was called

2 And they said : Hath the Lord spoken again.
by Moses only ? hath he not also spoken CHAPTER 13.
to us in like manner? And when the The twelve spies are sent to view the land. The
Lord heard this, relation they make of it.
3 (For Moses was a man exceeding meek A ND the people marched from Hase-
above all men that dwelt upon earth) xjL roth, and pitched their tents in the
4 Immediately he spoke to him, and to desert of Pharan. *
Aaron and Mary: Come out you three 2 And there the Lord spoke to Moses,
only to the tabernacle of the covenant. saying -,

And when they were come out, 3 Send men to view the land of Cha-
5 The Lord came down in a pillar of the naan, which I will give to the children
cloud, and stood in the entry of the of Israel, one of every tribe, of the
tabernacle calling to Aaron and Mary. rulers.
And when they were come, 4 Moses did what the Lord had com-
6 He said to them : Hear my words if : manded, sending from the desert of
there be among you a prophet of the Pharan, principal men, whose names are
Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or these
I will speak to him in a dream. 5 Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the
7 But it is not so with my servant Mo- son of Zechur.
ses ^ who is most faithful in all my house 6 Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the
8 ^ For I speak to him mouth to mouth : son of Huri.
and plainly, and not by riddles and 7 Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of
figures doth he see the Lord. then Why Jephone.
o Ps. 77. 30. q Heb. 3. 2. r Ex. 33. 11. — s Deut. 24. 9. — < B. C. 1444.
Ver. 34.The graves of lust ; or, the sepulchres of Ver. 3. Exceeding meek. Moses being the meek-
concupiscence so called from their irregular desire est of men, would hot contend for himself; there-
:

of flesh. In Hebrew, Kibroth. ffattaavah. fore, God inspired him to write here his own defence
Chap. 12. Ver. 1. Ethiopian. Sephora the wife and the Holy Spirit, wliose dictate he wrote, obliged
of Moses was of Madian, which bordered upon the him to declare the truth, though it was so much to
land of Chus or Ethiopia and therefore she is called his own praise.
:

an Ethiopian where note, that the Ethiopia here

:

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NUMBERS The spies discourage ike people
8 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son to say, the torrent of the cluster of
of Joseph. grapes, because from thence the childrei
9 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osee the son of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes.
of Nun. 26 And they that went to spy out the
10 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the land returned after forty days, having
son of Raphu. gone round all the country,
11 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the And came to Moses and Aaron and to 27
son of Sodi. the assembly of the children of Israel
all
12 Of the tribe of Joseph, of the sceptre to the desert of Pharan, which is in
of Manasses, Gaddi the son of Susi. Cades. And speaking to them and to all
13 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son the multitude, they shewed them the
of Gemalli. fruits of the land :

14 Of the tribe of Aser, Sthur the son of 28 And they related and said We came :

Michael. into the land to which thou sentest us,

15 Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the which in very deed floweth with milk
son of Vapsi. and honey as may be known by these
16 Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of fruits
Machi. 29 But it hath very strong inhabitants,
17 These are the names of the men, and the cities are great and walled. We
whom Moses sent to view the land and saw there the race of Enac. :

he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue. " 30 Amalec dwelleth in the south, the
18 And Moses sent them to view the Hethite and the Jebusite and the Amor-
land of Chanaan, and said to them Go rhite in the mountains: but the Chanaan-
:

you up by the south side. And when ite abideth by the sea and near the
you shall come to the mountains, streams of the Jordan.
19 View the land, of what sort it is and 31 In the mean time Caleb, to still the
:

the people that are the inhabitants there- murmuring of the people that rose
of, whether they be strong or weak few against Moses, said: Let us go up and
:

in number or many possess the land, for we shall be able to

20 The land itself, whether it be good conquer it.
or bad what manner of cities, walled or 32 But the others, that had been with
:

without walls :
him, said No, we are not able to go up
\ :

21 The ground, fat or barren, woody or to this people, because they are stronger
without trees. Be of good courage, and than we.
bring us of the fruits of the land. Now 33 And they spoke ill of the land, which
it was the time when the firstripe grapes they had viewed, before the children of
are fit to be eaten. Israel, saying: The land which we have
22 And when they were gone up, they viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the
viewed the land from the desert of Sin, people, that we beheld, are of a tall
unto Rohob as you enter into Emath. stature.
23 And they went up at the south side, 34 There we saw certain monsters of
and came to Hebron, where were Achi- the sons of Enac, of the giant kind: in
'^

man and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of comparison of whom, we seemed like
Enac. For Hebron was built seven years locusts.
before Tanis the city of Egypt. CHAPTER 14.
24 '^ And going forward as far as the The people murm'^.r. God threateneth to destroy
torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut them. He is appeased by Moses, yet so as to exclude
off a branch with its cluster of grapes, the mxirmurers from entering the promised land.
The authors of the seMtion are sti^ick dead. The
which two men carried upon a lever. rest going to fight against the will of God are
They took also of the pomegranates and beaten.
of the figs of that place rpHEREFOEE the whole multitude cry-
:

25 Which was called Nehelescol, that is A. ing wept that night.

u Acts 7. 45, and Heb. 4. 8. — v Jos. 15. 14. IV Deut. 1. 24.

Chap 13. Ver. 33. Spoke ill, &c. These men, decrying or misrepresenting true devotion, discour-
who by their misrepresentations of the land of pro- age Christians from seeking in earnest and acquiring
mise, discouraged the Israelites from attempting tiie so great a good, and thereby securing to themselves
conquest of it, were a figure of worldliuefs, who, by a happy eternity.
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the children of Israel mur- great a multitude as it were one man an
'

2 And all
mured against Moses and Aaron, say- may say
ing: 16 He could not bring the people into
3 Would God that we had died in Egypt the land for which he had sworn, ^ there-
and would God we may die in this vast fore did he kill them in the wilderness.
wilderness, and that the Lord may not 17 Let then the strength of the Lord bo
bring us into this land, lest we fall by the magnified, as thou hast sworn, saying
sword, and our wives and children be led 18 "The Lord is patient and full of
away captives. Is it not better to return mercy, ^ taking away iniquity and wick-
into Egypt? edness, and leaving no man clear, ^ who
4 And they said one to another : Let us visitest the sins of the fathers upon the
appoint a captain, and let us return into children unto the third and fourth gen-
Egypt. eration.
5 And when Moses anc^ Aaron heard 19 Forgive, I beseech thee, the sins of
this, they fell down flat upon the ground this people, according to the greatness
before the multitude of the children of of thy mercy, as thou hast been merciful
Israel. to them from their going out of Egypt
6 * But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb unto this place.
the son of Jephone, who themselves also 20 And the Lord said: I have forgiven
had viewed the land, rent their garments, according to thy word.
7 And said to all the multitude of the 21 As I live and the whole earth shall :

children of Israel The land which we be filled with the glory of the Lord.
:

have gone round is very good 22 But yet all the men that have seen
8 If the Lord be favourable, he will bring my majesty, and the signs that I have done
us into it, and give us a land flowing with in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have
milk and honey. tempted me now ten times, and have not
9 Be not rebellious against the Lord: obeyed my voice,
and fear ye not the people of this land, 23 ^ Shall not see the land for which I
for we are able to eat them up as bread. swore to their fathers, neither shall any
All aid is gone from them the Lord is one of them that hath detracted me be-
:

with us, fear ye not. hold it.

10 And when all the multitude cried out, 24 * My servant Caleb, who being full of
and would have stoned them, the glory another spirit hath followed me, I will
of the Lord appeared over the tabernacle bring into this land which he hath gone
of the covenant to all the children of round and his seed shall possess it. :

Israel. 25 For the Amalecite and the Chanaanite

11 And the Lord said to Moses: How dwell in the valleys. To morrow remove
long will this people detract me ? how the camp, and return into the wilderness
long will they not believe me for all the by the way of the Red Sea.
signs that I have wrought before them ? 26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and
12 I will strike them therefore with Aaron, saying:
pestilence, and will consume them but 27 How long doth this wicked multitude
:

thee I will make a ruler over a great na- murmur against me? I have heard the
tion, and a mightier than this is. murmurings of the children of Israel.
13 And Moses said to the Lord That 28 Say therefore to them: As I live,
:

the Egyptians, from the midst of whom saith the Lord According as you have :

thou hast brought forth this people, spoken in my hearing, so will I do to

14 And the inhabitants of this land, (who you.
have heard that thou, O Lord, art among 29 -^In the wilderness shall your car-
this people, and art seen face to face, casses lie. All you that were numbered
y and thy cloud protecteth them, and thou from twenty years old and upward, and
goest before them in a pillar of a cloud by have murmured against me,
day, and in a pillar of fire by night, 30 ^ Shall not enter into the land, over
15 May hear that thou hast killed dO which I lifted up my hand to make you
X Eccli. 46. 9 ; 1 Mac. 2. 55 and 56. — y Ex. 13. 21. c Ex. 20. b. — d Deut. 35. — e Jos.
1. 14. 6.
z Ex. .32. 28. — a Ps. 102. — h Ex. 34. 7.
8. / Ps. i05. 26. ~ g Deut.
i. 35^

UnAi*. 14. Ver. 18. Clear, i. e., who deserves punisbment.

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Laws concerning sacrifices
Jwell therein, except Caleb the son of the Chanaanite that dwelt in the mouuv-
Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun. tain and smiting and slaying them pui- :

31 But your children, of whom you said, sued them as far as Horma.
that they should be a prey to the enemies,
will I bring in that they may see the
:
CHAPTER 15.
Certain laws concerning sacrifices. Sabbath break-
land which you have despised. ing is punished with death. The law of fringei
32 Your carcasses shall lie in the wilder- on their garmeyits.

ness. A ND
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
33 Your children shall wander in the XX Speak to the children of Israel,
2
desert forty years, and shall bear your and thou shalt say to them When you :

fornication, until the carcasses of their shall be come into the land of your habi-
fathers be consumed in the desert, tation, which I will give you,
34 According to the number of the forty 3 And shall make an offering to the
days, wherein you viewed the land ^ a : Lord, for a holocaust, or a victim, paying
year, shall be counted for a day. * And your vows, or voluntarily offering gifts,
forty years you shall receive your iniqri- or in your solemnities burning a sweet
ties, and shall know my revenge : savour unto the Lord, of oxen or of
35 For as I have spoken, so will I do to sheep
all this wicked multitude, that hath risen 4 Whosoever immolateth the victim,
up together against me in this wilderness shall offer a sacrifice of fine flour, the
:

shall it faint away and die. tenth part of an ephi, tempered with the
36 ^ Therefore all the men, whom Moses fourth part of a bin of oil
had sent to view the land, and who at 5 And he shall give the same measure of
their return had made the whole multi- wine to pom* out in libations for the holo-
tude to murmur against him, speaking ill caust or for the victim. For every lamb,
of the land that it was naught, 6 And for every ram there shall be
37 Died and were struck in the sight of sacrifice of flour of two tenths, which
the Lord. shall be tempered with the third part o1
38 But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb a hin of oil
the son of Jephone lived, of all them that 7 And he shall offer the third part v^i
had gone to view the land. the same measure of wine for the liba-
39 And Moses spoke all these words to tion, for a sweet savour to the Lord.
all the children of Israel, and the people 8 But when thou offerest a holocaust oi
mourned exceedingly. sacrifice of oxen, to fulfil thy vow or foi
40 And behold rising up very early in victims of peace offerings,
the morning, they went up to the top of 9 Thou shalt give for every ox three
the mountain, and said : We
are ready tenths of flour tempered with half a hin
to go up to the place, of which the Lord of oil,
hath spoken : for we have sinned. 10 And wine for libations of the same
41 And Moses said to them: Why trans- measure, for an offering of most sweet
gress you the word of the Lord, which savour to the Lord.
shall not succeed prosperously with you? 11 Thus shalt thou do
42 '^ Go not up, for the Lord is not with 12 For every ox and ram and lamb and
you: lest you fall before your enemies. kid.
43 The Amalecite and the Chanaanite 13 Both they that are born in the land,
are before you, and by their sword you and the strangers
shall fall, because you would not consent 14 Shall offer sacrifices after the same
to the Lord, neither will the Lord be with rite.
you. 15 There shall be all one law and judg-
44 But they being blinded went up to ment both for you and for them who are
the top of the mountain. But the ark of strangers in the land.
the testament of the Lord and Moses de- 16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
parted not from the camp. 17 Speak to the children of Israel, and
45 And the Amalecite came down, and thou shalt say to them
h Ezech. 4. 6. — t Ps. 94. 10. —j Judith 8. 24 1 Cor. 10. 10 ; Heb. 3. 17 ; Jude 1. 5. — fc Pent. 1. 42.

Ver. 33. Shall bear your fornication. That is, which in the scripture language is here called a/OP
shall bear the punishment o£ i'oui disloyalty to God, nication, ia a spiritual seuse.
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18 When you are come into the land therefore shall he be destroyed, and shall
which I will give you, bear his iniquity.
19 Andshall eat of the bread of that 32 And it came to pass, when the chil-
country, you shall separate firstfruits to dren of Israel were in the wilderness,
the Lord, and had found a man gathering sticks
20 Of the things you eat. As you sepa- on the sabbath day,
rate firstfruits of your barnfloors : 33 That they brought him to Moses and
21 So also shall you give firstfruits of Aaron and the whole multitude.
your dough to the Lord. 34 And they put him into prison, not
22 And if through ignorance you omit knowing what they should do with him.
any of these things, which the Lord hath 35 And the Lord said to Moses Let :

spoken to Moses, that man die, let all the multitude stone
23 And by him hath commanded you, him without the camp.
from the day that he began to command 36 And when they had brought him out,
and thenceforward, they stoned him, and he died as the Lord
24 And the multitude have forgotten to had commanded.
do it they shall offer a calf out of the 37 The Lord also said to Moses
:

herd, a holocaust for a most sweet savour 38 Speak to the children of Israel, and
to the Lord, and the sacrifice and liba- thou Shalt tell them ^ to make to them-
tions thereof, as the ceremonies require, selves fringes in the corners of their gar-
and a buck goat for sin ments, putting in them ribands of blue
25 And the priest shall pray for all 39 That when they shall see them, they
the multitude of the children of Israel may remember all the commandments
and it shall be forgiven them, because of the Lord, and not follow their own
they sinned ignorantly, offering notwith- thoughts and eyes going astray after di-
standing a burnt offering to the Lord for vers things,
themselves and for their sm and their 40 But rather being mindful of the pre-
ignorance cepts of the Lord, may do them and be
26 And it shall be forgiven all the people holy to their God.
of the children of Israel : and the stran- 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought
gers that sojourn among them: because you out of the land of Egypt, that I might
it is the fault of all the people through be your God.
Ignorance. CHAPTER 16.
27 But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, The schism of Core and his adherents : their pun-
he shall offer a she goat of a year old for ishment.
his sin.
28 And the priest shall pray for him,
AND
behold Core the son of Isaar, the
. son of Caath, the son of Levi, and

oecause he sinned ignorantly before the Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab,
Lord: and he shall obtain his pardon, and Hon the son of Pheleth of the chil-
and it shall be forgiven him. dren of Ruben,
29 The same law shall be for all that sin 2 Rose up against Moses, and with them
by ignorance, whether they be natives two hundred and fifty others of the chil-
or strangers. dren of Israel, leading men of the syna-
30 But the soul that committeth any gogue, and who in the time of assembly
thing through pride, whether he be born were called by name.
in the land or a stranger (because he 3 ^ And when they had stood up against
hath been rebellious against the Lord) Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be
shall be cut off from among his peo- enough for you, that all the multitude
ple : consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is
31 For he hath contemned the word of among them Why lift you up your- :

the Lord, and made void his precept selves above the people of the Lord ?
I Deut. 22. 12 ; Matt. 23. 5. m Eccli. 45. 22 ; 1 Cor. 10. 10 ; Jude 1. 12.

Chap. 15. Ver. 38. Fringes. Tlie Pharisees en- ner, was that of schism, and of rebellion against the
larged these fringes through hypocrisy, Matt. 23. 5, authority established by God in the church and ;

to appear more zealous than other men for the law their pretending to the priesthood without bping
of God. lawfully called and sent: the same is the ease of aU
Chap. 16. Ver. 2. Rose up. The crime of these modern sectaries.
men. which was punished m
so remarkable a man-
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4 vV'hen MoBes heard this, he feH on put incense upon them, offering to the
flat
his face Lord two hundred and fifty censers let :

5 And speaking to Core and all the mul- Aaron also hold his censer.
titude, he said : In the morning the Lord 18 When they had done this, Moses and
will make known who belong to him, Aaron standing,
and the holy he will join to himself : and19 And had drawn up all the multitude
whom he shall choose, they shall ap- against them to the door of the taber-
proach to him. nacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to
6 Do this therefore Take every man of them all.
:

you your censers, thou Core, and all thy 20 And the Lord speaking to Moses and
company. Aaron, said
7 And putting fire in them to morrow, 21 Separate yourselves from among this
put incense upon it before the Lord and congregation, that I may presently de-
:

whomsoever he shall choose, the same stroy them.

shall be holy you take too much upon
: 22 They fell flat on their face, and said
you, ye sons of Levi. O most mighty, the God of the spirits of
8 And he said again to Core Hear ye all flesh, for one man's sin shall thy wrath
:

sons of Levi. rage against all?

9 Is it a small thing unto you, that the 23 And the Lord said to Moses
God of Israel hath spared you from all 24 Command the whole people to sepa-
the people, and joined you to himself, rate themselves from the tents of Core
that you should serve him in the service and Dathan and Abiron.
of the tabernacle, and should stand be- 25 And Moses arose, and went to Da-
fore the congregation of the people, and than and Abiron: and the ancients of
should minister to him ? Israel following him,
10 Did he therefore make thee and all 26 He said to the multitude: Depart
thy brethren the sons of Levi to ap- from the tents of these wicked men, and
proach unto him, that you should chal- touch nothing of theirs, lest you be in-
lenge to yourselves the priesthood also, volved in their sins.
11 And that all thy company should 27 And when they were departed from
Btand against the Lord ? for what is Aar- their tents round about, Dathan and Abi-
on that you murmur against him ? ron coming out stood in the entry of
12 Then Moses sent to call Dathan and their paviUons with their wives and chil-
Abiron the sons of Eliabo But they an- dren, and all the people.
swered We will not come.
: 28 And Moses said By this you shall :

13 Is it a small matter to thee, that thou know that the Lord hath sent me to do
hast brought us out of a land that flowed all things that you see, and that I have
with milk and honey, to kill us in the not forged them of my own head
desert, except thou rule also like a lord 29 If these men die the common death
over us? of men, and if they be visited with a
14 Thou hast brought us indeed into a plague, wherewith others also are wont
land that floweth with rivers of inilk and to be visited, the Lord did not send me.
honey, and hast given us possessions of 30 But if the Lord do a new thing, and
fields and vineyards wilt thou also pull the earth opening her mouth swallow
;

out our eyes? We will not come. them down, and all things that belong
15 Moses therefore being very angry, to them, and they go down alive into
said to the Lord Respect not their sac- hell, you shall know that they have blas-
:

rifices : thou knowest that I have not phemed the Lord.

taken of them so much as a young ass at 31 ^And immediately as he had made
any time, nor have injured any of them. an end of speaking, the earth broke
16 And he said to Core Do thou and asunder under their feet
:

thy congregation stand apart before the 32 And opening her mouth, devoured
Lord to morrow, and Aaron apart. them with their tents and all their sub-
17 Take every one of you censers, and stance.
n Dent. 11. fi Ps. 105. 17 and 18.
;

Ver. 15. Very avqry. This anjrer was a zeal to God; like that which the same holy prophet coa
against sin; and an indignatiou aL llie affront oSeied ceived upon the sight of the golden calf. £x. 32. id,
160
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Their punishment NUMBERS The rod of Aaron

33 And they went down alive into hell, put incense upon it, and go quickly to
the ground closing upon them, and they the people to pray for them: for already
perished from among the people. wrath is gone out from the Lord, and
34 But all Israel, that was standing the plague rageth.
round about, fled at the cry of them that 47 When Aaron had done this, and had
were perishing: saying: Lest perhaps run to the midst of the multitude which
the earth swallow us up also. the burning fire was now destroying, he
35 And a fire coming out from the Lord, offered the incense
destroyed the two hundred and fifty 48 And standing between the dead and
men that offered the incense. the living, he prayed for the people, and
36 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say- the plague ceased.
ing: 49 And the number of them that were
37 Command Eleazar the son of Aaron slainwas fourteen thousand and seven
the priest to take up the censers that lie hundred men, besides them that had
in the burning, and to scatter the fire of perished in the sedition of Core.
one side and the other: because they 50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the
are sanctified door of the tabernacle of the covenant
38 In the deaths of the sinners and let
: after the destruction was over,
Mm beat them into plates, and fasten
CHAPTER 17.
them to the altar, because incense hath The priesthood is confirmed to Aaron by the mira-
been offered in them to the Lord, and cle of the blooming of his rod, which is kept for a
they are sanctified, that the children of monument in the tabernacle.
Israel may see them for a sign and a AND
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
memorial. . 2 Speak to the children of Israel,
39 Then Eleazar the priest took the and take of every one of them a rod by
brazen censers, wherein they had offered, their kindreds, of all the princes of the
whom the burning fire had devoured, tribes, twelve rods, and write the name
and beat them into plates, fastening of every man upon his rod.
them to the altar 3 And the name of Aaron shall be fop
40 That the children of Israel might the tribe of Levi, and one rod shall con-
have for the time to come wherewith tain all their families
they should be admonished, that no 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the
stranger or any one that is not of the tabernacle of the covenant before the
seed of Aaron should come near to offer testimony, where I will speak to thee.
incense to the Lord, lest he should suffer 5 Whomsoever of these I shall choose,
as Core suffered, and all his congregation, his rod shall blossom: and I will make
according as the Lord spoke to Moses. to cease from me the munaurings of the
41 The following day aU the multitude children of Israel, wherewith they mur-
of the children of Israel murmured mur against you.
against Moses and Aaron, saying: You 6 And Moses spoke to the children of
hav e killed the people of the Lord. Israel and all the princes gave him rods
:

42 And when there arose a sedition, one for every tribe and there were
:

and the tumult increased, twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron,
43 Moses and Aaron fled to the taber- 7 And when Moses had laid them up
nacle of the covenant. And when they before the Lord ir the tabernacle of the
were gone into it, the cloud covered it, testimony
and the glory of the Lord appeared. 8 He returned on the following day,
44 And the Lord said to Moses and found that the rod of Aaron for the
45 Get you out from the midst of this house of Levi, was budded and that the :

multitude, this moment will I destroy buds swelling it had bloomed blossoms,
them. And as they were lying on the which spreading the leaves, were formed
ground, into almonds.
46 Moses said to Aaron: Take the cen- 9 Moses therefore brought out all the
ter, and putting fire in it from the altar. rods from before the Lord to all the

Chap. it. Ver. 8. The rod of Aaron for the figure of the blessed Virgin conceivingand bring
hoMse of Levi, was budded, &c. This rod of Aaron ing forth her Son without any prejudice to her vlr
which thus miraculously brought lorth fruit, was a giuity.

XX 161
Charge of the priests and Leviies N UMBERS The priests* portion
children of Israel: and they r.aw, and to the service of the altar, and that are
every one received their ^'ods. within the veil, shall be executed by th«
10 And the Lord said to Moses Carry priests. If any stranger shall approacij,
:

back the rod of Aaron into the taber- he shall be slain.

nacle of the testimony, ''that it may be 8 And the Lord said to Aaron: Behold I
kept there for a token of the rebellious have given thee the charge of my first-
children of Israel, and that their com- fruits. All things that are sanctified by
plaints may cease from me lest they die. the children of Israel, I have delivered
11 And Moses did as the Lord had com- to thee and to thy sons for the priestly
manded. oflBce, by everlasting ordinances.
12 And the children of Israel said to 9 These therefore shalt thou take of
Moses Behold we are consumed, we all the things that are sanctified, and are
:

perish. offered to the Lord. Every offering, and

13 Whosoever approacheth to the tab- sacrifice, and whatsoever is rendered to
ernacle of the Lord, he dieth. Are we me for sin and for trespass, and becom-
all to a man to be utterly destroyed ? eth holy of holies, shall be for thee and
thy sons.
CHAPTER 18.
10 Thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary:
The charge of the priests and of the and the males only shall eat thereof, because
Levites,
their portion.
it is a consecrated thing to thee.
AND the Lord said to Aaron: Thou, 11 But the firstfruits, which the chil-
XjL and thy sons, and thy father's house dren of Israel shall vow and offer, I have
with thee shall bear the iniquity of the given to thee, and to thy sons, and to
sanctuary and thou and thy sons with
: thy daughters, by a perpetual law. He
thee shall bear the sins of your priest- that is clean in thy house, shall eat them.
hood. 12 All the best of the oil, and of the
2 And take with thee thy brethren also wine, and of the corn, whatsoever first-
of the tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of fruits they offer to the Lord, I have
thy father, and let them be ready in given them to thee.
hand, and minister to thee out thou : 13 All the firs tripe of the fruits, that
and thy sons shall minister in tne taber- the ground bringeth forth, and which
nacle of the testimony. are brought to the Lord, shall be for thy
3 And the Levites shall watch to do thy use he that is clean in thy house, shall
:

commands, and about all the works of eat them.

the tabernacle only they shall not come
: 14 Every thing that the children of Is-
nigh the vessels of the sanctuary nor the rael shall give by vow, shall be thine.
altar, lest both they die, and you also 15 Whatsoever is firstborn of all flesh,
perish with them. which they offer to the Lord, whether it
4 But let them be with thee, an^ watch be of men, or of beasts, shall belong to
in the charge of the tabernacle, and in thee only for the firstborn of man thou
:

all the ceremonies thereof. stranger
shall not join himself with you.
5 Watch ye in the charge of the sanctu-
ary, and in the ministry of the altar : lest
indignation rise upon the children of
Israel.
6 I have given you your brethren the
Levites from among
rael, and have delivered them for a
to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of
the tabernacle.
A shalt take a price, and every beast that is
unclean thou shalt cause to be redeemed,
16 And the redemption of it shall be
after one month, for five sides of silver,
by the weight of the sanctuary. ^A
side bath twenty obols.
17 But the firstling of a cow and of a
the children of Is- sheep and of a goat thou shalt not cause
gift to be redeemed, because they are sancti-
fied to the Lord. Their blood only thoul
shalt pour upon the altar, and their fat |

7 But thou and thy sons look ye to the thou shalt burn for a most sweet odour
priesthood: and all things tha^ pertain to the Lord.
o Heb. 9. 4. p Ex. 30. 13 ; Lev. 27. 25 ; Supra 3. 47 : Ezech. 45. 12.

Chap. 18. Vcr. 1. Thou, and thy father^s house or wantof due attention, you err in the discharge
with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary. of the sacred fiuictions for which you were or»
That is, you shall be punished if. through negligence dained.
1^
 : : : :
Portion of the Levites NUMBERS
18 But the flesh shall fall to thy use, as
the consecrated breast, and the right
shoulder shall be thine.
19 All the firstfruits of the sanctuary
which the children of Israel offer to the
Lord, I have given to thee and to thy
sons and daughters, by a perpetual ordi-
nance. It is a covenant of salt for ever
before the Lord, to thee and to thy sons.
20 And the Lord said to Aaron: You
shall possess nothing in their land, nei-
ther shall you have a portion among
them : I am thy portion and inheritance
in the midst of the children of Israel.
21 And I have given to the sons of Levi
aU the tithes of Israel for a possession,
for the ministry wherewith they serve
me in the tabernacle of the covenant
22 That the children of Israel may not
Epproach any more to the tabernacle,
nor commit deadly sin,
23 But only the sons of Levi may serve
me in the tabernacle, and bear the sins
of the people. It shall be an everlasting
ordinance in your generations. ^They
shall not possess any other thing,
24 But be content with the oblation or
tithes, which I have separated for their
uses and necessities.
25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say-
ing:
26 Command the Levites, and declare
ante them : When you shall receive of
the children of Israel the tithes, which Z
have given you, offer the firstfruits >*
fchem to the Lord, that is to say, the
tenth part of the tenth
27 That it may be reckoned to you as
an oblation of firstfruits, as well of the
barnfloors as of the winepresses
28 And of all the things of which you
receive tithes, offer the firstfruits to the
Lord, and give them to Aaron the priest.
29 All the things that you shall offer of
the tithes, and shall separate for the gifts
of the Lord, shall be the best and choi-
%est things.
30 And thou shalt say to them : If you for the multitude of the children of Israel,
offer all the goodly and the better things and for a water of aspersion: because
Df the tithes, it shall be reckoned to you the cow was burnt for sin.
q Deut. 18. 1.
Ver. 19. A covenant of salt. It is a proverbial
expression, signifying a covenant not to be altered
or corrupted as salt is used to keep things from
; without the camp, with the ashes of which, mingled
corruption ; a covenant perpetual, like that by which
it was appointed, that salt should be used in every
sacrifice. Lev. 2.
Ver. 22. Deadly sin. That is, sin which will bring
death after it
163
:
Sacrifice of the red cow
as if you had given the firstfruits of the
barnfloor and the winepress :
31 And you shall eat them in all your
places, both you and your families be- :
cause it is your reward for the ministry,
wherewith you serve in the tabernacle
of the testimony.
32 And you shall not sin in this point,
by reserving the choicest and fat things
to yourselves, lest you profane the obla-
tions of the children of Israel, and die.
CHAPTER 19.
The law of the sacrifice of the red cow^ and the
water of expiation.
ND the Lord spoke to Moses and
A" Aaron, saying;
2 This is the observance of the victim,
which the Lord hath ordained. Com-
mand the children of Israel, that they
bring unto thee a red cow of full age,
in which there is no blemish, and which
hath not carried the yoke
3 And you shall deliver her to Eleazar
the priest, ''who shall bring her forth
without the camp, and shall immolate
her in the sight of all
4 And dipping his finger in her blood,
shall sprinkle it over against the door of
the tabernacle seven times,
5 And shall burn her in the sight of all,
delivering up to the fire her skin, and
her flesh, and her blood, and her dung.
d The priest shall also take cedar wood,
and hyssop, and scarlet twice dyed, and
jast it into the flame, with which the cow
isconsumed.
And then after washing his garments,
7
and body, he shall enter 'r»^o the camp,
and shall be unclean until i.ne evening.
8 He also that hath burned her, shall
wash his garments, and his body, and
shall be unclean until the evening.
9 And a man that is clean shall gather
up the ashes of the cow, and shall pour
them forth without the camp in a most
clean place, that they may be reserved
r Heb. 18. 11.
Chap. 19. Ver. 2. A red coir, &c. This red cow,
offered in sacrifice for sin, and consumed with fir©
with water, the unclean were to be expiated and
purified; was a figure of the passion of Christ, by
whose precious blood applied to our souls in the holy
sacraments, we are cleansed from our sins.
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The water of expiation NUMBERS The death of Mary

10 And when he that carried the ashes 22 Whatsoever a person toucheth who
©f the cow, hath washed his garments, he unclean, he shall make it unclean and
is :

«hall be unclean until the evening. The the person that toucheth any of these
children of Israel, and the strangers that things, shall be unclean until the even-
dwell among them, shall observe this for ing.
a holy thing by a perpetual ordinance. CHAPTER 20.
11 He that toucheth the corpse of a man, TJie death of Mary
the sister of Moses. The people
and is therefore unclean seven days, murmur for want of water: God giveth it them
12 Shall be sprinkled with this water on from the rock. The death of Aaron.
the third day, and on the seventh, and
so shall be cleansed. If he were not
sprinkled on the third day, he cannot be
K ND the children of Israel, and all the
multitude came into the desert of
Sin, in the first month and the people
:

cleansed on the seventh. abode in Cades. And Mary died there,

13 Every one that toucheth the corpse and was buried in the same place.
of a man, and is not sprinkled with this 2 And the people wanting water, came
mixture, shall profane the tabernacle of together against Moses and Aaron
the Lord, and shall perish out of Israel 3 And making a sedition, they said
because he was not sprinkled with the wa- Would God we had perished among our
ter of expiation, he shall be unclean, and brethren before the Lord.
his uncleanness shall remain upon him. 4 ' Why have you brought out the
14 This is the law of a man that dieth church of the Lord into the wilderness,
in a tent All that go into his tent and
: that both we and our cattle should die ?
all the vessels that are there, shall be 5 Why have you made us come up out
unclean seven days. of Egypt, and have brought us into this
15 The vessel that hath no cover, nor wretched place which cannot be sowed,
binding over it, shall be unclean. nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines, nor
16 If any man in the field touch the pomegranates, neither is there any water
corpse of a man that was slain, or that to drink?
died of himself, or his bone, or his grave, 6 And Moses and Aaron leaving the
he shall be unclean seven days. multitude, went into the tabernacle of
17 And they shall take of the ashes of the covenant, and fell flat upon the
the burning and of the sin offering, and ground, and cried to the Lord, and said
shall pour living waters upon them into O Lord God, hear the cry of this people,
a vessel. and open to them thy treasure, a foun-
18 And a man that is clean shall dip tain of living water, that being satisfied,
hyssop in them, and shall sprinkle there- they may cease to murmur. And the
with all the tent, and all the furniture, glory of the Lord appeared over them.
and the men that are defiled with touch- 7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, say*
ing any such thing ing:
19 And in this manner he that is clean 8 Take the rod, and assemble the peo-
shall purify the unclean on the third and ple together, thou and Aaron thy brother,
on the seventh day. And being expi- and speak to the rock before them, and
ated the seventh day, he shall wash both it shall yield waters. And when thou
himself and his garments, and be unclean hast brought forth water out of the rock,
until the evening. all the multitude and their cattle shall
20 If any man be not expiated after this drink.
rite, his soul shall perish out of the midst 9 ** Moses therefore took the rod, which
of the church : because he hath profaned was before the Lord, as he had com-
the sanctuary of the Lord, and was not manded him,
sprinkled with the water of purification. 10 And having gathered together the
21 This precept shall be an ordinance multitude before the rock, he said to
for ever. He also that sprinkled the them: Hear, ye rebellious and incredu-
water, shall wash hi8 garments. Every lous : ^ Can we bring you forth water out
one that shall touch the waters of expia- of this rock ?
tion, shall be unclean until the evening. 11 And when Moses had lifted up hie
u Ex. 17. 5 and 6 Wisd. 11. 4.
;

tU%»VL1k V Pf. 77. 16 and 20i i Cor. la 4»

IM
 : : : :

The water of contradiction NUMBERS The death of Aaron

hand, and struck the rock twice with the borders. Wherefore Israel turned an-
rod, there came forth water in great other way from him.
abundance, so that the people and their 22 And when they had removed the
cattle drank, camp from Cades, they came to mount
12 And the Lord said to Moses and Hor, which is in the borders of the land
Aaron: ^Because you have not believed of Edom
me, to sanctify me before the children of 23 Where the Lord spoke to Moses
Israel, you shall not bring these people 24 Let Aaron, saith he, go to his people
into the land, which I will give them. for he shall not go into the land which I
13 This is the Water of contradiction, have given the children of Israel, because
where the children of Israel strove with he was incredulous to my words, at the
words against the Lord, and he was sanc- waters of contradiction.
tified in them. 25 * Take Aaron and his son with him,
14 In the mean time Moses sent messen- and bring them up into mount Hor :

gers from Cades to the king of Edom, to 26 And when thou hast stripped the
say: Thus saith thy brother Israel Thoa father of his vesture, thou shalt vest
:

knowest all the labour that hath come therewith Eleazar his son: Aaron shall
upon us be gathered to his people, and die there.
15 In what manner our fathers went 27 Moses did as the Lord had command-
down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a ed: and they went up into mount Hor
long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us before all the multitude.
and our fathers. 28 And when he had stripped Aaron of
16 And how we cried to the Lord, and his vestments, he vested Eleazar his son
he hoard us, and sent an angel, who hath with them.
brought us out of Egypt. Lo, we are 29 And Aaron being dead in the top of
now in the city of Cades, which is in the the mountain, he came down with Eleazar.
uttermost of thy borders, 30 And all the multitude seeing that
17 And we beseech thee that we may Aaron was dead, mourned for him thirty
have leave to pass through thy country. days throughout all their families.
We will not go through the fields, nor
through the vineyards, we will not drink CHAPTER 21.
the waters of thy wells, but we wiU go King Arad is overcome. The people murmur and
are punished with fiery serpents : they are healed
by the common highway, neither turning by the brazen serpent. They conquer the kings
aside to the right hand, nor to the left, Sehon and Og.
till we are past thy borders. A ND when king Arad the Chanaanite,
18 And Edom answered them Thou x\_ who dwelt towards the south, had
:

shalt not pass by me if thou dost I will heard this, to wit, that Israel was come
:

come out armed against thee. by the way of the spies, he fought against
19 And the children of Israel said : We them, and overcoming them carried off
will go by the beaten way and if we and their spoils.
:

our cattle drink of thy waters, we will 2 But Israel binding himself by vow to
give thee what is just there shall be no the Lord, ^ said If thou wilt deliver this
: :

difficulty in the price, only let us pass people into my hand, I will utterly de-
speedily. stroy their cities.
20 But he answered Thou shalt not 3 And the Lord heard the prayers of
:

pass. And immediately he came forth Israel, and delivered up the Chanaanite,
to meet them with an infinite multitude, and they cut them off and destroyed
and a strong hand, their cities and they called the name :

21 Neither would he condescend to their of that place Horma, that is to say. Ana-
desire to grant them passage through his thema.
w Deut. 1. 37. — X Infra 33. 38 ; Deut. 32. 50. 2 Infra 33. 40.

Chap. 20. Ver. 11. The rock. This rock was a God's power or veracity; but apprehending the urv
figure of Christ, and the water that issued out from worthiness of that rebellious and incredulous people,
the rock, of his precious blood, the source of all our and therefore speaking with some ambiguity,
good. Ver. 13. The Water of contradiction or strife.
Ver. 12. You have not believed, &g. The fault of Hebrew. Meribah.
Moses and Aaron, on this occasion, was a certain Chap. 21. Ver. 3. Anathema, That is, a thing
diflSdence and weakness of faith; not doubfug of devoted to utter destruction.

16S
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The fiery serpents NUMBERS Journeyings of the Israelites

4 And they marched from mount Hor, well appeared whereof the Lord said to
by the way that leadeth to the Red Sea, Moses Gather the people togetuer, and :

to compass the land of Edom. And the I will give them water.
people began to be weary of their journey 17 Then Israel sung this song Let the :

and labour well spring up. They sung thereto :

5 And speaking against God and Moses, 18 The well, which the princes dug, and
fchey said Why didst thou bring us out the chiefs of the people prepared by the
:

of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? direction of the lawgiver, and with their
There is no bread, nor have we any staves. And they marched from the wil-
waters : our soul now loatheth this very derness to Mathana.
light food. 19 From Mathana unto NahaUel : from
6 " Wherefore the Lord sent among the Nahaliel unto Bamoth.
people fiery serpents, which bit them 20 From Bamoth, is a valley in the coun-
and killed many of them. try of Moab, to the top of Phasga, whic\
7 Upon which they came to Moses, and looked towards the desert.
said : We
have sinned, because we have 21 -^ And Israel sent messengers to Sehon
spoken against the Lord and thee : pray king of the Amorrhites, saying
that he may take away these serpents 22 1 beseech thee that I may have leave
from us. And Moses prayed for the to pass through thy land we will not go :

people. aside into the fields or the vineyards, we

8 And the Lord said to him: Make a will not drink waters of the wells, we will
brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign go the king's highway, till we be past thy
whosoever being struck shall look on it, borders.
shall hve. 23 And he would not grant that Israel
9 ^ Moses therefore made a brazen ser- should pass by his borders : but rather
pent, and set it up for a sign: which gathering an army, went forth to meet
when they that were bitten looked upon, them in the desert, and came to Jasa,
they were healed. and fought against them.
10 And the children of Israel setting 24 ^ And he was slain by them with the
forwards camped in Oboth. edge of the sword, and they possessed his
11 And departing thence they pitched land from the Arnon unto the Jeboc, and
their tents in Jeabarim, in the wilderness, to the confines of the children of Ammon
that faceth Moab toward the east. for the borders of the Ammonites, were
12 And removing from thence, they kept with a strong garrison.
came to the torrent Zared 25 So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt
13 Which they left and encamped over in the cities of the Amorrhite, to wit, in
^'

against Arnon, which is in the desert Hesebon, and in the villages thereof.
and standeth out on the borders of the 26 Hesebon was the city of Sehon the
Amorrhite. For Arnon is the border of king of the Amorrhites, who fought
'^

Moab, dividing the Moabites and the against the king of Moab and took all :

Amorrhites. the land, that had been of his dominions,

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of as far as the Arnon.
the wars of the Lord As he did in the : 27 Therefore it is said in the proverb:
Red Sea, so will he do in the streams of Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon
Arnon. be built and set up
15 The rocks of the torrents were bowed 28 A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a
down that they might rest in Ar, and flame from the city of Sehon, and hath
lie down in the borders of the Moab- consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the
ites. inhabitants of the high places of the
16 When they went from that place, the Arnon.
a Judith 8. 25 Wif d. 16. 5 1 Cor. 10. 9.
; e Judges 11. 18 Deut. 2. 24. ;

/ Deut. 2. 26 Judges 11. 19. — g Ps. 134. 11 Amos 2. 9.

;

b John 3. 14,- c Deut 2. 13. ; ;

Ver. 5. Very light food. So they call tho heavenly Christ crucified, and of the eflficacy of a lively faith
manna : thns worldlings loathe the things of heaven, in him, against the bites of the hellish serpent. John
for which they have no relish. 3. 14.
Ver. 6. Fiery serpents. They are so called, because Ver. 14. The book of the wars, &c. An ancient
they that were bitten by them were burnt with a book, which, like several others quoted Id scrlpturOi
Violent heat has been lost
Ver. 9. A brazen serpent. This was a figure of
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The king of Basan slain NUMBERS Balac sends for Balaam

29 ^Woe to thee Moab thou art un- : Egypt, that hath covered the face of th#
done, O people of Chamos. He hath earth, sitting over against me.
given his sons to flight, and his daughters 6 Come therefore, and cui'se this peo
into captivity to Sehon the king of the pie, because it is mightier than I if by :

Amorrhites. any means I may beat them and drive

30 Their yoke is perished from Hesebon them out of my
land for I know that he :

unto Dibon, they came weary to Nophe, whom thou shalt bless is blessed, and hi
and unto Medaba. whom thou shalt curse is cursed.
31 So Israel dwelt in the land of the 7 And the ancients of Moab, and the
Amorrhite. elders of Madian, went with the price oJ
32 And Moses sent some to take a view divination in their hands. And whei
of Jazer and they took the villages of they were come to Balaam, and had tolp
:

it, and conquered the inhabitants. him all the words of Balac
33 * And they turned themselves, and 8 He answered Tarry here this nigll i
:

went up by the way of Basan, and Og and I will answer whatsoever the Lor<i
the king of Basan came against them shall say to me. And while they stayed
with all his people, to fight in Edrai. with Balaam, God came and said to him
34 And the Lord said to Moses : Fear 9 What mean these men that are witl
him not, for I have delivered him and all thee?
his people, and his country into thy hand 10 He answered: Balac the son of Se-
and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to phor king of the Moabites hath sent to me,
Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, the 11 Saying: Behold a people that is come
Inhabitant of Hesebon. out of Egypt, hath covered the face oi
35 So they slew him also with his sons, the land come and curse them, if by
:

and all his people, not letting any one any means I may fight with them and
escape, and they possessed his land. drive them away.
12 And God said to Balaam : Thou shalt
CHAPTER22.
not go with them, nor shalt thou curse
Balac king of Moab, sendeth twice for Balaam to
y

curse Israel. In his way Balaam is rebuked by an the people : because it is blessed.
angel. 13 And he rose in the morning and said
AND they went forward and encamped to the princes: Go into your country,
a\. in the plains of Moab, over against because the Lord hath forbid me to come
where Jericho is situate beyond the Jor- with you.
dan. 14 The princes returning, said to Balac:
2 And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing Balaam would not come with us.
all that Israel had done to the Amor- 15 Then he sent many more and more
rhite, noble than he had sent before :

3 And that the Moabites were in great 16 Who, when they were come to Ba-
fear of him, and were not able to sustain laam, said: Thus saith Balac the son of
his assault, Sephor, Delay not to come to me
4 He said to the elders of Madian: So 17 For I am ready to honour thee, and
will this people destroy all that dwell in will give thee whatsoever thou wilt:
our borders, as the ox is wont to eat the come and curse this people.
grass to the very roots. Now he was at 18 Balaam answered ^ If Balac would
:

that time king in Moab. give me his house full of silver and gold,
5 He sent therefore messengers to Ba-
^
I cannot alter the word of the Lord my
laam the son of Beor, a soothsayer, who God, to speak either more or less.
dwelt by the river of the land of the 19 1 pray you to stay here this night also,
children of Ammon, to call him, and to that I may know what the Lord will
say: Behold a people is come out of answer me once more.
h Judges 11. 24 ; 3 Kings 11.
i Dent. 3. 3, and 29. 7. I Jos. 24. 9. — m Infra 24. 13.
Chap. Ver. 19. To stay. His desiring them to curse the people as he would willingly have done),
22.
stay, after he had been fully informed already that and suffering liim to fall still deeper and deeper into
it was not God's will he should go, came from the sin, till he came at last to give that abominable coun.
Inclination he had to gratify Balac, for the sake of sel against the people of God, which ended in his
worldly gain. And this perverse disposition God own destruction. So sad a thmg it is to indulge a
punished by permitting liim to go (though DOt to passioD tor money.
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Balaam rebuked by an angel NUMBERS Balaam sees the camp of Israel

20 God therefore came to Balaam in the 33 And unless the ass had turned out of
night, and said to him If these men be the way, giving place to me who stood
:

come to call thee, arise and go with tliem against thee, I had slain thee, and she
yet so, that thou do what
com- should have lived.
I shall
mand thee. 34 Balaam said I have sinned, not :

21 Balaam arose in the morning, and knowing that thou didst stand against
saddling his ass went with them. me and now if it displease thee that I
:

22 '^ And God was angry. And an angel go, I will return.
of the Lord stood in the way against 35 The angel said Go with these men, :

Balaam, who sat on the ass, and had two and see thou speak no other thing than
servants with him. what I shall command thee. He went
23 The ass seeing the angel standing in therefore with the princes.
the way, with a drawn sword, turned 36 And when Balac heard it he came
herself out of the way, and went into the forth to meet him in a town of the Moab-
field. And when Balaam beat her, and ites, that is situate in the uttermost
had a mind to bring her again to the way, borders of Arnon.
24 The angel stood in a narrow place 37 And he said to Balaam I sent mes-
:

between two walls, wherewith the vine-
yards were enclosed.
25 And the ass seeing him, thrust her-
self close to the wall, and bruised the foot
of the rider. But he beat her again
26 And nevertheless the angel going on
to a narrow place, where there was no
way to turn aside either to the right
hand or to the left, stood to meet him.
27 And when the ass saw the angel
standing, she fell under the feet of the
rider: who being angry beat her sides
more vehemently with a staff.
28 And the Lord opened the mouth of
the ass, and she said What have I done
: brought him to the high places of Baal,
to thee ? Why strikest thou me, lo, now
this third time?
29 Balaam answered Because thou hast
:
deserved it, and hast served me ill: I Balaam, instead of cursing Israel, is obliged to bless
would I had a sword that I might kill
sengers to call thee, why didst thou not
come immediately to me ? was it because
I am not able to reward thy coming ?
38 He answered him: Lo, here I am:
shall I have power to speak any other
thing but that which God shall put in
my mouth?
39 So they went on together, and came
into a city, that was in the uttermost
borders of his kingdom.
40 And when Balac had killed oxen and
sheep, he sent presents to Balaam, and
to the princes that were with him.
41 And when morning was come, he
and he beheld the uttermost part of the
people.
CHAPTER 23.
them,, and prophesy good tilings of them,.

thee.
30 The ass said Am not I thy beast, on
:
AND
Balaam said to Balac Build me
here seven altars, and prepare as
.
:

which thou hast been always accustomed many calves, and the same number of
to ride until this present day ? tell me if rams.
I ever did the like thing to thee. But he 2 And when he had done according to
said: Never. the word of Balaam, they laid together
31 Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes a calf and a ram upon every altar.
of Balaam, and he saw the angel stand- 3 And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a
ing in the way with a drawn sword, and while by thy burnt offering, until I go,
he worshipped him falling flat on the to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me,
ground. and whatsoever he shall command, I will
32 And the angel said to him Why speak to thee.
:

beatest thou thy ass these three times ? 4 And when he was gone with speed,
I am come to withstand thee, because thy God met him. And Balaam speaking to
way is perverse, and contrary to me him, said I:have erected seven altars.
:

n 2 Peter 2. 15.

Ver. 28. Opened the mo-nth, &c. The angel moved Ver. Perverse. Because thy inclinations are
32.
the tongue of the ass, to utter these speeches, to re- wicked being willing for the sake of gain to curse
in
buke, by the mouth of a brute beast, the brutal fury the people of whom I am the guardian.
\D(1 folly of Balaam.
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He refuses to curse Israel NUMBERS He blesses Israel

and have laid on every one a calf and a be changed. Hath he said then, and
ram. will he not do ? hath he spoken, and will
5 And the Lord put the word in his he not fulfil?
mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and 20 1 was brought to bless, the blessing 1
thus shalt thou speak. am not able to hinder.
6 Returning he found Balac standing by 21 There is no idol in Jacob, neither is
his burnt offering, with all the princes of there an image god to be seen in IsraeL
the Moabites The Lord his God is with him, and the
7 And taking up his parable, he said sound of the victory of the king in him.
Balac king of the Moabites hath brought 22 ° God hath brought him out of Egypt,
me from Aram, from the mountains of whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.
the east Come, said he, and curse Jacob
: 23 There is no soothsaying in Jacob,
make haste and detest Israel. nor divination in Israel. In their times
8 How shall I curse him, whom God hath it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel
not cursed? By what means should I what God hath wrought.
detest /lim, whom the Lord detesteth 24 Behold the people shall rise up as a
not? lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion
9 I shall see him from the tops of the not lie down till it devour the
it shall
rocks, and shall consider him from the prey, and drink the blood
of the slain.
hills. This people shall dwell alone, and 25 And Balac said to Balaam : Neither
shall not be reckoned among the nations. curse, nor bless him.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and 26 And he said Did I not tell thee, that :

know the number of the stock of Israel ? whatsoever God should command me,
Let my soul die the death of the just, and that I would do ?
my last end be like to them. 27 And Balac said to him Come and I :

11 And Balac said to Balaam What is will bring thee to another place if perad-
:
;

this that thou dost? I sent for thee to venture it please God that thou
mayest
curse my enemies: and thou contrari- curse them from thence.
wise blessest them. 28 And when he had brought him upon
12 He answered him : Can I speak any the top of mount
Phogor, which looketh
thing else but what the Lord command- towards the wilderness,
eth? 29 Balaam said to him Build me here :

13 Balac therefore said Come with me seven altars,

:
and prepare as many calves,
to another place from whence thou may- and the same
number of rams.
est see part of Israel, and canst not see 30 Balac did as Balaam had said and he :

them all : curse them from thence. laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.
14 And when he had brought him to
a high place, upon the top of mount
Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and
CHAPTER 24.
Balaam still continues to prophesy good things in
laying ^n every one a calf and a ram, favour of Israel.
15 He said to Balac Stand here by thy
:
when Balaam saw that it pleased
NT)
burnt offering while I go to meet him. the Lord that he should bless Israel,
16 And when the Lord had met him, he went not as he had gone before, to seek
and had put the word in his mouth, he divination but setting his face towards
:
said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt the desert,
thou say to him. And
2 lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel
17 Returning he found him standing by
abiding in their tents by their tribes:
his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of
the and the spirit of God rushing upon him, '

Moabites with him. And Balac said to 3 He took up his parable and said Ba-
him : What hath the Lord spoken? laam the son of Beor hath said
:

18 But he taking up his parable, said

The :

man hath said, whose eye is stopped up :

Stand, Balac, and give ear hear, thou The hearer
:
4 words of God hath
of the
son of Sephor ;
said, he that hath beheld the vision of the
19 God is not a man, that he should lie,
Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes
nor ag the son of man, that he should are opened

# lofra 24 S.
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Balaam^ s prophesy NUMBERS The people sin

5 How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O spring up from Israel : and shall strike
Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all
6 As woodyvalleys, as watered gardens the children of Seth.
near the rivers, as tabernacles which the 18 And he shall possess Idumea: the
Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the water- inheritance of Seir shall come to their
side. enemies, but Israel shall do manfully.
7 Water shall flow out of his bucket, and 19 Out of Jacob shall he come that shall
his seed shall be in many waters. For rule, and shall destroy the remains of the
Aga^ his king shall be removed, and his city.
kingdom shall be taken away. 20 And when he saw Amalec, he took
8 God hath brought him out of Egypt, up his parable, and said : Amalec the
P whose strength is like to the rhino- beginning of nations, whose latter ends
ceros. They shall devour the nations shall be destroyed.
that are his enemies, and break their 21 He saw also the Cinite : and took up
bones, and pierce them with arrows. his parable, and said Thy habitation in- :

9 Lying down he hath slept as a lion, deed is strong: but though thou build
and as a Uoness, whom none shall dare to thy nest in a rock,
rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also 22 And thou be chosen of the stock of
himself be blessed he that curseth thee Cin, how long shalt thou be able to con-
:

shall be reckoned accursed. tinue ? For Assur shall take thee captive.
10 And Balac being angry against Ba- 23 And taking up his parable, again he
laam, clapped his hands together and said Alas, who shall live when God shall :

said I called thee to curse my enemies, do these things ?

:

and thou on the contrary hast blessed 24 * They shall come in galleys from
them three times. Italy, they shall overcome the Assyrians,
11 Return to thy place. I had deter- and shall waste the Hebrews, and at the
mined indeed greatly to honour thee, but last they themselves also shall perish.
the Lord hath deprived thee of the hon- 25 And Balaam rose, and returned to his
our designed for thee. place : Balac also returned the way that
12 Balaam made answer to Balac: Did he came.
I not say to thy messengers, whom thou 25. CHAPTER
sentest to me
The people fall into fornication and idolatry g for
13 ^ If Balac would give me his house which twentyfour tlioiisand are slain. The zeal
full of silver and gold, I cannot go be- of Phinees.
yond the word of the Lord God, to my ND
Israel at that time ^* abode in
utter any thing of my own head either A^
Settim, and the people committed
good or evil but whatsoever the Lord fornication with the daughters of Moab,
:

shall saj?, that I will speak? 2 Who

called them to their sacrifices.
14 But yet going to my
people, I will And they ate of them, and adored their
give thee counsel, what this people shall gods.
do to thy people in the latter days. 3 ^ And Israel was initiated to Beelphe-
15 Therefore taking up his parable, gor upon which the Lord being angry, :

again he said Balaam the son of Beor 4 Said to Moses '^ Take all the princes
: :

hath said The man whose eye is stopped of the people, and hang them up on gib-
:

up, hath said bets against the sun that fury may : my
16 The hearer of the words of God hath be turned away from Israel.
said, who knoweth the doctrine of the 5 And Moses said to the judges of Is-
•Highest, and seeth the visions of the rael ^ Let every man kill his neighbours, :

Almighty, who falling hath his eyes that have been initiated to Beelphegor.
opened 6 And behold one of the children of Is-
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall rael went in before his brethren to a
behold him, but not near. ^" A
star shall harlot of Madian, in the sight of Mosest
RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall and of all the children of Israel, who
p Supra 23. 22. — Q Supra 22. 18. — r Matt. 2. 2. U Jos. 3. 1. — V Jos. 22. IT,
s Dan. 11. 30. w Deut. 4. 3.— Ex. 32. 27.
a;

Chap. 25. Ver. 3. Initiated to Beelphegor, That scene idol of the Moabites,aiMi were consecrated, ai
IS, they took to the worship of Beelphegor, an ob- itwere, to him.
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The zeal of Phmees NUMBEKS The people are numbered again

were weeping before the door of the upward, by their houses and kindreds,
tabernacle. all that are able to go forth to war.
7 vAnd when Phinees the son of Eleazar 3 Moses therefore and Eleazar the priest,
the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he being in the plains of Moab upon the Jor-
rose up from the midst of the multitude, dan over against Jericho, spoke to them
and taking" a dagger, that were
8 Went in after the Israelite into the 4 From twenty years old and upward,
brothel house, and thrust both of them as the Lord had commanded: and this is
through together, to wit, the man and the number of them
the woman in the genital parts. And 5 Ruben the firstborn of Israel. ^ His
the scourge ceased from the children of sons were Henoch, of whom is the family
Israel. of the Henochites: and Phallu, of whom
9 And there were slain four and twenty is the family of the Phalluites
thousand men. 6 And Hesron, of whom is the family of
10 And the Lord said to Moses: the Hesronites and Charmi, of whom is
:

11 Phinees the son of Eleazar the son the family of the Charmites.
of Aaron the priest, hath turned away 7 These are the families of the stock of
my wrath from the children of Israel: Ruben: whose number was found to be
because he was moved with my zeal forty-three thousand seven hundred and
against them, that I myself might not thirty.
destroy the children of Israel in my zeal. 8 The son of Phallu was Eliab.
12 Therefore say to him: Behold I give
^;
9 His sons, were Namuel and Dathan
him the peace of my covenant, and Abiron. These are Dathan and Abi-
13 And the covenant of the priesthood ron the princes of the people, «that rose
for ever shall be both to him and his against Moses and Aaron in the sedition
seed, because he hath been zealous for of Core, when they rebelled against the
his God, and hath made atonement for Lord:
the wickedness of the children of Israel. 10 And the earth opening her mouth
14 And the name of the Israelite, that swallowed up Core, many others dying,
was slain with the woman of Madian, when the fire burned two hundred and
was Zambri the son of Salu, a prince of fifty men. And there was a great mira-
the kindred and tribe of Simeon. cle wrought,
15 And the Madianite woman, that was 11 That when Core perished, his sons
slain with him, was called Cozbi the did not perish.
daughter of Sur, a most noble prince 12 The sons of Simeon by their kin-
among the Madianites. dreds: Namuel, of him is the family of
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: the Namuelites: Jamin, of hini is the
17 «Let the Madianites find you their family of the Jaminites: Jachim, of him
enemies, and slay you them: is the family of the Jachimites:
18 Because they also have acted like 13 Zare, of him is the family of the Zar-
enemies against you, and have guilefully ites: Saul, of him is the family of the
deceived you by the idol Phogor, and Saulites.
Cozbi their sister, a daughter of a prince 14 These are the families of the stock
of Madian, who was slain in the day of of Simeon, of which the whole number
the plague for the sacrilege of Phogor. was twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15 The sons of Gad by their kindreds:
CHAPTER 26. Sephon, of him is the family of the Se-
The people are again numbered hy their phonites: Aggi, of him is the family of
tribes
and families. the Aggites: Suni, of him is the family
A FTER the blood of the guilty was of the Sunites:
-l\. shed, the Lord said to Moses and 16 Ozni, of him is the family of the Oz-
to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest: nites: Her, of him is the family of the
2 c Number the whole sum of the chil- Herites:
dren of Israel from twenty years old and 17 Arod, of him is the family of the

y Ps. 105. 30 1 Mac. 2. 26 1 Cor,

; ; 10. 8. e Supra 1. 2 and 3.
z BccU. 45. 30 1 Mac. 2. 54.
; d Gen. 46. 9 Ex. 6. 14 1 Par. 5. 3.
; ;

a Infra 31. 2. e Supra 16. 1 and 2.

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The tribes and families of Israel NUMBERS The tribes and families of Israel
T
Arodites : Ariel, of him is the family of and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and
the Arielites. Thersa.
18 These are the families of Gad, of 34 These are the families of Manasses,
which the whole number was forty thou- and the number of them fifty-two thou-
sand five hundred. sand seven hundred.
19 «^The sons of Juda, Her and Onan, 35 And the sons of Ephraim by their
who both died in the land of Chanaan. kindreds were these: Suthala, of whom
20 And the sons of Juda by their kin- is the family of the Suthalaites Becher, :

dreds we-re: Sela, of whom is the family of whom is the family of the Becherites
of the Selaites Phares, of whom is the
: Thehen, of whom is the family ©f the
family of the Pharesites Zare, of whom : Thehenites.
is the family of the Zarites. 36 Now the son of Suthala was Heran,
21 Moreover the sons of Phares were: of whom is the family of the Heran-
Hesron, of whom is the family of the ites.
Hesronites and Hamul, of whom is the
: 37 These are the kindreds of the sons
family of the Hamulites. ofEphraim whose number was
: thirty-
22 These are the families of Juda, of two thousand five hundred.
which the whole number was seventy- 38 These are the sons of Joseph by their
six thousand five hundred. families. The sons of Benjamin in their
23 The sons of Issachar, by their kin- kindreds Bela, of whom is the family of:

dreds: Thola, of whom is the family of the Belaites Asbel, of whom is the family :

the Tholaites: Phua, of whom is the of the Asbelites Ahiram, of whom is the :

family of the Phuaites: family of the Ahiramites :

24 Jasub, of whom is the family of the 39 Supham, of whom is the family of

Jasubites: Semran, of whom is the family the Suphamites Hupham, of whom is :

of the Semranites. the family of the Huphamites.

25 These are the kindreds of Issachar, 40 The sons of Bela Hered, and Noe- :

whose number was sixty-four thousand man. Of Hered, is the family of the
three hundred. Heredites of Noeman, the family of the :

26 The sons of Zabulon by their kin- Noemanites.

dreds : Sared, of whom is the family of 41 These are the sons of Benjamin by
the Saredites Elon, of whom is the fam- their kindreds, whose number was forty-
:

ily of the Elonites Jalel, of whom is the five thousand six hundred.
:

family of the Jalelites. 42 The sons of Dan by their kindreds:

27 These are the kindreds of Zabulon, Suham, of whom is the family of the Su-
whose number was sixty thousand five hamites These are the kindreds of Dan :

hundred. by their families.

28 The sons of Joseph by their kindred, 43 All were Suhamites, whose number
Manasses and Ephraim. was sixty- four thousand four hundred.
29 Of Manasses was born Machir, of 44 The sons of Aser by their kindreds
whom is the family of the Machirites. Jemna, of whom is the family of the
CMachir begot Galaad, of whom is the Jemnaites Jessui, of whom is the familj :

family of the Galaadites. of the Jessuites Brie, of whom is the :

30 Galaad had sons Jezer, of whom is family of the Brieites.

:

the family of the Jezerites : and Helec, 45 The sons of Brie Heber, of whom is :

of whom is the family of the Helecites the family of the Heberites and Mel-
: :

31 And Asriel, of whom is the family chiel, of whom is the family of the
of the Asrielites and Sechem, of whom Melchielites.
:

is the family of the Sechemites 46 And the name of the daughter of Aser,
32 And Semida, of whom is the family was Sara.
of the Semidaites ^ and Hepher, of whom
: 47 These are the kindreds of the sons of
is the family of the Hepherites. Aser, and their number fifty-three thou-
33 And Hepher was the father of Sal- sand four hundred.
phaad, who had no sons, but only daugh- 48 The sons of Nephtali by their kin-
ters, whose names are these: *Maala, dreds : Jesiel, of whom is the family of

/ Gen. 38. 3 and 4.— sr Jos. 17. 1. AInfra27. X.— ilbid.

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The families of the Levites NUMBERS The law of inheritance

the Jesielites: Guni, of whom is the
family of the Gunites
49 Jeser, of whom is the family of the
Jeserites Sellem, of whom is the family
: them that were numbered before by
of the Sellemites.
50 These are the kindreds of the sons of
Nephtali by their families whose num-
ber was forty-five thousand four hundred.
61 This is the sum of the children of
Israel, that were reckoned up, six hun-
dred and one thousand seven hundred
and thirty.
52 Andthe Lord spoke to Moses, saying
53 To these shall the land be divided
for their possessions according to the
number of names.
54 To the greater number thou
give a greater portion, and to the fewer
a less to every one, as they have now
: Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
been reckoned up, shall a possession be
delivered
55 Yet so that by lot the land be divided
to the tribe and families.
56 Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that
shall be taken by the more, or the fewer.
57 ^ This also is the number of the sons
of Levi by their families : Gerson, of
Eleazar the priest, in the plains of Moab
upon the Jordan, over against Jericho.
64 * Among whom there was not one of
Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai.
65 '^ For the Lord had foretold that they
: should die in the wilderness. And none
remained of them, but Caleb the son of
Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.
CHAPTER 27.
The law of inheritance. Josue is appointed to suo
ceed Moses.
THEN '^came the daughters of Sal-
phaad, the son of Hepher, the son of
Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of
shalt Manasses, who was the son of Joseph:
and their names are Maala, and Noa, and
2 And they stood before Moses and
Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of
the people at the door of the tabernacle
of the covenant, and said
3 Our father died in the desert, and was
not in the sedition, ^that was raised
against the Lord under Core, but he died
in his own sin and he had no male chil-
:

whom is the family of the Gersonites; dren. Why is his name taken away out
Caath, of whom is the family of the of his family, because he had no son?
Caathites Merari, of whom is the family
: Give us a possession among the kinsmen
of the Merarites. of our father.
58 These are the families of Levi The : 4 And Moses referred their cause to the
family of Lobni, the family of Hebroni, judgment of the Lord.
the family of Moholi, the family of Musi, 5 And the Lord said to him :

the family of Core. Now Caath begot 6 The daughters of Salphaad demand a
Araram: just thing Give them a possession among
:

59 Who had to wife Jochabed the daugh- their father's kindred, and let them suc^
ter of Levi, who was born to him in ceed him in his inheritance.
Egypt. She bore to her husband Amram 7 And to the children of Israel thou
sons, Aaron and Moses, and Mary their shalt speak these things *.

Bister. 8 When a man dieth without a son, his

60 Of Aaron were born Nadab and Abiu, inheritance shall pass to his daughter.
and Eleazar and Ithamar 9 If he have no daughter, his brethren
:

61 ^Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, shall succeed him.

when they had offered the strange fire 10 And if he have no brethren, you
before the Lord. shall give the inheritance to his father's
62 And all that were numbered, were brethren.
twenty- three thousand males from one 11 But if he have no uncles by the fa-
month old and upward for they were not ther, the inheritance shall be given to
:

reckoned up among the children of them that are the next akin. And this
Israel, neither was a possession given to shall be to the children of Israel sacred
them with the rest. by a perpetual laWj as the Lord hath
63 This is the number of the children of commanded MoseSo
Israel, that were enrolled by Moses and 12 9 The Lord also said to Moses: ^Qo

j Ex. 6. 16. — k Lev. Supra

10. 1 ; 3. 4 ; l Par. 24. 2. p Supra 16. 1.
1 1 Cor. — m Supra
10. 5. 14. 23 and 24. q A. M. 2553.
n Supra 26. 32 and 33 ; Infra 36. 1 ; Jos. 17. 1» r Deut 32. 49.

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Josue appointed to succeed Moses NUMBERS Sacrifices for various feasts

up into this mountain Abarim, and view 4 One you shall offer in the morninpjp
from thence the land which I will give to and the other in the evening
the children of Israel. 5 And the tenth part of an ephi of
13 And when thou shalt have seen it, flour, which shall be tempered with thv
thou also shalt go to thy people, as thy purest oil, of the measure of the fourth
brother Aaron is gone part of a hin.
14 * Because you offended me in the 6 It is the continual holocaust which you
desert of Sin in the contradiction of the offered in mount Sinai for a most sweet
multitude, neither would you sanctify odour of a sacrifice by fire to the Lord.
me before them at the waters. These 7 And for a libation you shall offer of
are the waters of contradiction in Cades wine the fourth part of a hin for every
of the desert of Sin. lamb in the sanctuary of the Lord.
15 And Moses answered him : 8 And you shall offer the other lamb in
16 May the Lord the God of the spirits like manner in the evening according to
of all flesh provide a man, that may be all the rites of the morning sacrifice, and
over this multitude of the libations thereof, an oblation of
17 And may go out and in before them, most sweet odour to the Lord.
and may lead them out, or bring them 9 ^ And on the sabbath day you shall offer
in lest the people of the Lord be as two lambs of a year old without blemish,
:

sheep without a shepherd. and two tenths of flour tempered with

18 And the Lord said to him: 'Take oil in sacrifice, and the libations,
Josue the son of Nun, a man in whom is 10 Which regularly are poured out every
the Spirit, and put thy hand upon him. sabbath for the perpetual holocaust.
19 And he shall stand before Eleazar 11 And on the first day of the month you
the priest and all the multitude shall offer a holocaust to the Lord, two
20 And thou shalt give him precepts in calves of the herd, one ram, and seven
the sight of all, and part of thy glory, lambs of a year old, without blemish,
that all the congregation of the children 12 And three tenths of flour tempered
of Israel may hear him. with oil in sacrifice for every calf and :

21 If any thing be to be done, Eleazar two tenths of flour tempered with oil for
the priest shall consult the Lord for him. every ram
He and all the children of Israel with 13 And the tenth of a tenth of flour
him, and the rest of the multitude shall tempered with oil in sacrifice for every
go out and go in at his word. lamb. It is a holocaust of most sweet
22 Moses did as the Lord had com- odour and an offering by fire to the Lord.
manded. And when he had taken Josue, 14 And these shall be the libations of
he set him before Eleazar the priest, and wine that are to be poured out for every
all the assembly of the people, victim Half a hin for every calf, a third
:

23 And laying his hands on his head, he for a ram, and a fourth for a lamb. This
repeated all things that the Lord had shall be the holocaust for every month,
commanded. as they succeed one another in the course
of the year.
CHAPTER 28. 15 A buck goat also shall be offered to
Sacrifices are appointed as well for every day as for the Lord for a sin offering over and
sabbaths, and other festivals. above the perpetual holocaust with its

THE Lord
2 Command
also said to
the children of Israel,
Moses libations.
16 ^ And in the first month, on the four-
and thou shalt say to them Offer ye my teenth day of the month, shall be the
:

oblation and my bread, and burnt sacri- phase of the Lord,

fice of most sweet odour, in their due 17 And on the fifteenth day the solemn
seasons. feast seven days shall they eat unleav-
:

3 These are the sacrifices which you ened bread.

shall offer: '^Two lambs of a year old 18 And the first day of them shall be
without blemish every day for the per- venerable and holy: you shall not do
petual holocaust: any servile work therein.
s Supra 20. 12 ; Deut. 32. 51. V Matt. 12. 5.
t Deut. 3. 21. — w Ex. 29. 38. w Kx. 12. 18 ; Lev. 23. o.

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Sacrifices for various feasts NUMBERS Sacrifices for the seventh month
19 And youshall offer a burnt sacrifice 3 And for their sacrifices, three tenths!
a holocaust to the Lord, two calves of of flour tempered with oil to every calf,,
the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year two tenths to a ram,
old, without blemish 4 One tenth to a lamb, which in all are
20 And for the sacrifices of every one seven lambs
three tenths of flour which shall be 5 And a buck goat for sin, which is
tempered with oil to every calf, and two offered for the expiation of the peo-
tenths to every ram, ple,
21 And the tenth of a tenth, to every 6 Besides the holocaust of the first day
lamb, that is to say, to all the seven of the month with the sacrifices thereof,
lambs and the perpetual holocaust with the
22 And one buck goat for sin, to make accustomed libations. With the same
atonement for you, ceremonies you shall offer a burnt sacri-
23 Besides the morning holocaust which fice for a most sweet odour to the Lord.
you shall always offer. 7 ^ The tenth day also of this seventh
24 So shall you do every day of the month shall be holy and venerable unto
seven days for the food of the fire, and you, and you shall afflict your souls you i

for a most sweet odour to the Lord, shall do no servile work therein.
which shall rise from the holocaust, and 8 And you shall offer a holocaust to the
from the libations of each. Lord for a most sweet odour, one calf of
25 The seventh day also shall be most the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a
solemn and holy unto you you shall do year old, without blemish
: :

no servile work therein. 9 And for their sacrifices, three tenths

26 The day also of firstfruits, when after of flour tempered with oil to every calf,
the weeks are accomplished, you shall two tenths to a ram,
offer new fruits to the Lord, shall be ven- 10 The tenth of a tenth to every lamb,
erable and holy you shall do no servile which are in all seven lambs
i :

work therein. 11 And a buck goat for sin, besides the

27 And you shall offer a holocaust for a things that are wont to be offered for sin,
most sweet odour to the Lord, two calves for expiation, and for the perpetual holo-
of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a caust with their sacrifice and libations.
year old, without blemish 12 And on the fifteenth day of the
28 And in the sacrifices of them three seventh month, which shall be unto yoa
tenths of flour tempered with oil to every holy and venerable, you shall do nc ser-
calf, two to every ram, vile work, but shall celebrate a solemnity
29 The tenth of a tenth to every lamb, to the Lord seven days.
which in all are seven lambs: a buck 13 And you shall offer a holocaust for a
goat also, most sweet odour to the Lord, thirteen
30 Which is slain for expiation besides calves of the herd, two rams, and four-
:

the perpetual holocaust and the libations teen lambs of a year old, without blemish
thereof. 14 And for their libations three tenths
31 You shall offer them all without of flour tempered with oil to every calf,
blemish with their libations. being in all thirteen calves: and two
tenths to each ram, being two rams,
CHAPTER 29.
15 And the tenth of a tenth to every
Sacrifices for the festivals of the seventh month. lamb, being in all fourteen lambs
THE first day also of the seventh 16 And a buck goat for sin, besides the
month shall be venerable and holy perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice
unto you ; you shall do no servile work and the libation thereof.
therein, because it is the day of the 17 On the second day you shall offer
Bounding and of trumpets. twelve calves of the herd, two rams and
2 And you shall offer a holocaust for a fourteen lambs of a year old, without
most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf blemish
of the herd, one ram and seven lambs of 18 And the sacrifices and the libations
a year old, without blemish. for every one, for the calves and for the

X Lev. 16. 29, and 23. 27.

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: : :'
:

Sacrifices for the seventh month NUMBERS Vows and oaths

rams and for the lambs you shall duly 36 But you shall offer a holocaust for a
celebrate most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf,
19 And a buck goat for a sin offering one ram, and seven lambs of a year old,
besides the perpetual holocaust, and the without blemish:
sacrifice and the libation thereof. 37 And the sacrifices and the libations
20 The third day you shall offer eleven of every one for the calves and for the
calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of rams and for the lambs you shall celebrate
a year old, without blemish according to the rite
21 And the sacrifices and the libations 38 And a buck goat for sin, besides the
of every one for the calves and for the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice
rams and for the lambs you shall offer and the libation thereof.
according to the rite 39 These things shall you offer to the
22 And a buck goat for sin, besides the Lord in your solemnities: besides your
perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice, vows and voluntary oblations f©r holo-
and the libation thereof. caust, for sacrifice, for libation, and for
23 The fourth day you shall offer ten victims of peace offerings.
calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of
a year old, without blemish CHAPTER 30.
24 And the sacrifices and the libations Of vows and oaths : and their obligation.
of every one for the calves and for the ND Moses told the children of Isra >1
rams and for the lambs you shall cele- A^ allthat the Lord had commander
brate in right manner him:
25 And a buck goat for sin, besides the 2 And he said to the princes of the
perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice tribes of the children of Israel : This is
and the libation thereof. the word that the Lord hath commanded
26 The fifth day you shall offer nine any man make a vow to the Lord,
3 If
calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of or bind himself by an oath he shall not
:

a year old, without blemish
27 And the sacrifices and the libations
of every one for the calves and for the
rams and for the lambs you shall celebrate
according to the rite :
make his word void but shall fulfil all
that he promised.
4 If a woman vow any thing, and bind
herself by an oath, being in her father's
house, and but yet a girl in age if her :

28 And a buck goat for sin, besides the father knew the \ ow that she hath pro-
perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice mised, and the oath wherewith she hath
and the libation thereof. bound her soul, and held his peace, she
29 The sixth day you shall offer eight shall be bound by the vow :

calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of
a year old, without blemish
30 And the sacrifices and the libations
of every one for the calves and for the
rams and for the lambs you shall cele-
brate according to the rite
31 And a buck goat for sin, besides the
perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice
and the libation thereof.
32 The seventh day you shall offer
seven calves and two rams, and fourteen
lambs of a year old, without blemish :
33 And the sacrifices and the libations
of every one for the calves and for the
rams and for the lambs you shall cele-
brate according to the rite
34 And a buck goat for sin, besides the
perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice
5 Whatsoever she promised and swore,
she shall fulfil in deed.
6 But if her father, immediately as soon
as he heard it, gainsaid it, both her
vows and her oaths shall be void, nei-
ther shall she be bound to what she pro-
mised, because her father hath gainsaid it.
7 If she have a husband, and shall vow
any thing, and the word once going out of
her mouth shall bind her soul by an oath
8 The day that her husband shall hear
it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound
to the vow, and shall give whatsoever
she promised.
9 But if as soon as he heareth he gain-
say it, and make her promises and the
words wherewith she had bound her soul
of no effect the Lord will forgive her.
:

and the libation thereof. 10 The widow, and she that is divorced,
35 On the eighth day, which is most shall fulfil whatsoever they vow.
solemn, you shall do no servile work : 11 If the wife in the house of her hus«
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The Madianites are slain NUMBERS Moses angry with the officers
band, hath bound herself by vow and by- 8 " And their kings Evi, and Recem, an^
oath, Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of
12 If her husband hear, and hold his the nation Balaam also the son of Beor
:

peace, and doth not disallow the promise, they killed with the sword.
she shall accomplish whatsoever she had 9 And they took their women, and their
promised. children captives, and all their cattle, and
13 But if forthwith he gainsay it, she all their goods: and all their posses-
shall not be bound by the promise: be- sions they plundered
cause her husband gainsaid it, and the 10 And all their cities, and their vil-
Lord will be merciful to her. lages, and castles, they burned.
14 If she vow and bind herself by oath, 11 And they carried away the booty,
to afflict her soul by fasting, or abstinence and all that they had taken both of men
from other things, it shall depend on the and of beasts.
will of her husband, whether she shall do 12 And they brought them to Moses, and
it, or not do it. Eleazar the priest, and to all the multi-
15 But if the husband hearing it hold his tude of the children of Israel. But the
peace, and defer the declaring his mind rest of the things for use they carried to
till another day: whatsoever she had the camp on the plains of Moab, beside
vowed and promised, she shall fulfil be- the Jordan over against Jericho.
:

cause immediately as he heard it, he held 13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest
his peace. and all the princes of the synagogue
16 But if he gainsay it after that he went forth to> meet them without the
knew it, he shall bear her iniquity. camp.
17 These are the laws which the Lord 14 And Moses being angry with the
appointed to Moses between the husband chief officers of the army, the tribunes,
and the wife, between the father and the and the centurions that were come from
daughter that is as yet but a girl in age, the battle,
or that abideth in her father's house. 15 Said Why have you saved the
:

women?
CHAPTER 31. 16 Are not these they, that deceived
^*

The Madianites are slain for having dravm the peo- the children of Israel by the counsel of
ple of Israel into sin. The dividing of the booty. Balaam, and made you transgress against
A ND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which
j\. 2 Revenge first the children of Is- also the people was punished ?
rael on the Madianites, and so thou shalt 17 ^Therefore kill all that are of the
be gathered to thy people. male sex, even of the children and put :

3 And Moses forthwith said ^ Arm of to death the women, that have carnally
:

you men to fight, who may take the known men.

revenge of the Lord on the Madianites. 18 But the girls, and all the women that
4 Let a thousand men be chosen out of are virgins save for yourselves :

every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.
5 And they gave a thousand of every
tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand
men well appointed for battle.
6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the
son of Eleazar the priest, and he de-
livered to him the holy vessels, and the
trumpets to sound.
7 And when they had fought against
the Madianites and had overcome them,
they slew all the men.
z Supra 2517. — a Jos. 13. 21.
19 And stay without the camp seven
days. He that hath killed a man, or
touched one that is killed, shall be puri-
fied the third day and the seventh day.
20 And of all the spoil, every garment,
or vessel, or any thing made for use, of
the skins, or hair of goats, or of wood,
shall be purified.
21 Eleazar also the priest spoke to the
men of the army, that had fought, in this
manner: This is the ordinance of the
b Supra 25. 18.
c Judges 21. 11.

Chap. 31. Ver. 16. The sin of Phogor. The sin
committed in the worship of Beelphegor.
Ver. 17. Of children. Women and children, ordi-
I
narily speaking, were not to be killed in war, Deut
ao. 14. But the great Lord of life and de'>th was
IS
pleased to order it otherwise in the present case, in
detestation of the wickedness of this people, who
by the counsel of Balaam, had sent their women
among the Israelites on purpose to draw them from
God.
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The spoils are divided
law, ^ which the Lord hath commanded there
Moses
22 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron,
and lead, and tin,
23 And that may pass through the
all
fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatso-
ever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanc-
tified with the wateV of expiation
24 And you shall wash your garments
the seventh day, and being purified, you
shall afterwards enter into the camp.
25 And the Lord said to Moses
26 Take the sum of the things that were
taken both of man and beast, thou and
Eleazar the priest and the princes of the
multitude
27 And thou shalt divide the spoil
equally, between them that fought and
went out to the war, and between the
rest of the multitude.
28 And thou shalt separate a portion to
the Lord from them that fought and were
in the battle, one soul of five hundred as
well of persons as of oxen and asses and
sheep.
29 And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the
priest, because they are the firstfruits of
the Lord.
30 Out of the moiety also of the chil-
dren of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth
head of persons, and of oxen, and asses,
and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou
shalt give them to the Levites that watch
in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.
31 And Moses and Eleazar did as the
Lord had commanded.
32 And the spoil which the army had
taken, was six hundred seventy- five
thousand sheep,
33 Seventy-two thousand oxen,
34 Sixty-one thousand asses
35 And thirty-two thousand persons of
the female sex, that had not known men.
36 And one half was given to them that
had been in the battle, to wit, three hun-
dred thirty-seven thousand five hundred
sheep
37 Out of which, for the portion of the
Lord, were reckoned six hundred seventy-
five sheep.
38 And out of the thirty-six thousand
oxen, seventy- two oxen:
39 Out of the thirty thousand five hun- stance in beasts was infinite. And when
dred asses, sixty-one asses they saw the lands of Jazer and Galaad
40 Out of the sixteen thousand persons. fit for feeding cattle.
d Lev. 6. 28. and 11. 33.
:
NUMBERS The gold is ofered to God
fell to the portion of the Lord,
thirty-two souls.
41 And Moses delivered the number of
the firstfruits of the Lord to Eleazar the
priest, as had been commanded him,
42 Out of the half of the children of Is-
rael, which he had separated for them
that had been in the battle.
43 But out of the half that fell to the
rest of the multitude, that is to say, out
of the three hundred thirty-seven thou^
: sand five hundred sheep,
44 And out of the thirty-six thousand
oxen,
45 And out of the thirty thousand five
hundred asses,
46 And out
of the sixteen thousand per-
sons,
47 Moses took the fiftieth head, and
gave it to the Levites that watched in
the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord
had commanded.
48 And when the commanders of the
army, and the tribunes and centurions
were come to Moses, they said
49 We thy servants have reckoned up
the number of the fighting men, whom
we had under our hand, and not so much
as one was wanting.
50 Therefore we offer as gifts to the
Lord what gold every one of us could
find in the booty, in garters and tablets,
rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou
mayst pray to the Lord for us.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest
received all the gold in divers kinds,
52 In weight sixteen thousand seven
hundred and fifty sides, from the tri-
bunes and from the centurions.
53 For that which every one had taken
: in the booty was his own.
54 And that which was received they
brought into the tabernacle of the testi-
mony, for a memorial of the children of
Israel before the Lord.
CHAPTER 32.
The tribes of Riihen and Gad, and half ofthe tribe
of Manasses, receive their inheritance on the east
side of Jordan^ upon coiiditions approved of by
Moses.
ND ^ the sons of Ruben and Gad had
A^
many flocks of cattle, and their sub-
:
and 15. 11. e Deut. 3. 12.
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Reuben and Gad ask to dwell NUMBERS on the east side of Jordan
2 They came to Moses and Eleazar the 17 And we ourselves will go armed and
priest, and the princes of the multitude, ready for battle before the children of
and said Israel, until we bring them in unto their
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and places. Our little ones, and all we have,
Nemra, Hesebon, and Eleale, and Saban, shall be in walled cities, for fear of the
and Nebo, and Been, ambushes of the inhabitants.
4 The land, which the Lord hath con- 18 We will not return into our houses
quered in the sight of the children of until the children of Israel possess their
^rael, is a very fertile soil for the feed- inheritance
ing of beasts and we thy servants have
: 19 Neither will we seek any thing be-
very much cattle yond the Jordan, because we have already
6 And we pray thee, if we have found our possession on the east side thereof,
favour in thy sight, that thou give it to 20 And Moses said to them * If you do :

us thy servants in possession, and make what you promise, go on well appointed
us not pass over the Jordan. for war before the Lord
6 And Moses answered them: What, 21 And let every fighting man pass over
shall your brethren go to fight, and will the Jordan, until the Lord overthrow his
you sit here ? enemies
7 Why do ye overturn the minds of the 22 And all the land be brought under
children of Israel, that they may not dare him, then shall you be blameless before
to pass into the place which the Lord the Lord and before Israel, and you shall
hath given them ? obtain the countries that you desire, be-
8 Was it not thus your fathers did, when fore the Lord.
I sent from Cadesbarne to view the land ? 23 But if you do not what you say, no
9 ^ And when they were come as far as man can doubt but you sin against God
the valley of tlie cluster, having viewed and know ye, that your sin shall overtake
all the country, they overturned the you.
hearts of the children of Israel, that they 24 Build therefore cities for your chil-
should not enter into the coasts, which dren, and folds and stalls for your sheep
the Lord gave them. and beasts, and accomplish what you
10 ^ And he swore in his anger, saying have promised.
11 If these men, that came up out of 25 J And the children of Gad and Ruben
Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, said to Moses We are thy servants, we
:

shall see the land, which I promised with
an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob:
; because they would not follow me,
12 Except Caleb the son of Jephone the
Cenezite, and Josue the son of Nun:
these have fulfilled my will.
13 And the Lord being angry against
Israel, led them about through the desert
forty years, until the whole generation,
that had done evil in his sight, was con-
sumed.
14 And behold, said he, you are risen
I
up instead of your fathers, the increase
and offspring of sinful men, to augment
! the fury of the Lord against Israel.
15 For if you will not follow him, he
will do what my lord commandeth.
26 We will leave our children, and our
wives and sheep and cattle, in the cities
of Galaad
27 And we thy servants all well ap-
pointed will march on to the war, as
thou, my lord, speakest.
28 Moses therefore commanded Eleazar
the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and
the princes of the families of all the tribes
of Israel, and said to them
29 '^ If the children of Gad, and the
children of Ruben pass with you over
the Jordan, all armed for war before the
Lord, and the land be made subject to
you give them Galaad in possession.
:

will leave the people in the wilderness,
and you shall be the cause of the destruc-
tion of all.
j
16 But they coming near, said: will
make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle,
30 But if they will not pass armed with
you into the land of Chanaan, let them
receive places to dwell in among you.
We 31 And the children of Gad, and the
children of Ruben answered As the Lord :

and strong cities for our children : hath spoken to his servants, so will we do
a Supra 13. 'i-* j Jos. 4. 12.
A Supra 14. 29.— i Jos. 1. 14. k Deut 3. 12 : Jos. 13. 8, and 22. 4.
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Moses consents NUMBERS
Journeyings of the Israelites
32 We will go armed before the Lord after the phase, with a mighty hand, in
into the land of Chanaan, and we confess the sight of all the Egyptians,
that we have already received our pos- 4 ^ Who were burying their firstborn,
session beyond the Jordan. whom the Lord had slain (upon their
33 Moses therefore gave to the children gods also he had executed vengeance,)
of Gad and of Ruben, and to the half 5 And they camped in Soccoth.
tribe of Manasses the son of Joseph, the 6 And from Soccoth they came into
kingdom of Sehon king of the Amor- Ethiam, which is in the uttermost borders
rhites, and the kingdom of Og king of of the wilderness.
Basan, and their land and the cities 7 ** Departing from thence they came
thereof and round about. over against Phihahiroth, which looketh
84 And the sons of Gad built Dibon, and towards Beelsephon, and they camped
Ataroth, and Aroer, before Magdalum.
35 And Etroth, and Sophan, and Jazer, 8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they
and Jegbaa, passed through the midst of the sea into
36 And Bethnemra, and Betharan, the wilderness o and having marched :

fenced cities, and folds for their cattle. three days through the desert of Etham,
37 But the children of Ruben built they camped in Mara.
Hesebon, and Eleale, and Cariathaim, 9 P And departing from Mara, they
38 And Nabo, and Baalmeon (their came into Elim, where there were twelve
names being changed) and Sabama: giv- fountains of water, and seventy palm
ing names to the cities which they had trees: and there they camped.
built. 10 But departing from thence also, they
39 Moreover the children of Machir, pitched their tents by the Red Sea. And
^

the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, departing from the Red ^ea,
and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, 11 They camped in the desert of Sin.
the inhabitants thereof. 12 And they removed from thence, and
40 And Moses gave the land of Galaad came to Daphca.
to Machir the son of Manasses, and he 13 And departing from Daphca, they
dwelt in it. camped in Alus.
41 And Jair the son of Manasses went, 14 And departing from Alus, they
and took the villages thereof, and he pitched their tents in Raphidim, « where
called them Havoth Jair, that is to say, the people wanted water to drink.
the villages of Jair. 15 And departing from Raphidim, they
42 Nobe also went, and took Canath camped in the desert of Sinai.
with the villages thereof: and he called 16 But departing also from the desert
it by his own name, Nobe. ^of Sinai, they came to the graves of
lust.
CHAPTER 33. 17 And
departing from the graves of
The mansions or journeys of the children of lust, they camped in Haseroth.
Israel towards the land of promise.
18 s And from Haseroth they came to
THESE are the mansions of the chil- Rethma.
dren of Israel, who went out of 19 And departing from Rethma, they
Egypt by their troops under the conduct camped Remmomphares.
in
of Moses and Aaron, 20 And they departed from thence and
2 Which Moses wrote down according came to Lebna.
to the places of their encamping, which 21 Removing from Lebna they camped
they changed by the commandment of in Ressa.
the Lord. 22 And departing from Ressa, they
3 Now the children of Israel departed came to Ceelatha.
from Ramesses the first month, on the 23 And they removed from thence and
fifteenth day of the first month, the day camped in themountain Sepher.
— Ex. —
I Gen,
n Ex.
50. 22
14. 2. — mEx. 12. 12.
15. 22. r Ex.
p Ex. 15. 27.
19. 2
g Ex. 17. 1.
Supra 11. 34.
;
— s Supra 13. 1.

Chap. 33. Ver. 1. The mansions. These man- which Christians leaving sin are to advance from
sions, or joiirneys of the children of Israel from virtue to virtue, till they come to the heavenly
Egrypt to the land of promise, were figures, accord- mansions, after this life, to see and enjoy God.
ing to the fathers, of the 8tep« and degrees by
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24 Departing from the mountain Sepher, 46 From thence they went and camped
they came to Arada. in Helmondeblathaim.
25 From thence they went and camped 47 And departing from Helmondebla-
in Maceloth. thaim, they came to the mountains of
26 And departing from Maceloth, they Abarim over against Nabo.
came to Thahath. 48 And departing from the mountains
27 Removing from Thahath they camp- of Abarim, they passed to the plains of
ed in Thare. Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jeri-
28 And they departed from thence, and cho.
pitched their tents in Methca. 49 And there they camped from Bethsi-
29 And removing from Methca, they moth even to Ablesatim in the plains of
camped in Hesmona. the Moabites,
30 And departing from Hesmona, they 50 Where the Lord said to Moses:
Dame to Moseroth. 51 Command the children of Israel, and
31 And removing from Moseroth, they say to them When you shall have passed
:

Damped in Benejaacan. over the Jordan, entering into the land

32 *And departing from Benejaacan, of Chanaan,
they came to mount Gadgad. 52 Destroy all the inhabitants of that
33 From thence they went and camped land ^ beat down their pillars, and
:

In Jetebatha. break in pieces their statues, and waste

34 And from Jetebatha they came' to all their high places,
Hebrona. 63 Cleansing the land, and dwelhng in
35 And departing from Hebrona, they it. For I have given it you for a pos-
camped in Asiongaber. session.
36 " They removed from thence and 54 And you shall divide it among you
came into the desert of Sin, which is by lot. To the more you shall give a
Cades. larger part, and to the fewer a lesser.
37 And Cades, they To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall
departing from
camped in mount Hor, in the uttermost the inheritance be given. The posses-
borders of the land of Edom. sion shall be divided by the tribes and
38 ^And Aaron the priest went up into the families.
mount Hor at the commandment of the 55 But if you will not kill the inhab-
Lord and there he died in the fortieth itants of the land
: they that remain, :

year of the coming forth of the children shall be unto you as nails in your eyes,
of Israel out of Egypt, the fifth month, and spears in your sides, and they shall
the first day of the month, be your adversaries in the land of your
39 When he was a hundred and twenty- habitation.
three years old. 56 And whatsoever I had thought to do
40 And king Arad the Chanaanite, who to them, I wiU do to you.
dwelt towards the south, heard that the
children of Israel were come to the land CHAPTER 34.
of Chanaan. The limits of Chanaan ; with the names of the men
41 And they departed from mount Hor, that make the division of it.
and camped in Salmona.
42 From whence they removed and .
AND
the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
2 Command the children of Israel,
came to Phvnon. and thou shalt say to them : When you
43 And departing from Phunon, they are entered into the land of Chanaan,
camped in Oboth. and it shall be fallen into your possession
44 And from Oboth they came to Ije- by lot, it shall be bounded by these limits :
abarim, which is in the borders of the 3 " The south side shall begin from the
Moabites. wilderness of Sin, which is by Edom : and
45 And departing from Ijeabarim they shall have the most salt sea for its fur-
pitched their tents in Dibongab. thest hmits eastward
t Deut. 10. 7.— u Supra 20. 1.
V Supra 20. 25 ; Deut. 32. 50. V Deut. 7. 5 ; Judges 2. 2.
a Jos. 15. 1.
Jhap. 34. Ver.3. The m^st salt sea. The lake of Sodom, otherwise called tlie Dead Sea.
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The limits of Chanaan NUMBERS Cities to he given the Levites

4 Which limits shall go round on the 20 Of the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the
south side by the ascent of the Scorpion son of Ammiud.
and so into Senna, and reach toward the 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the
south as far as Cadesbarne, from whence son of Chaselon.
the frontiers shall go out to the town 22 Of the tribe of the children of Dan,
called Adar, and shall reach as far as Bocci the son of Jogli.
Asemona. 23 Of the children of Joseph of the tribe
5 And the limits shall fetch a compass of Manasses, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, 24 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Camuel the
and shall end in the shore of the great sea. son of Sephtan.
6 And the west side shall begin from the 25 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Elisaphan
great sea, and the same shall be the end the son of Pharnach.
thereof. 26 Of the tribe of Issachar, Phaltiel the
7 But toward the north side the borders prince, the son of Ozan.
shall begin from the great sea, reaching 27 Of the tribe of Aser, Ahiud the son
to the most high mountain, of Salomi.
8 From which they shall come to Emath, 28 Of the tribe of Nephtali Phedael :

as far as the borders of Sedada the son of Ammiud.

9 And the limits shall go as far as Ze- 29 These are they whom the Lord hath
phrona, and the village of Enan. These commanded to divide the land of Cha-
shall be the borders on the north side. naan to the children of Israel-
10 From thence they shall mark out the CHAPTER 35.
bounds toward the east side from the Cities are appointed for the Levites. Of which six
village of Enan unto Sephama. are to be the cities of refuge.
11 And from Sephama the bounds shall ND the Lord spoke these things also
go down to Rebla over against the foun- A^
to Moses in the plains of Moab by
tain of Daphnis from thence they shall the Jordan, over against Jericho
:

come eastward to the sea of Cenereth, 2 ^ Command the children of Israel that
12 And shall reach as far as the Jordan, they give to the Levites out of their pos-
and at the last shall be closed in by the sessions,
most salt sea. This shall be your land 3 Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs
with its borders round about. round about: that they may abide in the
13 And Moses commanded the children towns, and the suburbs may be for their
of Israel, saying This shall be the land cattle and beasts
:

which you shall possess by lot, and which 4 Which suburbs shall reach from the
the Lord hath commanded to be given walls of the cities outward, a thousand
to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe. paces on every side :

14 For the tribe of the children of Ruben 5 Toward the east shall be two thou-
by their families, and the tribe of the sand cubits: and toward the south in
children of Gad according to the number like manner shall be two thousand cubits
of their kindreds, and half of the tribe of toward the sea also, which looketh to
Manasses, the west, shall be the same extent and :

15 That is, two tribes and a half, have the north side shall be bounded with the
received their portion beyond the Jor- like limits. And the cities shall be in
dan over against Jericho at the east side. the midst, and the suburbs without.
16 And the Lord said to Moses: 6 «And among the cities, which you
17 These are the names of the men, shall give to the Levites, six shall be
that shall divide the land unto you: separated for refuge to fugitives, that he
Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of who hath shed blood may flee to them:
Nun, and besides these there shall be other
18 And one prince of every tribe, forty- two cities,
19 Whose names are these Of the tribe 7 That is, in all forty-eight with their
:

of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone. suburbs.

& Jos. 14. 1 and 2. d Jos. 21. 2. — eDeut. 19. 2; Jos. 20. 1.

Ver. 4.The Scorpion. A mountain so called Ver. 7. The most high mountain. Libanus.
from having a great number of scorpions. Ver. 11. Sea of Cenereth. This is the sea of
Ver. 5. The great sea. The Mediterranean. Galilee, illustrated by the miracles of our Lord.
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The cities of refuge NUMBERS The law of refuge

Z And of these cities which shall be between him that struck, and the nexl
given out of the possessions of the chil- of kin
dren of Israel, from them that have more, 25 The innocent shall be delivered from
more shall be taken and from them that the hand of the revenger, and shall be
:

have less, fewer. Each shall give towns brought back by sentence into the city,
to the Levites according to the extent of to which he had fled, and he shall abide
their inheritance. there until the death of the high priest,
9 The Lord said to Moses that is anointed with the holy oil.
10 Speak to the children of Israel, and 26 If the murderer be found without the
thou shalt say to them When you shall limits of the cities that are appointed for
:

have passed over the Jordan into the the banished,

land of Chanaan, 27 And be struck by him that is the
11 Determine what cities shall be for avenger of blood he shall not be guilty :

the refuge of fugitives, who have shed that killed him.

blood against their will. 28 For the fugitive ought to have stayed
12 And when the fugitive shall be in in the city until the death of the high
them, the kinsman of him that is slain priest and after he is dead, then shall the
:

may not have power to kill him, until he manslayer return to his own country.
stand before the multitude, and his cause 29 These things shall be perpetual, and
be judged. for an ordinance in all your dwellings.
13' And of those cities, that are sepa- 30 The murderer shall be punished by
rated for the refuge of fugitives, witnesses: none shall be condemned
14 Three shall be beyond the Jordan, upon the evidence of one man.
^nd three in the land of Chanaan, 31 You shall not take money of him
15 As well for the children of Israel as that is guilty of blood, hut he shall die
for strangers and sojourners, that he may forthwith.
flee to them, who hath shed blood against 32 The banished and fugitives before
his will. the death of the high priest may by no
16 If any man strike with iron, and he means return into their own cities.
die that was struck : he shall be guilty of33 Defile not the land of your habitation,
murder, and he himself shall die. which is stained with the blood of the
17 If he throw a stone, and he that is innocent neither can it otherwise be :

struck die : he shall be punished in the expiated, but by his blood that hath shed
jame manner. the blood of another.
18 If he that is struck with wood die; 34 And thus shall your possession be
he shall be revenged by the blood of him cleansed, myself abiding with you. For
that struck him. I am the Lord that dwell among the
19 The kinsman of him that was slain, children of Israel.
shall kill the murderer: as soon as he
apprehendeth him, he shall kill him. CHAPTER 36.
20 ^ If through hatred any one push a
That the inheritances may not be alienated from
man, or fling any thing at him with ill one tribe to another, all are to marry within
design their own tribes.

21 Or being his enemy, strike him with

his hand, and he die the striker shall be
:
AND
the princes of the families of Ga-
„ laad, the son of Machir, the son of
guilty of murder: the kinsman of him Manasses, of the stock of the children
that was slain as soon as he findeth him, of Joseph, came and spoke to Moses bo-
shall kill him. fore the princes of Israel, and said ^ :

22 But if by chance medley, and without 2 The Lord hath commanded thee, my
hatred, lord, that thou shouldst divide the land
23 And enmity, he do any of these by lot to the children of Israel, and that
things, thou shouldst give to the daughters of
24 And this be proved in the hearing of Salphaad our brother the possession duo
the people, and the cause be debated to their father:
/ Deut. 4. 41 ; Jos. 20. 7 and 8. g Deut. 19. 11. — /i Supra 27. 1.
Chap. 35. Ver. Until the death, &c.
25. This effected by the death of Christ, the high priest
mystically signitiea tliat our deliverance was to be
and
the anointed of God.
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All must marry within DEUTERONOMY their own tribes

3 Now if men of another tribe take For all men shall marry wives of their
them to wives, their possession will fol- own tribe and kindred
low them, and being transferred to an- 8 And all women shall take husbands
other tribe, will be a diminishing of our of the same tribe that the inheritance :

inheritance. may remain in the families,

4' And so it shall come to pass, that 9 And that the tribes be not mingled
when the jubilee, that is, the fiftieth one with another, but remain so
year of remission, is come, the distribu- 10 As they were separated by the Lord.
tion made by the lots shall be con- And the daughters of Salphaad did as
founded, and the possession of the one was commanded:
shall pass to the others. 11 And Maala, and Thersa, and Hegla,
6 Moses answered the children of Israel, and Melcha, and Noa were married to
and said by the command of the Lord the sons of their uncle by their father
The tribe of the children of Joseph hath 12 Of the family of Manasses, who was
spoken rightly. the son of Joseph: and the possession
6 And this is the law promulgated by that had been allotted to them, remained
the Lord touching the daughters of Sal- in the tribe and family of their father.
phaad ^ Let them marry to whom they 13 These are the commandments and
:

will, only so that it be to men of their judgments, which the' Lord commanded
own tribe. by the hand of Moses to the children of
7 Lest the possession of the children of Israel, in the plains of Moab upon the
Israel be mingled from tribe to tribe. Jordan over against Jericho.

THE

BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY.
This Book is called Deuteronomy, wJiich signifies a second law, because it repeats and
inculcates the ordinances formerly given on mount Sinai, with other pr-ecepts not expressed
before. The Hebrews, from the first words in the book, call it Elle Haddebarim.

CHAPTER 1. 6 Beyond the Jordan in the land of

A repetition of what passed at Sinai and Cades- Moab. And Moses began to expound
barne ; and of the peopWs murmuring and their the law, and to say
punishment.
6 The Lord our Godspoke to us in
THESE are the words, which Moses Horeb, saying: You have stayed long
spoke to all Israel beyond the Jor- enough in this mountain
dan, in the plain wilderness, over against 7 Turn you, and come to the mountain
the Red Sea, between Pharan and Tho- of the Amorrhites, and to the other
phel and Laban and Haseroth, where places that are next to it, the plains and
there is very much gold the hills and the vales towards the south,
:

2 Eleven days' journey from Horeb by and by the sea shore, the land of the
the way of mount Seir to Cadesbarne. Chanaanites, and of Libanus, as far as
3«^ In the fortieth year, the eleventh the great river Euphrates.
month, the first day of the month, Mo- 8 Behold, said he, I have delivered it to
ses spoke to the children of Israel all you: go in and possess it, concerning
that the Lord had commanded him to which the Lord swore to your fathers
say to them Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he
4 ^ After that he had slain Sehon king would give it to them, and to their seed
of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hese- after them,
bon: and Og king of Basan who abode 9 And I said to you at that timo :
in Astaroth, and in Edrai, 10 ^ I alone am not able to bear you

i Tob. 7. 14. — 3 B. C. 1405- <^ Num. 2L 24. ^ i Ex. 1&. 18«

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Ancients to assist Moses DEUTERONOMY The murmuring of the Jews

for the Lord your God hath multiplied I sent of you twelve men, one of every
you, and you are this day as the stars of tribe
heaven, for multitude. 24 Who, when they had set forward and
11 (The Lord God of your fathers add had gone up to the mountains, came as
to this number many thousands, and far as the valley of the cluster and hav- :

bless you as he hath spoken.) ing viewed the land,

12 I alone am not able to bear your 25 Taking of the fruits thereof, to shew
business, and the charge of you and your its fertility, they brought them to us,
differences. and said The land is good, which the :

13 Let me have from among you wise Lord our God will give us.
and understanding men, and such whose 26 And you would not go up, but being
conversation is approved among your incredulous to the word of the Lord our
tribes, that I may appoint them your God,
rulers. 27 You murmured in your tents, and
14 Then you answered me The thing said The Lard hateth us, and therefore
: :

is good which thou meanest to do. he hath brought us out of the land of
15 And I took out of your tribes men Egypt, that he might deliver us into the
wise and honourable, and appointed them hand of the Amorrhite, and destroy us.
rulers, tribunes, and centurions, and 28 Whither shall we go up ? the mes-
officers over fifties, and over tens, who sengers have terrified our hearts, saying
might teach you all things. The multitude is very great, and taller
16 And I commanded them, saying than we the cities are great, and walled :

Hear them, and judge that which is just up to the sky, we have seen the sons of
^ whether he be one of your country, or the Enacims there.
a stranger. 29 And I said to you Fear not, neither :

27 n There shall be no difference of per- be ye afraid of them

sons, you shall hear the little as well as 30 The Lord God, who is your leader,
the great neither shall you respect any himself will fight for you, as he did in
:

man's person, because it is the judgment Egypt in the sight of all.

of God. And if any thing seem hard to 31 And in the wilderness (as thou hast
you, refer it to me, and T will hear it. seen) the Lord thy God hath carried thee,
18 And I commanded you all things as a man is wont to carry his little son,
that you were to do. all the way that you have come, until
19 And departing from Horeb, we passed you came to this place.
through the terrible and vast wilderness, 32 And yet for all this you did not be-
which you saw, by the way of the moun- lieve the Lord your God,
tain of the Amorrhite, as the Lord our 33 P Who went before you in the way,
God had commanded us. And when we and marked out the place, wherein you
were come into Cadesbarne, should pitch your tents, in the night
20 I said to you You are come to the shewing you the way by fire, and in the
:

mountain of the Amorrhite, which the day by the pillar of a cloud.

Lord our God will give to us. 34 And when the Lord had heard the
21 See the land which the Lord thy God voice of your words, he was angry and
giveth thee go up and possess it, as the swore, and said
;

Lord our God hath spoken to thy fathers 35 ^Not one of the men of this wicked
fear not, nor be any way discouraged. generation shall see the good land, which
22 And you came all to me, and said: I promised with an oath to your fathers
**

Let us send men who may view the 36 Except Caleb the son of Jephone :

land, and bring us word what way we for he shall see it, and to him I will give
shall go up, and to what cities we shall the land that he hath trodden upon, and
go- to his children, because he hath followed
23 And because the saying pleased me, the Lord.
m John 7. 24. o Num. 13. 3, and 32. 8.
n Lev. 19. 15 ; Infra 16. 19 ; Prov. 24. 23 p Ex. 13. 21 ; Num. 14. 14.
Eccli. 42. 1 ; James 2. 1. q Num. 14. 23 Ps. 94. 11.
;

Chat. L Yer. 28. JVaUed up to the sky. A figurative expression, signifying the walls to be
very high.
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Overcome by the Aniorrkites DEUTERONOMY Edom and Moah

37 Neither is his indignation against the
people to be wondered at, since the Lord
was angry with me also on your account,
and said : Neither shalt thou go in thither.
38 But Josue the son of Nun, thy minis-
ter, he shall go in for thee exhort and
encourage him, and he shall divide the
land by lot to Israel.
5 Take ye then good heed that you stir
not against them. For I will not give
you of their land so much as the step of
one foot can tread upon, because I have
given mount Seir to Esau, for a posses-
: sion.
6 You shall buy meats of them for money
and shall eat you shall draw waters for
:

39 Your
children, of whom you said that money, and shall drink.
they should be led away captives, and 7 The Lord thy God hath blessed thee
your sons who know not this day the in every work of thy hands the Lord :

difference of good and evil, they shall go
in and to them I will give the land, and
: journey, how thou hast passed through
they shall possess it.
40 But return you and go into the wil-
ierness by the way of the Red Sea.
41 And you answered me
**
We have
*
sinned against the Lord : we will go up
and fight, as the Lord our God hath com-
manded. And when you went ready
^rmed unto the mountain,
thy God dwelling with thee, knoweth thy
this great wilderness, for forty years, and
thou hast wanted nothing.
8 And when we had passed by our bre-
: thren the children of Esau, that dwelt in
Seir, by the way of the plain from Elath
and from Asiongaber, we came to the
way that leadeth to the desert of Moab.
9 And the Lord said to me * Fight :

42 The Lord said to me : Say to them: not against the Moabites, neither go to
* Go not up, and fight not, for I am not battle against them for I will not give
:

with you lest you fall before your ene-

: thee any of their land, because I have
mies.
43 I spoke, and you hearkened not : but
resisting the commandment of the Lord,
and swelling with pride, you went up
into the mountain.
44 And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the
mountains coming out, and meeting you,
chased you, as bees do : and made slaugh-
ter of you from Seir as far as Horma.
45 And when you returned and wept
oefore the Lord, he heard you not, nei-
ther would he yield to your voice.
46 So you abode in Cadesbarne a long
time.
CHAPTER
They are forbid to fight against
Moabites, and Ammonites,
Sehon king of Hesebon.
AND departing from thence we came
given Ar to the children of Lot in pos-
session.
10 The Emims first were the inhabit-
ants thereof, a people great, and strong,
and so tall, that like the race of the
Enacims,
11 They were esteemed as giants, and
were like the sons of the Enacims. But
the Moabites call them Emims.
12 The Horrhites also formerly dwelt in
Seir: who being driven out and de-
stroyed, the children of Esau dwelt there,
as Israel did in the land of his possession,
which the Lord gave him.
2. 13 Then rising up to pass the torrent
the Edomites, Zared, we came to it.
Their victory over 14 And the time that we journeyed from
Cadesbarne till we passed over the tor-
rent Zared, was thirty-eight years until :

S\. into the wilderness that leadeth to all the generation of the men that were
the Red Sea, as the Lord had spoken to fit for war was consumed out of the

me and we compassed mount Seir a

; camp, as the Lord had sworn
long time. 15 For his hand was against them, that
2 And the Lord said to me : they should perish from the midst of the
3 You have compassed this mountain camp.
long enough go toward the north
: 16 And after all the fighting men were
4 And command thou the people, say- dead,
ing: You shall pass by the borders of 17 The Lord spoke to me, saying
your brethren the children of Esau, who 18 Thou shalt pass this day the borders
dwell in Seir, and they will be afraid of of Moab, " the city named Ar
you. 19 And when thou comest nigh the fron-

r Num. 14. 40. —8 Num. 1-4. 42. t Num. 21. 15. — u B. C. 1405.
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Sehon delivered to them DEUTERONOMY They overcome Mng of Basan

tiers of the children of Ammon, take fixed his heart, that he might be deliv-
heed thou fight not against them nor ered into thy hands, as row thou seest.
once move to battle for I will not give 31 And the Lord said to me
: Behold I
:
"^

thee of the land of the children of Am- have begun to deliver unto thee Sehon
nion, because I have given it to the chil- and his land, begin to possess it.
dren of Lot for a possession. 32 And Sehon came out to meet us with
20 It was accounted a land ot giants all his people to fight at Jasa.
and giants formerly dwelt in it, whom 33 And the Lord our God delivered him
the Ammonites call Zomzommims, to us and we slew him with his sons and
:

21 A people great and many, and of tall all his people.

stature, like the Enacims whom the Lord 34 And we took all his cities at that
destroyed before their face and he made time, kilUng the inhabitants of them, men
:

them to dwell in their stead, and women and children. We left no-
22 As he had done in favour of the chil- thing of them
dren of Esau, that dwell in Seir, destroy- 35 Except the cattle which came to the
ing the Horrhites, and delivering their share of them that took them and the :

land to them, which they possess to this spoils of the cities, which we took
day. 36 From Aroer, which is upon the bank
23 The Hevites also, that dwelt in Ha- of the torrent Arnon, a town that is situ-
serim as far as Gaza, were expelled by ate in a valley, as far as Galaad. There
the Cappadocians: who came out of Cap- was not a village or city, that escaped
padocia, and destroyed them, and dwelt our hands the Lord our God delivered
:

in their stead. all unto us:

24 Arise ye, and pass the torrent Ar- 37 Except the land of the children of
non ^ Behold I have delivered into thy Ammon, to which we approached not:
:

hand Sehon king of Hesebon the Amor- and all that border upon the torrent Je-
rhite, and begin thou to possess his land boc, and the cities in the mountains, and
and make war against him. all the places which the Lord our God
25 This day will I begin to send the forbade us.
dread and fear of thee upon the nations
that dwell under the whole heaven
CHAPTER 3.
The victory over Og king of Basan. Ruben, Gad,
that when they hear thy name they may and half the tribe of Manasses receive their pos-
fear and tremble, and be in pain like session on the other side of Jordan.
women in travail.
26 ^ So I sent messengers from the wil-
THEN
y we turned and went by the way
of Basan ^ and Og the king of Basan
:

derness of Cademoth to Sehon the king came out to meet us with his people to
of Hesebon with peaceable words, say- fight in Edrai.
ing: 2 And the Lord said to me Fear him:

27 We will pass through thy land, we not because he is delivered into thy
:

will go along by the highway we will hand, with all his people and his land:
:

not turn aside neither to the right hand and thou shalt do to him as thou hast
nor to the left. done to Sehon king of the Amorrhites,
28 Sell us meat for money, that we may that dwelt in Hesebon.
Bat give us water for money and so we
: 3 " So the Lord our God delivered into
will drink. We only ask that thou wilt our hands, Og also the king of Basan,
let us pass through, and all his people and we utterly de-
:

29 As the children of Esau have done, stroyed them,

that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites, that 4 Wasting all his cities at one time,
abide in Ar until we come to the Jor- there was not a town that escaped us
:

dan, and pass to the land which the Lord sixty cities, all the country of Argob the
our God will give us. kingdom of Og in Basan.
30 And Sehon
the king of Hesebon 5 All the cities were fenced with very
would not let us pass because the Lord high walls, and with gates and bars, be-
:

thy God had hardened his spirit, and sides innumerable towns that had no walls.
V B. C. 1405. — ?/• Num. 21. 21. —rr Amos 2. 9. —
y B. C. 1405. — 2 Num. 21. 34. a Num. 21. 35.
Chap. 2. Ver. 30. Hardened, &c. That is, in stubborn and perverse disposition, vbicb drew bim
punishment of bis past sins be left bim to bis own to bis ruin. See tbe note on £x. 7. 3.
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, DEUTERONOMY given the east side of Jordan
6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we dren of Israel, all the strong men of
had done to Sehon the king of Hesebon, you,
destroying every city, men and women 19 Leaving your wives and children and
and children cattle.For I know you have much cat-
7 But the cattle and the spoils of the and they must remain in the cities,
tle,
cities we took for our prey. which I have delivered to you.
8 And we took at that time the land out 20 Until the Lord give rest to your
of the hand of the two kings of the brethren, as he hath given to you and :

Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jor- they also possess the land, which he will
dan from the torrent Arnon unto the
: give them beyond the Jordan then shall :

mount Hermon, every man return to his possession, which

9 Which the Sidonians call Sarion, and I have given you.
the Amorrhites Sanir ^ : 21 ^ I commanded Josue also at that
10 All the cities that are situate in the time, saying; Thy eyes have seen what
plain, and all the land of Galaad and the Lord your God hath done to these
Basan as far as Selcha and Edrai, cities two kings so will he do to all the king-
:

of the kingdom of Og in Basan. doms to which thou shalt pass.

11 For only Og king of Basan remained 22 Fear them not: for the Lord your
of the race of the giants. His bed of God will fight for you.
iron is shewn, which is in Rabbath of 23 And I besought the Lord at that
the children of Ammon, being nine cubits time, saying:
long, and four broad after the measure 24 Lord God, thou hast begun to shew
of the cubit of a man's hand. unto thy servant thy greatness, and most
12 And we possessed the land at that mighty hand, for there is no other God
time from Aroer, which is upon the bank either in heaven or earth, that is able to
of the torrent Arnon, unto the half of do thy works, or to be compared to thy
mount Galaad ^ and I gave the cities
: strength.
thereof to Ruben and Gad. 25 I will pass over therefore, and will
13 And I delivered the other part of see this excellent land beyond the Jordan,
©alaad, and all Basan the kingdom of Og and goodly mountain, and Libanus.
this
to the half tribe of Manasses, all the 26 the Lord was angry with me on
And
country of Argob and all Basan is called
: your account and heard me not, but said
the Land of giants. to me It is enough : speak no more to
:

14 Jair the son of Manasses possessed me of this matter.

all the country of ^ Argob unto the bor- 27 Go up to the top of Phasga, and cast
ders of Gessuri, and Machati. And he thy eyes round about to the west, and to
called Basan by his own name, Havoth the north, and to the south, and to the
Jair, that is to say, the towns of Jair, east, and behold it, ^ for thou shalt not
until this present day. pass this Jordan.
15 To Machir also I gave Galaad. 28 Command Josue, and encourage and
16 And to the tribes of Ruben and Gad strengthen him: for he shall go before
I gave of the land of Galaad as far as the this people, and shall divide unto them
torrent Arnon, half the torrent, and the the land which thou shalt see.
confines even unto the torrent Jeboc, 29 And we abode in the valley over
which is the border of the children of against the temple of Phogor.
Ammon CHAPTER 4.
17 Andthe plain of the wilderness, and
Moses exhorteth the people to keep God's command-
the Jordan, and the borders of Cenereth ments : particularly to fly idolatry. Appointeth
unto the sea of the desert, which is the three cities of refuge, on that side of the Jordan.
most salt sea, to the foot of mount Phasga A ND now, O Israel, hear the command-
eastward. jLA. ments and judgments which I teach
18 And I commanded you at that time, thee that doing them, thou mayst live,
:

saying The Lord your God giveth you

: and entering in mayst possess the land
this land for an inheritance, go ye well which the Lord the God of your fathers
appointed before your brethren the chil- will give you.

b Infra 4. 48.— c Num. 32. 29. — d Num. 21. 34. e Num. 27. 18, — / Infra 31. 2, and 34. 4.

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Exhortation to Israel
^^^ ..
DFUTERONOMY
The Jews threatened
2 You shall not add to the word that I and judgments which you shall do in the
speak to you, neither shall you take away land, that you shall possess.
from it keep the commandments of the 15 Keep therefore your souls carefully. ^
:

Lord your God which I command you. You saw not any similitude in the day
3 ^ Your eyes have seen all that the that the Lord God spoke to you i-n Ho-
Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how reb from the midst of the fire
he hath destroyed all his worshippers 16 Lest perhaps being deceived you
from among you. might make you a graven similitude, or
4 But you that adhere to the Lord your image of male or female,
God, are all alive until this present day. 17 The similitude of any beasts, that
5 You know that I have taught you are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly
statutes and justices, as the Lord my under heaven,
God hath commanded me so shall you 18 Or of creeping things, that move on
:

do them in the land which you shall the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the
possess waters under the earth
6 And you shall observe, and fulfil them
19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to
heaven, thou see the sun and the moon,
in practice. For this is your wisdom, and
understanding in the sight of nations, and all the stars of heaven, and being
j
that hearing all these precepts, they may deceived by error thou adore and serve
jsay: Behold a wise and understanding them, which the Lord thy God created
people, a great nation. for the service of all the nations, that
7 Neither is there any other nation so are under heaven.
great, that hath gods so nigh them, as 20 But the Lord hath taken you and
our God is present to all our petitions. brought you out of the iron furnace of
8 For what other nation is there so re- Egypt, to make you his people of inher-
nowned that hath ceremonies, and just itance, as it is this present day.
judgments, and all the law, which I will 21 '^ And the Lord was angry with me
set forth this day before your eyes ? for your words, and he swore that I
9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul should not pass over the Jordan, nor
carefully. Forget not the words that thy enter into the excellent land, which he
eyes have seen, and let them not go out will give you.
of thy heart all the days of thy life. 22 Behold I die in this land, I shall not
Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and pass over the Jordan: you shall pass,
to thy grandsons, and possess the goodly land.
10 From the day in which thou didst 23 Beware lest thou ever forget the
stand before the Lord thy God in Horeb, covenant of the Lord thy God, which he
when the Lord spoke to me, saying: Call hath made with thee and make to thy- :

together the people unto me, that they self a graven likeness of those things
may hear my words, and may learn to which the Lord hath forbid to be made
fear me all the time that they live on the 24 ^ Because the Lord thy God is a con-
earth, and may teach their children. suming fire, a jealous God.
11 ^* And you came to the foot of the 25 If you shall beget sons and grand-
mount, which burned even unto heaven sons, and abide in the land, and being
and there was darkness, and a cloud and deceived, make to yourselves any simili-
obscurity in it. tude, committing evil before the Lord
12 And the Lord spoke to you from the your God, to provoke him to wrath
midst of the fire. You heard the voice 26 I call this day heaven and earth to
of his words, but you saw not any form witness, that you shall quickly perish
at all. out of the land, which, when you have
13 And he shewed you his covenant, passed over the Jordan, you shall pos-
which he commanded you to do, and the sess. You shall not dwell therein long,
* ten words that he wrote in two tables but the Lord will destroy you,
of stone. 27 And scatter you among all nations,
14 And he commanded me at that time and you shall remain a few among the
that I should teach you the ceremonies nations, to which the Lord shall lead you.
g Num. 25. 4; Jos. 22. 17. — /i Ex. 19. 18. i Ex. 24. 10. — k Supra 1. 37,
i £x. 20., 21., 22., aud 23., cap. i Qeb. 12. 29.

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God will forgive, if they repent DEUTERONOMY The cities of refuge

28 And there you shall serve gods, that 40 Keep his precepts and command-
were framed with men's hands: wood ments, which I command thee: that it
and stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor may be well with thee, and thy children
eat, nor smell. after thee, and thou mayst remain a long
29 And when thou shalt seek there the time upon the land, which the Lord thy
Lord thy God, thou shalt find him yet God will give thee.
:

so, if thou seek him with all thy heart, 41 '^Then Moses set aside three cities
and all the aflfliction of thy soul. beyond the Jordan at the east side,
30 After ail the things aforesaid shall 42 That any one might flee to them who
find thee, in the latter time thou shalt should kill his neighbour unwillingly, and
return to the Lord thy God, and shalt was not his enemy a day or two before,
hear his voice. and that he might escape to some one of
31 Because the Lord thy God is a mer- these cities:
ciful God: he will not leave thee, nor 43 ^'Bosor in the wilderness, which is
altogether destroy thee, nor forget the situate in the plains of the tribe of Ru-
covenant, by which he swore to thy ben: and Ramoth in Galaad, which is in
fathers. the tribe of Gad: and Golan in Basan,
32 Ask of the days of old, that have which is in the tribe of Manasses.
been before thy time from the day that 44 This is the law, that Moses set before
God created man upon the earth, from the children of Israel,
one end of heaven to the other end 45 And these are the testimonies and
thereof, if ever there was done the like ceremonies and judgments, which he
thing, or it hath been known at any time, spoke to the children of Israel, when
33 That a people should hear the voice they came out of Egypt,
of God speaking out of the midst of fire, 46 Beyond the Jordan in the valley
as thou hast heard, and lived: over against the temple of Phogor, in
34 If God ever did so as to go, and take the land of Sehon king of the Amor-
to himself a nation out of the midst of rhites, that dwelt in Hesebon, whom Mo-
nations by temptations, signs, and won- ses slew. And the children of Israel
ders, by fight, and a strong hand, and coming out of Egypt,
stretched out arm, and horrible visions 47 Possessed his land, and the land of
according to all the things that the Lord Og king of Basan, of the two kings of
your God did for you in Egypt, before the Amorrhites, who were beyond the
thy eyes. Jordan towards the rising of the sun
35 That thou mightest know that the 48 From Aroer, which is situate upon
Lord he is God, and there is no other the bank of the torrent Arnon, unto
besides him. mount Sion, which is also called Her-
36 From heaven he made thee to hear mon,
his voice, that he might teach thee. And 49 All the plain beyond the Jordan at
upon earth he shewed thee his exceed- thp east side, unto the sea of the wil
ing great fire, and thou didst hear his d rness, and unto the foot of mount
words out of the midst of the fire, I asga. -

37 Because he loved thy fathers, and

chose their seed after them. "* And he CHAPTER 5.

brought thee out of Egypt, going before The ten commandments are repeated and explained.
thee with his great power, A ND
Moses called all Israel, and said
38 To destroy at thy coming very great J\. them P Hear, O Israel, the cere-
to :

nations, and stronger than thou art, and monies and judgments, which I speak in
to bring thee in, and give thee their land your ears this day learn them, and ful-
:

for a possession, as thou seest at this fil them in work.

present day. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant

39 Know therefore this day, and think with us in Horeb.
in thy heart that the Lord he is God in 3 He made not the covenant with our
heaven above, and in the earth beneath, fathers, but with us, who are now preseni
and there is no other. and living.

m Ex. 13. 21.— n Num. 25. 14. O Jos. 20. 3. 1405.

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The len commandments DEUTERONOMY

The people are afraid
4 He spoke to us face to face in the may be well with thee in the land, which
mount out of the midst of fire. the Lord thy God will give thee.
5 I was the mediator and stood between 17 Thou shalt not kill.
the Lord and you at that time, to shew 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
you his words, for you feared the fire, 19 And thou shalt not steal.
and went not up into the mountain, and 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness
he said against thy neighbour.
6^1 am
the Lord thy God, who brought 21 * Thou shalt not covet thy neigh-
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the hour's wife nor his house, nor his field, :

house of bondage. nor his manservant, nor his maidservant,

7 ^ Thou shalt not have strange gods in nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that
my sight. is his.
8 * shalt not make to thyself a
Thou 22 These words the Lord spoke to all the
graven thing, nor the likeness of any multitude of you in the mountain, out of
things, that are in heaven above, or that the midst of the fire and the cloud, and
are in the earth beneath, or that abide in the darkness, with a loud voice, adding
the waters under the earth. nothing more and he wrote them in two
:

9 * Thou shalt not adore them, and thou tables of stone, which he delivered unto
shalt not serve thera. For I am the Lord me.
thy God, a jealous God, visiting the in- 23 But you, after you heard the voice
iquity of the fathers upon their children out of the midst of the darkness, and saw
unto the third and fourth generation, to the mountain burn, came to me, all the
them that hate me, princes of the tribes and the elders, and
10 And shewing mercy unto many thou- you said
sands, to them that love me, and keep my 24 Behold the Lord our God hath shewn
commandments. us his majesty and his greatness, we have
11 ^ Thou shalt not take the name of heard his voice out of the midst of the
the Lord thy God in vain for he shall : fire, and have proved this day that God
not be unpunished that taketh his name speaking with man, man hath lived.
upon a vain thing. 25 Why shall we die therefore, and why
12 Observe the day of the sabbath, to shall this exceeding great fire consume
sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath us for if we hear the voice of the Lord :

commanded thee. our God any more, we shall die.

13 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt 26 What is all flesh, that it should hear
do all thy works. the voice of the living God, who speak»^
14 ^ The seventh is the day of the sab- eth out of the midst of the fire, as we
bath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy have heard, and be able to live ?
God. Thou shalt not do any work there- 27 Approach thou rather and hear all :

in, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, things that the Lord our God shall say
nor thy manservant nor thy maidser- to thee, and thou shalt speak to us, and
vant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of we will hear and will do them.
thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within 28 And when the Lord had heard this,
thy gates that thy manservant and thy he said to me I have heard the voice of
: :

maidservant may rest, even as thyself. the words of this people, which they
15 Remember that thou also didst serve spoke to thee they have spoken all :

in Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought things well.

thee out from thence with a strong hand, 29 Who shall give them to have such a
and a stretched out arm. Therefore hath mind, to fear me, and to keep all my
he commanded thee that thou shouldst commandments at all times, that it may
observe the sabbath day. be well with them and with their chil-
If* ^ Honour thy father and mother, as dren for ever ?

the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, 30 Go and say to them: Return into
that thou mayst live a long time, and it your tents.

q Ex. 20. 2 ; Lev. 26. 1 ; Ps. 80. 11. r Ex. 20. 3 — V Gen. 2. 2 ; Ex. 20. 10 Heb. 4. 4.
Ps. 80. 10. —
s Ex. 20. 4 ; Lev. 26. 1 ; Ps. 96. 7. W Ex. 20. 12 ; Eccli. 3. 9 ; Matt.
;

15. 4 ; Mark 7. 10
tEx. 34. 14. Eph. 6. 2.
u Ex. 20. 7 ; Lev. 19. 12; Matt. 5. 33. X Matt. 5. 28 Bom. 7. 7. ;

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31 But stand thou here with me, and I will which he swore to thy fathers Abraham,
3peak to thee all my commandments, and Isaac, and Jacob: and shall have given
ceremonies and judgments: which thou thee great and goodly cities, which thou
Shalt teach them, that they may do them didst not build,
in the land, which I will give them for a 11 Houses full of riches, which thou
possession. didst not set up, cisterns which thou
32 Keep therefore and do the things didst not dig, vineyards and oUveyards,
which the Lord God hath commanded which thou didst not plant,
you you shall not go aside neither to 12 And thou shalt have eaten and be
:

the right hand, nor to the left. full:

33 But you shall walk in the way that 13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget
the Lord your God hath commanded, that the Lord, who brought thee out of the
you may live, and It may be well with land of Egypt, out of the house of bond-
you, and your days may be long in the age. " Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God,
land of your possession. and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt
swear by his name.
CHAPTER 6. 14 You shall not go after the strange
An exhortation to the love of God^ and obedience to gods of all the nations, that are round
his law. about you:
THESE are the precepts, and ceremo- 15 Because the Lord thy God is a jealous
nies, and judgments, which the Lord God in the midst of thee: lest at any time
your God commanded that I should teach the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled
you, and that you should do them in the against thee and take thee away from
land into which you pass over to possess the face of the earth.
it:^ 16 ''Thou shalt not. bempt the Lord thy
2 That thou mayst fear the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place
God, and keep all his commandments and of temptation.
precepts, which I command thee, and thy 17 Keep the precepts of the Lord thy
sons, and thy grandsons, all the days of God, and the testimonies and ceremonies
thy life, that thy days may be prolonged. which he hath commanded thee.
3 Hear, O Israel, and observe to do the 18 And do that which is pleasing and
things which the Lord hath commanded good in the sight of the Lord, that it may
thee, that it may be well with thee, and be well with thee : and going in thou
thou mayst be greatly multiplied, as the mayst possess the goodly land, concern-
Lord the God of thy fathers hath pro- ing which the Lord swore to thy fathers,
mised thee a land flowing with milk and 19 That he would destroy all thy enen7ie8
honey. before thee, as he hath spoken.
4 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is 20 And when thy son shall ask thee to
one Lord. morrow, saying: What mean these testi-
5 ^ Thou Shalt love the Lord thy God monies, and ceremonies and judgments,
with thy whole heart, and with thy whole which the Lord our God hath commanded
Boul, and with thy whole strength. us?
6 And these words which I command 21 Thou shalt say to him: We were
thee this day, shall be in thy heart bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the
7 And thou shalt tell them to thy chil- Lord brought us out of Egypt with a
dren, and thou shalt meditate upon them strong hand.
sitting in thy house, and walking on thy 22 And he wrought signs and wonders
journey, sleeping and rising. great and very grievous in Egypt against
8 And thou shalt bind them as a sign Pharao, and all his house, in our sight,
on thy hand, and they shall be and shall 23 And he brought us out from thence,
move between thy eyes. that he might bring us in and give us the
9 And thou shalt write them in the land, concerning which he swore to our
4ntry,and on the doors of thy house. fathers.
10 And when the Lord thy God shall 24 And the Lord commanded that W6
fiave brought thee into the land, for should do all these ordinances, and should
y B. C. 1405. a Infra lo. 20 ; Matt. 4. 10 ; Luke 4. t.
«Infra 11. 13 ; Matt. 22. 37 ; Mark 12.30 ; Luke 10. 27. b Matt 4. 7 ) Luke 4. 12.
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God promises his blessing
fear the Lord onr God, that it might be keeping his covenant and mercy to them
?vell with us all the days of our life, as it that love him, and to them that keep his
is at this day. commandments, unto a thousand gener-
25 And he will be merciful to us, if we ations :

keep and do all his precepts before the 10 And repaying forthwith them that
Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. hate him, so as to destroy them, without
further delay immediately rendering to
CHAPTER 7.
them what they deserve.
Wo league nor fellowship to be made with the Cha-
naanites : God promiseth his people his blessing 11 Keep therefore the precepts and
and assistance, if they keep his commandments, ceremonies and judgments, which I com-
ITTHEN the Lord thy God shall have mand thee this day to do.
W
«^

brought thee into the land, which 12 If after thou hast heard these judg-
:hou art going in to possess, and shall ments, thou keep and do them, the Lord
lave destroyed many nations before thee, thy God will also keep his covenant to
* the Hethite, and the Gergezite, and the thee, and the mercy which he swore to
^morrhite, and the Chanaanite, and the thy fathers
Pherezite, and tho Hevite, and the Jebu- 13 And he will love thee and multiply
}ite, seven nations much more numerous thee, and will bless the fruit of thy womb,
jihan thou art, and stronger than thou: and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and
2 And th3 Lord thy God shall have de- thy vintage, thy oil, and thy herds, and
c'vered them to thee, thou shalt utterly the flocks of thy sheep upon the land,
iestroy them. ^Thou shalt make no for which he swore to thy fathers that he
eague with them, nor shew mercy to would give it thee.
)hem 14 Blessed shalt thou be among all peo-
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages ple. ^No one shall be barren among
rith them. Tho a shalt not give thy you of either sex, neither of men nor
laughter to his son, nor take his daugh- cattle.
ier for thy son: 15 The Lord will take away from thee
4 For she will turn away thy son from all sickness : and the grievous infirmities
ollowing me, that he may rather serve of Egypt, which thou knowest, he will
trange gods, and the wrath of the Lord not bring upon thee, but upon thy
?ill be kindled, and will quickly destroy enemies.
hee. 16 Thou shalt consume all the people,
5 But thus rather shall you deal with which the Lord thy God will dehver to
hem: -^Destroy their altars, and break thee. Thy eye shall not spare them,
heir statues, and cut down their groves, neither shalt thou serve their gods, lest
nd burn their graven things. they be thy ruin.
6 ^ Because thou art a holy people to 17 If thou say in thy heart These :

he Lord thy God. ^ The Lord thy God nations are more than I, how shall I be
lath chosen thee, to be his peculiar able to destroy them ?
»eople of all peoples that are upon the 18 Fear not, but remember what the
arth. Lord thy God did to Pharao and to all
7 Not because you surpass all nations in the Egyptians,
Lumber, is the Lord joined unto you, and 19 The exceeding great plagues, which
iath chosen you, for you jjxe the fewest thy eyes saw, and the signs and wonders,
f any people: and the strong hand, and the stretched
8 But because the Lord hath loved you, out arm, with which the Lord thy God
nd hath kept his oath, which he swore brought thee out so will he do to all iihe :

your fathers: and hath brought you people, whom thou fearest.
ut with a strong hand, and redeemed 20 ^ Moreover the Lord thy God will
ou from the house of bondage, out of send also hornets among them, until he
he hand of Pharao the king of Egypt. destroy and consume all that have es-
9 And thou shalt know that the Lord caped thee, and could hide themselves.
liy God, he is a strong and faithful God, 21 Thou shalt iiot fear them, because

cB C. 1405. —d Ex. 23. 23, and 33. 2. g lufra 14. 2.— h Infra
Ex.
26, la.
e Ex. 23. 32, and 34. 15, 16. i 23. 26.
/ Ex. 23. 24 ; Infra 12. 3, and 16. 22. J£x. 23. 28; Jos. 24. 12.

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He will destroy the enemies DEUTERONOMY God's dealings with Israel

the Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, in every word that proceedeth from the
a God mighty and terrible mou^>h of God.
22 He will consume these nations in thy 4 Thy raiment, with which thou wast
sight by little and little and by degrees. covered, hath not decayed for age, and
Thou wilt not be able to destroy them thy foot is not worn, lo this is the fortieth
altogether lest perhaps the beasts of
: year.
the earth should increase upon thee. 5 That thou mayest consider in thy
23 But the Lord thy God shall dehver heart, that as a man traineth up his son,
them in thy sight and shall slay them
: so the Lord thy God hath trained thee
Until they be utterly destroyed. up.
24 And he shall deliver their kings into 6 That thou shouldst keep the com-
thy hands, and thou shalt destroy their mandments of the Lord thy God, and
names from under Heaven: no man shall walk in his ways, and fear him.
be able to resist thee, until thou destroy 7 For the Lord thy God will bring thee
them. into a good land, of brooks and of waters,
25 Their graven things thou 8 halt bum
'^
and of fountains: in the plains of which
with fire thou shalt not covet the silver
: and the hills deep rivers break out:
and gold of which they are made, neither A 8 land of wheat, and barley, and vine-
Shalt thou take to thee any thing thereof, yards, wherein fig trees and pomegran-
lest thou offend, because it is an abomi- ates, and oliveyards grow : a land of oil
nation to the Lord thy God. and honey.
26 Neither shalt thou bring any thing of 9 Where without any want thou shalt
the idol into thy house, lest thou become eat thy bread, and enjoy abundance of
an anathema, like it. Thou shalt detest all things where the stones are iron,
:

it as dung, and shalt utterly abhor it as and out of its hills are dug mines of brass
uncleanness and fiithf because it is an 10 That when thou hast eaten, and art
anathema. Vtil, thou mayst bless the Lord thy God
for the excellent land which he hath
CHAPTER 8. given thee.
The people is ptct in mind of Gcd*s dealings vith 11 Take heed, and beware lest at any
them^ to the end that they may love him and serve time thou forget the Lord thy God, and
him.
neglect his commandments and judg-
LL ' the commandments, that I com- ments and ceremonies, which I command
A^ mand thee this day, take great oare thee this day
to observe that you may livej and be
: 12 Lest after thou hast eaten and art
multiplied, and going in may possoss the filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt
land, for which the Lord swore to your in them,
fathers. 13 And shalt have herds of oxen and
2 And thou shalt remember flocks
all the way
of sheep, and plenty of gold and
through which the Lord thy God hath of silver, and of all things,
brought thee for forty years through the 14 Thy heart be lifted up, and thou re-
desert, to aflElict thee and to prove thee, member not the Lord thy God, who
and that the things that were in thy brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
heart might be made known, whether out of the house of bondage :
thou would&t keep his commandments or 15 And was thy leader in the great and
no. terrible wilderness, " wherein there was
3 He afflicted thee with want, and gave the serpent burning with his breath, and
thee manna for thy food, which neither the scorpion and the dipsas, and no wa-
thou nor thy fathers knew : to shew that ters at all: *^who brought forth streamf
•^ not in bread alone doth man live, but out of the hardest rock,

k 2 Mac. 12. 40. — I A. M. 2553. n Num. 20. 9, and 21. 6.

m Matt 4. 4 Luke 4- 4.
; o Ex. 17. 6.

Chap. 7. Ver. 25. Graven things. Idols, so is, that God is able to make food of what he pleasei
called by contempt. for the support of man.
Ver. 26. An anathema. That is, a thing devoted Ver. 15. The Dipsas. A serpent whose bite
**o destruction; and which carriea along with it a causeth a violent thirst; from whence it hns it.-»

eurse. name, for in Greek dipsa {&C\i/a) signifies thcoi..

Oha]^ ft. V«t S. xvot m
ttrsoAi altme &c That

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And fed thee in the wilderness with 6 Know therefore that
16 P the Lord tny
manna which thy fathers knew not. And God giveth thee not this excellent land
after he had afflicted and proved thee, in possession for thy justices, for thou
ai the Inst he had mercy on thee, art a very stiffnecked people.
17 Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart 7 Remember, and forget not how thou
My own might, and the strength of my provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath
own hand have achieved all these things in the wilderness. From the day that
lor me. thou earnest out of Egypt unto this
18 But remember the Lord thy God, place, thou hast always strove against
that he hath given thee strength, that he the Lord.
^ '^ht fulfil his covenant, concerning 8 '"For in Horeb also thou didst pro-
which he swore to thy fathers, as this voke him, and he was angry, and would
present day sheweth. have destroyed thee,
19 But if thou forget the Lord thy God, 9 * When I went up into the mount to
and follow strange gods, and serve and receive the tables of stone, the tables of
adore them: behold now I foretell thee the covenant which the Lord made with
that thou Shalt utterly perish. you: and I continued in the mount forty
20 As the nations, which the Lord de- days and nights, neither eating bread,
Btrc^ed at thy entrance, so shall you nor drinking water.
alf perish, if you be disobedient to the 10 'And the Lord gave me two tables
voice of the Lord your God. of stone written with the finger of God,
and containing all the words that he
CHAPTER 9. spoke to you in the mount from the
Lest they should impute their victories to their oum midst of the fire, when the people were
merits, they are put in mind of their manifold re-
hellions and other sins, for which they should have
assembled together.
been destroyed, but God spared them for his pro- 11 And when forty days were passed,
mise made to Abraham. Isaac, and Jacob. and as many nights, the Lord gave me
HEAR, O Israel: « Thou shalt go over the two tables of stone, the tables of the
the Jordan this day to possess na-
; covenant,
tions very great, and stronger than thy- 12 And said to me: ** Arise, and go
self, cities great, and walled up to the sky, down from hence quickly : for thy people,
2 A people great and tall, the sons of which thou hast brought out of Egypt,
the Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and have quickly forsaken the way that thou
heard of, against whom no man is able to hast shewn them, and have made to them*
Btand. selves a molten idoL
3 Thou shalt know therefore this day 13 And again the Lord said to me: I
that the Lord thy God himself will pass see that this people is stiffnecked
over before thee, a devouring and con- 14 Let me alone that I may destroy
suming fire, to destroy and extirpate and them, and abolish their name from under
bring them to nothing before thy face heaven, and set thee over a nation, that
qiiickly, as he hath spoken to thee. is greater and stronger than this.
4 Say not in thy heart, when the Lord 15 And when I came down from the
Chy God shall have destroyed them in burning mount, and held the two tables
thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord of the covenant with both hands,
brought me in to possess this land, where- 16 And saw that you had sinned against
as these nations are destroyed for their the Lord your God, and had made to
wickedness. yourselves a molten calf, and had quickly
6 For not for thy justices, and the
it is forsaken his way, which he had shewn
uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt you:
go in to possess their lands: but because 17 I cast the tables out of my hands,
they have done wickedly, they are de- and broke them in your sight.
stroyed at thy coming in: and that the 18 And I fell down before the Lord as
Lord might accomplish his wori, which before, forty days and nights neither
he promised by oath to thy fathers Abra- eating bread, nor drinking water, for all
ham, Isaac, and Jacob. your sins, which you had committed
—
p Ex. 16. 14. Q B. C. 1405. S Ex 24 18
r Ex. 17. 6, and 19. 3. t Ex. 31. 18, and 32. id. ^u £2. 32.
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Moses prayed for the people DEUTERONOMY The tables given a second time
against the Lord, and had provoked him that time *^the Lord said to me:
to wrath A"
* Hew thee two tables of stone like
19 For I feared his indignation and an- the former, and come up to me into the
ger, wherewith being moved against you, mount: and thou shalt make an ark of
he would have destroyed you. And the wood,
Lord heard me this time also. 2 And I will write on the tables the
20 And he was exceeding angry against words that were in them, which thou
Aaron also, and would have destroyed brokest before, and thou shalt put them
him, and I prayed in like manner for him. in the ark.
21 And your sin that you had committed, 3 And I made an ark of setim wood.
that is, the calf, I took, and burned it And when I had hewn two tables of
with fire, and breaking it into pieces, stone hke the former, I went up into the
until it was as small as dust, I threw it mount, having them in my hands.
into the torrent, which cometh down 4 And he wrote in the tables, according
from the mountain. as he had written before, the ten words,
22 ^ At the burning also, and at the which the Lord spoke to you in the
place of temptation, and at the graves mount from the midst of the fire, when
of lust you provoked the Lord the people were assembled : and he gave
23 And when he sent you from Cades- them to me.
barne, saying: Go up, and possess the 6 And returning from the mount, I
land that I have given you, and you came down, and put the tables into the
slighted the commandment of the Lord ark, that I had made, and they are there
your God, and did not believe him, nei- till this present, as the Lord commanded
ther would you hearken to his voice me.
24 But were always rebellious from the 6 y And the children of Israel removed
day that I began to know you. their camp from Beroth of the children
25 And I lay prostrate before the Lord of Jacan into Mosera, where ^ Aaron died
forty days and nights, in which I humbly and was buried, and Eleazar his son sue
besought him, that he would not destroy ceeded him in the priestly ofiice.
you as he had threatened 7 From thence they came to Gadgad
26 And praying, I said O Lord God, de-
: from which place they departed, and
stroy not thy people, and thy inheritance, camped in Jetebatha, in a land of waters
which thou hast redeemed in thy great- and torrents.
ness, whom thou hast brought out of 8 At that time he separated the tribe
Egypt with a strong hand. of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant
27 Remember thy servants Abraham, of the Lord, and to stand before him in
Isaac, and Jacob: look not on the stub- the ministry, and to bless in his name
bornness of this people, nor on their until this present day.
wickedness and sin 9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor pos-
28 Lest perhaps the inhabitants of the session with his brethren: because the
land, out of which thou hast brought us, Lord himself is his possession, as the
say The Lord could not bring them into
: Lord thy God promised him.
the land that he promised them, and he 10 And I stood in the mount, as before,
hated them: therefore he brought them forty days and nights: and the Lord
out, that he might kill them in the wil- heard me this time also, and would not
derness, destroy thee.
29 Who are thy people and thy inher- 11 And he said to me: Go, and walk
itance, whom thou hast brought out by before the people, that they may enter,
thy great strength, and in thy stretched and possess the land, which I swore to
out arm. their fathers that I would give them.
12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord
CHAPTER 10. thy God require of thee, but that thou
God giveth the second tables of the law : a further
exhortation to fear and serve the Lord. fear the Lord thy God, and walk in hie
V Num. 11. 1, and 16. 35, and 21. 6. y Num. 33. 31.
w A. M. 2553. — X Ex. 34. 1. 2 Num. 20. 28 and 29.

Chap. 10. Ver. 6. Mosera. By mount Hor, for there Aaron died, Num. 20. This and tbe following
verses seem to be inserted by way of parenthesis.
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Exhortation to serve God DEUTERONOMY The reward of obedience

ways, and love him, and serve the Lord and to their horses and chariots: how
thy God, with all thy heart, and with all the waters of the Red Sea covered them,
thy soul when they pursued you, and how the Lord
13 And k^ep the commandments of the destroyed them until this present day:
Lord, and his ceremonies, which I com- 5 And what he hath done to you in the
mand thee this day, that it may be well wilderness, till you came to this place :

with thee? 6 ^ And to Dathan and Abiron the sons

*
14 Behold heaven is the Lord's thy God, of Eliab, who was the son of Ruben :

and the heaven of heaven, the earth and whom the earth, opening her mouth
all things that are therein. swallowed up with their households and
15 And yet the Lord hath been closely tents, and all their substance, which they
Joined to thy fathers, and loved them had in the midst of Israel.
and chose their seed after them, that is 7 Your eyes have seen all the great
to say, you, out of all nations, as this day works of the Lord, that he hath done,
it is proved. 8 That you may keep all his command-
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of ments, which I command you this day,
your heart, and stiffen your neck no more. and may go in, and possess the land, to
17 Because the Lord your God he is the which you are entering,
God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a 9 And may live in it a long time which :

great God and mighty and terrible, " who the Lord promised by oath to your
accepteth no person nor taketh bribes. fathers, and to their seed, a land which
18 He doth judgment to the fatherless floweth with milk and honey.
and the widow, loveth the stranger, and 10 For the land, which thou goest to
giveth him food and raiment. possess, is not like the land of Egypt,^
19 And do you therefore love strangers, from whence thou camest out, where,
because you also were strangers in the when the seed is sown, waters are
!and of Egypt. brought in to water it after the manner
20 ^ Thou Shalt fear the Lord thy God, of gardens.
and serve him only to him thou shalt 11 But it is a land of hills and plains,
:

adhere, and shalt swear by his name. expecting rain from heaven.
21 He is thy praise, and thy God, that 12 And the Lord thy God doth always
hath done for thee these great and visit it, and his eyes are on it from the
tierrible things, which thy eyes have seen. beginning of the year unto the end
22 In seventy souls thy fathers went thereof.
down into Egypt: and behold now the 13 -^If then you obey my command-
Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the ments, which I command you this day,
stars of heaven. that you love the Lord your God, and
serve him with all your heart, and with
CHAPTER 11. all your soul
T%e love and service of God are still inculcated,wiih
a blessing to them, that serve him, and threats of 14 He will give to your land the early
punishment if they forsake his law. rain and the latter rain, that you may
THEREFORE love the Lord thy God gather in your corn, and your wine, and
and observe his precepts and cere- your oil,
monies, his judgments and command- 15 And your hay out of the fields to
ments at all times. ^ feed your cattle, and that you may eat
2 Know this day the things that your and be filled.
children know not, who saw not the 16 Beware lest perhaps your heart be
chastisements of the Lord your God, deceived, and you depart from the Lord,
his great doings and strong hand, and and serve strange gods, and adore them:
stretched out arm, 17 And the Lord being angry shut up
3 The signs and works which he did in heaven, that the rain come not down,
the midst of Egjrpt to king Pharao, and nor the earth yield her fruit, and you
to all his land, perish quickly from the excellent land,
4 And to all the host of the Egyptians, which the Lord will give you.

a2 Par. 19. 7;
Acts 10. 34
Job 34. 19;
Rom.
Wisd.6. 8; Eccli.35.15; c B. C. 1405. — d Num. 16.
; 2.11 ; Gal. 2. 6. e Num. 16. 32.
b Supra 6. 13 ; Matt. 4. 10 ; Luke 4. 8. / Supra 10. 12.

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The blessing and the curse DEUTERONOMY Idolatry to he extirpated

18 ^Lay up these my words in your 31 For you shall pass over the Jordan,
hearts and minds, and hang them for a to possess the land, which the Lord youi
sign on your hands, and place them be- God will give you, that you may have it
tween your eyes. and possess it.
19 Teach your children that they medi- 32 See therefore that yoa fulfil the cere-
tate on them, when thou sittest in thy monies and judgments, which I shall set
house, and when thou walkest on the way, this day before you.
and when thou liest down and risest up.
20 Thou shalt write them upon the posts
CHAPTER 12.
All idolatry must be extirpated sacrifices, tithes, :
and the doors of thy house and first/ruits mvst be offered in one only place:
21 That thy days may be multiplied, all eating of blood is prohibited.

and the days of thy children in the land ri^HESE are the precepts and judg-
which the Lord swore to thy fathers, X
ments, that you must do in the land,
that he would give them as long as the * which the Lord the God of thy fathers
heaven hangeth over the earth. will give thee, to possess it all the days
22 For if you keep the commandments that thou shalt walk upon the earth.
which I command you, and do them, to 2 Destroy all the places in which the
love the Lord your God, and walk in all nations, that you shall possess, wor-
"
is ways, cleaving unto him, shipped their gods upon high mountains,
23 The Lord will destroy all these na- and hills, and under every shady tree
tions before your face, and you shall 3 ^ Overthrow their altars, and break
possess them, which are greater and down their statues, burn their groves
stronger than you. with fire, and break their idols in pieces
24 Every place, that your foot shall
^"
destroy their names out of those places.
tread upon, shall be yours. From the 4 You shall not do so to the Lord your
desert, and from Libanus, from the great God:
river Euphrates unto the western sea 5 But you shall come to the place, which
shall be your borders. the Lord your God shall choose out of all
25 None shall stand against you the : your tribes, to put his name there, and to
Lord your God shall lay the dread and dwell in it
fear of you upon all the land that you 6 And youshall offer in that place your
shall tread upon, as he hath spoken to holocausts and victims, the tithes and
you. firstfruits of your hands and your vows
26 Behold I set forth in your sight this and gifts, the firstborn of your herds and
day a blessing and a curse : your sheep.
27 A blessing, if you obey the command- 7 And you shall eat there in the sight of
ments of the Lord your God, which I the Lord your God and you shall rejoice
:

command you day this : in all things, whereunto you shall put
28 A curse, if you obey not the com-
mandments of the Lord your God, but
revolt from the way which now I shew
you, and walk after strange gods which
you know not.
29 And when the Lord thy God shall
have brought thee into the land, whither
thou goest to dwell, thou shalt put the
blessing upon mount Garizim, the curse
upon mount Hebal:
30 Which are beyond the Jordan, behind
the way that goeth to the setting of the
sun, in the land of the Chanaanite who
dwelleth in the plain country over against
Galgala, which is near the valley that
reacheth and entereth far.
your hand, you and your houses wherein
the Lord your God hath blessed you.
8 You shall not do there the things we
do here this day, every man that which
seemeth good to himself.
9 For until this present time you are
not come to rest, and to the possession,
which the Lord your God will give you.
10 You shall pass over the Jordan, and
shall dwell in the land which the Lord
your God will give you, that you may
have rest from all enemies round about
and may dwell without any fear,
11 In the place, which the Lord your
God shall choose, that his name may be
therein. Thither shall you bring all the

g Supra 6.6. — h Jos. 1. 3. — i B. C. 1406. j Supra 7. 25 ; 2 Mac. 12. 40.

Chat. IL yer.29. Fut the blessing, &o. See Deut 27. 12, &c andJosue 8. 33, A^
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The place of sacrifice DEUTERONOMY The 'prohibition of blood

things that I command you, holocausts, herds and of thy flocks, as I have com-
and victims, and tithes, and the firstfruits manded thee, and shalt eat in thy towns,
of your hands and whatsoever is the as it pleaseth thee.
:

choicest in the gifts which you shall vow 22 Even as the roe and the hart is eaten,
to the Lord. so shalt thou eat them: both the clean
12 There shall you feast before the Lord and unclean shall eat of them alike.
your God, you and your sons and your 23 Only beware of this, that thou eat not
daughters, your menservants and maid- the blood, for the blood is for the soul:
servants, and the Levite that dwelleth in and therefore thou must not eat the soul
your cities. For he hath no other part with the flesh:
and possession among you. 24 But thou^halt pour it upon the earth
13 Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts as water,
in every place that thou shalt see 25 That it may be well with thee and
14 But in the place which the Lord shall thy children after thee, when thou shalt
choose in one of thy tribes shalt thou do that which is pleasing in the sight of
offer sacrifices, and shalt do all that I the Lord.
command thee. 26 But the things which thou hast sanc-
15 But if thou desirest to eat, and the tified and vowed to the Lord, thou shalt
eating of flesh delight thee, kill, and eat take, and shalt come to the place which
according to the blessing of the Lord thy the Lord shall choose
God, which he hath given thee, in thy 27 And shalt offer thy oblations the flesh
cities :whether it be unclean, that is to and the blood upon the altar of the Lord
say, having blemish or defect: or clean, thy God: the blood of thy victims thou
that is to say, sound and without blemish, shalt pour on the altar: and the flesh
such as may be offered, as the roe, and thou thyself shalt eat.
the hart, shalt thou eat it 28 Observe and hear all the things that
16 Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but I command thee, that it may be well with
thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as thee and thy children after thee for ever,
water. when thou shalt do what is good and
17 Thou mayst not eat in thy towns the pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy
tithes of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy God.
oil, the firstborn of thy herds and thy 29 ^ When the Lord thy God shall have
cattle, nor any thing that thou vowest, destroyed before thy face the nations,
and that thou wilt offer voluntarily, and which thou shalt go in to possess, and
the firstfruits of thy hands: when thou shalt possess them, and dwell in
18 But thou shalt eat them before the their land
Lord thy God in the place which the 30 Beware lest thou imitate them, after
Lord thy God shall choose, thou and thy they are destroyed at thy coming in, and
son aD'^ thy daughter, and thy manser- lest thou seek after their ceremonies, say-
lant, and maidservant, and the Levite ing: As these nations have worshipped
that dwelleth in thy cities: and thou their gods, so will I also worship.
shalt rejoice and be refreshed before the 31 Thou shalt not do in like manner to
Lord thy God in all things, whereunto the Lord thy God. For they have done
thou shalt put thy hand. to their gods all the abominations which
19 Take heed thou forsake not the Le- the Lord abhorreth, offering their sons
vite all the time that thou livest in the and daughters,and burning them with fire.
Ltnd. 32 What I command thee, that only do
20 ^ When the Lord thy God shall have thou to the Lord neither add any thing, :

enlarged thy borders, as he hath spoken nor diminish.

to thee, and thou wilt eat the flesh that CHAPTER 13.
thy soul desireth: False prophets must be slain, and idolatrous cities
21 And if the place which the Lord thy destroyed.
God shall choose, that his name should be there rise in the midst of thee a
there, be far off, thou shalt kill of thy
IFprophet or one that saith he hath
k Gen. 28. 14; Ex. 34. 24; Infra 19. 8. I Infra 19. 8.

Chap. 12.Ver. 32. They

That only do thou, &c. thens; or to make any alterations in the divine
are forbid bere to follow the ceremonies of the hea- ordinances.
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False prophets are to be slain DEUTERONOMY Idolatrous cities to he destroyed

dreamed a dream, and he foretell a sign the midst of thee, and have withdrawn
and a wonder, the inhabitants of their city, and have
2 And that come to pass which he spoke, said: Let us go, and serve strange gods
and he say to thee Let us go and follow
: which you know not
strange gods, which thou knowest not, 14 Inquire carefully and diligently, the
and let us serve them truth of the thing by looking well into
3 Thou shalt not hear the words of that it, and if thou find that which is said to

prophet or dreamer for the Lord your : be certain, and that this abomination
God triethyou, that it may appear hath been really committed,
whether you love him with all your 15 Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabit-
heart, and with all your soul, or not. ants of that city with the edge of the
4 Follow the Lord your God, and fear sword, and shalt destroy it and all things
him, and keep his commandments, and that are in it, even the cattle.
hear his voice him you shall serve, and
: 16 And all the household goods that are
to him you shall cleave. there, thou shalt gather together in the
5 And that prophet or forger of dreams midst of the streets thereof, and shalt
shall be slain because he spoke to draw
: burn them with the city itself, so as to
you away from the Lord your God, who consume all for the Lord thy God, and
brought you out of the land of Egypt, that it be a heap for ever: it shall be
and redeemed you from the house of built no more.
bondage to make thee go out of the
: 17 And
there shall nothing of that ana-
way, which the Lord thy God com- thema stick to thy hand that the Lord :

manded thee and thou shalt take away

: may turn from the wrath of his fury, and
the evil out of the midst of thee. may have mercy on thee, and multiply
6 If thy brother the son of thy mother, thee as he swore to thy fathers,
or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that 18 When thou shalt hear the voice of
is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou the Lord thy God, keeping all his pre-
lovest as thy own soul, would persuade cepts, which I command thee this day,
thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and that thou mayst do what is pleasing in
serve strange gods, which thou knowest the sight of the Lord thy God.
not, nor thy fathers,
7 Of all the nations round about, that CHAPTER 14.
are near or afar off, mourning for the dead they are not to follow the
from one end of the Inways the Gentiles the
of : distinction of clean and
earth to the other, unclean meats : ordinances concerning tithes^ and
8 Consent not to him, hear him not, firstfruits.
•
neither let thy eye spare him to pity and
conceal him,
BEyou
ye children the Lord your God
of
not cut yourselves, nor
shall
:

9 But thou shalt presently put him to make any baldness for the dead
death. Let thy hand be first upon him,
'"'
2 Because thou art a holy people to,
i^

and afterwards the hands of all the the Lord thy God and he chose thee to
:

people. be his peculiar people of all nations that |

10 With stones shall he be stoned to are upon the earth.

death: because he would have with- 3 ^ Eat not the things that are unclean.
drawn thee from the Lord thy God, who 4 These are the beasts that you shall j

brought thee out of the land of Egypt, eat, the ox, and the sheep, and the goat,
from the house of bondage 5 The hart and the roe, the buflle, the
11 That all Israel hearing may fear, and chamois, the pygarg, the wild goat, the \

may do no more any thing like this. camelopardalus.

12 If in one of thy cities, which the Lord 6 Every beast that divideth the hoof in
thy God shall give thee to dwell in, thou two parts, and cheweth the cud, you
hear some say shall eat.
13 Children of Belial are gone out of 7 But of them that chew the cud, buti
n Infra 17. l. — o B. C. 1405. p Supra 7. 6; Infra 26. 18. — g Lev. 11. 4.

Chap. 13. Presently put him to death.

Ver. 9. the wicked, who refuse to be subject to the divine
Not by killing him by private authority, but by law, are called in scripture the children of Belial.
informing the magistrate, and proceeding by order Chap. 14. Ver. 3. Unclean. See the aunotatiouJ
of justice. on Lev. 11.
Yer 13. Belial That is. without yoke. Hence
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The Levites to he remembered
divide not the hoof, you shall not eat, which the Lord thy God shall choose, are
Buch as the camel, ^jhe hare, and the far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou
cherogril: because chey chew the cud, canst not carry all these things thither,
but divide not the hoof, they shall be 25 Thou shalt sell them all, and turn
unclean to you. them into money, and shalt carry it in
8 The swine also, because it divideth the thy hand, and shalt go to the place which
hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be the Lord shall choose :

unclean, their flesh you shall not eat, and 26 And thou shalt buy with the same
iheir carcasses you shall not touch. money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either
9 These shall you eat of all that abide of the herds or of sheep, wine also and
in the waters All that have fins and strong drink, and all that thy soul de-
:

scales, you shall eat. sireth: and thou shalt eat before the
10 Such as are without fins and scales, Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and
you shall not eat, because they are un- thy house:
clean. 27 And the Levite that is within thy
11 All birds that are clean you shall eat. gates,beware thou forsake him not, be-
12 The unclean eat not: to wit, the cause he hath no other part in thy pos-
eagle, and the grype, and the osprey, session.
28 The third year thou shalt separate
13 The ringtail, and the vulture, and the
kite according to their kind another tithe of all things that grow to
14 And all of the raven's kind: thee at that time, and shalt lay it up
16 And the ostrich, and the owl, and the
within thy gates.
29 And the Levite that hath no other
larus, and the hawk according to its kind
16 The heron, and the swan, and the part nor possession with thee, and the
stork, stranger and the fatherless and the
17 And the cormorant, the porphirion, widow, that are within thy gates, shall
and the night crow, come and shall eat and be filled that :

18 The bittern, and the charadrion, the Lord thy God may bless thee in all
avery one in their kind: the hoop also the works of thy hands that thou shalt
and the bat. do.
19 Evcx-y uhing that creepeth, and hath
little wings, shall be unclean, and shall CHAPTER
15.
not be eaten. The taw of the seventh year of rem isslon. The first-
lings of cattle are to be sanctified to the Lord.
20 All that is clean, you shall eat.
21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat the seventh year thou shalt make a
not thereof. Give it to the stranger, remission, ^
IN
that is within thy gates, to eat, or jell it 2 Which shall be celebrated in this or-
to him: because thou art the holy people der- He to whom any thing is owing
of the Lord thy God. Th^u shalt not from his friend or neighbour or brother,
*"

boil a kid in the milk of his dam. cannot demand it again, because it is the
22 Every year thou shalt set aside the year of remission of the Lord,
tithes of all thy fruits that -he earth 3 Of the foreigner or stranger thou mayst
bringeth forth, exact it: of thy countryman and neigh-
23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord bour thou shalt not have power to de-
thy God in the place which he shall mand it again.
choose, that his name may be called 4 And there shall be no poor nor beg-
upon therein, the tithe of thy corn, and gar among you : that the Lord thy God
thy wine, and thy oil, and the firstborn may bless thee in the land which he will
of thy herds and thy sheep: that thou give thee in possession.
mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God at 5 Yet so if thou hear the voice of the
all times. Lord thy God, and keep all things that
'24 But when the way and the place he hath ordained, and which I command
r Ex. 23. 19, and 34. 26. 8 B.C. 1405.

Chap. 15. Ver. There shall be no poor, &c. It

4. a loss to nnd obiects for their charity: but .t is an
ts not to be understood as a promise, that there ordinance that ah should do their best endeavours
should be no poor in Israel, as appears from ver, 11, to prov^nt any of Mipjr brethren from suffering the
". bere we leara that
God's people would never be at hardships of poveity and want.
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The firstborn of cattle
thee this day, he will bless thee, as he 18 Turn not away thy eyes from them
hath promised. when thou makest them free because :

6 ThovL Shalt lend to many nations, and he hath served thee six years according
thou shalt borrow of no man. Thou shalt to the wages of a hireling that the Lord :

have dominion over very many nations, thy God may bless thee in all the works
and no one shall have dominion over thee. that thou dost.
7 If one of thy brethren that dwelleth 19 Of the firstlings, that come of thy
within the gates of thy city in the land herds and thy sheep, thou shalt sanctify
which the Lord thy God will give thee, to the Lord thy God whatsoever is of the
come to poverty: thou shalt not harden male sex. Thou shalt not work with the
thy heart, nor close thy hand, firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not
8 But shalt open it to the poor man, shear the firstlings of thy sheep.
' thou shalt lend him, that which thou 20 In the sight of the Lord thy God
perceivest he hath need of. shalt thou eat them every year, in the
9 Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought place that the Lord shall choose, thou
steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy and thy house.
heart : The seventh year of remission 21 * But if it have a blemish, or be lame,
'"'

draweth nigh and thou turn away thy or blind, or in any part disfigured or
;

eyes from thy poor brother, denying to feeble, it shall not be sacrificed to the
lend him that which he asketh lest he Lord thy God. :

cry against thee to the Lord, and it be- 22 But thou shalt eat it within the gates
come a sin unto thee. of thy city the clean and the unclean :

10 But thou shalt give to himr neither shall eat them alike, as the roe and as
shalt thou do any thing craftily in re- the hart.
Heving his necessities that the Lord thy 23 Only thou shalt take heed not to eat
:

God may bless thee at all times, and in their blood, but pour it out on the earth
all things to which thou shalt put thy as water.
hand.
11 ^ There ^ill not be wanting poor in
CHAPTER 16.
The three principal solemnities to be observed: just
the land of thy habitation: therefore I judges to be appointed in every city : all occasions
command thee to open thy hand to thy of idolatry to be avoided,
needy and poor brother, that liveth in OBSERVE the month of new corn,^
the land. which is the first of the spring, that
12 ^ When thy brother a Hebrew man, thou mayst celebrate the phase to the
or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and Lord thy God because in this month
:

hath served thee six years, in the seventh
year thou shalt let him go free :
13 And when thou sendest him out free,
thou shalt not let him go away empty
14 But shalt give him for his way out of
thy flocks, and out of thy barnfloor, and
thy winepress, wherewith the Lord thy
God shall bless thee.
15 Remember that thou also wast a
bondservant in the land of Egypt, and the
Lord thy God made thee free, and there-
fore I now command thee thiSo
16 But if he say : I will not depart : be-
cause he loveth thee, and thy house, and
findeth that he is well with thee :
17 Thou shalt take an awl, and bore
through his ear in the door of thy house,
and he shall serve thee for ever : thou
ehalt do in like manner to thy woman-
servant also.
i Matt 5. 42 ; Luke — w Ex, 11 Le\
6. 34.
— w Ex. 21. 2 23.Jer.
; ;
the Lord thy God brought thee out of
Egypt by night.
2 And thou shalt sacrifice the phase to
the Lord thy God, of sheep, and of oxen,
in the place which the Lord thy God
shall choose, that his name may dwell
there.
3 Thou shalt not eat with it leavened
bread: seven days shalt thou eat without
leaven, the braad of affliction, because
thou camest out of Egypt in fear : that
thou mayst remember the day of thy
coming out of Egypt, all the days of thy
life.
4 No leaven shall be seen in all thy
coasts for seven days, neither shall any
of the flesh of that which was sacrificed
the first day in the evening remain until
morningo
6 Thou mayst not immolate the phase
25.2. X Lev. 22. 20 and 21
Eccli. 35. 14.

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observed Judges to he just
in any one of thy which the Lord the place which he shall choosfe in the
cities, [ :

thy God will give thee feast of unleavened bread, in the feast ot
6 But in the place which the Lord thy weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
God shall choose, that his name may ^No one shall appear with his hands
dwell there thou shalt immolate the empty before the Lord
:

phase in the evening, at the going down 17 But every one shall offer according to
of the sun, at which time thou camest what he hath, according to the blessing of
out of Egypt. the Lord his God, which he shall give him.
7 And thou shalt dress, and eat it in the 18 Thou shalt appoint judges and magis-
place which the Lord thy God shall trates in all thy gates, which the Lord
choose, and in the morning rising up thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes
thou shalt go into thy dwellings. that they may judge the people with just
8 Six days shalt thou eat unleavened judgment,
bread and on the seventh day, because
: 19 And not go aside to either part
it is the assembly of the Lord thy God, ^ Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts
^hou shalt do no work. for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and
9 Thou shalt number unto thee seven change the words of the just.
weeks from that day, wherein thou didst 20 Thou shalt follow justly after that
put the sickle to the corn. which is just that thou mayst live and :

10 And thou shalt celebrate the festival possess the land, which the Lord thy God
of weeks to the Lord thy God, a voluntary shall give thee.
oblation of thy hand, which thou shalt 21 Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any
offer according to the blessing of the tree near the altar of the Lord thy God
Lord thy God. 22 Neither shalt thou make nor set up
11 And thou shalt feast before the Lord to thyself a statue which things the :

thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy Lord thy God hateth.
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy
CHAPTER 17.
maidservant, and the Levite that is within
Victims must be without blem,ish. Idolaten, are t%
thy gates, and the stranger and the father- be slain. Controversies are to be decided by the
less, and the widow, who abide with you high priest and council, whose sentence must be
obey ed under pain of death. The duty of a king,
in the place which the Lord thy God shall who is to receive the law of God at the priesVs
choose, that his name may dwell there hands.
12 And thou shalt remember that thou rriHOU * shalt not sacrifice
to the Lord
wast a servant in Egypt : and thou JL thy God a sheep, or an
ox, wherein
shalt keep and do the things that are there is blemish, or any fault for that is :

commanded. an abomination to the Lord thy God.

13 Thou shalt celebrate the solemnity 2 When there shall be found among yon
also of tabernacles seven days, when within any of thy gates, which the Lord
thou hast gathered in thy fruit of the thy God shall give thee, man or woman
barnfloor and of the winepress. that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy
14 And thou shalt make merry in thy God, and transgress his covenant,
festival time, thou, thy son, and thy 3 So as to go and serve strange gods,
daughter, thy manservant, and thy maid- and adore them, the sun and the moon,
servant, the Levite also and the stranger, and all the host of heaven* which 1 have
and the fatherless and the widow that not commanded
are within thy gates. 4 And this is told thee, and hearing it
15 Seven days shalt thou celebrate thou hast inquired diligently, and found
feasts to the Lord thy God in the place it to be true, and that the abomination is
which the Lord shall choose and the committed in Israel:
:

Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy 5 Thou shalt bring forth the man or the
fruits, and in every work of thy hands, woman, who have committed that most
and thou shalt be in joy. wicked thing, to the gates of thy city^
16 Three times in a year shall all thy and they shall be stoned.
males appear before the Lord thy God in 6 ^ By the mouth of two or three wit*
z Ex. 23. 15, and 34. 20 ; Eccli. 35. 6. b B. C. 1405.
a Ex. 23. 8 ;Lev. 19. 15 ; Supra 1. 17 Eccli. ; 20. 31. c Infra 19. 15 : Matt. 18. 16 2 Cor. 13. 1.
Chat. 17. Ver.3. The host of heaven. Tbati8,tliestara»
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Their decisions to he observed DEUTERONOMY The priesfs share

nesses shall he die that is to be slain. especially since the Lord h^th com-
Let no man be put to death, when only manded you to return no more the same
one beareth witness against him. way.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall be 17 He shall not have many wives that ^

first upon him to kill him, and after- may allure his mind, nor immense sums
**

wards the hands of the rest of the people of silver and gold.
that thou mayst take away the evil out 18 But after he is raised to the throne
of the midst of thee. of his kingdom, he shall copy out to him-
8 If thou perceive that there be among self the Deuteronomy of this law in a
you a hard and doubtful matter in judg- volume, taking the copy of the priests
ment between blood and blood, cause of the Levitical tribe^
and cause, leprosy and leprosy and thou 19 And he shall have it with him, and
:

see that the words of the judges within shall read it all the days of his life, that
thy gates do vary: arise, and go up to he may learn to fear the Lord his God,
the place, which the Lord thy God shall and keep his words and ceremonies, that
choose. are commanded in the law
9 ^ And thou
shalt come to the priests 20 And that his heart be not lifted up
of the Levitical race, and to the judge, with pride over his brethren, nor decline
that shall be at that time: and thou to the right or to the left, that he and
shalt ask of them, and they shall shew his sons may reign a long time over
thee the truth of the judgment. Israel.
10 And thou shalt do whatsoever they
shall say, that preside in the place, which CHAPTER 18.
the Lord shall choose, and what they The Lord is the iriheritance of the priests and Lt,
vites. Heathenish abominations are to be avoided.
shall teach thee, The great prophet Christ is promised. False
11 According to his law ; and thou shalt prophets must be slain.
follow their sentence : neither shalt thou rriHE «^priests and Levites, S'and all
decline to the right hand nor to the left _L that are of the same tribe, shall have
hand. no part nor inheritance with the rest of
12 But he that will be proud, and refuse Israel, because they shall eat the sacri-
to obey the commandment of the priest, fices of the Lord, and his oblations,
who ministereth at what time to the Lord 2 And they shall receive nothing else
thy God, and the Ov^cree of the judge, of the possession of their brethren for :

that man shall die, sluC thou shalt take the Lord himt elf is their inheritance, as
away the evil from Israel he hath said to them.
13 And all the people hearing it shall 3 This shall be the priest's due from the
fear, that no one afterwards swell with people, and from them that offer vic-
pride. tims: whether they sacrifice an ox, or a
14 When thou art come into the land, sheep, they shall give to the priest the
which the Lord thy God will give thee, shoulder and the breast
and possessest it, and shalt say: I will 4 ''^The firstfruits also of corn, of wine,
set a king over me, as all nations have and of oil, and a part of the wool from
that are round about the shearing of their sheep.
15 Thou shalt set him whom the Lord 5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen
thy God shall choose out of the number him of all thy tribes, to stand and to
of thy brethren. Thou mayst not make minister to the name of the Lord, him
a man of another nation king, that is not and his sons for ever.
thy brother. 6 If a Levite go out of any one of the
16 And when he is made king, he shall cities throughout all Israel, in which he
not multiply horses to himself, nor lead dwelleth, and have a longing mind to
back the people into Egypt, being lifted come to the place which the Lord shall
up with the number of his horsemen, choose,
d Supra i'6. y. —
e ^ I'ar. 19, 8, g Num. 18. 20 and 23 Supra 10.
; 9 ; 1 Cor. 9. 13.
/B. C. 140?;. h Num. 18. 21. ^
Ver. 8. If thou perceive, &c. Here we see what ing that they should not err therein and surely he;

authority God was pleased to give to the church has not done less for the church guides of the Nevf
guides of the Old Testament, in deciding, without Testament.
appealf all controversies relating to the law; promis*
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7 Heshall minister in the name of the
Lord his God, as all his brethren the Le-
vites do, that shall stand at that time
before the Lord.
him to say, or in the name of strange
gods, shall be slain.
21 And if in silent thought thou an-
swer How shall I know the word that
:

8 He shall receive the same portion of the Lord hath not spoken ?
food that the rest do besides that which
: 22 Thou shalt have this sign Whatso- :

is due to him in his own city, by succes-
sion from his fathers.
9 When thou art come into the land
which the Lord thy God shall give thee,
beware lest thou have a mind to imitate
ever that same prophet foretelleth in
the name of the Lord, and it cometh not
to pass: that thing the Lord hath not
spoken, but the prophet hath forged it
by the pride of his mind and therefore :

tiie abominations of those nations. thou shalt not fear him.

10 * Neither let there be found among
you any one that shall expiate his CHAPTER 19.
son or daughter, making them to pass The cities of refuge. Wilful murder, and false wU-
through the fire: or that consulteth nesses must be punished.
soothsayers, or observeth dreams and
omens, neither let there be any wizard,
WHEN
stroyed
'^the Lord thy God hath de-
the nations, whose land
11 Nor charmer, nor any one that con- he will deliver to thee, and thou shalt
Bulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tell- possess it, and shalt dwell in the cities
ers, ^ or that seeketh the truth from the and houses thereof
dead. 2 ® Thou shalt separate to thee three
12 For the Lord abhorreth all these cities in the midst of the land, which the
things, and for these abominations he Lord will give thee in possession,
will destroy them at thy coming. 3 Paving diligently the way: and thou
13 Thou shalt be perfect, and without shalt divide the whole province of thy
spot before the Lord thy God. land equally into three parts: that he
14 These nations, whose land thou shalt who is forced to flee for manslaughter,
possess, hearken to soothsayers and di- may have near at hand whither to es-
viners but thou art otherwise instructed
: cape.
by the Lord thy God. 4 This shall be the law of the slayer that
15 ^ The Lord thy God will raise up to fleeth, whose life is to be saved : He that
thee a prophet of thy nation and of thy Mlleth his neighbour ignorantly, and who
brethren like unto me: him thou shalt is proved to have had no hatred against
hear: him yesterday and the day before
16 As thou desiredst of the Lord thy 6 But to have gone with him to the wood
God in * Horeb, when the assembly was to hew wood, and in cutting down the
gathered together, and saidst: Let me tree the axe slipped out of his hand, and
not hear any more the voice of the the iron slipping from the handle struck
Lord my God, neither let me see any his friend, and killed him : he shall flee
more this exceeding great fire, lest I to one of the cities aforesaid, and live:
die. 6 Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him
17 And the Lord said to me : They have whose blood was shed, pushed on by his
spoken all things welL grief should pursue, and apprehend him,
18 *^ I will raise them up a prophet out if the way be too long, and take away
of the midst of their brethren like to the life of him who is not guilty of death,
thee : and I will put my words in his because he is proved to have had no
mouth, and he shall speak to them all hatred before against him that was slain.
that I shall command Mm. 7 Therefore I command thee, that thou
IS And he that will not hear his words, separate three cities at equal distance
which he shall speak in my name, I will one from another.
be the revenger. 8 PAnd when the Lord thy God shall
20 But the prophet, who being cor- have enlarged thy borders, as he swore
rupted with pride, shall speak in my to thy fathers, and shall give thee all the
name things that I did not command land that he promised them,
t Lev. 20. 27.— j 1Kings 28. — John nB. c. 1405.- o Num.
— m Jolm 4&.45 35. 11 ; Jos. 20. 2.
7. fc 1.
Acts 3. 22. — J Ex. 20. 2L 1. p Gen. 28. 14 Ex. 34. 24 Supra 12. 20.
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Punishment of murder DEUTERONOMY Laws relating to war

9 (Yet so, if thon keep his command- iots, and the numberp of the enemy's
ments, and do the things which I com- army greater than thine, thou shalt not
mand thee this day, that thou love the fear them because the Lord thy God is :

Lord thy God, and walk in his ways at with thee, whp brought thee out of the
all times) thou shalt add to thee other land of Egypt
three cities, and shalt double the number 2 And when the battle is now a\ _and,
of the three cities aforesaid the priest shall stand before the army,
10 That innocent blood may not be shed and shall speak to the people in this
in the midst of the land which the Lord manner
thy God will give thee to possess, lest 3 Hear, O Israel, you join battle this
thou be guilty of blood. day against your enemies, let not your
115 But if any man hating his neighbour, heart be dismayed, be not afraid^ do not
liein wait for his life, and rise and strike give back, fear ye them not
him, and he die, and he flee to one of the 4 Because the Lord your God is in the
cities aforesaid, midst of you, and wUl fight for you
12 The ancients of his city shall send, against your enemies, to deliver you
and take him out of the place of refuge, from danger.
and shall deliver him into the hand of the 6 And the captains shall proclaim through
kinsman of him whose blood was shed, every band in the hearing of the army
and he shall die, ^What man is there, that hath built a
13 Thou shalt not pity him, and thou new house, and hath not dedicated it?
shalt take away the guilt of innocent let him go and return to his house, lest
61ood out oi Israel, that it may be well he die in the battle, and another man
with thee. dedicate it.
14 Thou shalt not take nor remove thy 6 What man
is there, that hath planted
aeighbour-E landmark, which thy prede- a vineyard, and hath not as yet made it
cessors have set in thy possession, which to be common, whereof all men may eat?
the Lord thy God will give thee in the let him go, and return to his house, lest
land that thou shalt receive to possess. he die in the battle, and another man
15 One witness shall not rise up against
'^
execute his oflBce.
any man, whatsoever the sin or wicked- 7 What man is there, that hath espoused
ness be: but in the mouth of two or a wife, and not taken her ? let him go,
three witnesses every word shall stand. and return to his house, lest he die in the
16 If a lying witness stand against a war, and another man take her.
man, accusing him of transgression, 8 After these things are declared they
17 Both of them, between whom the shall add the rest, and shall speak to the
controversy is, shall stand before the people ^ What man is there that is fear-
:

Lord in the sight of the priests and the ful, and faint hearted? let him go, and
judges that shall be in those days. return to his house, lest he make the
18 * And when after most diligent in- hearts of his brethren to fear, as he him-
quisition, they shall find that the false self is possessed with fear.
witness hath told a lie against his brother: 9 And when the captains of the army
19 They shall render to him as he meant shall hold their peace, and have made an
to do to his brother, and thou shalt take end of speaking, every man shall pre-
away the evil out of the midst of thee pare their bands to fight.
20 That others hearing may fear» and 10 If at any time thou come to fight
may not dare to do such things. against a city, thou shalt first offer it
21 Thou shalt not pity him, *but shalt
peace.
11 If they receive it, and open the gates
require life for life, eye for eye, tooth
for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
to thee, all the people that are therein,
shall be saved, and shall serve thee pay-
CHAPTER 20. ing tribute.
Laws relating to wa/r» 12 But if they will not make peace, and
thou go out to war against thy shall begin war against thee, thou shalt
IF**
enemies, and see horsemen and char- besiege it,
Q Num. 85. 20. r— Supra 17. 6 Matt. 18. 16 t Ex. 21. 23 and 24 Lev. 24. 20 Matt. 5. 38.
2 Cor. 13. 1. — s Dan.
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13. 62. u B. C. 1405. — v 1

;

Mac. 3 56. — w Judges

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7. 3.

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Certain people to be destroyed DEUTERONOMY Expiation of a secret murder

13 And when the Lord thy God shall 3 And the ancients of that city which
deHver it into thy hands, thou shalt slay they shall perceive to be nearer than the
all that are therein of the male seXj with rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that
the edge of the sword, hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed
14 Excepting women and children, cat- the ground,
tle and other things, that are in the city. 4 And they shall bring her into a
And thou shalt divide all the prey to the rough and stony valley, that never was
army, and thou shalt eat the spoils of thy ploughed, nor sown and there they shall
:

enemies, which the Lord thy God shall strike off the head of the heifer
^ve thee. 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall
15 So shalt thou do to all cities that are come, whom the Lord thy God hath
at a great distance from thee, and are chosen to minister to him, and to bless
not of these cities which thou shalt re- in his name, and that by their word every
ceive in possession. matter should be decided, and whatsoever
16 But of those cities that shall be given is clean or unclean should be judged.
thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live: 6 And the ancients of that city shall
17 But shalt kill them with the edge of come to the person slain, and shall wash
the sword, to wit, the Hethite, and the their hands over the heifer that was
Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, the killed in the valley,
Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebu- 7 And shall say Our hands did not shed
:

site. as the Lord thy God hath commanded this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
thee: 8 Be merciful to thy people Israel, whom
18 Lest they teach you to do all the thou hast redeemed, O Lord, and lay
abominations which they have done to not innocent blood to their charge,, in
vheir gods: and you should sin against the midst of thy people Israel. And the
the Lord your God. guilt of blood shall be taken from them
19 When thou hast besieged a city a 9 And thou shalt be free from the inno-
long time, and hath compassed it with cent's blood, that was shed, when thou
bulwarks to take it, thou shalt not cut shalt have done what the Lord hath com-
down the trees that may be eaten of, manded thee.
neither shalt thou spoil the country 10 If thou go out to fight against thy
round about with axes : for ?t is a tree, enemies, and the Lord thy God deliver
and not a man, neither can it increase them into thy hand, and thou lead them
the number or them that fight against away captives,
thee. 11 And seest in the number of the cap-
20 But it there be any treet that are not tives a beautiful woman, and lovest her,
fruitful, but wild, and fit for other uses, and wilt have her to wife,
cut them down and make engines, until 12 Thou shalt bring her into thy house:
thoD take the city, whiciJ tigbteth against and she shall shave her hair, and pare
thee. her nailSy
OHAprER n. 13 And shall put off the raiment, wherein
The expiation oj a secret murder. The marrying a she was taken : and shall remain in thy
captive. The eldest son must not be deprloed of house, and mourn for her father and mo-
his birthright for hatred of his mother. A stubborn
son is to be stoned to death. When one is hanged
ther one month: and after that thou shalt
on a gibbet, he musx be taken down the same day go in unto her, and shalt sleep with her,
and buried. and she shall be thy wife.
TTTHElSf there shall be found in the 14 But if afterwards she please thee
'»

VV land^ which the Lord thy God will not, thou shalt let her go free, but thou
give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and mayst not sell her for money nor oppress
it is not known who is guilty of the her by might because thou hast humbled
murder, her.
2 Thy ancients and judges shall go out, 15 If a man have two wives, one be-
and shall measure from the place where loved, and the other hated, and they have
the body lieth the distance of every city had children by him, and the son of the
round about: hated be the firstborn^

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le And he meaneth to divide his sub- thing that
stance among his sons: he may not make
the son of the beloved the firstborn, and
prefer him before the son of the hated.
17 ^ But he shall acknowledge the son of
the hated for the firstborn, and shall give
him a double portion of all he hath for
this is the first of his children, and to
him are due the first birthrights.
thy brother's, which is lost:
is
if thou find it, neglect it not as pertain-
ing to another.
4 If thou see thy brother's ass or his ox
to be fallen down in the way, thou shalt
not slight it, but shalt hf t it up with him.
: 5 A woman shall not be clothed with
man's apparel, neither shall a man use
woman's apparel for he that doeth these
:

18 If a man have a stubborn and unruly- things is abominable before God.

son, who will not hear the command-
ments of his father or mother, and being
corrected, slighteth obedience
19 They shall take him and bring him
6 If thou find as thou walkest by bne
way, a bird's nest in a tree, or on the
ground, and the dam sitting upon the
young or upon the eggs thou shalt not
:

to the ancients of his city, and to the take her with her young
gate of judgment, 7 But shalt let her go, keeping the
20 And shall say to them : This our son young which thou hast caught: that it
is rebellious and stubborn, he slighteth may be well with thee, and thou mayst
hearing our admonitions, he giveth him- live a long time.
self to revelling, and to debauchery and 8 When thou buildest a new house, thou
banque tings: shalt make a battlement to the roof
21 The people of the city shall stone round about : lest blood be shed in thy
him: and he shall die, that you may take house, and thou be guilty, if any one slip,
away the evil out of the midst of you, and fall down headlong.
and all Israel hearing it may be afraid. 9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with
22 When a man hath committed a crime divers seeds : lest both the seed which
for which he is to be punished with death, thou hast sown, and the fruit of the vine-
and being condemned to die is hanged on yard, be sanctified together.
a gibbet 10 Thou shalt not plough with an ox
23 His body shall not remain upon the and an ass together.
tree, but shall be bmied the same day 11 Thou shalt not wear a garment that
• for he is accursed of God that hangeth is woven of woollen and linen together.
on a tree: and thou shalt not defile thy 12 ^ Thou shalt make strings in the hem
land, which the Lord thy God shall give at the four corners of thy cloak, where-
thee in possession. with thou shalt be covered.
CHAPTER 22. 13 If a man marry a wife, and after-
Bumanity towards neighbours. Keither sex may wards hate her,
use the apparel of the other. Cruelty to be avoided 14 And seek occasions to put her away,
even to birds. Battlements about the roof of a laying to her charge a very ill name, and
house. Things of divers kinds not to be mixed.
The punishment of him that slandereth his wife^ say I took this woman to wife, and go-
:

as also of adultery and rape. ing in to her. I found her not a virgin:
HOU " shalt not pass by if thou seest 16 Her father and mother shall take
T thy brother's ox, ^or his sheep go her, and shall bring with them the to-
astray: but thou shalt bring them back to kens of her virginity to the ancients of
thy brother. the city that are in the gate
2 And if thy brother be not nigh, or thou 16 And the father shall say I gave my t

know him not thou shalt bring them to daughter unto this man to wife and be-
: :

thy house, and they shall be with thee cause he hateth her,
Until thy brother seek them, and receive 17 He layeth to her charge a very ill
them. name, so as to say: I found not thy
3 Thou shalt do in like manner with his daughter a virgin : and behold these are
ass, and with his raiment, and with every the tokens of my daughter's virginity.
y 1 Par. 5.1. — z Gal. 3. 13. — a B. C. 1405. b Ex. 23. 4. — c Num. 15. 38.
Chap. 22. Ver. 6. Thou shalt not take, &c. This Ver. 8. Battlement. This precaution was neces-
was to shew them to exercise a certain mercy even sary, because all their houses had flat tops, and it
to irrational creatures ; and by that means to train was usual to walk and to converse together upoo
them up to a horror of cruelty j and to the exercise them.
of Iiumaoity and mutual charity one to another.
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Punishment of adultery DEUTERONOMY Who may not enter the church
And they shall spread the cloth before he hath humbled her: he may not put
the ancients of the city: her away all the days of his life.
18 And the ancients of that city shall 30 No man shall take his father's wife,
take that man, and beat him, nor remove his covering.
19 Condemning him besides in a hun-
dred sides of silver, which he shall give 23. CHAPTER
to the damsel's father, because he hath Who may and who may not enter into the
defamed by a very ill name a virgin^ of church: uncleanness to &e avoided: other pre-
cepts concerning fugitives, fornication, usury
Israel: and he shall have her to wife,
vows, and eating other men's grapes and corn.
and may not put her away all the days
of his life.
AN /eunuch, whose testicles are broken
J\. or cut away, or yard cut off, shall
20 But if what he charged her with be
not enter into the church of the Lord.
true, and virginity be not found in the
damsel:
2 A
mamzer, that is to say, one born
of a prostitute, shall not enter into the
21 They shall cast her out of the doors
church of the Lord, until the tenth gen-
of her father's house, and the men of the
eration.
city shall stone her to death, and she
3 ff The Ammonite and the Moabite,
shall die because she hath done a wick-
:

even after the tenth generation shall not

ed thing in Israel, to play the whore in
enter into the church of the Lord for
her father's house: and thou shalt take
ever:
away the evil out of the midst of thee.
4 Because they would not meet you
22 <*If a man lie with another man's
with bread and water in the way, when
wife, they shall both die, that is to say,
you came out of Egypt ^ and because :
the adulterer and the adulteress; and
they hired against thee Balaam, the son
thou shalt take away the evil out of
of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to
Israel.
curse thee.
23 If a man have espoused a damsel
5 And the Lord thy God would not hear
that is a virgin, and some one find her
Balaam, and he turned his cursing into
in the city, and lie with her,
thy blessing, because he loved thee.
24 Thou shalt bring them both out to 6 Thou shalt not make peace with them,
the gate of that city, and they shall be neither shalt thou seek their prosperity
stoned the damsel, because she cried not
:
all the days of thy life for ever.
out, being in the city: the man, because
7 Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, be-
he hath humbled his neighbour's wife. cause he is thy brother: nor the Egyp-
And thou shalt take away the evil from tian, because thou wast a stranger in his
the midst of thee. land.
25 But if a man find a damsel that is 8 They that are born of them, in the
betrothed, in the field, and taking hold third generation shall enter into the
of her, lie with her, he alone shall die: church of the Lord.
26 The damsel shall suffer nothing, nei- 9 When thou goest out to war against
ther is she guilty of death: for as a thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself
robber riseth against his brother, and from every evil thing.
taketh away his life, so also did the 10 If there be among you any man, that
damsel suffer: in a dream by night, he shall go
is defiled
27 She was alone in the field she cried, :
forth out of the camp.
and there was no man to help her. 11 And shall not return, before he be
28 If a man find a damsel that is a vir- washed with water in the evening: and
gin, who is not espoused, and taking her, after sunset he shall return into the
lie with her, and the matter come to camp.
judgment: 12 Thou shalt have a place without the
29 « He that lay with her shall give to camp, to which thou mayst go for the
the father of the maid fifty sides of sil- necessities of nature,
ver, and shall have her to wife, because 13 Carrying a paddle at thy girdle. And
d Lev. 20. 10. — e Ex. 22. 16 . — / B. C. 1405. g 2 Esd. 13. 1. — ^ Num. 22. 5 ; Jos. 24. 9.
Chap. 23. Ver. 1. Eunuch. By
these are meant, assembly or congregation of Israel, so as to have
in the spiritual sense, such as are barren in good the privilege of an Israelite, or to be capable of
works. Ibid. Into the church. That is, into the any place or office among the people of God. -•
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when thou sittest down, thou shalt dig
round about, and with the earth that is
dug up thou shalt cover
14 That which thou art eased of: (for
the Lord thy God walketh in the midst
of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give
up thy enemies to thee:) and let thy
camp be holy, and let no uncleanness
appear therein, lest he go away from thee.
15 Thou shalt not deliver to his master
the servant that is fled to thee.
16 He shall dwell with thee in the place
that shall please him, and shall rest in
one of thy cities: give him no trouble.
17 There shall be no whore among the
daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger
among the sons of Israel.
18 Thou shalt not offer the hire of a
DEUTERONOMY Divorce permitted
CHAPTER 24.
Divorce permitted to avoid greater evil: the
newly married munt not go to war: of men
stealers, of leprosy, of pledges, of labourers*
hire, of justice and of charity to the poor.
IFanda * man
take a wife, J and have her,
she find not favour in his eyes,
for some uncleanness: he shall write a
bill of divorce, and shall give it in her
hand, and send her out of his house.
2 And when she is departed, and marri-
eth another husband,
3 And he also hateth her, and hath given
her a bill of divorce, and hath sent her
out of his house or is dead:
4 The former husband cannot take her
again to wife: becaue she is defiled, and
is become abominable before the Lord:

strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the lest thou cause thy land to sin, which the
house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever Lord thy God shall give thee to possess.
it be that thou hast vowed because both : 5 When a man hath lately taken a wife,
these are an abomination to the Lord he shall not go out to war, neither shall
thy God. any public business be enjoined him, but
19 Thou shalt not lend to thy brother he shall be free at home without fault,
money to usury, nor corn, nor any other that for one year he may rejoice with his
thing: wife.
20 But to the stranger. To thy brother 6 Thou shalt not take the nether, nor
thou shalt lend that which he wanteth, the upper millstone to pledge: for he
without usury: that the Lord thy God hath pledged his life to thee.
may bless thee in all thy works in the 7 If any man be found soliciting his
land, which thou shalt go in to possess.brother of the children of Israel, and'
21 When thou hast made a vow to the selling him shall take a price, he shall
Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to be put to death, and thou shalt take
pay it: because the Lord thy God will away the evil from the midst of thee.
require it. And if thou delay, it shall be
8 Observe diligently that thou incur not
imputed to thee for a sin. the stroke of the leprosy, but thou shalt
22 If thou wilt not promise, thou shaltdo whatsoever the priests of the Leviti-
be without sin. cal race shall teach thee, according to
23 But that which is once gone out of what I have commanded them, and fulfil
thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt do
thou it carefully.
as thou hast promised to the Lord thy 9 ^ Remember what the Lord your God
God, and hast spoken with thy own will did to Mary, in the way when you came
and with thy own mouth. out of Egypt.
24 Going into thy neighbour's vineyard, 10 When thou shalt demand of thy
thou mayst eat as many grapes as thou neighbour any thing that he oweth thee,^
pleasest: but must carry none out with thou shalt not go into his house to tak<
thee: away a pledge:
25 If thou go into thy friend's corn, 11 But thou shalt stand without, and h<
thou mayst break the ears, and rub them shall bring out to thee what he hath.
in thy hand: but not reap them with a 12 But if he be poor, the pledge shall
sickle. not lodge with thee that night.
% B. C. 1405. i Matt. 5. 31, and 19. 7 ; Mark 10. 4. A; Num. 12. 10.

Ver. 14. No
uncleanness. This caution against Lord of all things, can give a right and title to one
suffering any jGilth in the camp, was to teach them upon the goods of another. Otherwise the scripture
to fly the filth of sin, which driveth God away everywhere condemns usury, as contrary to the la\
from the soul. of God, and a crying sin. See Ex. 22. 25 Lev. 25J ;

Ver. 20. To the stranger. This was a dispensa- 36. 37 ; 2 £^d. 6. 7 ; Fs. 14. 6 ; Esech. 18. 8, 13, &cJ
tion granted by God to his people* who being the
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DEUTERONOMY The ox not muzzled to he

13 But thou Shalt restore it to him pre- IF

"there be p controversy between
jently before the going down of the sun
men, and they caK upon the judges:
give the prize of justice to
jhat he may sleep in his own raiment they shall
have him whom they perceive to be just: and
jnd bless thee, and thou mayst jus-
ice before the Lord thy God. him whom they find to be wicked, they

14 * Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the shall

condemn of wickedness.
poor, whether he be thy 2 And if they see that the offender be
aeedy, and the
jrother, or a stranger that dwelleth with
worthy of stripes: they shall lay him
ihee in the land, and is within thy gates
down, and shall cause him to be beaten
them» According to the measure
15 But thou Shalt pay him the price of before
going of the sin shall the measure also of the
his labour the same day, before the
and stripes be:
Sown of the sun, because he is poor,
lest he cry 3 Yet so, ^ that they exceed not tt.e
^vith it maintaineth his life :

of forty lest thy brother depart

against thee to the Lord, and it be re- number
•

puted to thee for a sin. shamefully torn before thy eyes.

4 PThou shalt not muzzle the ox that
16 "*The fathers shall not be put to
thy corn on the floor-
death for the children, nor the children treadeth out
5 5 When brethren dwell together, and
tor the fathers, but every one shall
die
one of them dieth without children, the
\,T his own sin.
the deceased shall not marry to
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment wife of
another: but his brother shall take her^
of the stranger nor of the fatherless,
widow's and raise up seed for his brother
neither shalt thou take away the
raiment for a pledge. 6 And the first son he shall have of her
18 Remember that thou wast a slave in he shall call by his name, that his name
out of Israel.
Egypt, and the Lord thy God delivered be not abolished
ihee from thence. Therefore I command 7 But if he will not take his brother^s
5hee to do this thing. wife, who by law belongeth to him, the
19 When thou hast reaped the corn in woman shall go to
the gate of the city,
upon the ancients, and say:
thy *jeld, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, and call
thou shalt not return to take it away: ^My husband's brother refuseth to raise
and up his brother's name in Israel: and will
but thou shalt suffer the stranger,
the fatherless and the widow to take it not take me to wife.
away that the Lord thy God may bless 8 And they shall cause him to be sent
:

thee in all the works of thy hands. for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he
to wife
20 If thou have gathered the fruit of answer I wiU not take her :

thy olive trees, thou shalt not return to 9 The woman shall come to
him before
take his shoe
gather whatsoever remaineth on the the ancients, and shall
off
and in his face, and
Vees but shalt leave it for the stranger, from his foot,
:
spit
liOr the ratneness, ana the Tidow. say: So shall it be done to the man
21 If thou make the vintage ^f thy that will not build up
his brother's
vineyard, thou shalt not gather the clus- house
ters that remain, but they shall be for 10 And his name shall be called in Is-
the stranger, the fatherless, and the rael, the house of the unshod.
widow. 11 If two men have words together,
22 Remember that thou also wast ci and one begin to fight against the
othei,
willing to deliver
bondman in Egypt, and therefore I com- and the other's wife
mand thee to do this thing. her husband out of the hand of the
stronger, shall put forth her hand, and
CHAPTER 26. take him by the secrets,
Stripes must not exceed forty. The ox is not to he 12 Thou shalt cut off her hand, neither
muzzled. Of raising seed to the brother. Of the shalt thou be moved with any pity in
ivLTnodest woman. Of unjust weight. Of destroy^
ing the Amalecites, her regard.
V 1 Cor. 9. 9 ; 1 Tim. 5. 18.
fLev. 13; Tob. 4. 15.
19.
m 4 Kings 14. 62 Par. 25. 4 Ezech. 18. 20. Q Matt 12. 24 ; Mark 12. 19 j Luke 20. 28.

n B. C. 1405.
;

— ;

o 2 Cor. 11. 24. f Ruth 4. 5.

Not muzzle, &c. St. Paul okurch of God, who is not to be denied his mainte-
Crap. 25. Ver. 4.
naaee. 1 Cor. 9. 8, 9, 10.
DDderstandis thict of the spiritual lal>ourer in the
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13 Thou Shalt not have divers weights niunber, and grew into a nation great
in thy bag, a greater and a less and strong and of an infinite multitude.
14 Neither shall there be in thy house a 6 And the Egyptians afflicted us, and
greater bushel and a less. persecuted us, laying on us most grievous
15 Thou shalt have a just and a true burdens
weight, and thy bushel shall be equal 7 And we cried to the Lord God of our
and true that thou mayest hve a long
: fathers : who heard us,and looked down
time upon the land which the Lord thy upon our affliction, and labour, and dis-
God shall give thee. tress:
16 For the Lord thy God abhorreth him 8 And
brought us out of Egypt with a
that doth these things, and he hateth all strong hand, and a stretched out arm,
injustice. with great terror, with signs and won-
17 ^ Remember what Amalec did to thee ders:
in the way when thou camest out of 9 And brought us into this place, and
Egypt: gave us this land flowing with milk and
18 How he met thee: and slew the honey.
hindmost of the army, who sat down, 10 And therefore now I offer the first-
being weary, when thou wast spent with fruits of the land which the Lord hath
hunger and labour, and he feared not given me. And thou shalt leave them
God. in the sight of the Lord thy God, adoring
19 Therefore when the Lord thy God the Lord thy God.
shall give thee rest, and shall have sub- 11 And thou shalt feast in all the good
dued all the nations round about in the things which the Lord thy God hath
land which he hath promised thee : thou given thee, and thy house, thou and the
8halt blot out his name from under hea- Levite, and the stranger that is with thee.
ven. See thou forget it not. 12 When thou hast made an end of tith-
ing all thy fruits, in the third year of
CHAPTER 26. tithes thou shalt give it \o the Levite,
J%e form of words with which the firstfruits and and to the stranger, and to the father-
tithes are to be offered. God^s covenant. less, and to the widow, that they may
A ND when thou art come into the land eat within thy gates, and be filled
J\. which the Lord thy God will give 13 And thou shalt speak thus in the
thee to posscL., and hast conquered it, sight of the Lord thy God : * I have taken
and dwellest in it that which was sanctified out of my
2 Thou Shalt take the first of all thy house, and I have given it to the Levite,
fruits, and put them in a basket, and and to the stranger, and to the father-
shalt go to the place which the Lord thy less, and to the widow, as thou hast
God shall choose, that his name may be commanded me I have not transgressed :

invocated there thy commandments nor forgotten thy

3 And thou shalt go to the priest that precepts.
shall be in those days, and say to him 14 I have not eaten of them in my
I profess this day before the Lord thy mourning, nor separated them for any
God, that I am come into the land, for uncleanness, nor spent any thing of them
which he swore to our fathers, that he in funerals. I have obeyed the voice of
would give it us. the Lord my God, and have done all
4 And the priest taking the basket at things as thou hast commanded me.
thy hand, shall set it before the altar of 15 " Look from thy sanctuary, and thy
the Lord thy God high habitation of heaven, and bless thy
5 And thou shalt speak thus in the sight people Israel, and the land which thou
of the Lord thy God The Syrian pursued hast given us, as thou didst swear to our
:

my father, who went down into Egypt, fathers, a land flowing with milk and
and sojourned there in a very small honey.
s Ex. 17. 8. t Supra29.— u Isa. 63. 15 Bar. 2. 16.
14. ;

Ver. 17. Amalec. This order for destroying the Egypt of this wicked world
out, as it were, of the
Amalecites, in the mystical sense, sheweth how hate- and being yet weak and fainthearted, are but begiu
ful they are to God, and what punishments they are ning their journey to the land of promise.
to look for from his justice, who attack and dis- Chap. 26. Ver. 6. The Syrian, Laban. SM
courage bis servants wheu Uiey are but just come Geu.27.
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Law to he written on stones DEUTERONOMY The blessing and the curse

16 This day the Lord thy God hath com- 9 And Moses and the priests of the
manded thee to do these commandments race of Levi said to all Israel Attend, :

and judgments and to keep and fulfil and hear, O Israel

: This day thou art :

them with all thy heart, and with all thy made the people of the Lord thy God.
soul. 10 Thou shalt hear his voice, and do
17 Thou hast chosen the Lord this day the commandments and justices which I
to be thy God, and to walk in his ways command thee.
and keep his ceremonies, and precepts, 11 And Moses commanded the people
and judgments, and obey his command. in that day, saying
18 ^ And the Lord hath chosen thee this 12 These shall stand upon mount Gari-
day, to be his peculiar people, as he hath zim to bless the people, when you are
spoken to thee, and to keep all his com- passed the Jordan Simeon, Levi, Juda, :

mandments : Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

19 And to make thee higher than all 13 And over against them shall stand
nations which he hath created, to his on mount Hebal to curse Ruben, Gad, :

own praise, and name, and glory: that and Aser, and Zabulon, Dan, and Neph-
thou mayst be a holy people of the Lord tali.
thy God, as he hath spoken. 14 y And the Levites shall pronounce,
and say to all the men of Israel with a
CHAPTER 27. loud voice
The commandments micst be written on stones : and
15 Cursed be the man that maketh a
an altar erected, and sacrifices offered. The ob-
graven and molten thing, the abomina-
servers of the com,m,andments are to be blessed,
and the transgressors cursed. tion of the Lord, the work of the hands
AND "* Moses with the ancients of Is- of artificers, and shall put it in a secret
XA- rael commanded the people, saying place: and all the people shall answer,
Keep every commandment that 1 com- and say Amen. :

mand you this day. 16 Cursed be he that honoureth not his

2 And when you are passed over the father and mother and all the people :

Jordan into the land which the Lord thy shall say Amen. :

God will give thee, thou shalt set up 17 Cursed be he that remove th his
great stones, and shalt plaster them over neighbour's landmarks and all the peo- :

with plaster, ple shall say Amen. :

3 That thou mayst write on them all 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind
the words of this law, when thou art to wander out of his way : and all the
passed over the Jordan that thou mayst
: people shall say Amen.:

enter into the land which the Lord thy 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the
God will give thee, a land flowing with judgment of the stranger, of the father-
milk and honey, as he cwore to thy less and the widow and all the people :

fathers. shall say : Amen.

4 Therefore when you are passed over 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his
the Jordan, set up the stones which I father's wife, and uncovereth his bed
command you this day, in mount Hebal, and all the people shall say : Amen.
and thou shalt plaster them with plaster 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any
5 And thou shalt build there an altar to beast : and all the people shall say
the Lord thy God, ^ of stones which iron Amen.
hath not touched, 22 Ciu'sed be he that lieth with his
6 And of stones not fashioned nor sister,the daughter of his father, or ol
polished: and thou shalt offer upon it his mother : and all the people shall say
holocausts to the Lord thy God : Amen.
7 And shalt immolate peace victims, and 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his
eat there, and feast before the Lord thy mother in law and all the people shall
:

God. say Amen. :

8 And thou shalt write upon the stones 24 Cursed be he that secretly killeth his
all the words of this law plainly and neighbour : and all the people shall say
clearly. Amen.

V Supra 7. 6. — w B. C. 1406. X Ex. 20. 26; Jos. 8. 3L— ]/ Dan. 9. IL

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25 Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to of thy land, which the Lord swore to thy
3lay an innocent person : and all the fathers that he would give thee.
people shall say Amen.
: 12 The Lord will open his excellent
26 Cursed be he that abideth not in the treasure, the heaven, that it may give
words of this law, and f ulflUeth them not rain in due season and he will bless all
:

in work : and all the people shall say the works of thy hands. And thou shalt
Amen. lend to many nations, and shalt not bor-
CHAPTER 28c row of any one.
Many blessings are promised to the observers of 13 And the Lord shall make thee the
God^s commandments : and curses threatened to head and not the tail and thou shalt be
:

transgressors. always above, and not beneath yet so if :

"VJ OW * if thou wilt hear the voice of thou wilt hear the commanliments of tt.e

Xl the Lord thy God, to do and keep Lord thy God which I command thee this
all his commandments, which I command day, and keep and do them,
Dhee this day, the Lord thy God will 14 And turn not away from them neither
make thee higher than all the nations to the right hand, nor to the left, nor
that are on the earth. follow strange gods, nor worship them.
2 And all these blessings shall come 15 " But if thou wilt not hear the voice
upon thee and overtake thee : yet so if of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all
thou hear his precepts, his commandments and ceremonies,which
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and 1 command thee this day, all these curses
blessed in the field. shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city,
and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit cursed in the field.
of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, 17 Cursed shall be thy barn, and cursed
and the folds of thy sheep. thy stores.
5 Blessed shall be thy barns and blessed 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb,
thy stores. and the fruit of thy ground, the herds of
6 Blessed shalt thou be coming in and thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
going out. 19 Cursed shalt thou be coming in, and
7 The Lord shall cause thy enemies, that cursed going out.
rise up against thee, to fall down before 20 The Lord shall send upon thee famine
thy face: one way shall they come out and hunp:er, and a rebuke upon all the
against thee, and seven ways shall they works which thou shalt do until he con- :

flee before thee. sume and destroy thee quickly, for thy
8 The Lord will send forth a blessing most wicked inventions, by which thou
upon thy storehouses, and upon all the hast forsaken me.
works of thy hands and will bless thee 21 May the Lord set the pestilence upon
:

in the land that thou shalt receive. thee, until he consume thee out of the
9 The Lord will raise thee up to be a land, which thou shalt go in to possess.
holy people to himself, as he swore to 22 May the Lord afllict thee with miser-
thee : if thou keep the commandments able want, with the fever and with cold,
of the Lord thy God, and walk in his with burning and with heat, and with
ways. corrupted air and with blasting, and pur-
10 And all the people of the earth shall sue thee till thou perish.
see that the name of the Lord is invo- 23 Be the heaven, that is over thee, of
cated upon thee, and they shall fear thee. brass and the ground thou treadest on,
:

11 The Lord will make thee abound with of iron.

all goods, with the fruit of thy womb, 24 The Lord give thee dust for rain upoi.
and the fruit of thy cattle, with the fruit thy land, and let ashes come down from
z B. C. 14b6. a Lev. 26. 14; Lam. 2. 17 Bar. 1. 20; Mai. 2. 2.
;

Chap. 2«. Ver. 2, All these blessings, &c. In the Ver. 15. All these curses, &c. Thus God dealt
Old Testament, God promised temporal blessings to with the transgressors of his law in the Old Testa-
the l<eepers of his law, heaven not being opened as ment: but now he often suffers sinners to prosper in
yet; and that gross and sensual peop-le being more this world, rewarding them for some little good they
moved with present and sensible things. But in the have done, and reserving their punishment for th«
New Testament the goods that are promised us are other worldU
spiritual and eternal and temporal evils are turned
;

into blessing.
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beavon upon thee, till thou be con- shalt serve strange gods, wood and
sumed. stone.
25 The Lord make thee to fall down 37 And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb
be-
fore thy enemies, one way mayst thou and a byword to all people, among whom
go out against them, and flee seven waya^ the Lord shall bring thee in.
and be scattered throughout all the king- 38 ^ Thou shalt cast much seed into the
doms of the earth. ground, and gather little; because the
26 And be thy carcass meat for all the locusts shall consume all.
'fowls of the air, and the beasts of the 39 Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dig
earth, and be there none to drive them it, and shalt not drink the wine, ncr
away. gather any thing thereof: because it
27 The Lord strike thee with the ulcer shall be wasted with worms.
lof Egypt, and the part of thy body, by 40 Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy
which the dung is cast out, with the scab borders, and shalt not be anointed with
and with the itch so that thou canst not the oil for the olives shall fall off and
; :

be healed. perish.
28 The Lord strike thee with madness 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters,
and blindness and fury of mind. and shalt not enjoy them : because they
29 And mayst thou grope at midday as shall be led into captivity.
che blind is wont to grope in the dark, 42 The blas'o shall consume all the trees
and not make straight thy ways. And and the fruits of thy ground.
mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and 43 The stranger that liveth with thee in
be oppressed with violence, and mayst the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall
thou have no one to deliver thee. be higher: and thou shalt go down, and
30 Mayst thou take a wife, and another be lower.
sleep with her. Mayst thou build a 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt
house, and not dwell therein. May est not lend to him. He shall be as the
'^ou plant a vineyard and not gather head, and thou shalt be the tail.
the vintage thereof. 45 And all these curses shall come upon
31 May thy ox be slain before thee, and thee, and shall pvu'sue and overtake thee,
thou not eat thereof. May thy ass be till thou perish: because thou heardst
taken away in thy sight, and not restored not the voice of the Lord thy God, and
to thee. May thy sheep be given to thy didst not keep his commandments and
enemies, and may there be none to help ceremonies which he commanded thee.
fchee. 46 And they shall be as signs and won-
32 May thy sons and thy daughters be ders on thee, and on thy seed for ever.
given to another people, thy eyes looking 47 Because thou didst not serve the
on, and languishing at the sight of them Lord thy God with joy and gladness of
all the day, and may there be no strength heart, for the abundance of all things
in thy hand. 48 Thou shalt serve thy enemy, whom
33 May a people which thou knowest the Lord will send upon thee, in hunger,
not, eat the fruits of thy land, and all and thirst, and nakedness, and in want
thy labours i and mayst thou always of all things: and he shall put an iron
suffer oppression, and be crushed at all yoke upon thy neck, till he consume
times. thee.
34 And be astonished at the terror of 49 The Lord will bring upon thee a na-
those things which thy eyes shall see tion from afar, and from the uttermost
35 May the Lord strike thee with a vei-y ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth
sore ulcer in the knees and in the legs, swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not
and be thou incurable from the sole of understand,
the foot to the top of the head. 50 A
most insolent nation, that will
36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy shew no regard to the ancients, nor have
king, whom thou shalt have appointed pity on the infant,
over thee, into a nation which thou and 51 And will devour the fruit of thy cat-
thy fathers know not: and there thou tle, and the fruits of thy land until thou :

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be destroyed, and will leave thee no 62 And you shall remain few in number,
wheat, nor wine, nor oil, nor herds of who before were as the stars of heaven
oxen, nor flocks of sheep: until he de- for multitude, because thou heardst not
stroy thee. the voice of the Lord thy God.
52 And consume thee in all thy cities, 63 And as the Lord rejoiced upon you
and thy strong and high walls be brought before doing good to you, and multiply-
down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy ing you: so he shall rejoice destroying
land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy and bringing you to nought, so that you
gater in all thy land which the Lord shall be taken away from the land which
thy God will give thee thou shalt go in to possess.
63 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy
'^
64 The Lord shall scatter thee among all
womb, and the flesh of thy sons and of people, from the farthest parts of the
thy daughters, which the Lord thy God earth to the ends thereof and there :

shall give thee, in the distress and ex- thou shalt serve strange gods, which both
tremity wherewith thy enemy shall op- thou art ignorant of and thy fathers,
preoB thee. wood and stone.
64 The man that is nice among you, 66 Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in
and very delicate, shall envy his own those nations, nor shall there be any rest
brother, and his wife, that lieth in his for the sole of thy foot. For the Lord
bosom, will give thee a fearful heart, and lan-
66 Co that he will not give them of the guishing eyes, and a soul consumed with
flesh of his children, which he shall eat pensiveness
because he hath nothing else in the siege 66 And thy life shall be as it were hang-
and the want, wherewith thy enemies ing before thee. Thou shalt fear night
shall distress thee within all thy gates. and day, neither shalt thou trust thy
56 The tender and delicate woman, that life.
could not go upon the ground, nor set 67 In the morning thou shalt say: Who
down her foot for over much niceness will grant me evening ? and at evening
and tenderness, will envy her husband Who will grant me morning? for the
who lieth in her bosom, the flesh of her fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith thou
son, and of her daughter, shalt be terrified, and for those things
67 And the filth of the afterbirths, that which thou shalt see with thy eyes.
come forth from between her thighs, and 68 The Lord shall bring thee again with
the children that are born the same hour. ships into Egypt, by the way whereof he
For they shall eat them secretly for the said to thee that thou shouldst see it no
want of :ill things, in the siege and dis- more. There shalt thou be set to sale
tress, wherewith thy enemy shall oppress to thy enemies for bondmen and bond-
theo within thy gates. women, and no man shall buy you.
58 If thou wilt not keep, and fulfil all
CHAPTER 29.
(he words of this law, that are written in
The covenant is solemnly confirmed between God
Ibis volume, and fear his glorious and and his people. T'hreats against those that shall
torrible name : that is, The Lord thy break it.
God: rpHESE ^ are the words of the covenant
59 The Lord shall increase thy plagues, JL which the Lord commanded Moseo
and the plagues of thy seed, plagues great to make with the children of Israel in th3
and lasting, infirmities grievous and per- land of Moab beside that covenant which
:

1 etual. he made with them in Horeb.

00 And he shall bring back on thee all 2 And Moses called all Israel, and said
I lie afflictions of Egypt, which thou wast to them: ^ You have seen all the things
afraid of, and they shall stick fast to that the Lord did before you in the land
thee. of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his ser-
Gl Moreover the Lord will bring upon vants, and to his whole land.
thee all the diseases, and plagues, that 3 The great temptations, which thy eyes
are not written in the volume of this law have seen, those mighty signs and won-
ti-1 he consume thee ders.

€ Lara 4. 10 ; Bar. ". 9 and •*,

d B. C. 1405. — e Ex. 19. 4.

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Exhortation to obedience DEUTERONOMY Threats a p am si disobedience

4 And the Lord hath not given yoii u 18 Lest perhaps there should be among
a family or a
leart to understand, and eyes to see, and you a man or a woman,
turned away this
3ars that may hear, unto this present tribe, whose heart is
day from the Lord our God, to go and
lay.
5 -^Hehath brought you forty years serve the gods of those nations: anl
through the desert: your garments are there should be among you a root brinf^-
act worn bitterness.
out, neither are the shoes of ing forth gall and
y^our feet consumed with age.
shall
19 hear the words of
And when he
6 You have not eaten bread, nor have this oath, he should bless himself in hia
drink: that heart saying: I shall have peace, and
>^ou drunk wine or strong
>rou might know that am the Lord your will walk on in the naughtiness of
I
my
3od. heart: and the drunken may consume
7 And you came to this place: ^and the thirsty,
3ehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of 20 And the Lord should not forgive him:
Basan, came out against us to fight. And but his wrath and jealousy against that
we slew them. man should be exceedingly enkindled at
8 And took their land, and delivered it that time, and all the curses that are writ-
for a possession to ^ Ruben and Gad, and ten in this volume should light upon him
bhe half tribe of Manasses. and the Lord should blot out his name
9 Keep therefore the words of this cov- from under heaven,
enant, and fulfil them: that you may 21 And utterly destroy him out of all
understand all that you do. the tribes of Israel, according to the
10 You all stand this day before the curses that are contained in the book of
Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, this law and covenant
and ancients, and doctors, all the people And
the following generation shall
22
of Israel, say, and the children that shall be born
11 Your children and your wives, and hereafter, and the strangers that shall
bhe stranger that abideth with thee in come from afar, seeing the plagues of
the camp, besides the hewers of wood, that land and the evils wherewith the
and them ohat bring water Lord hath afflicted it,
12 That thou mayst pass in the cove- 23 Burning it with brimstone, and the
nant of the Lord thy God, and in the heat of salt, so that it cannot be sown
* nor any green thing grow
oath which this day the Lord thy God any more,
maketh with thee. therein, after the example of the destruc-
13 That he may raise thee up a people tion of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and
bo himself, and he may be thy God as he Seboim, which the Lord destroyed
in his
hath spoken to thee, and as he swore to wrath and indignation
thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 24 And all the nations shall say : J Why
14 Neither with you only do I make this hath the Lord done thus to this land?
covenant, and confirm these oaths, what meaneth this exceeding great heat
15 But with all that are present and of his wrath?
that are absent. 25 And they shall answer Because they :

16 For you know how we dwelt in the forsook
jland ofEgypt, and how we have passed
through the midst of nations, and passing
through them,
17 You have seen their abominations
and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood
and stone, silver and gold, which they
worshipped.
—
/ Supra 8. 2. <7 Supra 3. 1.
h Supra 3. 16 Num. 32. Jos. 13. 8, and 22. 4.
; ;
the covenant of the Lord, which
he made with their fathers, when he
brought them out of the land of Egypt
26 And they have served strange gods,
and adored them, whom they knew not,
and for whom they had not been assigned
27 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was
kindled against this land, to bring upon
i Gen. 19. 24.
j 3 Kings 9. 8 Jer. 22. 8.
;

Chap. 29. Ver. 4. Hath not given you, &c. of peace, and so great an abundance as may satisfy,
Through your own fault and because you resisted and as it were, consume all thirst and want or it :

bis grace. may be referred to the root of bitterness, spoken of

Ver. 19. The drunken, &c., absumat ebria sitien- before, which being drunken with sin may attract,
tern. It is a proverbial expression, which may either and by that means consume^ such as thirst after the
be understood, as spoken by the sinner, blessing, that like evils.
is» flattering himself in his sins with the imagination
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it all the curses that are written in this thy cattle, in the fruitf ulness of thy land,
volume and in the plenty of all things. For the
28 And he hath cast them out of their Lord will return to rejoice over thee in
land, in anger and in wrath, and in very all good things, as he rejoiced in thy
great indignation, and hath thrown them fathers
into a strange land, as it is seen this day. 10 Yet so if thou hear the voice of the
29 Secret things to the Lord our God Lord thy God, and keep his precepts and
things that are manifest, to us and to our ceremonies, which are written in this law
children for ever, that we may do all the and return to the Lord thy God with all
words of this law. thy heart, and with all thy soul.
11 This commandment, that I command
CHAPTER 30. thee this day is not abovg thee, nor far
Great mercies ore promised to the penitent God's :

commandment is feasible. Life and death are set off from thee
before them. 12 Nor is it in heaven, that thou siiouldst
W
'VTO ^ when all these things shall be say Which of us can go up to heaven t( :

JJM come upon thee, the blessing or the bring it unto us, and we may hear and
which I have set forth before thee,
curse, in work ?
fulfil it
and thou shalt be touched with repent- Nor is it beyond the sea: that thou
13
ance of thy heart among all the nations, mayst excuse thyself, and say "^ Which :

into which the Lord thy God shall have of us can cross the and bring it unto
sea,
scattered thee, us : that we may hear, and do that which
2 And shalt return to him, and obey his is commanded?
commandments, as I command thee this 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee,
day, thou and thy children, with all thy in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou
heart, and with all thy soul mayst do it.
3 The Lord thy God will bring back 15 Consider that I have set before thee
again thy captivity, and will have mercy this day life and good, and on the other
on thee, and gather thee again out of all hand death and evil
the nations, into which he scattered thee 16 That thou mayst love the Lord thy
before. God, and walk in his ways, and keep his
4 If thou be driven as far as the poles commandments and ceremonies and
of heaven, the Lord thy God will fetch judgments, and thou mayst live, and he
thee back from thence, may multiply thee, and bless thee in the
6 ^ And will take thee to himself, and land, which thou shalt go in to possess.
bring thee into the land which thy fathers 17 But if thy heart be turned away, so
possessed, and thou shalt possess it and : that thou wilt not hear, and being de-
blessing thee, he will make thee more ceived with error thou adore strange
numerous than were thy fathers. gods, and serve them
6 The Lord thy God will circumcise thy 18 I foretell thee this day that thou
heart, and the heart of thy seed: that shalt perish, and shalt remain but a short
thou mayst love the Lord thy God with time in the land, to which thou shalt pass
all thy heart and with all thy soul, that over the Jordan, and shalt go in to pos-
thou mayst live. sess it.
7 And he will turn all these curses upon 19 I call heaven and earth to witness
thy enemies, and upon them that hate this day, that I have set before you life
and persecute thee. and death, blessing and cursing. Choose
8 But thou shalt return, and hear the therefore life, that both thou and thy
voice of the Lord thy God, and shalt do seed may hve
all the commandments which I command 20 And that thou mayst love the Lord
thee this day thy God, and obey his voice, and adhere
9 And the Lord thy God will make thee to him (for he is thy life, and the length
abound in all the works of thy hands, in of thy days,) that thou mayst dwell in
the fruit of thy womb, and in the fruit of the land, for which the Lord swore to thy
k B. C. 1405. — Z 2 Mac. 1. 29. m Rom. 10. 6.

Ver. 29. Secret things, &c. As much as to say, revealed and marv^ested to ua, and to direct our livei
secret things belong to, and are known to, God accordingly.
alone ; our business must be to observe what be tias
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fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that 12 And the people being all assembled
he would give it them. together, both men and women, children
and strangers, that are within thy gates
CHAPTER 31.
that hearing they may learn, and fear
Moses encoiirageth the people, and Josue, who is ap-
pointed to succeed him. He delivereth the law to the Lord your God, and keep, and fulfil
the priests. God forettlleth that the people will all the words of this law :

often forsake him, and that he will puicinh them.

He commandeth Moses to write a canticle, as a 13 That their children also, who now
are ignorant, may hear, and fear the
I

1
constant remembrancer of the law,

j
A ND " Moses went, and spoke all these Lord their God, all the days that they
XA. words to all Israel^ live in the land whither you are going
I 2 And he said to them I am this day a over the Jordan to possess it.
:

i hundred and twenty years old, I can no 14 And the Lord said to Moses Behold :

I
longer go out and come in, especially as the days of thy death are nigh call :

the Lord also hath said to me ^ Thou Josue, and stand ye in the tabernacle of
:

;
shalt not pass over this Jordan. the testimony, that I may give him a
! 3 The Lord thy God then will pass over charge. So Moses and Josue went and
before thee he will destroy all these na-
: stood in the tabernacle of the testimony:
tions in thy sight,and thou shalt possess 15 And the Lord appeared there in the
them and this Josue shall go over be-
: pillar of a cloud, which stood in the en-
fore thee, as the Lord hath spoken. try of the tabernacle.
4 And the Lord shall do to them P as he 16 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold
did to Sehon and Og the kings of the thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and
Amorrhites, and to their land, and shall this people rising up will go a fornicating
destroy them. after strange gods in the land, to which
5 Therefore when the Lord shall have it goeth in to dwell there will they for-
:

delivered these also to you, ^you shall sake me, and will make void the cove-
do in like manner to them as I have com- nant, which I have made with them,
manded you. 17 And my wrath shall be kindled
6 Do manfully and be of good heart: against them in that day and I will for-
:

fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sake them, and will hide my face from
sight : for the Lord thy God he himself them, and they shall be devoured: all
is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor evils and afflictions shall find them, so
forsake thee. that they shall say in that day In truth :

7 And Moses called Josue, and said to it is because God is not with me, that
him before all Israel ^ Take courage, and
: these evils have found me.
be valiant for thou shalt bring this peo-
: 18 But I will hide, and cover my face in
ple into the land which the Lord swore that day, for all the evils which they
he would give to their fathers, and thou have done, because they have followed
shalt divide it by lot. strange gods.
8 And the Lord who is your leader, he 19 Now therefore write you this canti-
himself will be with thee he will not : cle, and teach the children of Israel:
leave thee, nor forsake thee: fear not, that they may know it by heart, and
neither be dismayed. sing it by mouth, and this song may
9 And Moses wrote this law, and deliv- be unto me for a testimony among the
ered it to the priests the sons of Levi, children of Israel.
who carried the ark of the covenant of 20 For I will bring them into the land,
the Lord, and to all the ancients of Israel. for which I swore to their fathers, that
10 And he commanded them, saying: floweth with milk and honey. And when
After seven years, in the year of remis- they have eaten, and are full and fat,
sion, in the feast of tabernacles, they will turn away after strange gods,
11 When all Israel come together, to and will serve them: and will despise
appear in the fe'ght of the Lord thy God me, and make void my covenant.
in the place which the Lord shall choose, 21 And after many evils and afflictions
thou shalt read the words of this law shall have come upon them, this canticle
before all Israel, in their hearing. shall answer them for a testimony, which
n B. C. 1405. — o Supra 3. 27 ; Num. 27. 13. q Supra 7. 2.
p Num. 21. 24. r Jos. 1. 6 ; 3 Kings 2. S.

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no oblivion shall take away out of the 3 Because I will invoke the name of the
mouth of their seed. For I know their Lord give ye magnificence to our God.
:

thoughts, and what they are about to do 4 The works of God are perfect, and all
this day, before that I bring them into his ways are judgments God is faithful :

the land which I have promised them. and without any iniquity, he is just and
22 Moses therefore wrote the canticle, right.
and taught it to the children of Israel. 5 They have sinned against him, and
23 And the Lord commanded Josue the are none of his children in their filth:
son of Nun, and said ; Take courage, and they are a wicked and perverse genera-
be valiant for thou shalt bring the chil-
: tion.
dren of Israel into the land which I have 6 Is this the return thou makest to the
promised, and I will be with thee. O foolish and senseless people ? Is
Lord,
24 Therefore after Moses had wrote the not he thy father, that hath possessed
words of this law in a volume, and finished thee, and made thee, and created thee ?
it: 7 ' Remember the days of old, think
25 He commanded the Levites, who car- upon every generation: ask thy father,
ried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and he will declare to thee : thy elders
saying and they will tell thee.
26 Take this book, and put it in the side 8 When the Most High divided the
of the ark of the covenant of the Lord nations : when he separated the sons of
your God that it may be there for a Adam, he appointed the bounds of people
:

testimony against thee. according to the number of the children

27 For I know thy obstinacy, and thy of Israel.
most stiff neck. While I yet living,am9 But the Lord's portion is his people
and going in with you, you have always Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
been rebelhous against the Lord: how 10 He found him in a desert land, in a
much more when I shall be dead ? place of horror, and of vast wilderness
28 Gather unto me all the ancients of he led him about, and taught him : and
your tribes, and your doctors, and I will he kept him as the apple of his eye.
speak these words in their hearing, and 11 As the eagle enticing her young to
will call heaven and earth to witness fiy, and hovering over them, he spread
against them. his wings, and hath taken him and carried
29 For I know that, after my death, you him on his shoulders.
will do wickedly, and will quickly turn 12 The Lord alone was his leader: and
aside from the way that I have com- there was no strange god with him.
manded you : and evils shall come upon 13 He set him upon high land that he :

you in the latter times, when you shall might eat the fruits of the fields, that he
do evil in the sight of the Lord, to pro- might suck honey out of the rock, and
voke him by the works of your hands. oil out of the hardest stone,
30 Moses therefore spoke, in the hear- 14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the
ing of the whole assembly of Israel, the sheep with the fat of lambs, and of the
words of this canticle, and finished it rams of the breed of Basan : and goats
even to the end, with the marrow of wheat, and might
drink the purest blood of the grape.
CHAPTER 32. 16 The beloved grew fat, and kicked
A canticle for the remembrance of the law. Moses he grew fat, and thick and gross, he for-
is com^manded to go up into a mountain^ from,
whence he shall see the promised land but not sook God who made him, and departed
enter into it.
from God his saviour.
HEAR, *0 ye heavens, the
things I 16 They provoked him by strange gods,
speak, let the earth give ear to the and stirred him up to anger, with their
words of my mouth. abominations.
2 Let my doctrine gather as the rain, 17 They sacrificed to devils and not to
let my speech distil as the dew, as a God to gods whom they knew not that
: :

shower upon the herb, and as drops were newly come up, whom their fathers
upon the grass. worshipped not.

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10 Thou hast forsaken the God that 33 Their wine is the gall of dragons, and
jegot thee, and hast forgotten the Lord the venom of asps, which is incurable.
ihat created thee. 34 Are not these things stored up with
19 The Lord saw, and was moved to me, and sealed up in my treasures ?
inrath : because his own sons and daugh- 35 ^ Revenge is mine, and I will repay
iere provoked him. them in due time, that their foot may
20 And he said I will hide my face slide the day of destruction is at hand,
: :

!rom them, and will consider what their and the time makes haste to come.
Ast end shall be: for it is a perverse 36 The Lord will judge his people, ^ and
generation, and unfaithful children. will have mercy on his servants : he shall
21 They have provoked me with that see that their hand is weakened, and that
which was no god, and have angered me they who were shut up have also failed,
«rith their vanities ^ and I will provoke and they that remained are consumed.
:

:hem with that which is no people, and 37 And he shall say : v Where are their
«rill vex them with a foolish nation. gods, in whom they trusted?
22 A fire is kindled in my wrath, and 38 Of whose victims they ate the fat,
}hall burn even to the lowest hell : and and drank the wine of their drink offer-
jhall devour the earth with her increase, ings let them arise and help you, and
:

md shall burn the foundations of the protect you in your distress.

nountains. 39 See ye that I alone am, and there is
23 I will heap evils upon them, and will no other God besides me : ^ I will kill and
jpend my arrows among them. I will make to live : I will strike, and 1
24 They shall be consumed with famine, will heal, ** and there is none that can
ind birds shall devour them with a most deliver out of my hand.
jitter bite I will send the teeth of beasts
: 40 I will lift up my hand to heaven, and
apon them, with the fury of creatures that I will say : I live for ever.
Tail upon the ground, and of serpents. 41 If I shall whet my sword as the light-
25 Without, the sword shall lay them ning, and my hand take hold on judg-
^aste, and terror within, both the young ment: I will render vengeance to my
nan and the virgin, the sucking child enemies, and repay them that hate me.
jvith the man in years. 42 I will make my arrows drunk with
26 I said: Where are they? I will make blood, and my sword shall devour flesh,
ii:he memory of them to cease from among
of the blood of the slain and of the cap-
linen. tivity, of the bare head of the enemies.
'
27 But for the wrath of the enemies 43 ° Praise his people, ye nations, for he
|[ have deferred it: lest perhaps their will revenge the blood of his servants
imemies might be proud, and should say: and will render vengeance to their ene-
iDur mighty hand, and not the Lord, mies, and he will be merciful to the land
lath done all these things. of his people.
i 28 They are a nation without counsel, 44 So Moses came and spoke all the
tind without wisdom. words of this canticle in the ears of the
29 ^0 that they would be wise and would people, and Josue the son of Nun.
inderstand, and would provide for their 45 And he ended all these words, speak-
ast end. ing to all Israel.
30 How should one pursue after a thou- 46 And he said to them : Set your hearts
sand, and two chase ten thousand? Was on all the words, which I testify to you
it not, because their God had sold them, this day : which you shall command your
md
the Lord had shut them up? children to observe and to do, and to fulfil
31 For our God is not as their gods : our all that is written in this law
jnemies themselves are judges. 47 For they are not commanded you in
32 Their vines are of the vineyard of vain, but that every one should live in
3odom, and of the suburbs of Gomorrha: them, and that doing them you may con-
their grapes are grapes of gall, and their tinue a long time in the land whither you
clusters most bitter. are going over the Jordan to possess it.
tt Jer. 15. 14 Rom. 10. 19. v Jer. 9. 12.
;
« 1 Kings 2. 6 Tob. 13. 2 Wisd. 16. !&
w Eccli. 28. 1Rom. 12. 19 ; Heb. 10. 30.
;
a Job 10. 7
; ;

Wisd. 16. lA.

x% liac 7. 6.—'V Jer. 2. 28.
;

6^ Mac 7.6.
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of the DEUTERONOMY Moses blesses tribes of Israel
48 And the Lord spoke to Moses the whom thou hast proved in the tempta-
same day, saying: tion, and judged at the waters of contra-
49 Go up into this mountain Abarim, diction :

(that is to say, of passages,) unto mount 9 -^Who hath said to his father, and to
Nebo, which is in the land of Moab over his mother I do not know you : and to ;

against Jericho: and see the land of his brethren I know you not and their : :

Ohanaan, which I will deliver to the own children they have not known.
children of Israel to possess, and die These have kept thy word, and observed
thou in the mountain. thy covenant,
60 When thou art gone up into it thou 10 Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy
shalt be gathered to thy people, as ^'
law, O Israel : they shall put incense in
Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar
and was gathered to his people : 11 Bless, O Lord, his strength, and re-
51 ^ Because you trespassed against me ceive the works of his hands. Strike the
in the midst of the children of Israel, at backs of his enemies, and let not them
the waters of contradiction in Cades of that hate him rise.
the desert of Sin and you did not sanc-
: 12 And to Benjamin he said : The best
tify me among the children of Israel. beloved of the Lord shall dwell confi-
52 Thou shalt see the land before thee, dently in him: as in a bride chamber
which I will give to the children of Israel, shall he abide all the day long, and be-
but thou shalt not enter into it. tween his shoulders shall be rest.
13 To Joseph also he said : Of the bless-
CHAPTER 33. ing of the Lord be his land, of the fruits
Moses before his death blesseth the tribes of Israel. of heaven, and of the dew, and of the
THIS the blessing, wherewith the
is deep that lieth beneath.
man God Moses blessed the chil-
of 14 Of the fruits brought forth by the
dren of Israel, before his death. sun and by the moon.
2 And he said: The Lord came from 15 Of the tops of the ancient mountains,
Sinai, and from Seir he rose up to us: of the fruits of the everlasting hills
he hath appeared from mount Pharan, 16 And of the fruits of the earth, and of
and with him thousands of saints. In the fulness thereof. The blessing of him ^
his right hand a fiery law. that appeared in the bush, come upon the
3 He hath loved the people, * all the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of
saints are in his hand and they that
: the Nazarite among his brethren.
approach to his feet, shall receive of his 17 His beauty as of the firstling of a
doctrine. bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhi-
4 Moses commanded us a law, the inher- noceros : with them shall he push the
itance of the multitude of Jacob. nations even to the ends of the earth.
5 He shall be king with the most right, These are the multitudes of Ephraim,
the princes of the people being assembled and these the thousands of Manasses.
with the tribes of IsraeL 18 And to Zabulon he said Rejoice, O :

6 Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he Zabulon, in thy going out and Issachar ;

small in number. in thy tabernacles.

7 This is the blessing of Juda. Hear, O 19 They shall call the people to the
Lord, the voice of Juda, and bring him in mountain : there shall they sacrifice the
unto his people : his hands shall fight for victims of justice. Who
shall suck as
him, and he shall be his helper against milk the abundance of the sea, and the
his enemies. hidden treasures of the sands.
8 To Levi also he said : Thy perfection, 20 And to Gad he said : Blessed be Gad
and thy doctrine he to thy holy man. in his breadth : he hath rested as a lion,
c Num. 20. 26, and 27. 13. e Wisd. 3. 1, and 5. 5.
d Num. 20. 12, and 27. 13. / Ex. 32. 27 Lev,
; 10. 5. — grEx. 3.2.
Chap. 33. Ver. 8. Holy man. Aaron and his akin, when these would withdraw them from the
successors in the priesthood. business of their calling.
Ver. 9. Who hath said, &c. It is the duty of the Ver. 12. Shall dv>eii, &e. This seems to allude to
priestly tribe to prefer God's honour and service the temple being built in the confines of the tribe of
before all considerations of flesh and blood : in such Benjamin.
manner as to behave as strangers to their nearest Ver. 16. The Nazarite, See the note on Gen. 4i

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Moses blesses tribes of Israel DEUTERONOMY Moses dies on Mount Neho

and hath seized upon the arm and the nHHEN'* Moses* went up from the plains
top of the head. JL of Moab upon mount Nebo, to the
|

21 And he saw his pre-eminence, that top of Phasga over against Jericho and :

in his portion the teacher was laid up the Lord shewed him all the land of Ga*
:

who was with the princes of the people, laad as far as Dan.
and did the justices of the Lord, and his 2 And all Nephtali, and the land ot
judgment with Israel. Ephraim and Manasses, and all the land
22 To Dan also he said Dan is
: a young of Juda unto the furthermost sea,
lion, he shall flow plentifully from Basan. 3 And the south part, and the breadth
23 And to Nephtali he said: Nephtali of the plain of Jericho the city of palm
shall enjoy abundance, and shall be full trees as far as Segor.
of the blessings of the Lord; he shall 4 And the Lord said to him ^ This is the :

possess the sea and the south. land, for which I swore to Abraham,
24 To Aser also he said: Let Aser be Isaac, and Jacob, saying I will give it to :

blessed with children, let him be accept- thy seed. Thou hast seen it with thy
able to his brethren, and let him dip his eyes, and shalt not pass over to it.
foot in oiL 5 And Moses the servant of the Lord
25 His shoe shall be iron and brass. As died there, in the land of Moab, by the
the days of thy youth, so also shall thy commandment of the Lord
old age be. 6 And he buried him in the valley of
26 There is no other God like the God the land of Moab over against Phogor
of the rightest he that is mounted upon and no man hath known of his sepulchre
:

the heaven is thy helper. By his magnifi- until this present day.
cence the clouds run hither and thither. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty yeare
27 His dwelling is above, and under- old when he died his eye was not dim, :

neath are the everlasting arms he shall neither were his teeth moved.
:

cast out the enemy from before thee, and 8 And the children of Israel mourned
shall say Be : thou brought to nought. for him in the plains of Moab thirty days
28 Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. and the days of their mourning in which
The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and they mourned for Moses were ended.
wine, and the heavens shall be misty with 9 And Josue the son of Nun was filled
dew. with the spirit of wisdom, because Moses
29 Blessed art thou, Israel who is like had laid his hands upon him. And the
:

to thee, O people, that art saved by the children of Israel obeyed him, and did as
Lord ? the shield of thy help, and the the Lord commanded Moses.
Bword of thy glory: thy enemies shall 10 And there arose no more a prophet
deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord
necks. knew face to face,
CHAPTER 34. 11 In all the signs and wonders, which
Moses seeth the promised land, but is not suffered to he sent by him, to do in the land of Egypt
go into it. He dieth at the age of 120 years. God to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to
burieth his body secretly, and all Israel mourn for
him thirty days. Josue, replenished {by imposition his whole land,
of Moseses hands) with the spirit of God, succeed- 12 And all the mighty hand, and great
eth. Bid Moses, for his special familiarity with
God, and for most wonderful miracles, is com' miracles, which Moses did before all
mended above all other prophets. Israel.

h A. M. 2553.-1 Supra 3. 27, and 32. 49; 2 Mac. 2. 4. j Gen. 12. 7, and 15. 18.

Ver. 21. He saw, &c. The pre-eminence of the Chap. 34. Ver. 5. Died there. This last chapter
tribe of Gad, to which this alludeth, was their hav- of Deuteronomy, in which the death of Moses is
ing the lawgiver Moses buried in their borders; related, was written by Josue, or by some of the
though the particular place was not known. prophets.
Ver. 23. The sea. The lake of Genesareth. Ver. 6. H*> buried him, viz., by the ministry ol
Ver. 27. Underneath are the everlasting arms. angels, and would have the place of his burial to be
Though the dwelling of God be above in heaven, his unknown, lest the Israelites, who were so prone tc
trms are always stretched out to help us here below. idolatry, miglit worship him with divine houourSr

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^ ^^g J^rd charges Josue JOSUE Josue admonishes the people

THE
BOOK OP JOSUE,
This Book 18 called Josue, because it contains the history of what passed under him^ and
according to the common opinion was written by him. The Greeks call him Jesus : for Josvs
and Jesus in the Hebrew, are the same name, and have the same signification, viz., A
Saviour. And it was not without a mystery that he who was to bring the people into tJie
land of promise should have his name changed from Osee {for so he was called before. Num.
13. 17,) to Josue or Jesus, to give us to understand, that Moses by his law could only bring
the people within sight of the promised inheritance, but that our Saviour Jesus was to bring
us into it.

CHAPTER 1. observe and do all things that are writ-

Toaue^encouraged by the Lord^ admonUheth the ten in it: then shalt thou direct thy way,
people to prepare themselves to pass over the Jor- and understand it.
dan,
9 Behold I command thee, take courage,
NOW Mosescame
of
^ it
to pass
the servant
after the death
of the Lord,
and be strong. Fear not and be not dis-
mayed: because the Lord thy God is
that the Lord spoke to Josue the son of with thee in all things whatsoever thou
Nun, the minister of Moses, and said to shalt go to.
him : 10 And Josue commanded the princes
2 Moses my servant is dead : arise, and of the people, saying Pass through the
:

pass over this Jordan, thou and thy peo- midst of the camp, and command the peo-
ple with thee, into the land which I will ple, and say
give to the children of Israel. 11 Prepare you victuals: for after the
3 * I will deliver to you every place that third day you shall pass over the Jordan
the sole of your foot shall tread upon, and shall go in to possess the land, whicl)
as I have said to Moses. the Lord your God will give you.
4 From the desert and from Libanus 12 And he said to the Rubenites, and
unto the great river Euphrates, all the the Gadites, and the half tribe of Ma-
land of the Hethites unto the great sea nasses
toward the going down of the sun, shall 13 Remember the word, which Moses
be your border. the servant of the Lord commanded you,
5 No man shall be able to resist you all saying The Lord your God hath given :

the days of thy life: "*as I have been you rest, and all this land.
with Moses, so will I be with thee : I will 14 ° Your wives, and children, and caih
not leave thee, nor forsake thee. tle shall remain in the land which Moses
6 ** Take courage, and be strong : for gave you on this side of the Jordan: but
thou Shalt divide by lot to this people pass you over armed before your bre-
the land, for which I swore to their thren, all of you that are strong of hand,
fathers, that I would deliver it to them. and fight for them,
7 Take courage therefore, and be very 15 Until the Lord give rest to your bre-
valiant that thou mayst observe and do thren as he hath given you, and they also
:

all the law, which Moses my servant hath possess the land which the Lord your
commanded thee turn not from it to God will give them and so you shall re-
: :

the right hand or to the left, that thou turn into the land of your possession, and
mayst understand all things which thou you shall dwell in it, which Moses the
dost. servant of the Lord gave you beyond the
8 Let not the book of this law depart Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.
from thy mouth: but thou shalt medi- 16 And they made answer to Josue, and
tate on it day and night, that thou mayst said All that thou hast commanded us we
:

k B. C. 1405. n Deut. 31. 7 and 23 ; 3 Kings 2. 2.

I Deut. 11. 24.— m Infra 3. 7 ; Heb. 13. 5. Num. 32. 26.
n4
'iahab harbors the spies
do; and whithersoever thou shalt
NiW
jend us, we will go.
17 As we obeyed Moses in all things, so
vill we obey thee also: only be the Lord
|;hy God with thee, as he was with Moses.
18 He that shall gainsay thy mouth, and
lot obey all thy words, that thou shalt
JOSUE Their convenant zvith her
^ and what things you did to the two kings
of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the
Jordan: Sehon and Og whom you slew.
11 And hearing these things we were
affrighted, and our heart fainted away,
neither did there remain any spirit in us
at your coming in for the Lord your God :

ommand him, let him die: only take he is God in heaven above, and in the
hou courage, and do manfully. earth beneath.
12 u Now therefore swear ye to me by
the Lord, that as I have shewn mercy to
CHAPTER
2.
you, so you also will shew mercy to my
'wo spies are sent to Jericho, who are received and father's house and give me a true token,
:
concealed by Rahab.
13 That you will save my father and
A p ND
Josue the son of Nun sent from mother, my brethren and sisters, and all
lV. Setim two men, to spy secretly: things that are theirs, and deliver our
,nd said to them: Go, and view the land souls from death.
nd the city of Jericho. Q They went and 14 They answered her: Be our lives for
ntered into the house of a woman that you unto death, only if thou betray us
7as a harlot named Rahab, and lodged not. And when the Lord shall have de-
ath her. livered us the land, we will shew thee
2 And it was told the king of Jericho, mercy and truth.
nd was said: Behold there are men 15 Then she let them down with a cord
ome in hither, by night, of the children out of a window: for her house joined
f Israel, to spy the land.
close to the wall.
3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab,
16 And she said to them: Get ye up to
a,ying: Bring forth the men that came
the mountains, lest perhaps they meet
) thee, and are entered into thy house:
you as they return: and there lie ye hid
Dr they are spies, and are come to view
three days, till they come back, and so
11 the land.
4 f And the woman taking the men, hid
you shall go on your way.
lem, and said: I confess they came to 17 And they said to her: shall be We
le, but I knew not whence they were: bla^meless of this oath, which thou hast
5 And at the time of shutting the gate made us swear:
1 the dark, they also went out together. 18 If when we come into the land, this
know not whither they are gone: pur- scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in
le after them quickly, and you will the window, by which thou hast let us
/ertake them. down: and gather together thy father
3 But she made the men go up to the and mother, and brethren and all thy
)p of her house, and covered them with kindred into thy house.
le stalks of flax, which was there.
19 Whosoever shall go out of the door
J Now
they that were sent, pursued of thy house, his blood shall be upon his
fter them, by the way that leadeth to own head, and we shall be quit. But the
le fords of the Jordan and as soon as : blood of all that shall be with thee in
ley were gone out, the gate was the house, shall light upon our head, if
:'esently shut. any man touch them.
I The men that were hidden were not 20 But if thou wilt betray us, and utter
}t asleep, when behold the woman went this word abroad, we shall be quit of this
3 to them, and said: oath which thou hast made us swear.
^ I know
that the Lord hath given this 21 And she answered: As you have
nd to you for the dread of you is fall-
: spoken, so be it done. And sending
i upon us, and all the inhabitants of the them on their way, she hung the scarlet
nd have lost all strength. cord in the window.
.0 We have heard that » the Lord dried 22 But they went and came to the
) the water of the Red Sea at your go- mountains, and stayed there three days
ig in, when you came out of Egypt: till they that pursued them were returned.

p B. C. 1405.— <7 Heb. 11. 31 ; James 2. 25. t Num. 21. 24.

r Infra 6. 17.—s Ex. 14. 21. tt Infra 6. 22.
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Josue yreyares to cross the Jordan JOSUE The people pass over dry shod
For having sought them through all the | the midst of you, and that he shall de-
way, they found them not. stroy before your sight the Chanaanite
23 And when they were gone back into and the Hethite, the Hevite and the
the city, the spies returned, and came Pherezite, the Gergesite also and the
down from the mountain: and passing Jebusite, and the Amcrrhite.
over the Jordan, they came to Josue the 11 ^'
Behold the ark of the covenant or
son of Nun, and told him all that befel the Lord of all the earth shall go before
them. you into the Jordan.
24 And said: The Lord hath delivered 12 Prepare ye twelve men of the tribee
all this land into our hands, and all the of Israel, one of
every tribe.
inhabitants thereof are overthrown with 13 And when the priests, that carry the

fear. ark of the Lord the God of the whole

CHAPTER 3. earth, shall set the soles of their feet in
The river Jordan is miraculously dried up for the the waters of the Jordan, the waters that
are beneath shall run down and go off:
passage of the children of Israel.
A ND Josue rose before daylight, and
^ and those that come from above, shall
J\. removed the camp: and they de- stand together upon a heap.
parted from Setim, and came to the Jor- 14 So the people went out of their tents,
dan, he, and all the children of Israel, to pass over the Jordan and the priests :

and they abode there for three days. that carried the ark of the covenant,
2 After which, the heralds went throughwent on before them.
the midst of the camp, 15 And as soon as they came into the
3 And began to proclaim Jordan, and their feet were dipped in
When you :

shall see the ark of the covenant part of the water, (now the Jordan, ^it
of the
Lord your God, and the priests of being harvest time, had filled the bankp
the
race of Levi carrying it, rise you up of its channel,)
also,
and follow them as they go before 16 The waters that came down from
4 And let there be between you and above stood in one place, and swelling
jhe ark the space of two thousand cubitsup like a mountain, were seen afar off
Adorn, to the
that you may see it afar off, and know from the city that is called
Sarthan: but those that were
^hich way you must go: for you have place of
not gone this way before : and take care beneath, ran down into the sea of the
come not near the ark.
;^'ou wilderness (which now is called the Dead
5 And Josue said to the people: Be ye Sea) until they wholly
failed.

sanctified : for to morrow the Lord will 17 And the people marched over against
do wonders among you. Jericho : and the priests that carried the
of the Lord, stooc
6 And he said to the priests : Take up ark of the covenant
the ark of the covenant, and go before girded upon the dry ground in the mids^
the people. And they obeyed his com- of the Jordan, and all the people passec
mands, and took it up and walked before over through the channel that was driec

them. up.
7 And the Lord said to Josue : This day CHAPTER 4.
will I begin to exalt thee before Israel Twelve stones are taken out of the rivei to he set u]
that they may know that as I was with for a monument of the miracle; and mother twelv
are placed in the midst of the river.
'Moses, so I am with thee also.
8 And do thou command the priests ND
when they were passed over, th(
that carry the ark of the covenant, and A^
Lord said to Josue
one of ever;
say to theoi: When you shall have en- 2 Choose twelve men,
tered into part of the water of the Jor- tribe
dan, stand in it. 3 And command them to take out o
9 And Josue said to the children of the midst of the Jordan, where the fee
Israel: Come hither and hear the word of the priests stood, twelve very liar»
of the Lord your God. stones, which you shall se' In the plac
10 And again he said: By this you shall of the camp, where you
sh^U pitch you
'mow that the Lord the Uving God is in tents this night. |

V B. C. 1405. — ?« Supra 1. 6^ « Acts 7. 4&->tf £ccli. 24. 36.

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The twelve stones JO SUE Israel camps nea r Jericho

4 Aug Josue called twelve men, whom 16 Command the priests, that carry the
I

le had chosen out of the children of ark

of the covenant, to come up out of
rsrael, one out of every tribe,
the Jordan.
6 And he said to them : Go before the 17 And he commanded them, saying:
^l^k of the Lord your God to the midst
Come ye up out of the Jordan.
of the Jordan, and carry from thence 18 And when they that carried the ark
every man a stone on your shoulders, of the
covenant of the Lord, were come
according to the number of the children up, and began
to tread on the dry ground,
of Israel, the waters returned into the channel, and
6 That it may be a sign among you: ran as they
were wont before.
and when your children shall ask you 19 And the
people came up out of the
morrow, saying: What mean these Jordan, the tenth
to
day of the first month,
atones? and camped in Galgal, over against the
7 You shall answer them The waters east side of the city of Jericho.
:

of the Jordan ran off before the ark of

20 And the twelve stones which they
Che covenant of the Lord, when it passed had
taken out of the channel of the Jor-
over the same: therefore were these dan,
Josue pitched in Galgal,
stones set for a monument of the chil- 21 And
said to the children of Israel:
dren of Israel for ever. When your
children shall ask their
8 The children of Israel therefore did fathers, to morrow, and shall say to
as Josue commanded them, carrying out them: What mean these stones?
Df the channel of the Jordan twelve 22 You shall teach them and say Israel :
stones, as the Lord had commanded him,
passed over this Jordan through the dry
iceording to the number of the children channeL
)f Israel, unto the place wherein
they 23 The Lord your God drying up the
jamped, and there they set them. waters thereof in your sight, until you
9 And Josue put other twelve stones in
passed over
:he midst of the channel of the Jordan,
24 « As he had done before in the Red
vhere the priests stood that canied the Sea, which he dried up till we passed
irk of the covenant and they are there
:
through
mtil this present day.
25 That all the people of the earth may
10 Now the priests that carried the ark,
learn the most mighty hand of the Lord,
itood in the midst of the Jordan till
all that you also may fear the Lord your God
hings were accomplished which the Lord
for ever.
lad commanded Josue to speak
to the CHAPTER 6.
)eople, and Moses had said to him.
And The people are circumcised: they keep the pascK,
he people made haste and passed over. The manna ceaseth. An angel appeareth to Josue.
II And when they had all passed
he ark also of the Lord passed over, and
over,
NOW whenwho dweltkings
rhites,
all
beyond
the
of the Amor-
the Jordan
he priests went before the people.
westward, and all the kings of Chanaan,
12 The children of Ruben also and
Gad, who possessed the places near the great
.nd half the tribe of Manasses,
went sea, had heard that the Lord had dried
Jmed before the children of Israel ^ as up the waters of the Jordan before the
'loses had commanded them.
children of Israel, till they passed over,
13 And forty thousand fighting
men by their heart failed them, and there re-
heir troops, and bands, marched
through mained no spirit in them, fearing the
he plains and fields of the city of Jericho.
coming in of the children of IsraeL
14 In that day the Lord magnified
Josue 2 At that time the Lord said to Josue'.
a the sight of all Israel, that
they should Make thee knives of stone, and circum^
ear him, as they had feared
Moses, while cise the second time the children of
e lived. Is-
rael.
15 And he said to him:
He did what the Lord had commanded.
3
2 Num. 32. 28.
a Ex. 14. 21.

been omitted during

ich as had b?en c rcumciseTb^ore^^reS^be^Hr* T.^l'^ ^^^ their forty years'
Incised again; but tSt they '" ^'^^ wlderness; by reason Jf'^their
werlS^w^^^^
Qvi take up again
the pS^SS^.^Sni to
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The people are circumcised JOSUE Israel marches around Jericho
and he circumcised the children of Israel thy feet: for the place whereon thou
in the hill of the foreskins. standest is holy. And Josue did as was
4 Now
this is the cause of the second commanded him,
circumcision: All the people that came
out of Egypt that were males, all the men CHAPTER 6.

fit for war, died in the desert, during the After seven days* processions, the priests sounding
the trumpets, the walls of Jericho fall down: and
time of the long going about in the way. the city is taken and destroyed,
5 Now these were all circumcised. But
the people that were bom in the desert,
6 During the forty years of the journey
NOW ^ Jericho was close shut up and
fenced, for fear of the children of
in the wide wilderness, were uncircum- Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.
cised: till all they were consumed that 2 And the Lord said to Josue: Behold I
had not heard the voice of the Lord, and have given into thy hands Jericho, and
to whom he had sworn before, that he the king thereof, and all the valiant men.
would not shew them the land flowing 3 Go round about the city, all ye fight-
with milk and honey. ing men, once a day: so shall ye do for
7 The children of these succeeded in the six days.
place of their fathers, and were circum-
4 And on the seventh day the priests
cised by Josue: for they were uncircum-
shall take the seven trumpets, which are
cised even as they were born, and no one
used in the jubilee, and shall go before
had circumcised them in the way.
the ark of the covenant: and you shall
8 Now after they were all circumcised,
go about the city seven times, and the
they remained in the same place of the
priests shall sound the trumpets.
camp, until they were healed.
9 And the Lord said to Josue: This day
5 And when the voice of the trumpet
shall give a longer and broken tune, and
have I taken away from you the reproach
shall sound in your ears, all the peo-
of Egypt. And the name of that place
was called Galgal, until this present day. ple shall shout together with a very great
shout, and the walls of the city shall fall
10 And the children of Israel abode in
to the ground, and they shall enter in
Galgal, and they kept the phase on the
every one at the place against which
fourteenth day of the month, at evening,
they shall stand.
in the plains of Jericho:
6 Then Josue the son of Nun called the
11 And they ate on the next day un- priests, and said to them: Take the ark
leavened bread of the corn of the land, of the covenant: and let seven other
and frumenty of the same year. priests take the seven trumpets of the
12 & And the manna ceased after they jubilee, and march before the ark of thie
ate of the corn of the land, neither did Lord.
the children of Israel use that food any 7 And he said to the people: Go, and
more, but they ate of the corn of the compass the city, armed, marching be-
present year of the land of Chanaan. fore the ark of the Lord.
13 And when Josue was in the field of 8 And when Josue had ended his words,
the city of Jericho, he lifted up his eyes, and the seven priests blew the seven
and saw a man standing over against trumpets before the ark of the covenant
him, holding a drawn sword, and he went of the Lord,
to him, and said: Art thou one of ours, 9 And all the armed men went before,
or of our adversaries? the rest of the common people followed
the ark, and the sound of the trumpets
14 And he answered: No: but T am
prince of the host of the Lord, and now
was heard on all sides.
10 But Josue had commanded the peo-
I am come.
ple, saying: You shall not shout, nor
15 Josue fell on his face to the ground. shall your voice be heard, nor any word
And worshipping, said: What saith my go out of your mouth until the day come :

lord to his servant? wherein I shall say to you: Cry, and

16 c Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off shout.
h B. C. 1405.— c Ex. 3. 5 ; Acts 7. 33. dB. C. 1405.

Ver. 14. Prince of the host of the Lord, &c. St. Ver. 15. Worshipping. Not with divine honour,
Michael, who is called prince of the people of Israel, but with a religious veneration of an inferior kind,
Dan. 10. 21. suitable to the dignity of his person.
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Jericho is captured JOS UE Rahah is saved

Sc the ark of the Lord! went about
11 23 *'And the young men went in and
city once a day, and returning into brought out Rahab, and her parents, her
tiie
the camp, abodo thereo brethren also and all her goods and her
12 And Josue rising before day^ the kindred, and made them to stay without
priests took the ark of the Lord, the campo
13 And seven of them seven trumpets, 24 But they burned the city, and all
-^

which are used in the Jubilee; and they things that were therein; except the
wenib before the ark of the Lord walking gold and silver, and vessels of brass and
and sounding the trumpets and the iron, which they consecrated into the
c

armed men went before them, and the treasury of the Lord.
rest of the common people followed the 25 But Josue saved Rahab the harlot
lark, and they blew the trumpets. and her father's house, and all she had,
i

14 And they went round about the city and they dwelt in the midst of Israel
the second day once, and returned into until this present day because she hid :

the camp» So they did six days» the messengers whom he had sent to spy
15 But the seventh day^ rising up early, out JerichOo At that time, Josue made
they went about the city^ as it was an imprecation, saying
ordered, seven times» 26 Cursed be the man before the Lord,
'^

1 And when in the seventh going about
tl e priests sounded with the trumpets,
Josue said to all Israel s Shout for the
Lord hath delivered the city to you:
17 And let this city be an anathema,
and all things that are in it, to the Lord.
Let only Rahab the harlot live, with all
Dhat are with her in the house ? ® for she
Ibid the messengers whom we
18 But beware ye lest you touch ought
3f those things that are forbidden, and
yon be guilty of transgression, and all
:he camp of Israel be under sin, and be
iroubledc
that shall raise up and build the city of
Jericho. In his firstborn may he lay the
s foundation thereof, and in the last of his
children set up its gates.
27 And the Lord was with Josue, and
his name was noised throughout all the
land.
sent.
CHAPTER 7o
For the sin of Achan, the Israelites are defeated at
Hai. The offender is found out ; and stoned to
death, and God^s wrath is turned from them.
UT " the children of Israel ^ trans-
B^
gressed the commandment, and took
to their own use of the anathema. For ''^

19 But whatsoever gold oi silver there Achan the son of Oharmi, the son of
jhall be, or vessels of brass and iron, let Zabdi, the son of Zare of the tribe of
be consecrated k) the Lord^ laid up in Juda, took something of the anathema:
'

ii<3 treasures» and the Lord was angry against the

,
20 ^So all the people making a shout, children of Israel.
md the trumpets sounding, when the 2 And when Josue sent men from Jeri-
roice and the sound thundered in the cho against Hai, which is beside Beth-
)ars of the multitude, the walls forth- aven, on the east side of the town of
vith fell down and every man went up Bethel, he said to them: Go up, and
?

)y the place that was over against him view the country and they fulfilled his j

and they took the city,

'

command, and viewed Hai.

21 And killed all that were in it, man 3 And returning they said to him? Let
ind woman, young and oldc The oxen not all the people go up, but let two
iilso and the sheep, and the asses, they or three thousand men go and destroy

lew with the edge of the sword. the city why should all the people be
:

22 ^ But Josue said to the two men that troubled in vain against enemies that
'»ad been sent for spies Go into the are very few?
?

arlot's house, and bring her out, and all 4 There went up therefore three thou-
hings that are hers, as you assured her sand fighting men: who immediately
>y oatho turned their backs,
e Supra 2« 4 Heb. 11. 31. =-/ Hebo 11. 30.
; —
j Infra 8. 2. kS Kings 16. 34.— I B. C. 1405.
—
2 —
Mac. 12. 15o - 'h Supra 2. 1 and 14. i Heb, 11. 31. m Infra 22, 20. n 1 Par. 2, 7.
Chap. 6. Ver. 26, Cursed^ &c. Jericho, in the thrown down, when sinners are converted; and a
lysticaS sense, signifies iniquity.' the sounding of dreadful curse will light on them who build then?
tie trumpets by the priests, the preaching of the up again.
rord of Ck)d by wliicli) the walls of Jericho are

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The sin of Achan JOSUE Achan is stoned to death
5 And were defeated by the men of the burnt with fire with all his substance,
city of Hai, and there fell of them six because he hath transgressed the cove-
and thirty men and the enemies pursued nant of the Lord, and hath done wicked
t

them from the gate as far as Sabarim ness in IsraeL

and they slew them as they fled by the 16 Josue, therefore, when he rose in the
descent.^ and the heart of the people morning, made Israel to come by their
was struck with fear, and melted Uke tribes, and the tribe of Juda was found,
water, 17 Which being brought by its families,
6 But Josue rent his garments, and fell it was found to be the family of Zare
flat on the ground before the ark of the Bringing ^^hat also by the houses, he found
Lord until the evening, both he and all it to be Zabdi.
the ancients of Israel and they put dust 18 And bringing his house man by man,
;

upon their heads. he found Achan the son of Charmi, the

7 And Josue said^ Alas, O Lord God, son of Zabdi, the son of Zare of the tribe
why wouldst thou bring this people over of Juda.
the river Jordan, to deUver us into the 19 And Josue said to Achan: sod My
hand of the Amorrhite, and to destroy give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and
us? would God, we had stayed beyond the confess, and tell me what thou hast done,
Jordan as we began, hide it not.
8 My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing 20 And Achan answered Josue, and said
Israel turning their backs to their ene- to him Indeed I have sinned against the
:

mies ? Lord the God of Israel, and thus and

9 The Chanaanites, and all the inhabit- thus have I done,
ants of the land will hear of it, and be- 21 For I saw among the spoils a scarlo*.
ing gathered together will surround us garment exceeding good, and two hun-
and cut off our name from the earth and dred sides of silver, and a golden rule of
i

what wilt thou do to thy great name ? fifty sides and I coveted them, and I :

10 And the Lord said to Josue Arise, took them away, and hid them in the
:

why liest thou flat on the ground? ground in the midst of my tent, and the
11 Israel hath sinned, and transgressed silver I covered with the earth that I
my covenant: and they have taken of dug up.
the anathema, and have stolen and lied, 22 Josue therefore sent ministers who i

and have hidden it among their goods. running to his tent, found all hidden in
12 Neither can Israel stand before his the same place, together with the silver,
enemies, but he shall flee from them 23 And taking them away out of the
because he is defiled with the anathema» tent, they brought them to Josue, and to
I will be no more with you, till you de- all the children of Israel, and threw them
stroy him that is guilty of this wicked- down before the Lord.
ness. 24 Then Josue and all Israel with him
13 Arise, ^sanctify the people, and say took Achan the son of Zare, and the
to them: Be ye sanctified against to silver and the garments, and the golden
morrow i for thus saith the Lord God of rule, his sons also and his daughters, his
Israel : The anathema is in the midst of oxen and asses and sheep, the tent also,
thee, O Israel thou canst not stand be- and all the goods and brought them to
: :

fore thy enemies, till he be destroyed the valley of Achor :

out of thee that is defiled with this wick- 25 Where Josue said Because thou hast i

edness. troubled us, the Lord trouble thee this

14 And you shall come in the morning day. And all Israel stoned him and all :

every one by your tribes and what tribe things that were his, were consumed with
:

soever the lot shall find, it shall come by fire.

its kindreds and the kindred by its houses, 26 ^ And they gathered together upon
and the house by the men. him a great heap of stones, which re-
15 And whosoever he be that shall be maineth until this present day. And the
found guilty of this fact, he shall be wrath of the Lord was turned away from
o Lev. 20. 7 ; Num. 11. 18 ; Supra 3. 5 ; 1 Kings 16. 5. p 2 Kings 18. 17.

Obat. 7. Ver« 24» Mi$ sons, &c. Probably conscious to, or accomplices of, the crime of their father.
Ver. 26. Achor. That is, trouble.
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Josue marches against Hai JOSUE

The ambush
them. And the name of that place was 11 And vben they were come, and were
called the Valley of Achor, until thifi gone up over against the city, they stood
day. on the north side of the city, between
CHAPTER 8. which and them there was a valley in the
Hai is and burnt, ana all the inhabitants
taken midsto
slain. An
altar is built, and sacrifices offered.
The law is written on stones,, and the blessings and 12 And he had chosen five thousand men,
cursings are read before all the people. and set them to Me in ambush between
A ND the Lord said to Josue i ^ Fear Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the
XX not, nor be thou dismayed: take same city
with thee all the multitude of fighting 13 But all the rest of the army went in
men, arise and go up to the town ot Hai» battle array on the north side, so that
Behold I have delivered into thy hand the last of that multitude reached to the
the king thereof, and the people, and the west side of the city. So Josue went
city^ and the land, that night, and stood in the midst of the
2 And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, valley,
and to the king thereof, as thou hast 14 And when the king of Hai saw this,
*"

I
done to Jericho, and to the king thereof he made haste in the morning, and went
but the spoils and all the cattle you shall out with all the army of the city, and set
take for a prey to yourselves lay an it in battle array toward the desert, not
;

ambush for the city behind it. knowing that there lay an ambush behind
3 And Josue arose, and all the army of his back.
the fighting men with him, to go up 15 But Josue, and all Israel gave back,
against Hai and he sent thirty thousand making as if they were afraid, and flee-
:

shosen valiant men in the night, ing by the way of the wilderness.
4 And commanded them, saying Lay 16 But they shouting together, and en-
:

in ambush behind the city and go not couraging one another, pursued them.
:

very far from it and be ye all ready.

: And when they were come from the city,
6 But I and the rest of the multitude 17 And not one remained in the city of
^hich is with me, will approach on the Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue
contrary side against the city. And when after Israel, leaving the towns open as
:hey shall come out against us, * we will they had rushed out,
lee, and turn our backs, as we did be- 18 The Lord said to Josue Lift up the :

fore: shield that is in thy hand, towards the

6 Till they pursuing us be drawn farther city of Hai, for I will deliver it to thee.
rem the city for they will think that 19 And when he had lifted up his shield
:

NB flee as before. towards the city, the ambush that lay hid,
7 And whilst we are fleeing, and they rose up immediately:
and going to the
Dursuing, you shall arise out of the am- city, took it and set it on fire.
)U8h, and shall destroy the city and the 20 And the men of the city, that pursued
:

^iOrd your God will deliver it into our after Josue, looking back
and seeing the
lands. smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had
8 And when you shall have taken it, set no more power to flee this way or that
t on fire, and you shall do all things
so way especially as they that had counter-
:

18 I have commanded. feited flight, and were going toward the

9 And he sent them away, and they wilderness, turned back most valiantly
i^ent on to the place of the ambush, and against them that
pursued.
ibode between Bethel and Hai, on the 21 So Josue and all Israel seeing that
s^est side of the city of Hai. But Josue the city was taken, and that the smoke
tayed that night in the midst of thepeople, of the city rose up, returned and slew
10 And rising early in the morning, he the men of Hai.
Qustered nis soldiers, and went up with 22 And they also that had taken and set
he ancients in the front of the army the city on fire, issuing out
of the city to
nvironed with the aid of the fighting meet their own men, began to cut off
the
aen. enemies who were surrounded by them.
q B. C. 1405.— r Supra 6c 24. s Supra 7. 4.

Chap. 8. Ver. 12. Five thousand. These were part ot the thirty thousand mentioned »b«?8i» v«& I»
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Ilai is taken and destroyed JOSUE Josue deceived hy the Gahaonites

So that fche enemies being cut off on both things that were written the book of m
sides, not one of so great a multitude the law.
was saved. 35 He left out nothing of those things
23 And they took the king of the city of which Moses had commanded, but he re-
Hai alive, and brought him to Josue. peated all before all the people of Israel,
24 So all being slain that had pursued with the women and children and stran-
after Israel in his flight to the wilderness, gers that dwelt among them
and falling by the sword in the same place,
the children of Israel returned and laid CHAPTER 9.
waste the city. Josue is deceived by the Gahaonites : who being de-
25 And the number of them that fell tected are condemned to be perpetual servants.

that day, both of men and women, was "T^OW " when
these things were heard
twelve thousand persons all of the city jl\the kings beyond the Jordan,
of, all
of Hai. that dwelt in the mountains and in the
26 But Josue drew not back his hand, plains, in the places near the sea, and on
which he had stretched out on high, hold- the coasts of the great sea, they also that
ing the shield, till all the inhabitants of dwell by Libanus, the Hethite and the
Hai were slain. Amorrhite, the Chanaanite, the Pherezite,
27 And the children of Israel divided and the Hevite, and the Jebusite,
am jng them the cattle and the prey of the 2 Gathered themselves together, to fight
city, as the Lord had commanded Josue. against Josue and Israel with one mind,
28 And he burned the city, and made it and one resolution.
a heap for ever 3 But they that dwelt in Gabaon, hear>
29 And he hung the king thereof on a ing all that Josue had done to Jericho
gibbet until the evening and the going and Hai
down of the sun. Then Josue command- 4 Cunningly devising took for them-
ed, and they took down his carcass from selves provisions, laying old sacks upon
the gibbet and threw it in the very en- their asses, and wine bottles rent and
:

trance of the city, heaping upon it a great sewed up again,

heap of stones, which remaineth until 6 And very old shoes, which for a show
this present day. of age were clouted with patches, and old
30 Then Josue built an altar to the Lord garments upon them: the loaves also,
the God of Israel in mount Hebal, which they carried for provisions by the
31 'As Moses the servant of the Lord way, were hard, and broken into pieces
had commanded the children of Israel, 6 And they went to Josue, who then
and it is written in the book of the law abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to
of Moses an altar of unhewn stones him, and to all Israel with him : We are
:

which iron had not touched and he come from a far country, desiring to
:

offered upon it holocausts to the Lord, make peace with you. And the children
and immolated victims of peace offerings. of Israel answered them, and said :

32 And he wrote upon stones the Deuter- 7 Perhaps you dwell in the land which
onomy of the law of Moses, which he had falls to our lot if so, we can make no ;

ordered before the children of Israel. league with you.

33 And all the people, and the ancients, 8 But they said to Josue : We are thy
and the princes and judges stood on servants. Josue said to them : Who are
both sides of the ark, before the priests you ? and whence came you ?
that carried the ark of the covenant of 9 They answered From a very far coun- :

the Lord, both the stranger and he that try thy servants are come in the name
was born among them, half of them by of the Lord thy God. For we have heard
mount Garizim, and half by mount Hebal, the fame of his power, all the things
as Moses the servant of the Lord had that he did in Egypt.
commanded. And first he blessed the 10 ^ And to the two kings of the Amor-
people of Israel. rhites that were beyond the Jordan,
34 After this he read all the words of Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of
the blessing and the cursing, and all Basan, that was in Astaroth

t Ex. 3a 26; Deut. 27.6b u B. C. 1405. — V Num. 21. 13.

232
Gabaonites made servants of Israel JOSTIE The five kings
il And our andetite, and all the inhab- 24 They answered: It was told us thy
tants of our country said to us: Take servants, that the Lord thy God had
*ith you victuals for a long way, and go promised his servant Moses to give you
neet them, and say: We are your ser- all the land, and to destroy all the inhab-
vants, make ye a league with us. itants thereof. Therefore we feared ex-
12 Behold, these loaves we took hot, ceedingly and provided for our lives,
i^hen we set out from our houses to compelled by the dread we had of you,
tome to you, now they are become dry, and we took this counsel.
ind broken in pieces, by being exceed- 25 And now we are in thy hand deal :

ng old. with us as it seemeth good and right

13 These bottles of wine when we filled unto thee.
hem were new, now they are rent and 26 So Josue did as he had said, and de-
^urst. These garments we have on, and livered them from the hand of the chil-
he shoes we have on our feet, by reason dren of Israel, that they should not be
)f the very long journey are worn out, slain.
jid almost consumed. 27 And he gave orders in that day that
14 They took therefore of their victuals, they should be in the service of all the
,nd consulted not the mouth of the Lord. people, and of the altar of the Lord,
15 "'And Josue made peace with them, hewing wood and carrying water, urtil
ind entering into a league promised that this present time, in the place which f/he
hey should not be slain: the princes Lord hath chosen.
-Iso of the multitude swore to them.
16 Now three days after the league was CHAPTER 10.
Qade, they heard that they dwelt nigh, Five kings war against Gabaon. Josue defeateth
nd they should be among them. them: ma-ny are slain with hailstones. At the
prayer of Josue the sun and moon stand still the
17 And the children of Israel removed space of one day. The Jive kings are hanged.
he camp, and came into their cities on Divers cities are taken.
he third day, the names of which are
Jabaon, and Caphira, and Beroth, and
WHEN ^ Adonisedec king of Jerusa-
lem had heard these things, to wit,
)ariathiarim. that Josue had taken Hai, and had de-
18 And they slew them not, because stroyed it, (for as he had done to Jeri-
he princes of the multitude had sworn in cho and the king thereof, so did he to
he name of the Lord the God of Israel. Hai, and its king,) and that the Gaba-
iTaen all the common people murmured onites were gone over to Israel, and
.gainst the princes. were their confederates,
19 And they answered them: We
have 2 He was exceedingly afraid. For Gab-
worn to them in the name of the Lord aon was a great city, and one of the royal
he God of Israel, and therefore we may cities, and greater than the town of Hai,
ot touch them. and all its fighting men were most valiant.
20 But this we will do to them : Let 3 Therefore Adonisedec king of Jerusa-
heir lives be saved, lest the wrath of lem sent to Oham king of Hebron, and
he Lord be stirred up against as, if we to Pharam king of Jerimoth, and to Ja-
hould be forsworn. phia king of Lachis, and to Dabir king
21 But so let them live, as to serve ihe of Eglon, saying:
'^hole multitude in hewing wood, and 4 Come up to me, and bring help, that
ringing in water. As they were speak- we may take Gabaon, because it hath
ig these things, gone over to Josue, and to the children
22 Josue called the Gabaonites and said of Israel.
3 them: Why would you impose upon 5 So the five kings of the Amorrhites
8, saying: We dwell far off from you, being assembled together went up: the
whereas you are in the midst of us ? king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
•23 Therefore you shall be under a curse, the king of Jerimoth, the king of La-

nd your race shall alwa> s bo hewers of chis, the king of Eglon, they and their
rood, and carriers of water unto the armies, and camped about Gabaon, lay
ouse of my God. ing siege to It.

'
3 Kinss 21. % X B. C. 1405.
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The sun and the moon stand still JOSUE The five kings are slain
6 But the inhabitants of the city of Gab- kings were found hidden in a oave of the
aon which was besieged, sent to Josue, city of Maceda.
who then abode in the camp at Galgal, 18 And he commanded them that were
and said to him: Withdraw not thy with him, saying Roll great stones to :

handa from helping thy servants come the mouth of the cave, and set careful
:

up quickly and save us, and bring us men, to keep them shut up
succour; for all the kings of the Amor- 19 And stay you not, but pursue aftef
:hites, who dwell in the mountains, are the enemies, and kill all the hindermost
;;i'athered together against us. of them as they flee, and do not suffer
V And Josue went up from Galgal, and them whom the Lord God hath delivered
all the army of the warriors with him, into your hands to shelter themselves in
most vahant men. their cities.
8 And the Lord said to Josue Fear 20 So the enemies being slain with a
:

them not: for I have delivered them great slaughter, and almost utterly con
into thy hands: none of them shall be sumed, they that were able to escape
a-ble to stand against thee. from Israel, entered into fenced cities.
9 So Josue going up from Galgal all the 21 And all the army returned to Josue
night, came upon them suddenly. in Maceda, where the camp then was, in
10 ^ And the Lord troubled them at the good health and without the loss of any
sight of Israel and he slew them with one and no man durst move his tongue
: :

a great slaughter in Gabaon, and pur- against the children of Israel,

sued them by the way of the ascent to 22 And Josue gave orders, saying Open :

Beth-horon, and cut them off all the way the mouth of the cave, and bring forth to
to Azeca and Maceda. me the five kings that lie hid therein.
11 And when they were fleeing from 23 And the ministers did as they were
the children of Israel, and were in the commanded: and they brought out to
descent of Beth-horon, the Lord cast him the five kings out of the cave the :

down upon them great stones from hea- king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron
ven as far as Azeca: and many more the king of Jerimoth, the king of Lachis
were killed with the hailstones than the king of Eglon.
were slain by the swords of the ch^ Iren 24 And when they were brought out tc
of Israel. him, he called all the men of Israel, an(
12 Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the said to the chiefs of the army that wer
day that he delivered the Amorrlaite in with him Go, and set your feet on thi
:

the sight of the children of Israel, and
he said before them : Move not, O sun,
toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, to-
ward the valley of Ajalon.
13 And the ^sun and the moon stood
still, till the people revenged themselves
of their enemies. Is not this written
in the book of the just? So the sun
stood still in the midst of heaven, and
hasted not to go down the space of one
day.
14 There was not before nor after so
long a day, the Lord obeying the voice
of a man, and fighting for Israel.
15 And Josue returned with all Israel
into the camp of Galgal.
16 For the five kings were fled, and had
hidden themselves in a cave of the city
of Maceda.
17 And it was told Josue that the five
necks of these kingSo And when they ha(
gone, and put their feet upon the necki
of them lying under them,
25 He said again to them: Fear not
neither be ye dismayed, take courage
and be strong: for so will the Lord d
to all your enemies, against whom yoc
fight.
26 And Josue struck, and slew them, anc
hanged them upon five gibbets, and the}
hung until the evening.
27 "And when the sun was down, he
commanded the soldiers to take then
down from the gibbets. And after thej
were taken down, they cast them intc
the cave where they had lain hid, anc
put great stones at the mouth thereof
which remain until this day.
28 The same day Josue took Maceda anc
destroyed it, with the edge of the sword

y 1 Kings 7. 10.—« Eccli. 46. 5; Isa. 28. 2L a Deut 21. 23.

CHiLp. 10. V^r. 13. Ths book of the^-ist. In Hebrew Jaslan an ancieat bool^ long since lost

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Many cities are taken JOSUE The kings of the north

king and all the inhabit- of the hills and of the south and of the
ind killed the
mts thereof he left not in it the least plain, and of Asedoth, with their kings
:

emains. And he did to the king of he left not any remains therein, but slew
^aceda, as he had done to the king of all that breathed, as the Lord the God of
fericho. Israel had commanded him,
29 And he passed from Maceda with all 41 From Cadesbarne even to Gaza, All
srael to Lebna, and fought against it: the land of Gosen even to Gabaon,
30 And the Lord delivered it with the 42 And all their kings, and their lands
dng thereof into the hands of Israel: he took and wasted at one onset for the :

ind they destroyed the city with the Lord the God of Israel fought for him.
>dge of the sword, and all the inhabit- 43 And he returned with all Israel to
ijits thereof. They left not in it any the place of the camp in GalgaL
•emains. And they did to the king of
jebna, ^ as they had done to the king of CHAFrEli 11.
Fericho. TTie kings of the north are overthrown : the wr^yj^e
31 From Lebna he passed unto Lachis, country is taken.
vith all Israel : and investing it with his ^ ND when Jabin king of Asor had heard
irmy, besieged it. XjL these things, he sent to Jobab king
32 And
the Lord delivered Lachis into ofMadon, and to the king of Semeron,
he hands of Israel, and he took it the and to the king of Achsaph
ollowing day, and put it to the sword, 2 And to the kings of the north, that
.nd every soul that waa in it, as he had dwelt in the mountains and in the plains
lone to Lebna. over against the south side of Ceneroth,
33 At that time Horam king of Gazer, and in the levels and the countries of
ame up to succour Lachis: and Josue Dor by the sea side :

lew him with all his people, so as to 3 To the Chanaanites also on the east
©ave none alive. and on the west, and the Amorrhite, and
34 And he passed from Lachis to Eglon, the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the
imd surrounded it, Jebusite in the mountains to the Hevite :

36 And took it the same day : and put
the sword all the souls that were in
b, according to all that he had done to
jachis.
1
also who dwelt at the foot of Hermon ii
the land of Maspha.
4 And they all came out with their
troops, a people exceeding numerous as

36 He went up also with all Israel from the sand that is on the sea shore, their
Cglon to Hebron, and fought against it horses also and chariots a very great
37 Took it, and destroyed it with jhe multitude,
idge of the sword : the king also thereof, 5 And all these kings assembled together
-nd all the towns of that country, and all at the waters of Merom, to fight against
'he souls that dwelt in it: he left not Israel.
Iherein any remains: as he had done to 6 And the Lord said to Josue : Fear them
iDglon, so did he also to Hebron, putting not: for to morrow at this same hour I
the sword all that he found in it. will deliver all thes^ to be slain in the
38 Returning from thence to Dabir, sight of Israel! thou shalt hamstring
39 He took it and destroyed it: the their horses, and thou shalt burn their
:ing also thereof and all the towns round chariots with fire.
-bout he destroyed with the edge of the 7 And Josue came, and all the army
word he left not in it any remains : as with him, against them to the waters of
:

!ie had done to Hebron and Lebna and to Merom on a sudden, and fell upon them.
Iheir kings, so did he to Dabir and to the 8 And the Lord delivered them into the
dug thereof. hands of Israel. And they defeated them,
40 So Josue conquered all the country and chased them as far as the great Si-
b Supra 6. 2.

'^^^ king, viz^ the new king, who sue. that they might not draw the Israelitej into the like
'

Y?^j^^*
Bedea him that was slain, ver. 26. sins.
Ver. 40. Jny remains therein, but sle^v, &C. God Chap. Hamstring their
rdered these people to be utterly destroyed, in
11. Ver. 6. horses, and
bum their chariots with fire, &c. Godso ordained-
lunishment of tbeir maniiold abominatioosi and that his people might not trust in chariots ana
1 liorses, but in him.

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Many cities are destroyed JOSUE

The kings slain lij Moses
don, and the waters of Maserophot, and 21 Afe that time Josue came and cut off
the field of Masphe, which is on the east the Enacims from the mountains, from
side thereof. He slew them all, so as to Hebron, and Dabir, and Anab, and from
leave no remains of them all the mountain of Juda and Israel, and
:

9 And he did as the Lord had commanded destroyed their citieSo

him, he hamstringed their horses and 22 He left not any of the stock of the
burned their chariots. Enacims., in the land of the children of
10 And presently turning back he took Israel except the cities of Gaza, and i

Asor and slew the king thereof with the Geth, and Azotus, in which alone they
:

sword. Now Asor of old was the head were left.

of all these kingdoms. 23 So Josue took aU the land, as the
1 And he cut off all the souls that abode Lord spoke to Moses, and delivered it
there: he left not in it any remains, but in possession to the children of Israel,
utterly destroyed all, and burned the city according to their divisions and tribes.
itself with fire. ^ And the land rested from wars»

12 And he took and put to the sword

and destroyed all the cities round about, CHAPTER 12o
and their kings, ^ as Moses the servant A list of the kings slain by Moses and Josue^
of God had commanded him. THESE are the kings, whom the chil-
13 Except the cities that were on hills dren of Israel slew and possessed
and high places, the rest Israel burned their land beyond the Jordan towards :

only Asor that was very strong he con- the rising of the sun, from the torrent
sumed with fire. Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the
14 And the children of Israel divided east country that looketh towards the
among themselves all the spoil of these wilderness.
cities and the cattle, killing all the men. 2 Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who
15 ^ As the Lord had commanded Moses dwelt in Hesebon, and had dominion
his servant, so did Moses command Josue, from Aroer, which is seated upon the
and he accomplished alls he left not one bank of the torrent Arnon. and of the
thing undone of all the commandments middle part in the valley, and of half
which the Lord had commanded Moses. Galaad, as far as the torrent Jaboc, which
16 So Josue took all the country of the is the border of the children of Ammon.
hills, and of the south, and the land of 3 And from the wilderness, to the sea
Gosen, and the plains and the west coun- of Ceneroth towards the east, and to the
try,^ and the mountain of Israel, and the sea of the wilderness, which is the most
plains thereof =
salt sea, on the east side by the way that
17 And part of the mountain that goeth leadeth to Bethsimoth and on the south i

up to Seir as far as Baalgad, by the plain side that lieth under Asedoth, Phasga»
of Libanus under mount Hermon; alJ 4 The border of Og the king of Basan,
their kings he took, smote and slew. of the remnant of the Raphaims who
18 Josue made war a long time against dwelt in Astaroth, and in Edrai, and had
these kingSo dominion in mount Hermon, and in Sale-
19 There was not a city that delivered cha, and in all Basan, unto the borders
itself to the children of Israel, except the 6 Of Gessuri and Machati, and of half
Hevite, who dwelt in Gabaon^ for he Galaad the borders of Sehon the king
took all by fight, of Hesebon.
20 For it was the sentence of the Lord, 6 Moses the servant of the Lord, and
that their hearts should be hardened, the children of Israel slew them, and
and they should fight against Israel, and Moses dehvered their land in possession
fall, and should not deserve any clem- to the Rubenites, and Gadites, and the
ency, and should be destroyed as the half tribe of Manasses„
Lord had commanded Moses, 7 These are the kings of the land, whom

c Deut 7, 1, — rf EXo 34. 11 ; Deut 7= 1« e Infra 14 15.

Ver, 18« A long time, Seven years, as appears submitting ; which was a sentence or judgment of
from chapo 14. 10. God upon them in punishment of their enormous
Ver= 20. Hardened, This hardening of their crimes.
hearts was their havmg no thought Qi yielding or I

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The kings slain by Josue JOSUE Josue commanded to divide the land

Josue and the children of Israel slew be- Thou art grown and advanced in age,
old,
and there is very large country left,
yond the Jordan on the west side from a
Baalgad in the field of Libanus, unto the which is not yet divided by lot:

mount, part of which goeth up into Seir 2 To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all

and Josue delivered it in possession to Gessuri.

the tribes of Israel, to every one their the troubled river, that watereth
3 From
divisions, Egypt, unto the borders of Accaron
8 As well in the mountains as in the northward: the land of Chanaan, which
plains and the champaign countries. In is divided among the lords of the Phi-
Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and in listines, the Gazites, the Azotians, the
the south was the Hethite and the Amor- Ascalonites, the Gethites, and the Ac-
rhite, the Chanaanite and the Pherezite, cronites.
the Hevite and the Jebusite. 4 And on the south side are the Hevites,
9 The king of Jericho one: the king of all the land of Chanaan, and Maara of
Hai, which is on the side of Bethel, one: the Sidonians as far as Apheca, and the
10 The king of Jerusalem one, the king borders of the Amorrhite,
of Hebron one, 5 And his confines. The coimtry also
11 The king of Jerimoth one, the king of Libanus towards the east from Baalgad
of Lachis one, under mount Hermon to the entering
12 The king of Eglon one, the king of into Emath.
Gazer one, 6 Of all that dwell in the mountains
13 The king of Dabir one, the king of from Libanus, to the waters of Masere-
Gader one, photh, and all the Sidonians. I am he
14 The king of Herma one, the king of that will cut them off from before the
Hered one, face of the children of Israel. So let
15 The king of Lebna one, the king of their land come in as a part of the in-
Odullam one, heritance of Israel, as I have commanded
16 The king of Maceda one, the king of thee.
Bethel one, 7 And now divide the land in posses-
17 The king of Taphua one, the king of sion to the nine tribes, and to the half
Opher one, tribe of Manasses,
18 The king of Aphec one, the king of
8 With whom Ruben and Gad have
Saron one,
possessed the land, which Moses the ser-
fl'

19 The king of Madon one, the king of

vant of the Lord delivered to them be-
Asor one,
yond the river Jordan, on the east side.
20 The king of Semeron one, the king
of Achsaph one, 9 From Aroer, which is upon the bank
21 The king of Thenac one, the king of of the torrent Arnon, and in the midst of
Maggeddo one, the valley and all the plains of Medaba,
22 The king of Cades one, the king of as far as Dibon:
Jachanan of Carmel one, 10 And all the cities of Sehon, king of
23 The king of Dor, and of the province the Amorrhites, who reigned in Hesebon,
of Dor one, the king of the nations of unto the borders of the children of Am-
Galgal one, mon.
24 The king of Thersa one : all the kings 11 And Galaad, and the borders of Ges-
thirty and one. suri and Machati, and all mount Hermon,
and all Basan as far as Salecha,
CHAPTER 13. 12 All the kingdom of Og in Basan,
God commandeth Josue to divide the land: the pos- who reigned in Astaroth and Edrai, he
sessions of Ruben, Gad, and half the tribe of Ma- was of the remains of the Raphaims:
nasses, beyond the Jordan.
and Moses overthrew and destroyed
TOSUE was old, and far advanced in them.
•^ years, and the Lord said to him: 13 And the children of Isr ael would not
g Num. 32. 33.

Chap. 13. Ver. 1. Josue was old, and far ad- country left, which is not yet divided by lot, not
vanced in years. He was then about one hundred yet possessed by the children of Israel.
and one years old. And there is a very large Ver. 8. With whom. That is, with the other
half of that same tribe.
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The lot of Ruben and Gad JOSUE

The half tribe of Manasses
destroy Gessuri and Machati and they the sea of Cenereth beyond the Jordan
i

have dwelt in the midst of Israel, until on the east side.

this present day. 28 This is the possession of the children
14 ^ But to the tribe of Levi he gave no of Gad by their famihes, their cities, and
possession but the sacrifices and vic-
: villages.
tims of the Lord God of Israel, are his 29 He gave also to the half tribe of
inheritance, as he spoke to him. Manasses and his children possession
15 And Moses gave a possession to the according to their kindreds,
children of Ruben according to their kin- 30 The beginning whereof is this from ;

dreds. Manaim all Basan, and all the kingdoms

16 And their border was from Aroer, of Og king of Basan, and all the villages
which is on the bank of the torrent Ar- of Jair, which are in Basan, threescore
non, and in the midst of the valley of the towns.
same torrent all the plain, that leadeth
: 31 And half Galaad, and Astaroth, and
to Medaba, Edrai, cities of the kingdom of Og in Ba-
17 And Hesebon, and all their villages, san to the children of Machir, the son
:

which are in the plains. Dibon also, and
Bamothbaal, and the town of Baalmaon,
18 And Jassa, and Cidimoth, and Meph-
aath,
19 And Cariathaim, and Sabama, and
Sarathasar in the mountain of the valley.
20 Bethphogor and
of Mi nasses, to one half of the childreH
of Maohir according to their kindredSc
32 This possession Moses divided in
the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan,
over against Jericho on the east side»
33 ^ But to the tribe of Levi he gave no
Asedoth, Phasga possession because the Lord the God of
:

and Bethiesimoth, Israel himself is their possession, as he

21 And all the cities of the plain, and spoke to them.
all the kingdoms of Sehon king of the
Amorrhites, that reigned in Hesebon, CHAPTER 14.
'whom Moses slew with the princes of Caleo^s petition. Hebron is given to him and to his
Madian Hevi, and Recem, and Sur and
: seed.

Hur, and Rebe, dukes of Sehon inhabit- THIS

is what the children of Israel
ants of the land. possessed in the land of Chanaan,
22 Balaam also the son of Beor the which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the
soothsayer, the children of Israel slew son of Nun, and the princes of the families
with the sword among the rest that were by the tribes of Israel gave to them i

slain. 2 Dividing all by lot, ^ as the Lord had

23 And the river Jordan was the border commanded by the hand of Moses, to the
of the children of Ruben. This is the nine tribes, and the half tribe.
possession of the Rubenites, by their 3 For to two tribes and a half Moses had
kindreds, of cities and villages. given possession beyond the Jordan be- ,

24 And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad sides the Levites, who received no land
and to his children by their kindreds a among their brethren
possession, of which this is the division. 4 But in their place succeeded the chil-
25 The border of Jaser, and all the cities dren of Joseph divided into two tribes,
of Galaad, and half the land of the chil- of Manasses and Ephraim: neither did
dren of Ammon as far as Aroer which the Levites receive other portion of land,
i

is over against Rabba but cities to dwell in, and their si burbe
°.

26 And from Hesebon unto Ramoth, to feed their beasts and flocks..
Masphe and Betonim and from Manaim 5 As the Lord had commanded Mose...
i

unto the borders of Dabir. so did the children of Israel, and they
27 And in the valley Betharan and Beth- divided the land.
nemra, and Socoth, and Saphon the other 6 Then the children of Juda came to
part of the kingdom of Sehon king of Josue in Galgal,and Caleb the son of Jeph-
Hesebon: the limit of this also is the one the Cenezite spoke to himi ^Thou
Jordan, as far as the uttermost part of knowest what the Lord spoke to Moses
h Num. 18. 20.- i Num. 31. 8.— j Num. 18. 20. k Num. 34. 13. — I Num, 14. 24.

Ver. 21. The princes of Madian. It appears from are said to have been slain with him, that is, cibou'
tience that these wero subjects of king Sehon s they the same time, but not in the same battle.
388
Caleb* s petition JOSUE The borders of Juda
.he man God
oi concerning 3 And it goeth out towards the ascent
me and thee
n Cadesbarne. of the Scorpion^ and passe th on to Sina i
7 I was forty years old when Moses the and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and
lervant of the Lord sent me "* from Cades- re ache th into Esron, going up to Addar,
)arne5 to view the land, and I brought and compassing Carcaa»
lim word again as to me seemed true= 4 And from thence passing along into
8 But my brethren, that had gone up Asemona, and reaching the torrent of
nth me, discouraged the heart of the Egypt and the bounds thereof shall be I

>eople and I nevertheless followed the the great sea, this shall be the limit of
^

ijord my God. the south coast.

9 And Moses swore in that day, saying 5 But on the east side the beginning
r

!Tie land which thy foot hath trodden shah be the most salt sea even to the end
ipon shall be thy possession, and thy of the Jordan^ and towards the north,
children's for ever, because thou hast from the bay of the sea unto the same
Ollowed the Lord my God. river Jordan.
10 The Lord therefore hath granted me 6 And the border goeth up into Beth-
ife, as he promised until this present Hagla, and passeth by the north into
Hay. It is forty and five years since the Beth- Ar aba going up to the stone of c

!iOrd spoke this word to Moses, when Been the son of Ruben.
jsrael journeyed through the wilderness 7 And reaching as far as the borders ot
:

ihis day I am eighty- five years old, Debara from the valley of Achor, and so
11 As strong as I was at that time when northward looking towards Galgal, which
was sent to view the land: '^ the strength is opposite to the ascent of Adommin, on
)f that time continueth in me until this the south side of the torrent* and the
lay, as well to fight as to march. border passeth the waters that are called
12 Give me therefore this mountain, the fountain of the sun s and the goings
vhich the Lord promised, in thy hearing out thereof shall be at the fountain
ilso, wherein are the Enacims, and cities Rogel.
^reat and strong if so be the Lord mill
: 8 And it goeth up by the valley of the
)e with me, and I shall be able to destroy son of Ennom on the side of the Jebusite
hem, as he promised me. towards the south, the same is Jeru-
13 And Josue blessed him, and gave him salem : and thence ascending to the top
ilebron in possession. of the mountain, which is over against
14 And from that time Hebron belonged Geennom to the west in the end of the
30 Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite, valley of Raphaim, northward.
intil this present day: because he fol- 9 And it passeth on from the top of the
owed the Lord the God of Israel. mountain to the fountain of the water of
15 The name of Hebron before was Nephtoa and reacheth to the towns of c

called Cariath-Arbe Adam the greatest mount Ephron and it bendeth towards
: ?

imong the Enacims was laid there ^ and Baala, which is Cariathiarim, that is to
'^

;he land rested from wars. say, the city of the woodso
10 A.nd it compasseth from Baala west-
CHAPTER 15 ward unto mount Seir and passeth by
;7%e borders of the fat of Juda. Caleb^s portion and the side of mount Jarim to the north into
conquest. The cities of Juda.
Cheslon and goeth down into Bethsames,
and passeth into Thamna.
N" by their kindreds was this ^ From 11 And Tit reacheth northward to a part
.

;he frontier of Edom, to the desert of of Accaron at the side and bendeth to :

^in southward, and to the uttermost part Sechrona, and passeth mount Baala and ?

)f the south coast. Cometh into Jebneel, and is bounded

2 Its beginning was from the top of t.he westward with the great seao
nost salt sea, and from the bay thereof, 12 These are the borders round about
i)hat looketh to the southc of the children of Juda in their kindreds.
m Dent 2, i4o— n Eccli. 46. 11. — o Supra 11„ 23. g Num. 34. 3.

Chap. 14. Ver. 14. Hebron belonged, &c. All was one of 'ohose that were given to the priesfcs CO
•he country thereabouts, depending oh Hebron, was dwell Id.
;iven to Caleb; but the city itself witb the suburbs,

239
Caleb's promise JOSUE The cities of Juda
13 But to Caleb the son of Jephone he 35 And Jerimoth and Adullam, Socho
gave a portion in the midst of the chil- and Azeca,
dren of Juda, as the Lord had commanded 36 And Saraim and Adithaim and Ged-
him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac, era and Gederothaim fourteen cities, and:

which is Hebron. their villages.

14 ^ And Caleb destroyed out of it the 37 Sanan and Hadassa and Magdalgad,
three sons of Enac, Sesai and Ahiman, 38 Delean and Masepha and Jecthel,
and Tholmai of the race of Enac. 39 Lachi^ and Bascath and Eglon,
15 And going up from thence he came 40 Chebbon and Leheman and Cethlis,
to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before
41 And Gideroth and Bethdagon and
was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, Naama and Maceda: sixteen cities,
and
the city of letters. their villages.
16 And Caleb said: He that shall smite 42 Labana and Ether and Asan,
Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give
43 Jephtha and Esna and Nesib,
him Axa my daughter to wife.
44 And Celia and Achzib and Maresa:
17 And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the
nine cities, and their villages.
younger brother of Caleb, took it and
:

45 Accaron with the towns and villages

he gave him Axa daughter to
his wife.
thereof.
18 And as they were going together, she
was moved by her husband to ask a field 46 From Accaron even to the sea: all
places that lie towards Azotus and the
of her father, and she sighed as she sat
villages thereof.
on her ass. And Caleb said to her: What
aileth thee? 47 Azotus with its towns and villages.
19 But she answered: Give me a bless-
Gaza with its towns and villages, even to
the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea
ing: thou has given me a southern and
dry land, give me also a land that is that is the border thereof.
watered. And Caleb gave her the upper 48 And in the mountain Samir and Je-
and the nether, watery ground. ther and Socoth,
20 This is the possession of the tribe of 49 And Danna and Cariath-senna, this
the children of Juda by their kindreds. is Dabir:
21 And the cities from the uttermost 50 Anab and Istemo and Anim,
parts of the children of Juda by the bor- 51 Gosen and Olon and Gilo: eleven
ders ofEdom to the south, were Cabseel cities and their villages.
and Eder and Jagur, 52 Arab and Ruma and Esaan,
22 And Cina and Dimona and Adada, 53 And Janum and Beththaphua and
23 And Cades and Asor and Jethnam, Apheca,
24 Ziph and Telem and Baloth, 54 Athmatha and Cariath-Arbe, this is
25 New Asor and Carioth, Hesron, which Hebron and Sior: nine cities and their
villages.
is Asor.
26 Amam, Sama and Molada,
55 Maon and Carmel and Ziph and Jota,
56 Jezrael and Jucadam and Zanoe,
27 And Asergadda and Hassemon and 57 Accain, Gabaa and Thamna: ten
Bethphelet, cities and their villages.
28 And Hasersual and Bersabee and 58 Halhul, and Bessur, and Gedor,
Baziothia, 59 Mareth, and Bethanoth, and Eltecon:
29 And Baala and Jim and Esem, six cities and their villages.
30 And Eltholad and Cesil and Harma, 60 Cariathbaal, the same is Cariathiar-
31 And Siceleg and Medemena and Sen- im, the city of woods, and Arerbba: two
senna, cities and their villages.
32 Lebaoth and Selim and Aen and 61 In the desert Betharaba, Meddin and
Remmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and Sachacha,
their villages. 62 And Nebsan, and the city of salt, and
33 But in the plains: Estaol and Sarea Engaddi: six cities and their villages.
and Asena, 63 But the children of Juda could not
34 And Zanoe and Engannim and Taph- destroy the Jebusite that dwelt in Jeru-
ua and Enaim, salem: and the Jebusite dwelt with the

rJudgrea 1. 20; Num. 13. 23.

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The borders of Ephraim JOSUE The lot of Manasses

children of Juda in Jerusalem nntU this warlike man, and had for possession Ga-
present day. laad and Basan.
CHAPTER 16. 2 ^And to the rest of the children of
The lot
Manasses according to their families to
of the sons of Joseph. The borders of the
:

tribe of Ephraim, the children of Abiezer, and to the chil-

A ND the lot of the sons of Joseph fell dren of Helec, and to the children of Es-
xjL from the Jordan over against Jeri- riel, and to the children of Sechem, and
cho and the waters thereof, on the east: to the children of Hepher, and to the
the wilderness which goeth up from Jeri- children of Semida these are the male :

cho to the mountain of Bethel children of Manasses the son of Joseph,

2 And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: by their kindreds.
and passeth the border of Archi, to Ata- 3 ^ But Salphaad the son of Hepher the
roth, son of Galaad the son of Machir the son
3 And goeth down westward, by the of Manasses had no sons, but only daugh-
border of Jephleti, unto the borders of ters : whose names are these, Maala and
Beth-horon the nether, and to Gazer : and Noa and Hegla and Melcha and Thersa.
the countries of it axe ended by the 4 And they came in the presence of
great sea Eleazar the priest and of Josue the son
4 And Manasses and Ephraim the chil- of Nun, and of the princes, saying The :

dren of Joseph possessed it. Lord commanded by the hand of Moses,

6 And the border of the children Of that a possession should be given us in
Ephraim was according to their kin- the midst of our brethren. And he gave
d)*ed8 : and their possession towards the them according to the commandment of
east was Ataroth-addar unto Beth-horon the Lord a possession amongst the bre-
the upper. thren of their father.
6 And the confines go out unto the sea 5 And there fell ten portions to Manas-
but Machmethath looketh to the north, ses, beside the land of Galaad and Basan
and it goeth round the borders eastward beyond the Jordan.
into Thanath-selo : and ^lasseth along on 6 For the daughters of Manasses pos-
the east side to Janoe. sessed inheritance in the midst of his
7 And it goeth down from Janoe into sons. And the land of Galaad fell to the
Ataroth and Naaratha: and it cometb lot of the rest of the children of Manasses.
to Jericho, and goeth ont to the Jordan. 7 And the border of Manasses was from
8 From T&phua it passeth on towards Aser, Machmethath which looketh to-
the sea into the valley of reeds, and the wards Sichem: and it goeth out on the
goings out thereof are at the most salt right hand by the inhabitants of the
sea. This is the possession of the tribe fountain of Taphua.
of the ohildren of Ephraim by their fami- 8 For the lot of Manasses took in the
lies. land of Taphua, which is on the borders
9 And there were cities with their vil- of Manasses, and belongs to the children
lages separated for the children of of Ephraim.
Ephraim in the midst of the possession 9 And the border goeth down to the
of the children of Manasses. valley of the reeds, to the south of the
10 And the children of Ephraim slew not torrent of the cities of Ephraim, which
the Chanaanite, who dwelt in Gazer and ; are in the midst of the cities of Manasses
the Chanaanite dwelt in the midst of the border of Manasses is on the north
Ephraim until this day, paying tribute. side of the torrent, and the outgoings of
it are at the sea
CHAPTER 17. 10 So that the possession of Ephraim is
The lot of the half tribe of MaruMssts. on the south, and on the north that of
AND Hhi8 lot fell to the tribe of Ma- Manasses, and the sea is the border of
XIl nasses (for he is the firstborn of both, and they are joined together in the
Joseph) to Machir the firstborn of Ma- tribe of Aser on the north, and in the
nasses the father of Qalaad, who was a tribe of Issachar on the east.
t A. M. 2560. u Num. 26. 30. —V Num. 27. 1, and 36. 11.
Chap, 1& Vet. tl Looketh to the north, &c. The by Machmethath i and then turned eastward to
aBeaoiDg It, ttat ttw tMirder went towards tbe north. Thcmath-sUo,
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Children of Joseph petition Josue JOSUE The rest of the land divided
11 And the inheritance of Manasses in But there remained seven tribes of
2
Issachar and in Aser, was Bethsan and the children of Israel, which as yet had
its villages, and Jeblaam with its villages, not received their possessions.
and the inhabitants of Dor, with the 3 And Josue said to them: How lonp
towns thereof: the inhabitants also of are you indolent and slack, and go not
Endor with the villages thereof and in : in to possess the land which the Lord
like manner the inhabitants of Thenac the God of your fathers hath £:iven
with the villages thereof: and the inhab- you?
itants of Mageddo with their villages, 4 Choose of every tribe three men, that
and the third part of the city of No- I may send them, and they may go and
pheth. compass the land, and mark it out ac-
12 Neither could the children of Manas- cording to the number of each multitude
ses overthrow these cities, but the Cha- and bring back to me what they have
naanite began to dwell in his land. marked out.
13 But after that the children of Israel 5 Divide to yourselves the land into
were grown strong, they subdued the seven parts: let Juda be in his bounde
Chanaanites, and made them their tribu- on the south side, and the house of Jo-
taries, and they did not kill them. seph on the north.
14 And the children of Joseph spoke to 6 The land in the midst between these
Josue, and said: Why hast thou given mark ye out into seven parts; and yoi>
me but one lot and one portion to pos- shall come hither to me, that I may cast
sess, whereas I am of so great a multi- lots for you before the Lord your God.
tude, and the Lord hath blessed me ? 7 For the Levites have no part among
15 And Josue said to them: If thou be you, but the priesthood of the Lord is
a great people, go up into the woodland, their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben,
and cut down room for thyself in the and the half tribe of Manasses have al-
land of the Pherezite and the Raphaims ready received their possessions beyond
because the possession of mount Ephraim the Jordan eastward: which Moses the
is too narrow for thee. servant of the Lord gave them.
16 And the children of Joseph answered 8 And when the men were risen up, to
him We cannot go up to the mountains,
: go to mark out the land, Josue com-
for the Chanaanites that dwell in the manded them, saying : Go round the land
low lands, wherein are situate Bethsan and mark it out, and return to me: that
with its towns, and Jezrael in the midst I may cast lots for you before the Lord
of the valley, have chariots of iron. in Silo.
17 And Josue said to the house of Jo- 9 So they went 5 and surveying it divided
seph, to Ephraim and Manasses: Thou it into seven parts, writing them down
art a great people, and of great strength, in a book. And they returned to Josue,
thou shalt not have one lot only to the camp in Silo.
18 But thou shalt pass to the mountain, 10 And he cast lots before the Lord in
and shalt cut down the wood, and make Silo, and divided the land to the children
thyself room to dwell in : and mayst pro- of Israel into seven parts,
ceed farther, when thou ^ ast destroyed 11 And first came up the lot of the chil-
the Chanaanites, who as thou sayest have dren of Benjamin by their families, to
iron chariots, and are very strong. possess the land between the children of
Juda, and the children of Joseph.
CHAPTER 18. 12 And their border northward was
Surveyors are sent to divide the rest of the land into from the Jordan: going along by the
seven tribes. The lot of Benjamin. side of Jericho on the north side, and
A ND all the children of Israel assem- thence going up westward to the moun-
j\. bled together in Silo, and there tains, and reaching to the wilderness of
they set up the tabernacle of the testi- Bethaven,
mony, and the land was subdued before 13 And passing along southward by
them. y Luza, the same is Bethel : and it goeth

y Gen. 28. 19.

Chap. 18, Ver. 6. The land in the midst between the rest of the land, wlnQh is aot aireauy assigueit
tftes« mark y€ out into seven parts, Tliat is t9 say* to Juda or JosepiL
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The lot of Benjamin JOSUE The lot of Simeon and Zahulon

lown into Ataroth-addar to the moun- CHAPTER 19.
ttin, that is on the boath of the nether The lots of the tribes of Simeon, Zabulon, Tasa-
Jeth-horon. char, AseVt NephtaLi and Dan. A city is given to
Josue.
14 And it bendeth thence going round
iowards the sea, south of the mountain
-hat looketh towards Beth-horon to the AND the second lot came forth for the
children of Simeon by their kin-
louthwest: and the outgoings thereof dreds 1 and their inheritance was
ire into Cariathbaal, which is called also 2 In the midst of the possession of the
:ariathiarim, a city of the children of children of Juda: Bersabee and Sabee
iuda. Thig is their coast towards the and Molada,
ea, westward. 3 And Hasersual, Bala and Asem,
15 But on the south side the border goeth 4 And Eltholad, Bethul and Harma,
. »ut from part of Cariathiarim towards the 6 And Siceleg and Bethmarchaboth and
. ea, and cometh to the fountain of the Hasersusa,
waters of Nephtoa. 6 And Bethlebaoth and Sarohen : thir-
16 And it goeth down to that part of the teen cities, and their villages.
Qountain that looketh on the valley of the 7 Ain and Remmon and Athor and Asan
hildren of Ennom: and is over against four cities, and their villages.
he north quarter in the furthermost part 8 And all the villages round about these
»f the valley of Raphaim, and it goeth cities to Baalath Beer Bamath to the
lown into Geennom (that is the valley of south quarter. This is the inheritanco
ilnnom) by the side of the Jebusite to the of the children of Simeon according to
outh: and cometh to the fountain of their kindreds,
ilogel, 9 In the possession and lot of the chil-
il7 Passing thence to the north, and go- dren of Juda: because it was too great,
Qg out to Ensemes, that is to say, the and therefore the children of Simeon
oontain of the sun had their possession in the midst of their
18 And it passeth along to the hills that inheritance.
re over against the ascent of Adommim 10 And the third lot fell to the children
ind it goeth down to Abenboen, that is, of Zabulon by their kindreds: and the
he stone of Been the son of Ruben : and border of their possession was unto Sa-
u passeth on the north side to the cham- rid.
aign countries; and goeth do-vn into 11 And it went up from the sea and
he plain, from Merala, and came to Debbaseth : as
19 And it passeth by Bethhagla north- far as the torrent, which is over agi^inst
7ard: and the outgoings thereof are to- Jeconam.
rards the north of the most salt sea at 12 And it retumeth from Sarid eastward
be south end of the Jordan to the borders of Ceseleththabor : and it
20 Which is the border of it on the east goeth out to Dabereth, and ascendeth
Ide. This is the possession of the chil- towards Japhie.
ren of Benjamin by their borders round 13 And it passeth along from thence to
bout, and their families, the east side of Gethhepher and Thaca-
21 And their cities were, Jericho and sin : and goeth out to Remmon, Amthar
lethhagla and Vale-Casis, and Noa.
22 Betharaba and Samaraim and Bethel, 14 And it turneth about to the north
23 And Avim and Aphara and Ophera, of Hanathon : and the outgoings thereof
24 The town Emona and Ophni and Ga- are the valley of Jephtahel,
ee : twelve cities, and their villages. 15 And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron
25 Gabam and Rama and Beroth, and Jedala and Bethlehem : twelve cities
26 And Mesphe, and Caphara, and and their villages.
-mosa, 16 This is the inheritance of the tribe of
27 And Recem, Jarephel and Tharela, the children of Zabulon by their kin-
28 And Sela, Eleph and Jebus, which is dreds, the cities and their villages.
erusalem, Gabaath and Cariath : four- 17 The fourth lot came out to Issachar
3en cities, and their villages. This is the by their kindreds.
ossession of th6 children of Benjamin by 18 And his inheritance was Jezrael and
leir famiUea. Casaloth and Sunem,
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Issctchar, Aser and Nephtali JOSUE The lot of Dan

19 And Hapharaim and Seon and Ana- 39 This is the possession of the tribe ol
fa arath, the children of Nephtali by their kin-
20 And Rabboth and Cesion, Abes, dreds, the cities and their villages.
21 And Rameth and Engannim and En- 40 The seventh lot came out to the tribft
hadda and Bethpheses. of the children of Dan by their families
22 And the border thereof cometh to 41 And the border of their possession
Thabor and Sehesima and Bethsames: was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes^
and the outgoings thereof shall be at the that is, the city of the sun.
Jordan sixteen cities, and their villages.
: 42 Selebin and Aialon and Jethela,
23 This is the possession of the sons of 43 Elon and Themna and Acron.
Issachar by their kindreds, the cities and 44 Elthece, Gebbethon and Baiaath,
fcheir villages. 45 And Jud and Bane and Baracb and
24 And the fifth lot fell to the tribe of Gethremmon
the children of Aser by their kindreds 46 And Mejarcon and Arecon< with the
25 And their border was Halcath and border that looketh towards Joppe,
Chali and Beten and Axaph, 47 And is terminated there. And the
26 And Elmelech and Amaad and Mes- children of Dan went up and fought
sal and it reacheth to Carmel by the
: against Lesem, and took it: and they
sea and Sihor and Labanath, put it to the swordj and possessed it, and
27 And it returneth towards the east to dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem
Bethdagon: and passeth along to Zabu- Dan, by the name of Dan their father.
lon and to the valley of Jephthael to- 48 This is the possession of the tribe of
wards the north to Bethemec and Nehiel. the sons of Dan, by their kindreds, the
And it goeth out to the left side of Cabul, cities and their villages.
28 And to Abaran and Rohob and Ha- 49 And when he had made ar end of
mon and Cana, as far as the great Sidon. dividing the land by lot to each one by
29 And it returneth to Horma to the 'their tribes, the children of Israel gave a
strong city of Tyre, and to Hosa and : possession to Josue the son of Nun in the
the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea midst of them,
from the portion of Achziba 50 According to the commandment of
30 And Amma and Aphec and Rohob : the Lord, the city which he asked for,
twenty-two cities, and
their villages. Thamnath Saraa, in mount Ephraim: and
31 This is the possession of the children he built up the city, and dwelt in it.
of Aser by their kindreds, and the cities 51 These are the possessions which Elea-
and their villages. zar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun,
32 The sixth lot came out to the sons of and the princes of the families, and of
Nephtali by their families the tribes of the children of Israel, dis-
33 And the border began from Heleph tributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at
and Elon to Saananim, and Adami, which the door of the tabernacle of the testi-
is Neceb, and Jebnael even to Lecum: mony, and they divided the land.
and their outgoings unto the Jordan
34 And the border returneth westward to CHAPTER 20.
Azanotthabor, and goeth out from thence 77ie cities ofr^vjge are appointed for casual maiu
to Hucuca, and passeth along to Zabulon slaughter.
southward, and to Aser westward, and to A ND the Lord spoke to Josue, saying:
Juda upon the Jordan towards the rising XJl Speak to the children of Israel and
of the sun. say to them
35 And the strong cities are Assedim, 2 Appoint cities of refuge, * of which I
Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cen- spoke to you by the hand of Moses
ereth, 3 That whosoever shall kill a person un-
36 And Edema and Arama, Asor, awares may flee to them and may escape t

37 And Cedes and Edri, Enhasor, the wrath of the kinsman, who ie the
38 And Jeron and Magdalel, Horem, avenger of blood
and Bethanath and Bethsames : nineteen 4 And when he shall flee to one of these
cities, and their villages. cities he shall stand Defore the gate of
:

a Num. 35. 10. Deut. 19. 2.

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 The cities of refuge JOSUE Cities given to the Leviies
the city, and shall speak to th*^ ancients 5 And to the rest of the children of
of that city, such things as prove him in- Caath, that is, to the Levites, who re-
nocent: and so shall they receive him, mained, out of the tribes of Ephraim,
and give him a place to dwell in. and of Dan, and the half tribe of Ma-
5 And when the avenger of blood shall nasses, ten cities»
pursue him, they shall not deliver him 6 And the lot came out to the children
into his hands, because he slew his neigh- of Gerson, that they should take of the
bour unawares, and is not proved to have tribes of Issachar and of Aser and of
been his enemy two or three days before» Nephtali, and of the half tribe of Manas-
6 And he shall dwell in that city^ till he ses in Basan, thirteen cities,
stand before judgment to give an account 7 And to the sons of Merari by their
of his fact, and till the death of the high kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and of
priest,- who shall be at that time then
: Gad and of Zabulon. twelve cities.
shall the manslayer return, and go into his 8 And the children of Israel gave to the
own city and house from whence he fled. Levites the cities and their suburbs, as
7 And they appointed Cedes in G'llilee the Lord commanded by the hand of
of mount Nephtali, and Sichem in mount Moses, giving to every one by lot.
Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is 9 Of the tribes of the children of Juda
Hebron in the mountain of Juda. and of Simeon Josue gave cities * whose :

8 And beyond the Jordan to the east of names are these,

Jericho, ^ they appointed Bosor, which is 10 To the sons of Aaron, of the famiUes
upon the plain of the wilderness of ^he of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first
tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad of lot came out for them)
the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in Basan of 11 The city of Arbe the father of Enac,
the tribe of Manasses. which is called Hebron, in the mountain
9 These cities were appointed for all the of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round
children of Israel, and for the strangers, about.
that dwelt among them that whosoever
: 12 ^But the fields and the villages
had killed a person unawares might flee thereof he had given to Caleb the son of
to them, and not die by the hand of the Jephone for his possession.
kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood 13 He gave therefore to the children of
that was shed, until he should stand be- Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge,
fore the people to lay open his cause. and the suburbs thereof . and Lobna with
the suburbs thereof,
CHAPTER 21. 14 And Jether and Estemo,
Cities with their suburbs are assigned for the priests 15 And Holon, and Dabir.
and Levites. 16 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames,,
THEN the princes of the families of with their suburbs nine cities out of the
Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and two tribes, as hath been said.
:

to Josue the son of Nun, and to the 17 And out of the tribe of the children
princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,
of the children of Israel i 18 And Anathoth and Almon, with their
2 And they spoke to them in Silo in the suburbs four cities» :

land of Chanaan, and said :

^ The Lord 19 All the cities together of the children
commanded by the hand of Moses, that of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with
cities should be given us to dwell in, and their subiu'bs,
their suburbs to feed our cattle. 20 And to the rest of the families of the
3 And the children of Israel gave out of children of Caath of the race of Levi was
their possessions according to the com- given this possession»
mandment of the Lord, cities and their 21 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one
suburbs, of the cities of refuge, with the sub-
4 And the lot came out for the family of urbs thereof in mount Ephrairn, and
Caath of the children of Aaron the priest Gazer,
out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, 22 And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, witb
and of Benjamin, thirteen cities. their suburbs, four cities.

6 Deut 4. 4a <INunL3S.2. € I Par. 6. fc- / Supra i4 =4 , l Far c, 66.

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Cities given to the Levites JOSUERuben, Gad, Manasses return

23 And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and the land that ho had sworn to give to
Gabathon, thoir fathers and they pobsessea it an^
?

24 And Aialon and Gethremmon, with dwelt in it.

their suburbs, four cities. 42 And he gave them peace from all
25 And of the half tribe of Manasses, nations round about and none of tbeir :

Thanac and Gethremmon, with their sub- enemies durst stand against them, out
urbs, two cities. were brought under their dominiouo
26 All the cities were ten, with their 43 Not so much as one word, which he
suburbs, which were given to the chil- had promised to perform unto them, was
dren of Caath, of the inferior degree. made void, but all came to pass.
27 To the children of Gerson also of the
race of Levi out of the half tribe of Ma- CHAPTER 22,
nasses, Gaulon in Basan, one of the cities The tribes of Ruben arul Gad, and half the tribe of
of refuge, and Bosra, with their suburbs, Manasses return to their j)ossessions. They build
an altar by the side of the Jordan, which alarms
two cities. the other tribes. An embassage is sent to them, to
28 And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, which they give a satisfactory answer.
and Dabereth, AT the same time Josue called the
29 And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with J\. Rubenites, and the Gadites, and the
their suburbs, four cities. half tribe of Manasses,
30 And of the tribe of Aser, Masai and 2 And said to them : You have done all
Abdon, that Moses the servant of the Lord com-
31 And Helcath, and Rohob, with their manded you \ you have also obeyed me
suburbs, four cities. in all things,
32 Of the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes 3 Neither have you left your brethren
in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge and : this long time, until this present day,
Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their keeping the commandment of the Lord
suburbs, three cities. your God.
33 All the cities of the families of Ger- 4 Therefore as the Lord your God hath
son, were thirteen, with their suburbs. given your brethren rest and peace, as
34 And to the children of Merari, Le- he promised return, and go to your
:

vites of the inferior degree, by their fami-
lies were given of the tribe of Zabulon,
Jecnam and Cartha,
35 And Damna and Naalol, four cities
with their suburbs.
36 Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the
Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the
dwellings, and to the land of your pos-
session, ^ which Moses the servant of ohe
Lord gave you beyond the Jordan
5 Yet so that you observe attentively,
and in work fulfil the commandment and
the law which Moses the servant of the
Lord commanded you that you love the t

wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Lord your God, and walk in all his ways,
Misor and Jaser and Jethson and Meph- and keep all his commandments, and
aath, four cities with their suburbs, cleave to him, and serve him with all
37 Of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Ga- your heart, and with all your soul.
laad, one of the cities of refuge, and Ma- 6 And Josue blessed them, and sent
naim and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities them away, and they returned to their
with their suburbSc dwellings.
38 All the cities of the children of Me-7 Now to half the tribe of Manasses,
rari by their families and kindreds, wereMoses had given a possession in Basan
twelve. and therefore to the half that remained,
Josue gave a lot among the rest of their
39 So all the cities of the Levites within
the possession of the children of Israel brethren beyond the Jordan to the west.
were forty-eight, And when he sent them away to their
40 With their suburbs, each distributed dwellings and had blessed them,
by the families. 8 He said to them With much substance :

41 And the Lord God gave to Israel all and riches, you return to your settle-
h Num. 32. 33 , Supra i. 13, and 13. 8.

Chap. 21. Ver. 36. Four cities. There are no other places, where the number oi aames exceeds
more, though there be five names for Misor is the
; the number of cities.
same city as Bosovt wblch is to be observed in some
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They build an altar JOSUE Their explanation

ments, with silver and gold, brass and and his wrath lay uponall the people of
iron, and variety of raiment: divide the Israel? And he wasbut one man, and
prey of your enemies with your brethren. would to God he alone had perished in
9 So the children of Ruben, and the chil- his wickedness.
dren of Gad, and the half tribe of Ma- 21 And the children of Ruben, and of
nasses returned, and parted from the Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses
children of Israel in Silo, which is in answered the princes of the embassage
Chanaan, to go into Galaad the land of of Israel:
their possession, which they had obtained 22 The Lord the most mighty God, the
according to the commandment of the Lord the most mighty God, he knoweth,
Lord by the hand of Moses. and Israel also shall understand : If with
10 And when they were come to the the design of transgression we have set
banks of the Jordan, in the land of Cha- up this altar, let him not save us, but
naan, they built an altar immensely great punish us immediately:
near the Jordan. 23 And if we did it with that mind, that
11 And when the children of Israel had we might lay upon it holocausts, and
heard of it, and certain messengers had sacrifice, and victims of peace offerings,
brought them an account that the chil- let him require and judge:
dren of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half 24 And not rather with this thought
tribe of Manasses had built an altar in and design, that we should say: To mor-
the land of Chanaan, upon the banks of row your children will say to our chil-
the Jordan, over against the children of dren: What have you to do with the
Israel Lord the God of Israel?
12 They all assembled in Silo, to go up 25 The Lord hath put the river Jordan
and fight against them. for a border between us and you, ye
13 And in the mean time they sent to children of Ruben, and ye children of
them into the land of Galaad, Phinees Gad: and therefore you have no part in
the son of Eleazar the priest. the Lord. And by this occasion your
14 And ten princes with him, one of children shall turn away our children
every tribe. from the fear of the Lord. We therefore
15 Who came to the children of Ruben, thought it best,
and of Gad, and the half tribe of Ma- 26 And said: Let us build us an altar,
nasses, into the land of Galaad, and said not for holocausts, nor to offer victims,
to them 27 But for a testimony between us and
16 Thus saith all the people of the Lord you, and our posterity and yours, that we
What meaneth this transgression. Why may serve the Lord, and that we may
have you forsaken the Lord the God of have a right to offer both holocausts, and
Israel, building a sacrilegious altar, and victims of sacrifices of peace offerings:
revolting from the worship of him? and that your children to morrow maj
17 Is it a small thing to you *that you not say to our children: You have no
sinned with Beelphegor, and the stain of part in the Lord.
that crime remaineth in us to this day? 28 And if they will say so, they shall
and many of the people perished. answer them: Behold the altar of the
18 And you have forsaken the Lord to Lord, which our fathers made, not for
day, and to morrow his wrath will rage holocausts, nor for sacrifice, but for a
against all Israel. testimony between us and you.
19 But if you think the land of your pos- 29 God keep us from any such wicked-
session to be unclean, pass over to the ness that we should revolt from the Lord,
land wherein is the tabernacle of the and leave off following his steps, by build-
Lord, and dwell among us: only depart ing an altar to offer holocausts, and sacri-
not from the Lord, and from our society, fices, and victims, beside the altar of the
by building an altar beside the altar of Lord our God, which is erected before his
the Lord our God. tabernacle.
20 iDid not Achan the son of Zare 30 And when Phinees the priest, and the
transgress the commandment of the Lord, princes of the
embassage, who were with
• Norn. 25. 8 ; Deut. 4. S,
i Sapra 7. 1.
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Josue exhorts the people JOSUE Mixed marriages to he avoided

him, had heard this, they were satisfied i 7 Lest after that you are come in among
and they admitted most willingly the the Gentiles, who will remain among you,
words of the children of Ruben, and Gad, you should swear by the name of their
and of the half tribe of Manassas. gods, and serve them, and adore them ?

31 And Phinees the priest the son of But cleave ye unto the Lord your Godi
8
Bleazar said to them Now we know that
i you have done until this day.
as
the Lord is with us, because you are not And then the Lord God will take away
9
guilty of this revolt, and you have de- before your eyes nations that are great
livered the children of Israel from the and very strong, and no man shall be
band of the Lord. able to resist you.
32 And he returned with the princes 10 One of you shall chase a thousand
from the children of Ruben and Gad, out men of the enemies because the Lord
:

of the land of Galaad, into the land of your God himself will fight for you, as he
Chanaan, to the children of Israel, and hath promised.
brought them word again. 11 This only take care of with all dil-
33 And the saying pleased all that heard igence, that you love the Lord your
it. And the children of Israel praised God.
God, and they no longer said that they 12 But if you will embrace the errors
would go up against them, and fight, and of these nations that dwell among you,
destroy the land of their possession. and make marriages with them, and join
34 And the children of Ruben, and the friendships
children of Gad called the altar which 13 Know ye for a certainty that the
they had built, Our testimony, that the Lord your God will not destroy them be-
Lord is God. fore your face, but they shall be a pit and
CHAPTER 23. a snare in your way, and a stumbling-
Josue being old admonisheth the people to keep God's block at your side, and stakes in your
commandments and to avoid marriages and all
society with the Gentiles for fear of being brought eyes, till he take you away and destroy
.

to idolatry. you from off this excellent land, which

AND when a long time was passed, he hath given you.
x\ after that the Lord had given peace 14 Behold this day I am going into the
^

to Israel, all the nations round about way of all the earth, and you shall know
being subdued, and Josue being now old, with all your mind that of all the words
and far advanced in years i which the Lord promised to perform for
2 Josue called for all Israel, and for theyou, not one hath failedc
elders, and for the princes, and for the 15 Therefore as he hath fulfilled in deed,
judges, and for the masters, and said to what he promised, and all things pro-
them: J am old, and far advanced 'n sperous have come so will he bring upon :

years ^ you all the evils he hath threatened, till

3 And yon see all that the Lord your he take you away and destroy you from
God hath done to aU the nations round off this excellent land, which he hath
about, how he himself hath fought for given you,
you: 16 When you shall have transgressed the
4 And now since he hath divided to you covenant of the Lord your God, which he
by lot all the land, from the east of the hath made with you, and shall have served
Jordan unto the great sea, and many strange gods, and adored them then shall :

nations yet remain the indignation of the Lord rise up quickly

5 The Lord your God will destroy them, and speedily against you, and you shall be
and take them away from before your taken away from this excellent land, which
face, and you shall possess the land as he he hath delivered to you.
hath promised you.
6 Only take courage, and be careful to
CHAPTER 24.
Josue assembleth the people, and reneweth the eove^
observe all things that are written in the riant between them and God. Hig death and
book of the law of Moses and turn not bririal.
i

fiside from them neither to the right hand A NT) Josue gathered together all the
nor to the left J\. tribes of Israel in Sichem, and called
< » KiOgt 2, 2.

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\Josue reminds the ^people JOSUE They 'promise to serve God

tor the ancients, and the princes, and the site» and I delivered them into yom:
idges, and the masters and they stood : hands.
the sight of the Lord ^ And I sent before you hornets and
: 12 :

2 And he spoke thus to the people drove them out from their places, thei I
lus saith the Lord the God of Israel two kings of the AmorrhiteSj not with i

'our fathers dwelt of old on the other thy sword nor with thy bow»
ride of the river,
'^
Thare the father of 13 And I gave you a land, in which you
Lbraham, and Nachor and they served had not laboured, and cities to dwell in
i

itrange gods. which you built not, vineyards and olive-

3 ® And I took your father Abraham yards, which you planted not.
from the borders of Mesopotamia: and 14 a iijow therefore fear the Lord, and
brought him into the land of Chanaan serve him with a perfect and most sin-
and I multiplied his seed, cere heart and put away the gods which :

4 P And gave him Isaac: ^and to him your fathers served in Mesopotamia and
again I gave Jacob and Esau. '"And I in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
gave to Esau mount Seir for his posses- 15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the
sion * but Jacob and his children went Lord, you have your choice choose this
: :

down into Egypt. day that which pleaseth you, whom you
5 * And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I would rather serve, whether the gods
struck Egypt with many signs and won- which your fathers served in Mesopota-
ders. mia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in
6 ^ And I brought you and your fathers whose land you dwell but as for me and :

out of Egypt, and you came to the sea my house we will serve the Lord.
^ and the Egyptians pursued your fathers 16 And the people answered, and said?
with chariots and horsemen, as far as the God forbid we should leave the Lord, and
Red Sea. serve strange gods.
7 And the children of Israel cried to the 17 The Lord our God he brought us and
Lord and he put darkness between you
: our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out
and the Egyptians, and brought the sea of the house of bondage and did very :

upon them, and covered them. Your great signs in our sight, and preseived
eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you us in all the way by which we Journeyed,
dwelt in the wilderness a long time : and among all the people through whom
8 And I brought you into the land of the we passed.
Amorrhite, who dwelt beyond the Jor- 18 And he hath cast out all the nations,
dan. *^ And when they fought against the Amorrhite the inhabitant of the land
you, I delivered them into your hands, into which we are come. Therefore we
and you possessed their land, and slew will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
them. 19 And Josue said to the people % You
9 And Balac son of Sephor king of Moab will not be able to serve the Lord : for
arose and fought against Israel. * And he is a holy God, and mighty and jealous,
he sent and called for Balaam son of and will not forgive your wickedness
Beor, to curse you i and sins.
10 And I would not hear him, but on 20 If you leave the Lord, and serve
the contrary I blessed you by him, and I strange gods, he will turn, and will afflict
delivered you out of his hand, you, and will destroy you after all the good
11 ^And you passed over the Jordan, he hath done you.
and you came to JerichOo And the men 21 And the people said to Josue No, it i

of that city fought against you, the shall not be so as thou sayest, but we
Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the will serve the .Lordc
Chanaanite^ and the Hethite, and the 22 And Josue said to the people % You
Gergesite, a nd the Hevite, and the Jebu- are witnesses, that you yourselves have
n Gene IL 26, — o Gen. 11. 31. —p Gen. 21. 2. w Num. 21. 24= — X Num. 22. 5.
q Gen. 25« 26. — r Gen. 36. 8. — s Gen. 46. 6. V Supra 3.14, and 6. l, and 11. 3, — s Ex. 23. 28
-u Ex. 12c 37. — V
-,

t Ex. 3. 10. Ex. 14. a Deiit. 7. 20 ? Supra 11. 20. — at Kings 7. 3 ; Tob. 14. 10.

Chap. 24c
2, Of the river. The Euphrates.
Ver. setting before them the greatness of the undertak'
Ver.19t You will not be able to serve the Lordf &Co ing, and the courage and constancy necessary to go
was not said by way of discouraging them ^ but
IThis tiirough with it
^a^er to make them more earnest aod resolute, bj
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Death and burial of Josue JUDGES Juda leads the Israelites

chosen you the Lord to serve him. And 29 And after these things Josue the son
they answered We are witnesses. : of Nun the servant of the Lord died, be-
23 Now therefore, said he, put away ing a hundred and ten years old ?

strange gods from among you, and incline 30 And they buried him in the border
your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel. of his possession in Thamnathsare, which
24 And the people said to Josue We is situate in mount Ephraim, on the:

will serve the Lord our God, and we will north side of mount Gaas.
be obedient to his commandments. 31 And Israel served the Lord all the
25 Josue therefore on that day made a days of Josue, and of the ancients that
covenant, and set before the people com- hvcd a long time after Josue, and that
mandments and judgments in Sichem. had known all the works of the Lord
26 And he wrote all these things in the which he had done in Israel.
volume of the law of the Lord and he 32 ^ And the bones of Joseph which the
:

took a great stone, and set it under the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt,
oak that was in the sanctuary of the Lord. they buried in Sichem, in that part of
27 And he said to all the people Be- the field ^ which Jacob had bought of the
;

hold this stone shall be a testimony unto sons of Hemor the father of Sichem, for
you, that it hath heard all the words of a hundred young ewes, and it was in the
the Lord, which he hath spoken to you : possession of the sons of Joseph.
lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, 33 Eleazar also the son of Aaron died
and lie to the Lord your God. and they buried him in Gabaath that he-
28 And he sent the people away every longeth to Phinees his son, which was
one to their own possessiono given him in mount Ephraim.

THE

BOOK OF JUDGES
I
This Book is called Judges, because it contains the history of what passed under the governmeni
of the judges, who ruled Israel before they had kings. The writer of it, acco'f'ding to the more
general opinion, was the prophet Samuel.

CHAPTER
i 4 And Juda went up, and the Lord de-
The expedition and victory of Juda against the livered the Chanaanite, and the Phere-
Chanaanites ; who are tolerated in mavy places. zite into their hands: and they slew q/
AFTER the death of Josue the chil- them in Bezec ten thousand men.
dren of Israel consulted the Lord, 5 And they found Adonibezec in Bezec,
.

saying Who shall go up before us against and fought against him, and they de-
i

the Chanaanite, and shall be the leader feated the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite.
of the war ? 6 And Adonibezec fled and they pur- :

2 And the Lord said Juda shall go up : sued after him and took him, and cut off
behold I have delivered the land into his his fingers and toes.
hands 7 And Adonibezec said Seventy kings :

3 And Juda said to Simeon Ms brother having their fingers and toes cut off,
Come up with me into my lot, and fight gathered up the leavings of the meat
against the Chanaanite, that I also may under my table as I have done, so hatl? i

go along with thee into thy loto And God requited me. And they broughl
Simeon went with him him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
b Gen. 60. 24 ; Ex. 13. 19. — c Gen. 33. 19.
Ver. 27. Jt is a figure of speech,
hath heard. This Ver. 29. And after, &c„ If Josue wrote this book
by which sensation is attributed to inanimate things as is commonly believed, these last verses
' wer
and they are called upon, as it were, to hear witness addea by Samuel, or some other prophet,
in favour of the great Creatoio whom they on their
part constantly obey»
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They fight against the Chanaaniies JUDGES Many cities are spared
3 And the children of Juda besieging fines, and Ascalon and Accaron wiHi?
Jerusalem, took it, and put '* the *-'
their confines.
sword, and set the whole city on are. 19 And the Lord was with Juda, and he
9 And afterwards they went down and possessed the hili country but was not :

fought against the Chanaanite, who dwelt
in the mountains, and in the south, and
in the plains.
to ^ And Juda going forward against
the Chanaanite, that dwelt in Hebron (the
name whereof was in former times Ca-
riath-Arbe) slew Sesai, and Ahiman, and
Tholmai
11 And departing from thence he went
able to destroy the inhabitants of the
valley, because they had many chariots
armed with scythes.
20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, -^ as
Moses had said, who destroyed out of it
the three son» of Enac.
21 But the sons of Benjamin did not de-
stroy the Jebusites that inhabited Jeru-
salem and the Jebusite hath dwelt with
:

to the inhabitants of Dabir, the ancient
name of which was Cariath-Sepher, that
is, the city of letters.
12 And Caleb said: He that shall take
Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him
will I give my daughter Axa to wife.
13 And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the
younger brother of Caleb, having taken
it, he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.
the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until
this present day.
22 The house of Joseph also went up
against Bethel, and the Lord was with
them.
23 For when they were besieging the
city, which before was called Luza,
24 They saw a man coming out of the
city, and they said to him Shew us the :

14 And as she was going on her way entrance into the city, and we will shew
her husband admonished her to ask a field thee mercy.
of her father. And as she sighed sitting
25 And when he had shewn them, they
on her ass, Caleb said to her What ailethsmote the city with the edge of the
:

thee? sword but that man and all his kindred

:

15 But she answered Give me a bless- they let go

:

ing, fo-. thou hast given me a dry land 26 Who being sent away, went into the
:

give me also a watery land. So Caleb land of Hethim, and built there a city,
gave her the upper and the nether watery and called it Luza which is so called \

ground. until this day.

16 And the children of the Cinite, the 27 Manasses also did not destroy Beth-
kinsman of Moses, went up from the san, and Thanac with their villages, nor
city of palms, with the children of Juda the inhabitants of Dor, and Jeblaam,
into the wilderness of his lot, which is at and Mageddo with their villages. And
the south side of Arad, and they dwelt the Chanaanite began to dwell with
with him. them.
17 And Juda went with Simeon his bro- 28 But after Israel was grown strong he
ther, and they together defeated the made them tributaries, and would not
Chanaanites that dwelt in Sephaath, and destroy them.
slew them: And the name of the city 29 Ephraim also did not slay the Cha-
was called Horma, that is, Anathema. naanite that dwelt in Gazer, but dwelt
18 And Juda took Gaza with its con- with him.
e Jos, 15. 14. f Num. 14. 24 ; Jos. 15. 14.

Chap, l, Ver 8- Jerusalem. This city was Moses was called Cinceus, or the Cinite j and his
divided into two; one part was called Jebns, the children who came along with the children of Israel
other Salem the one was in the tribe of Juda, the
•
settled themselves among them in the land of Cha-
other in the tribe of Benjamin, After it was taken naan, embracing their worship and religion. From
and burnt by the men of Juda, it was quickly rebuilt these the Rechabites sprung, of whom see Jer. 35
again by the Jebusites, as we may gather from ver. — Ibid. T/if city ofpnjms. Jericho, so called froiD
21 and continued in their possession till it was
: the abundance of palm trees.
taken by king David, Ver 18, Gazn. &c. These were three of the prin»
Ver. 10= Hebron. This expedition against He- cipal cities of the Philistines, famous both in sacred
bron, &c, is the same as is related; Jos. 15. 24. It and profane history They were taken at this time
is here repeated, to give the reader at once a short by the Israelites; but as they took no care to put
sketch of all the achievements of the tribe of Juda garrisons in them, the Philistines soon recovered
against the Chanaanites, them again.
Ver 11- The city of Ifttera Perhaps so called Ver 19 Was not ablp, &c. Through a cowardlj
from some famous school, or library kept there. fear of their chariots armed with hooks and scythe»
Ve- 16 The Cinite^ Jethro tbe father ij. law of and for want of confidcDce in God.
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An angel reproves Israel JUDGES The people fall into idolatry

30 Zabulon destroyed not the inhabitants i And when the angel of the Lord spoke
of Cetron, and Naalol but the Chanaan- these words to all the children of Israel,
:

ite dwelt among them, and became their they lifted up their voice, and wept.
tributaries. 5 And the name of that place was
31 Aser also destroyed not the inhab- called, The place of weepers, or of tears
itants 01 Accho, and of Sidon, of Ahalab, and there they offered sacrifices to the
and of Achazib, and of Helba, and of Lord.
Aphec, and of Rohob : 6 And Josue sent away the people, and
S'

32 And he dwelt in the midst of the the children of Israel went every one to
Chanaanites the inhabitants of that land, his own possession to hold it
and did not slay them. 7 And they served the Lord all his days,
33 Nephtali also destroyed not the in- and the days of the ancients, that hved
habitants of Bethsames, and of Beth- a long time after him, and who knew all
anath and he dwelt in the midst of the the works of the Lord, which he had
:

Chanaanites the inhabitants of the land, done for Israel.

and the Bethsamites and Bethanites were 8 And Josue the son of Nun, the ser-
tributaries to him. vant of the Lord, died, being a hundred
34 And the Amorrhite straitened the and ten years old,
children of Dan in the mountain, and 9 And they buried him in the borders of
gave them not place to go down to the his possession in Thamnathsare in mount
plain Ephraim, on the north side of mount
35 And he dwelt in the mountain Hares, Gaas.
that is, of potsherds, in Aialon and Sal- 10 And all that generation was gathered
ebim. And the hand of the house of to their fathers and there arose others :

Joseph was heavy upon him, and he be- that knew not the Lord, and the works
came tributary to him. which he had done for Israel.
36 And the border of the Amorrhite was 11 And the children of Israel did evil
from the ascent of the scorpion, the rock, in the sight of the Lord, and they served
and the higher places. Baalim.
12 And they left the Lord the God of
CHAPTER 2. their fathers, who had brought them out
An angel reproveth Israel. They weep for their of the land of Egypt: and they followed
sins. After the death of Jo.tue, they often faU^ and
repenting are delivered from their afflictions, but strange gods, and the gods of the people
still fall worse and worse. that dwelt round about them, and they
AND an angel of the Lord went up from adored them: and they provoked the
^ Galgal to the place of weepers, and Lord to anger.
said I made you go out of Egypt, and
: 13 Forsaking him, and serving Baai
have brought you into the land for which and Astaroth.
I swore to your fathers and I promised 14 And the Lord being angry against
:

that I would not make void my covenant Israel, delivered them into the hands of
with you for ever : plunderers who took them and sold :

2 On condition that you should not them to their enemies, that dwelt rounc
make a league with the inhabitants of about neither could they stand against :

this land, but should throw down their their enemies

altars : and you would not hear my voice 15 But whithersoever they meant to go,
why have you done this ? the hand of the Lord was upon them, as
3 Wherefore I would not destroy them he had said, and as he had sworn to
from before your face : that you may them and they were greatly distressed :

have enemies, and their gods may be 16 And the Lord raised up judges, to
youi' ruin. deliver them from the hands of those
g Jos. 24. 28.
Ver. 35. He dwelt. That the Amorrhite.
is, here said of the children of Israel, as to their falling
Chap. 2. Ver. L An angel. Taking the shape so often into idolatry, is to be understood of a great
of a man. part of them ; but not so universally, as if the true
Ver. 6. And Josue, &c. This is here inserted out worship of God was ever quite abolished among
of Jos. 24. by way of recapitulation of what had them for the succession of the true church ana
:

happened before, and by way of an introduction to religion was kept up all this time by the priests and
that which follows. Leviteto at least io th^i Uouse Qi Crod io Sila
Ver. 12. They /olimved ztrange 'vds. What is
 'od is angry with the people JUDGES Othoniel delivers Israel
lat oppressed them: would the commandments of the Lord, which
but they
ot hearken to them, he had commanded their fathers by the
.7 Committing fornication with strange hand of Moses, or not.

ods, and adoring them. They quickly 5 So the children of Israel dwelt in the
)rsook the way, in which their fathers midst of the Chanaanite, and the Heth-
ad walked: and hearing the command- ite, and the Amorrhite, and the Phere-
lents of the Lord, they did all things zite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite:
mtrary. 6 And they took their daughters to
18 And when the Lord raised them up wives, and they gave their own daugh-
idges, in their days he was moved to
ters to their sons, and they served their
lercy, and heard the groanings of the
gods.
fflicted, and delivered them from the
7 And they did evil in the sight of the
aughter of the oppressors.
19 But after the judge was dead, they
Lord, and they forgot their God, and
eturned, and did much worse things served Baalim and Astaroth.
lan their fathers had done, following 8 And the Lord being angry with Israel,
trange gods, serving them and adoring delivered them into the hands of Chusan
lem. They left not their own inven- Rasathaim king of Mesopotamia, and
tions, and the stubborn way, by which they served him eight years.
hey were accustomed to walk. 9 And they cried to the Lord, who
20 And the wrath of the Lord was raised them up a saviour, and delivered
indled against Israel, and he said: Be- them, to wit, Othoniel the son of Cenez,
old this nation hath made void my the younger brother of Caleb:
ovenant, which I had made with their 10 And the spirit of the Lord was in
athers, and hath despised to hearken to him, and he judged Israel. And he went
ciy voice: out to fight, and the Lord delivered into
21 I also will not destroy the nations
his hands Chusan Rasathaim king of
/hich Josue left, when he died: Syria, and he overthrew him.
22 That through them I may try Israel,
11 And the land rested forty years, and
«rhether they will keep the way of the
Othoniel the son of Cenez died.
jord, and walk in it, as their fathers
12 And the children of Israel did evil
:ept it, or not.
again in the sight of the Lord: who
23 The Lord therefore left all these na- strengthened against them Eglon king
ions,and would not quickly destroy of Moab: because they did evil in his
hem, neither did he deliver them into
sight.
he hands of Josue.
13 And he joined to him the children of
Ammon, and Amalec: and he went and
CHAPTER 3. overthrew Israel, and possessed the city
of palm trees.
"^hepeople falling into idolatry are oppressed hy
their enemies; hut repenting are delivered hy 14 And the children of Israel served
Othoniel, Aod, and Samgar. Eglon king of Moab eighteen years:
15 And afterwards they cried to the
rHESE are the nations which the Lord
Lord, who raised them up a saviour called
that by them he might instruct
left,
-srael, and all that had not knOMoi the Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini,
vars of the Chanaanites: who used the left hand as well as the
right. And the children of Israel sent
2 That afterwards their children might
presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.
earn to fight with their enemies, and to
16 And he made himself a two-edged
)e trained up to war:
sword, with a haft in the midst of the
3 The five princes of the Philistines, length of the palm of the hand, and was
ind all the Chanaanites, and the Sido-
girded therewith under his garment on
lians, and the Hevites that dwelt in
the right thigh.
nount Libanus, from mount Baal Her- 17 And he presented the gifts to Eglon
eon to the entering into Emath..
king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceed-
4 And he left them, that he might try ing fat.
[srael by them, whether they would hear 18 And when he had presented the gifts
Chap. 3. Ver. 8. Mesopotamia. In Hebrew because it lies between the Euphrates and the
^ramnaharim. Syria of the two rivers : so called Tigris. It is absolutely called Syria, ver. 10.

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Aod slays the king of Moah JUDGES Debhora and Barac

unto him, he followed his companions under the hand of Israel and the land ;

ihat came along with him. rested eighty years.

19 Then returning from Galgal, where 31 After him was Samgar the son oi
the idols were, he said to the king: I Anath, who slew of the Philistines six
have a secret message to thee, O king. hundred men with a ploughshare: and
And he commanded silence and all be- he also defended Israel.
:

ing gone out that were about him,

20 Aod went in to him: now he was CHAPTER 4.
sitting in a summer parlour alone, and Debbora and Barac deliver Israel from Jabin and
he said: I have a word from God to Sisara. Jahal killeth Sisara,

thee. And he forthwith rose up from

his throne,
ANDevil
the children of Israel again did
in the sight of the Lord after
.

21 And Aod put forth his left hand, and the death of Aod,
took the dagger from his right thigh, 2 ^ And the Lord dehvered them up into
and thrust it into his belly, the hands of Jaban king of Chanaan, who
22 With such force that the haft went reigned in Asor and he had a general or :

in after the blade into the wound, and his army named Sisara, and he dwelt in
was closed up with the abundance of fat. Haroseth of the Gentiles.
So that hfi did not draw out the dagger, 3 And the children of Israel cried to the
but left it in his body as he had struck Lord : for he had nine hundred chariots
it in. And forthwith by the secret parts set with scythes, and for twenty years
of nature the excrements of the belly had grievously oppressed them.
came out. 4 And there was at that time Debbora
23 But Aod carefully shutting the doors a prophetess the wife cf Lapidoth, who
of the parlour and locking them, judged the people,
24 Went out by a postern door. And 5 And she sat under a palm tree, which
the king's servants going in, saw the was called by her name, between Rama
doors of the parlour shut, and they said and Bethel in mount Ephraim : ana the
Perhaps he is easing nature in his sum- children of Israel came up to her for all
mer parlour. judgment.
25 And waiting a long time till they 6 And she sent and called Barac the son
were ashamed, and seeing that no man of Abinoem out of Cedes in Nephtali and :

opened the door, they took a key and she said to him: The Lord God of Israel
:

opening, they found their lord lying dead hath commanded thee: Go, and lead an,
on the ground. army to mount Thabor, and thou shalt
26 But Aod, while they were in confu- take with thee ten thousand fighting men
sion, escaped, and passed by the place of of the children of Nephtah, and of the
the idols, from whence he had retm-ned. children of Zabulon:
And he came to Seirath 7 And I will bring unto theo in the place
27 And forthwith he sounded the trum- of the torrent Cison, Sisara the general
pet in mount Ephraim and the children of Jabin's army, and his chariots, and all
:

of Israel went down with him, he himself his multitude, and will deliver them into
going in the front, thy hand.
28 And he said to them: Follow me for 8 And Barac said to hers If thou wilt
:

the Lord hath dehvered our enemies the come with me, I will go : if thou wilt not
Moabites into our hands. And they went come with me, I will not go.
down after him, and seized upon the fords 9 She said to him I will go indeed with :

of the Jordan, which are in the way to thee, but at this time the victory shall
Moab and they suffered no man to pass not be attributed to thee, because Sisara
:

over. shall be delivered into the hand of a

29 But they slew of the Moabites at that womaUc Debbora therefore arose, and|
time, about ten thousand, all strong and went with Barac to Cedes, i

valiant men none of them could escape.

: 10 And he called unto him Zabulon andf ^

30 And Moab was humbled that day Nephtali, and went up with ten thousand
h 1 Kings 12. 9.

Ver. 20. A word from God, &c. What Aod, who occasion, was by a special inspiration of God bill :

was mdfi^e and chief magistrate of Israel, did on this such things are not to be Imitated by private men.
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wlisara defeated and slain JUDGES

Canticle of Debbora and Barac
ighting meii having Debbora in Ms com- and striking it with the hammer^ drove
pany. through his bi ain fast into the ground
ii.t

11 Now Haber the Cinite had some time and so passing from deep sleep to death,
»efore departed from the rest of the Cin- he fainted away and diedc
bes his brethren the sons of Hobab^ ohe 22 And behold Barac came pursuing
:insman of Moses and had pitched Ms after Sisara and Jahel went out to meet
c i

ents unto the valley which is called Sen- Mm, and said to him: Come, and I will
lim, and was near Cedes, shew thee the man whom thou seekest.
12 And it was told Sisara, that Barac the And when he came into her tent, he saw
)n of Abinoem was gone up to mount Sisara lying dead, and the nail fastened
habor in his temples.
13 And he gathered together his nine 23 So God that day humbled Jabin the
lundred chariots armed with scythes, and king of Chanaan before the children of
11 his army from Haroseth of the Gen- Israel
iles to the torrent Cison. 24 Who grew daily stronger^ and with a
14 And Debbora said to Barac: Arise, mighty hand overpowered Jabin king of
or this is the day wherein the Lord hath Chanaan, till they quite destroyed him.
lelivered Sisara into thy hands : behold
le is thy leader. And Barac went down CHAPTER 6.
rom mount Thabor, and ten thousand The canticle of Debbora and Barac after their vie
'ighting men with him. tory.

15 * And the Lord struck aterror into that day Debbora and Barac son of
'

Ksara, and all his chariots, and all his

INAbinoem sung, and said
Qultitude, with the edge of the sword, 2 O you of Israel, that have willingly
it the sight of Barac, insomuch that Sis- offered your lives to danger, bless the
ira leaping down from off his chariot, Lord.
led away on foot. 3 Hear, O ye kings, give ear, ye princess
16 And Barac pursued after the fleeing It is I, it is I, that will sing to the Lord, 1
thariots and the army unto Haroseth of will sing to the Lord the God of IsraeL
he Gentiles, and all the multitude of the 4 O Lord, when thou wentest out ot
was utterly destroyed.
inemies Seir, and passedst by the regions of Edom,
'
But Sisara fleeing came to the tent
17 the earth trembled, and the heavens
')f Jahel the wife of Haber the Cinite, for dropped water.
here was peace between Jabin the king 6 The mountains melted before the
)f Asor, and the house of Haber the face of the Lord, and Sinai before the
Jinite. face of the Lord the God of Israel.
'
18 And Jahel went
forth to meet Sisara, 6 In the days of Samgar the son of
md said to him Come in to me, my lord,
: Anath, in the days of Jahel the paths
5ome in, fear not. He went in to her rested: and they that went by them,
ientj and being covered by her with a walked through by-ways.
jloak, 7 The valiant men ceased, and rested in
'
19 Said to her : Give me,
beseech thee, Israel until Debbora arose, a mothei
I :

'i water, for I am very thirsty.

little She arose in Israel.
)pened a bottle of milk, and gave to Mm
8 The Lord chose new wars, and he
irink, and covered him. himself overthrew the gates of the ene-
'

20 And Sisara said to her Stand before mies: a shield and spear was not seen
:

;ihe door of the tent, and when any shall among fojrty thousand of Israel.

liome and inquire of thee, saying: Is 9 My heart loveth the princes of Israel
lihere any man here? thou shalt say: O you that of your own good will offered
There is none. yourselves to danger, bless the Lord.
21 So Jahel Haber's wife took a nail of 10 Speak, you that ride upon fair asses,
ihe tent, and taking also a hammer and and you that sit in judgment, and walk
:

?oing in softly, and with silence, she put in the way.

3he nail upon the temples of Ms head, 11 Where the chariots were dashed to-
i Ps. 82. 10.

CaAf,6. Verc6. The paths rested.The ways to the sanctuary of God were unfrequented? and men
walked in the by-ways o£ error and sin.
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gether, and the army of the enemies was 22 The hoofs of the horses were broken
choked, there let the justices of the whilst the stoutest of the enemieo fled
Lord be rehearsed, and his clemency to-
amain, and fell headlong down.
wards the brave men of Israel then the 23 Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the
:

people of the Lord went down to the angel of the Lord curse the inhabitants :

gates, and obtained the sovereignty. thei»eof because they came not to the help
,

12 Arise, arise, O Debbora, arise, arise,

of the Lord, to help his most valiant men.
and utter a canticle. Arise, Barac, and24 Blessed among women be Jahel the
take hold of thy captives, O son of Abin-
wife of Haber the Cini' \ and blessed be
oem. she in her tent.
13 The remnants of the people are 25 He asked her water and she gave him
saved, the Lord hath fought among the milk, and offered him butter in a dish
valiant ones. Jit for princes.
14 Out of Ephraim he destroyed them 26 She put her left hand to the nail, and
into Amalec, and after him out of Ben- her right hand to the workman's hammer,
jamin into thy people, O Amalec : Out of and she struck Sisara, seeking in hisi
Machir there came down princes, and out head a place for the wound, and strongly
of Zabulon they that led the army to fight. piercing through his temples.
15 The captains of Issachar were with 27 At her feet he fell : he fainted, and h*
Debbora, and followed the steps of Barac, died: he rolled before her feet, and ht
who exposed himself to danger, as one lay lifeless and wretched.
going headlong, and into a pit. Ruben be- 28 His mother looked out at a window,
ing divided against himself, there was and howled: and she spoke from the
found a strife of courageous men. dining room: Why is his chariot so long
16 Why dwellest thou between two bor- in coming back? Why are the feet of
ders, that thou mayest hear the bleatings his horses so slow ?
of the flocks ? Ruben being divided 29 One that was wiser than the rest of
against himself, there was found a strife his wives, returned this answer to her
of courageous men. mother in law
17 Galaad rested beyond the Jordan, 30 Perhaps he is now dividing the spoils,
and the fairest of the women is chosen
and Dan applied himself to ships : Aser
out for him garments of divers colours
dwelt on the sea shore, and abode in the :

havens. are given to Sisara for hie prey, and fur-

18 But Zabulon and Nephtali offered niture of different kinds is heaped to-
their lives to death in the region of gether to adorn the necks.
MeromSo 31 So let all thy enemies perish, Lord:
19 The kings came and fought, the but let them that love thee shine, as the
kings of Chanaan fought in Thanach by sun shineth in his rising.
the waters of Mageddo, and yet they 32 And the land rested for forty years*
took no spoils.
20 War from heaven was made against CHAPTER 6.
them, the stars remaining in their order The people for their sins, are oppressed by the Ma^
and courses fought against Sisara» dianiteso Oedeon is called to deliver them,.
21 The torrent of Cison dragged their ND the children of Israel again did
carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the A^
evil in the sight of the Lord and he .

torrent of Oison: tread thou, my soul, delivered them into the hand of Madian
upon the strong ones. seven years»

Ver. 14. Ont of Ephraim, &c. The enemies strag- Ver 15. Divided against himself &c. By this it
gling in their flight were destroyed, as they were seems that the valiant men of the tribe of KubeD
running through the land of Ephraim, and of Ben- were divided in their sentiments, with relation tc
jamin, which lies after, that is heyond Ephraim and
. this war which division kept them at home within
.

so on to the very confines of Amalec. Or, it alludes their own borders, to hear the 6leating of thei?
to former victories of the people of God, particularly flocks.
that which was freshest in memory, when the men Ver. Meroz, Where this land of Meroz was.
23.
of Ephraim and Benjamin, wltli Aod at their head, which here laid under a curse, we cannot find
is
overthrew their enemies the Moabites with the nor is there mention of it anywhere else In holy writ
Amalecites their allies. —
See chap. 3. Ibid. Ma- In the spiritual sense, they are cursed who refuse to
chir. The tribe of Maoasses. whose eldest son was assist the people of God in their warfare againsi
Machir. their spiritual enemies.
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he Madianites oppress Israel JUDGES The angeVs message to Gedeon

; And they were grievousl? oppressed Shalt deliver Israel out of the hand <A
them. And they made themselves Madian know that I have sent thee
JUS and caves in the mountains, and 15 He answered and said^ I beseech
rong holds to resist thee, my lord, wherewith shall I deliver
; And when Israel had sown, Madian Israel ? Behold my family is the meanest
id Amalsc, and the rest of the eastern in Manasses, and I am the least in my
came up
itions father's house,
pitching their tents among them,
And 16 And the Lord said to him^ I will be
asted all things as they were in the with thee : and thou shalfc cut off Madian
ade even to the entrance of Gaza? as one man.
id they left nothing at all in Israel for 17 And he said: If I have found grace
stenance of life, nor sheep, nor oxen, before thee, give me a sign that it is thou
)r asses. that speakest to me,
For they and all their flocks came with 18 And depart not hence, till I return to
eir tents, and like locusts filled aU thee, and bring a sacrifice, and offer it to
aces, an innumerable multitude of men, thee. And he answered : I will wait thy
id of camels, wasting whatsoever they coming.
uched. 19 So Gedeon went in, and boiled a kid,
And Israel was humbled exceedingly and made unleavened loaves of a measure
the sight of Madian. of flour : and putting the flesh in a basketj
And he cried to the Lord desiring and the broth of the flesh into a pot, he
Ip against the Madianites. carried all under the oak, and presented
And he sent unto them a prophet, and to him.
spoke: Thus saith the Lord the God 20 And the angel of the Lord said to
Israel I made you to come up out of him : Take the flesh and the unleavened
:

,^ypt, and brought you out of the house loaves, and lay them upon that rock, and
bondage. pour out the broth thereon. And when
And dehvered you out of the hands of he had done so,
Egyptians, and of all the enemies
^ 21 The angel of the Lord put forth the
at afflicted you : and I cast them out at tip of the rod, which he held in his» hand,
ur coming in, and gave you their land. and touched the flesh and the unleavened
And I said I am the Lord your God, loaves : and there arose a fire from the
:

lir not the gods of the Amorrhites, in rock, and consumed the flesh and the un-
Mose land you dwelL And you would leavened loaves: and the anf^el of the
J t hear my voice. Lord vanished out of his sight.
1 And an angel of the Lord came, and 22 And Gedeon seeing that it was the
It under an oak, that was in Ephra, and angel of the Lord, said Alas, my Lore' :

1longed to Joas the father of the family God for I have seen the angel of the
:

< Ezri. And when Gedeon his son was Lord face to face.
Ireshing and cleansing wheat by the 23 And the Lord said to him Peace be :

' Depress, to flee from Madian, with thee fear not, thou shalt not die
:

2 The angel of the Lord appeared to 24 And Gedeon built there an altar to
J n, and said The Lord is with thee, O the Lord, and called it the Lord's peace
,

1 3st valiant of men. until this present day. And when he was
^ And Gedeon said to him : I beseech yet in Ephra, which is of the family of
lee, my lord, if the Lord be with us, why Ezri,
J ve these evils fallen upon us ? Where 25 That night the Lord said to him Take :

ii his miracles, which our fathers have a bullock of thy father's, and another
bul-
t d us of, saying; The Lord brought us lock of seven years, and thou shalt destroy
<t of Egypt? but now the Lord hath the altar of Baal, which is thy father's
Isaken us, and dehvered us into the and cut down the grove that is about the
1 lids of Madian. altar»
4 And the Lord looked upon him, and 26 And thou shalt build an altar to the
* d Go in this thy strength, and thou Lord thy God in the top of this rock,
:
^

I I Kings 12. 11.

AP. 6. Ver. 15. The meanest in NanasseSy&c, mean and little in their owe eyes) ioi the greatei?
'irK how the Lord choosetb the oumhle (who are enterprises.
*'
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r
whereupon thou didst lay the sacrifice 38 And it was so. And rising before
before and thou shalt take the second day wringing the tieece, he filled a vesse
:

bullock, and shalt offer a holocaust upon with the dew.

a pile of the wood, which thou shalt cut 39 And he said again to God Let not .

down out of the grove. thy wrath be kindled against me if I trj

27 Then Gedeon taking ten men of his once more, seeking a sign in the fleece
servants, did as the Lord had commanded I pray that the fleece only may be dry!
him. But fearing his father's house, and and all the ground wet with dew.
the men of that city, he would not do it 40 And God did that night as he ha(,
by day, but did all by night. requested and it was dry on the fleec»!
:

28 And when the men of that town were only, and there was dew on all tb<|
risen in the morning, they saw the altar ground.
of Baal destroyed, and the grove cut CHAPTER 7.
down, and the second bullock laid upon Gedeon^with three hundred men, by stratagem d
feateth the Madianites.
the altar, which then was built.
29 And they said one to another Who ;
Jerobaal, who is the same a
THEN
hath done this ? And when they inquired Gedeon, rising up early and all th
for the author of the fact, it was said people with him, came to the fountai
Gedeon the son of Joas did all this. that is called Harad. Now the camp (

30 And they said to Joas Bring out thy Madian was in the valley on the nort
:

pon hither, that he may die because he side of the high hill.
:

hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath 2 And the Lord said to Gedeon Tl :

cut down his grove. people that are with thee are many, ai
31 He answered them Are ! you the Madian shall not be delivered into the
avengers of Baal, that you fight for him? hands: lest Israel should glory againj
he that is his adversary, let him die be- me, and say : I was delivered by my oV,
fore to morrow light appear s if he be a strength.
god, let him revenge himself on him that 3 Speak to the people, and proclaim
hath cast down his altar. the hearing of all, ** Whosoever is fearf
32 From that day Gedeon was called and timorous, let him return. So
t\

Jerobaal, because Joas had said: Let and twenty thousand men went aw
Baal revenge himself on him that hath from mount Galaad and returned hon
cast down his altar. and only ten thousand remained.
33 Now all Madian, and Amalec, and the 4 And the Lord said to Gedeon: T
eastern people were gathered together, people are still too many, bring them
and passing over the Jordan, camped in the waters, and there I will try thei
the valley of Jezrael. and of whom I shall say to thee, T:
<}4 But the spirit of the Lord came upon shall go with thee, let him go : when
<3ledeon, and he sounded the trumpet and shall forbid to go, let him return.
called together the house of Abiezer, to 6 And when the people were come do^
follow him. to the waters, the Lord said to Gedec
85 And he sent messengers into all Ma- They that shal' lap the water with th
nasses, and they also followed him: and tongues, as dogs are wont to lap, tb
other messengers into Aser and Zabulon shalt set apart by themselves but tt :

and Nephtali, and they came to meet him.
36 And Gedeon said to God t If thou wilt
save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
37 I will put this fleece of wool on the
floor : if there be dew on the fleece only,
that shall drink bowing down their kne
shall be on the other side.
6 And the number of them that 1
lapped water, casting it with the hi
to their mouth, was three hundred m<
and all the rest of the multitude 1
''

and it be dry on all the ground beside, I

shall know that by my hand, as thou hast drunk kneeUng,
said, thou wilt dehver IsraeL 7 And the Lord said to Gedeon : By
n Deut 20. 8 ; 1 Mac. 3. 56.

Chap 7. Ver. 2. Lest Israel, &c. By this we see
that, God will not choose for his instruments in great
achievements, which depend purely on his grace,
Ver. 7. That lapped vater. These were
ferred that took the water up in their hands, an
lapped it, before them who laid themselves q
doAvn to the waters to drinks which argued a i
'

-;uch as, through pride and self-conceit, will take the

Clor^' U) themselves. eager and sensual dispositioo.
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'edeon enters the camp of Madian JUDGES The Madianites defeated

hree hundred men, tliat lapped water, I trumpeto in their hands, and empty
Jill 3ave you, and deliver Madiar» into pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers

by hand but let all the rest of the peo-

. 17 And he said to thems What you shall
ple return to their place. see me do, do you the same: I will go
^8 So taking victuals and trumpets ac- into one part ot the camp, and do you
ording to their number, he ordered all as I shall dOc
lie rest of the multitude to depart to 18 When the trumpet shall sound in
deir tents and he with the three bun- my hand, do you also blow the trumpets
:

red gave himself to the battle. Now on every side of the camp.
le camp of Madian was beneath him in 19 And Gedeon, and the three hundred
le va'yey. men that were with him, went into part
9 T0 same night the Lord said to him of the camp, at the beginning of the
rise, and go down into the camp: be- midnight watch, and the watchmen be-^
ause I have delivered them into thy ing alarmed, they began to sound their
and. trumpets, and to clap the pitchers one
ilO But if thou be afraid to go alone, let against another.
hara thy servant go down with thee. 20 And when they sounded their trum-
11 And when thou shalt hear what they pets in three places round about the
re saying, then shall thy hands be camp, and had broken their pitchers,
orengthened, and thou shalt go down they held their lamps in their left hands,
lore secure to the enemies' camp. And and with their right hands the trumpets
3 went down with Phara his servant which they blew, and they cried out:

iito part of the camp, where was the The sword of the Lord and of Gedeon

atch of men in arms. '21 Standing every man in his place

12 But Madian and Amalec, and all the roun*'. about the enemies' camp. So all
fistern people lay scattered in the valley, th^ camp was troubled, and crying out
\ a multitude of locusts: their camels and howling they fled away^
so were innumerable as the sand that 22 And the three hundred men never
3th on the sea shore. theless persisted sounding the trumpets.
13 And when Gedeon was come, one ®And the Lord sent the sword into all
Id his neighbour a dream and in this the camp, and they killed one another,
:

anner related what he had seen: I 23 Fleeing as far as Bethsetta, and the
eamt a dream, and it seemed to me as border of Abolmahula in Tebbath. But
a hearth cake of barley bread rolled the men of Israel shouting from Nephtali
id came down into the camp of Madian and Aser, and from all Manasses pursued
id when it was come to a tent it struck after Madian.
,
and beat it down flat to the ground. 24 And Gedeon sent messengers into
4 He to whom he spoke, answered all mount Ephraim, saying: Come down
bis is nothing else but the sword of to meet Madian, and take the waters be»
»edeon the son of Joas a man of Israel. fore them to Bethbera and the Jordan»
Dr the Lord hath delivered Madian, and And all Ephraim shouted, and took the
ll their camp into his hand. waters before them and the Jordan as
1.5 And when Gedeon had heard the far as Bethbera.
heam, and the interpretation thereof, 25 P And having taken two men of
li adored; and returned to the camp of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: Oreb they slew
rael, and said? Arise, for the Lord hath in the rock of Oreb, and Zeb in the wine-
slivered the camp of Madian into our press of Zebc And they pursued Madian,
linds carrying the heads of Oreb and Zeb to
1
6 And he divided the three hundred Gedeon beyond the waters of the Jor^
len into three parts, and gave them dan.

o Ps, 82. 10, p Ps 82 12 isa 10 26.

Ver 13 A dream. Observation oi dreams is quests.,must not only sound with the trumpet of the
tnmonly superstitious, and as siicli is condemned word ot God, but muat also break their earthen
the word of God but in some extraordinary cases,
s pitchers, by the mortification of the flesh and its
we here see, God is pleased by dreams to foretell passions, an(i carry lamps in their hands by the light
lathe t? about to do ot their virtues.
V er. 19 Thei7 trnmpfifa, &c In a mystical sense, Ver. 26). Two men, ThaA is two ot their chioft.
e preachers of the gospel, in order to spiritual con-

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The Madianites pursued JUDGES Zebee and Salmana are slain

CHAPTER 8. twenty thousand warriors that drew the
Bedeonappeaseth the Ephraimites. Tdketh Zebee sword, were slain.
and So.biiana. Deytroyeth Socccth and PhanueL 11 And Gedeon went up by the way of
'^

JRe/useth to be king. Alaketh an ephod of the gold

of the 2J/'cj/, and dieth in a good old age. The them that dwelt in tents, on the east of
^people return to Idolatry. Nobe and Jegbaa, and smote the camp
A ND the men of Ephraim said to him of the enemies, who were secure, and
:

XJL Wht-t is this that thou meanest to suspected no hurt.

do, that thou wouldst not call us when 12 And Zebee and Salmana fled, and
thou wentest to fight against Madian? Gedeon pursued and took them, all their
and they chid him sharply and almost host being put in confusion.
offered Tiolence. 13 And returning from the battle before
2 And he answered them : What
could the sun rising,
I have done like to that which you have 14 He took a boy of the men of Soc
done? Is not one bunch of grapes of coth: and he asked him the names of the
Ephraim better than the vintages of princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he
Abiezer ? described unto him seventy-seven men.
3 The Lord hath delivered into your 15 And he came to Soccoth and said to
hands the princes of Madian, Oreb and them Behold Zebee and Salmana, con
2

Zeb: what could I have done hke to cerning whom you upbraided me, saying
what you have done ? And when he had Peradventure the hands of Zebee and
said this, their spirit was '^.ppeased, with Salmana, are in thy hands, and therefore
which thej^ swelled against him. thou demandest that we should give
4 Ana when Gedeon was come to the bread to the men that are weary and
Jordan, he passed over it with the three faint.
hundred men, that were with him who 16 So he took the ancients of the city,
:

were so weary that they could not pur- and thorns and briers of the desert, and
sue after them that fled. tore them with the same, and cut in
5 And he said to the men of Soccoth pieces the men of Soccoth.
Give, I beseech you, bread to the people 17 And he demolished the tower of
that is with me, for they are faint that Phanuel, and slew the men of the city»
s

we may pursue Zebee, and Salmana the 18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana:
kings of Madian. What manner of men were they whom
6 The princes of Soccoth answered you slew in Thabor? They answered?
:

Peradventure the palms of the hands of They were like thee, and one of them as
Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and the son of a king.
therefore thou demandest that we should 19 He answered them: They were my
give bread to thy army. brethren, the sons of my mother. As the
7 And he said to them When the Lord Lord liveth, if you had saved them, I
:

therefore shall have delivered Zebee and would not kill you.
Salmana into my hands, I will thresh 20 And he said to Jether his eldest son;
your flesh with the thorns and briers of Arise, and slay them. But he drew not
the desert. his sword: for he was afraid, being but
8 And going up from thence, he came yei. a boy.
to Phanuel and he spoke the hke things 21 And Zebee and Salmana said; Do
;

to the men of that place. And they also thou rise, and run upon us % because the
answered him, as the men of Soccoth had strength of a man is according to his age:
answered. * Gedeon rose up and slew Zebee and Sal-

9 He said therefore to them also When mana: and he took the ornaments and
:

I shall return a conqueror in peace, I bosses, with which the necks of the camels
will destroy this tower of kings are wont tc be adorned.
10 But Zebee and Salmana were resting 22 And all the men of Israel said to
with all their army. For fifteen thou- Gedeon: Rule thou over us, and thy
sand men were left of all the troops of son, and thy son's sons because thou hast
che eastern people, and one hundred and deUvered us from the hand of Madian=
r Osee 10. 14c —5 Ps» 82„ 12.
Chap 8, Ver. 2, What covld /, &c. A meek
might have come So great
tc extremities is tbi
?Uid bmnble answer appeased tbemc who otherwise power o.t humiUty hoth with Qod and man*
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Death of Gedeon JUDGES Conspiracy of Abimelech

23 And he said to them \ will not rule
•
CHAPTER 9o
over you, neither shall my son rule over
Abimelech killeth his brethren. Joatham*s parable
you, but the Lord shaU rale over you. Gaalconspirethvnth the Sichemites against Abim>
24 And he said to them I desu-e one elechj but is overcome. Abimelech destroyeth S'f»
request ot yon Give me the earlets of chem but is killed at Thebes.
.'

your spoila For the Ismaeiites were ac- ND Abimelech the son of Jerobaal
custome<? to wear goldec earlets, A^
went to Sichem to his mother's bre-
25 They answered : We wiM give them thren and spoke to
them, and to all the
most willingly And spreading a mantle kindred of his mother's father,
saying •

01? the ground, they cast upon it the ear- 2 Speak to all the men of Sichem whe- i

lets o^ the spoils. ther is better for you that seventy men
2C A.nd the weight of the earlets that he all the sons of Jerobaai
should rule over
requested, was a thousand seven hun- you, or that one man should
rule over
dred sides of gold, besides the ornaments, you? And withal consider
that I am
and jewels, and purple raiment which the your bone, and your flesh.
kings of Madian were wont to use, and 3 And his mother's brethren spoke of
besides the golden chains that were him to all the men of
Sichem, all these
about the camels' necks, words, and they inclined their hearts
27 And Gedeon made an ephod thereof, after Abimelech,
saying He is our bro- :
and put it in his city Ephra. And all ther»
Israel committed fornication with it, and 4 And they gave him seventy weight ot
it became a ruin to Gedeon and to all his silver
out of the temple of Baalberith
house, wherewith he hired to himself men that
28 But Madian was humbled before the were needy, and
vagabonds, and they
children of Israel, neither could they any followed him.
more lift up their heads? but the land 5 And he came to his father's house
in
rested for forty years, while Gedeon pre- Ephra, and slew his brethren
the sons ot
sided, Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone
29 So Jerobaal the son of Joas wentj and and there remained only
Joatham the
dwelt in his own house. youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hid
10 And he had seventy sons, who came den,
out of his thigh, for he had many wivesc 6 And all the
men of Sichem were
31 And his concubinCj that he had in gathered
together, and all the familierj
Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was of the city of
Mello and they went and -.

Abimelech. made Abimelech king, by the oak that

32 And Gedeon the son of Joas died in stood in Sichem,
a good old age, and was buried in the
7 This being told to Joatham, he went
sepulchre of his father in Ephra of the and stood on
the top of mount Garizimj
family of Ezri. and lifting up his voice, he cried, and
33 But after Gedeon was dead, the chil- said: Hear
me, ye men of Sichem, so
dren of Israel turned again, and com- may God
hear you,
mitted fornication with Baalim. And 8 The trees went to anoint a king over
bhey made a covenant with Baal, that he them?
and they said to the olive tree I
should be their god Reign thou over us.
34 And they remembered not the Lord
9 And it answered Can I leave my fat-
:
iheir God, who delivered them out of
the ness, which both gods and men make use
iiands of all their enemies round about
of, to come to be promoted among
35 Neither did they shew mercy to the the
trees ?
aouse of Jerobaal Gedeon, according to 10 And the trees said to the fig tree:
111 the good things he had
done to Israel. Oome thou and reign over us.

^Jipnnl;o£ fJ^'''^'
A priestly garment which Chap„ 9. Ver. 4. Baalberith. That is, Baa! of
^ ^'^^^ ^^»^^" 5 ^"t the Israelites, the covenant, so called from the covenant they had
tter H^o^^^l^^'l^
,f?lr his ( eath, abused it by making it an instrument made with Baal, chap. 8. 33o
»f heir idolatrous worship.
Ver. 9. Both gods and men make use of. The
.J hVoi^' w^ ^^^J^f^^^^' She was his servant, but ohve tree IS Introduced, speaking in this manner,
wt his harlot and is called his concubine, as wives
:
because oil was used both in the worship of the true
SSS.^lt.'i'^.K^^^'L^®.^^®
commonly called in the Old (jod, andm that of the false gods, whom the Sichem
testament though otherwise lawfully married. ites servedc

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Joat ham reproves the people JUDGES Sichem revolts against Abimelech

11 And answered them; Can I leave 25 And they set an ambush against him
it
my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, on the top of the mountains and while i

and go to be promoted among the other they waited for his coming, they com-
trees ? mitted robberies, taking spoils of all that
12 And the trees said to the vine = Come passed by and it was told Abimelech.
i

thou and reign over us.
13 And it answered them Can I forsake ;
my wine, that cheereth God and men,
and be promoted among the other trees?
14 And all the trees said to the bramble
Come thou and reign over us.
15 And it answered them If indeed
you mean to make me king, come ye and
rest under my shadow but if you mean
: quets and cups they cursed Abimelech.
it not, let fire come out from the bramble,
26 And Gaal the son of Obed came with
his brethren, and went over to Sichem.
And the inhabitants of Sichem taking
courage at his coming,
i 27 Went out into the fields, wasting the
vineyards, and treading down the grapes
: and singing and dancing they went into
the temple of their god, and in their ban-
28 And Gaal the son of Obed cried ^

and devour the cedars of Libanus.
16 x^ow therefore if you have done well,
and without sin in appointing Abimelech
king over you, and have dealt well with
Jerobaal, and with his house, and have
made a suitable return for the benefits of
him, who fought for you,
17 And exposed his life to dangers, to
deUver you from the hands of Madian,
18 And you are now risen up against my
father's house, and have killed his sons
seventy men upon one stone, and have
made Abimelech the son of his handmaid
king over the inhabitants of Sichem, be-
cause he is your brother
19 If therefore you have dealt well, and
without fault with Jerobaal, and his Abimelech,
Who is Abimelech, and what is Sichem,
that we should serve him ? Is he not the
son of Jerobaal, and hath made Zebul his
servant ruler over the men of Emor the
father of Sichem? Why then shall we
serve him?
29 Would to God that some man would
put this people under my hand, that I
might remove Abimelech out of the way
And it was said to Abimelech- Gather
together the multitude of an army, and
come,
30 For Zebul the ruler of the city, heai
ing the words of Gaal, the son of Obed,!
was very angry,
31 And sent messengers privately to
saying Behold Gaal the sonj
:

house, rejoice ye this day in Abimelech, of Obed is come into Sichem with hij
and may he rejoice in you. brethren, and endeavoureth to set th<
20 But if unjustly let fire
; come out city against thee.
from him, and consume the inhabitants 32 Arise therefore in the night with
th<

of Sichem, and the town of Mello: and people that is

with thee and lie hid inl

let fire come out from the men of Sichem, the field
and from the town of Mello, and devour 33 And betimes in the morning
at si

Abimelech. rising set upon the city. And when h<

come out against thee with hit
21 And when he had said thus he fled, shall
and went into Bera and dwelt there for people, do to him what thou
:
shalt hi
tear of Abimelech his brother. able.
22 So Abimelech reigned over Israel for 34 Abimelech therefore arose with al
three years, his army by night, and laid ambushef
23 And the Lord sent a very evil spirit near Sichem in
four places-
between Abimelech and the inhabitants 35 And Gaal the son of Obed went oul
and stood in the entrance of the gate ol
of Sichem who began to detest him,
murder the city. And Abimelech rose up, and
24 And to leave the crime of the
and the all his army with him from the places of
of the seventy sons of Jerobaal,
shedding of their blood upon Abimelech the ambushes
their brother, and upon the rest of the 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he
Drinces of the Sichemites, who aided himc said to Zebul* Behold a multitude comcth
in Joatham's parable, according to the
Ver. 13. Cheereth God and men. Wine is here the trees,
he had strict literal sense but only in a sense accomm(>
represented as agreeable to God, because
.

design of the parable expressed w tt*

appointed it to be offered up with his sacrifices. But dated to the
W9 are uot obliged to tak* these words, spokeu by COQClUSiOQ ol it.
2G2
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Sichem destroyed JUD GES Abimelech is killed

down from the mountains. And he an-
swered him Thou seest the shadows of
:
the mountains as if they were the heads
and laying it on his shoulder and carry-
ing it, he said to his companions
What :

you see me do, do you out of hand.

of men, and this is thy mistake. 49 So they cut down boughs from
37 Again Gaal said the
Behold there com-
:
trees, every man as fast as he could,
eth people down from the middle of the and
followed their leader. And surrounding
land, and one troop cometh by the way the fort they set it on fire
that looketh towards the oak. and so it :

came to pass that with the smoke and

38 And Zebul said to him Where is with the fire a
now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst ? killed, men and thousand persons were
:

Wi-D is Abimelech that we should serve inhabitants of

women together, of the
the tower of Sichem.
"lim ? Is not this the people which thou
50 Then Abimelech departing from
didst despise ? Go out, and fight against
thence came to the town of Thebes,
him. which he surrounded and besieged with
39 So Gaal went out in the sight of the his army.
people of Sichem, and fought against 51 And
there was in the midst of the
A.bimelech, city a high tower, to which both the
40 Who chased and put him to flight, and the women men
were fled together, and
md drove him to the city: and many all the princes of the city,
Neve slain of his people, even to the gate shut and having
and strongly barred the gate, they
)f the city
stood upon the battlements of the tower
41 And Abimelech sat down in Ruma
to defend themselves.
)ut Zebul drove Gaal, and his companions
52 And Abimelech coming near the
)ut of the city, and would not
suffer tower, fought stoutly: and
hem to abide in it. approaching
.
to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it
42 So the day following the people went 53 ^ And behold a certain
rat into the field. And it was told Abim- ing a piece of a millstone woman from
cast-
elech. above,
dashed it against the head of Abimelecl^
43 And he took his army, and divided it and
broke his skull.
nto three companies, and laid ambushes 54^ And he called hastily to his ar-
n the fields. And seeing that the peo-
mourbearer, and said to him Draw thy
)]e came out of the city, he
:

arose and sword, and kill me lest it

et upon them, should :be said
that I was slain by a woman. He did
44 With his own company, assaulting he was as
-nd besieging the city
commanded, and slew him.
whilst the two
:
55 And when he was dead, all the
•ther companies chased the enemies men
that of Israel that were with him,
irere scattered about the field. returned to
their homes.
46 And Abimelech assaulted the city all 56 And God repaid the evil, that
hat day: and took it, and killed the in- Abim-
elech had done against his father,
.abitants thereof, and demoKshed it, kill-
so ing his seventy brethren.
hat he sowed salt in it.
57 The Sichemites also were
46 And when they who dwelt in the rewarded
for what they had done, and the
ower of Sichem had heard this, they Joatham curse of
the son of Jerobaal came upon
^ent into the temple of their god
Berith them.
There they had made a covenant
with CHAPTER 10.
im, and from thence the place had
taken Thola ruleth Israel twenty-three years;
}8 name, and it was exceeding and Jair
strong. twenty-two. The people fall again
47 Abimelech also hearing that the and are oMcted by the Philistines into idolatry,
men lies.
and
They cry to God for help, who upon AmmoK-
f the tower of Sichem were their re-
gathered pentance hath compassion on them.
Jgether,
48 Went up into mount Selmon
A FTER Abimelech there arose a ruler
he and iTx in Israel, Thola son of Phua the
U his people with him and taking an
:
uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar,
xe, he cut down the bough of a tree, who dwelt in Samir of mount Ephraim:
V 2 Kings 11. 21.
w
1 Kings 31. 4 ; 1 Par. 10. 4.
Ver.45. Sowed salt. To make
the ground barren,
Id fit for nothing.
Sr^^^K^ }^v.
^^^^9"' as being born of the same rac
tlier, but by a different father, and of a different
Chap. lo. Ver. l. Uncle of Abimelech,
i. e. half! vrioCb
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The Israelites fall into idolatry JUDGES Ammon wars against Israel
2 And he judged Israel three and twenty us whatsoever pleaseth thee only de- :

years, and he died and was biu-ied in liver us this time.

Samir. 16 And saying these things, they cast
3 To him succeeded Jair the Galaadite, away out of their coasts all the idols of
who judged Israel for two and twenty strange gods and served the Lord their
years. God: and he was touched with their
4 Having thirty sons that rode on thirty miseries.
ass colts, and were princes of thirty 17 And the children of shout- Ammon
cities, which from his name were called ing together, pitched their tents in
Havoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, Galaad: against whom the children of
until this present day in the land of Israel assembled themselves together
Galaad. and camped in Maspha.
6 And Jair died and was buried in the
: 18 And the princes of Galaad said one
place which was called Camon. to another Whosoever of us shall first
:

6 But the children of Israel, adding new begin to fight against the children of
sins to their old ones, did evil in the Ammon, he shall be the leader of the
sight of the Lord , and served idols, people of Galaad.
Baalim and Astaroth, and the gods of
Syria and of Sidon and of Moab and of 11. CHAPTER
the children of Ammon
and of the Philis- Jephte is made ruler of the people of Galaad : fie
first pleads their cause against the Ammonites;
tines and they left the Lord, and did
:
then making a vow obtains a signal victory ; he
not serve him. performs his vow.
7 And the Lord being angry with them, rpHERE was at that time Jephte the
delivered them into the hands of the _L Galaadite, a most valiant man and a
Phihstines and of the children of Am- warrior, the son of a woman that was a
mon. harlot, and his father was Galaad.
8 And they were afflicted, and grievous- 2 Now Galaad had a wife of whom he
ly oppressed for eighteen years, all they had sons who after they were grown
:

that dwelt beyond the Jordan in the up, thrust out Jephte, saying: Thou
land of the Amorrhite, who is in Galaad canst not inherit in the house of our
9 Insomuch that the children of Am- father, because thou art born of another
mon passing over the Jordan, wasted mother.
Juda and Benjamin and Ephraim: and 3 Then he fled and avoided them and
Israel was distressed exceedingly. dwelt in the land of Tob and there were :

10 And they cried to the Lord, and said: gathered to him needy men, and robbers,
We have sinned against thee, because we and they followed him as their prince.
have forsaken the Lord our God, and 4 In those days the children of Ammon
have served Baalim. made war against Israel.
11 And the Lord said to them: Did not 5 And as they pressed hard upon them,
the Egyptians and the Amorrhites, and the ancients of Galaad went to fetch
the children of Ammon and the Philis- Jephte out of the land of Tob to help
tines, them
12 The Sidonians also and Amalec and 6 And they said to him Come thou and :

Chanaan oppress you, and you cried to be our prince, and fight against the chil-
me, and I delivered you out of their dren of Ammon.
hand? 7 And he answered them: v A.vq not
13 And yet you have forsaken me, and you the men that hated me, and cast me
have worshipped strange gods therefore out of my father's house, and now you
:

I will deliver you no more are come to me constrained by neces-

14 Go and call upon the gods which sity?
you have chosen: let them deliver you 8 And the princes of Galaad said to
in the time of distress. Jephte For this cause we are now come
:

15 And the children of Israel said to to thee, that thou mayst go with us, and
the Lord We have sinned, do thou unto fight against the children of Ammon,
:

y Gen. 26. 27.

Ver. 4. Mavoth, Jair. This name was now confirmed to these towns, which they had formerly received
trom another Jair. l^um.32.41.
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Jephte made leader of Israel JUDGES He defeats the Amorrhites

and be heaxi over the inhabitants of Hesebon, and they said to him Suffer me
all :

Qalaad. to pass through thy land to the river.

9 Jephte also said to them: If you be 20 But he also despising the words of
come to me sincerely, that I should fight Israel, suffered him not to pass through
for you against the children of Ammon, his borders but gathering an infinite :

and the Lord shall deliver them into my multitude, went out against him to Jasa,
band, shall I be your prince ? and made strong opposition.
10 They answered him The Lord who :21 And the Lord delivered him with all
heareth these things, he himself is medi- his army into the hands of Israel, and
ator and witness that we will do as we he slew him, and possessed all the land
have promised, of the Amorrhite the inhabitant of that
11 Jephte therefore went with the country,
princes of Galaad, and all the people 22 And all the coasts ther^t^f from the
made him their princeo And Jephte Arnon to the Jaboc, and from the wilder-
spoke all his words before the Lord in ness to the Jordan.
Maspha. 23 So the Lord the God of Israel de-
12 And he sent messengers to the king stroyed the Amorrhite, his people of Is-
of the children of Ammon, to say in his rael fighting against him, and wilt thou
name, What hast thou to do with me, now possess this land ?
that thou art come against me, to waste 24 Are not those things which thy god
my land ? Chamos possesseth, due to thee by right?
13 And he answered them: "^ Because But what the Lord our God hath obtained
Israel took away my land when he came by conquest, shall be our possession:
np out of Egypt, from the confines of the 25 ^ Unless perhaps thou art better than
Arnon unto the Jaboc and the Jordan: Balac the son of Sephor king of Moab
now therefore restore the same peace- or canst shew that he strove against
ably to me. Israel and fought against him,
14 And Jephte again sent word by 26 Whereas he hath dwelt in Hesebon,
them, and commanded them to say to and the villages thereof, and in Aroer,
tue king of Ammon and its villages, and in all the cities near
15 Thus saith Jephte Israel did not the Jordan, for three hundred years.
:

take away the land of Moab, nor the Why have you for so long a time at-
land of the children of Ammon tempted nothing about this claim ?
16 But when they came up out of Egypt, 27 Therefore I do not trespass against
he walked through the desert to the Red thee, but thou wrongest me by declaring
Sea, and came into Cades. an unjust war against me. The Lord
17 ^ And he sent messengers to the be judge and decide this day between
king of Edom, saying Suffer me to pass Israel and the children of Ammon.
:

through thy land. But he would not 28 And the king of the children of Am-
condescend to his request. He sent also mon would not hearken to the words of
to the king of Moab, who likewise re- Jephte, which he sent him by the mes-
fused to give him passage. He abode sengers.
therefore in Cades, 29 Therefore the spirit of the Lord
18 And went round the land of Edom came upon Jephte, and going round Ga-
at the side, and the land of Moab: and laad, and Manasses, and Maspha of Ga-
came over against the east coast of the laad, and passing over from thence to
land of Moab, and camped on the other the children of Ammon,
side of the Arnon : ^ and he would not 30 He made a vow to the Lord, saying:
enter the bounds of Moab. If thou wilt deliver the children of Am-
\9 So Israel sent messengers to Sehon mon into my hands,
king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in 31 Whosoever shall first come forth out
a Num. 21. 24. b Num. 20. 14. — c Num. 21. 13. — d Num. 22. 2.

Chap. 11. Ver. Chamos. The idol of the

24. which God, by visible miracles, had conquered for
Moabites and Ammonites. He argues from their them.
opinion, who thought they had a just title to the Ver. ."^l. Whosopvrr, &c. Some are of opinion,
countries which they imagined they had conquered that the meaning of this vow of Jephte, was to cod
by the lielp of their gods how much more then
: secrate t» God whats'»pver should first meet hin»
bail Israel au indisputable title to the countries accoiUiug to the cuudiuon of the thing; so as to
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Jephte*s vow JUDGES Efhraimites quarrel with Jephte

of the doors of my house, and shall meet the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite for
me when I return in peace from the chil- four days.
dren of Ammon, the same will I offer a
holocaust to the Lord.
CHAPTER 12.
The Ephraimites quarrel with Jephte: forty-tiro
32 And Jephte passed over to the chil- thousand of them are slain : Abesan, Ahialon, and
dren of Ammon, to fight against them: Abdon, are judges.
and the Lord delivered them into his
hands.
BUT
behold there arose a sedition in
Ephraim. And passing towards the
33 And he smote them from Aroer till north, they said to Jephte When thou :

you come to Mennith, twenty cities, and wentest to fight against the children of
as far as Abel, which is set with vine- Ammon, why wouldst thou not call us,
yards, with a very great slaughter and that we might go with thee ? Therefore
:

the children of Ammon were humbled by we will burn thy house.

the children of Israel. 2 And he answered them I and my :

34 And when Jephte returned into Mas- people were at great strife with the chil-
pha to his house, his only daughter met dren of Ammon: and I called you to
him with timbrels and with dances: for assist me, and you would not do it.
he had no other children. 3 And when I saw this, I put my hfe in
35 And when he saw her, he rent his my own hands, and passed over against
garments, and said Alas my daughter, the children of Ammon, and the Lord
: !

thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself delivered them into my hands. What
art deceived: for I have opened my have I deserved, that you should rise up
mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other to fight against me ?
thing. 4 Then calling to him all the men of
36 And she answered him My father, Galaad, he fought against Ephraim and
: :

if thou hast opened thy mouth to the the men of Galaad defeated Ephraim,
Lord, do unto me whatsoever thou hast because he had said Galaad is a fugitive :

promised, since the victory hath been of Ephraim, and dwelleth in the midst of
granted to thee, and revenge of thy ene- Ephraim and Manasses.
mies. 5 And the Galaadites secured the fords
37 And she said to her father: Grant of the Jordan, by which Ephraim was to
me only this which I desire Let me go, return. And when any one of the num-
:

that I may go about the mountains for ber of Ephraim came thither in the flight,
two months, and may bewail my virginity and said I beseech you let me pass the : :

with my companions. Galaadites said to him Art thou not an :

38 And he answered her Go. And he Ephraimite ? If he said I am not

: :

sent her away for two months. And 6 They asked him Say then, Scibboleth, :

when she was gone with her comrades which is interpreted. An ear of corn.
and companions, she mourned her vir- But he answered, Sibboleth, not being
ginity in the mountains. able to express an ear of corn by the
39 And the two months being expired, same letter. Then presently they took
she returned to her father, and he did to him and killed him in the very passage of
her as he had vowed, and she knew no the Jordan. And there fell at that time
man. From thence came a fashion in Is- of Ephraim two and forty thousand.
rael, and a custom has been kept: 7 And Jephte the Galaadite judged Israel
40 That from year to year the daughters six years and he died, and was buried in:

of Israel assemble together, and lament his city of Galaad.

offerit up as a holocaust, if it were such a thing as from ver. 29, 30) in consequence of which he obtained
might be so offered by the law or to devote it other-
; the victory and therefore he reasonably concluded
;

Wise to God, if it were not such as the law allowed that God, who is the master of life and death, was
to be offered in sacrifice. And therefore they think pleased on this oceasion to dispense with his own
the daughter of Jephte was not slain by her father, law and that it was the divine will he should fulfil
;

but only consecrated to perpetual virginity. But the his vow.

common opinion followed by the generality of the Ver. 37. Bewail my virginity. The bearing of
holy fathers and divines is, that she was offered as a children was much coveted under the Old Testa-
holocaust, in consequence of her father's vow and : ment, when women might hope that from some child
that Jephte did not sin, at least not mortally, neither of theirs, the Saviour of the world might one day
tn making, nor in keeping, his vow since he is no
: spring. But under the New Testament virginity is
ways blamed for it in scripture; and was even preferred. 1 Cor. 7. 35.
Inspired by God himself to make the vow (as appears
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An angel appears to Manue JUDGES The angeVs message

8 After him Abesan of Bethlehem judged and by what name he was called, he
Israel: would not tell me,
9 He had4)hirty sons, and as many daugh- 7 But he answered thus Behold thou
ters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to shalt conceive and bear a son: beware
husbands, and took wives for his sons of thou drink no wine, nor strong drink,
the same number, bringing them into his nor eat any unclean thing for the child .

bouse. And he judged Israel seven years shall be a Nazarite of God from his in-
10 And he died, and was buried in Beth- fancy, from his mother's womb until the
lehem. day of his dea.,iu
11 To him succeeded Ahialon a Zabu- 8 Then Manue prayed to the Lord, and
lonite and he judged Israel ten years
: said: I beseech thee, O Lord, that the
12 died, and was buried in Zabu- man of God, whom thou didst send» may
And he
lon. come again, and teach us what we ought
13 After him Abdon, the son of lUel, a to do concerning the child that shall be
Pharathonite, judged Israel bom.
14 And he had forty sons, and of them 9 And the Lord heard the prayer of Ma
thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy nue, and the angel of the Lord appeared
ass colts, and he judged Israel eight again to his wife as she was sitting in
years the field. But Manue her husband was
15 And he died, and was buried in Phar- not with her. And when she saw the
athon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount angel,
of Amalech. 10 She made haste .and ran to her hus-
band : and told him saying Behold the
CHAPTER 13. man hath appeared lo me whom I saw
.

The people fall again into idolatry and are afflicted

by the Philistines. An angel foretelleth the birth before.
of Samson. 11 He rose up and followed his wife:
AND *the children of Israel did evil and coming to the man, said to him Art :

x\ again in the sight of the Lord and thou he that spoke to the woman? And
:

he delivered them into the hands of the he answered : I am.

Philistines forty years. 12 And Manue said to him : When thy
2 Now there was a certain man of Saraa, word shall come to pass, what wilt thou
and of the race of Dan, whose name was that the child should do ? or from what
Manue, and his wife was barren. shall he keep himself ?
3 And an angel of the Lord appeared to 13 And the angel of the Lord said to
her, and said Thou art barren and with- Manue From all the things I have spokeD
: :

out children: ^but thou shalt conceive of to thy wife, let her refrain herself ?

and bear a son. 14 And let her eat nothing that cometh
4 ^ Now therefore beware and drink no of the vine, neither let her drink wine or
wine nor strong drink, and eat not any strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing -,

andean thing. and whatsoever I have commanded her,

5 Because thou shalt conceive and bear let her fulfil and observe.
a son, and no razor shall touch his head 15 And Manue said to the angel of :

for he shall be a Nazarite of God, from the Lord 1 beseech thee to consent to ;

his infancy^ and from his mother's womb, my request, and let us dress a kid for
and he shah begin to deliver Israel from thee.
the hands of the Phihstines. 16 And the angel answered him If thou :

6 And when she was come to her hus- press me, I will not eat of thy bread but i

band she said to him A man of God if thou wilt offer a holocaust, offer it to
.

came to me, having the countenance of the Lord. And Manue knew not it was
an angel, very awful. And when I asked the angel of the Lord,
him who he was, and whence he came, 17 And he said to him: What is thy
e Supra 10, 6 g GeiL 18 11 1 Kings 1. 20 ; Luke 1 31. — h Num. 6. 4.

Chap. 13. Ver

Let her refrain, &c. By the
13.
Latin text it is not clear wliether this abstinence
was prescribed to the mother, or to the child; but
the Hebrew (in which the verbs relating thereto are
of the feminine gender) deterjnineth it to the mother.
But Uie& tne chUd also was to relrain £rom t^e liko
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things, because he was to be from his Infancy a
Nazarite of God^ ver. 5, that is, one set aside, in a
particular manner, and consecrated to God: no^
the Nazarites by the law were to abstain from aS
these Uiiofis.
Birth of Samson JUDGES Samson* s riddle
name, that, if thy word shall come to the Philistines, who are uncircumcised 1
pass, we may honour thee ? And Samson said to his father Take this :

18 And he answered him: *Why askest woman for me, for she hath pleased my
thou my name, which is wonderful ? eyes.
19 Then Manue took a kid of the flocks, 4 Now his parents knew not that the
and the hbations, and put them upon a thing was done by the Lord, and that he
rock, offering to the Lord, who doth sought an occasion against the Philis-
wonderful things: and he and his wife tines: for at that time the Philistines
looked on. had dominion over Israel.
20 And when the flame from the altar 5 Then Samson went down with his
went up towards heaven, the angel of father and mother to Thamnatha. And
the Lord ascended also in the flame. And when they were come to the vineyards of
when Manue and his wife saw this, they the town, behold a young lion met him
fell flat on the ground. raging and roaring.
21 And the angel of the Lord appeared 6 And the spirit of the Lord came upon
to them no more. And forthwith Manue Samson, and he tore the Hon as he would
understood that it was an angel of the have torn a kid in pieces, having nothing
Lord, at all in his hand and he would not tell
:

22 And he said to his wife : We shall
certainly die, because we have seen God,
23 And his wife answered him: If the
Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not
have received a holocaust and Hbations at
our hands, neither would he have shewed
us all these things, nor have told ue the
things that are to come.
24 And she bore a son, and called his
name Samson. And the child grew, and
jhe Lord blessed him.
25 And the spirit of the Lord began to
be with him in the camp of Dan, between
Saraa and EsthaoL
CHAPTER 14.
Samson desiretha wife of the Philistines. HekilU
ethalion: in uhose mouth he afterwards find'
eth honey. His marriage feast, and riddle, which do.
is discovered by his wife. He killeth, ami strip-
peth thirty Philistines. His wife taketh another
man.
THEN Samson went down
natha, and seeing there a
to
woman
Tham- panions
the daughters of the Philistines,
2 He came up, and told his father and
his mother, saying : I saw a woman in
Thamnatha of the daughters of the Phi-
this to his father and mother.
7 And he went down and spoke to the
woman that had pleased his eyes.
8 And after some days returning to take
her, he went aside to see the carcass of
the lion, and behold there was a swarm
of bees in the mouth of the lion and a
honeycomb.
9 And when he had taken it in his hands,
he went on eating: and coming to his
father and mother, he gave them of it,
and they ate: but he would not tell them,
that he had taken the honey from the
body of the lion.
10 So his father went down to the
woman, and made a feast for his son
Samson: for so the young men used to
11 And when the citizens of that place
saw him, they brought him thirty com-
of
to be with hinu
12 And Samson said to them: I will
propose to you a riddle, which if you de-
clare unto me within the seven days of
the feast, I wiU give you thirty shirts,
and as many coats r

listines I beseech you, take her for me

I 13 But if you shall not be able to de-
to wife. clare it, you shall give me thirty shirts
3 And his father and mother said to and the same number of coatSc They
him; Is there no woman among the answered him Put forth the riddle that
;

daughters of thy brethren, or among all we may hear it.

my people, that thou wilt take a wife of 14 And he said to themt Out of the

i Gen. 32. 29.

Ver 22. Sfieti God. Not in his own person, but in Chap= 14. Ver, 3, Is there no v^oman among the
the person of his messenger. The Israelites, in those daughters of thy brethren. Tliis shews his parents
days, imagined they sl)ould die if they saw an angel, were at first against his marriage with a Gentile, it
taking occasion perhaps from those words spoken by being prohibited, Deut. 7 3, but afterwards they
the Lord to Moses, Ex. 33. 20, No man shall see me consented, knowing it to be by the dispensation ol
and live. But the event demonstrated that it was God; which otherwise would have been sinful in
)Mt a groundless imagination. acting contrary to the law.
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^he riddle answered JUD GES S amson*s revenge

ater came forth meat, and out of the fairer than she, take her to wife insteao-
:rong came forth sweetness. And they of her.
ould not in three days expound the 3 And Samson answered him; From
ddle. this day I shall be blameless in what j dc
15 And when the seventh day came, against the Philistines i for "i will dii you
ley said to the wife of Samson: Soothe evils.
ly husband, and persuade him to tell 4 And he went and caught three hioM-
lee what the riddle meaneth. But if dred foxes, and coupled them tail to
10 u wilt not do it, we will burn thee, tail, and fastened torches between the
ad thy father's house. Have you called tails.
s to the wedding on purpose to strip 5 And setting them on fire he let the
8? foxes go, that they might run about
16 So she wept before Samson and com- hither and thither. And they presently
lained, saying: Thou hatest me, and went into the standing corn of the
est not love me : therefore thou wilt Philistines. Which being set on fire,
ot expound to me the riddle which thou both the corn that was already carried
ast proposed to the sons of my people^ together, and that which was yet stand-
lut he answered I would not tell it to ing, was all burnt, insomuch, that the
:

ly father and mother, and how can I flame consumed also the vineyards and
all it to thee ? the oliveyards.
17 So she wept before him the seven 6 Then the Philistines said Who hath
ays of the feast : and at length on the done this thing? And it was answered;
eventh day as she was troublesome to Samson the son in law of the Tha-mnath-
lim, he expounded it. And she im- ite, because he took away his wife, and
lediately told her countrymen. gave her to another, hath done these
18 And they on the seventh day before things And the Philistines went up and
he sun went down said to him : What is burnt both the woman and her father
weeter than honey ? and what is stronger 7 But Samson said to them t Although
ban a )ion? And he said to thems If you have done this, yet will I be re-
ou had not ploughed with my
heifer, venged of you, and then I wiM be quietb
ou had not found out riddle. my
8 And he made a great slaughter of
19 And the spirit of the Lord came them, so that in astonishment they laid
pon him, and he went down to Ascalon, the calf of the leg upon the thigho And
nd slew there thirty men, whose gar- going down he dwelt in a cavern o£ the
lents he took away and gave to them rock Etam.
hat had declared the riddle. And being 9 Then the Philistines going up into the
xceeding angry he went up to his land of Juda, camped in the place which
ather's house afterwards was called Lechi, that is, the
20 But his wife took one of his friends Jawbone, where their army was spread,
Jid bridal companions for her husband. 10 And the men of the tribe of Juda
said to them. Why are you come up
CHAPTER 16. against us ? They answered i are come We
'amson is denied his wife. He burns the com of to bind Samson, and to pay him for what
j
the Philistines^ and kills many of thenu he hath done against uso
AND a while after, when the days of li Wherefore three thousand men of
,.the wheat harvest were at hand, Juda, went down to the cave of the rock
lamson came, meaning to visit his wife, Etam, and said to Samson. Knowest
nd he brought her a kid of the flooko thou not that the Philistines rule oveJ
Uid when he would have gone into her us ? Why
wouldst thou do thus f And
hamber as usual, her father would not he said to them^ As they did to mo, so
uffer him, saying have I done to them.
2 I thought thou hadst hated her, and 12 And they said to him, are come We
herefore I gave her to thy friend i but to bind thee and to deliver thee into the
he hath a sister, who is younger and hands of the Philistines. And Samson

Chap 15. Ver. 4. Foxes. Being judge of the with nets or otherwise a number of these anfina^i
>«opie he might have many to assist iutt tocatcb oi v/lnoh there were great aimiOers in that couiita^
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The jawbone of an ass JUD GES Samson at iff D^^r

said tothem Swear to me, and promise surrounded him, setting guards at th
:

me, that you will not kill me. gate of the city, and watching there a
13 They said We will not kill thee the night in silence, that in the mornin
:

but we will deliver thee up bound. And they might kill him as he went out,
they bound him with two new cords, and 3 But Samson slept till midnight, an
brought him from the rock Etam. then rising he took both the doors of th
14 Now when he was come to the place gate, with the posts thereof, and the bol
of the Jawbone, and the Philistines and laying them on his shoulders, carrii
shouting went to meet him, the spirit of them up to the top of the hill, whi
the Lord came strongly upon him and looketh towards Hebron.
:

as the flax is wont to be consumed at 4 After this he loved a woman, wh

the approach of fire, so the bands with dv/elt in the valley of Sorec, and she w
which he was bound were broken and called Dalila.
loosed. 5 And the princes of the Philistine
15 And finding a jawbone, even the jaw- came to her, and said: Deceive him, an
bone of an ass which lay there, catching learn of him wherein his great strengt
it up, he slew therewith a thousand men. lieth, and how we may be able to eve
16 And he said: With the jawbone of an come him, to bind and afflict him : whic
ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses I if thou shalt do, we will give thee eve
have destroyed them, and have slain a one of us eleven hundred pieces of silve
thousand men. 8 And Dalila said to Samson: Tell m
17 And when he had ended these words I beseech thee, wherein thy greatei
singing, he threw the jawbone out of his strength heth, and what it is wherewit
hand, and called the name of that place if thou wert bound thou couldst not brea
Bamathlechi, which is interpreted the loose.
lifting up of the jawbone. 7 And Samson answered her If I sha
:

18 And being very thirsty, he cried to be bound with seven cords made of sine^^
the Lord, and said Thou hast given this
: not yet dry, but still moist, I shall t
very great deliverance and victory into weak like other men.
the hand of thy servant and behold I : 8 And the princes of the PhiUstin
die for thirst, and shall fall into the hands brought unto her seven cords, such as h
of the uncircumcised. spoke of, with which she bound him
19 Then the Lord opened a great tooth 9 Men lying privately in wait with he
in the jaw of the ass, and waters issued and in the chamber expecting the evei
out of it. And when he had drank them of the thing, and she cried out to him
he refreshed his spirit, and recovered his The Philistines are upon thee, Samso
strength. Therefore the name of that And he broke the bands, as a man woul
place was called, The Spring of him that break a thread of tow twined with spittl
invoked from the jawbone, until this when it smelleth the fire so it was ii< :

present day. known wherein his strength lay.

20 And he judged Israel in the days of 10 And Dahla said to him: Behold the
the Philistines twenty years. "* hast mocked me, and hast told me a tti
thing: but now at least tell me where"V«iti
CHAPTER 16. thou mayest be bound.
Samson is deluded by Dalila : and falls into the 11 And he answered her If I shall b
:

hands of the Philistines. His death. bound with new ropes, that were never i
HE there a
went also into Gaza,
woman a harlot,
and saw
and went
work, I shall be weak and like other mer"
12 Dalila bound him again with these
in unto her. and cried out The Philistines are upo
:

2 And when the Philistines had heard thee, Samson, there being an ambus'
this, andit was noised about among them, prepared for him in the chamber. Bu
that Samson was come into the city, they he broke the bands like threads of webf
m Infra 10. 31.
^__^^
Chap. 16. Ver. 4. Dalila. Some are of opinion his enemies. However if he was guilty, it is not t|
she was married to Samson others that she was his be doubted but that under his afiflictions he heartil
;

harlot. If the latter opinion be true, we cannot repented and returned to God, and so obtained ic.
wonder that, in punishment of his lust, the Lord giveness of his sins.
dblivered Uim up» by her means, into the hands of
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 imson is shorn of his strength JUDGES" Death of Samson
3 AndDalila said m
him again: How 21 Then the
Philistines seized uponliim,
1

Qg dost thou deceive me, and tell me and

forthwith pulled out his eyes, and
8 ? Shew me wherewith thou mayest be led him bound in chains to Gaza, and
und. And Samson answered her; If shutting him up in prison made him
ou plattest the seven locks of my head grind.
th a lace, and tying them round about 22 And now his hair began to grow
aail fastenest it in the ground, I shall be again.
23 And the princes of the Philistines as-
4 And when Dalila had done this, she sembled together, to offer great sacrifices
id to him: The Philistines are upon to Dagon their god, and to make merry,
ee, Samson. And awaking out of his saying: Our god hath delivered our
3ep he drew out the nail with the hairs enemy Samson into our hands.
d the lace. 24 And the people also seeing this,
5 And Dalila said to him How dost praised their god, and said the same:
:

ou say thou lovest me, when thy mind Our god hath delivered our adversary
not with me ? Thou hast told me lies into our hands, him that destroyed our
ese three times, and wouldst not tell country and killed very many.
B wherein thy great strength lieth. 25 And rejoicing in their feasts, when
6 And when she pressed him much, they had now taken their good cheer,
id continually hung upon him for many they commanded that Samson should
ys, giving him no time to rest, his soul be called, and should play before them.
Inted away, and was wearied even And being brought out of prison he
itil death. played before them, and they made him
7 Then opening the truth of the thing, stand between two pillars.
) said to her The razor hath never
: 26 And he said to the lad that guided
me upon my head, for I am a Nazarite, his steps Suffer me to touch the pillars
:

at is to say, consecrated to God from which support the whole house, and let
y mother's womb if my head be shaven, me lean upon them, and rest a little.
:

y strength shall depart from me, and I 27 Now the house was full of men and
all become weak, and shall be like other women, and all the princes of the Philis-
en. tines were there. Moreover about three
8 Then seeing that he had discovered thousand persons of both sexes from the
her all his mind, she sent to the princes roof and the higher part of the house,
the PhiHstines, saying Come up this were beholding Samson's play,
:

ice more, for now he hath opened his 28 But he called upon the Lord, saying:
)art to me. And they went up taking Lord God, remember me, and restore
ith them the money which they had to me now my former strength, O my
omised. God, that I may revenge myself on my
9 But she made him sleep upon her enemies, and for the loss of my two eyes
lees, and lay his head in her bosom. 1 may take one revenge.
nd she called a barber, and shaved his 29 And laying hold on both the pillars
ven locks, and began to drive him on which the house rested, and holding
i^ay, and thrust him from her for im- the one with his right hand, and the other
:

ediately his strength departed from with his left,

m. 30 He said Let me die with the Philis
:

And she said The Philistines are tines. And when he had strongly shook
:

)on thee, Samson. And awaking from the pillars, the house fell upon all the
Bep, he said in his mind I will go out princes, and the rest of the multitude
:

I did before, and shake myself, not that was there and he killed many
:

lowing that the Lord was departed from more at his death, than he had killed
before in his life.

Ver. 28. Revenge myself. This desire of revenge was moved to what he did, by a particular inspira-
IS out of zeal for justice against the enemies of tion of fllod, who a.lso concurred with him by
m and his people ; and not out of private rancour
,

miracle, in restoring his strength upon the spot, in

.

il malice of
heart. consequence of his prayer. Samson, by dying in this
Ver. 30. Let me die. Literally, let my
soul die. manner, was a figure of Christ, who £>y Mz deatb
-mson did not sin on this occasion, though he was overcame all bis enemies.
directly the cause of his ovri death. Because he

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The idol of Michas JUDGES Dan sends spies to Lai

31 And his brethren and all his kindred, 10 And Michas said Stay with me, an'
:

going down took his body, and buried it be unto me a father and a priest, and
between Saraa and Esthaol in the bury- will give thee every year ten pieces c
ingplace of his father Manue: and he silver, and a double suit of apparel, an
judged Israel twenty years. thy victuals.
11 He was content, and abode with th
CHAPTER 17. man, and was unto him as one of hi
The history of the idol of Michas, and the young sons.
Levite. 12 And Michas filled !iis hand, and ha
THERE was at that time a man of the young man with him, for his priest
mount Ephraim whose name was saying
Michas, 13 Now I know God will do me gooc
2 Who said to his mother: The eleven since I have a priest of the race of th
hundred pieces of silver, which thou Levites.
hadst put aside for thyself, and concern- CHAPTER 18.
ing which thou didst swear in my hear- The expedition of the men of Dan against Lais i :

ing, behold I have, and they are with their way they rob Michas of his priest and h\
gods,
me. And she said to him: Blessed be
my son by the Lord» those days there was no king in Is
IN
3 So he restored them to his mother, rael, and the tribe of Dan sough
who said to him: I have consecrated them an inheritance to dwell in: fo
and vowed this silver to the Lord, that unto that day they had not receive;
my son may receive it at my hand, and their lot among the other tribes.
make a graven and a molten god^ so now 2 So the children of Dan sent five mos
I deliver it to thee. valiant men of their stock and famil;
4 And he restored them to his mother from Saraa and Esthaol, to spy out thi
and she took two hundred pieces of sil- land, and to view it diligently: and the:
ver and gave them to the silversmith, to said to them: Go, and view the land
make of them a graven and a molten They went on their way, and when the;
god^ which was in the house of Michas. came to mount Ephraim, they went int(
5 And he separated also therein a little the house of Michas, and rested there
temple for the god, and made an ephod, 3 And knowing the voic3 of the younj
and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly man the Levite, and lodging with him
garment, and idols: and he filled the they said to him: Who brought the»
band of one of his sons, and he became hither? what dost thou here? whj
his priest. wouldst thou come hither?
6 In those days there was no king in 4 He answered them: Michas hatl
Israel, but every one did that which done such and such things for me, anc
seemed right to himself. hath hired me to be his priest.
7 There was also another young man of 5 Then they desired him to consult th(
Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof Lord, that they might know whethe]
and he was a Levite, and dwelt there. their journey should be prosperous, anc
8 Now he went out from the city of the thing should have effect.
Bethlehem, and desired to sojourn where- 6 He answered them : Go in peace : th(
soever he should find it convenient for Lord looketh on your way, and the jour
him. And when he was come to mount ney that you go.
Ephraim, as he was on his journey, and 7 So the five men going on came tc
had turned aside a little into the house Lais: and they saw how the people dwelt
of Michas, therein without any fear, according tc
9 He was asked by him whence he the custom of the Sidonians, secure and
eame. And he answered : I am a Levite easy, having no man at all to oppose
of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going to them, being very rich, and living sepa-
dwell where I can, and where I shall rated, at a distance from Sidon and from
find a place to my advantage. all men.

Chap. 17. Ver. 5. Filled the hand. That is, their portions assigned them, Jos. 19. 40. But,
appointed and consecrated him to the priestly office. tlirough their own sloth, possessed as yet but i
Chap. 18. Ver. 1. Not received^ &c They bad small part of it. See Judges 1. 34.
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The idol of Michas is taken JUDGES The men of Dan destroy Lais
Q And they returned to theh^ brethren to their words, and took the ephod, and
in Saraa and Esthaol, who asked them the idols, and the graven god, and de-
what they had done? to whom they parted with them.
answered 21 And when they were going forward,
9 Arise, and let us go up to them for and: had put before them the children
we have seen the land which is exceeding and the cattle and all that was valuable.
rich and fruitful: neglect not, lose no 22 And were now at a distance from
time let us go and possess it, there will the house of Michas, ^he men that dwelt
:

be no difficulty. in the houses of Michas gathering to-

10 We shall come to a people that is gether followed them,
secure, into a spacious country, and the 23 And began to chout out after them.
Lord will deliver the place to us, in which They looked back, and said to Michas:
there is no want of any thing that grow- What aileth thee? Why dost thou cry?
Bth on the earth. 24 And he answered: You have taken
11 There went therefore of the kindred away my gods which I have made me
of Dan, to wit, from Saraa and Esthaol, and the priest, and all that I have, and
3IX hundred men, furnished with arms do you say: What aileth thee?
for war, 25 And the children of Dan said to him:
12 And going up they lodged in Caria- See thou say no more to us, lest men en-
thiarim of Juda: which place from that raged come upon thee, and thou perish
itime is called the camp of Dan, and is with all thy house.
behind Cariathiarim. 26 And so they went on the journey
13 From thence they passed into mount they had begun. But Michas seeing that
iEphraim. And when they were come to they were stronger than he, returned to
ithe house of Michas, his house.
I 14 The five men, that before had been 27 And the six hundred men took the
jsent to view the land of Lais, said to the priest, and the things we spoke of be-
iFest of their brethren: You know that fore, and came to Lais to a people that
iin these houses there is an ephod. and was quiet and secure, and smote them
theraphim, and a graven, and a molten with the edge of the sword and the city :

god: see what you are pleased to do. was burnt with fire,
15 And when they had turned a little 28 There being no man at all who
aside, they went into the house of the brought them any succour, because they
young man the Levite, who was in the dwelt far from Sidon, and had no society
house of Michas and they saluted him or business with any man. And the city
:

with words of peace. was in the land of Rohob and they re- :

16 And the six hundred men stood be- built it and dwelt therein.
I

fore the door, appointed with their arms. 29 Calling the name of the city Dan
17 But they that were gone into the after the name of their father, who was
house of the young man, went about to the son of Israel, which before was called
take away the graven god, and the ephod, Lais.
and the theraphim, and the molten god, 30 And they set up to themselves the
and the priest stood before the door, the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of
six hundred valiant men waiting not far Gersam the son of Moses, he and his sons

I
off. were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the
! 18 So they that were gone in took away day of their captivity.
the graven thing, the ephod, and the 31 And the idol of Michas remained
I
idols, and the molten god. And the priest with them all the time that the house of
said to them What are you doing ?
: God was in Silo. In those days there
19 And they said to him: Hold thy was no king in Israel.
I
peace and put thy finger on thy mouth
and come with us, that we may have
,

thee for a father, and a priest. Whether

CHAPTER 19.
is better for thee, to be a priest in the
A Levite bringing home his wife, is lodged by an
old man at Gabaa in the tribe of Benjam,in. Hia
house of one man, or in a tribe and fam- wife is there abused by wicked men, and in the
ily in Israel ? morning found dead. Her husband cutteth her
body in pieces, and sendeth to every tribe of /*
20 When he had heard this, t@ agreed rael^ requiring them, to revenge the tvicked/act
18
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The Levite and his wife JUDGES They are harbored in Gabaa
THERE was a certain Levite, who and the day was far spent: and the ser-
dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, vant said to his master Come, I be- :

who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda seech thee, let us turn into the city of
2 And she left him and returned to her the Jebusites, and lodge there.
father's house in Bethlehem, and abode 12 His master answered him: I will not
with him four months. go into the town of another nation, who
3 And her husband followed her, willing are not of the children of Israel, but I will
to be reconciled with her, and to speak pass over to Gabaa
kindly to her, and to bring her back with 13 And when I shall come thither, we
him, having with him a servant and two will lodge there, or at least in the city of
asses: and she received him, and brought Rama.
him into her father's house. And when 14 So they passed by Jebus, and went
his father in law had heard this, and had on their journey, and the sun went down
seen him, he met him with joy, upon them when they were by Gabaa,
4 And embraced the man. And the son which is in the tribe of Benjamin
in law tarried in the house of his father 15 And they turned into it, to lodge
in law three days, eating with him and there. And when they were come in,
drinking familiarly. they sat in the street of the city, for no
6 But on the fourth day arising early in man would receive them to lodge.
the morning he desired to depart. But 16 And behold they saw an old man,
his father in law kept him, and said returning out of the field and from his
to him: Taste first a little bread, and work in the evening, and he also was of
strengthen thy stomach, and so thou mount Ephraim, and dwelt as a stranger
shalt depart. in Gabaa but the men of that country
;

6 And they sat down together, and ate
and drank. And the father of the young
woman said to his son in law I beseech:
thee to stay here to day, and let us make
merry together.
7 But he rising up began to be for
departing. And nevertheless his father
in law earnestly pressed him, and made
him stay with him.
8 But when morning was come, the Le-
vite prepared to go on his journey. And
his father in law said to him again: I
beseech thee to take a little meat, and
strengthening thyself, till the day be
farther advanced, afterwards thou may-
est depart. And they ate together.
9 And the young man arose to set for-
were the children of Jemini.
17 And the old man lifting up his eyes,
saw the man sitting with his bundles in
the street of the city, and said to him
Whence comest thou ? and whither goest
thou?
18 He answered him: We came out
from Bethlehem Juda, and we are going
to our home, which is on the side of
mount Ephraim, from whence we went
to Bethlehem: and now we go to the
house of God, and none will receive us
under his roof:
19 We have straw and hay for proven-
der of the asses, and bread and wine for
the use of myself and of thy handmaid,
and of the servant that is with me we :

ward with his wife and servant. And want nothing but lodging.
his father in law spoke to him again: the old man answered him:
20 And
Consider that the day is declining, and Peace be with thee I will furnish all :

draweth toward evening: tarry with me things that are necessary only I be- :

to day also, and spend the day in mirth, seech thee, stay not in the street.
and to morrow thou shalt depart, that 21 And he brought him into his house,
thou mayest go into thy house. and gave provender to his asses: and
10 His son in law would not consent to after they had washed their feet, he en-
his words: but forthwith went forward tertained them with a feast.
and came over against Jebus, which by 22 While they were making merry, and
another name is called Jerusalem, lead- refreshing their bodies with meat and
ing with him two asses laden, and his drink, after the labour of the journey,
concubine. the men of that city, sons of Belial, (that
11 And now they were come near Jebus, is, without yoke,) came and beset the
Chap. 19. Ver.10. Concubine. She was his law- scripture called concubines. See above, chap. 8. ver.
1

ful wife, but even lawful wives are frequently in| 31.— Vor. 16. Jeminio That is, Benjamin.
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The crime of the men of Gabaa JUDGES Israelites gather against Gabaa
old man's house, and began to knock at 2 And all the chiefs of the people, and
the door, calling to the master of the all the tribes of Israel met together in
'

house, and saying P Bring forth the man the assembly of the people of God, four
:

that came into thy house, that we may hundred thousand footmen fit for war.
'abuse him. 3 (Nor were the children of Benjamin
23 And the old man went out to them, ignorant that the children of Israel were
'

and said Do not so, my brethren, do not come up to Maspha. ) And the Levite the
:

so wickedly because this man is come husband of the woman that was killed,
:

into my lodging, and cease I pray you being asked, how so great a wickedness
from this folly. had been committed,
24 I have a maiden daughter, and this 4 Answered I came into Gabaa of Ben-
:

man hath a concubine, I will bring them jamin with my wife, and there I lodged
out to you, and you may humble them, 5 And behold the men of that city in
and satisfy your lust only, I beseech the night beset the house wherein I was,
:

you, commit not this crime against na- intending to kill me, and abused my wife
ture on the man. with an incredible fury of lust, so that at
25 ^ They would not be satisfied with last she died.
his words which the man seeing, brought
; 6 And I took her and cut her in pieces,
out his concubine to them, and abandoned and sent the parts into all the borders of
;her to their wickedness: and when they your possession: because there nevei
had abused her all the night, they let her was so heinous a crime, and so great an
go in the morning. abomination committed in Israel.
26 But the woman, at the dawning of the 7 You are all here, O children of Israel,
day, came to the door of the house where determine what you ought to do.
her lord lodged, and there fell down. 8 And all the people standing, answered
27 And in the morning the man arose, as by the voice of one man: We will
'

and opened the door that he might end not return to our tents, neither shall any
the journey he had begun: and behold one of us go into his own house :

his concubine lay before the door with 9 But this we will do in common against
her hands spread on the threshold. Gabaa
28 He thinking ohe was taking her rest, 10 We will take ten men of a hundred
,
said to her Arise, and let us be going. out of all the tribes of Israel, and a hun-
:

I
But as she made no answer, perceiving dred out of a thousand, and a thousand
she was dead, he took her up, and laid her out of ten thousand, to bring victuals for
upon his ass, and returned to his house. the army, that we might fight against
29 And when he was come home he Gabaa of Benjamin, and render to it for
took a sword, and divided the dead body its wickedness, what it deserveth.
[
of his wife with her bones into twelve 11 And all Israel were gathered together
parts, and sent the pieces into all the against the city, as one man, with one
! borders of Israel. mind, and one counsel
30 And when every one had seen this, 12 And they sent messengers to all the
;
they all cried out: There was never tribe of Benjamin to say to them Why :

such a thing done in Israel from the day hatli so great an abomination been found
I

that our fathers came up out of Egypt, among you?

until this day give sentence, and decree
: 13 Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that
in common what ought to be done. have committed this heinous crime, that
they may die, and the evil may be taken
CHAPTER 20. away out of Israel. But they would not
The Israelites warring against Benjamin are hearken to the proposition of their
twice defeated but in the third battle the Ben- brethren the children of Israel
;

jamites are all slain, saving six hundred men.

14 But out of all the cities which were
THEN all the children of Israel went of their lot, they gathered themselves
out and gathered together as one together into Gabaa, to aid them, and to
man from Dan to Bersabee, with the fight against the whole people of Israel.
land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha 15 And there were found of Benjamin
:

p Gen. 19. 6. q Osee 9. 9.

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The Israelites twice defeated JUDGES The ambush

T
five and twenty thousand men that drew 27 And
inquired of him concerning their
the sword, besides the inhabitants of state. At that time the ark of the cov-
Gabaa, enant of the Lord was there, i
16 Who were seven hundred most 28 And Phinees the son of Eleazar the
valiant men, fighting with the left hand son of Aaron was over the house. So
as well as with the right: and slinging they consulted the Lord and said Shall :

stones so sure that they could hit even a we go out any more to fight against the
hair, and not miss by the stone's going children of Benjamin our brethren, or
on either side. shall we cease ? And the Lord said to
17 Of the men of Israel also, beside the them Go up, for to morrow
: I will deliver
children of Benjamin, were found four them into your hands.
hundred thousand that drew swords, and 29 And the children of Israel set am-
were prepared to fight. bushes round about the city of Gabaa
18 And they arose and came to the 30 And they drew up their army against
house of God, that is, to Silo and they : Benjamin the third time, as they had
consulted God, and said Who shall be in
: done the first and second.
our army the first to go to the battle against 31 And the children of Benjamin boldly
the children of Benjamin ? And the Lord issued out of the city, and seeing their
answered them Let Juda be your leader.
: enemies flee, pursued them a long way,
19 And forthwith the children of Israel so as to wound and kill some of them,
rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa as they had done the first and second
20 And going out from thence to fight day, whilst they fied by two highways,
against Benjamin, began to assault the whereof one goeth up to Bethel, and the
city. other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty
21 And the children of Benjamin com- men
ing out of Gabaa, slew of the children of 32 For they thought to cut them off, anB
Israel that day two and twenty thousand they did before. But they artfully feigns
men. ing a flight, designed to draw them away
22 Again Israel trusting in their strength from the city, and by their seeming to
and their number, set their army in array flee to bring them to the highways afore'-
in the same place, where they had fought said.
before 33 Then all the children of Israel rising
23 Yet so that they first went up and up out of the places where they were, set
wept before the Lord until night: and their army in battle array, in the place
consulted him, and said Shall I go out which is called Baalthamar.
: The amr
any more to fight against the children of bushes also which were about the city,
Benjamin my brethren, or not ? And he began by little and little to come forth,
answered them Go up agtdnst them, and 34 And to march from the west side oi
:

join battle. the city. And other ten thousand me|i

24 And when the children of Israel went chosen out of all Israel attacked the in-
out the next day to fight against the habitants of the city. And the battle
children of Benjamin, grew hot against the children of Benja-
26 The children of Benjamin sallied forth min and they understood not that pre-
:

out of the gates of Gabaa and meeting sent death threatened them on every
:

them made so great a slaughter of them, side.

as to kill eighteen thousand men that 35 And the Lord defeated them before
drew the sword. the children of Israel, and they slew of
26 Wherefore all the children of Israel them in that day five and twenty thou-
came to the house of God, and sat and sand, and one hundred, all fighting men
wept before the Lord and they fasted and that drew the sword.
:

that day till the evening, and offered to 36 But the children of Benjamin when
him holocausts, and victims of peace they saw themselves to be too weak, be-
offerings, gan to flee. Which the children of Israel
Chap. 20. Ver. 22. Trusting in their strength. where and partly because they trusted in their own
;

The Lord suffered them to be overthrown and many strength; and therefore, though he bid them fight,
of them to be slain, though their cause was just; he would not give them the victory, till they were
partly in punishment of the idolatry which they thoroughly humbled and had learned to trust in him
exercised or tolerated in the tribe of Dan, and else- alone.
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he men of Benjamin defeated JUDGES Lamentation of the Israelites

;3ing,gave them place to flee, that they [
ber of Benjamin only six hundred men
I
ght to the ambushes that were
come |
that were able to escape, and flee to the
;3pared, which they had set near the wilderness and they abode in the rock
:

Remmon four months.

And they that were in ambush arose
7 48 But the children of Israel returning,
a sudden out of their coverts, and put all the remains of the city to the
iiilst Benjamin turned their backs to sword, both men and beasts, and all the
;3 slayers, went into the city, and smote cities and villages of Benjamin were con-
i«7ith the edge of the sword. sumed with devouring flames.
B Now the children of Israel had given
CHAPTER
21.
ign to them, whom they had laid in am-
:

The tribe of Benjamin is saved from being utterly

:3hes, that after they had taken the city, extinct, by •providing wives for the six hundred
:3y should make a fire that by the
:
that remained,
poke rising on high, they might shew OW
the children of Israel had also
Ht the city was taken. N"
sworn in Maspha, saying: None of
) And when the children of Israel saw us shall give of his daughters to the chil-
:'s in the battle (for the children of dren of Benjamin to wife.
[njamin thought they fled and pursued 2 And they all came to the house of God
:}m vigorously, killing thirty men of in Silo, and abiding before him till the
mv army) evening, lifted up their voices, and be-
) And perceived as it were a pillar of gan to lament and weep, saying
loke rise up from the city and Benja-; 3 O Lord God of Israel, why is so great
m looking back, saw that the city was an evil come to pass in thy people, that
i:en, and that the flames ascended on this day one tribe should be taken away
i:h: from among us ?
They that before had made as if they 4 And rising early the next day, they
.

li, turning their faces stood bravely built an altar: and offered there holo-
iiinst them; which the children of causts, and victims of peace, and they said:
injamin seeing, turned their backs, 5 Who is there among all the tribes of
And began to go towards the way of Israel that came not up with the army
15

i; desert, the enemy pursuing them of the Lord ? for they had bound them-
iJther also. And they that fired the city selves with a great oath, when they were
me also out to meet them. in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting
And so it was, that they were slain should be slain.
i!

Hboth sides by the enemies, and there 6 And the children of Israel being
13 no rest of their men dying. They moved with repentance for their brother
V and were beaten down on the east Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is
re of the city Gabaa. taken away from Israel.
And they that were slain in the same 7 Whence shall they take wives? For
)ce were eighteen thousand men, all we have all in general sworn, not to give
ist valiant soldiers. our daughters to them.
.And when they that remained of 8 Therefore they said Who is there of :

lijamin saw this, they fled into the all the tribes of Israel, that came not up
frderness and made towards the rock to the Lord to Maspha. And behold the
ilt is called Remmon. In that flight, inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found
I
) as they were straggling and going not to have been in that army.
lerent ways, they slew of them five 9 (At that time also when they were in
J usand men. And as they went farther, Silo, no one of them was found there.
ily still pursued them, and slew also 10 So they sent ten thousand of the
> er two thousand.
most valiant men, and commanded them,
And so it came to pass, that all that saying: Go and put the inhabitants of
•

^•e slain of Benjamin in divers places, Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their
IV -e five and twenty thousand fighting wives and
their children.
ta, most valiant for war. 11 And this is what you shall observe:
^ And there remained of all the num- Every male, and all women that have
*"

Num. 31. 17, 18.

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Wives are found for Benjamin RUTH The daughters of Sil
known men, yon shall kill, but the vir- north of the city of Bethel, and o;
gins you shall save. the east side of the way, that goeth fro:
12 And there were found of Jabes Ga- Bethel to Sichem, and on the south oil
laad four hundred virgins, that had not the town of Lebona.
known the bed of a nftin, and they 20 And they commanded the childre
brought them to the camp in Silo, into of Benjamin, and said Go, and lie hid
:

the land of Chanaan. in the vineyards,

13 And they sent messengers to the 21 And when you shall see the daugh-
children of Benjamin, that were in the ters of Silo come out, as the custom is,
rock Remmon, and commanded them to to dance, come ye on a sudden out of
receive them in peace. the vineyards, and catch you every man
14 And the children of Benjamin came his wife among them, and go into the
at that time, and wives were given them land of Benjamin. I

of the daughters of Jabes Galaad: but 22 And when their fathers and their
they found no others, whom they might brethren shall come, and shall begin to
give in like manner. complain against you, and to chide, we
15 And all Israel was very sorry, and will say to them: Have pity on them:
repented for the destroying of one tribe for they took them not away as by the
out of Israel. right of war or conquest, but when they
16 And the ancients said: What shall asked to have them, you gave them Mt,
we do with the rest, that have not re- and the fault was committed on y m
ceived wives? for all the women in part.
Benjamin are dead. 23 And the children of Benjamin dia, m
17 And we must use all care, and pro- they had been commanded and accord- :

vide with great diligence, that one tribe ing to their number, they carried off for
be not destroyed out of Israel. themselves every man his wife of them
18 For as to our own daughters we can- that were dancing: and they went into
not give them, being bound with an oath their possession and built up their citicb,
and a curse, whereby we said Cursed be and dwelt in them.
;

he that shall give Benjamin any of his 24 The children of Israel also returned
daughters to wife. by their tribes, and families, to theii
19 So they took counsel, and said Be- dwellings. In those days there was no
:

hold there is a yearly solemnity of the king in Israel: but every one did thai
Lord in Silo, which is situate on the which seemed right to himself.

THE

BOOK OF RUTH.
I

This Book is called Ruth, from the name of tJie person whose history is here recorded : who, {j

being a Gentile, became a convert to the true faith, and marryinr Booz, the great-grandfathf
of David, was one of those from whom Christ sprung according to the flesh, and an illustriout l

figure of the Gentile church. The writer is unknown.

CHAPTER 1. famine in the land. And a certain man

of
Elimelech of Bethlehem going with his wife Noemi,
Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn iu
and two sons, into the land of Moab, dieth there. the land of Moab with his wife and his
His sons marry wives of that country and die two sons.
without issue. Noem,i retumeth home with her
daughter in law Ruth, who refuseth to part with 2 He was named EUmelech, and hia
her. wife, Noemi: and his two sons, the one
the days of one of the judges, Mahalon, and the other CheUon, Eph-
IN when the judges ruled, there came a rathites of Bethlehem Juda. And enter-
— ' <

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)emi determines to return home RUTH Ruth refuses to leave her

J
into the country of Moab, they abode 16She answered Be not against me, to
:

}re. desire that I should leave thee and de-

And Elimelech the husband of Noemi part: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I
d: and she remained with her sons. will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I
And they took wives of the women of also will dwell. Thy people shall be my
ab, of which one was called Orpha, people, and thy God my God.
the other Ruth. And they dwelt
I 17 The land that shall receive thee dy-
sre ten years. ing, in the same will I die and there
:

And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and will I be buried. The Lord do so and so
elion and the woman was left alone,
: to me, and add more also, if aught but
iing lostboth her sons and her husband. death part me and thee.
And she arose to go from the land of 18 Then Noemi, seeing that Ruth was
ab to her own country with both her steadfastly determined to go with her,
ighters in law for she had heard that
: would not be against it, noi persuade her
! Lord had looked upon his people, any more to return to her friends :

i had given them food. 19 So they went together and came to

Wherefore she went forth out of the Bethlehem. And when they were come
ce of her sojournment, with both her into the city, the report was quickly
Ighters in law: and being now in the spread among all and the women said :

y to return into the land of Juda, This is that Noemi.

She said to chem Go ye home to your 20 But she said to them Call me not
:
:

thers the Lord deal mercifully with Noemi, (that is, beautiful,) but call me
:

I, as you have dealt with the dead and

Mara, (that is, bitter,) for the Almighty
h me. hath quite filled me with bitterness.
May he grant you to find rest in the 21 I went out full, and the Lord hath
ises of the husbands which you shall brought me back empty. Why then do
e. And she kissed them. And they you call me Noemi, whom the Lord hath
ed up their voice and began to weep. humbled and the Almighty hath aflBlicted ?
And to say; We will go on with thee 22 So Noemi came with Ruth the Moab-
ihy people. itess her daughter in law, from the land
But she answered them Return, my of her sojournment: and returned into
:

Ighters why come ye with me ? have Bethlehem, in the beginning of

:
the bar-
ly more sons in my womb, that you ley harvest.
y hope for husbands of me ? CHAPTER 2.
Retinm again, my daughters, and go Buth gleaneth in the
field of Booz, who sheweth her
ir ways for I am now spent with age,
: favour.
I not fit for wedlock. Although I I^OW
her husband Elimelech had a
jht conceive this night, and bear clui- ±\ kinsman, a powerful
man, and very
ng rich, whose name was Booz.
If you would wait till they were grown 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to her
and come to man's estate, you would mother in law If thou wilt, I will go into:

3ld women before you marry. Do not the field, and glean
the ears of corn that
my daughters, I beseech you for I escape the hands of the reapers, where-
:

grieved the more for your distress, soever I shall find grace with a house-
the hand of the Lord is gone out holder that will be favourable
to me.
inst me. And she answered her Go, my daughter. :

And they lifted up their voice, and 3 She went therefore and gleaned the
an to weep again Orpha kissed her ears of corn after the reapers.
:
And it
ibher in law and returned Ruth stuck happened that the owner of that field was
:

e to her mother in law. Booz, who was of the kindred of Elime-

And Noemi said to her: Behold thy lech.
swoman is returned to her people, 4 And behold, he came out of Bethlehem,
to her gods, go thou with her. and said to the reapers: The Lord be
CAP. 1. To her gorls, &c. Noemi did return to the Lord the God of Israel. — Ver.
Ver. 15.
mean to persuade
17. The
Ruth to return to the false Lord do so and so, &c. A form of swearing usual
she had formerly worshipped but by this
If snpp/.h inoVr,,Vof/.H ;X k!.- V»,'*. * i/
w..o man-
: .iin... m
,„ the
ujc history
jusLury oi
of loe Old Testament,
the i.»ia oy wnicn
lestament, by which the
her, that If she would go person wished such and such evils to fall upon them,
her
her, she m ,«t^i^^i"
,h; must renounce her false gods and if they did not do what they iaid.
'

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A
Ruth gleans in Booz* field RUTH .;^^•'
Noemi's counse
with you. And they answered him The gather them without shame, and let ik
:

Lord bless thee. man rebuke her when she gathereth them
5 And Booz said to the young man that 17 She gleaned therefore in the field til
was set over the reapers Whose maid is evening: and beating out with a ro(
:

this? and threshing what she had gleaned, sh-

6 And he answered him This is the found about the measure of an ephi c
:

Moabitess who came with Noemi, from barley, that is, three bushels
the land of Moab, 18 Which she took up and returned int
7 And she desired leave to glean the the city, and shewed it to her mother i

ears of corn that remain, following the law moreover she brought out, and gav
:

steps of the reapers and she hath been her of the remains of her meat, where
:

in the field from morning till now, and with she had been filled.
hath not gone home for one moment. 19 And her mother in law said to her
8 And Booz said to Ruth Hear me, Where hast thou gleaned to day, an
:

daughter, do not go to glean in any other where hast thou wrought? blessed be li

field, and do not depart from this place that hath had pity on thee. And sh
but keep with my maids, told her with whom she had wrought
9 And follow where they reap. For I and she told the man's name, that he we
have charged my young men, not to mo- called Booz.
lest thee : and if thou art thirsty, go to 20 And Noemi answered her Blessed bi :

the vessels, and drink of the waters he of the Lord because the same kimj
:

whereof the servants drink. ness which he shewed to the living, I

10 She fell on her face and worshipping hath kept also to the dead. And aga:
upon the ground, said to him: Whence she said The man is our kinsman.
:

cometh this to me, that I should find 21 And Ruth said, He also charged m
grace bef:>re thy eyes, and that thou that I 3hould keep close to his reaper
shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me till all the corn should be reaped.
a woman of another country? 22 And her mother in law said to her:
11 And he answered her: All hath been is better for thee, my daughter, to go o
told me, that thou hast done to thy to reap with his maids, lest in anoth*
mother in law after the death of thy hus- man's field some one may resist thee.
band and how thou hast left thy parents, 23 So she kept close to the maids
:

and the land wherein thou wast born, and Booz and continued to glean with thei
:

art come to a people which thou knew- till all the barley and the wheat we:
est not heretofore. laid up in the barns.
12 The Lord render unto thee for thy
work, and mayest thou receive a full CHAPTER 3.
reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to Ruth instructed by her mother in law lieth at Boc
feet, claiming him, her husband by the h
for
whom thou art come, and under whose of affinity she receiveth a good answer, and
: i

wings thou art fled. measures of barley.

13 And she said I have found grace in
:
AFTER
she was returned to h
thy eyes, my lord, who hast comforted . mother in law, Noemi said to he.
me and hast spoken to the heart of thy My daughter, I will seek rest for the
handmaid, who am not like to one of thy and will provide that it may be well wi
maids. thee.
14 And Booz said to her: At mealtime 2 This Booz, with whose maids th(
come thou hither, and eat of the bread, wast joined in the field, is our Lear kir
and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. So man, and behold this night he winnowe
she sat at the side of the reapere, and she barley in the threshingfioor.
heaped to herself frumenty, and ate and 3 Wash thyself therefore and anoi
was filled, and took the leavings. thee, and put on thy best garments, ai
15 And she arose from thence, to glean go down to the barnfloor but let not t:

the ears of corn as before. And Booz man see thee, till he shall have do
commanded his servants, saying: If she eating and drinking.
would even reap with you, hinder her not: 4 And when he shall go to sleep, ma
16 And let fall some of your handfuls of the place wherein he sleepeth and th :

purpose, and leave them, that she may Shalt go in, and lift- up the clothes whei
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uth goes to Booz RUTH The nearer kinsman

T
ith he is covered towards his feet, j^nd I will not have thee return em^nty to thy
laltlay thyself down there : and he will mother in law.
11 what thou must do.
thee 18 And Noemi said: Wait my daugh-
. She answered Whatsoever thou shalt ter, till we see what end the thing will
:

bmmand, I will do. have. For the man will not rest until
;And she went down to the barnfloor, he have accomplished what he hath said.
id did all that her mother in law had bid
CHAPTER 4.
jr.
Upon the refusal of the nearer kinsman, Booz mar
'
And when Booz had eaten, and drunk, rieth Ruth, who bringeth forth Obed, the grand»
id was merry, he went to sleep by the father of David.
3ap of sheaves, and she came softly and
icovering his feet, laid herself down.
THEN Booz
sat there.
went up to the gate,
And when he had seen
and

i And behold, when it was now midnight the kinsman going by, of whom he had
16 man was afraid, and troubled: and spoken before, he said to him, calling
3 saw a woman lying at his feet, him by his name Turn aside for a little
:

» And he said to her Who art thou ? : while, and sit down here. He turned
nd she answered I am Ruth thy hand- : aside, and sat down.
spread thy coverlet over thy ser-
maid: 2 And Booz taking ten men of the an-
mt, for thou art a near kinsman. cients of the city, said to them: Sit ye
'O And he said Blessed art thou of the down here.
:

Did, my daughter, and thy latter kind- 3 They sat down, and he spoke to the
3ss has surpassed the former: because kinsman: Noemi, who is returned from
lou hast not followed young men either the country of Moab, will sell a parcel of
Dor or rich. land that belonged to our brother Elime-
"1 Fear not therefore, but whatsoever lech.
lou shalt say to me I will do to thee, 4 I would have thee to understand this,
or all the people that dwell within the and would tell thee before all that sit
(ites of my city, know that thou art a here, and before the ancients of my peo-
lirtuous woman. ple. If thou wilt take possession of it by
•l2 Neither do I deny myself to be near the right of kindred buy it and possess :

if kin, but there is another nearer than I. it: but if it please thee not, tell me so,
Il3 Rest thou this night: and when morn- that I may know what I have to do. For
!ig is come, if he will take thee by the there is no near kinsman besides thee,
'ght of kindred, all is well: but if he who art first, and me, who am second.
ill not, I will undoubtedly take thee, as But he answered I will buy the field. :

le Lord liveth sleep till the morning.

: 5 * And Booz said to him When thou :

14 So she slept at his feet till the night shalt buy the field at the woman's hand,
as going off. And she arose before thou must take also Ruth the Moabitess,
len could know one another, and Booz who was the wife of the deceased to :

lid Beware lest any man know that raise up the name of thy kinsman in his
:

lOu earnest hither. inheritance.

15 And again he saidSpread thy man- 6 He answered I yield up my right of
: :

e, wherewith thou art covered, and next akin for I must not cut off the :

old it with both hands. And when she posterity of my own family. Do thou
plead it and held it, he measured six make use of my privilege, which I pro-
leasures of barley, and laid it upon her. fess I do willingly forego.
-nd she carried it and went into the city, 7 Now this in former times wac5 the man-
16 And came to her mother in law who ner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at
;

aid to her What hast thou done, any time one yielded his right to another
:

aughter ? And she told her all that the that the grant might be sure, the man
lan had done to her. put off his shoe, and gave it to his neigh-
17 And she said Behold he hath given bour this was a testimony of cession of
:
;

le six measures of barley for he said right in Israel. : :

t Deut. 25.

Chap. 3. Ver. 10. Thy latter kindness, viz., to to the law, and not following after young men. Foi
ys husband deceased in seeking to keep up his Booz, it ceems, was then in years.
amc and family by marrying his relation according
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^002 marries Ruth 1 KINGS The genealogy of Phares

8 So Booz said to Mb kinsman Put off : ried her and went in unto her, and the
:

thy shoe. And immediately he took it Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a
off from his foot. son.
9 And he said to the ancients and to all 14 And the women said to Noemi:
the people You are witnesses this day, Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffer-
:

that I have bought all that was Elime- ed thy family to want a successor, that
lech's, and Chelion's, and Mahalon's, of his name should be preserved in Israel.
the hand of Noemi 15 And thou shouldst have one to com-
10 And have taken to wife Ruth the fort thy soul, and cherish thy old age.
Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise For he is born of thy daughter in law:
up the name of the deceased in his in- who loveth thee and is much better to :

heritance lest his name be cut off, from thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.
among his family and his brethren and 16 And Noemi taking the child laid itia
his people. You, I say, are witnesses of her bosom, and she carried it, and was a
this thing. nurse unto it.
11 Then all the people that were in the 17 And the women her neighbours, con-
gate, and the ancients answered We are gratulating with her and saying
: There :

witnesses The Lord make this woman is a son born to Noemi called his name
; :

who Cometh into thy house, like Rachel, Obed he is the father of Isai, the father:

and Lia, who built up the house of Is- of David.

rael :that she may be an example of 18 These are the generations of Phares:
virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous Phares begot Esron, '^

name in Bethlehem 19 Esron begot ArauL, Aram begot

12 And that the house may be, as the Aminadab,
house of Phares, "whom Thamar bore 20 Aminadab begot Nahasson, Nahasson
unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord begot Salmon,
shall give thee of this young woman. 21 Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed,
13 Booz therefore took Ruth, and mar- 22 Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.

THE

FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL,

OTHERWISE CALLED THE
FIRST BOOK OF KINGS.

This and following Book are called by the Hebrews the books of Samuel, because they contain
tJie
the history of Samuel, and of the two kings, Saul and David, wlwm he anointed. They are
more commonly named by the Fathers, the first and second book of kings. As to the writer oj
them, it is the common opinion that Samuel composed the first book, as far as the twenty -fifth
chapter ; and that the prophets Nathan and Gad finished the first, and wrote the second
book. See 1 Paralipomenon, alias 1 Chronicles, 29. 29.

CHAPTER 1. name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham,

the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son
Anna the wife of Elcana being barren, by vow and
prayer obtaineth a son : whom she calleth Sam- of Suph, an Ephraimite
uel : and presenteth him to the service of God in 2 And he had two wives, the name ot
Silo, according to her voWo
one was Anna, and the name of the other
THERE was a man of Ramathaimso- Phenenna. Phenenna had children but
Anna had no children.
:

phim, of mount Ephraim, and his

u Gen. 38. 29. V 1 Par. 2. 5, and 4. 1 ; Matt. 1. 3.

Chap. 4. Ver. 11. Ephrata. Anotber name of Chap. 1. Ver.Ephraimite. He was of the
l. An
Bethlehem. tribe of Levi, i Par. 6. 34, but is called an Ephraim-
ite from dwelling in momit Ephraim.

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Samuel
ma so vow
mil vuvu 1 KINGS J
—The birth of

drink but i navo poured out

Andthi8 man went up out of his cityJTvny 3trong
on the appointed days, to adore
and to my soul before the Lord.
hosts in Silo. 16 Count not thy handmaid for one oV
er sacrifice to the Lord of Belial for out of the
Heli, Ophni and the daughters of
:

id the two sons of

the Lord. abundance of my sorrow and grief havo
inees, were there priests of
spoken till now.
Now the day came, and Elcana offered I
Then Heli
17 said to her : Go in peace
sri^ice, and gave to Phenenna
his wife,
daughters, por- and the God of Israel grant thee thy
a to all her sons and
petition, which thou hast asked of him.
ns:
18 And she said Would to God thy
But to Anna he gave one portion with
:

handmaid may find grace in thy eyes. So

rrow, because he loved Anna. And
the
her womb. the woman went on her way, and ate, and
rd had shut up
countenance was no more changed.
Her rival also afflicted her, and trou- her
jd her exceedingly, insomuch
that she 19 And they rose in the morning, and
braided her, that the Lord had shut up
worshipped before the Lord: and they
returned, and came into their house at
r womb
And thus she did every year, when Ramatha. the And Elcana knew Anna his
up to wife and Lord remembered her.
e time returned that they went
:

she 20 And it came to pass when the time

e temple of the Lord: and thus
about, Anna conceived and
ovoked her but Anna wept, and did was come ^
and called his name Sam-
:

bore a son,
t eat.
because she had asked him of the
Then Elcana her husband said to her uel :

ina, why weepest thou ? and why dost

Lord.
Elcana her husband went up,
ou not eat ? And why dost thou afflict 21 And
to offer to the Lord the
y heart ? Am not I better to thee than and all his house,
n children ? solemn sacrifice, and his vow.
So Anna arose after she had eaten and 22 But Anna went not up for she said :

the
unk in Silo And Heli the priest sit- to her husband: I will not go till
:

child be weaned, and till I may carry

Qg upon a stool before the door of the
mple of the Lord him, that he may appear before the Lord,
.0 As Anna had her heart full
of grief, and may abide always there.
prayed to the Lord, shedding many 23 And Elcana her husband said to her'.
le
ars,
Do what seemeth good to thee, and stay
a vow, saying O Lord till thou wean him and I pray that the
And she made :

Lord may fulfil his word. So the woman

:
LI
hosts, if thou wilt look down on the
stayed at home, and gave her son suck, till
:

fliction of thy servant, and wilt be mind-

il of me, and not
forget thy handmaid,
id wilt give to thy servant a man child
will give him to the Lord all the days
his life, and no razor shall come upon
_j head.
12 And it came to pass, as she multiplied
ayers before the Lord, that Heli ob-
she weaned him.
24 And after sho had weaned him, she
carried him with her, with three calves,
and three bushels of flour, and a bottle
of wine, and she brought him to the house
of the Lord in Silo. Now the child was
as yet very young :

jrved her mouth. 25 And they immolated a calf, and of-

13 Now Anna spoke in her heart, and fered the child to Heli
nly her lips moved, but her voice was 26 And Anna said I beseech thee, my '.

lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord I

am
ot heard at all. Heli therefore thought
:

that woman who stood before thee here

er to be drunk,
14 And said to her How long wilt thou
:
praying to the Lord.
e drunk? digest a little the wine, of 27 For this child did I pray, and the
^hich thou hast taken too much. Lord hath granted me my petition, which
15 Anna answering, said Not so, my : I asked of him.
exceeding unhappy 28 Therefore I also have lent
him to the
3rd: for I am an he shall be
his
7oman, and have drunk neither wine nor Lord all the days
of life,

X About B. C. 1100.

Ver. 20. SamueL This name imports, asked of God.

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The canticle of Anna 1 KINGS Helios son

lent to the Lord. And they adored the 13 Nor the office of the priests to thi
Lord there. And Anna prayed, and said people: but whosoever had offered j
sacrifice, the servant of the priest came
CHAPTER 2. while the flesh was in boiling, with j

The canticle ofAnna. The wickedness of the sons fleshhook of three teeth in his hand,
of HeLi ; for which they are not duly corrected by 14 And thrust it into the kettle, or' infe
their father. A prophecy against the house of Heli.
the caldron, or into the pot, or into th»
MY heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, pan and all that the fleshhook brough
and my horn is exalted in my
:

God up, the priest took to himself. Thus die

my mouth is enlarged over my enemies they to all Israel that came to Silo. '

because I have joyed in thy salvation. 16 Also before they burnt the fat, th('
2 There is none holy as the Lord is for servant of the priest came, and
:
said t(|
there is no other beside thee, and there the man that sacrificed: Give me
flesr
is none strong like our God. to boil for the priest for I will not tak(' :

3 Do not multiply to speak lofty things, of thee sodden flesh, but raw. '

boasting let old matters depart from

:
16 And he that sacrificed said to himj
your mouth: for the Lord is a God of Let the fat first be burnt to day
accord
all knowledge, and to him are thoughts ing to the
custom, and then take ai
prepared. much as thy soul desireth. But he an
4 The bow of the mighty is overcome, swered and said to him: Not
so: but
and the weak are girt with strength. thou Shalt give it me now, or else I wiD
5 They that were full before have take it by force.
hired out themselves for bread and the 17 Wherefore the sin of the young mer
:

hungry are filled, so that the barren was exceeding great before the Lord:
hath borne many: and she that had because they withdrew men from the]
many is weakened.
children sacrifice of the Lord. !

6 y The Lord killeth and maketh alive, 18 But Samuel ministered before the!
he bringeth down to hell and bringeth face of the Lord: being a child girded
back again. with a hnen ephod.
7 The Lord maketh poor and maketh 19 And his mother made him a httle
rich, he humbleth and he exalteth. coat, which she brought to him on the
8 He raiseth up the needy from the appointed days, when she went up with
dust, and lifteth up the poor from the her husband, to offer the solemn sacrifice.
dunghill: that he may sit with princes, 20 And Heli blessed Elcana and his wife:
and hold the throne of glory. For the and he said to him The Lord give thee :

poles of the earth are the Lord's, and
upon them he hath set the world.
9 He will keep the feet of his saints,
and the wicked shall be silent in dark-
ness, because no man shall prevail by his
own strength.
10 The adversaries of the Lord shall
fear him and upon them shall he thun-
: 22 Now Heli ^ as very old, and he heard
der in the heavens. The Lord shall judge
the ends of the earth, and he shall give
empire to his king, and shall exalt the
horn of his Christ.
11 And Elcana went to
house: but the child ministered in the
Bight of the Lord before the face of Heli
seed of this woman, for the loan thou
hast lent to the Lord. And they went to
their own home.
21 And the Lord visited Anna, and she
conceived, and bore three sons and two
daughters: and the child Samuel became
great before the Lord.
all that his sons did to all Israel: and
how they lay v/ith the women that waited
at the door of the tabernacle
23 And he said to them: Why do ye
Ramatha, to his these kinds of things, which I hear, very
wicked things, from all the people ?
24 Do not so, my sons for it is no good
:

the priest. report that I hear, that you make the

12 Now the sons of Heli were children people of the Lord to transgress.
of Belial, not knowing the Lord, 25 If one man shall sin against another,

y Deut. 32. 39; Tob. 13. 2; Wisd. 16. 13.

Chap. 2. Ver. l. My
horn. The horn in the the horn is said to be exalted, when a person re-
•criptures signifies strength, power, and glory: so ceives an increase of strength or glory.
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calls

od may
be appeased in his behalf but : shall como upon xlhy two sons, Ophni and
a shall sin against the Lord, who
man Phinees: In one day they shall both of
lall pray for him? And they hearkened them die.
ot to the voice of their father, because 35 And I will raise me up a faithful
le Lord would slay them. priest, who shall do according to m^
26 But the child Samuel advanced, and heart, and my
soul, and I will build him a
rew on, and pleased both the Lord and faithful house, and he shall walk all days
ten. before my anointed.
27 And there came a man
of God to 36 And it shall come to pass, that who-
:eli, and said to him Thus saith the
: soever shall remain in thy house, shall
rord: Did I not plainly appear to thy come that he may be prayed for, and
ither's house, when they were in Egypt shall offer a piece of silver, and a roll of
1 the house of Pharao? bread, and shall say Put me, I beseech:

28 And I chose him out of all the tribes thee, to somewhat of the priestly oflice,
f Israel to be my priest, to go up to my that I may eat a morsel of bread.
Itar, and burn incense to me, and to CHAPTER 3.
^ear the ephod before me and I gave :
who re-
Samuel is four tiTnes called by the Lord:
o thy father's house of all the sacrifices vealeth to him, the evil that shall fall on Heli, and
if the children of Israel.
his house.

29 Why have you kicked away my vic-

ims, and my gifts which I commanded
NOW the Samuel ministered
the Lord before
child
and the word Heli,
to

o be offered in the temple: and thou of the Lord was precious in those days,
last rather honoured thy sons than me, there was no manifest vision.
o eat the firstfruits of every sacrifice of2 And it came to pass one day when
ay people Israel? Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were
30 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the grown dim, that he could not see:
Jod of Israel ^ I said indeed that thy
: 3 Before the lamp of God went out,
lOuse, and the house of thy father should Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord,
ninister in my sight, for ever. But now where the ark of God was.
lalth the Lord Far
: be this from me but 4 And the Lord called Samuel. And he
:

whosoever shall glorify me, him will I answered Here am I. :

florify: but they that despise me, shall 6 And he ran to Heli and said Here am :

)e despised. I for thou didst call me. He said I did

: :

! 31 Behold the days come: and I will cut not call: go back and sleep. And he
3ff thy arm, and the arm of thy father's went and slept.
10 use, that there shall not be an old man 6 And the Lord called Samuel again.
in thy house. And Samuel arose and went to Heli, and
32 And thou shalt see thy rival in the said Here am I for thou calledst me.
: :

jbemple, in all the prosperity of Israel, and He answered I did not call thee, my son :

|bhere shall not be an old man in thy return and sleep.

jhouse for ever. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the
33 However I will not altogether take Lord, neither had the word of the Lord
,jLway a man of thee from my altar but been revealed to him.
:

ithat thy eyes may faint and thy soul be 8 And the Lord called Samuel again the
spent: and a great part of thy house shall third time. And he arose up and went
die when they come to man's estate. to Heli.
34 And this shall be a sign to thee, that 9 And said : Here am I for thou didst :

z 3 Kings 2. 27.

Ver. 25. Who shall pray for him. By these words
Heli would have his sons "understand, that by tneir
«ricked abuse of sacred things, and of the very sacri-
fices which were appointed to appease the Lord,
they deprived themselves of the ordinary means of
reconciliation with God; which was by sacrifices.
The more, because as they were the chief priests
whose business it was to intercede for all others,
they had no other to offer sacrifices and to make
atonement for them. Ibid. — Because the Lord
^vould slay them. In consequence of their mani-
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fold sacrileges, he would not soften their hearts with
his efficacious grace, but was determined to destroy
them.
Ver. 32. Thy rival. A priest of another race.
This was partly fulfilled, when Abiathar, of the race
of Heli, was removed from the priesthood, and So-
doc, who was of another line, was substituted in his
place. But it was more fully accomplished in the
New Testament, when the priesthood of Aaron gave
place to that of Christ.
Chap. 3. Ver. 1. Precious. That is, rare,
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The prophesy against Heli 1 KINGS The Philistines overcome Israel

call me. Then Hell tmdersibood that the CHAPTER 4.
Lord called the child, and he said to The Israelites being overcome by the Philistines,
Samuel Go, and sleep and if he shall
: :
send for the ark of God : but they are beaten again,
the sons of Heli are killed, and the ark taken upon :
call thee any more, thou shalt say Speak,:
the hearing of the news, Heli falleth backward
Lord, for thy servant heareth. So Sam- and dieth.

uel went and slept in his place. AND it came to pass in those days,
10 And the Lord came and stood and : XX that the Philistines gathered them-
he called, as he had called the other selves together to fight and Israel went
:

times Samuel, Samuel.

: And Samuel out to war against the Philistines, and
said Speak, Lord, for thy servant hear-
: camped by the Stone of help. And the
eth. Philistines came to Aphec,
11 Andthe Lord said to Samuel: Behold 2 And put their army in array against
I do a thing in Israel: and whosoever Israel. And when they had joined battle,
shall hear it, both his ears shall tingle. Israel turned their backs to the Philis-
12 In that day I will raise up against tines,and there was slain in that fight
Heli all the things I have spoken concern- here and there in the fields about four
ing his house: I will begin, and I will thousand men.
make an end. 3 And the people returned to the camp:
13 For I have foretold unto him, that I and the ancients of Israel said Why hath :

will judge his house for ever, for iniquity, the Lord defeated us to day before the
because he knew that his sons did wick- Philistines ? Let us fetch unto us the ark
edly, and did not chastise them. of the covenant of the Lord from Silo,
14 Therefore have I sworn to the house and let it come in the midst of us, that it
of HeU, that the iniquity of his house may save us from the hand of our ene-
shall not be expiated with victims nor mies.
offerings for ever. 4 So the people sent to Silo, and they
15 And Samuel slept till morning, brought from thence the ark of the cov-
and opened the 'doors of the house of enant of the Lord of hosts sitting upon
the Lord. And Samuel feared to tell the the cherubims and the two sons of Heli, :

vision to Heh. Ophni and Phinees, were with the ark of

16 Then Heli called Samuel, and said the covenant of God.
:

Samuel, my
son. And he answered: Hero 6 And when the ark of the covenant of
am I. the Lord was come into the camp, all
17 And he asked him What is the word Israel shouted with a great shout, and
:

that the Lord hath spoken to thee? I the earth rang again.
beseech thee hide it not from me. May 6 And the Philistines heard the noise
God do so and so to thee, and add so and of the shout, and they said What is this :

so, if thou hide from me one word of all noise of a great shout in the camp of
that were said to thee. the Hebrews ? And they understood that
18 So Samuel told him all the words, and the ark of the Lord was come into the
did not hide them from him. And he an- camp.
swered It is the Lord let him do what 7 And the Phihstines were afraid, say-
: :

is good in his sight. ing: God is come into the camp. And
19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was sighing, they said
with him, and not one of his words fell to 8 Woe to us for there was no such great
:

the ground. joy yesterday and the day before Woe :

20 And all Israel from Dan to Bersabee, to us. Who shall deliver us from the
knew that Samuel was a faithful prophet hand of these high gods ? these are the
of the Lord. gods that struck Egypt with all the
21 And the Lord again appeared in Silo, plagues in the desert.
for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel 9 Take courage and behave like men,
in Silo, according to the word of the Lord. ye Philistines lest you come to be ser-:

And the word of Samuel came to pass to vants to the Hebrews, as they have
all Israel. served you take courage and fight.
:

Chap. 4. Ver. l. The Stone of help. In Hebrew was pleased afterwards to give to his people Israel
Eben-ezer ; so called from the help which the Vord by the prayers of Samuel, chap. 7. !'>
in that place,

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^he ark is taken 1 K INGS The ark among the Philistines

10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel '
She answered them not, nor gave need
'as overthrown, and every man fled to to them.
is own dwelling and there was an ex- 21 And she called the child Ichabod,
:

eeding great slaughter for there fell of saying: The glory is gone from Israel,
;

jrael thirty thousand footmen. because the ark of God was taken, and
11 And the ark of God was taken: and for her father in law, and her husband
ae two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, 22 And she said The glory is departed :

i'^ere slain. from Israel, because the ark of God was

12 And there ran a man of Benjamin taken.
ut of the army, and came to Silo the
CHAPTER 5.
ame day, with his clothes rent, and his Dagon twice down falleth before the ark. The Phi-
ead strewed with dust. listines are grievously ajjtiicted, wherever the ark
13 And when he was come, Heli sat Cometh.
pon a stool over against the way watch-
ig. For his heart was fearful for the
rk of God. And when the man was
N ND the Philistines took the ark of
God, and carried
of help into Azotus.
it from the Stone

ome into the city, he told it: and all 2 And the Philistines took the ark of
he city cried out. God, and brought it into the temple of
14 And Heli heard the noise of the cry, Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
nd he said What meaneth the noise of
: 3 And when the Azotians arose early
his uproar? But he made haste, and the next day, behold Dagon lay upon his
ame, and told Heli. face on the ground before the ark of the
15 Now Heli was ninety and eight years Lord and they took Dagon, and set him
:

Id, and his eyes were dim, and he could again in his place.
ot see. 4 And the next day again, when they
16 And he said to Heli I am he that : rose in the morning, they found Dagon
ame from the battle, and have fled out lying upon his face on the earth before
f the field this day. And he said to the ark of the Lord and the head of :

im What is there done, my son ?

: Dagon, and both the palms of his handa
17 And he that brought the news an- were cut off upon the threshold
wered, and said: Israel has fled before 6 And only the stump of Dagon remained
he Philistines, and there has been a in its place. For this cause neither the
reat slaughter of the people moreover : priests of Dagon, nor any that go into
hy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are the temple tread on the threshold of
ead and the ark of God is taken.
: Dagon in Azotus unto this day.
18 And when he had named the ark of 6 And
heavy the hand of the Lord was
}od, from his stool backwards by upon the Azotians, and he destroyed
he fell
he door, and broke his neck, and died, them, ^ and afflicted Azotus and the
'or he was an old man, and far advanced coasts thereof with emerodp. And in the
years: and he judged Israel forty villages and fields in the midst of that
ears, country, there came forth a multitude of
19 And daughter in law the wife of
his mice, and there was the confusion of a
*hinees, was big with child, and near great mortality in the city.
er time and hearing the news that the
: 7 And the men of Azotus seeing this
rk of God was taken, and her father in kind of plague, said The ark of the God :

iw, and her husband, were dead, she of Israel shall not s^ay with us for his :

owed herself and fell in labour for her : hand is heavy upon us, and upon Dagon
ains came upon her on a sudden. our god.
20 And whenshe was upon the point of 8 And sending, they gathered together
eath, they that stood about her said to all the lords of ^xhe Philistines to them,
ler Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. and said
: What shall we do with the ark :

d Ps. 77. 66.

Ver. 18. Named the ark,
&c. There is great rea- lamented the losi of the ark, which was but the sym-
on, by all these circumstances, to hope that Heli bol of God's presence amongst them. How much
ied iu a state of grace and by his temporal punish-
; more ought Crristians to lament the loss of God
lents escaped the eternal. himself, when by sin they have driven him out oi
Ver. 21. Ichabod. Tha,tis, Where is the glory? or, their souls?
here is no glory. We see how much the Israelites

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Plague among the Philistines 1 KINGS The ark is sent back

of the Godof Israel ? And the Gethrites have destroyed the land, and you shall
answered :Let the ark of the God of Is- give glory to the God of Israel: to see
rael be carried about. And they carried if he will take off his hand from you,
the ark of the God of Israel about. and from your gods, and from your land.
9 And while they were carrying it about, 6 Why do you harden your hearts, as
the hand of the Lord came upon every Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts?
city with an exceeding great slaughter ^ did not he, after he was struck, then let
and he smote the men of every city, both them go, and they departed ?
small and great, and they had emerods 7 Now therefore take and make a new
in their secret parts. And the Gethrites cart and two kine that have calved, on
:

consulted together, and made themselves which there hath come no yoke, tie to
seats of skins. the cart, and shut up their calves at
10 Therefore they sent the ark of God home.
into Accaron. And when the ark of God 8 And you shall take the ark of the
was come into Accaron, the Accaronites Lord, and lay it on the cart, and the
cried out, saying: They have brought vessels of gold, which you have paid
the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill him for sin, you shall put into a little
us and our people. box, at the side thereof: and send it
11 They sent therefore and gathered away that it may go.
together all the lords of the Phihstines 9 And you shall look and if it go up
:

and they said Send away the ark of the by the way of his own coasts towards
:

God of Israel, and let it return into its Bethsames, then he hath done us this
own place, and not kill us and our people. great evil: but if not, we shall know
12 For there was the fear of death in that it is not his hand hath touched us,
every city, and the hand of God was ex- but it hath happened by chance.
ceeding heavy. The men also that did 10 They did therefore in this manner:
not die, were afllicted with the emerods and taking two kine, that had suckling
and the cry of every city went up to calves, they yoked them to the cart, and
heaven. shut up their calves at home.
CHAPTER 6. 11 And they laid the ark of God upon
The ark is sent back to Bethsames: where many the cart, and the little box that had in it
are slain for looking through curiosity into it. the golden mice and the likeness of the
NOWthe
of
God was in the land emerods.
the ark of
Philistines seven months. 12 And the kine took the straight way
2 And the Philistines called for the that leadeth to Bethsames, and they
priests and the diviners, saying: What went along the way, lowing as they
shall we do with the ark of the Lord? went: and turned not aside neither to
tell us how we are to send it back to its the right hand nor to the left and the :

place ? And they said lords of the Phihstines followed them as

3 If you send back the ark of the God far as the borders of Bethsames.
of Israel, send it not away empty, but 13 Now the Bethsamites were reaping
render unto him what you owe for sin, wheat in the valley and lifting up their
:

and then you shall be healed and you eyes they saw the ark, and rejoiced to
:

shall know why his hand departeth not see it.

from you. 14 And the cart came into the field of
4 They answered What is it we ought Josue a Bethsamite, and stood there.
:

to render unto him for sin? and they And there was a great stone, and they
answered cut in pieces the wood of the cart, and
5 According to the number of the pro- laid the kine upon it a holocaust to the
vinces of the Philistines you shall make Lord.
five golden emerods, and five golden 15 And the Levites took down the ark
mice: for the same plague hath been of God, and the little box that was at
upon you all, and upon your lords. And the side of it, wherein were the vessels
you shall make the likeness of your eme- of gold, and they put them upon the
rods, and the likeness of the mice that great stone. The men also of Bethsames

/£au 12.21.
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lie men of Bethsames 1 KINGS Israelites defeat the Philistines
ffered holocausts and with all your heart, put away the strange
sacrificed victims
lat day to the Lord. gods from among you, Baahm and Asta-
!l6 And the five princes of the PhiHs- roth and prepare your hearts unto the ;

.nes saw, and they returned to Accaron Ljrd, and serve him only, and he will
le same day. deliver you out of the hand of the Philis-
17 And these are the golden emerods, tines.
hich the Philistines returned for sin to 4 Then the children of Israel put away
le Lord For Azotus one, for Gaza one, Baalim and Astaroth, and served the
:

)r Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Acca- Lord only.

m
one 5 And Samuel said: Gather all Israel
18 And the golden mice according to to Masphath, that I may pray to the
16 number of the cities of the Philis- Lord for you.
nes, of the five provinces, from the 6 And they gathered together to Mas-
jnced city to the village that was with- phath : and they drew water, and poured
iit wall, and to the great Abel {the stone) it out before the Lord, and they fasted
hereon they set down the ark of the on that day, and they said there: We
ord, which was till that day in the field have sinned against the Lord. And
f Josue the Bethsamite. Samuel judged the children of Israel in
19 But he slew of the men of Bethsames, Masphath.
3cause they had seen the ark of the 7 And the Philistines heard that the
ord and he slew of the people seventy
: children of Israel were gathered together
ten, and fifty thousand of thoi common to Masphath, and the lords of the Philis-
aople. And the people lamented, be- tines went up against Israel. And when
inse the Lord had smitten the people the children of Israel heard this, they
"ith, a great slaughter. were afrasid of the Philistines.
20 And the men of Bethsames said: 8 And they said to Samuel: Cease not
^ho shall be able to stand before the to cry to the Lord our God for us, that
ord this holy God ? and to whom shall he may save us out of the hand of the
3 go up from us ? Philistines.
l\ And they sent messengers to the 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and
ihabitants of Oariathiarim, saying: The ofiPered it whole for a holocaust to the
hilistines have brought back thd ark of Lord : and Samuel cried to the Lord for
le Lord, come ye down and fetoJl it up Israel, and the Lord heard him.
you.
) 10 And it came to pass, when Samuel
CHAPTER» 7. was offering the holocaust, the Philis-
tines began the battle against Israel:
he ark is brour/ht to Ca'' ^athlarua. By SianniteVs
ex/iortation, tJie peoiJ ^ cant aivay their iUols and *but the Lord thundered with a great
'serve God alone. T/ e Lord defeatetli the PhUis- thunder on that day upon the Philistines,
tinesy while Samue" offereth sacrijice.
I

and terrified them, and they were over-

AND the men of Cariathiarim came thrown before the face of Israel.
\\ and fetched up the ark of the Lord 11 And the men of Israel going out of
iad carried it into the house of Abina- Masphath pursued after the Philistines,
|ab in Gabaa and they sanctified Eleazar and made slaughter of them till they
:

lis son, to keep the ark of the Lord. came under Bethchar.
J2
And it came to pass, that from the 12 And Samuel took a stone, and laid
lay the ark of the Lord abode in Cari- it between Masphath and Sen: and he
ibhiarim days were multiplied, (for it was called the place, the Stt)ne of help.
iow the twentieth year,) and all the Ai>d he said Thus far tlKe Lord hath :

|ou8e of following the helped us.

Israel rested
ord. 13 And the Philistines \»*ere humbled,
J And Samuel spoke to all the house of and they did not come anji more into the
irael, saying ^ If you turn to the Lord bordpsrs of Israel. And th^ hand of the
:

h Deut. 6. 13 ; Matt 4. 10. i Eccli. 4C. 21.

Chap. 6. Ver. 19. Seen; and curiously looked/ Chap. 7.

v^ha^. (. vn. 1.
Ver. i. ui Oabaa.
Tn ^^u XUat ia, OH tbe liil\
to. It islikely this plague reached to all the f oi*Gab* signitietli a liili.
fc

iignbouring country, as well as Uie city of Beth-

mes.
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The people desire a king 1 KINGS The rights of a kin§

Lord was against the Philistines, all the the right of the king, that shall reign
days of Samuel. over them.
14 And the which the PhiHstines 10 Then Samuel told all the words oi
cities,
had taken from Israel, were restored to the Lord to the people that had desired
Israel, from Accaron to Geth, and their a king of him,
borders and he dehvered Israel from 11 And said: This will be the right o!
:

the hand of the Philistines, and there the king, that shall reign over you: He
was peace between Israel and the Amor- will take your sons, and put them in his
thites. chariots, and will make them his horse-
15 And Samuel judged Israel all the men, and his running footmen to run be-
days of his life : fore his chariots,
16 And he went every year about to Beth- 12 And he will appoint of them to be
el and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he his tribunes, and centurions, and to
judged Israel in the aforesaid places. plough his fields, and to reap his com,
17 And he returned to Ramatha, for and to make him arms and chariots.
there was his house, and there he judged 13 Your daughters also he will take to
Israel he built also there an altar to the make him ointments, and to be his cooks,
:

Lord. and bakers.

CHAPTER 8. 14 And he will take your fields, and
Samuel growing old, and his sons not walking in your vineyards, and your best olive-
his ways, the people desire a king. yards, and give them to his servants.
A ND it came to pass when Samuel was 15 Moreover he will take the tenth ol
XjL old, that he appointed his sons to your corn, and of the revenues of youi
be judges over Israel. vineyards, to give his eunuchs and ser-
2 Now the name of his firstborn son was vants.
Joel and the name of the second was
: 16 Your servants also and handmaids,
Abia, judges in Bersabee. and your goodliest young men, and jour
3 And his sons walked not in his ways asses he will take away, and put theun to
but they turned aside after lucre, and his work.
took bribes, and perverted judgment. 17 Yom flocks also he will tithe, and
4 Then all the ancients of Israel being you shall be his servants.
assembled, came to Samuel to Ramatha. 18 And you shall cry out in that day
6 And they said to him: Behold thou from the face of the king, whom yoD
art old, and thy sons walk not in thy have chosen to yourselves: and the
ways * make us a king, to judge us, as Lord will not hear you in that day, be-
:

all nations have. cause you desired unto yourselves a king.

6 And the word was displeasing in the 19 But the people would not hear tbe
©yes of Samuel, that they should say voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay:
Give us a king, to judge us. And Sam- but there shall be a king over us.
uel prayed to the Lord. 20 And we also will be like all nations:
7 And the Lord said to Samuel : Heark- and our king shall judge us, and go out
en to the voice of the people in all that before us, and fight our battles for us.
they say to thee. For they have not re- 21 And Samuel heard all the words of
jected thee, but me, that I should not the people, and rehearsed them in the j

reign over them. ears of the Lord.

8 According to all their works, they
have done from the day that I brought
them out of Egypt until this day as
they have forsaken me, and served
strange gods, so do they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken to their voice
but yet testify to them, and foretell them
22 And the Lord said to Samuel : Heark-
en to their voice, and make them a king.
: And Samuel said to the men of Israel-
Let every man go to his city.
CHAPTER 9.
:
Saul teeking his father^s asses, cometh to SamvA
by whom, he is entertained.
k Osee 13. 10 Acts 13. 21.
;

Chap. Ver. 7. Rejected, &c. The government

8.
people rejected him, in desiring a change of govertt

of Israel hitherto had been a theocracy; in which raent. , . i. «

God himself immediately ruled, by laws which he Ver. The right. That is, the manner {mispMi)
9.

had enacted, and by iudges extraordinarily raised after which he shall proceed, having no one to coa
<I9 bj him&elt : and therefore he complains that nis trol him, wh<)Q lie lias the power in his hand.

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iiul seeks his father's asses 1 KINGS Saul meets Samuel

rrOW there was a man of Benjamin is now called a prophet, in time past was
1 whose name was Cis, the son of called a seer.
3iel, the son of Seror, the son of Becho- 10 And Saul said to his servant: Thy
th, the son of Aphia, the son of a man word is very good, come, let us go. And
Jomini, valiant and strong. they went into the city, where the man
And he had a son whoso name was of God was.
,ul, a choice and goodly man, and there 11 And when they went up the ascent
IS not among the children of Israel a to the city, they found maids coming out
odlier person than he from his shoul- to draw water, and they said to them : Is
:

rs and upward he appeared above all the seer here ?

e people. 12 They answered and said to them : He
And the asses of Cis, Saul's father, is behold he is before you, make haste
:

)re lost : and Cis said to his son Saul now for he came to day into the city,
:

,ke one of the servants with thee, and for there is a sacrifice of the people to
ise, go, and seek the asses. And when day in the high place.
ay had passed through mount Ephraim, 13 As soon as you come into the city,
And through the land of Salisa, and you shall immediately find him, before
d not found them, they passed also he go up to the high place to eat : for the
irough the land of Salim, and they were people will not eat till he come because :

t there: and through the land of he blesseth the victim, and afterwards
mini, and found them not. they eat that are invited. Now there-
And when they were come to the land fore go up, for to day you shall find him.
Suph, Saul said to the servant that was 14 And they went up into the city.
bh him: Come, let us return, lest per- And when they were walking in the midst
ps my father forget the asses, and be of the city, behold Samuel was coming out
|ncerned for us. over against them, to go up to the high
And he said to him : Behold there is place.
inan of God in this city, a famous man 15 "* Now the Lord had revealed to the
that he saith, cometh certainly to pass. ear of Samuel the day before Saul came,
w therefore let us go thither, perhaps saying
1 may tell us of our way, for which we 16 To morrow about this same hour I
3 come. will send thee a man of the land of Ben-
And Saul said to his servant : Behold jamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be
'i
will go : hut what shall we carry to ruler over my people Israel : and he
3 man of God ? the bread is spent in shall save my people out of the hand of
ir bags : and we have no present to the Philistines: for I have looked down
like to the man of God, nor any thing upon my people, because their cry is come
all. to me.
The servant answered Saul again, and 17 And when Samuel sa'jf 3aul, the Lord
Id Behold there is found in my hand sai<'. to him : Behold the man, of whom I
:

i} fourth part of a side of silver, let us spoke to thee, this man shall reign over
I ^e it to the man of God, that he may my people.
1 us our way. 18 And Saul came to Samuel in the
Now in time past, in Israel when a midst of the gate and said: Tell me, I
n went to consult God he spoke thus pray thee, where is the house of the seer ?
me, let us go to the seer. For he that 19 And Samuel answered Saul, saying:
m Acts 13. 21.

HAP. 9. Ver. 9. A Because of his seeing

seer.
jivine light hidden things and things to come.
er. 12. A sacrifice. The law did not allow of
Iflces in any other place, but at the tabernacle,
often mentioned in scripture, were places of wor-
ship, in which were altars for sacrifice. These were
sometimes employed in the service of the true God,
as in the present case but more frequently in the
:

emple, in which the ark of the covenant was service of idols and were called excelsa, which is
;

t; but Samuel, by divine dispensation, offered
"ifices in other places. For which dispensation
reason may be alleged, that the house of God
>iIo, having lost the ark, was now cast off; as a
re of the reprobation of the Jews, Ps. 77. 60, 67
1 in Cariathiarim where the ark was, there was
her tabernacle, nor altar. -~ Ibid. The high
cc, ExirJsun.. The excelsa^ or hi^h places, so
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commonly (though perhaps not so accurately) ren-
dered hifrh places; nc: because they were always
upon hills, for the very worst of all, which was that
of Topheth or Geennom, ( Jer. 19.) was in a valley
but because of the high altars, and pillars, or monu-
ments, erected there, on which were set up the idols
or images of tbeir deities.
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Samuel entertains Saul 1 KINGS Saul is anointed lei

I amthe seer, go up before me to the AN^D Samuel took a little vial of o

**

high place, that you may eat with me to
day, and I will let thee go in the morn-
ing: and tell thee all that Is in thy heart.
20 And as for the asses, which were
lost three days ago, be not solicitous,
because they are found. And for whom
shall be all the best things of Israel?
Shall they not be for thee and for all thy
father's house?
21 Saul answering, said Am not I
And
a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel,
and my kindred the last among all the
families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why
then hast thou spoken this word to me ?
22 Then Samuel taking Saul and his ser-
vant, brought them into the parlour, and
gave them a place at the head of them
that were invited. For there were about
thirty men.
23 And Samuel said to the cook Brin^^
the portion, which I gave thee, and com-
manded thee to set it apart by thee.
24 And the cook took up the shoulder,
and set it before Saul. And Samuel said
Behold what is left, set it before thee,
and eat because it was kept of purpose
: give thee two loaves, and thou shalt ta
for thee, when I invited the people.
Saul ate with Samuel that day.
25 And they went down from the high
place into the town, and he spoke with
Saul upon the top of the house : and he
prepared a bed for Saul on the top of the
house, and he slept.
26 And when they were risen in the
morning, and it began now to be light,
and poured it upon his head, ai
kissed him, and said: Behold, tho Lo
hath anointed thee to be prince over 1
inheritance, and thou shalt deliver
people out of the hands of their enemie
that are round about them. And tl:
shall be a sign unto thee, that God ha
anointed thee to be prince.
2 When thou shalt depart from me tl
: day, thou shalt find two men by the se
ulchre of Rachel in the borders of Beuj
min to the south, and they shall say
thee: The asses are found which tht
wentest to seek: and thy father thinki
no more of the asses is concerned f
you, and saith: What shaU I do for d
son?
3 And when thou shalt depart fro
thence, and go farther on, and shalt cor
: to the oak of Thabor, there shall me
thee three men going up to God
Bethel, one carrying three kids, and 8
other three loaves of bread, and anoth
carrying a bottle of wine.
4 And they will salute thee, and \^
And them at their hand.
5 After that thou shalt come to the 1:
of God, where the garrison of the Phil,
tines is: and when thou shalt be coi
there into the city, thou shalt meet.
company of prophets coming down frc
the high place, with a psaltery andi
timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp befti
them, and they shall be prophesying. I

Samuel called Saul on the top of the 6 And the spirit of the Lord shall co]|
house, saying Arise, that I may let thee
: upon thee, and thou shalt pro]t,hesy w j

go. And Saul arose and ihey went out : them, and shalt be changed into anotl
both of them, to wit, he and Samuel. man. I

27 And as they were going down in the 7 When therefore these signs shi
end of the city, Samuel said to Saul: happen to
jhee, do whatsoever thy haj
Speak to the servant to go before us, and shall find, for the Lord is with thee. |

pass on but stand thou still a while, that

: 8 Anci thou shalt go down before me |

I may tell thee the word of the Lord. Galgal, (for I will come down to the
that thou mayest offer an oblation, a
CHAPTER 10. sacrifice victims of peace: seven d
shalt thou wait, ® till I come to thee, a
Saul is anointed. Be prophesieth, and is changed
into another man. Samuel calleth the people to- I will shew thee what thou art to do.
gether, to make a king : the lotfalleth on Saul. 9 So when he had turned his back to
n B. C. 1040. Acts 13. 21. o Infra 13. 8.

Chap. lO. Ver, 3. Bethel. Where there was at called prophesying. See 1 Par. alias 1 Chr. 15
that time an altar of God ;, it being one of the places and 25. 1. Kow there were in those days colle}
where Samuel judged Israel. or schools for training up these prophets; an»
Ver. 5. The hill of God. Gabaa, in which there seems there was one of these schools at this hil
was also at that time, a high place or altar. Pro- — God; and another at Najoth in Ramatha.
ghets. These v.ere men whose office it was to sing 1 Kings 19. 20, 21, &c.
ymns and praises tc God for such in holy writ are
; Ver. 8. GaigaL Here also by dispensation ^

called prophets., &nC their s'ng^ng praities to God is an altar of God.

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laid among the prophets 1 ^INGS Saul chosen king

•om Samuel, God gave unto him another Lord whether he would come thither.
eart, and all these things came to pass And the Lord answered: Behold he i8
lat day. hidden at home.
And they came to the foresaid hill, 23 And they ran and fetched him thence
10
Qd behold a company of prophets met and he stood in the midst of the people,
im: and the spirit of the Lord came and he was higher than any of the peo-
pen him, and he prophesied the ple from the shoulders and upward.
in
lidst of them. 24 And Samuel said to all the people
11 And aU that had known him yester- Surely you see him whom the Lord hath
day and the day before, seeing that he chosen, that there is none like him among
as with the prophets, and prophesied, all the people. And all the people cried
lid to each other: What is this that and said: God save the king.
ith happened to the son of Cis ? Is Saul 25 And Samuel told the people the law
ISO among the prophets ? of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book,
il2 And one answered another, saying: and laid it up before the Lord: and
nd who is their father ? therefore it be- Samuel sent away all the people, every
iime a proverb P Is Saul also among the one to his own house.
:

rophets ? 26 Saul also departed to his own house

13 And when he bad made an end of in Gabaa and there went with him a :

rophesying, he came to the high place. part of the army, whose hearts God had
'14 And Saul's uncle said to him, and to touched.
18 servant Whither went you ? They 27 But the children of BeUal said: Shall
:

iswered To seek the asses and not this fellow be able to save us ? And they
: :

lading them we went to Samuel. despised him, and brought him no pre-
15 And his uncle said to him Tell me sents, but he dissembled as though he
i

hat Samuel said to thee. heard not.

il6 Saul said to his uncle : He told
And
i that the asses were found. But of the CHAPTER 11.
atter of the kingdom of which Samuel SatU defeateth the Aynmonites^ and deUvereth
id spoken to him, he told him not. Jabes Galaad.
ii7 And Samuel called together the peo-

1 to the Lord in Maspha

l8 And he said to the children of Israel
it came to pass about a month
after this that Naas, the Ammonite
came up, and began to fight against
K ND

tius saith the Lord the God of Israel I Jabes Galaad. And all the men of Jabes
:

•ought up Israel out of Egypt, and de- said to Naas Make a covenant with us, :

rered you from the hand of the Egyp- and we will serve thee.
ms, and from the hand of all the kings 2 And Naas the Ammonite answered
'ho afflicted you. them On this condition will I make a :

.9 But you this day have rejected your covenant with you, that I may pluck out
od, who only hath saved you out of all all your right eyes, and make you a re-
;)ur evils and your tribulations: and proach in all Israel.
;)U have said ^ Nay but set a king 3 And the ancients of Jabes said to him
: :

rer us. Now therefore stand before Allow us seven days, that we may send
lie Lord by your tribes, and by your messengers to all the coasts of Israel:
milies. and if there be no one to defend us, we
JO And Samuel brought to him all the will come
out to thee.
ibes of Israel, and the lot fell on the 4 The messengers therefore came to
ibe of Benjamin. Gabaa of Saul and they spoke these :

II And he brought the tribe of Benjamin

words in the hearing of the people and :

iid the kindreds thereof, and the lot fell all the people lifted up their voices, and
)on the kindred of Metri, and it came wept.
Saul the son of Cis. They sought him
•
5 And behold Saul came, following
lerefore and he was not found. oxen out of the field, and he said What :

j'2 And after this they consulted the aileth the people that they weep? And
I
p Infra 19, 24. — gr Supra 8. 19.

I^er.12. Their father. That is, their teacher or superior. As much as to say. Who could bring about
f ucA a wooderlul change as to make Saul a propliet?
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Said defeats the Ammonites 1 KINGS SamueVs integrity acknowledged

they told him the words of the men of' in all that you said tome, and have made i

Jabes. a king over you.

6 And the spirit of the Lord came upon 2 And now the king goeth before you.
Saul, when he had heard these words, but I am old and greyheaded and my :

and his anger was exceedingly kindled. sons are with you having then con-:

7 And taking both the oxen, he cut versed with you from my youth unto this i

them in pieces, and sent them into all day, behold here I am.
the coasts of Israel by messengers, say- 3 "Speak of me before the Lord, and
ing: Whosoever shall not come forth, before his anointed, whether I have taken |

and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be any man's ox, or ass If I have wronged :

done to his oxen. And the fear of the any man, if I have oppressed any man, if
Lord fell upon the people, and they went I have taken a bribe at any man's hand:
out as one man. and I will despise it this day, and will re-
8 And he numbered them in Bezec and store it to you. :

there were of the children of Israel three 4 And they said Thou hast not wronged :

hundred thousand and of the men of us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at
;

Juda thirty thousand. any man's hand.

9 And they said to the messengers that 5 And he said to them The Lord is :

came Thus shall you say to the men of witness against you, and his anointed is
:

Jabes Galaad To morrow, when the sun witness this day, that you have not found
:

shall be hot, you shall have relief. The any thing in my hand. And they said
messengers therefore came, and told the He is witness.
men of Jabes and they were glad.
: 6 And Samuel said to the people It is :

10 And they said In the morning we the Lord, who made Moses and Aaron,
:

will come out to you and you shall do and brought our fathers out of the land
:

what yDU please with us. of Egypt.

11 And it came to pass, when the mor- 7 Now therefore stand up, that I may
row was come that Saul put the people plead in judgment against you before thi
in three companies and he came into the Lord, concerning all the kindness of the
:

midst of the camp in the morning watch, Lord, which he hath shewn to you, and
and he slew the Ammonites until the day to your fathers j

grew hot, and the rest were scattered, so 8 '" How Jacob went into Egypt, and j

that two of them were not left together. your fathers cried to the Lord : and the |

12 And the people said to Samuel ^ Who Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and brought :
(

is he that said Shall Saul reign over us ? your fathers out of Egypt: and made!
:

Bring the men and we will kill them. them dwell in this place.
13 And Saul said No man shall be killed :9 And they forgot the Lord their God,
this day, because the Lord this day hath "^ and he delivered them irrto the hands
wrought salvation in Israel 01 Sisara, captain of the army of Hasor,
14 And Samuel said to the people Come and into the hands of the Philistines, and
:

and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew into the hand of the king of Moab, and
the kingdom there. they fought against them.
15 And all the people went to Galgal, 10 But afterwards they cried to the
and there they made Saul king before the Lord, and said have sinned, because : We
Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there we have forsaken the Lord, and have
victims of peace before the Lord. And served Baalim and Astaroth but now :

there Saul and all the men of Israel re- deliver us from the hand of our enemies,
joiced exceedingly, and we will serve thee.
11 ^And the Lord sent Jerobaal, and
CHAPTER 12. Badan, and Jephte, and Samuel, and
SamueVs integrity is acknowledged. God sheweth
by a sign from heaven that they had done ill in delivered you from the hand of your
asking for a king. enemies round about, and you dwelt
A ND * Samuel said to all Israel : ?e- securely.
XX hold I have hearkened to your voice 12 But seeing that Naas king of the chll-
8 Supra 10. 27. — t A.M. 2909, —n Eccli. 46. 22. V Gen. 46. 5. — W Judges 4. 2. — a; Judges 6. 14.

Chap. 12. Ver. 11. Jerobaal and Badan. That is, Gedeon and Samson called nere Badau or BedaOi
because he was of Dau, . , ^
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imuel comforts the people 1 KINGS Philistines assemble against Israel
en of Ammon was come
against you, 25 But if you will still do wickedly both :

)U said to me
Nay, but a king shall you and your king shall perish together.
: ^
ign over us: whereas the Lord your
>d was your king.
CHAPTER 13.
3 Now therefore your king is here, The war between Saul and the Philistines. The
distress of the Israelites. Saul ojfereth sacrifice
lom you have chosen and desired Be- before the coming of Samuel : for which he is re-
:

d the Lord hath given you a king. proved.

^ was a child of one year when he
If you will fear the Lord, and serve SAUL
m, and hearken to his voice, and not be^an to reign, and he reigned two
ovoke the mouth of the Lord then years over Israel. :

all both you, and the king who reign- 2 And Saul chose him three thousand
over you, be followers of the Lord men of Israel: and two thousand were
ur God. with Saul in Machmas, and in mount
But if you will not hearken to the Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in
ice of the Lord, but will rebel against Gabaa of Benjamin, and the rest of the
words, the hand of the Lord shall be people he sent back every man to their
on you, and upon your fathers. dwellings.
Now then stand, and see this great 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of
ng which the Lord will do in your the Philistines which was in Gabaa. And
:iit. when the Philistines had heard of it,
7 Is it not wheat harvest to day ? I will Saul sounded the trumpet over all the
upon the Lord, and he shall send land, saying: Let the Hebrews hear.
ander and rain and you shall know 4 And all Israel heard this report: Saul
:

d see that you yourselves have done hath smitten the garrison of the PhiUs-
eat evil in the sight of the Lord, in tines: and Israel took courage against
iiring a king over you. the Philistines. And the people were
And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and called together after Saul to Galgal.
Lord sent thunder and rain that day. 5 The Philistines also were assembled to
And all the people greatly feared the fight against Israel, thirty thousand chari-
rd and Samuel. And all the people ots, and six thousand horsemen, and a
d to Samuel Pray for thy servants to multitude of people besides, like the sand
:

Lord thy God, that we may not die, on the sea shore for number. And going
we have added to all our sins this up they camped in Machmas at the east
1, to ask for a king. of Bethaven.
And Samuel said to the people Fear 6 And when the men of Israel saw that
:

you have done all this evil but yet they were straitened, (for the people were
,
:

•art not from following the Lord, but distressed, ) they hid themselves in caves,
ve the Lord with all your heart. and in thickets, and in rocks, and in dens,
And turn not aside after vain things and in pits.
ich shall never profit you, nor deliver 7 And some of the Hebrews passed over
because they are vain. the Jordan into the land of Gad and Ga-
I And the Lord will not forsake his laad. And when Saul was yet in Galgal,
)ple for his great name's sake; be- all the people that followed him were
ise the Lord hath sworn to make you greatly afraid.
people. 8 And he waited seven days according to
And far from me be this sin against the appointment of Samuel, ^ and Samuel
Lord, that I should cease to pray for came not to Galgal, and the people slipt
"a, and I will teach you the good and away from him.
t ht way. 9 Then Saul said: Bring me the holo-
Therefore fear the Lord, and serve caust, and the peace offerings. And he
h 1 in truth and with your whole heart, offered the holocaust.
t you have seen the great works which 10 And when he had made an end of of-
h hath done among you. fering the holocaust, behold Samuel came:
y Supra 8. 19, and 10. 19. 2 A. M. 2911. Ante C. 1093. — a Supra 10. 8.

er. 17. Wheat

harvest. At which time of the "evidently the result of some confusion in the origi-
f*\ it never thunders or rains in those countries. nal Hebrew. It is not found in the Septuagint
HAP. 13. Ver. 1. Of one year. This text is version.

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Samuel reproves Saul 1 KINGS Jonathan goes to the Philistines

and Saul went forth to meet him and and
salute him.
11 And Samuel said to him: What
thou done? Saul answered: Because I saw
that the people slipt from me, and thou
wast not come according to the days ap-
pointed, and the Philistines were gath-
ered together in Machmas,
12 I said: Now will the Philistines come
down upon me to Galgal, and I have not out in order to advance further in Mach-
appeased the face of the Lord. Forced mas.
by necessity, I offered the holocaust.
13 And Samuel said to Saul: Thou hast
done foolishly, and hast not kept the
their forks, and their axes were
blunt, even to the goad, which was to be
hast mended.
22 And when the day of battle was
come, there was neither sword nor spear
found in the hand of any of the people
that were with Saul and Jonathan, ex-
cept Saul and Jonathan his son.
23 And the army of the Philistines went
CHAPTER 14.
Jonathan attacketh the Philistines. A miraculoui
victory. SauVs unadvised oath, by which Jona-
than is put in danger o/ his life, but is delivered j

commandments of the Lord thy God, by the people. i

which he commanded thee. And if thou

hadst not done thus, the Lord would now
NOW
it came to pass one day that!
Jonathan the son of Saul said to the!
have established thy kingdom over Israel young rnan that bore his armour: C«me,
for ever. and let us go over to the garrison of the
14 But thy kingdom shall not continue. Phihstines, which is on the other side of
^The Lord hath sought him a man ac- yonder place. But he told not this to his
cording to his own heart: and him hath father.
the Lord commanded to be prince over 2 And Saul abode in the uttermost parti
his people, because thou hast not ob- of Gabaa under the pomegranate tree,'
served that which the Lord commanded. which was in Magron: and the people]
15 And Samuel arose and went up from with him were about six hundred men.
Galgal to Gabaa of Benjamin. And the 3 And Achias the son of Achitob brother
rest of the people went up after Saul, to to Ichabod the son of Phinees, ^ the sod
meet the people who fought against them, of Heli the priest of the Lord in Silo,i
going from Galgal to Gabaa in the hill of wore the ephod. And the people kncTv!
Benjamin. And Saul numbered the peo- not whither Jonathan was gone. f

ple, that were found with him, about six 4 Now there were between the ascents]
hundred men. by which Jonathan sought to go oveij

16 And Saul and Jonathan his son, and
the people that were present with them,
were in Gabaa of Benjamin: but the Phi-
listines encamped in Machmas.
17 And there went out of the camp of
to the garrison of the Phihstines, rockf^
standing up on both sides, and steep clifff.
like teeth on the one side, and on th(
other, the name of the one was BoseBJ|
and the name of the other was Sene: f

the Philistines three companies to plun- 5 One rock stood out towards the nortl
der. One company went towards the over against Machmas, and the other t(
way of Ephra to the land of Sual the south over against Gabaa.
18 And another went by the way of 6 And Jonathan young mai
said to the
Beth-horon, and the third turned to the that bore his armour: Come, let us g(

way of the border, above the valley of
Seboim towards the desert.
19 Now there was no smith to be found
in all the land of Israel, for the Philis-
tines had taken this precaution, lest the
Hebrews should make them swords or
over to the garrison of these uncircum
cised, it may be the Lord will do for U£
because it is easy for the Lord to sav
either by many, or by few.
7 And his armourbearer said to him
Do all that pleaseth thy mind go whithe
:

spears. thou wilt, and I will be with thee where

20 So all Israel went down to the Phi- soever thou hast a mind.
listines, to sharpen every man his plough- 8 said Behold we will g
And Jonathan :

share, and his spade, and his axe, and his men.
over to theseAnd when we sha
rake. be seen by them,
21 So that their shares, and their spades. 9 If they shall speak thus to us Sta :

()ActSl&22. € Supra 4. ZL
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^ defeat of the Philistines 1 KINGS SauVs oath

we come to you let us stand still in were with him, shouted together, and
:

place, and not go up to them. they came to the place of the fight: and
But if they shall say : Come up to behold every man's sword was turned
: let us go up, because the Lord hath upon his neighbour, and there was a
livered them into our hands, this shall very great slaughter.
a sign unto us. 21 Moreover the Hebrews that had been
So both of them discovered them- with the Philistines yesterday and the
L

ves to the garrison of the Philistines day before, and went up with them into
d the Philistines said Behold the He- the camp, returned to be with the Israel-
:

iws come forth out of the holes wherein ites, who were with Saul and Jonathan.
y were hid. 22 And all the Israelites that had hid
2 And the men of the garrison spoke themselves in mount Ephraim, hearing
Jonathan, and to his armourbearer, that the Philistines fled, joined them-
d said Come up to us, and we will selves with their countrymen in the
:

w
you a thing. And Jonathan said to fight. And there were with Saul about
armourbearer: Let us go up, follow ten thousand men.
: ^ for the Lord hath delivered them 23 And the Lord saved! Israel that day.
iO the hands of Israel. And the fight went on as far as Bethaven.
{ And Jonathan went up creeping on 24 And the men of Israel were joined
hands and feet, and his armourbearer together that day and Saul adjured the
I ;

er him. And some fell before Jona- people, saying: Cursed be the man that
, others his armourbearer slew as he shall eat food till evening, till I be re-
lowed him. venged of my enemies. So none of the
And the first slaughter which Jona- people tasted any food
m and his armourbearer made, was of 25 And all the common people came
out twenty men, within half an acre of into a forest, in which there was honey
d, which a yoke of oxen is wont to upon the ground.
ugh in a day. 26 And when the people came into the
> And there was a miracle in the camp, forest, behold the honey dropped, but no
rough the fields yea and all the peo- man put his hand to his mouth. For the
:

of their garrison, who had gone out people feared the oath.
I

plunder, were amazed, and the earth 27 But Jonathan had not heard when
mbled: and it happened as a miracle his father adjured the people and he :

m
God. put forth the end of the rod, which he
And the watchmen of Saul, who were had in his hand, and dipt it in a honey-
\

FGabaa of Benjamin looked, and behold comb: and he carried his hand to his
JBQultitude overthrown, and fleeing this mouth, and his eyes were enlightened.
\ y and that. 28 And one of the people answering,
1And Saul said to the people that said Thy father hath bound the people
:

\re with him: Look, and see who is with an oath, saying Cursed be the man :

gae from us. And when they had that shall eat any food this day. (And
Bight, it was found that Jonathan and the people were faintc)
t. armourbearer were not there. 29 And Jonathan said: father hath My
? And Saul said to Achias: Bring the troubled the land you have seen your- .

ac of the Lord. (For the ark of God selves that my eyes are enlightened, be-
\ 3 there that day with the children of cause I tasted a little of this honey
I'ael.) 30 How much more if the people had
? And while Saul spoke to the priest, eaten of the prey of their enemies, which
1 re arose a great uproar in the camp they found? had there not been made a
3

c the Philistines: and it increased by greater slaughter among the Philistines?

CTrrees, and was heard more clearly. 31 So they smote that day the Philis-
/ d Saul said to the priest: Draw in tines from Machmas to Ailon. And the
t/ hand. people were wearied exceedingly.
3 Then Saul and all the people that 32 And falling upon the spoils, they
d 1 :Mac. 4. 20,

I
HAP. 14.Ver. 10. Thin ah all be a sign. It is to make choice of tliis sisn otherwise the observ*
•

u ;ly Jouatjiaa was u^txucted by divine inspiration tion ot a/n^fts is ^upmsutlous and sinluL
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Said consults the Lord in vain 1 KINGS Jonathan saved by the peopU^ [f
took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and 43 And Saul said to Jonathen Tell me :

slew them on the ground and the peo- what thou hast done. And Jonathan told
:

ple ate them with the blood. him, and said: I did but taste a little
33 And they told Saul that the people honey with the end of the rod, which;
had sinned against the Lord, eating with was in my hand, and behold I must die. i

the blood. And he said: You have trans- 44 And Saul said: May God do so audi
gressed :roll here to me now a great so to me, and add still more for dying :

stone. thou shalt O

Jonathan.
die,
34 And Saul said: Disperse yourselves 45 And the people said to Saul: Shali
among the people, and tell them to bring Jonathan then die, who hath wrought
me every man his ox and his ram, and this great salvation in Israel? This must
slay them upon this stone, and eat, and not be. As the Lord liveth, there shall
you shall not sin against the Lord in eat- not one hair of his head fall to the ground,
ing with the blood. So all the people for he hath wrought with God this day.
brought every man his ox with him till So the people delivered Jonathan, that
the night: and slew them there. he should not die.
35 And Saul built an altar to the Lord 46 And Saul went back, and did not
and he then first began to build an altar pursue after the Philistines: and the
to the Lord. Philistines went to their own places.
36 And Saul said Let us fall upon the
: 47 And Saul having his kingdom estab-
Philistines by night, and destroy them lished over Israel, fought against all Iub
till the morning light, and let us not enemies round about, against Moab, and
leave a man of them. And the people against the children of Ammon, and
said: Do all that seemeth good in thy Edom, and the kings of Soba, and the
eyes. And the priest said Let us draw Philistines and whithersoever he turned
* ;

near hither unto God. himself, he overcame.

37 And Saul consulted the Lord Shall 48 And gathering together an army, he!
:

I pursue after the Philistines ? wilt thou defeated Amalec, and delivered Israel
deliver them into the hands of Israel? from the hand of them that spoiled them.
And he answered him not that day. 49 And the sons of Saul, were Jonathan,
38 And Saul said Bring
: hither all the and Jessui, andMelchisua: and the names
corners of the people: and know, and of his two daughters, the name of the
see by whom this sin hath happened firstborn was Merob, and the name ol
to day. the younger Michol.
39 As the Lord llveth who is the saviour 60 And the name of Saul's wife, was
of Israel, if it was done by Jonathan my Achinoam the daughter of Achimaas;
son, he shall surely die. In this none of and the name of the captain of his army
the people gainsaid him. was Abner, the son of Ner, the cousin
40 And he said to all Israel : Be you on german of Saul.
one side, and I with Jonathan my son 51 For Cis was the father of Saul, and!
will be on the other side. And the peo- Ner the father of Abner, was son ofi
ple answered Saul: Do what seemeth Abiel.
good in thy eyes. 52 And there was a great war against
41 And Saul said to the Lord O Lord the Philistines all the days of Saul. For
:

God of Israel, give a sign, by which we whomsoever Saul saw to be a valiant

may know^ what the meaning is, that thou man, and fit for war, he took him tO;
answerest not thy servant to day. If this himself. \

iniquity be in me, or in my son Jonathan,

give a proof or if this iniquity be in thy
: CHAPTER 15.
people, give holiness. And Jonathan and Saul is sent to def^troy Am alec : he spareth their MnV
Saul were taken, and the people escaped. and the best of their cattle : for which disobedience
he is cast off by the Lord.
42 And Saul said : Cast lots between me,
and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was ^ND Samuel said to Saul: The Lord
taken. sent me to anoint thee king over

Ver. 42. Jonathan was taken. Though Jonathan to let the lot fall ppon him, to shew unto all tt®L,|
was excused from sin, through ignorance of the great obligation ot obedience to princes and ptfH IJ
prohibition^ yet God was pleased ou this occasion ents. I
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iaul commanded to destroy Amalec 1 KINGS SauVs disobedience

people Israel now therefore hearken : Saul, and Saul was offering a holocaust
ou unto the voice of the Lord : to the Lord out of the choicest of the
Thus saith the Lord of hosts I have : spoils which he had brought from Amalec.
ikoned up all that Amalec hath done 13 And when Samuel was come to Saul,
Israel ^ how he opposed them in the
: Saul said to him Blessed be thou of the
:

y when they came up out of Egypt. Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the
Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, Lord.
ad utterly destroy all that he hath 14 And Samuel said : What meaneth
)are him not, nor covet any thing that then this bleating of the flocks, which
his: but slay both man and woman, soundeth in my ears, and the lowing of
iild and suckling, ox and sheep, camel the herds, which I hear?
id ass. 15 And Saul said They have brought
:

[So Saul commanded the people, and
imbered them as lambs two hundred
ousand footmen, and ten thousand of
le men of Juda.
And when Saul was come
them from Amalec: for the people spared
: the best of the sheep and of the herds
that they might be sacrificed to the Lord
thy God, but the rest we have slain.
to the city 16 And Samuel said to Saul Suffer me, :

! Amalec, he laid ambushes in the and I will tell thee what the Lord hath
rrent. said to me this night. And he said to
\ And Saul said to the Cinite : Go, de- him Speak.
:

irt and get ye down from Amalec lest I : 17 And Samuel said: When thou wast a
Mtroy thee with him. For thou hast little one in thy own eyes, wast thou not
lewn kindness to all the children of made the head of the tribes of Israel?
rael, when they came up out of Egypt. And the Lord anointed thee to be king
nd the Cinite (imparted from the midst over Israel.
Amalec. 18 And the Lord sent thee on the way,
And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, and said: Go, and kill the sinners of
itil thou comest to Sur, which is over Amalec, and thou shalt fight against
ainst Egypt. them until thou hast utterly destroyed
And he took Agag the king of Amalec them.
ive but all the common people he slew
: 19 Why then didst thou not hearken to
ifch the edge of the sword. the voice of the Lord but hast turned to
:

And Saul and the people spared Agag the prey, and hast done evil in the eyes
id the best of the flocks of sheep and of of the Lord.
le herds, and the garments and the rams, 20 And Saul said to Samuel Yea I have :

id all that was beautiful, and would not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, and
stroy them but every thing that was
: have walked in the way by which the
le and good for nothing, that they Lord sent me, and have brought Agag
Bstroyed. the king of Amalec, and Amalec I have
10 And the word of the Lord came to slain.
amuel, saying 21 But the people took of the spoils
11 It repenteth me that I have made sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those
Iaul king for he hath forsaken me, and things that were slain, to offer sacrifice
:

ath not executed my commandments, to the Lord their God in Galgal.

nd Samuel was grieved, and he cried 22 And Samuel said: -^Doth the Lord
nto the Lord all night. desire holocausts and victims, and not
12 And when Samuel rose early, to go to rather that the voice of the Lord should
aul in the morning, it was told Samuel, be obeyed ? For obedience is better than
lat Saul was come to Carmel, and had sacrifices and to hearken rather than to :

rected for himself a triumphant arch, offer the fat of rams.

ud returning had passed on, and gone 23 Because it is like the sin of witch-
own to Galgal. And Samuel came to craft, to rebel: and like the crime of
e Ex. 17. 8. / Eccli. 4. 17 Osee 6. 6 Matt. 9. 13, and 12. 7. ; ;

CJhap. 15. Child. The great Master of

Ver. 3. that they might not live to follow the same wicked
le and death (who cuts off one half of all niankhul ways. But without such ordinance of God it is not
hilstthey are children) has been pleased sometimes allowable, in any wars, how just soever, to kill chU
) ordain that children should be put to the sword, dreo.
I detestation of tlie crimes of their pareotSt «oa

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Saul rejected by the Lord KINGS

1 Samuel goes to Bethlehem
idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch ND
the Lord said to Samuel How :

therefore as thou hast rejected the word A^

long wilt thou mourn for Saul,
of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected whom I have rejected from reigning over
thee from being king. Israel ? fill thy horn with oil, and come,
24 And Saul said to Samuel : I have that I may send thee to Isai the Bethle-
sinned because I have transgressed the hemite for I have provided me a king :

commandment of the Lord, and thy among his sons.

words, fearing the people, and obeying 2 And Samuel said: How shall I go?
their voice. for Saul will hear of it, and he will kill
25 But now bear, I beseech thee, my sin, me. And the Lord said Thou shalt take :

and return with me, that I may adore with thee a calf of the herd, and thou
the Lord. shalt say I am come to sacrifice to the
:

26 And Samuel said to Saul I will not Lord. :

retiu-n with thee, because thou hast re- 3 And thou shalt call Isai to the sacri-
jected the word of the Lord, and the fice, and I will shew thee what thou art
Lord hath rejected thee from being king to do, and thou shalt anoint him whom I
over Israel. shall shew to thee.
27 And Samuel turned about to go 4 Then Samuel did as the Lord had said
away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of to him. And he 3ame to Bethlehem, and
his mantle, and it rent. the ancients of the city wondered, and
28 And Samuel said to him : ^ The Lord meeting him, they said Is thy coming :

hath rent the kingdom of Israel from hither peaceable ?

thee this day, and hath given it to thy 5 And he said: It is peaceable I :

neighbour who is better than thee. come to offer sacrifice to the Lord, be
29 But the triumpher in Israel will not sanctified, and come with me to tl
spare, and will not be moved to repent- sacrifice. And he sanctified Isai and
ance for he is not a man that he should sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
:

repent. 6 And when they were come in, he sai

30 Then he said I : have sinned yet Ehab,: and laid: Is the Lord's anointe(
honour me now before the ancients of my before him?
people, and before Israel, and return with 7 And th . Lord said to Samuel Look :

me, that I may adore the Lord thy God. not on his countenance, nor on the
31 So Samuel turned again after Saul: height of his stature because I have re- :

and Saul adored the Lord. jected him, nor do I judge according to
32 And Samuel said Bring hither to me the look of man
: for man seeth those :

Agag the king of Amalec. And Agag things that appear, *but the Lord be-
was presented to him very fat, and holdeth the heart.
trembling. And Agag said Doth bitter : 8 And Isai called Abinadab, and brought
death separate in this manner ? him before Samuel. And he said: Neithei
33 And Samuel said As thy sword hath hath the Lord chosen this.
:

made women childless, so shall thy mo- 9 And Isai brought Samma, and he said
ther be childless among women. And of him: Neither hath the Lord chosen
Samuel hewed him in pieces before the this.
Lord in Galgal. 10 Isai therefore brought his seven sons
34 And Samuel departed to Ramatha: before Samuel and Samuel said to Isai :

but Saul went up to his house in Gabaa. The Lord hath not chosen any one of
35 And Samuel saw Saul no more till these.
the day of his death nevertheless Sam-
: 11 And Samuel said to Isai Are here :

uel mourned for Saul, because the Lord all thy sons? He answered: There re-
repented that he had made him Mug maineth yet a 3^oung one, who keepeth
over Israel. the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai:
Send, and fetch him, for we will not sit
CHAPTER 16. down till he come hither.
Samuel is sent to Bethlehem, where he anointeth
David who : is taken into SauVs family. 12 He sent therefore and brought him.
g Infra 28. 17. i.Ps. 7. 10.

Ver. 35. Saw Saul no more till the day of his death. That is, lie went no more to see him he: Yisited
iumnomore.
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T
ow he was mddy and beautiful to be- I^OW
the Philistines gathering to-
old, and of a comely face. And the JjJ gether their troops to battle, as-
ord said Arise,
: and anoint him, for sembled at Socho of Juda, and camped
lis is he. between Socho and Azeca in the borders
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, of Dommim.
and anointed him in the midst of his 2 And Saul and the children of Israel
rethren: and the spirit of the Lord being gathered together came to the val-
*
\n\Q upon David from that day forward: ley of Terebinth, and they set the army
Lid Samuel rose up, and went to Rama- in array to fight against the Philistines.
la. 3 And the Philistines stood on a moun-
14 But the spirit of the Lord departed tain on the one side, and Israel stood on
•cm Saul, and an evil spirit from the a mountain on the other side and there :

ord troubled him. was a valley between them.

15 And the servants of Saul said to him 4 And there went out a man basebom
ehold Tuyw an evil spirit from God from the camp of the Philistines named
roubleth thee. Goliath, of Geth, whose height was six
16 Let our lord give orders, and thy cubits and a span
nrvants who are before thee will seek 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his
ut a man skilful in playing on the harp, head, and he was clothed with a coat of
lat when the evil spirit from the Lord mail with scales, and the weight of his
upon thee, he may play with his hand, coat of mail was five thousand sides of
nd thou mayest bear it more easily. brass
17 And Saul said to his servants Pro- 6 And he had greaves of brass on his
:

ide me then some man that can play legs, and a buckler of brass covered his
ell, and bring him to me. shoulders.
18 And one of the servants answering, 7 And the staff of his spear was like a
lid: Behold I have seen a son of Isai weaver's beam, and the head of his spear
le Bethlehemite, a skilful player, and weighed six hundred sides of iron and :

ne of great strength, and a man fit for his armourbearer went before him.
^ar, and prudent in his words, and a 8 And standing he cried out to the bands
omely person: and the Lord is with him. of Israel, and said to them Why are you :

19 Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, come out prepared to fight? am not I a
aying: Send me David thy son, who is Philistine, and you the servants of Saul ?
1 the pastures. Choose out a man of you, and let him
And Isai took an ass laden with come down and fight hand to hand.
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read, and a bottle of wine, and a kid of 9 If he be able to fight with me, and kill
ae flock, and sent them by the hand of me, we will be servants to you but if I :

)avid his son to SauL prevail against him, and kill him, you
21 And David came to Saul, and stood shall be servants, and shall serve us.
efore him: and he loved him exceed- 10 And the Philistine said I have defied :

igly, and made him his armourbearer. the bands of Israel this day Give me a :

22 And Saul sent to Isai, saying Let man, and let him fight with me hand to
:

>avid stand before me for he hath hand. :

Dund favour in my sight. 11 And Saul and all the Israelites hear-
23 So whensoever the evil spmt from ing these words of the Philistine were
tie Lord was upon Saul, David took his dismayed, and greatly afraid.
arp, and played with his hand, and Saul 12 ^ Now David was the son of that Eph-
ras refreshed, and was better, for the rathite of Bethlehem Juda before men-
vll spirit departed from him. tioned, whose name was Isai, who had
eight sons, and was an old man in the
CHAPTER 17.
Var vjith the Philistines. Goliath chaUengeth Is- days of Saul, and of great age among
rael. He is slain by David. men.
2 Kings 7. 8 ; Ps. 77. 70, and 88. 21 j Acts 7. 46, and
13.22. I Supra, 16. L
Chap. 16. Ver. 14. From, the Lord. An evil spirit, Ver. 23. Departed from him. Chased awagr bf
y divine permission, and for his pumshmeai. either David's devotion.
ossessed or obsessed him.
aoi

David goes to the camp of Israel
13 And his three eldest sons followed
Saul to the battle : and the names of his
three sons that went to the battle, were
Eliab the firstborn, and the second Abin-
adab, and the third Samma.
14 But David was the youngest. So the
three eldest having followed Saul,
15 David went, and returned from Saul,
k) feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.
16 Now the Philistine came out morning
and evening, and presented himself forty
days.
17 And Isai said to David his son Take
for thy brethren an ephi of frumenty, and
these ten loaves, and run to the camp to
thy brethren.
18 And carry these ten little cheeses to
the tribune and go see thy brethren, if
: 29 And David said: What have I done'
they are well : and learn with whom they
are placed.
19 But Saul, and they, and all the chil-
dren of Israel were in the valley of Tere-
binth fighting against the Philistines.
20 David therefore arose in tne morning,
and gave the charge of the flock to the
keeper: and went away loaded as Isai
had conmianded him. And he came to
the place of Magala, and to the army,
which was going out to fight, and shouted
for the battle.
21 For Israel had put themselves In ar-
ray, and the Philistines who stood against
them were prepared.
22 And David leaving the vessels which
he had brought, under the care of the
keeper of the baggage, ran to the place
of the battle and asked if all things went
well with his brethren.
23 And as he talked with them, that base-
born man whose name was Goliath, the
Philistine, of Geth, shewed himself com-
ing up from the camp of the Philistines:
and he spoke according to the name
words, and David heard them.
24 And all the Israehtes when they saw
the man, fled from his face, fearing him
exceedingly.
25 And some one of Israel said Have : cised Phihstine, who hath dared to curse
you seen this man that is come up, for he
is come up to defy Israel. And the man
that shall slay him, the king will enrich
with great riches, and will give him his
daughter, and will make his father's
house free from tribute in Israel.
26 And David spoke to the men
m£cc1i.47.3.
:
1 KINGS He offers to fight Goliat I
stood by him, saying: What shall b
given to the man that shall kill this Phi
hstine, and shall take away the reproacl!
from Israel? for who is this uncircum
cised Philistine, that he should defy th<
armies of the Uving God ?
27 And the people answered him th»
same words saying: These things shall b(
given to the man that shall slay him.
28 Now when Eliab his eldest brothe:
heard this, when he was speaking witl
others, he was angry with David, anc
: said : Why
earnest thou hither ? and wh^
didst thou leave those few sheep in the
desert ? I know thy pride, and the wick
edness of thy heart: that thou art com(
down to see the battle.
is there not cause to speak ?
30 And he turned a little aside from hin
to another: and said the same word. Anc
the people answered him as before.
31 And the words which David spok(
were heard, and were rehearsed before
Saul.
32 And when he was brought to him, h€
said to him: Let not any man's heart be
dismayed in him: I thy servant will go,
and will fight against the Phihstine.
33 And Saul said to David: Thou art not
able to withstand this Philistine, nor to
fight against him: for thou art but a boy,
but he is a warrior from his youth.
34 And David said to Saul: *"Thy ser-
vant kept his father's sheep, and there
came a lion, " or a bear, and took a ran
out of the midst of the flock
35 And I pursued after them, and struck
them, and delivered it out of their mouth:
and they rose up against me, and I caught
them by the throat, and I strangled and
killed them.
36 For I thy servant have killed both a
lion and a bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be also as one of them. I
will go now, and take away the reproach
of the people : for who is this uncircum
the army of the living God ?
37 And David said : The Lord who de-
livered me out of the paw of the Hon,
and out of the paw of the bear, he will
deliver me out of the hand of this Philis-
tine. And Saul said to David: Go, and
that the Lord be with thee.
n or /or and.
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38 And Saul clothed David with hia gar- 1 sling, and fetching it about struck the
aents, and put a helmet of brass upon
'

Philistine in the forehead : and the stone

lis head, and armed him with a coat of
QaiL
39 And David having girded his sword
ipon his armour, began to try if he could
valk in armour: for he was not accus-
omed to it. And David said to Saul I
annot go thus, for I am
not used to it.
And he laid them off,
40 And he took his staff, which he had
I
Iways in his hands and chose him five
: head.
,mooth stones out of the brook, and put
,hem into the shepherd's scrip, which he
lad with him, and he took a shng in his
jiand, and went forth against the Philis-
ine.
,41 And the Philistine came on, and drew
agh against David, and his armourbearer
,»3fore him.
42 And when the Philistine looked, and
»eheld David, he despised him. For he
vas a young man, ruddy, and of a comely
(Ountenance.
43 And the Philistine said to David
a dog, that thou comest to me with a
taff? And the Philistine cursed David
•y his gods.
44 And he said to David Come to me, : to Abner the captain of the army : Of
.nd I will give thy flesh to the birds of
he air, and to the beasts of the earth.
45 And David said to the Phihstine:
\^ou comest to me with a Eword, and
,tith a spear, and with a shield: but I
,ome to thee in the name of the Lord of
,i08ts, the God of the armies of Israel,
7hich thou hast defied.
46 This day, and the Lord will deliver
hee into my hand, and I will slay thee,
nd take away thy head from thee and
will give the carcasses of the army of
he Phihstines this day to the birds of
was fixed in his forehead, and he fell on
i
his face upon the earth.
60 ^ And David prevailed over
the Phil-
istine, with a sling and a stone, and he
struck, and slew the Philistine. And as
: David had no sword in his hand,
51 He ran, and stood over the Philistine,
and took his sword, and drew it out of
the sheath, and slew him, and cut off his
And the Philistines seeing that
their champion was dead, fled away.
52 And the men of Israel and Juda ris-
ing up shouted, and pursued after the
Philistines till they came to the valley
and to the gates of Aocaron, and there
fell vnany wounded of the Philistines in
the way of Saraim, and as far as Geth,
and as far as Accaron.
53 And the children of Israel returning,
after they had pursued the Philistines,
fell upon their camp.
54 And David taking the head of the
: Am Philistine brought it to Jerusalem : but
his armour he put in his tent.
55 Nowat the time that Saul saw David
pcoing out against the Philistines, he said
what family is this young man descended,
Abner? And Abner said: As thy soul
liveth, O king, I know not.
56 And the king said: Inquire thou,
whose son this man is.
57 And when David was returned, after
the Phihstine was slain, Abnev took
him, and brought him in before Saul,
with the head of the Philistine in hip
hand.
: 58 And Saul said to him : Young man,
of what family art thou? And David
said I am the son of thy servant Isai the
:

he air, and to the beasts of the earth Bethlehemite.

hat all the earth may know that there
3 a God in Israel.
CHAPTER 18.
The friendship of Jonathan and David. The envy
47 And all this assembly shall know, of Saul, and his design upon David^s life. He
hat the Lord saveth not with sword marrieth him to his daughter Michol.
nd spear: for it is his battle, and he will IND
it came to pass, when he had
ehver you into our hands. x\_ made an end of speaking to Saul, the
48 And when the Philistine arose and soul of Jonathan was knio with the soul
ras coming, and drew nigh to meet Da- of David, and Jonathan loved him as his
id, David made haste, and ran to the own soul.
ight to meet the Philistine. 2 And Saul took him that day, and
49 And he put his hand into his scrip, would not let him return to his father's
nd took a stone, and cast it with the house.

« EcclL 47. 4 ; 1 Mac. 4. 30.

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 3 And David and Jonathan made a cov- Saul said within himself: Let not my
enant, for he loved him as his own soul. hand be upon him, but let the hands of
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the the Philistines be upon him.
coat with which he was clothed, and gave 18 And David said to Saul Who am I :

it to David, and the rest of his garments,
even to his sword, and to his bow, and to
his girdle.
5 And David went out
business Saul sent him, and he behaved
himself prudently and Saul set him over
: been given to David, that she was given
the soldiers, and he was acceptable in
the eyes of all the people, and especially
iu the eyes of Saul's servants.
6 Now when David returned, after he
slew the Philistine, the women came out
of all the cities of Israel, singing and
dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels
of joy, and cornets.
7 And the women sung as they played,
and they said ^ Saul slew his thousands,
: my son in law this day.
and David his ten thousands.
8 And Saul was exceeding angry, and
or what is my life, or my father's family
in Israel, that I should be son in law of
the king?
to whatsoever 19 And it came to pass at the time when
Merob the daughter of Saul should have
to Hadriel the Molathite to wife.
20 But Michol the other daughter of
Saul loved David. And it was told Saul,
and pleased him.
it
21 And
Saul said: I will give her to
him, that she may be a stumblingblock
to him, and that the hand of the Philis-
tines may be upon him. And Saul said
to David: In two things thou shalt be
22 And Saul commanded his servants to
speak to David privately, saying Behold :

this word was displeasing in his eyes, and thou pleasest the king, and all his ser-
he said: They have given David ten vants love thee. Now therefore be the
thousands, and to me they have giv^^n but king's son in law.
a thousand ; what can he have more but 23 And the servants of Saul spoke all
the kingdom? these words in the ears of David. And
9 And Saul did not look on David with David said : Doth it seem to you a small
a good eye from that day and forward. matter to be the king's son in law ? But
10 And the day after the evil spirit from I am a poor man, and of small ability.
God came upon Saul, and he prophesied 24 And the servants of Saul told him|
in the midst of his house. And David saying: Such words as these hath David
played with his hand as at other times. spoken.
And Saul held a spear in his hand, 25 And Saul said : Speak thus to David
11 And threw it, thinking to nail David The king desireth not any dowry, b
to the wall : and David stept aside out of only a hundred foreskins of the Phili»
his presence twice. tines, to be avenged of the king's en
12 And Saul feared David, because the mies. Now Saul thought to delive
Lord was with him, and was departed David into the hands of the Philistines. ^
from himself. 26 And when his servants had tol
13 Therefore Saul removed him from David the words that Saul had said, thci^
him, and made him a captain over a word was pleasing in the eyes of Davi
thousand men, and he went out and to be the king's son in law.
came in before the people. 27 And after a few days David rose up,
14 And David behaved wisely in all his and went with the men that were under
ways, * and the Lord was with him. him, and he slew of the Philistines two
15 And Saul saw that he was exceeding hundred men, and brought their fore-
prudent, and began to beware of him. skins and numbered them out to the
16 But all Israel and Juda loved David, king, that he might be his son in law.
for he came in and went out before them. Saul therefore gave him Michol his
17 And Saul said to David: Behold my daughter to wife.
elder daughter Merob, her will I give 28 And Saul saw, and understood that
thee to wife: only be a valiant man, the Lord was with David. And Michol
• and fight the battles of the Lord. Now the daughter of Saul loved him.
q Infra 21. 11 ; Eccli. 47. 7.~r Supra 16. 13. s Infra 25. 28.

CfiAC. 1& Ver. 10. Prophesied, Acted the prophet in Vj mad manner.
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onaihan intercedes for David 1 KINGS David escapes from Saul

!9 And3aul began to fear David and held a spear in his hand and David :

•ore: and Saul became David's enemy played with his hand.
ntinually. 10 And Saul endeavoured to nail David
And the princes of the Philistines to the wall with his spear. And David
I3nt forth: and from the beginning of slipt away out of the presence of Saul:
eir going forth, David behaved himself and the spear missed him, and was fas-
ore wisely than all the servants of tened in the wall, and David fled and
ul, and his name became very famous. escaped that night.
11 Saul therefore sent his guards to
CHAPTER 19. David's house to watch him, that he
her attempts of Saul upon Davi(Vs life. He comath
o Samuel. SauVs messengers and Saul himself
might be killed in the morning. And
nophesy. when Michol David's wife had told him
IkND Saul spoke to Jonathan his son this, saying Unless thou save thyself :

(t^ and to all his servants, that they this night, to morrow thou wilt die,
ould kill David. But Jonathan the son 12 She let him down through a window.
Saul loved David exceedingly. And he went and fled away and escaped.
And Jonathan told David, saying 13 And Michol took an image and laid
:

ul my father seeketh to kill thee it on the bed, and put a goal's skin with
lerefore look to thyself, I beseech the hair at the head of it, and covered it
Be, in the morning, and thou shalt with clothes.
Lde in a secret place and shalt be hid. 14 And Saul sent officers to seize David:
And I will go out and stand beside my and it was answered that he was sick.
her in the field where thou art and 15 And again Saul sent to see David,
:

m\\ speak of thee to my father, and saying Bring him to me in the bed, that :

atsoever I shall see, I will tell thee. he may be slain.

And Jonathan spoke good things of 16 And when the messengers were come
vid to Saul his father: and said to in, they found an image upon the bed,
n: Sin not, O king, against thy ser- and a goat's skin at its head.
t, David, because he hath not sinned 17 And Saul said to Michol Why hast :

Eunst thee, and his works are very thou deceived me so, and let my enemy
od towards thee. go and flee away ? And Michol answered
And he put his life in his hand, and Saul Because he said to me Let me go, : :

w the Philistine, and the Lord wrought or else I will kill thee.
jat salvation for all Israel. Thou saw- 18 But David fled and escaped, and
i it and didst rejoice. Why therefore came to Samuel in Ramatha, and told
t thou sin against innocent blood by him all that Saul had done to him and :

ling David, who is without fault? he and Samuel went and dwelt in Najoth.
And when Saul heard this he was ap- 19 And it was told Saul by some, saying:
ised with the words of Jonathan, and Behold David is in Najoth in Ramatha.
ore: As the Lord liveth he shall not 20 So Saul sent officers to take David:
slain. and when they saw a company of pro-
Then Jonathan called David and told phets prophesying, and Samuel presiding
Q all these words and Jonathan over them, the spirit of the Lord came
:

I )ught in David to Saul, and he was also upon them, and they likewise began
ore him, as he had been yesterday to prophesy.
i the day before. 21 And when this was told Saul, he sent
And the war began again, and David other messengers but they also prophe- :

nt out and fought against the Philis- sied. And again Saul sent messengers
8, and defeated them with a great the third time and they prophesied also. :

ughter, and they fled from his face. And Saul being exceedingly angry,
And the evil spirit from the Lord 22 Went also himself to Ramatha, and
ne upon Saul, and he sat in his house, came as far as the great cistern, which

SAP. 19. Ver. 18. Najoth. It was probably a occasion that both Saul's messengers and himself
3ol or college of prophets, in or near Kamath should experience the like impulse, that he might
er the direction of Samuel, understand, by this instance of the divine power, how
er. 30. PraphesyiTig, That is, singing: praises to vain are the desi|;iis of man agaiast lami whom God
I by s, divine impulse. God was pleased on this m-eteetn
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is in Socho,and he asked, and said In : know that his malice is come to iti
what place are Samuel and David ? And height.
it was told him Behold they are in Na-
: 8 Deal mercifully then with thy ser
joth in Ramatha. vant: for thou hast brought me thy ser
23 And he went to Najoth in Ramatha, vant into a covenant of the Lord witl
and the spirit of the Lord came upon thee. But if there be any iniquity in mej
him also, and he went on, and prophe- do thou kill me, and bring me not in t(l
sied till he came to Najoth in Ramatha. thy father. j

24 And he
stripped himself also of his 9 And Jonathan
said Far be this fron)
:

garments, and prophesied with the rest thee for if I should certainly know thall
:

before Samuel, and lay down naked all evil is determined by my father against
that day and night. This gave occasion thee, I could do no otherwise than tel
to a proverb "What is Saul too among
: ! thee.
the prophets ? And David answered Jonathan Whc
10 :

me word, if thy father shoulc

shall bring
CHAPTER 20. answer thee harshly concerning me ?
Saul being obstinately bent upon killing David, he 11 And Jonathan said to David Come :

is sent away by Jonathan.

and
go out into the field. Ant
let us
BUT David fled from Najoth, which when they were both of them gone oul
is in Ramatha, and came and said to into the field,
Jonathan What have I done ? what is 12 Jonathan said to David O Lord Goc
: :

my iniquity, and what is my sin against of Israel, if I shall discover my father't

thy father, that he seeketh my life ? mind, to morrow or the day after, anc
2 And he said to him God forbid, thou there be any thing good for David, and
; ]

Bhalt not die for my father will do no- send not immediately to thee, and make
:

thing great or little, without first telling it known to thee,

me hath then my father hid this word 13 May the Lord do so and so to Jona
:

only from me ? no, this shall not be. than and add still more. But if my fa
3 And he swore again to David. And ther shall continue in malice against thee
David said: Thy father certainly know- I will discover it to thy ear, and wil
eth that I have found grace in thy sight, send thee away, that thou mayest go ir
and he will say Let not Jonathan know peace, and the Lord be with thee, as h(
:

this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the hath been with my father.
Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there is 14 And if I live, thou shalt shew methf
but one step (as I may say) between me kindness of the Lord but if I die, :

and death. 15 Thou shalt not take away thy kind

4 And Jonathan said to David What- ness from my house for ever, when the
:

soever thy soul shall say to me, I will do Lord shall have rooted out the enemiet
for thee. of David, every one of them from tht
5 And David said to Jonathan: Behold earth, may he take away Jonathan froii
to morrow is the new moon, and I ac- his house, and may the Lord require il
cording to custom am wont to sit beside at the hands of David's enemies.
the king to eat let me go then that I
: 16 Jonathan therefore made a covenant
may be hid in the field till the evening with the house of David and the Lord :

of the third day. required it at the hands of David's ene-

6 If thy father look and inquire for me, mies.
thou shalt answer him David asked me 17 And Jonathan swore again to David,
:

that he might run to Bethlehem '^ his because he loved him: for he loved him
own city because there are solemn sac- as his own soul.
:

rifices there for all his tribe. 18 And Jonathan said to him: To mor-
7 If he shall say. It is well: thy servant row is the new moon, and thou wilt be
shall have peace: but if he be angry, missed
u Supra 10. 12. w Luke 2. 4.
Chap. 20. Ver. 5. To morrow is the new w,oon. Ver. 15. May he take away Jonathan, &c. It is I
The neomenia, or first day of the moon, kept accord- curse upon himself, if he should not be faithful to hi:
ing to the law, as a festival; and therefore Saul promise. — Ibid. Require it, &c. That is, revenge i'

feasted on that day and expected tbe attendance upon David's enemies, and upon me, if I should laL
:

of his family. of my word given to him.

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19 For thy seat will be empty till after 31 For as long as the son of Isai liveth
3 morrow. So thou shalt go down upon earth, thou shaJt not be establishedj
Suickly, and come to the place, where nor thy kingdom. Therefore now pre-
liou must be hid on the day when it is sently send, and fetch him to me: for
Wful to work, and thou shalt remain he is the son of death.
eside the stone, which is called Ezel. 32 And Jonathan answering Saul his
20 And I will shoot three arrows near father, said: Why shall he die: what
), and will shoot as if I were exercising hath he done ?
lyself at a mark. 33 And Saul caught up a spear to strike
21 And I will send
a boy, saying to him: him. And Jonathan understood that it
i^o and fetch me the arrows. was determined by his father to kill Da-
'22 If I shall say to the boy Behold the vid.
:

rrows are on this side of thee, take 34 So Jonathan rose from the table in
aem up: come thou to me, because great anger, and did not eat bread on
laere is peace to thee, and there is no the second day after the new moon. For
vil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall he was grieved for David, because his
peak thus to the boy: Behold the ar- father had put him to confusion.
bws are beyond thee: go in peace, for 35 And when the morning came, Jona-
lie Lord hath sent thee away. than went into the field, according to
23 And concerning the word which I the appointment with David, and a little
nd thou have spoken, the Lord be be- boy with him.
ween thee and me for ever. 36 And ha said to his boy: Go, and
24 So David was hid in the field, and fetch me the arrows which I shoot.
ae new moon came, and the king sat And when the boy ran, he shot another
own to eat bread. arrow beyond the boy.
25And when the king sat down upon 37 The boy therefore came to the place
is chair (according to custom) which of the arrow which Jonathan had shot
^asbeside the wall, Jonathan arose, and and Jonathan cried after the boy, and
Lbner sat by Saul's side, and David's said Behold the arrow is there further
:

lace appeared empty. beyond thee.

26 And Saul said nothing that day, for 38 And Jonathan cried again after the
e thought might have happened to boy, saying: Make haste speedily, stand
it
im, that he was not clean, nor purified. not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up
27 And when the second day after the the arrows, and brought them to his
ew moon was come, David's place ap- master
eared empty again. And Saul said to 39 And he knew not at all what was
onathan his son: Why cometh not the doing: for only Jonathan and David
on of Isai to meat neither yesterday knew the matter.
or to day? 40 Jonathan therefore gave his arms to
'28 And* Jonathan answered Saul: He the boy, and said to him Go, and carry :

sked leave of me earnestly to go to them into the city.

lethlehem, 41 And when the boy was gone, David
29 And he said Let me go, for there is rose out of his place, which was towards
:

solemn sacrifice in the city, one of my the south, and falling on his face to the
'rethren hath sent for me and now if ground, adored thrice and kissing one
: :

have found favour in thy eyes, I will another, they wept together, but David
o quickly, and see my brethren. For more.
'his cause he came not to the king's 42 And Jonathan said to David Go in :

able. peace: and let all stand that we have

'30 Then Saul being angry against Jona- sworn both of us in the name of the
han said to him: Thou son of a woman Lord, saying The Lord be between me :

[hat ic the ravisher of a man, do I not and thee, and between my seed and thy
:now that thou loves|i the son of Isai to seed for ever.
hy own confusion and to the confusion 43 And David arose, and departed and :

\i thy shameless mother ? Jonathan went into the city.

Var. 31. The son of death. ThaX is, one thsA deserreth death, and sball surely be put to death.
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David receives the holy bread 1 KINGS David flees to Getk

CHAPTER 21. sword of Goliath the Philistine whom
thou slewest in the valley of Terebinth,
David receiveth holy bread of AcMmelech the priest :

and feigneth himself mad wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod:

before Achis king of
Oeth,
if thou wilt take this, take it, for here
A ND David came to Nobe to Achime- is no other but this. And David said-
XA. lech the priest: and Achimelech There is none like that, give it me.
was astonished at David's coming. And 10 And David arose and fled that day
he said to him Why art thou alone, and from the face of Saul: and came to
:

no man with thee ? Achis the king of Geth:

2 And David said to Achimelech the 11 And the servants of Achis, when they
priest The king hath commanded me a saw David, said to him Is not this DaviA
: :

business, and said: Let no man know the king of the land ? Did they not sing
the thing for which thou art sent by me, to him in their dances, saying ^ Saul :

and what manner of commands i have hath slain his thousands, and David his
given thee: and I have appointed my ten thousands ?
servants to such and such a place. 12 But David laid up these '^ords in his
3 Now therefore if thou have any thing heart, and was exceedingly afraid at the
at hand, though it were but five loaves, face ol Acais the king of Geth.
give me, or whatsoever thou canst find. 13 And he changed his countenance be-
4 And the priest answered David, say- fore them, and siipt down between theii
ing I have no common bread at hand, hands and he stumbled against the doors
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but only holy bread, if the young men of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon
be clean, especially from women? his beard.
6 And David answered the priest, and 14 And Achis said to his servants Yon i

said to him Truly, as to what concern- saw the man was mad: why have yon
:

eth women, we have refrained ourselves brought him to me ?

from yesterday and the day before, when 15 Have we need of madmen, that yoD
we came out, and the vessels of the have brought in this fellow, to play the
young men were holy. Now this way is madman in my presence ? shall this fellow
defiled, but it shall also be sanctified this come into my house ?
day in the vessels.
6^ The priest therefore gave him hal- CHAPTER 22.
lowed bread: for there was no bread Many resort to David. Doeg accuseth Achimelech
there, but only the loaves of proposition, to Saul. He ordereth him and all the other priests
of Nobe to be slain. Abiathar escapeth.
which had been taken away from before
the face of the Lord, that hot loaves
might be set up. D
AVED therefore went from thence
7 Now a certain man of the servants of And when his brethren, and all his father^
Saul was there that day, within the tab- house had heard of it, they went dowf. co
ernacle of the Lord and his name was him thither
:

Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of Saul's 2 And all that were i±x distieiss and op-
herdsmen. pressed with debt, and under affliction of
8 And David said to Achimelech Hast mind gathered themselves unto him and
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thou here at hand a spear, or a sword ? he became their prince, and there were
for I brought not my own sword, nor my with him about four hundred men.
own weapons with me, for the king's 3 And David departed from thence into
business required haste. Maspha of Moab and he said to the king :

9 And the priest said: Lo, here is the of Moab Let my father and my mothei :

y Matt. 12. 3, 4. 2 Supra 18. 7 ; Eccli. 47. 7.

Chap. 21. Ver. 1. Nobe. A

city in the tribe of
Benjamin, to which the tabernacle of the Lord had
been translated from Silo.
Ver. 4. If the yonn^ men be clean, &c. If this
cleanness was required of them that were to eat that
bread, which was but a figure of the bread of life
which we receive in the blessed sacrament; how
clean ought Christians to be when they approach to
our tremendous mysteries. And what reason hath
the church of God to admit none to be her ministers
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to consecrate this most pure sacra«
and daily receive
ment, but such as devote themselves to a life of pen
petual purity.
Ver. 5. The vessels, i. e., the bodies, have beer
holy, that is, have been* kept from impurity. —
Ibid.
Is defiled. Is liable to expose us to dangers of ud-
cleanness.— Ibid. Be sanctified, &c. That is, we
shall take care, notwithstanding these dangerou:.
circumstances, to keep our vessels holy, that is. to
keep our bodies from every thing that may deiUe ur
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loeg accuses AcMmelech 1 KINGS Saul kills the priests

arry with you, I beseech thee, till I know son in law, and goeth forth at thy bid-
hnt God will do for me. ding, and is honourable in thy house?
4 And he left them under the eyes of the 15 Did I begin to day to consult the
ing of Moab, and they abode with him Lord for him ? far be this from me let :

U the days that David was in the hold. not the king suspect such a thing against
6 And Gad the prophet said to David his servant, or any one in all my father's
:

bide not in the hold, depart, and go into house for thy servant knew nothing of
:

16 land of Juda. And David departed, this matter, either little or great.
nd came into the forest of Haret. 16 And the king said Dying thou shalt :

6 And Saul heard that David was seen, die, Achimelech, thou and all thy father's
nd the men that were with him. Now house.
hilst Saul abode in Gabaa, and was in 17 And the king said to the messengers
le wood, which is by Rama, having his that stood about him Turn, and kill the :

pear in his hand, and all his servants priests of the Lord, for their hand is with
ere standing about him, David, because they knew that he was
r He said to his servants that stood about fled, and they told it not to me. And the
lim :Hear me now, ye sons of Jemini king's servants would not put forth their
rill the son of Isai give every one of you hands against the priests of the Lord.

elds, and vineyards, and make you all 18 And the king said to Doeg: Turn
ribunes, and centurions thou, and fall upon the priests. And
8 That all of you have conspired against Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell upon
ae, and there is no one to inform me, es- the priests and slew in that day eighty-
ecially when even my son hath entered five men that wore the linen ephod.
ato league with the son of Isai ? There 19 And Nobe the city of the priests he
} not one of you that pitieth my case, smote with the edge of his sword, both
or that giveth me any information: be- men and women, children, and sucklings,
ause my son hath raised up my servant and ox and ass, and sheep with the edge
gainst me, plotting against me to this of the sword.
ay. 20 But one of the sons of Achimelech
And Doeg the Edomite who stood by, the son of Achitob, whose name was
d was the chief among the servants of Abiathar, escaped, and fled to David,
ul, auswering, said I saw the son of
: 21 And told him that Saul had slain the
ai, in Nobe with Achimelech the son of priests of the Lord.
chitob the priest. 22 And David said to Abiathar I knew :

And he consulted the Lord for him, that day when Doeg the Edomite was
nd gave him victuals, and gave him the there, that without doubt he would tell
isrord of Goliath the Philistine. Saul: I have been the occasion of the
1 Then the king sent to call for Achime- death of all the souls of thy father's
ch the priest the son of Achitob, and all house.
father's house, the priests that were 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he
Nobe, and they came all of them to the that seeketh my life, seeketh thy life
also, and with me thou shalt be saved.
12 And Saul said to Achimelech Hear, :

ou son of Achitob. He answered Here : CHAPTER 23.

am, my lord.
David relieveth Ceila, besieged by the Philistines.
13 AndSaul said to him Why have you : Hefleeth into the desert of Ziph. Jonathan and
nspired against me, thou, and the son he confirm their former covenant. The Ziphites
discover hint to Saul, who pursuing close after
Isai, and thou hast given him bread him, is called away by an invasion from the
id a sword, and hast consulted the Lord Philistines.
)r him, that he should rise up against
16, continuing a traitor to this day. A
ND they told David, saying Behold
the Philistines fight against Ceila,
4 And Achimelech answering the king, and they rob the barns.
:

id And who amongst all thy servants

:
2 Therefore David consulted the Lord,
I 80 faithful as David, who is the king's saying Shall I go and smite these Philis-
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Chap. 22. V«r.4L The hold. The strong hold, or fortress qI Maspba.
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tines ? And the Lord said to David Go, : I
and thou shalt smite the Philistines, and
shalt save Ceila
j 3 And the men that were with David,
/Said to him : Behold we are in fear here
in Judea, how much more if we go to
mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a I
woody hill. And Saul sought him always
but the Lord delivered him not into his I
hands.
15 And David saw that Saul was come
out to seek his hfe. And David was in ui

Ceila against the bands of the Philistines ? the desert of Ziph, in a wood.
4 Therefore David consulted the Lord 16 And Jonathan the son of Saul arose»
again. And he answered and said to and went to David into the wood, and
him: Arise, and go to Ceila: for I will strengthened his hands in God and he :

deliver the Philistines into thy hand. said to him

5 David therefore, and his men, went to 17 Fear not: for the hand of my fatherl J
Ceila, and fought against the Philistines, Saul shall not find thee, and thou shalt
and brought away their cattle, and made reign over Israel, and I shall be next to
a great slaughter of them and David thee, yea, and my father knoweth this.
:

saved the inhabitants of Ceila. 18 And the two made a covenant befcrel t
6 Now at that time, when Abiathar the the Lord and David abode in the wood:
:

son of Achimelech fled to David to Ceila, but Jonathan returned to his house.
he came down having an ephod with 19 ^And the Ziphites went up to Sanli^
him. in Gabaa, saying Lo, doth not David lie
:

7 And it was told Saul that David was hid with us in the strong holds of the
come to Ceila and Saul said The Lord wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the
: :

hath deUvered him into my hands, and right hand of the desert.
he is shut up, being come into a city, 20 Now therefore come down, as thy
that hath gates and bars. soul hath desired to come down and it :

8 And Saul commanded all the people shall be our business to deliver him intolii
to go down to fight against Ceila, and to the king's hands.
besiege David, and his men. 21 And Saul said Blessed be ye of tb
:

9 Now when David understood, that Lord, for you have pitied my case
Saul secretly prepared evil against him, 22 Go therefore, I pray you, and use a
he said to Abiathar the priest: Bring diligence, and curiously inquire, and con
hither the ephod. sider the place where his foot is, and wb
10 And David said O Lord God of Israel, hath seen him there for he thinketh o:
: :

thy servant hath heard a report, that me, that I lie craftily in wait for him.
Saul designeth to come to Ceila, to de- 23 Consider and see all his lurking holesj
stroy the city for my sake: wherein he is hid, and return to me witJ
11 Will the men of Ceila deliver me the certainty of the thing, that I may gc|
into his hands ? and will Saul come down, with you. And if he should even go dow:
as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God into the earth to hide himself, I wi
of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord search him out in all the thousands oil
said He will come down.
: Juda.
12 And David said Will the men of
: 24 And they arose and went to Ziph
Ceila dehver me, and my men, into the fore Saul and David and his men wer
:

hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They in the desert of Maon, in the plain at tb
will deliver thee up. right hand of Jesimon.
13 Then David and his men, who were 25 Then Saul and his men went to see
about six hundred, arose, and departing him: and it was told David, and forth-
from Ceila, wandered up and down un- with he went down to the rock, and
certain where they should stay: and it abode in the wilderness of Maon and :

was told Saul that David was fled from when Saul had heard of it he pursued
Ceila, and had escaped: wherefore he after David in the wilderness of Maon.
forbore to go out. 26 And Saul went on this side of the
14 But David abode in the desert in mountain and David and his men were
:

strong holds, and he remained in a on the other side of the mountain and :

c Infra 2<;. 1.

Ghat. 23. Ver.e. An ephod, or the ephod. That is, the vestment of the high priest, with the urim
and ihummim, by which the Lord gave his oracles.
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David spares the life of Saul 1 KINGS David* s appeal to Saul

Javid despaired of being able to escape against Saul. But Saul rising up out o.^:
'rem the face of Saul and Saul and his: the cave, went on his way.
,nen encompassed David and his men 9 And David also rose up after him:
round about to take them. and going out of the cave cried after
I
27 And a messenger came to Saul, say- Saul, saying: My lord the king. And
ng: Make haste to come, for the Philis- Saul looked behind him and David bow- :

Anea have poured in themselves upon ing himself down to the ground, wor-
}he land. shipped,
28 Wherefore Saul returned, leaving
1
10 And said to Saul: Why dost thou
iihe pursuit of David, and went to meet hear the words of men that say David :

}he Philistines. For this cause they seeketh thy hurt?

jailed that place, the Rock of division. 11 Behold this day thy eyes have seen,
that the Lord hath delivered thee into
CHAPTER 24. my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought
Saul seeketh David in the wilderness of Engaddi to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee.
he goeth into a cave where David hath him in his For I said I will not put out my hand:

pmcer.
\
against my lord, because he is the Lord's
THENDavid went up from thence, anointed.
and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi. 12 Moreover see and know, O my father,
2 And when Saul was returned from the hem of thy robe in my hand, that
I

following the Philistines, they told him, when I cut ofif the hem of thy robe, I
jaying: Behold, David is in the desert of would not put out my hand against thee.
Bngaddi. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in
3 Saul therefore took three thousand my hand, nor iniquity, neither have I
I

ijhosen men out of all Israel, and went sinned against thee: but thou liest in
Dut to seek after David, and his men, wait for my life, to take it away.
9ven upon the most craggy rocks, which 13 The Lord judge between me and thee,
are accessible only to wild goats. and the Lord revenge me of thee: but
4 And he came to the sheepcotes, which my hand shall not be upon thee.
were in his way. And there was a cave, 14 As also it is said in the old proverb
jinto which Saul went, to ease nature From the vncked shall wickedness come
|Qow David and his men lay hid in the forth : therefore my hand shall not be
inner part of the cave. upon thee. After whom dost thou come
5 And the servants of David said to out, O king of Israel ?
him Behold the day, of which the Lord 15 After whom dost thou pursue ? After
:

3aid to thee: I will deliver thy enemy a dead dog, after a flea.
.unto thee, that thou may est do to him 16 Be the Lord judge, and judge between
,as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then me and thee, and see, and judge my cause,
;David arose, and secretly cut off the and deliver me out of thy hand.
hem of Saul's robe. 17 And when David had made an end of
6 After which David's heart struck him, speaking these words to Saul, Saul said
because he had cut off the hem of Saul's Is this thy voice, my son David ? And
robe. Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
,
7 And he said to his men The Lord be 18 And he said to David Thou art more
: :

merciful unto me, that I may do no such just than I for thou hast done good to :

thing to my master the Lord's anointed, me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.
lEs to lay my hand upon him, because he 19 And thou hast shewn this day what
is the Lord's anointed. good things thou hast done to me how :

3 And David stopped his men with his the Lord delivered me into thy hand, and
words, and juffered them not to rise txiou hast not killed me.

Ohap. 24. Ver. 6. Heart struck him,
remorse, as fearing he had done amiss.
Ver. 11. A thought to kill thee. That is, a sug-
gestion, to which I did not consent.
Ver. 13. Revenge me of thee, or, as it is in the
Hebrew, will revenge me. The meaning is, that
he refers his whole case to God, to judge and
viz., with punish according to his justice: yet so as to keep
himself in the mean time, from all personal hatred
to Saul, or desire of gratifying his own passion, by
seeking revenge. So far from it, that when Saul
was afterwards slain, we find, that instead of re-
joicng at his death, he mourned most bitterly
for him.
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The death of Samud 1 KINGS Nabal refuses David

20 For tHio when h® hath found Mb ene- 9 And when David's servants came, they
my, will let him go well away ? But the spoke to Nabal all these words in David'
Lord reward thee for this good turn, for name: and then held their peace.
what thou hast done to me this day. 10 But Nabal answering the servants of
21 And now as I know that thou shalt David, said: Who is David ? and what is
surely be king, and have the kingdom of the son of Isai ? servants are multiplied
Israel in thy hand now a days who flee from their masters.
22 Swear to me by the Lord, that thou 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my
wilt not destroy my seed after me, nor water, and the flesh of my cattle, which I
take away my name from the house of have killed for my shearers, and give to
my father. men whom I know not whence they are ?
23 And David swore to Saul. So Saul 12 So the servants of David went back
went home and David and his men went their way, and returning came and told
:

up into safer places. him all the words that he said.

13 Then David said to his young men:
CHAPTER 25. Let every man gird on his sword. And
The death of Samuel. David, provoked by Nabal,
threateneth to destroy him: but is appeased by they girded on every man his sword. And
Abigail. David also girded on his sword: and there
AND Samuel died, ^ and all Israel was followed David about four hundred men:
^ gathered together, and they mourned and two hundred remained with the bag-
for him, and buried him in his house in gage.
Ramatha. And David rose and went down 14 But one of the servants told Abigail
into the wilderness of Pharan. the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold David
2 Now there was a certain man in the sent messengers out of the wilderness, to
wilderness of Maon, and his possessions salute our master: and he rejected them.
were in Carmel, and the man was very 15 These men were very good to us, and
great and he had three thousand sheep, gave us no trouble neither did we ever
: :

and a thousand goats and it happened lose any thing all the time that we con-
:

that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. versed with them in the desert.
3 Now the name of the man was Nabal 16 They were a wall unto us both by
and the name of his wife was Abigail. And night and day, all the while we were with
she was a prudent and very comely wo- them keeping the sheep.
man, but her husband was churlish, and 17 Wherefore consider, and think what
very bad and ill natured and he was of thou hast to do: for evil is determined
:

the house of Caleb. against thy husband, and against thy

4 And when David heard in the wilder- house, and he is a son of Belial, so that
ness that Nabal was shearing his sheep, no man can speak to him.
5 He sent ten young men, and said to 18 Then Abigail made haste and took
them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, two hundred loaves, and two vessels of
and salute him in my name with peace. wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and
6 And you shall say : Peace be to my bre- five measures of parched corn, and a hun-
thren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, dred clusters of raisins, and two hundred
and peace to all that thou hast. cakes of dry figs, and laid them upon
7 I heard that thy shepherds that were asses
with us i«i the desert were shearing: we 19 And she said to her servants: Go be-
never molested them, neither was there fore me: behold I will follow after you:
ought missing to them of the flock at any but she told not her husband Nabal.
time, all the while they were with us in 20 And when she had gotten upon an
Carmel. ass, and was coming down to the foot of
8 Ask thy servants, and they will tell the mountain, David and his men came
thee. Now therefore let thy servants down over against her, and she met
find favour in thy eyes: for we are come them.
in a good day, whatsoever thy hand shall 21 And David said: Truly in vain have
find give to thy servants, and to thy I kept all that belonged to this man iu
son David. the wilderness, and nothing was lost of

/ Infra 28. 3 « £ccli. 46. 23.

31?

11 that pertained unto him: and he hath
turned me evil for good.
22 May God do so and so, and add more
the foes of David, if I leave of all that
elong to him till the morning, any that
isseth against the wall.
23 And when Abigail saw David she
aade haste and lighted off the ass, and
11 before David, on her face, and adored
pen the ground.
24 And she fell at his feet, and said:
Fpon me let this iniquity be, my lord let
y handmaid speak, I beseech thee, in thy
BTs and hear the words of thy servant.
: been left to Nabal by the morning light
25 Let not my lord the king, I pray, re-
ard this naughty man Nabal for accord- : 35 And David received at her hand all
ag to his name, he is a fool, and folly is
rith him but I thy handmaid did not see
: her Go in peace into thy house, behold
y servants, my lord, whom thou sentest.
26 Now therefore, my lord, the Lord
veth, and thy soul liveth, who hath with-
olden thee from coming to blood, and
ath saved thy hand to thee and now
fcthy enemies be as Nabal, and all they
hat seek evil to my lord.
27 Wherefore receive this blessing, which
ly handmaid hath brought to thee, my
3rd : and give it to the young men that
ollow thee, my lord.
28 Forgive the iniquity of thy hand-
[laid : for the Lord will surely make for
ay lord a faithful house, ^ because thou,
ay lord, fightest the battles of the Lord
t not evil therefore be found in thee all
he days of thy life.
29 For if a man at any time shall rise,
nd persecute thee, and seek thy life,
he soul of my lord shall be kept, as in
he bundle of the living, with the Lord
hy God : but the souls of thy enemies
hall be whirled, as with the violence
nd whirling of a sling.
30 And when the Lord shall have done
o thee, my lord, all the good that he
ath spoken concerning thee, and shall
lave made thee prince over Israel,
31 This shall not be an occasion of grief
o thee, cind a scruple of heart to my lord,
hat thou hast shed innocent blood, or
last revenged thyself: and when the Lord
g Supra 16. 18, and 17. 40.
Chap. 25. Ver. 22. // / leave, &c. David cer-
iainly sinned in his designs against Nabal and his
lamily, as he himself was afterwards sensible, when
16 blessed God for hindering him from executing the
evenge he had proposed.
Ver. 25. His name. Nabal^ in Hebrew, signifies a
1..
:
1 KINGS Nabal dies
shall have done well by my lord, thou
shalt remember thy handmaid.
32 And David said to Abigail: Blessed
be the Lord the God of Israel, who sent
thee this day to meet me, and blessed be
thy speech:
33 And blessed be thou, who hast kept
me to day, from coming to blood, and re-
venging me with my own hand.
34 Otherwise as the Lord liveth the God
of Israel, who hath withholden me from
: doing thee any evil if thou hadst not :
quickly come to meet me, there had not
any that pisseth against the wall.
that she had brought him, and said to
:
I have heard thy voice, and have hon-
oured thy face.
36 And Abigail came to Nabal: and be-
hold he had a feast in his house, like the
: feast of a king, and Nabal's heart was
merry for he was very drunk and she
: :
told him nothing less or more until morn-
ing.
37 But early in the morning when Nabal
had digested his wine, his wife told him
these words, and his heart died within
him, and he became as a stone.
38 And after ten days had passed, the
Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
39 And when David had heard that Na-
bal was dead, he said: Blessed be the
Lord, who hath judged the cause of my
reproach at the hand of Nabal, and hath
kept his servant from evil, and the Lord
hath returned the wickedness of Nabal
upon his head. Then David sent and
treated with Abigail, that he might take
her to himself for a wife.
40 And David's servants came to Abi-
gail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying:
David hath sent us to thee, to take thee
to himself for a wife.
41 And she arose and bowed herself
down with her face to the earth, and
said Behold, let thy servant be a hand-
:
maid, to wash the feet of the servants of
my lord.
Ver. 39. Blessed he, &c. David praiseth God, on
this occasion, not out of joy for the death of NabaJ
(which would have argued a rancour of heart), bii
because he saw that God had so visibly taken his
cause in hand, in punishing the injury done to him
whilst, by a merciful providence lie kept him fr<y
revenging Imusell.
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42 And Abigail arose, and made not: for who shall put forth his hand
haste,
and got upon an ass, and five damsels against the Lord's anointed, and shall be
went with her, her waiting maids, and guiltless ?
she followed the messengers of David, 10 And David said As the Lord liveth,
:

and became his wife. unless the Lord shall strike him, or his
43 Moreover David took also Achinoam day shall come to die, or he shall go dowi»
ot Jezrahel: and they were both of them to battle and perish:
his wives. 11 The Lord be merciful unto me, that I
44 But Saul gave Michol his daughter, extend not my hand upon the Lord's
David's wife, to Phalti, the son of Lais, anointed. But now take the spear, which
who was of Gallium. is at his head, and the cup of water, and
let us go.
CHAPTER 26. 12 So David took the spear, and the cup
Saul goeth out again after David, who cometh by of water which was at Saul's head,
night wfiere Saul and his men are asleep, but siif- and
/ereth hhn not to be touched. Saul again confess- they went away and no man saw it, or
:

eth his fault, and prorniseth peace. knew it, or awaked, but they were all
AND the men of Ziph came to Saul in asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord
x\ Gabaa, saying: * Behold David is was fallen upon them.
hid in the hill of Hachila, which is over 13 And when David was gone over to
against the wilderness. the other side, and stood on the top of
2 And Saul arose, and went down to the the hill afar off, and a good space was
wilderness of Ziph, having with him three between them,
thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek 14 David cried to the people, and to Ab-
David in the wilderness of Ziph. ner the son of Ner, saying Wilt thou :

3 And Saul encamped in Gabaa Hachila, not answer, Abner ? And Abner answer-
Which was over against the wilderness in ing, said Who art thou, that cries t, and
:

the way and David abode in the wilder- disturbest the king?
:

ness. And seeing that Saul was come 16 And David said to Abner: Art not
after him into the wilderness, thou a man? and who is like thee in
4 He sent spies, and learned that he Israel? why then hast thou not kept thy
was most certainly come thither. lord tlie king ? for there came one of the
5 And David arose secretly, and came to people in to kill the king thy lord.
the place where Saul was and when he : 16 This thing is not good, that thou hast
had beheld the place, wherein Saul slept, done as the Lord liveth, you are the
:

and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of sons of death, who have not kept your
his army, and Saul sleeping in a tent, and master, the Lord's anointed. And now
the rest of the multitude round about where is the king's spear, and the cup of
him, water, which was at his head ?
6 David spoke to Achimelech the Heth- 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and
ite, and Abisai the son of Sarvia the said Is this thy voice, my son David?
:

brother of Joab, saying: Who will go And David said : It is my voice, my lord
down with me to Saul into the camp? the king.
And Abisai said I will go with thee.
: 18 And he said : Wherefore doth my
7 So David and Abisai came to the peo- lord persecute his servant ? What have
ple by night, and found Saul lying and I done ? or what evil is there in my hand?
sleeping in the tent, and his spear fixed 19 Now therefore hear, I pray thee, my
in the ground at his head and Abner lord the king, the words of thy servant:
:

and the people sleeping round about him. If the Lord stir thee up against me, let
8 And Abisai said to David God hath him accept of sacrifice
: but if the sons
:

shut up thy enemy this day into thy of men. they are cursed in the sight ot
hands now then I will run him through the Lora, Jrho have cast me out this day,
:

with my spear even to the earth at once, that I should not dwell in the inheritance
and there shall be no need of a second of the Lord, saying: Go, serve str&nge
time. gods.
9 And David said to Abisai : Kill him 20 And now let not my blood ^e shed

i Supra 23. 19.

ai4
i I
 ,
lavid goes again to Geth
pon the earth before the Lord for the
;.iiig of lisrael is come out
to seek a flea,
8 the partridge is hunted in the moun-
ains.
21 And Saul said
have sinned, return, :
y son David, for I will no more do thee
arm, because my life hath been precious
1 thy eyes this day: for it appeareth
at I have done foolishly, and have been
orant in very many things.
22 And David answering, said: Behold
he king's spear let one of the king's : months.
ervants come over and fetch it.
23 And the Lord will reward every one
ccording to his justice, and his faithful-
ess: for the Lord hath delivered thee
his day into my hand, and I would not
»ut forth my hand against the Lord's
nointed.
24 And as thy life hath been much set
>y this day in my eyes, so let my life be
Quch set by in the eyes of the Lord, and
et him deliver me from all distress.
25 Then Saul said to David Blessed art
hou, my son David and truly doing thou
halt do, and prevaihng thou shalt pre-
vail. And David went on his way, and
Jaul returned to his place.
CHAPTER
'yavidgopth again to Achis king of Geth, and obtain-
eth of him the city of Siceleg.
ANDoneDavid said in
day or other
.
his heart : I shall
into the hands
)f Saul : is it not better for me to flee,
and to be saved in the land of the Philis-
»ines, that Saul may despair of me, and
jease to seek me in all the coasts of
[srael ? I will flee then out of his hands.
i
2 And David arose and went away, both
'ae and the six hundred men that were
him, to Achis the son of Maoch, king
ivith
DfGeth.
3 And David dwelt with Achis at Geth,
men
I
he and his : every
household, and David with his two wives,
iAchinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail
the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
4 And it was told Saul that David was
fled to Geth, and he sought no more after
him.
Chap.
. ,
Pillaged Gessvri, &c. These
27. Ver. 8.
?I^ ,r ^®^,*^ enemies
-i'^ -i. ^,
of the people of God: and
, .,
=«
some, „ ..
if not all of them, were of the number of„ those
, ,
whom God had ordered to be destroyed: which jus-
tifies David's proceedings in their regard. Though
It is to he observed bere, that we are not under an
1 KINGS He dwells among the Philistines
i 6 And David said to Achis: If I have
found favour in thy sight, let a place be
given me in one of the cities of this
country, that I may dwell there for :
I why should thy servant dwell in the
royal city with thee ?
6 Then Achis gave him Siceleg that
day for which reason Siceleg belongeth
:
to the kings of Juda unto this day.
7 And the time that David dwelt in
the country of the Philistines, was four
8 And David and his men went up, and
pillaged Gessuri, and Gerzi, and the Ama-
lecites: for these were of old the inhab-
itants of the countries, as men go to Sur,
even to the land of Egypt.
9 And David wasted all 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 ap-
parel, and returned and came to Achis.
10 And Achis said to him hast
: Whom
: thou gone against to day? David an-
: swered Against the south of Juda, and
:
against the south of Jerameel, and against
the south of Ceni.
11 And David saved neither man nor
woman, neither brought he any of them
27. to Geth, saying Lest they should speak
:
against us. So did David, and such was
his proceeding all the days that he dwelt
fall
in the country of the Philistines.
12 And Achis believed David, saying:
He hath done much harm to his people
Israel : therefore he shall be my servant
for ever.
CHAPTER 28.
The Philistines go outto war against Israel. Saul
being forsaken by God, hath recourse to a ivitch.
Samuel appeareth to him,
AND '^it came to pass in those days,
J\. that the Philistines gathered to-
man with his gether their armies to be prepared for
war against Israel: and Achis said to
David Know thou now assuredly, that
:
thou Shalt go out with me to the war,
thou, and thy men.
2 And David said to Achis Now thou :
shalt know what thy servant will do.
/cB. C. 1012.
.
o?^ ligationof justifying every thing that he dirt: for
the scripture, in relating wliat wms done, doth not
^
suy that it was well done. And even such as are true
servants of God, are not to be imitated in jill tli^y
do.
zis
 ; :: : :
»f l/l^uui-«/jy I/ VKJ KJU,lll

And Achis said to David : And I will ap- of ? And she said An old man cometh :

point thee to guard my life for ever. up, and he is covered with a mantle.
3 ^ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel And Saul understood that it was Samuel,
mommed for him, and buried him in Ram- and he bowed himself with his face tc
atha his city. And Saul had put away the ground, and adored.
all the magicians and soothsayers out of 15 And Samuel said to Saul " Why ha..* :

the land. thou disturbed my rest, that I should be

4 And the Philistines were gathered to- brought up ? And Saul said, I am in great
gether, and came and camped in Sunam distress for the Philistines fight against :

and Saul also gathered together all Israel, me, and God is departed from me, and
and came to Gelboe. would not hear me, neither by the hand
5 And Saul saw the army of the Philis- of prophets, nor by dreams therefore I :

tines, and was afraid, and his heart was
very much dismayed.
6 And he consulted the Lord, and he
answered him not, neither by dreams,
nor by priests, nor by prophets.
7 And Saul said to his servants: Seek
me a woman that hath a "* divining spirit,
and I will go to her, and inquire by her.
And his servants said to him There is a
woman that hath a divining spirit at
Endor.
8 Then he disguised himself : and put on
other clothes, and he went, and two men
with him, and they came to the woman
by night, and he said to her Divine to
me by thy divining spirit, and bring me
up him whom I shall tell thee.
have called thee, that thou mayest shew
me what I shall do.
16 And Samuel said: Why askest thou
me, seeing the Lord has departed from
thee, and is gone over to thy rival
17 For the Lord will do to thee as he
spoke by me, and he will rend thy king
dom out of thy hand, and will give it tc^
: thy neighbour David
18 Because thou didst not obey the vol
of the Lord, neither didst thou execu
the wrath of his indignation upon Amai
lee. Therefore hath the Lord done t(
thee what thou sufferest this day.
: 19 And the Lord also will deliver Isr
with thee into the hands of the Philis
tines and to morrow thou and thy soni
:

9 And the woman said to him

Behold : shall be with me and the Lord will ak
:

thou knowest all that Saul hath done, deliver the army of Israel into the hand
and how he hath rooted out the magicians of the Philistines.
and soothsayers from the land why then 20 And forthwith Saul fell all along o:
:

dost thou lay a snare for my life, to the ground, for he was frightened wit!
cause me to be put to death ? the words of Samuel, and there was n<|
10 And Saul swore unto her by the strength in him, for he had eaten nj
Lord, saying As the Lord liveth there
: bread all that day.
shall no evil happen to thee for this 21 And the woman came to Saul (for hi
thing. was very much troubled) and said to himj
11 And the woman said to him: Whom Behold thy handmaid hath obeyed th
shall I bring up to thee ? And he said, voice, and I have put my life in my hand
Bring me up Samuel. and I hearkened unto the words whie
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, thou spokest to me.
she cried out with a loud voice, and said 22 Now therefore hear thou also th
to Saul Why hast thou deceived me ? voice of thy handmaid, and let me se
:

for thou art Saul. before thee a morsel of bread, that tho
13 And the king said to her Fear not mayest eat and recover strength, and
:

what hast thou seen ? And the woman able to go on thy journey.
said to Saul I saw gods ascending out
: 23 But he refused, and said I will nc :

of the earth. eat. But his servants and the woma

14 And he said to her : What form is he forced him, and at length hearkening t
? Supra 25. 1 ; Eccli. 46. 23. — m Lev. 20. 27 Deut. 18. 11 ; Acts 16. 16. — n Eccli. 46. 23.

Chap. 28. Ver. 14. Understood that it vms Sam- pleased for the punishment of Saul, that Samu
uel. It is the more common opinion of the holy himself should denounce unto him the evils th
fathers, and interpreters, that the soul of Samuel were falUng upon him. See Eccli. 46. 23.
appeared indeed and not, as some have imagined,
; Ver. 19. With me. That is, in the state of tl
an evil spirit in his shape. Not that the power of dead, and in another world, though not in the sas
tier magic could bring him thither, but that God was place.

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^[le David bach

Philistines send 1 KINGS The Amalecites destroy Siceleg
teir voice, he arose from the ground in me thy servant, from the day that \
f d sat upon the bed.
have been in thy sight until this day,
4 Now tho woman had a fatted calf in that I may not go and fight against the
j 3 house, and she made haste and killed enemies of my lord the king?
j and taking meal kneaded it, and baked 9 And Achis answering said to David
:

I
me unleavened bread, I know that thou art good in my sight,
5 And set it before Saul, and before his 5 as an angel of God but the princes of :

irvants. And when they had eaten they the Philistines have said: He shall not
jse up, and walked all that night. go up with us to the battle.
10 Therefore arise in the morning, thou,
CHAPTER 29. and the servants of thy lord, who came
vid going with the Philistines is sent back by with thee and when you are up before
:

their princes. day, and it shaU begin to be light, go on

TOW all the troops of the Philistines your way.
N were gathered together to Aphec 11 So David and his men arose in the
d Israel also camped by the fountain night, that they might set forward in the
lich is in Jezrahel. morning, and returned to the land of
And the lords of the Philistines the Philistines and the Philistines went :

arched with their hundreds and their up to Jezrahel.

ousands but David and his men were
:

the rear with Achis.

CHAPTER 30.
The Amalecites burn Siceleg, and carry off the
And the princes of the Philistines said prey : David pursueth after them, and recovereth
Achis: What mean these Hebrews? all out of their hands.

nd Achis said to the princes of the **

I^OW
when David and his men were
lilistines Do you not know David, who J^ come to Siceleg on the third day,
:

as the servant of Saul the king of Israel, * the Amalecites had made an invasion
id hath been with me many days, or on the south side upon Siceleg, and had
l3ars, and I have found no fault in him, smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire.
'uce the day that he fled over to me 2 And had taken the women captives
ibil this day? that were in it, both little and great:
't
P But the princes of the Philistines and they had not killed any person, but
ere angry with him, qnd they said to had carried them with them, and went
m Let this man return, and abide in on their way.
:

s place, which thou hast appointed him, 3 So when David and his men came to
id let him not go down with us to bat- the city, and found it burnt with fire, and
e, lest he be an adversary to us, when that their wives and their sons, and their

e shall begin to fight for how can he daughters were taken captives,
:

'bherwise appease his master, but with 4 David and the people that were with
iir heads ? him, lifted up their voices, and wept till
!5 Is not this David, to whom they sung they had no more tears.
li their dances, saying: Saul slew his 6 For the two wives also of David were
liousands, and David his ten thousands ? taken captives, Achinoam the Jezrahel-
5 Then Achis called David, and said to itess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of
Hm: As the Lord liveth, thou art up- Carmel.
jight and good in my sight: and so is 6 And David was greatly aflaicted: for
by going out, and thy coming in with the people had a mind to stone him, for
^le in the army and I have not found the soul of every man was bitterly grieved
:

ny evil in thee, since the day that thou for his sons, and daughters but David :

'amest to me unto this day: but thou took courage in the Lord his God.
'leasest not the lords. 7 And he said to Abiathar the priest the
17 Return therefore, and go in peace, and son of Achimelech: Bring me hither the
flfend not the eyes of the princes of the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod
j'hiligtines. to David.
(8 And David said to Achis: But what 8 And David consulted the Lord, say-
iiave I done, and what hast thou found ing: Shall I pursue after these robbers.

p 1 Par. 12. 19. rB. C. 1012.

q 2 Kings 14. 17 and 20 j 19. 27. s 1 Par. 12. 20.

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David pursues the Amalecites 1 KINGS He divides the spmi
and shall I overtake them, or not ? And ever they had taken: David recovere
the Lord said bo him: Pursue after them: all.
for thou Shalt surely overtake them and 20 And he took all the flocks and th
recover the prey. herds, and made them go before hiir
9 So David went, he and the six hun- and they said: This is the prey of Davi<
dred men that were with him, and they And David came to the two hundre
21
came to the torrent Besor: and some be- men, who being weary had stayed, an
ing weary stayed there. were not able to follow David, and he ha
10 But David pursued, he and four hun- ordered them to abide at the torrent B<
dred men: for two hundred stayed, who sor: and they came out to meet Davi»
being weary could not go over the tor- and the people that were with him. Ar
rent Besor. David coming to the people saluted the]
11 And they found an Egyptian in the peaceably.
field, and brought him to David and
: 22 Then all the wicked and unjust me
they gave him bread to eat, and water that had gone with David answerin;
to drink, said: Because they came not with us, v,
12 As also a piece of a cake of figs, and will not give them any thing of the pre
two bunches of raisins. And when he which we have recovered: but let evei
had eaten them his spirit returned, and man take his wife and his children, ar
he was refreshed: for he had not eaten be contented with them, and go his wa
bread, nor drunk water three days, and 23 But David said: You shall not do 6
three nights. my brethren, with these things, whic
13 And David said to him: To whom the Lord hath given us, who hath keji
dost thou belong? or whence dost thou us, and hath dehvered the robbers thil
come ? and whither art thou going ? He invaded us into our hands.
said: I am a young man of Egypt, the 24 And no man shall hearken to you
servant of an Amalecite, and my master this matter. But equal shall be the po
left me, because I began to be sick three tion of him that went down to battle ai
days ago. of him that abode at the baggage, ai
14 For we made an invasion on the they shall divide alike.
south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, 25 And this hath been done from th
and upon the south of Caleb, and we day forward, and since was made a sta
burnt Siceleg with fire. ute, and an ordinance, and as a law
15 And David said to him: Canst thou Israel.
bring me to this company? And he said: 26 Then David came to Siceleg, and se
Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not presents of the prey to the ancients
kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive
my master, and I will bring thee to this blessing of the prey of the enemies
company. And David swore to him. the Lord.
16 And when he had brought him, be- 27 To them that were in Bethel, ai
hold they were lying spread upon all the that were in Ramoth to the south, and
ground, eating and drinking, and as it them that were in Jether,
were keeping a festival day, for all the 28 And to them that were in Aroer ai
prey, and the spoils which they had that were in Sephamoth, and that we:
taken out of the land of the Philistines, in Esthamo,
and out of the land of Juda. 29 And that were in Rachal, and th
17 And David slew them from the even- were in the cities of Jerameel, and th
ing unto the evening of the next day, and were in the
cities of Ceni,
there escaped not a man of them, but 30 And
that were in Arama, and th
four hundred young men, who had gotten were in the lake Asan, and that were
upon camels, and fled. Athach,
18 So David recovered all that the Ama- 31 And that were in Hebron, and to tl
lecites had taken, and he rescued his two rest that were in those places, in whi<
wives. David had abode with his men.
19 And there was nothing missing small CHAPTER 31.
or great, neither of their sons or their Israel U d^eated by the PhUistines: Saul andi
daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatso- aona are slain.
3U
 ul and his sons are slain 2 KINGS Their bodies are recovered
\ND
*the Philistines fought against seeing that the Israelites were fled, and
^ and the men of Israel fled
Israel, that Saul was dead, and his sons, forsook
fun before the Philistines, and fell down their cities, and fled and the Philistines
:

i in in mount Gelboe. came, and dwelt there.

"And the Philistines fell upon Saul,
id upon Ms sons, and they slew Jona-
lin, and Abinadab and Melchisua the
' 13 of Saul.
And the whole weight of the battle
IS turned upon Saul
> and the archers
lertook him, and he was grievously
^)unded by the archers.
'^^ThenSaul said to his armourbearer:
]aw thy sword, and kill me: lest these
1 circumcised come, and slay me, and
)3ck at And his armourbearer
me.
^)uld not: for he was struck with ex-
leding great fear. Then Saul took his
rord, and fell upon it.
And when his armourbearer saw this,
'
1 wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell
i»on ids sword and died with him.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and
8 And on the morrow the Philistines
came to strip the slain, and they found
Saul and his three sons lying in mount
Gelboe,
9 And they cut off Saul's head, and
: stripped him of his armour, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about,
to publish it in the temples of their idols,
and among their people.
IC And they put his armour in the
temple of Astaroth, but his body they
hung on the wall of Bethsan.
11 ^Now when the inhabitants of Jabes
Galaad had heard all that the Philistines
had done to Saul,
12 All the most valiant men arose, and
walked all the night, and took the body
of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from
the wall of Bethsan and they came to:

armourbearer, and all his men that

'.i Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there :

Ime day together. 13 And they took their bones and buried
And the men of Israel, that were be- them in the wood of Jabes and fasted :

;>nd the valley, and beyond the Jordan, seven days.

THE

SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL,

OTHERWISE CALLED THE

SECOND BOOK OF KINGS.

his Book relates the transactions from the death of Saul until the end of Davids reign, being
a history for the space of about forty -six years.

CHAPTER David, he fell upon his face, and

1.
ivid mourtieth for the death of Saul and Jona- adored.
than he ordereth the man to be slain who pre-
:
3 And David said to him From whence :
tended he had killed Savl,
comest thou ? And he said to him I am :

rrOW *it came to pass, after Saul was fled out of the camp of Israel
1.1 dead, that David returned from the 4 And David said unto him What is the :

laughter of the Amalecites, and abode matter that is come to pass? tell me.
v^o days in Siceleg. He said: The people are fled from the
li And on the third day, there appeared battle, and many of the people are fallen
'•

man who came out of Saul's camp, and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan
ith his garments rent, and dust strewed his son are slain.
1 his head and when he came to 5 And David said to the young man
:

I B. C. 1012.— u 1 Par. 10. 2 and 3. — v 1 Par. 10. 4. w 2 Kings 2. 4. —X B. C. 1012.

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 :: :

David mourns Saul and Jonathan 2 KINGS David goes to Hebron

that told him : How knowest thou that upon thy mountains ! how are the valiant
Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead ? fallen?
6 And the young man that told him, 20 Tell it not in Geth, publish it not ir*'
said: I came by chance upon mount the streets of Ascalon: lest the daugh
Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his spear ters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the
and the chariots and horsemen drew daughters of the uncircumcised triumph
nigh unto him, 21 Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neitheitl
7 And looking behind him, and seeing dew, nor rain come upon you, neither M]
me, he called me. And I answered, Here they fieldp of firstfruits: for there waft
am I. cast away the shield of the vaUant, th«''
8 And he said to me: Who art thou? shield of Saul as though he had not beei^
And I said to him : I am an Amalecite. anointed with oil.
9 And he said to me: Stand over me, 22 From the blood of the slain, from tb
and kill me: for anguish is come upon fat of the vahant, the arrow of Jonathai'
me, and as yet my whole life is in never turned back, and the sword oil
me. Saul did not return empty.
10 So standing over him, I killed him: 23 Saul and Jonathan, lovely, and comelj
for I knew that he could not live after in their life, even in death they were no
the fall and I took the diadem that was divided they were swifter than eagl
: :

on his head, and the bracelet that was stronger than lions.
on his arm, and have brought them hither 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep ovei
to thee, my lord. Saul, who clothed you with scarlet ii
11 Then David took hold of his gar- dehghts, who gave ornaments of golc
ments and rent them, and likewise all for your attire.
the men that were with him. 25 How are the valiant fallen in battle'
12 And they mourned, and wept, and Jonathan slain in the high places?
fasted until evening for Saul, and for 26 I grieve for thee, my brother Jona
Jonathan his son, and for the people of than : exceeding beautiful, and amiabli |

the Lord, and for the house of Israel, to me above the love of women. As thdj
because they were fallen by the sword. mother loveth her only son, so did I lov(j
13 And David said to the young man thee.
^
that told him: Whence art thou? He 27 How are the valiant fallen, and th([^
answered : I am the son of a stranger of weapons of war perished?
Amalec.
14 David said to him : 2/ Why didst thou CHAPTER 2.
I

not fear to put out thy hand to kill the David is received and anointed king of Juda. il '

Lord's anointed? boseth the son of Saul reigneth over the rest (}

Israel, A battle between Abner and Joab,

15 And David calling one of his ser-
vants, said Go near and fall upon him.
: ND ^ after these things David con
And he struck him so that he died. A^ suited the Lord, saying : Shall I g<

16 And David said to him Thy blood : up into one of the cities of Juda? An/
be upon thy own head: for thy own the Lord said to him Go up. And Da
:

mouth hath spoken against thee, saying
I have slain the Lord's anointed.
17 And David made this kind of lamen-
tation over Saul, and over Jonathan his
son.
18 (Also he commanded that they should
teach the children of Juda the use of the
bow, as it is written in the book of the
vid said: Whither shall I go up? Am
he answered him: Into Hebron.
2 So David went up, and his two wivef
Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigai
the wife of Nabal of Carmel
3 And the men also that were with him
David brought up every man with hi
household and they abode in the towa
:

just.) And he said: Consider, O Israel, of Hebron.

for them that are dead, wounded on thy 4 ** And the men of Juda came, and an
high places. ointed David there, to be king over th'
19 The illustrious of Israel are slain house of Juda. And it was told Daviq
y Ps. 104. 15. z B. C. 1012. — a 1 Mae. 2. 57 ; Infra 5. 3.

Chap. l. Ver. 10. / killed him. This story of proved by comparing it with the last chapter of tb
tlieyoung Amalecite was not true, as may easily be foregoiug book.
320
boseth reigns over part of Israel 9>
at jhe men of Jabes Galaad had buried that day: and Abner was put to flight,
ul. with the men of Israel, by the servants
David therefore sent messengers to
I
men of Jabes Galaad, and said to
3m Blessed be you to the Lord, who
: via there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael:
ye shewn this mercy to your master
uI, and have buried him.
And now the Lord surely will render
a mercy and truth, and I also will
jiuite you for this good tiu'n, because
a have done this thing.
Let yom* hands be strengthened, and
lye men of valour: for although your
ster Saul be dead, yet the house of
la hath anointed me to be their king.
iBut Abner the son of Ner, general of
,il's array, took Isboseth the son of
il, and led him about through the
ap.
And made him king over Galaad, and
Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and
>r Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and
r all Israel.
Isboseth the son of Saul was forty
ITS old when he began to reign over
lel, and he reigned two years; and
y the house of Juda followed David.
And the number of the days that
id abode, reigning in Hebnon over
house of Juda, was seven y^ears and
months.
And Abner the son of Ner, and the
?ants of Isboseth the son of Saul,
it out from the camp to Gabaon.
And Joab the son of Sarvia, and t he
rants of David went out. and met
by the pool of Gabaon. And when
Y were come together, they sat down
against one another: the one on
one side of the pool, and the other
:he other side.
And Abner said to Joab: Let the
|ng men rise, and play before us.
Joab answered Let them rise.
: how long dost thou defer to bid the peo-
Then there arose and went over
ve in number of Benjamin, of the
of Isboseth the son of Saul, and
ve of the servants of David.
And every one catching his tehow
ihe head, thrust his sword into the
of his adversary, and they fell down
ther: and the name of the place
called: The field of the valiant, in
^ aon.
1 And there was a very fierce battle
< A p. 2. Ver. 10. He reigned two years, viz.,
aa he begai- visibly to decline: but in all lie
21
KINGS
The battle between Abner and Joah
of David.
18 And there were the three sons of Sar-
now Asael was a most swift runner, like
one of the roes that abide in the woods.
19 And Asael pursued after Abner, and
turned not to the right hand nor to th*»
left from following Abner.
20 And Abner looked behind him, and
said Art thou Asael ? And he answered :
:
I am.
21 And Abner said to him : Go to the
right hand or to the left, and lay hold on
one of the young men and take thee his
spoils. But Asael would not leave off
following him close.
22 And again Abner said to Asael: Go
off, and do not follow me, lest I be obliged
to 3tab thee to the ground, and I shall not
be able to hold up my face to Joab thy
brother.
23 But he refused to hearken to him,
and would not turn aside wherefore Ab-
:
ner struck him with his spear with a
back stroke in the g;roin, and thrust him
through, and he died upon the spot and :
all that "iame to the place where Asael
fell down and died stood still.
24 Now while Joab and Abisai pursued
after Abner, the sun went down and they
:
came as far as the hill of the aqueduct,
that lieth over against the valley by the
way of the wilderness in Gabaon.
25 And the children of Benjamin gath-
ered themselves together to Abner and :
being joined in one body, they stood on
the top of a hill.
26 And Abner cried out to Joab, and
said Shall thy sword rage unto utter de-
:
struction? knowest thou not that it is
dangerous to drive people to despair?
ple cease from pursuing after their bre-
thren?
27 And Joab said As the Lord liveth, if
:
thou hadst spoke sooner, even in the morn-
ing the people should have retired from
pursuing after their brethren.
28 Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and
all the army stood still, and did not pur-
sue after Israel any farther, nor fight any
more.
29 And Abner and his men walked all
reigned seven years and six months; for so lon^
David reigned in Hebron.
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% KINGS
The sons of David
9 ^o do God "o Abner, and more also
tnat niglit through the plains and fchey :

as the Lord hath sworn to David,

passed the Jordan, and having gone unless
to him,
through all Beth-horon, came to the camp. so I do
10 That the kingdom be translated froir
30 And Joab returning, after he had left
Abner, assembled all the people and the house of Saul, and the throne of Davie
:

there were wanting of David's servants
nineteen men, beside Asael.
31 But the servants of David had killed
of Benjamin, and of the men that were
with Abner, three hundred and sixty, who
all died.
be set up over Israel, and over Juda fron
Dan to Bersabee.
11 And he could not answer him a word
because he feared him.
12 Abner ^therefore sent messengers t(
David for himself, saying Whose is th :

land? and that they should say: Make

32 And they took Asael, and buried him
in the sepulchre of his father in
Bethle- league with me, and my hand shall b
thee and I will bring all Israel t
hem, and Joab, and the men that were with
:

with him, marched all the night, and they thee.

13 And he said Very well I will mat : :

oame to Hebron at break of day.

a league with thee but one thing I r. :

CHAPTER 3. of thee, saying: Thou shalt not 6(

over quire
David groweth daily stronger. Abner cornethJoab. my face before thou bring Michol tl
to him : he is treacherously slain by
Saul and so thou shalt com
there was a long war between daughter of
NOW the house of Saul and the house of and see
me.
:

David sent messengers to Isb

David: David prospering and growing 14 And
seth the son of Saul, saying: ^Restc
always stronger and stronger, but the
house of Saul decaying daily. my wife Michol, whom I espoused to i

2 And sons were born to David in He- for a

*^
hundred foreskins of the Philistii
15 And Isboseth sent, and took her
frc
bron: and his firstborn was Amnon of the son of Lais.
Achinoam the Jezrahelitess her husband Phaltiel, ,

his second Cheleab of Abigail the 16 And her husband followed her, we<|
3 And
ing as far as Bahurim: and Abner said;
i

wife of Nabal of Carmel : and the third

him: Go and return. And he returre
Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter
17 Abner also spoke to the ancients
of Tholmai king of Gessur and
son of Israel, saying: Both yesterday
i

4 And the fourth Adonias, the David that

before you sought for
Haggith : and the fifth Saphathia the son day
might reign over you.
of Abital
18 Now then do it: because the
, x. , xv, L'
Egla the
5 And the sixth Jethraam of David, saying: By
wife of David: these were born to
David hath spoken to
hand of my servant David I will save
in Hebron.
between the people Israel from the hands
of the I
6 Now while there was war
listines, and of all their enemies.
house of Saul and the house of David, Ben jar
19 And Abner spoke also to
Abner the son of Ner ruled the house of
speak to David in Heb
Saul. , _
And he went to
all that seemed good to
Israel, and tc
7 And Saul had a concubine
named Kes-
Benjamin.
pha, the daughter of Aia. And Isboseth Hebron ^
20 And he came to David in
said to Abner: David made a feast
men: and
8 Why didst thou go in to my
father's twenty
and his men that came with 1
concubine? And he was exceedingly Abner, willi
21 And Abner said to David: I
angry for the words of Isboseth, and said unto thee y
day, that I may gather all Israel
Am I a dog's head against Juda this the king, and may enter into a lea
who have shewn mercy to the house of lord thee, and that thou mayst n I

Saul thy father, and to his brethren

and with
in':© over all as thy soul
desireth. Now w
friends,and have not delivered thee way,
the hands of David, and hast thou
sought David had brought Abner on his
with a he was gone in peace,
this day against me to charge me
concerning a woman ? 22 Immediately David's servantB_
matter
c 1 Par. 3. 1.
27. dB. C. 1005. — e 1 Kings 18.

Saul, &c. Rather a strife or emulat

Cha p. 3. Ver. 1. There was a long war between the house of
tSa war with arms: it la«>^pr1 five years iind a
half.

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mer slain by Joab 2 KINGS David mourns over Abner

fch came, after having slain tli: robbors, ing ovor Abnei, said Not as cowards are :

^ch an exceeding great booty; and Ab- wont to die, hath Abner died.
ir was not with David in Hebron, for he 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy
\ 1 now sent him away, and he was gone feet laden with fetters but as men fall :

I peace. before the children of iniquity, so didst

J And Joab and all the army that was thou fall. And all the people repeating
ylh him, came afterwards: and it was it wept over him.

t'd Joab, that Abner the son of Ner came 35 And when all the people came to take
t the king, and he hath sent him away, meat with David, while it was yet broad
?i he is gone in peace. day, David swore, saying: So do God to
I And Joab went in to the king, and me, and more also, if I taste bread or any
s d : What hast thou done ? Behold Ab- thing else before sunset.
i r came to thee Why didst thou send
: 36 And all the people heard, and they
1 and he is gone and departed ?
a away, were pleased, and all that the king did
Knowest thou, not Abner the son of
')
seemed good in the sight of all the peo-
I r, that to this end he came to thee, ple.
tit he might deceive thee, and to know 37 And all the people, and all Israel un-
t going out, and thy coming in, and to
' derstood that day that it was not the
iow all thou dost? king's doing, that Abner the son of Ner
Then Joab going out from David,
5 was slain.
sit messengers after Abner, and brought 38 The king also said to his servants
t a back from the cistern of Sira, David Do you not know that a prince and a
I owing nothing of it. great man is slain this day in Israel ?
And when •'Abner was returned to
r 39 But I as yet am tender, though anoint-
I bron, Joab took him aside to the mid- ed king. And these men the sons of Sar-
c of the gate, to speak to him treach- via are too hard for me the Lord reward
:

€ )U8ly and he stabbed him there in the

: him that doth evil according to his wick-
g)in, and he died, in revenge of the edness.
t>od of Asael his brother. CHAPTER 4.
And when David heard of
^ it, after the Isboseth is rrmrdered by ttvo of his servants. David
t ng was now done, he said and my : I, punisheth the rmirderers.
iigdom are innocent before the Lord A ND Isboseth the son of Saul heard
f ever of the blood of Abner the son of a\. that Abner was slain in Hebron:
Ir: and his hands were weakened, and all
And may it come upon the head of Israel was troubled.
)

J lb, and upon all his father's house and 2 Now the son of Sau! had two men cap-
:

I there not fail from the house of Joab tains of hie bands, the name of the one
c 3 that hath an issue of seed, or that is was Baana, and the name of the other
a leper, or that holdeth the distaff, or Rechab, the sons of Remmon a Berothite
t it falleth by the sword, or that want- of the children of Benjamin for Beroth :

€i bread. also was reckoned in Benjamin.

So Joab and Abisai his brother slew
) 3 And the Berothites fled into Gethaim,
I ner, because he had killed their brother and were sojourners there until that
I lel at Gabaon in the battle. time.
And David said to Joab, and to all the 4 And Jonathan the son of Saul had a son
p jple that were with him Rend your that was lame of his feet for he was five
: :

gments, and gird yourselves with sack- years old when the tidings came of Saul
ths, and mourn before the funeral of and Jonathan from Jezrahel. And his
-"ner. And king David himself followed nurse took him up and fled and as she :

t bier. made haste to flee, he fell and became

And when they had buried Abner in lame and his name was Miphiboseth.
:
:

1 bron, king David lifted up his voice, 5 And the sons of Remmon the Beroth-
a 1 wept at the grave of Abner and all ite, Rechab and Baana coming, went into
:

t people also wept. the house of Isboseth in the heat of the

! And the king mourning and lament- day: and he was sleeping upon his bed at

/3£iBr3a.sw g B. C. 1005.

323
Isboseth is murdered David anointed Idng of all Israel 2 KINGS
noon. And the doorkeepei' of the house, 3 The ancients also of Israel came to
who was cleansing wheat, was fallen the king to Hebron, and king David
asleep. made a league with them in Hebron
6 And they entered into the house se- before the Lord: ''and they anointed
cretly taking ears of corn, and Rechab David to be king over Israel.
and Baana his brother stabbed him in the 4 David was thirty years old when he
groin, and fled away. began to reign, ' and he reigned forty
7 For when they came into the house, he years.
was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour, 5 In Hebron he reigned over Juda
and they struck him and killed him: seven years and six months: and in Je-
and taking away his head they went rusalem he reigned three and thirty off
by the way of the wilderness, walking years over all Israel and Juda. all
night. 6 And the king and all the men that
8 And they brought the head of Isboseth were with him went to Jerusalem to the
to David to Hebron and they said to the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land:
:

king Behold the head of Isboseth the son and they said to David Thou shalt not
: :

of Saul thy enemy who sought thy life come in hither unless thou take away the :

and the Lord hath revenged my lord the blind and the lame that say David shall :

king this day of Saul, and of his seed. not come in hither.
9 But David answered Rechab, and Ba- 7 But David took the castle of Sion, the
ana his brother, the sons of Remmon the same is the city of David.
Berothite, and said to them As the Lord 8 For David had offered that day a re-
:

liveth, who hath delivered my soul out ward to whosoever should strike the
of all distress, Jebusites and get up to the gutters of
10 ^The man that told me, and said: the tops of the houses, and take away
Saul is dead, who thought he brought the blind and the lame that hated the
good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him soul of David therefore it is said in the :

in Siceleg, who should have been re- proverb: The blind and the lame shall
warded for his news. not come into the temple.
11 How much more now when wicked 9 "^ And David dwelt in the castle, and
men have slain an innocent man in his called it, The city of David and built :

own house, upon his bed, shall I not re- round about from Mello and inwards.
quire his blood at your hand, and take 10 And he went on prospering and grow-
you away from the earth ? ing up, and the Lord God of hosts was
12 And David commanded his servants with him.
and they slew them and cutting off their 11 "And Hiram the king of Tyre sent
•

hands and feet, hanged them up over the messengers to David, and cedar treoB,
pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth and carpenters, and masons for walls:
they took and buried in the sepulchre of and they built a house for David.
Abner in Hebron. 12 And David knew that the Lord had
confirmed him king over Israel, and that
CHAPTER 5. he had exalted his kingdom over his peo-
David is anointed kino of oil IsraM. He taketh
Jerusalem, and dwelleth there. He defeateth the ple Israel.
Philistines. 13 °And David took more concubines
THEN all the tribes of Israel came to and wives of Jerusalem, after he was
^

David in Hebron, saying ^ Behold come from Hebron and there were born
° :

we are thy bone and thy flesh. to David other sons also and daugh-
2 Moreover yesterday also and the day ters:
before, when Saul was king over us, thou 14 And these are the names of them,
wast he that did lead out and bring in that were born to him in Jerusalem,
Israel and the Lord said to thee Thou Samua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solo-
: :

shalt feed my people Israel, and thou mon,

ehalt be prince over Israel. 15 And Jebahar, and Elisua, and Nepheg,
Supra 1. 14. — B. C. 1005. — ; 1 Par. 11. 1. m 1 Par. 11. 8.— nl Par. 14. 1.
/i
k Supra
I
2. 4. — I 3 Kings 2. 11, o 1 Par. 3. 1 and 2.

Chap. 5. Ver. 13. David took more concubines an inferior condition ; for such, in scripture, are

nnd wives of Jerusalem. Not harlots, but wives of styled concubines.

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avid defeats the Philistines 2 KINGS Oza is stricken dead

6 And .raphia, and
Elisama, and Elioda, upon which the name of the Lord oi
d Eliphaleth. hosts is invoked, who sitteth over 1,
7 And the Philistines heard that they upon the cherubims.
d anointed David to be king over Is- 3 And they laid the ark of God upon a
el and they all came to seek David new cart and took it out of the house of
:
:

d when David heard of it, he went Abinadab, who was in Gabaa and Oza, :

wn to a strong hold. and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove

8 P And the Philistines coming spread the new cart.
Bmselves in the valley of Raphaim. 4 **And when they had taken it out
9 And David consulted the Lord, say- of the house of Abinadab, who
was in
Shall I go up to the Philistines? Gabaa, Ahio having care of the ark
of
d wilt thou deliver them into my God went before the ark.
nd ? And the Lord said to David Go 5 But David and all Israel played before
:

|, for I will surely deliver the Philis- the Lord on all manner of instruments
es into thy hand. made of wood, on harps and lutes and
j)
5 And David came to Baal Pharisim timbrels and cornets and cymbals.
:

|i defeated them there, and he said:

6 And when they came to the floor of
e Lord hath divided my enemies be- Nachon, Oza put forth his
hand to the
e me, as waters are divided. There- ark of God, and took hold of it because
*"
:

ie the name of the place was called the oxen kicked and made it lean aside.
ill Pharisim.
7 And the indignation of the Lord was
And they left there their idols : which enkindled against Oza, and he struck him
vid and his men took away. for his rashness and he died there be- :

I And the Philistines came up again fore the ark of God.

1 spread themselves in the valley of 8 ^ And David was grieved because the
phaim. Lord had struck Oza, and the name of
. And David consulted the Lord Shall that place was called: The striking of
:

up against the Phihstines, and wilt Oza, to this day.

u deliver them into my hands? He 9 And David was afraid of the Lord that
iwered : Go not up against them, but day, saying How shall
the ark of the
:

3h a compass behind them, and thou Lord come to me?

^It come upon them over against the 10 And he would not
have the ark of
I |,r trees. the Lord brought in to himself into the
And when thou shalt hear the sound city of David but he caused it to be :

c :)ne going in the tops of the pear trees,

carried into the house of Obededom the
t|n shalt thou join battle: for then will Gethite.
t|! Lord go out before thy
face to strike 11 And the ark of the Lord abode in the
tl army of the Philistines. house of Obededom the Gethite three
And David did as the Lord had com- months : and the Lord blessed
iided him, and he smote the Philistines edom,
Obed-
and all his household.
n Gabaa until thou come to Gezer. 12 '^And it was told king David, that
the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all
CHAPTER 6. that he had, because of the ark of God.
lidfetcheth the ark from Cariathiarim. Oza is
wcA; dead for touching it. It is deposited
in the So David went, and brought away the
wse of Obededom and from thence carried
: to ark of God out of the house of Obededom
Ipvid's house.
into the city of David with joy. And
|ND David again gathered together all there
were with David seven choirs, and
the chosen men of Israel, thirty calves for
victims.
isand. 13 "'And when they that carried the
And David arose and went, with all ark of the Lord had
gone six paces, he
people that were with him of the sacrificed an
ox and a ram
1 of Juda to fetch the ark of God, 14 And David danced with all his might
J Par. 14. 9.~Q Isa. 28. 21. — r l Par.
|)

I Par. 13. 5.
14. il. V 1 Par. 13. 11. —w; 1 Par. 15. 25.
Ml Kings 7. 1. X 1 Par. 15. 26.
^; ^^a^«a- The hill of Cariathi- dab, from the time of
I
wnere Yu^'
rZi.^'^ the ark had been in the house of Ablna- Philistines. its being restored back by 'ilia
Ver. 12. Choirs, Or companies of musiciaua.
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The ark brought to Jerusalem g KINGS

David wishes to build a temple
iyetore the Lord and David was girded given him rest on ^very side from aU
with a linen ephod. his enemies,
15 And David and all the house of Israel 2 He said to Nathan the prophet " Dost :

dwell in a house of cedar,

brought the ark of the covenant of the thou see that I
Lord with joyful shouting, and with sound and the ark of God is lodged within
of trumpet.
skins ?
3 And Nathan said to the king : Go, do
16 And when the ark of the Lord was
the Lord
come into the city of David, Michol the all that is in thy heart : because
daughter of Saul, looking out through a. is with thee.
window, saw king David leaping and 4 But it came to pass
that night, that
dancing before the Lord; and she de- the word of the Lord came to Nathan,
saying:
spised him in her heart. . ^ ^^
17 And they brought the ark of the 6 Go, and say to my servant David
Lord: Shalt thou build
Lord, and sec it in its place in the midst Thus saith the
of the tabernacle, which David had me a
house to dwell in ?
1

and David offered holo- 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in a house

pitched for it :

causts, and peace offerings before the from the day

that I brought the children
of Israel out of the land of Egypt even
Lord.
18 And when he had made an end of to this day but have walked in a taber-
:

offering holocausts and peace offerings, nacle, and in a tent.

places that I have gone
he blessed the people in the name of the 7 In all the
through with all the children of Israel, ^

Lord of hosts.
19 And he distributed to all the multi- did ever I
speak a word to any one of
Israel, whom I commanded
tude of Israel, both men and women, to the tribes of
Israel, saying Why
every one, a cake of bread, and a piece to feed my people
:

of roasted beef, and fine flour fried with have

you not built me a house of cedar?
And now thus shalt thou speak to my
oil: and all the people departed every 8
servant David: Thus saith the Lord of
one to his house. " I took thee out of the pastures
20 And David returned to bless his own hosts
:

Saul from following the sheep to be ruler over

house and Michol the daughter of
:

coming out to meet David, said How my people Israel ;

9 And I have been with thee whereso-

glorious was the king of Israel to day,
walked, and have slain all
uncovering himself before the handmaids ever thou hast
of his servants, and was naked, as if one
thy enemies from before thy face and I :

of the buffoons should be naked.

21 And David said to Michol Before
the Lord, who chose me rather than thy
father, and than all his house, and com-
manded me to be ruler over the people people Israel,
of the Lord in Israel,
22 I will both play and make myself
have made thee a great man, like unto thej
:
name of the great ones that are on thej
earth.
10 And I will appoint a place for my
and I will plant them, andj
they shall dwell therein, and shall be.
disturbed no more neither shall the
:

iniquity afllict them any more

meaner than I have done and I will be children of
:

and with the as they did before,

little in my own eyes:
handmaids of whom thou speakest, I 11 From the day that I appointed judge
shall appear more glorious
over my people Israel and I will give :

rest from all thy enemies. And the

23 Therefore Michol the daughter of thee
foretelleth to thee, that the Lord
Saul had no child to the day of her death. Lord
will make thee a house.
CHAPTER 7. 12 ^ And when thy days shall be fulfilled
David's purpose to build a temple is rewarded with and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, j

his
the promise of great blessings in his seed :
whicl
prayer and thanksgiving. will raise up thy seed after thee,
proceed out of thy bowels, and j

A ND it came to pass when the king shall

his kingdom. _
j\. sat in his house, an d the Lord had will establish
z 1 Par. 17. 1. a 1 Kings 16. 13; Ps. 70. 17. — 6 3 Kings 8- 19^

templf
Ver. 12. / will establish his kingdom. scripture, and who is the builder of the true whid
Chap. 7.
the church, his everlasting kingdom,
This prophecy partly relateth to Solomon but much
:
which is

more to Christ, who i* called Ch» «en f^i David m shaJJ Jievo: fail

a26
 :

jvid's prayer 2 KINGS David^s victories

\ '} ° He
shall build a house to name,
fi5 I will establish the throne of his
ligdom for ever.
{
^ I will be to him a father, and he
8 ill be to me a son and if he commit
av' iniquity, I will correct him with the
rl of men, and with the stripes of the
my ever, and it may be said : The Lord of
hosts is God over Israel And the house
of thy servant David shall be established
before the Lord.
: 27 Because thou, O Lord of hosts, God
of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy
servant, saying I will build thee a house
:

C Idren of men. therefore hath thy servant found in his

>
"
But my
mercy I will not take away heart to pray this prayer to thee.
t m him, as I took it from Saul, whom 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art God,
I smoved from before face, my and thy words shall be true: for thou
ii 5And thy house shall be faithful, and hast spoken to thy servant these good
kingdom for ever before thy face, things.
f'id thy throne shall be firm for ever. 29 And now begin, and bless the house
(According to all these words and ac- of thy servant, that it may endure for
ding to all this vision, so did Nathan ever before thee : because thou, O Lord
lak to David. God, hast spoken it, and with thy bless-
And David went in,and sat before ing let the house of thy servant be blessed
M Lord, and said : Who am I, O Lord for ever.
Gi, and what is my house, that thou
b t brought me thus far ? CHAPTER 8.

: But yet this hath seemed little in thy David^s victories, and his chief officers,
si it, O Lord God, unless thou didst also

S) ak of the house of thy servant for a

AND .
it came
to pass after this that
David defeated the Philistines, and
k ? time to come for this is the law of
: brought them down, s and David took
Aim, O Lord God. the bridle of tribute out of the hand of
t And what can David say more unto the Philistines.
tie? for thou knowest thy servant, O 2 And he defeated Moab, and mea-
id God: sured them with a line, casting them
1 For thy word's sake, and according down to the earth and he measured with :

tchy own heart thou hast done all these two lines, one to put to death, and one
at things, so that thou wouldst make to save alive and Moab was made to :

nown to thy servant. serve David under tribute.

Therefore thou art magnified, O Lord 3 David defeated also Adarezer the son
because there is none Uke to thee,
|i,
of Rohob king of Soba, when he went to
i:her is there any God besides thee, in extend his dominion over the river * Eu-
the things that we have heard with phrates.
01 earSc 4 And David took from him a thousand
5 And what nation is there upon earth, and seven hundred horsemen, and
twenty
as hy people Israel, whom God went to thousand footmen, and
houghed all the
re^em for a people to himself, and to chariot horses: and only reserved of
ni:e him a name, and
do for them them for one hundred chariots.
to
grit and upon the earth, 5 And the Syrians of Damascus came to
terrible things,
be>re the face of thy people, whom thou succour Adarezer the king
of Soba and :

Tt iemedst to thyself out of Egypt, from David slew

of the Syrians two and twenty
th nations and their gods. thousand men.
2 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy 6 And David put garrisons in Syria of
peple Israel to be an everlasting peo- Damascus : and Syria served David un-
pi and thou, O Lord God, art become der tribute and the Lord preserved Da-
.

thrGod. vid in all his enterprises, whithersoever

2 And now, C Lord God, raise up for he went.
3V' the word that thou hast spoken,
7 And David took the arms of gold,
CO earning thy servant and concerning which the servants of Adarezer wore, and
bifDouse: and do as thou hast spoken, brought them to Jerusalem.
^That thy name may be magnified for 8 And ont of Bete, and out of Beroth^
c3 Kings 5. 5. — d 1 Par. 22. iC ^ Hebw 1. 5. gI Par. 18. L
i I Par. U.9,
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David's officers % KINGS David's kindness to Miphihoseih

cities of Adarezer, king David took an Art thou Siba? And he answered: I am
exceeding great quantity of brass. Siba thy servant.
if And Thou the king of Eraath heard 3 And the king said Is there any one :

Tuhat David had defeated all the forces of left of the house of Saul, that I may shewl
Adarezer. the mercy of God unto him? And Siba'
10 And Thou sent Jorana his son to king said to the king: There is a son of Jona-k
David, to salute him, and to congratulate than left, who is lame of his feet. i

with him, and to return him thanks be- •.

4 Where is he? said he. And Siba said»
cause he had fought against Adarezer, to the king: Behold he is in the house I

and had defeated him. For Thou was an of Machir the son of Ammiel in Loda*i
enemy to Adarezer, and in his hand were bar. I

vessels of gold, and vessels of silver, and 6 Then king David sent, and broughtl
vessels of brass: him out of the house of Machir the Bonj
11 And king David dedicated them to of Ammiel of Lodabar.
j

the Lord, together with the silver and 6 And when Miphiboseth the son off
gold that he had dedicated of all the na- Jonathan the son of Saul was come tci
tions, which he had subdued: David, he fell on his face and worshipped!
12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the And David said: Miphiboseth? And he^
children of Ammon, and of the Philis- answered Behold thy servant. :
[

tines, and of Amalec, and of the spoils 7 And David said to him : Fear not, fori;
of Adarezer the son of Rohob king of I will surely shew thee mercy for Jonaf
Soba. than thy father's sake, and I will restore
13 David also made himself a name, the lands of Saul thy father, and thot
when he returned after taking Syria in shalt eat bread at my table always.
the valley of the saltpits, killing eighteen 8 He bowed down to him, and said |!

thousand Who am I thy servant, that thou shouldBl <

14 And he put guards in Edom, and look upon such a dead dog as I am? i

placed there a garrison: and all Edom 9 Then the king cabled Siba the servanl i

was made to serve David : and the Lord of Saul, and said to him All that be- :

preserved David in all enterprises he longed to Saul, and all his house, I have t
went about. given to thy master's son. t

15 And David reigned over all Israel: 10 Thou therefore and thy sons and thj t.

and David did judgment and justice to servants shall till the land for him anc : t

all his people. thou shalt bring in food for thy master'i i
16 And Joab the son of Sarvia was over son, that he may be maintained: anci
the army: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud Miphiboseth the son of thy master shal i

was recorder: always eat bread at my table. And Sib.' *

17 And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and had fifteen sons and twenty servants. I

Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the 11 And Siba said to the king: As thoi r

priests and Saraias was the scribe

: my lord the king hast commanded th}
:

18 And Banaias the son of Joiada was servant, so will thy servant do: anc
over the Cerethi and Phelethi : and the Miphiboseth shall eat at my table, as od(
sons of David were the princes. of the sons of the king.
12 And Miphiboseth had a young soi
CHAPTER whose name was Micha: and all th(!
9.
kindred of the house of Siba server
David's kindness to Miphiboseih for the sake of his
father Jonathan. Miphiboseth.
A ND David said Is there any one, think 13 But Miphiboseth dwelt in Jerusalem
:

XX you, left of the house of Saul, that because he ate always of the king's table
I may shew kindness to him for Jona- and he was lame of both feet.
than's sake ?
2 Now there was of the house of Saul, a
CHAPTER 10.
The Ammonites sham,efully abxise the ambassador y
servant named Siba and when the king :
of David, they hire the Syrians to their astisi'.
iiad called him to him, he said to him ance: but are overthromnvrith their allies. M

Chap. 8^ Ver. 16. Recorder, or chancellor. guards. — Ibid. Princes. Literally i^riests. (Cohei;

V'T. 17. Scribe, or secretary. So called, by a uitle of honour, and not from exerci;
Ver, lo. Tfa Corethi and FheletM. The king's in;;; the iTiestl;'' junctions.
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avid's ambassadors dishonored 2 KINGS David defeats the Syrians

ND
it came to pass after this, that too strong for thee, then I will help
1L the king of the children of Ammon thee.
3d, and Hanon his son reigned in his 12 Be of good courage, and let us fight
2ad. for our people, and for the city of our
i
And David said ^ I will shew kind- God and the Lord will do what is good
: :

ss to Hanon the son of Daas, as his in his sight,

jher shewed kindness to me. So David 13 And Joab and the people that were
at his servants to comfort liim for the with him, began to fight against tho
ath of his father. But when the ser- Syrians: and they immediately fied be-
ntc of David were come into the land fore him
the children of Ammon, 14 And the children of Ammon seeing
Th'' princes of the children of Ammon that the Syrians were fled, they fied also
id to Hanon their lord: Thinkest thou before Abisai, and entered into the city
it for the honour of thy father, David and Joab returned from the children of
th sent comforters to thee, and hath Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
t David rather sent his servants to 15 Then the Syrians seeing that they had
i3e to search, and spy into the city, and fallen before Israel, gathered themselves
erthrow it ? together.
Wherefore Hanon took the servants 16 And Adarezer sent and fetched the
David, and shaved off the one half of Syrians, that were beyond the river, and
uir beards, and cut away half of their brought over their army: and Sobach,
cments even to the buttocks, and sent the captain of the host of Adarezer, was
im away. their general.
When this was told David, he sent to 17 And when this was told David, he
et them: for the men were sadly put gathered all Israel together, and passed
confusion, and David commanded over the Jordan, and came to Helam:
)m, saying: Stay at Jericho, till your and the Syrians set themselves in array
irds be grown, and then return. against David, and fought against him.
And the children of Ammon seeing 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel,
,t they had done an injury to David, and David slew of the Syrians the w.en of
|:t and hired the Syrians of Rohob, and seven hundred chariots, and forty thou-

I'
Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand sand horsemen : and smote Sobach the
tmen, and of the king of Maacha a captain of the army, who presently died.
usand men, and of Istob twelve thou- 1 And all the kings that were auxiliaries
d men. of Adarezer, seeing themselves overcome
And when David heard this, he sent by Israel, were afraid and fled away, eight
,b and the whole army of warriors. and fifty thousand men before Israel.
A.nd the children of Ammon came And they made peace with Israel: and
and set their men in array at the served them, and all the Syrians were
Birlng in of the gate but the Syrians afraid to help the children of
: Ammon
oba, and of Rohob, and of Istob, and any more.
tfaacha were by themselves in the CHAPTER 11.
a. David falleth into the crime of adultery with
Bethsabee : and not finding other means to con-
Phen Joab seeing that the battle was ceal it., causpth her husband Urios to be slain.
pared against him, both before and Then marrieth her, who beareth him a son.
ind, chose of all the choice men of A ND
'^ it came to pass at the return of
lel, and put them in array against the jl\. the year, at the time when kings
ianr -
go forth to war, 'that David sent Joab
Anc ^he rest of the people he de- and his servants with him, and all Israel,
red to Abisai his brother, who set and they spoiled the children of Ammon,
bin in array against the children of and besieged Rabba: but David re-
mon. mained in Jerusalem.
And Joab said If the Syrians are 2 In the mean time it happened that
:

trong for me, then thou shalt help David arose from his bed after noon, and
but h the children of Ammon are walked upon the i oof of the king's house
fclPar. 19. 2. m1 Par. 20. 1.

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David's crime 2 KINGS The death of Urias

and he saw from the roof of his house 15 Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias
a woman washing herself, over against in the front of the battle, where the fight
him: and the woman was very beautiful. is strongest: and leave ye him, that he
3 And the king sent, and inquired who may be wounded and die.
the woman was. And it was told him 16 Wherefore as Joab was besieging the
that she was Bethsabee the daughter of city, he put Urias in the place where he
Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite. knew the bravest men were.
4 And David sent messengers, and took 17 And the men coming out of the city,
her, and she came in to him, and he slept fought against Joab, and there fell some
with her : o and presently she was puri- of the people of the servants of David,
fied from her uncleanness and Urias the Hethite was killed also.
6 And she returned to her house having 18 Then Joab sent, and told David all
conceived. And she sent and told David, things concerning the battle.
and said: I have conceived. 19 And he charged the messenger, say-
6 And David sent to Joab, saying: Send ing: When thou hast told all the words
me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent of the battle to the king,
Urias to David. 20 If thou see him to be angry, and he
7 And Urias came to David. And David shall say Why did you approach so near
:

asked how Joab did, and the people, and to the wall to fight? knew you not that
how the war was carried on. many darts are thrown from above off
8 And David said to Urias Go into thy the
:
wall?
house, and wash thy feet. And Urias 21 Who killed Abimelech the son of Je-
went out from the king's house, and robaal? p did not a woman cast a piece
there went out after him a mess of meat of a millstone upon him from the wall,
from the king. and slew him in Thebes? Why did you
9 But Urias slept before the gate of the
go near the wall? Thou shalt say:
king's house, with the other servants of
Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also
slain.
his lord, and went not down to his own
house. 22 So the messenger departed, and came
10 And it was told David by some that and told David all that Joab had com-
said: Urias went not to his house. And manded him.
David said to Urias Didst thou not come 23 And the messenger said to David:
:

from thy journey? why didst thou not The men prevailed against us, and they
go down to thy house? came out to us into the field: and we
11 And Urias said to David: The ark of vigorously charged and pursued them
God and Israel and Juda dwell in tents, even to the gate of the city.
and my lord Joab and the servants of 24 And the archers shot their arrows
my lord abide upon the face of the earth at thy servants from off the wall above:
and shall I go into my house, to eat and and some of the king's servants are slain,
to drink, and to sleep with my wife? By and thy servant Urias the Hethite is also
thy welfare and by the welfare of thy dead.
soul I will not do this thing. 25 And David said to the messenger:
12 Then David said to Urias: Tarry Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this
here to day, and to morrow I will send thing discourage thee for various is the :

thee away. Urias tarried in Jerusalem event of war: and sometimes one, some-
that day and the next. times another is consumed by the sword:
13 And David called him to eat and to encourage thy
warriors against the city,
drink before him, and he made him and exhort them that thou mayest over-
drunk: and he went out in the evening, throw it.

and slept on his couch with the servants 26 And the wife of Urias heard that
of his lord, and went not down into his Urias her husband was dead, and
she

house. mourned for him.

14 And when the morning was come, 27 And the mourning being over, David
David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it sent and brought her into his house, and
:

by the hand of Urias, she became his wife, and she bore him »

oLev. 15. 18* p Judges 9. 6t.

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Nathan*s parable 2 KINGS The death of David's child

aon: and this thing which Davia had despised me, and hast taken the wife of
done, was displeasing Urias the Hethite to be thy wife.
to the Lord.
11 Thus saith the Lord Behold, I will :

CHAPTER 12. raise up evil against thee out of thy own

yathan^s parable. David confesseth his sin, and is house, and
I will take thy wives before
forgiven: yet so as to be sentenced to most severe
temporal punishm,ents. The death of the child. thy eyes *and give them to thy neigh-
The birth of Solom,oru The taking of Jiabbath. bour, and he shall lie with thy wives in
ND the Lord sent Nathan to David the sight of this sun. I

and when he was come to him, he 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will j

d to him There were two men in one do this thing in the sight of all Israel,
:

trity, the one rich, and the other poor. and in the sight of the sun.
2 The rich man had exceeding many 13 And David said to Nathan : I have
iheep and oxen. sinned against the Lord. And Nathan
3 But the poor man had nothing at all said to David: 'The Lord also hath taken
but one ewe lamb, which he had
little away thy sin thou shalt not die.
:

ought and nourished up, and which had 14 Nevertheless, because thou hast given
own up in his house together with his occasion to the enemies of the Lord to
dren, eating of his bread, and drink- blaspheme, for this thing, the child that
ing of his cup, and sleeping in his bosom is born to thee, shall surely die.
and it was unto him as a daughter. 15 And Npthan returned to his house.
4 And when a certain stranger was The Lord also struck the child which the
3ome to the rich man, he spared to take wife of Urias had borne to David, and
Df his own sheep and oxen, to make a his life was despaired of.
feast for that stranger, who was come to 16 And David besought the Lord for the
bim, but took the poor man's ewe, and child and David kept a fast, and going :

dressed it for the man that was come to in by himself lay upon the ground.
him. 17 And the ancients of his house came,
5 AndDavid's anger being exceedingly to make him rise from the ground but :

kindled against that man, he said to Na- he would not, neither did he eat meat
than As the Lord liveth, the man that
: with them.
hath done this is a child of death. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh
6 ''He shall restore the ewe fourfold, day that the child died: and the servants
because he did this thing, and had no of David feared to tell him, that the child
pity. was dead. For they said Behold when :

7 And Nathan said to David Thou art : the child was yet alive, we spoke to him,
the man. Thus saith the Lord the God and he would not hearken to our voice
of Israel : Ianointed thee king over Is- how much more will he afflict iiimself if
rael, and I dehvered thee from the hand we tell him that the child is dead ?
of Saul, 19 But when David saw his servants
8 And gave thee thy master's house whispering, he understood that the child
and th}^ master's wives into thy bosom, was dead and he said to his servants
:

and gave thee the house of Israel and Is the child dead ? They answered him i

Juda and if these things be little, I shall

: He is dead.
add far greater things unto thee. 20 Then David arose from the ground,
9 Why therefore hast thou despised the and washed and anointed himself: and
word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? when he had changed his apparel, he
Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite with went into the house of the Lord and :

the s .vord, and hast taken his wife to be worshipped, and then he came into his
bhy wife, and hast slain him with the own house, and he called for bread, and
3word of the children of Ammon. ate.
10 Therefore the sword shall never de- 21 And his servants said to him : What
part from thy house, because thou hast thing is this that thou hast done? thou
r Ex. 22. 1. s Infra 16. 21. — t Eccli. 47. 13.

Chap. 12. Ver. 11. / wUl raise, &c. All these much as they were sing,on the part of Absalom and
ivlls, inasmueh as they were punishments, came his associates,God was not the author of them, but
ipon David by a just judgment of God, for his sin, ouly permitted them.
iad th«refor« God says, / ivill raise, &c. ; but inas-
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The birth of Solomon % KINGS Amnott feigns sickness

didst fast
was alive,
and weep for the
but when
child, while it
the child wac dead, .
AND
it came to pass after this, that
Amnon the son of David loved the
thou didst rise up, and eat bread. sister of Absalom the son of David, who
22 And he said While the child was was very beautiful, and her name was
:

yet alive, I fasted and wept for him for Thamar. :

I said : Who knoweth whether the Lord 2 And he was exceedingly fond of her,
may not give him to me, and the child so that he fell sick for the love of her
may live? for as she was a virgin, he thought it
23 But now that he is dead, why should hard to do any thing dishonestly with
I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back her.
any more ? I shall go to him rather but 3 Now Amnon had a friend, named Jon-
:

he shall not return to me. adab the son of Semmaa the brother of
24 And David comforted Bethsabee his David, a very wise man;
wife, and went in unto her, and slept 4 And he said to him Why dost thou :

with her: and she bore a son, and he grow so lean from day to day, O son of
called his name Solomon, and the Lord the king? why dost thou not tell me the
loved him. reason of it? And Amnon said to him:
25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan I am in love with Thamar the sister of
the prophet, and called his name, Ami- my brother Absalom.
able to the Lord, because the Lord loved 5 And Jonadab said to him: Lie down
him. upon thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and
2,^ "And Joab fought against Rabbath when thy father shall come to visit thee,

of tho children of Ammon, and laid close say to him: Let my sister Thamar, I pray
siege to the royal city. thee, come to me, to give me to eat, and
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, to make me a mess, that I may eat it at
saying: I have fought against Rabbath, her hand.
and the city of waters U about to be 6 So Amnon lay down, and made as if
taken. he were sick: and when the king came
28 Now therefore gather thou the rest to visit him, Amnon said to the king: I
of the people together, and besiege the pray thee let my sister Thamar come,
city and take it lest when the city shall and make in my sight two little messes,
:

be wasted by me, the victory be ascribed that I may eat at her hand.
to my name. 7 Then David sent home to Thamar, say»
29 Then David gathered all the people ing: Come to the house of thy brother
together, and went out against Rabbath Amnon, and make him a mess.
and after fighting, he took it. 8 And Thamar came to the house of
30 And he took the crown of their king Amnon her brother but he was laid :

from his head, the weight of which was down: and she took meal and tempered
a talent of gold, set with most precious it and dissolving it in his sight she made
:

stones, and it was put upon David's head, little messes.

and the spoils of the city which were 9 And taking what she had boiled, she
very great he carried away. poured it out, and set it before him, but
31 And bringing forth the people thereof he would not eat: and Amnon said: Put
he sawed them, and drove over them char- out all persons from me. And when
iots armed with iron and divided
: them they had put all persons out,
with knives, and made them pass through 10 Amnon said to Thamar: Bring th%
brickkilns so did he to all the cities of mess into the chamber, that I may eat at
:

the children of Ammon: and David re- thy hand. And Thamar took the little
turned, with all the army to Jerusalem. messes which she had made, and brought
them in to her brother Amnon in the
CHAPTER 13.
Amnon ravisheth Thamar. For which Absalom kill- chamber.
eth him, andflieth to Gessur. 11 And when she had presented him the
V 1 Par. 20. 1.

Ver. 25. Amiable to the Lord. Or, beloved of the Chap. 1.3. Ver. 3. A vpvy vnse man. That is, a
Lord. In Hebrew, Jedidiah. crafty and subtle man for the counsel he gave on
:

Ver. 27. The city of waters. Rabbath the royal this occasion shews that bis wisdom was but carnaJ
city of theAmmonites, was called the city c/ waters^ and worldly.
Lo"a beiDf; OQCompassed with waters.
88d
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Inmon s crime 2 KINGS Amnon Is killed by Absalom

I
jat, he took hold of her, and said Come 24 And he came to the king, and said
i

(with me, my sister. to him: Behold thy servant's sheep are

2 She answered him Do not so, my shorn. Let the king, I pray, with his
:

Dther, do not force me for no such servants come to his servant.

:

ng must be done in Israel. Do not 25 And the king said to Absalom: Nay,
DU this folly. my son, do not ask that we should all
For I
|5 shall not be able to bear my come, and be chargeable to thee. And
lime, and thou shalt be as one of the when he pressed him, and he would not
)ls in Israel: but rather speak to the go, he blessed him.

ig, and he will not deny me to thee. 26 And Absalom said If thou wilt not :

But he would not hearken to her come, at least let my brother Amnon, I
'I

lyers, but being stronger overpowered beseech thee, come with us. And the
r and lay with her. king said to him: It is not necessary that
Then Amnon hated her with an ex- he should go with thee.
)

iding great hatred: so that the hatred 27 But Absalom pressed him, so that he
I erewith he hated her was greater rhan let Amnon and all the king's sous go with
love with which he had loved her him. And Absalom made a feast as it
ore. And Amnon said to her Arise, were the feast of a king.
..

get thee gone.

ii 28 And Absalom had commanded his ser-
» She answered him Thi evil which vants, saying Take notice when Amnon
: :

TT thou dost against me, in driving me shall be drunk with wine, and when I
lay, is greater than that which thou shall say to you Strike him, and kill :

st before. And he would not hearken him, fear not for it is I that command :

Inher: you take courage, and be valiant men.

:

But calling the servants that minis- 29 And the servants of Absalom did to
b ed to him, he said Thrust this woman Amnon as Absalom had commanded them.
:

Q from me and shut the door after And all the king's sons arose and got up
-J :

h-. every man upon his mule, and fled.

And she was clothed with a long robe
;
30 And while they were yet in the way,
U the king's daughters that were virgins, a rumour came to David, saying Absalom :

Q d such kind of garments. Then his hath slain all the king's sons, and there is
K vant thrust her out and shut the not one of them left.
:

i)r after her. 31 Then the king rose up, and rent his
And she put ashes on her head, and garment? and fell upon the ground, and
'
:

n t her long robe and laid her hands aU his servants, that stood about him,
D )n her head, and went on crying. rent their garments.
And Absalom her brother said to her: 32 But Jonadab the son of Semmaa Da-
E th thy brother Amnon lain with thee ? vid's brother answering, said : Let not my
b now, sister, hold thy peace, he is thy lord the king think that all the king's sons
]

b ther and afflict not thy heart for this are slain: Amnon only is dead, for he
:

tiag. So Thamar remained pining away was appointed by the mouth of Absalom
ii :he house of Absalom her brother. from the day that he ravished his sister
And when king David heard of these Thamar.
;

tings he was exceedingly grieved: and 33 Now therefore let not my lord the
h would not afflict the spirit of his son king take this thing into his heart, saying:
Ainon, for he loved him, because he All the king's sons are slain : for Amnon
lis his firstborn. only is dead.
But Absalom spoke not to Amnon 34 But Absalom fled away : and the
:

nther good nor evil: for Absalom hated young man that kept the watch, lifted up
A mon because he had ravished his sis- his eyes and looked, and behold there
fa Thamar. came much people by a by-way on the
'
And
came to pass after two years, side of the mountain.
it
tl t the sheep of Absalom were shorn in 35 And Jonadab said to the king Be- :

Bilhasor, which is near Ephraim: and hold the king's sons are come: as tny
A ^alom invited all the king's sons servant said, so it is.

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The woman of Thecua 2 KINGS She pleads for Absalom

36 And when he made an end of speak- 9 And the woman of Thecua said to the
ing, the king's sons also appeared: and king: Upon me, my
lord be the iniquity,
coming in they lifted up their voice, and and upon the house of father: but my
wept: and the king also and all his ser- may the king and his throne be guiltless.
vants wept very much. 10 And the king said : If any one ehcJl
37 But Absalom fled, and went to Tb.olo- say ought against thee, bring him to me,
mai the son of Ammiud the king of Ges- and he shall not touch thee any more.
sur. And David mourned for his son 11 And she said: Let the king remember
every day. the Lord his God, that the next of kin bf
38 And Absalom after he was fled, and not multiplied to take revenge, and th?
come Into Gessur, was there three years. they may not kill my son. And he said
And king David ceased to pursue after As the Lord liveth, there shall not or
Absalom, because he was comforted con- hair of thy son fall to the earth.
cerning the death of Amnon. 12 Then the woman said : Let thy hand
maid speak one word to my lord the
CHAPTER 14. king. And he said Speak. :

Joab procureth Absalom^s return, and his admit-
tance to the king's presence.
A ND Joab the son of Sarvia, under-
J\. standing that the king's heart was
turned to Absalom,
2 Sent to Thecua, and fetched from
thence a wise woman : and said to her
Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put
on mourning apparel, and be not anointed
with oil, that thou may est be as a woman
that had a long time been mourning for
one dead.
8 And thou shalt go in to the king, and
Shalt speak to him in this manner. And
13 And the woman said : Why
hast thoc
thought such a thing against the people
of God, and why hath the king spoker
this word, to sin, and not bring home
again his own exile ?
14 We all die, and like waters that re-
turn no more, we fall down into the
earth : ^ neither will God have a soul to
perish, but recalleth, meaning that he
that is cast off should not altogether
perish.
15 Now therefore I am come, to speak
this word to my lord the king before the
people. And thy handmaid said I will :

Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Thecua was
come in to the king, she fell before him
Upon the ground, and worshipped, and
said: Save me, O king.
5 And the king said to her : What is the
matter with thee ? She answered Alas,
I am a widow woman for my husband
: word of the Lord the king be made as a
is dead.
6 And thy handmaid had two sons and
they quarrelled with each other in the
field, and there was none to part them
and the one struck the other, and slew
him.
7 And behold the whole kindred rising
against thy handmaid, saith : Deliver him
that hath slain his brother, that we may
speak to the king, it may be the king will
perform the request of his handmaid.
16 And the king hath hearkened to me
to deliver his handmaid out of the hand
of all that would destroy me and my son
together out of the inheritance of God.
: 17 Then let thy handmaid say, that the
sacrifice. ° For even as an angel of God,
: so is my lord the king, that he is neither
moved with blessing nor cursing : where*
: fore the Lord thy God is also with thee.
18 And the king answering, said to the
woman: Hide not from me the thing
that I ask thee. And the woman said to
him : Speak, my lord the king.
19 And the king said Is not the handi
:

kill him for the life of his brother, whom of Joab with thee in all this ? The woman
he slew, and that we may destroy the answered, and said By the health of thy
:

heir and they seek to quench my spark

: soul, my lord, O king, it is neither on the
which is left, and will leave my husband left hand, nor on the right, in all these
no name, nor remainder upon the earth. things which my lord the king hath
8 A nd the king said to the woman Go : spoken: for thy servant Joab, he com*
to thy house, and I will give charge con- manded me, and he put all these wordl
corning thee. into the mouth of thy handmaid.

zKzech, 18. 32, and 33. 11.— ol. Kings 29. 9.

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[hsalom^s return 2 KINGS Absalom* s policy

20 That I shjold come about with this ?2 And Absalom answered Joab ! I sent
rir. of jpeech, thy servant Joab com-to thee beseeching thee to come to me,
i.c!ed 3hiE
. but thou, my lord, O king,
that I might send thee to the king, to say
frt wise, according to the wisdom of anto him: Wherefore am I come from
Gessur? it had been better for me to be
el of God, to understand all things
ou earth. there : I beseech thee therefore that I
21 \nd the king said to Joab: Behold I may see the face of the king and if he :

m appeased and have granted thy re- be mindful of my iniquity, let him kill
est Go therefore r.nd fetch back the me.
:

oy Absalom. 33 So Joab going in to the king, told

22 And Joab ^ailing down Co the ground him all and Absalom was called for, and
:

pon his face, adorod, -^nd blessed the he went in to the king : and prostrated
Ing: and Joab said: This day thy servant himself on the ground before him: and
ath understood, that I I:?.ve found grace the king kissed Absalom.
thy sight, my lord, O Iiing: for thon
ast fulfilled the request 'f dhy se: vant. CHAPTER 15.
23 Then Joab arose and wenl. to 'jeseur, Absalom^s jolicy and conspiracy. David is obliged
nd brought Absalom to Jerusalem. to flee.
24 But the king said : Let him return into n^'OW after these things Absalom
is house, and let him not see my face, Xl made himself chariots, and horse-
o Absalom returned into his house, and men, anc fifty men to run before him.
iw not the king's face. 2 And Absalom rising up early stood by
35 But in all Israel there was not a man the entrance of the gate, and when any
a comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as man had business to come to the king's
bsalom: from the sole of "the foot to judgment, Absalom called him to him,
16 crown of his head there was no and said : Of what city art thou ? He an-
lemish in him. swered, and said: Thy servant is of such
26 And when he polled his hair (now he tribe of Israel.
-.,

ras polled once a year, because his hair And Absalom answered him : Thy
ras burdensome to him) he weighed the words seem to me good and just. But
air of his head at two hundred sides, there is no man appointed by the king
ccording to the common weight. to hear thee. And Absalom said
27 And there were bom to Absalom 4 O that they would make me judge
hree sons : and one daughter, whose over the land, that all that have business
ame was Thamar, and she was very might come to me, that I might do them
eautiful. justice.
28 And Absalom dwelt two years in 6 Moreover when any man came to him
erusalem, and saw not the king's face. to salute him, he put forth his hand, and
29 He sent therefore to Joab, to send took him, and kissed him.
;im to the king: but he would not come 6 And this he did to all Israel that
him. And when he had sent the came for judgment, to be heard by the
econd time, and he would not come to king, and he enticed the hearts of the
im, men of Israel.
30 He said to his servants : You know 7 And after forty years, Absalom said to
he field of Joab near my field, that hath king David : Let me go, and pay my
vows
crop of barley go now and set it on
: which I have vowed to the Lord in He-
ire. So the servants of Absalom set the bron.
orn on fire. And Joab's servants com- 8 For thy servant made a vow, when he
Qg with their garments rent, said : The was in Gessur of Syria, saying If the :

ervarits of Absalom have set part of the Lord shall bring me

again into Jerusalem,
leld on fir . I will offer sacrifice to the Lord.
31 Then JoLb arose, and came to Absa- 9 And king David said to him: Go ia
am to his house, and said Why have peace. And h.<d arose, and went to He-
:

hy servants set my corn on fire ? bron.

GBAF. 1«, Te^22. Blessed, That is» and ga.e aatUM ^ Cbt klog.
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David flees from Jerusalem 2 KINGS The ark is returned to Jerusalem

10 And Absalom sent cpies into all the 21 And Ethai answered the king, say-
tribes cf Israel, ....yin , As soon as you ing As the Lord hveth, and as my lord
:

shall hear tho sound cf the trumpet, say
ye Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
: thou shalt be, my lord, O king, either in
11 Now there went with Absalom two
hundred men out of Jerusalem that were
called, going with simphcity of heart, and
knowing nothing of the design.
12 Absalom also sent for Achitophel the
Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city
Gilo. And while he was offering sacri-
fices, there was a strong conspiracy, and
the king liveth: in what place soever
death, or in life, there will thy servant
be.
22 And David said to Ethai: Come, and
pass over. And Ethai the Gethite passed,
and all the men that were with him, and
the rest of the people.
23 And they all wept with a loud voice,
and all the people passed over the king :

the people running together increased
with Absalom.
13 And there came a messenger to David,
saying: All Israel with their whole heart
fclloweth Absalom.
14 And David said to his servants, that
were with him in Jerusalem : Arise and
also himself went over the brook Cedron,
and all the people marched towards the
way that looketh to the desert.
24 And Sadoc the priest also came, and
all the Levites with him carrying the ark
of the covenant of God, and they set
down the ark of God and Abiathar :

let us flee: for we shall not escape else went up, till all the people that was come
from the face of Absalom: make haste out of the city had done passing.
to go out, lest he come and overtake us, 25 And the king said to Sadoc Carry
:

and bring ruin upon us, and smite the back the ark of God into the city if I :

city with the edge of the sword. shall find grace in the sight of the Lord,
15 And the king's servants said to him : he will bring me again, and he will shew
Whatsoever our lord the king shall com- me it, and his tabernacle.
jnand, we thy servants will wiUingly 26 But if he shall say to me : Thou
execute. pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do
16 And the king went forth, and all his that which is good before him.
household on foot: and the king left 27 And the king said to Sadoc the priest:
ten women his concubines to keep the seer, return into the city in peace
house: and let Achimaas thy son, and Jonathan
17 And the king going forth and all the son of Abiathar, your two sons, be
Israel on foot, stood afar off from the with you.
house 28 Behold I will lie hid in the plains of
18 And all his servants walked by him, the wilderness, till there come word from
and the bands of the Cerethi, and the you to certify me.
Phelethi, and all the Gethites, valiant 29 So Sadoc and Abiathar carried back
warriors, six hundred men who had fol- the ark of God into Jerusalem : and they
lowed him from Geth on foot, went be- tarried there.
fore the king. 30 But David went up by the ascent of
19 And the king said to Ethai the Geth- mount Ohvet, going up and weeping,
ite: Why comest thou with us? return walking barefoot, and with his head cov-
and dwell with the king, for thou art a ered, and all the people that were with
stranger, and art come out of thy own them, went up with their heads covered
place. weeping.
20 Yesterday thou camest, and to day 31 And it was told David that Achito-
Shalt thou be forced to go forth with us ? phel also was in the conspiracy with
but I shall go whither I am going return : Absalom, and David said Infatuate, :

thou, and take back thy brethren with Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achi-
thee, and the Lord will shew thee mercy, tophel.
and truth, because thou hast shewn grace 32 And when David was come to the top
and fidelity. of the mountain, where he was about to

Chap. 15. Ver. 16. Concubines, That is, wives wept for his sins, which he knew were the cause of
of an inferior degree. all liis sufferings.
Vsr. 30. Weeping, &c David on this occasion

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iba brings provisions to David 2 KINGS Semei curses David
: ore the Lord, behold Chusai the Ara- thence a man of the kindred of the house
•ite, came to meet him with hi*: gar- of Saul named Semei, the son of Gera,
jjnt rent and his head covered with and coming out ^ he cursed as he went
frth. on,
3 And David said to him: If thou come 6 And he threw stones at David, and at
1 th me, thou wilt be a burden to me : all the servants of king David : and all
1 But if thou return into the city, and the people, and all the warriors walked
y It say to Absalom : I am thy servant, on the right, and on the left side of the
( king : as I have been thy f ather^s ser- king.
^ nt, so I will be thy servant :thou shalt 7 And thus said Semei when he cursed
c leat the counsel of Achitophel. the king: Come out, come out, thou man
5 And thou hast with thee Sadoc, and of blood, and thou man of Belial.
i'iathar the priests: and what thing 8 The Lord hath repaid thee for all the
B3ver thou shalt hear out of the king's blood of the house of Saul because thou :

luse, thou shalt tell it to Sadoc and hast usurped the kingdom in his stead,
i iathar the priests. and the Lord hath given the kingdom
3 And there are with them their two into the hand of Absalom thy son and :

flis Achiraaas the son of Sadoc, and behold thy evils press upon thee, because
Jnathan the son of Abiathar: and you thou art a man of blood.
Bill send by them to me every thing 9 And Abisai the son of Sarvia said to
tit you shall hear. the king: Why should this dead dog
Then Chusai the friend of David curse my lord the king? I will go, and
^nt into the city, and Absalom came cut off his head.
i; o Jerusalem, 10 And the king said: What have I to
do with you, ye sons of Sarvia ? Let him
CHAPTER 16. alone and let him curse for the Lord:

8a bringeth provisions to David. Semei curseth hath bid him curse David and who is he :

him. Absalom defileth hisfather^s wives. that shall dare say, why hath he done so ?
ND when David was a little past the 11 And the king said to Abisai, and to
.<L top of the hill, behold Siba the ser- all his servants Behold my son, who
:

^it of Miphiboseth came to meet him came forth from my bowels, seeketh my
V3h two asses, laden with two hundred life: how much more now a son of
h ves of bread, and a hundred bunches Jemini ? let him alone that he may curse
raisins, a hundred cakes of figs, and a as the Lord hath bidden him.
Vjsel of wine. 12 Perhaps the Lord may look upon my
And the king said to Siba : What mean affliction, and the Lord may render m©
tse things? And Siba answered: The good for the cursing of this day.
a 68 are for the king's household to sit 13 And David and his men with him
: r.nd the loaves and the figs for thy went by the way. And Semei by the
8' vants to eat, and the wine to drink if hill's side went over against him, cursing,
a/ man be faint in the desert. and casting stones at him, and scattering
And ^he king said : Where is thy mas- earth.
fc's son? ^And Siba answered the king: 14 And the king and all the people with
1 remained in Jerusalem, saying: To him came weary, and refreshed them-
d will the house of Israel restore me selves there.
'

t. kingdom of my father. 15 But Absalom and all his people came

And the king said to Siba I give thee into Jerusalem, and Achitophel was with
:

a that belonged to Miphiboseth. And him.

8a said: I beseech thee let me find 16 And when Chusai the Arachite,
g ce before thee, my lord, O king. David's friend, was come to Absalom, he
And king David came as far as Bahu- said to him : God save thee, O king, God
3f:i: and behold there came out from save thee, O king.
/ Infra 19. 27.— g 3 Kings 2. 8.

3AP. 16. Ver. 10 and 11. Ifath bid him curse.
N that the Lord was the author of Semei's sin,
^ ch pr'^ceeded purely from his own mahce, and
ti ^buse of
bis free wilL But that knowing, and
suffering his malicious disposition to break out on
this occasion, he made use of him as his instrument
to punish David for his sins.

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AchitojyheVs counsel 2 KINGS The counsel of Chuso

17 And Absalom said to him : Is do it
this or not? what counsel dost thol
thy kindness to thy friend ? Why went- give?
est thou not with thy friend ? 7 And Chusai said to Absalom: Th

18 And Chusai answered Absalom: counsel that Achitophel hath given th

Nay :for I will be his, whom the Lord time is not good.
hath chosen, and all this people, and all 8 And again Chusai said :Thou kno^
Israel, and with him will I abide. est thy father, and the men that are wil
19 Besides this, whom shall I serve? is him, that they are very valiant, ar
it not the king's son ? as I have served
bitter in their mind, as a bear raging i

thy father, so will I serve thee also.
20 And Absalom said to Achitophel
Consult what we are to do.
21 And Achitophel said to Absalom:
Go in to the concubines of thy father,
whom he hath left to keep the house:
that when all Israel shall hear that thou
the wood when her whelps are tak(
away: and thy father is a warrior, ai
will not lodge with the people.
9 Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits,
in some other place where he list: ai
when any one shall fall at the first, eve
one that heareth it shall say There is
:

hast disgraced thy father, their hands slaughter among the people that follow
may be strengthened with thee. Absalom.
22 So they spread a tent for Absalom
^* the most valiant man who
10 And
on the top of the house, and he went in as the heart of a lion, shall m»
heart is

to his father's concubines before all for fear: for all the people of Isr^'
Israel. know thy father to be a valiant man, a
23 Now the counsel of Achitophel, that all who are with him
are valiant.
which he gave in those days, was as if a 11 But this seemeth to me to be go
was counsel: Let Israel be gathered
man should consult God so : all the all

counsel of Achitophel, both when he was thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as

the sa
when he was with Absa- of the sea which cannot be numberc
with David, and
lom. and thou shalt be in the midst of then
CHAPTER 17. 12 And we shall come upon him in wl
place soever he shall be found : and
AchitopheVs counsel is defeated by Chusai: who
sendeth intelligence to David. Achitophel hang- shall cover him, as the dew falleth up
eth himself. the ground, and we shall not leave
AND Achitophel said to Absalom: I the men that are with him, not so mi
J\, will choose me twelve thousand as one.
men, and I will arise and pursue after 13 And he shall enter into any ci
if
all Israel shall cast ropes round ab(
David this night.
2And coming upon him (for he is now that city, and we will draw it into i

river, so that there shall not be foi

weary, and weak handed) I will defeat
him: and when all the people is put to so much as one small stone thereof.
flight that is with him, I will kill the king
14 And Absalom, and all the men
who will be left alone. The counsel of Chusai
Israel said :

3 And I will bring back all the people,

Arachite is better than the counsel
as if they were but one man for thou :
Achitophel and by the will of the L :

counsel of Achitophel
seekest but one man: and all the people the profitable
's *

defeated, that the Lord might bring

(

s^ll be in peace.
4 And his saying pleased Absalom, and upon
Absalom.
ancients of Israel. 15 And Chusai said to Sadoc and i*

all the
Call Chusai the athar the priests: Thus and thus '

5 But Absalom said :

Achitophel counsel Absalom, and

Arachite, and let us hear what he
ij
also
ancients of Israel: and thus and thus |i
saith.
6 And when Chusai was come to Absa- I
counsel them.
lom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel 16 Now therefore send quickly, and 1

hath spoken after this manner shall we David, saying:

;
Tarry not this nigh'^'
h Supra 12. 11.

Ver 21. Their hands may he strengthened, &c. him with such some fear of being left in the lu/^^ij'
saw a crime committed as seemed to r
The people might apprfehend lest Absalom should be they
i

a reconciliation Impossible.
reconciled to his father, and therefore they followed
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'David learns the plans of Absalom 2 KINGS David prepares for battle
* jhe plains of tho wilderness, but without 27 And when David was come to the
ielay pass over : lest the king be swallow- camp, Sobi the son of Naas of Rabbath oi
3d up, and all the people that is with him. the children of Ammon, and Machir the
17 And Jonathan and Achimaas stayed son of Ammihel of Lodabar, and Berzellai
3y the fountain Rogel and there went the Oalaadite of Rogelim,
:

3, maid and told them and they went 28 Brought him beds, and tapestry, and
:

forward, to carry the message to king earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
iDavid, for they might not be seen, nor and meal, and parched corn, and beans,
5nter into the city. and lentils, and fried pulse,
18 But a certain boy saw them, and told 29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and
Absalom: but they making haste went fat calves, and they gave to David and
into the house of a certain man in Bahu- the people that were with him, to eat:
rim, who had a well in his court, and for they suspected that the people were
they went down into it. faint with hunger and thirst in the wilder-
19 And a woman took, and spread a ness.
covering over the mouth of the well, as
lit were to dry sodden barley? and so the 18. CHAPTER
thing was not known. Absalom, is defeated, and slain by Joab. David
I 20 And when Absalom's servants were raourneth for him.

come into the house, they said to the ND David having reviewed his peo-
woman: Where is Achimaas and Jona- A'
ple, appointed over them captains
ithan ? and the woman answered them of thousands and of hundreds,
They passed on in haste, after they had 2 And sent forth a third part of the peo-
tasted a little water. But they that ple under the hand of Joab, and a third
iBOught them, when they found them not, part under the hand of Abisai the son of
ireturned into Jerusalem. Sarvia Joab's brother, and a third part
I 21 And when they were gone, they came under the hand of Ethai, who was of
up out of the well, and going on told king Geth and the king said to the people
:

David, and said Arise, and pass quickly I also will go forth with you.
; :

iover the river: for this manner of counsel 3 And the people answered Thou shalt :

Ihas Achitophel given against you. not go forth: for if we flee away, they
22 So David arose, and all the people will not much mind us or if half of us
:

that were with him, and they passed over should fall, they will not greatly care:
ithe Jordan, until it grew light, and not for thou alone art accounted for ten
*one of them was left that was not gone thousand it is better theref 01 e that thou
:

'
ever the river. shouldst be in the city to succour us.
23 But Achitophel seeing that his coun- 4 And the king said to them What seem-:

sel was not followed, saddled his ass, and
arose and went home to his house and to
his city, and putting his house in order,
hanged himself, and was buried in the
I sepulchre of his father.
I
24 But David came to the camp, and Ab-
i calom passed over the Jordan, he and all
I the men of Israel with him.
; 25 Now Absalom appointed Amasa in
I Joab's stead over the army : and Amasa
I
wac the oon of a man who was called
Jethra of Jezrael, who went in to Abigail
the daughter of Naas, the sister of Sarvia
who was the mother of Joab.
26 And Israel camped with Absalom in slaughter was made that day of twenty
tho land of Galaad.
eth good to you, that will I do. And the
king stood by the gate: and all the peo-
ple went forth by their troops, by hun-
dreds and by thousands.
5 And the king commanded Joab, and
Abisai,and Ethai, saying: Save me the
boy Absalom. And all the people heard
the king giving charge to all the princes
concerning Absalom.
6 So the people went out into the field
against Israel, and the battle was fought
in the forest of Ephraim.
7 And the people of Israel were defeated
there by David's army, and a great
thousand men.

Chap. 17. Ver. 24. To the camp. The city of appears from its having been chosen by Isboseth for
Mahaaairo, the name of which, In Hebrew, signifies the place of his residence.
he camp. I "j vrc.z r. city of noto at that time, as
-I

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Absalom is defeated and slain 2 KINGS The messengers

8 And the battle there was scattered I will run and tell the king, that the Lord
over the face of all the country, and there hath done judgment for him from the
were many more of the people whom the hand of his enemies.
forest consumed, than whom the sword 20 And Joab said to him Thou shalt not
:

devoured that day. be the messenger this day, but shalt bear
9 And it happened that Absalom met tidings another day this day I will not
:

the servants of David, riding on a mule: have thee bear tidings, because the king's
and as the mule went under a thick and son is dead.
large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and 21 And Joab said to Chusai Go, and tell:

while he hung between the heaven and the king what thou hast seen. Chusai
the earth, the mule on which he rode bowed down to Joab, and ran.
passed on. 22 Then Achimaas the son of Sadoc said
10 And one saw this and told Joab, say- to Joab again Why
might not I also run
:

ing: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak. after Chusai? And Joab said to him:
11 And Joab said to the man that told Why
wilt thou run, my son ? thou wilt
him: If thou sawest him, why didst thou not be the bearer of good tidings. [1

not stab him to the ground, and I would
have given thee ten sides of silver, and
a belt?
12 And he said to Joab: If thou wouldst
have paid down in my hands a thousand
pieces of silver, I would not lay my hands
upon the king's son: for in our hearing
the king charged thee, and Abisai, and
Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom.
23 He answered: But what if I run?
j
And he said to him : Bun. Then Achim-
aas running by a nearer way passed
Chusai.
24 And David sat between the two gates:
and the watchman that was on the top
of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his
eyes, saw a man running alone.
25 And crying out he told the king and :

13 Yea and if I should have acted boldly the king said If he be alone, there are
:

against my own life, this could not have
been hid from the king, and wouldst thou
have stood by me ?
14 And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but
I will set upon him in thy sight.
good tidings in his mouth. And as he
was coming apace, and drawing nearer,
26 The watchman saw another man run-
ning, and crying aloud from above, he
So he said I see another man running alone.
:

took three lances in his hand, and thrust And the king said : He also is a good
them into the heart of Absalom: and messenger.
whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on 27 And the watchman said: The run-
the oak, ning of the foremost seemeth to me like
15 Ten young men, armourbearers of the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc.
Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him. And the king said: He is a good man:
16 And Joab sounded the trumpet, and and cometh with good news.
kept back the people from pursuing after 28 And Achimaas crying out, said to the
Israel in their flight, being willing to spare king God save thee, O king. And fall-
:

the multitude. ing down before the king with his face
17 And they took Absalom, and cast him to the ground, he said: Blessed be the
into a great pit in the forest, and they Lord thy God, who hath shut up the men
laid an exceeding great heap of stones that have lifted up their hands against
upon him: but all Israel fled to their own the lord my king.
dwellings. 29 And the king said Is the young maD :

18 Now Absalom had reared up for him- Absalom safe ? And Achimaas said I saw :

self, in his lifetime, a pillar, which is in a great tumult, O king, when thy servant
the king's valley for he said I have no Joab sent me thy servant: I know no-
: :

son, and this shall be the monument of thing else.

my name. And he called the pillar by 30 And the king said to him Pass, and :

his own name, and it is called the hand stand here.

of Absalom, to this day. 31 And when he had passed, and stood
19 And Achimaas the son of Sadocsaid: still, Chusai appeared and coming up he ?

Chap. 18. Ver. 8. Consumed, viz., by i^ilc and chap. 14. 27, were dead when this pillar was erected:
precipices. unless we suppose be raised this pillar before they
Ver. 18. JVo son. The sons mentionecl abovr. were born.
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I KINGS Semei goes meet David

'iivid mourns over Absalom 2 to

f d: I bring good tidings, my lord, the night: and that will he worse to theCj
lig, for the Lord hath judged for thee than all the evils that h-^ve befallen thee
t a day from the hand of all that have from thy youth until now.
1 en up against thee. 8 Then the king arose and sat in the
2 And the king said to Chusai Is the gate: and it was told to all the people
:

«ang man Absalom safe? And Chusai that the king sat in tho gate and all the :

t swering him, said Let the enemies of people came before the king, but Israel
:

r lord, the king, and all that rise against fled to their own dwellings.
'

1:a unto evil, be as the young man is. 9 And all the people were at strife in all
The king therefore being much moved, the tribes of Israel, saying The king de-
{ :

\nt up to the high chamber over the livered us out of the hand of our ene-
g :e, and wept. And as he went he spoke mies, and he saved us out of the hand of
1: this manner ^ My son Absalom, Ab- the Philistines: and now he is fled out of
:

Bom my son: would to God that I the land for Absalom.

B'?ht die for thee, Absalom my son, my 10 But Absalom, whom we anointed
B Absalom.
1 over us, is dead in the battle how long :

are you silent, and bring not back the

CHAPTER 19. king?
Z\>id, at the remonstrances of Joab, eeaseth his 11 And king David sent to Sadoc, and
ouming. He is invited back and met by Semei
the priests, saying: Speak to
,

Abiathar
j

id Miphiboseth: a strife between the men of

ida and the m,en of Israel.
ND
was told Joab, that the king
it
J L wept and mourned for his son
And the victory that day was turned
iir» mourning unto all the people: for
tli people heard say that day: The king
\ gleveth for his son.
And the people shunned the going
the city that day as a people would
ii 3 my bone, and my flesh? So do God to
: d that hath turned their backs, and fled
a ay from the battle.
And the king covered his head, and
c:'3d with a loud voice O my son Ab-
es )m, O Absalom my son, O my son.
the ancients of Juda, saying: Why are
you the last to bring the king back to his
house? (For the talk of all Israel was
come to the king in his house.)
12 You are my brethren, you are ray
bone, and my flesh, why are you the last
to bring back the king?
13 And say ye to Amasa: Art not thou
me and add more, if thou be not the
chief captain of the army before me
always in the place of Joab.
: 14 And he inclined the heart of all the
men of Juda, as it were of one man and :

Then Joab going into the house to the

.
they sent to the king, saying: Return
k |g, said Thou hast shamed this day
: thou, and all thy servants.
tl faces of all thy servants, that have 15 And the king returned and came as
(Ked thy life, and the lives of thy sons,
'^'

far as the Jordan, and all Juda came as

a: of thy daughters, and the lives of
I far as Galgal to meet the king, and to
'
tl wives, and the lives of thy concubines. bring him over the Jordan.
rhou lovest them that hate thee, and
•
16 "* And Semei the son of Gera tha son
' t u hatest them that love thee and : of Jemini of Bahurim, made haste nd
' tl u hast shewn this day that thou car- went down with the men of Juda to
ef not for thy nobles, nor for thy ser- meet king David,
- V. ts and I now plainly perceive that
: 17 With a thousand men of Benjamin,
if! bsalom had lived, and all we had been and Siba the servant of the house of
^ Bl!n, then it would have pleased thee.
Saul: and his fifteen sons, and twenty
» ''S^ow therefore arise, and go out, and servants were with him : and going over
£ B||ak to the satisfaction of thy servants the Jordan,
^f I swear to thee by the Lord, that if
c! 18 They passed the fords before the
tlu wilt not go forth, there will not king, that they might help over the
I ta'y with thee so much as one this king's household, and do according to
k Infra 19. 4. m 3 Kings 2. 8.

r. 33. Would to God. David lamented the death was a figure of Christ weeping, praying and dying
.01 bsalom, because of the wretched state in which for his rebelUous childien, and even for them th&%
T€jied ; and therefore would have been glad to have crucified him.
d his Ufe, even by dying for iwn. In whloh h^

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David spares Semei 2 KINGS David blesses Berzellai

hi6 commandment. And Semei the sod lord the king is returned peaceably into
of Gera falling down befor the king, his house.
when he was come over the Jordan, 31 Berzellai also the Galaadite coming
19 Said to him Impute not to me, my down from Rogehm, brought the king
:

lord, the iniquity^ nor remember the in- over the Jordan, being ready also to
wait
juries of thy servant on the day that thou, on him beyond the river.
my lord, the king, wentest out of Jeru- 32 ^Now Berzellai the Galaadite was of
salem, nor lay it up in thy heart, O king. a great age, that is to say, fourscore
20 For I thy servant acknowledge my years old, and he provided the king with
sin: and therefore I am come this day sustenance when he abode in the camp:
the first of all the house of Joseph, and for he was a man exceeding rich.
am come down to meet my lord the king. 33 And the king said to Berzellai Come :

21 But Abisai the son of Sarvia answer- with me that thou mayest rest secure
ing, said : Shall Semei for these words with me in Jerusalem.
not be put to death, because he cursed 34 And Berzellai said to the king How :

the Lord's anointed? many are the days of the years of my

22 And David said : What have I to do
with you, ye sons of Sarvia? why are
you a satan this day to me ? shall there
any man be killed this day in Israel ? do
not I know that this day I am made king
over Israel?
23 And the king said to Semei : Thou
shalt not die. And he swore unto him.
24 And Miphiboseth the son of Saul
came down to meet the king, and he had
neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his
beard: nor washed his garments from
the day that the king went out, until the
day of his return in peace.
25 And when he met the king at Jeru-
salem, the king said to him : camest
thou not with me, Miphiboseth ?
26 And he answering, said My lord, O
king, my servant despised me for I thy
servant spoke to him to saddle me an
life, that I should go up with the king to
Jerusalem ?
35 ^ I am this day fourscore years old,
are my senses quick to discern sweet and
bitter ? or can meat or drink delight thy
servant? or can I hear any more the
voice of singing men and singing women?
why should thy servant be a burden to
my lord, the king ?
36 I thy servant will go on a little way
from the Jordan with thee : I need not
this recompense.
37 But I beseech thee let thy servant
return, and die in my own city, and be)
buried by the sepulchre of my father,'
Why and of my mother. But there is thy ser-
vant Charaaam, let him go with thee, my
: lord, the king, and do to him whatsoever
: seemeth good to thee.
38 Then the king said to him Let Cham
:

ass, that I might get on and go with the aam go over with me, and I will do for
king for I thy servant am lame.
: him whatsoever shall please thee, and
27 " Moreover he hath also accused me all that thou shalt ask of me, thou shalt
thy servant to thee, my lord the king: obtain.
but ° thou my lord the king art as an 39 And when all the people and the
angel of God, do what pleaseth thee. king had passed over the Jordan, the
28 For all of my father's house were noking kissed Berzellai, and blessed him;
better than worthy of death before my and he returned to his own place.
lord the king and thou hast set me thy
; 40 So the king went on to Galgal, an»
servant among the guests of thy table Chamaam with him. Now all the p»
:

what just complaint therefore have I? pie of Juda had brought the king over,
or what right to cry any more to the and only half of the people of Ibt<
king? were there.
29 Then the king said to him: Why 41 Therefore all the men of Israel run
speakest thou any more? what I have ning together to the king, said to him
said is determined thou and Siba divide Why have our brethren the men of Jud£
:

the possessions. stolen thee away, and have brought the

30 And Miphiboseth answered the king king and his household over the Jordan
Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my and all the men of David with him ?

n oupra M.S.'-'O Supra 14. 17 :uid 20 • 1 Kings 29. 9. p 3 Kings 2.'!'—q Supm 17. 23;
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I eba*s rebellion 2 KINGS Amasa is slain

42 And all the men

of Jnda answered 8 And when they were at the great stone
le men of Because
Israel: the king is which is in Gabaon, Amasa coming met

earer to me why art thou angry for

: them. And Joab had on a close coat of
lis matter? have we eaten any thing equal length with his habit, and over it
f the king's, or have any gifts been was girded with a sword hanging down
iven us ? to his flank, in a scabbard, made in such
43 And the men of Israel answered the manner as to come out with the least
len of Juda, and said I have ten parts: motion and strike.
1 the king more than thou, and David 9 And Joab said to Amasa: God save
elongeth to me more than to thee: thee, my brother. * And he took Amasa
rhy hast thou done me a wrong, and by the chin with his right hand to kiss
rhy was it not told m© first, that I might him.
ring back my king ? And the men of 10 But Amasa did not take notice of the
uda answered more harshly than the sword, which Joab had, and he struck him
len of Israel. in the side, and shed out his bowels to the
ground, and gave him not a second wound,
j
CHAPTER 20. and he died. And Joab, and Abisai his
eba''s rebellion. Amasa is slain by Joab. Abela brother pursued after Seba the son of
but ujyonthe citizens casthig over the
is besieged,
wall the head of Seba, Joab departeth with his Bochri.
arm I/. mean time some men of Joab's
11 In the
A ND
there happened to be there a company stopping at the dead body of
t\. man of Belial, whose name was Seba, Amasa, said Behold he that would have
:

he son of Bochri, a man of Jemini : and
,e sounded the trumpet, and said We
a,\e no part in David, nor inheritance
1 the son of Isai : return to thy dwell-
Qgs, O Israel.
And
all Israel departed from David,
2 look upon him, so he removed Amasa out
jid followed Seba the son of Bochri
»ut the mer of Juda stuck to their king
rom the Jordan unto Jerusalem.
3 And when the king was come into his
ouse at Jerusalem, he took the ten
^omen hie concubines^ whom he had left
keep the house, and put them in ward,
llowing them provisions and he went
ot in unto them, but they were shut up
nto the day of their death living in
been in Joab's stead the companion of
: David.
12 And Amasa imbrued with blood, lay
in the midst of the way. certain man A
saw this that all the people stood still to
of the highway into the field, and covered
him with a garment, that they who passed
might not stop on his account.
13 And when he was removed out of the
way, all the people went on following
Joab to pursue after Seba the son of
Bochri.
: 14 Now he had passed through all the
tribes of Israel unto Abela and Beth-
and all the chosen men were
maacha :

ndowhood. gathered together unto him.

4 And the king said to Amasa : Assem- 15 And they came, and besieged him in
le to me all the men of Juda against the Abela, and in Bethmaacha, and they cast
hird day, and be thou here present. up works round the city, and the city was
5 So Amasa went to assemble the men besieged: and all the people that were
f Juda, but he tarried beyond the set with Joab, laboured to throw down the
im€ which the king had appointed him. walls.
6 And David said to Abisai Now will 16 And a wise woman cried out from the
:

Jeba the son of Bochri do us more harm city Hear, hear, and say to Joab Come : :

ihan did Absalom take thou therefore the near hither, and I will speak with thee.
:

ervants of thy lord, and pursue after him, 17 And when he was come near to her,
est he find fenced cities, and escape us. she said to him: Art thou Joab ? And he
7 So Joab'e men went out with him, and answered I am. And she spoke thus to :

ihe Cerethi and the Phelethi and all him: Hear the words of thy handmaid.
:

)he valiant men went out of Jerusalem He answered: I do hear.

pursue after Seba the son of Bochri. 18 And she again said : A saying was

s 3 Kings 2. 5.

CSAP. 2«. y«r u Abela fmd Bethmaacha. Cities of the tribe of i^ephtalL
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Seba is killed 2 KINGS Seven sons of Saul crucified

deed in the old proverb ? They that in- 3 David thereforelaid tc the Gabaon-
quire, let them inquire in Abela : and so ites : What d for you ? anc' what
shall I
'
hey made an end,. shall be the atonement xor yo a, that you
19 Am
not I she that answer truth in may bless the inheritance ot the Lord V
Israel, and thou seekest to destroy the 4 And the Gabaonites said to him We :

city, and to overthrow a mother in Is- have no contest about silver and gold, but
rael? Why wilt thou throw down the against Saul and against his house nei- •

inheritance of the Lord ? ther do we desire that any man be slain

20 And Joab answering said: God forbid, of Israel. And the king said to them:
God forbid that I should, I do not throw What will you then that T should do for
down, nor destroy. you?
21 The matter is not so, but a man of 5 And they said to the king : The man
mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri that crushed us and oppressed us unjustly,
by name, hath lifted up his hand against we must destroy in such manner that
king David deliver him only, and we there be not so much as one left of his
:

will depart from the city. And the wo- stock in all the coasts of Israel.
man said to Joab Behold his head shall 6 Let seven men of his children be de-
:

be thrown to thee from the wall. livered unto us, that we may crucify them
22 So she went to all the people, and to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the
spoke to them wisely and they cut off chosen of the Lord. And the king said:
:

the head of Seba the son of Bochri, and I will give them.
cast it out to .Joab. And he sounded the 7 ^ And the king spared Miphiboseth
trumpet, and they departed from the city, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, be-
every one to their home : and Joab re- cause of the oath of the Lord, that had
turned to Jerusalem to the king. been between David and Jonathan the
23 So Joab
* was over all the army of son of Saul.
Israel : and Banaias the son of Joiada 8 So the king took the two sons of Res-
was over the Cerethites and Phelethites, phcv tne daughter of Aia, whom she bore to
24 But Aduram over the tributes: and Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth : and the
Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder. five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul,
25 And Siva was scribe and Sadoc and whoni she bore to Hadriel the son of
:

Abiathar, priests. Berzellai, that was of Molathi

26 And Ira the Jairite was the priest of 9 And gave them into the hands of the
David. Gabaonites and they crucified them on a
:

hillbefore the Lord: and these seven

CHAPTER 21. died together in the first days of the
A famine of three years, for the sin of Saul against harvest, when the barley began to be
the Gabaonites, at whose desire seven of Saul^s
race are crucified. War again with the Philis-
reaped.
tines. 10 And Respha the daughter of Aia took
A ND there was a famine in the days haircloth, and spread it under her upon
Jl\ of David for three years succes- the rock from the beginning of the har-
sively and David consulted the oracle of vest, till water dropped upon them out
:

the Lord. And the Lord said It is for of heaven and suffered neither the birds
: :

Saul, and his bloody house, because he to tear them by day, nor the beasts by
slew the Gabaonites. night.
2 Then the king, calling for the Gabaon- 11 And it was told David, what Respha
ites, said to them (Now the Gabaonites
: the daughter of Aia, the concubine of
were not of the children of Israel, but Saul, had done.
the remains of the Amorrhites ^ and the : 12 And David went, and took the bonef
children of Israel had sworn to them, and of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his
Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as son from the men of Jabes Galaad, ^ who
it were for the children of Israel and had stolen them from the street of Beth*
Juda:) san, where the Philistines had hanged

t Supra 8. 16.
V Jos. 9. 15. — wl Kings 18. 3. y 1 Kings 31, 12.

Chap. 21. Ver. 8. Of Michnl. They were the they are here called the sons of Michol, because shfi

sons of Merob, who was married to Hadriel. but adopted them, and brought them up z' her own.
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 War icfith the Philistines ^ KINGS David's psalm of thanksgiving
'Jiem when they had Lord delivered him out of the hand of ali
elain Saul in Gel- i

boe. his enemieS; and out of the hand of Saul,

13 And he brought from thence the 2 And he said ^ The Lord is my rock, ;

bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan and my strength, and my saviour.
his son, and they gathered up the bones 3 God is my strong one, in him will I
of them that were crucified, trust: my shield, and the horn of my
14 And they buried them with the salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my
bones of Saul, and of Jonathan his son refuge my saviour, thou wilt deliver :

in the land of Benjamin, in the side, in me from iniquity.

I
the sepulchre of Cis his father: and they 4^1 will call on the Lord who is worthy
I

did all that the king had commanded, to be praised and I shall be saved from :

and God shewed mercy again to the land my enemies.

after these things. 5 For the pangs of death have sur-
I
15 And the Philistines made war again rounded me the floods of Belial have :

against Israel, and David went down, and made me afraid.

his servants with him, and fought against 6 The cords of uell compassed me the :

the Philistines. And David growing faint, snares of death pre /ented me.
16 Jesbibenob, who was of the race of 7 In my distress I wiU call upon the
Arapha, ^ the iron of whose spear weighed Lord, and I wiL zrr; to my God: and he
fchree hundred ounces, being girded with will hear my voice out of his temple,
a new sword, attempted to kill David. and my cry shall jome to his ears.
1 17 And Abisai the son of Sarvia rescued 8 The earth shook and trembled, the
'
him, and striking the Philistine killed foundations of the mountains were
him. Then David's men swore unto him, moved, and shaken, because he was
saying: Thou shalt go no more out with angry with them.
us to battle, lest thou put out the lamp 9 A smoke went up from his nostrils,
of IsraeL and a devouring fire out of his mouth:
18 * There was also a second battle in coals were kindled by it.
Gob against the Philistines then Sobo- 10 He bowed the heavens, and came
:

chai of Husathi slew Saph of the race of down and darkness was under his feet. :

Arapha of the family of the giants. 11 And he rode upon the cherubims,
19 And there was a third battle in Gob and flew and slid upon the wings of the :

against the Philistines, in which Adeoda- wind.

tus the son of the Forrest an embroiderer 12 He made darkness a covering round
of Bethlehem slew Goliath the Gethite, about him: dropping waters out of tho
the shaft of whose spear was like a clouds of the heavens.
weaver's beam. 13 By the brightness before him, the
20 A fourth battle was in Geth: where coals of fire were kindled.
there was a man of great stature, that 14 The Lord shall thunder from heaven:
had six fingers on each hand, and six and the most high shall give forth his
toes on each foot, four and twenty in all, voice.
and he was of the race of Arapha, 15 He shot arrows and scattered them:
21 And he reproached Israel: and Jon- lightning, and consumed them.
athan the son of Samae the brother of 16 And the overflowings of the sea ap-
David slew him. peared, and the foundations of the world
22 These four were bom of Arapha in were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord,
Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.
and of his servants. 17 He sent from on high, and took me,
and drew me out of many waters.
CHAPTER 22. 18 He delivered me from my most
finff David's psalm of thanksgiving for his deliver' mighty enemy, and from them that hated
ancefrom, all his enemies.
me for they were too strong for me.:

ND
\ David spoke to the Lord the words 19 He prevented me in the day of my
of this canticle, in the day that the affliction, and the Lord became my stay.
2 1 Kings 17. 7. —a 1 Par. 20. 4. 6 Ps. 17. 3. — c Ps. 17.4.
Ver.l9. Afle.nrlnfijn the son of
, fhP- Fnrreat. So it pretation of the Hebrew uamei>, which are Elhauao
» rendered iu the Latin Vulgate, by giving the inter- the son of Jaare.
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David* s psalm of thanksgiving 2 KINGS David*s last words

20 And he brought me forth into a large to battle: thou hast made them that
placo, he delivered me, because I pleased T^sistec*! me to bow under me.
him. il encmiG3 thou hast made to turnMy
1 The Lord will reward me according ohoir back to me them that hated me, :

to my justice and according to the clean- and I shall destroy them.

:

ness of my hands he will render to me. 42 They shall cry, and there shall be
22 Because I have kept the ways of the none to aave to the Lord, and he shall :

Lord, and have not wickedly departed not hear thom.

from my God. 43 I shall beat them as small as the duat
23 For all his judgments are in my sight of the earth: I shall crush them and
and his precepts I have not removed spread them abroad like the mire of the
from me. streets.
24 And be perfect with him: and 44 Thou wilt save me from the contra-
I shall
shall keep myself fro: my iniquity. dictions of my people: thou wilt keep
25 And the Lord will recompense me me to be the head of the Gentiles tb«» :

according to my justice: and according people which I know not, shall serve me,
to the cleanness of my hands in the sight 45 The sons of the stranger will resist
of his eyes. me, at the hearing of the ear they wiU
26 With the holy one thou wUt be holy obey me
and with the valiant perfect. 46 The strangers are melted away, and
27 With the elect thou wilt be sleet: shall be straitened in their distresses.
and with the perverse thou wilt be per- 47 The Lord hveth, and my God is
verted. blessed and the strong God of my sal- :

28 And the poor people thou wil save vation shall be exalted:
and with thy eyes thor I' humble the 48 God who giveth me revenge, and
haughty. bringest down peoplo under me,
29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord and 49 Who bringest me forth from my ene-
:

thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness. mies, and hftest me up from them that
30 For in thee I will run girded in my resist me: ^from the wicked man thou
:

God I will leap over the wall. shalt deliver me.

31 God, his way is immaculate, the word 60 -^Therefore will I give thanks to thee,
of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will
shield of all that trust in him. sing to thy name.
32 Who is God but the Lord : and who 61 Giving great salvation to his king,
is strong but our God ? and shewing mercy to David his anointed,
33 God who hath girded me with and to his seed for ever.
strength, and made my way perfect.
34 ** Making my feet like the feet of CHAPTER 23.
harts, and setting me upon my high The last words of Da vid. A ca talogue of his valiar
places. men.
35 He teacheth
maketh my arms like a bow of brass.
my hands to war: and
N OW
David the son of Isai said The man
36 Thou hast given me the shield of my to whom it was appointed concerning
these are David's last wordfe.
:

salvation and thy mildness hath multi- the Christ of the God of Jacob, ^ the ex-
:

plied me. cellent psalmist of Israel said

37 Thou shalt enlarge my steps under 2 The spirit of the Lord hath spoken
me: and my ankles shall not fail. by me and his word by my tongue.
38 I will pursue after my enemies, and 3 The God of Israel me, the
said to
crush them: and will not return again strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of
till I consume them. men, the just ruler in the fear of God.
39 I will consume them and break them 4 As the light of the morning, when the
in pieces, so that they shall not rise: sun riseth, shineth in the morning with-
they shall fall under my feet. out clouds, and as the grass springeth
40 Thou hast girded me with strength out oi the earth by rain.
(I Ps. 143. 1. — e Ps. 17. 49. / Rom. 16. 9. — ^ Acts 2. 30.
Chap. 23. V^r. ^, As the Light, Sic So L^hall ^«e the kingdom ol Clirisu

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2 KINGS David's valiant men

[irid^s valiant men
of the PhiUstiDes
Neither house so great with there waa a garrison
is my |

d, that he should make

with me an then in Bethlehem.
things and 15 And David longed, and said O that :

irnal covenant, tirm in all

would get me a drink of the
lured. For he is all my salvation, and some man
out of the cistern, that is in Beth-
my will: neither is there ought water lehem, by the gate.
;reof that springeth not up.
16 And the three valiant men broke
But transgressors shall all of them be
not through the camp of the Philistines, and
icked up as thorns: which are
drew water out of the cistern of Bethle-
:en away with hands.
that was by the gate, and brought
And if a man will touch them, he hem, but
oat be armed with iron and
with the it to David but he would not drink, :

Lord,
iff of a lance but they shall be set on offered it to the
:

nothing. 17 Saying: The Lord be merciful to me,

•e and burnt to
this: shall I drink the
^ These are the names of the valiant that I may not do
I

these men that went, and the

911 of David. Jesbaham sitting in the blood of
their lives? therefore he would
-air was the wisest chief among
the peril of
not drink. These things did these three
iree, he was like the most
tender little
men.
orm of the wood, who killed eight bun- mighty also the brother of Joab, the
18 Abisai
red men at one onset.
son of Sarvia, was chief among three:
_, After him was Eleazar the son of
odo the Ahohite, one of the three val-
and he lifted up his spear against three
David when hundred whom he slew, and he was
re-
,nt men that were with
ey defied the Philistines, and they
nowned among the three,
together to battle. 19 And the noblest of three, and was
ere there gathered three first he at-
10 And when of Israel were their chief, but to the
the men
tained not.
one away, he stood and smote the Phi-
stines till his hand was weary, and grew
20 And Banaias the son of Joiada a
bifC with the sword: and the Lord most valiant man, of great deeds, of
rrought a great victory that day: and
Cabseel : he slew the two lions of Moab,
he people that were fled away, returned and he went down, and slew a Hon in
o take spoils of them that were slain. the midst of a pit, in the time of snow.
II And after him was Semma the son of 21 He also slew an Egyptian, a man
a sight, having a spear rn
ge of Arari. And the Philistines were worthy to be
gathered together in a troop : for there his hand:
but he went down to him with
as a field full of lentils. And when the a rod, and forced the spear out of the
|

•eople were fled from the face of the hand

of the Egyptian, and slew him with
^hiliatines, his own spear.
12 He stood in the midst of the field, 22 These things did Banaias the son of
md defended and defeated the Phi-
it, Joiada.
listines: and the Lord gave a great vic- 23 And he was renowned among the
tory. three vahant men, who were the most
Moreover also before this the three
13 honourable among the thirty: but he at-
who were princes * among the thirty, tained not to the first three: and David
his privy council.
went down and came to David in the made him of
harvest time into the cave of OdoUam 24 Asael the brother of Joab was one of
son of Dodo of
and the camp of the Philistines was in the thirty, Elehanan the
the valley of the giants. Bethlehem.
14 And David was then in a hold : and 25 Semma of Harodi, Elica of Harodi,
i 1 Par. 11. 15.
h 1 Par. 11. 10.

Ver. Neither is my he should

house, &c. As if appeared like one tender and weak, but was indeed
most valiant and strong. It seems the Latm has
5.
say This everlasting covenant was not due to my
•
name
here given the interpretation of the Hebrew
of
house: but purely owing to his boui/ty; who is all of the
my salvation, and my will that is, who hath always the hero, to whom Jesbaham v/as like, mstead
name itself, which was Adi^m the Eznite, one mucH
:

saved me, and granted me what I beseeched of him

•o that I and my house, through his blessing, have renowned of old for his valour. , u ;„ tha
•

Ver. 9. Dodo. In Latin, P<itrm ejus, wiiich is the

sprung up, and succeeded in all things. same
Ver. 8. Jesbaham, the son of HachamonL For interpretation of the Hebrew name Dodo, Tne
this was the name of Uis hero, as appears from occur? iD ver. 2A.
* Clnoc.
or faralip. U. "- Ibkl Most tender» &o. fie
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26 Heles of Phalti, Hira the son ot Acces of the army: and Joab, and the captaiiiEl
of Thecua,
27 Abiezer of Anathoth, Mobonnai of sence of the king, to number the people
Husati,
28 Selmop ihe Ahohite, Maharai the
Netophathitfc,
29 Heled the son of Baana, also a Neto-
phathite, Ithai the son of Ribai of Gabaath
of the children of Benjamin,
30 Banaia t»:ie Pharathonite, Heddai of
the torrent Gaas,
31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth
of Beromi,
32 Ehaba of Salaboni. The sons of Jas-
sen, Jonathai».
33 Semma of Orori, Aliam the son of
Sarar the Arorite,
34 Eliphelet the son of Aasbai the son
of Machati, Eliam the son of Achitophel
the Gelonite,
35 Hesrai of Carmel, Pharai of Arbi,
36 Igaal the soa of Nathan of Soba,
Bonni of Gadi,
37 Selec of Ammoni, Naharai the Be-
rothite, armourbear#r of Joab the son of
Sarvia,
David numbers the peopU]
of the soldiers went out from the pre
of Israel.
5 And when they had passed the Jor-
dan, they came to Aroer to the right side
of the city, which is in the vale of
Gad.
6 And by Jazer they passed into Galaad,
and to the lower land of Hodsi, and they
came into the woodlands of Dan» And
going about by Sidon,
7 They passed near the
walls of Tyre,
and the land of the Hevite, and the
all
Chanaanite, and they came to the south
of Juda into Bersabee
8 And having gone through the whole
land, after nine months and twenty days,
they came to Jerusalem.
9 And Joab gave up the sum of the num*
ber of the people to the king, and there
were found of Israel eight hundred thou-
sand valiant men that drew the sword:
and of Juda five hundred thousand fight-
ing men.
But David's heart struck him, after
10 ^

38 Ira the Jethrite. Gareb also a Jeth- the people were numbered: and David
rite said to the Lord: I have sinned very
39 Urias the Hethite, thirty and seven much in what I have done: but I pray
in all. thee, O Lord, to take away the iniquity
of thy servant, because I have done ex-
CHAPTER 54. ceeding foolishly.
David numbereth the people, irod sendeth a pesti-
lence, which is stopt by David's prayer and sacru 11 And David arose in the morning,
Jice, and the word of the Lord came to Gad
AND the anger of the Lord ^ was again the prophet and the seer of David, say-
J\. kindled against Israel, and stirred ing;
up David among them, saying: Go, num- 12 Go, and say to David: Thus saith the
ber Israel and Juda. Lord: I give thee thy choice of three
2 And the king said to Joao the general things, choose one of them which thou
of his army Go through all the tribes of wilt, that I may do it to thee.
:

Israel from Dan to Bersabee, and number 13 And when Gad was come to David,
ye the people that I may know the num- he told him, saying: Either seven years
ber of them. of famine shall come to thee in thy land:
3 And Joab said to the king The Lord or thou Shalt flee three months before
thy God increase thy people, and make thy adversaries, and they shall pursue
them as many more as they are now, and thee: or for three days there shall be a
again multiply them a hundredfold in pestilence in thy land. Now therefore
the sight of my lord the king: bet what deliberate, and see what answer X shall
meaneth my lord the king by this kind return to him that sent me.
of thing? 14 And David said to Gad: I am in a
4 But the king's words prevailed over great strait: ^ but it is better that I
the words of Joab, and of the captains should fall into the hands of the Lord
k 1 Par. 21. 13. 1 1 Kings 24. 6. — m Dan. 13. 23.

Chap. 24. Ver. 1. Stirred up, &c. This stirring were numbered. That is he was touched with a great
up was not the doing of God, but of Satan; as it is remorse for the vanity and pride which had put hiir
expressly declared, l Chron. or Paralip. 21. 1. upoQ numbermg the people.
Ver. 10. David's hea-rt struck himt ajter the people
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[he pestilence 2 KINGS The plague is stayed

for hismercies are many) than into the
ands of men.
L6 And the Lord sent a pestilence upon
crael, from the morning unto the time
Ippointed, and there died of the people
om Dan to Bersabee seventy thousand
ten.
16 And when the angel of the Lord had
aretched out his hand over Jerusalem to
estroy it, the Lord had pity on the
flfliction, and said to the angel that slew
le people :It is enough now hold thy
: lord the king take, and offer, as it seem-
and. And the angel of the Lord was by
le thrashingfloor of Areuna the Jebusite.
17 And David said to the Lord, when he
iw the angel striking the people It is : 23 All these things Areuna as a king gave
; I am he that have sinned, I
have done
ickedly: these that are the sheep,
hat have they done ? let thy hand, I
eseech thee, be turned against me, and
gainst my father's house.
18 And Gad came to David that day,
nd said: Go up, and build an altar to
tie Lord in the thrashingfloor of Areuna
lieJebusite.
19 And David went up according to the
rord of Gad which the Lord had com-
king and his servants coming towards
him:
21 And going out he worshipped the
king, bowing with his face to the earth,
and said: Wherefore is luv lord the king
come to his servant ? Ana David said to
him: To buy the thrashingfloor of thee,
and build an altar to the Lord, that the
plague, which rageth among the people,
may cease.
22 And Areuna said to David : Let my
eth good to him: thou hast here oxen for
a holocaust, and the wain, and the yokes
of the oxen for wood.
to the king: and Areuna said to the king:
The Lord thy God receive thy vow.
24 And the king answered him, and said:
Nay, but I will buy it of thee at a price,
and I will not offer to the Lord my God
holocausts free cost. So David bought
the floor, and the oxen, for fifty sides
of silver
25 And David built there an altar to the
Lord, and offered holocausts and peace
offerings and the Lord became merciful
:

landed him. to the land, and the plague was stayed

20 And Areuna looked, and saw the from Israel.

THE
THIRD BOOK OF KINGS.
^is and the following Book are called hy the holy fathers the third and fourth book of Kings;
but by the Hebrews, the first aitd second. They contain the history of the kingdoms of Israel
and Juda, from the beginning of the reign of Solomon, to the captivity. As to the writer o;f
these books, it seems most probable they were not written by one man ; nor at one time ; but as
there was all along a succession of prophets in Israel, who recorded, by divine inspiration, the
most remarkable things that happened in th^ir days, these books seem to have been written
by these prophets. See 2 Paralip. alias 2 Chron. 9. 29 ; 12. 15 13. 22 20. 34 26. 22 32.
; ; ; ;

32.

CHAPTER 1. Let us seek for our lord the king, a young

Hng David growing old, Abisag a Sunamitess is
virgin, and let her stand before the king,
brought to him. Adonias pretending to reign, Na- and cherish him, and sleep in his bosom,
than and Bethsabee obtain that Solomon should
!

be declared and anointed king.

and warm our lord the king.
3 So they sought a beautiful young wo-
VTOW king David was old, and ad- man in all the coasts of Israel, and they
i-i vanced in years and when he was
: found Abisag a Sunamitess, and brought
jovered with clothes, he was not warm. her to the king.
I
2 His servants therefore said to him 4 And the damsel was exceeding beauti

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Adonias usurps the throne 3 KINGS David chooses Solomon

rui, and she slept with the king: and 18 And behold now Adonias reigneth,
served him, but the king did not know and thou, my lord the king, knowest
her. nothing of it.
5 And Adonias the son of Haggith ex- 19 He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle,
alted himself, saying : I will be king. And and many rams, and invited all the king's
he made himself chariots and horsemen, sons, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab
and fifty men to run before him. the general of the army but SolomoD :

6 ^ Neither did his father rebuke him at thy servant he invited not.
any time, saying: Why hast thou done 20 And now, my lord O king, the eyes
this ? And he also was very beautiful, of all Israel are upon thee, that thou
^he next in birth after Absalom. shouldst tell them, who shall sit on thy
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of throne, my lord the king, after thee.
(Barvia, and with Abiathar the priest, who 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when
furthered Adonias's side. my lord the king sleepeth with his fa-
8 But Sadoc the priest, and Banaias the thers, that I and my son Solomon shall be
son of Joiada, and Nathan the prophet, counted offenders.
and Semei, and Rei, and the strength of 22 As she was yet speaking with the
David's army was not with Adonias. king, Nathan the prophet came.
9 And Adonias having slain rams and 23 And they told the king, saying Na- :

calves, and all fat cattle by the stone of than the prophet is here. And when he
Zoheleth, which was near the fountain was come in before the king, and had
Rogel, invited all his brethren the king's worshipped, bowing down to the ground,
sons, and all the men of Juda, the king's 24 Nathan said My lord O king, hast :

servants thou said Let Adonias reign after me^

:

10 But Nathan the prophet, and Bana- and let him sit upon my throne ?
ias, and all the valiant men, and Solo- 25 Because he is gone down to day, ani
mon his brother, he invited not. hath killed oxen, and fatlings, and many
11 And Nathan said to Bethsabee the rams, and invited all the king's sons, and
mother of Solomon Hast thou not heard the captains of the army, and Abiathar
:

that Adonias the son of Haggith reigneth, the priest: and they are eating and
and our lord David knoweth it not ? drinking before him, and saying: God
12 Now then come, take my counsel and save king Adonias
save thy life, and the life of thy son Sol- 26 But me thy servant, and Sadoc the
omon. priest, and Banaias the son of Joiada,
13 Go, and get thee in to king David, and and Solomon thy servant he hath not in-
say to him Didst not thou, my lord O vited.
:

king, swear to me thy handmaid, saying 27 Is this word come out from my lord
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and the king, and hast thou not told me thy
he shall sit on my throne ? why then doth servant who should sit on the throne of
Adonias reign ? my lord the king after him ?
1 i And while thou art yet speaking there 28 And king David answered and said
with the king, I will come in after thee, Call to me Bethsabee. And when she
and will fill up thy words. was come in to the king, and stood before
15 So Bethsabee went in to the king into him,
the chamber now the king was very old,
: 29 The king swore and said As the :

and Abisag the Sunamitess ministered to Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul
him. out of all distress,
16 Bethsabee bowed herself, and wor- 30 Even as I swore to thee by the Lord
shipped the king. And the king said to the God of Israel, saying: Solomon thy
her What is thy will?
: son shall reign after me, and he shall sit
17 She answered and said My lord, upon my throne in my stead, so will I do
:

thou didst swear to thy handmaid by the this day.

Lord thy God, saying Solomon thy son 31 And Bethsabee bowing with her face
:

shall reign after me, and he shall sit on to the earth worshipped the king, say-
my throne. ing May my lord David hve for ever.
:

o 1 Kings 2. 29 ; 2 Klogs 13. 21, and & L

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iomon is anointed king 3 KINGS Solomon spares Adonias

King David also said Call me Sadoc thi, and Phelethi, and they have set hiii.
i

priest, and Nathan the prophet, and upon the king's mule.
laias the son of Joiada. And when 45 And Sadoc the priest, and Nathan
y were come in before the king. the prophet have anointed him king in
He said to them Take with you the Gihon and they are gone up from thence
:
:

vants of your lord, and set my son rejoicing, so that the city
rang again*
lomon upon my mule and bring him : this is the noise that you have heard.
46 Moreover Solomon sitteth upon the
3ihon.
And let Sadoc the priest, and Nathan throne of the kingdom,
prophet anoint him there king over 47 And the king's servants going in
llael: and you shall sound the trum- have blessed our
lord king David, saying i

,.,and shall say God save

: king Solo- May God make the name of Solomon
greater than thy name, and make his
I
1 n.

» And you shall come up after him, throne greater than thy throne. And
he shall come, and shall sit upon my the king adored in his bed
flone, and he shall reign in my stead 48 And he said Blessed be the Lord the :

a I will appoint him to be ruler over God of Israel, who hath given this day
ael, and over Juda. one to sit on my throne, my eyes seeing
) And Banaias the son of Joiada an- it.

ered the king, saying: Amen: so say 49 Then all the guests of Adonias were
) Lord the God of my lord the king. afraid, and they all arose and every man
|r As the Lord hath been with my lord went his way.
3 king, so be he with Solomon, and 50 And Adonias
fearing Solomon, arose,
Lke his throne higher than the throne and went, and took hold on the horn of
my lord king David. the altar.
i So Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the
51 And they told Solomon, saying Be- :

Dphet went down, and Banaias the son
Joiada, and the Cerethi, and Phelethi:
d they set Solomon upon the mule of
ag David, and brought him to Gihon.
9 And Sadoc the priest took a horn of
out of the tabernacle, and anointed
hold Adonias, fearing king Solomon,
hath taken hold of the horn of the altar,
saying: Let king Solomon swear to me
this day, that he will not kill his servant
with the sword.
52 And Solomon said If he be a good
:

lomon: and they sounded the trum-
t, and all the people said: God save
iig Solomon.
And all the multitude went up after
im, and the people played with pipes,
d rejoiced with a great joy, and the
man, there shall not so much as one hair
of his head fall to the ground: but it
evil be found in him, he shall die.
53 Then king Solomon sent, and brought
him out from the altar: and going in he
worshipped king Solomon and Solomon :

rth rang with the noise of their cry. said to him Go to thy house.
:

1 And Adonias, and all that were in- CHAPTER 2.

|ted by him, heard it, and now the feast
David, after giving his last charge to Solomoi\
18 at an end Joab also hearing the
: dieth. Adonias is put to death: Abiathar is
und of the trumpet, said What mean- :
banished : Joab and Semei are slain.
h this noise of the city in an uproar ? AND Pthe days of David drew nigh
:2 While he yet spoke, Jonathan the J\. that he should die, and he charged
n of Abiathar the priest came and : his son Solomon, saying
donias said to him Come in, because
: 2 I am going the way of all flesh take :

lou art a valiant man, and bringest good thou courage, and shew thyself a man.
JWS. 3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy
13 And Jonathan answered Adonias God, to walk in his ways, and observe
ot so for our lord king
: his ceremonies, and his precepts, and
David hath
jpointed Solomon king. judgments, and testimonies, ^ as it is
14 And hath sent with him Sadoc the written in the law of Moses that thou :

riest, and Nathan the prophet, and mayest understand all thou dost, and
anaias the son of Joiada, and the Cere- whithersoever thou shalt turn thyself :

p B. C. 972. g Deat 1^. 19.

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The death of David 3 KINGS Adonias is put to death

4 That the Lord may confirm hie words, 15 Thou knowest that the kingdom wan
Tvhich he hath spoken of me, saying: If mine, and all Israel had preferred me to
thy children shall take heed to their be their king but the kingdom is trans- :

ways, and shall walk before me in truth, ferred, and is become my brother^s for :

with all their heart, and with all their it was appointed him by the Lord.
soul, there shall not be taken away from 16 Now therefore I ask one petition of
thee a man on the throne of Israel. thee: turn not away my face. And she
5 Thou knowest also what Joab the son said to him Say on. :

of Sarvia hath done to me, what he did 17 And he said: I pray thee speak to
to the two captains of the army of Israel, king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee
**
to Abner the son of Ner, and ® to Amasa any thing) to give me Abisag the Su-
the son of Jether whom he slew, and namitess to wife.
:

shed the blood of war in peace, and put 18 And Bethsabee said Well, I will :

the blood of war on his girdle that was speak for thee to the king.
about his loins, and in his shoes that 19 Then Bethsabee came to king Solo-
were on his feet. mon, to speak to him for Adonias and :

6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, the king arose to meet her, and bowed
and let not his hoary head go down to to her, and sat down upon his throne;
hell in peace. and a throne was set for the king^s
7 But shew kindness to the sons of Ber- mother, and she sat on his right hand.
zellai the Galaadite, and let them eat at 20 And she said to him: I desire one
thy table: * for they met me when I fled small petition of thee, do not put me to
from the face of Absalom thy brother. confusion. And the king said to her:
8 ** Thou hast also with thoe Semei the My mother, ask: for I must not turn
son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim, away thy face.
who cursed me with a grievous curse, 21 And she said: Let Abisag the Sunam-
when I went to the camp but because itess be given to Adonias thy brother to
:

he came down to meet me when I passed wife.

over the Jordan, and I swore to him by 22 And king Solomon answered, and
the Lord, saying I will notkill thee with
: said to his mother: Why dost thou ask
a sword Abisag the Sunamitess for Adonias ? ask
9 Do not thou hold him guiltless. But for him also the kingdom for he is my :

thou art a wise man, and knowest what
to do with him, and thou shalt bring
down his grey hairs with blood to hell.
10 ^So David slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the city of David.
11 ^ And the days that David reignod
in Israel, were forty years in Hebron
he reigned seven years, in Jerusalem
thirty-three.
12 And Solomon sat upon the throne of
his father David, and his kingdom was
strengthened exceedingly.
13 And Adonias the son of Haggith
came to Bethsabee the mother of Solo-
mon. And she said to him Is thy coming
peaceable ? he answered Peaceable.
elder brother, and hath Abiathar the
priest, and Joab the son of Sarvia.
23 Then king Solomon swore by the
Lord, saying: So and so may God do to
me, and add more, if Adonias hath not
spoken this word against his own life.
: 24 And now as the Lord liveth, who hath
established me, and placed me upon the
throne of David my father, and who hath
made me a house, as he promised, Ado-
nias shall be put to death this day.
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand
of Banaias the son of Joiada, who slew
him, and he died.
: 26 And the king said also to Abiathar
: the priest Go to Anathoth to thy lands,
:

14 And he added I have a word to : for indeed thou art worthy of death but :

speak with thee. She said to him: I will not at this time put thee to death,
Speak. And he said because thou didst carry the ark of the
r 2 Kings 3. 27. — s 2 Kings 20. 10.— < 2 Kings 19.31. V Acts 2. 29.
u 2 Kings 16. 5, and 19. 19. W 1 Par. 29. 27.
Chap. 2. Ver. 5. Joab. These instructions given Ver. 6. To hell. This word hell doth not here sig.
by David to his son, with relation to Joab and Semei, nify the place or state of damnation but the place ;

proceeded not from any rancour of heart, or private and state of the dead*
pique; but from a zeal for justice, that crimes so
public and heinous might not pass unpunished.
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Joah is slain S KINGS

Semei is put io death
Lord God before David my father, and 37 For on what day soever thou shalt
bast endured trouble in all the troubles go out, and shalt pass over the brook
toy father endured. Cedron, know that thou shalt be put to
27 So Solomon cast t>vJtt Abiathar, from death thy blood shall be upon thy own :

being the priest of the Lord, ^ that the head:

word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which 38 And Semei said to the king: The
he spoke concerning the house of Heli in saying is good : as my lord the king hath
Silo. said, so will thy servant do. And Semei
28 And the news came to Joab, because dwelt in Jerusalem, many days.
Joab had turned after Adonias, and had 39 And it came to pass after three years,
not turned after Salomon and Joab fled that the servants of Semei ran away to
:

Into the tabernacle of the Lord and laid Achis the son of Maacha the king of
hold on the horn of the altar. Geth: and it was told Semei that his
29 And it was told king Solomon, that servants were gone to Geth.
Toab was fled into the tabernacle of the 40 And Semei arose, and saddled his ass,
Lord, and was by the altar and Solomon and went to Achis to Geth to seek his
:

Bent Banaias the son of Joiada, saying servants, and he brought them out of
Go, kill him. Geth.
30 And Banaias came to the cabernacle 41 And it was told Solomon that Semei
of the Lord, and said to him Thus saith had gone from Jerusalem to Geth, and
:

the king Come forth. And he said I was come back.

; :

will not come forth, but here I will die. 42 And sending he called for him, and
Banaias brought word back to the king, said to him Did I not protest to thee by :

saying: Thus saith Joab, and thus he the Lord, and tell thee before : On what
answered me, day soever thou shalt go out. and walk
31 And the king said to him Do as he abroad any whither, know that thou shalt
:

hath said: and kill him, and bury him, die? And thou answeredst me: The
and thou shalt remove the innocent word that I have heard is good.
blood which hath been shed by Joab, 43 Why then hast thou not kept the
from me, and from the house of my oath of the Lord, and the commandment
father. that I laid upon thee ?
32 And the Lord shall return his blc od 44 And the king said to Semei: Thou
upon his own head, because he murdered knowest all the evil, of which thy heart
two men, just and better than Mmself is conscious, which thou didst to David
and slew them with the sword, my father my father : the Lord hath returned thy
David not knowing it, y Abner fche son of wickedness upon thy own head
Ner, general of the army of Israel, and 45 And king Solomon shall be biessed,
Amasa the son of Jether, general of !ihe and the throne of David shall be estab*
army of Juda. lished before the Lord for ever.
33 And their blood shall return upon 48 So the king commanded Banaias the
the head of Joab, and upon the bead of son of Joiada: and he went out and
his seed for ever. But to David and his struck him, and he died.
seed and his house, and to his throne be
pef.ce for ever from the Lord. CHAPTER 3.
34 So Banaias the son of Joiada went up, Solomon marrieth Pharaohs daughter, ffe sacriJU
ceth in Gabaon in the choice which God gave him.
:
and setting upon him slew him, and he he preferreth wisdom. His wise judgment between
was buried in his house in the desert. the two harlots.
35 And the king appointed Banaias the A ND ^ the kingdom was established ^ in
eon of Joiada in his room over the army, jljl the hand of Solomon, and he made
and Sadoc the priest he put in the place affinity with Pharao the king of Egypt
of Abiathar. for he took his daughter, and brought
36 The king also sent, and called for her into the city of David, ^ until he had
Semei, and said to him : Build fchee a made an end of building his own house,
house in Jerusalem, and dwell there: and the house of the Lord, and the wall
and go not out from thence any whither. of Jerusalem round about. I

X Kings «B.C.
1
y Z Kings a 27
2.
:
31
20 y^ a 2 Par. 1. 1. — 6972.
2 Par. 8. IL
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Solomon asks for wisdom 3 KINGS Solomon's jucigrl

2 But yet the people sacrificed in the riches and glory, so that no one hath
high places: for there was no temple like thee among the kings in all
built to the name of the Lord until that heretofore.
day. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my
3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking and keep my precepts, and my comm
in the precepts of David his father, only ments, as thy father walked, I
he sacrificed in the high places and burnt lengthen thy days.
:

incense. 15 And Solomon awaked, and perceil

4 He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacri- that it was a dream: and when he its

fice there for that was the great high come to Jerusalem, he stood before e
:

place : a thousand victims for holocausts ark of the covenant of the Lord, anc f-

did Solomon offer upon that altar in fered holocausts, and sacrificed victs
Gabaon. of peace offerings, and made a great l t

6 And the Lord appeared to Solomon in for all his servants.

a dream by night, saying Ask what thou 16 Then there came two women it
:

wilt that I should give thee. were harlots, to the king, and stood
6 And Solomon said^ Thou hast shewn fore him
great mercy to thy servant Drvid my 17 And one of them said: I bese j

father, even as he walked before thee in thee, my lord, I and this woman dwel a
truth, and justice, and an upright heart one house, and I was delivered of a c j
with thee and thou hast kept thy great with her in the chamber.
•

mercy for hinr, and hast given him a son 18 And the third day, after that I s
to sit on his t /u-one, as it is this day. delivered, she also was delivered, and 3

7 And now, O Lojd God, thcu hast made were together, and no other person vi
thy servant king instead o2 David my us in the house, only we two.
father: and I am but a child, and know 19 And this woman's child died in
not how to go out and come in. night : for in her sleep she over i

8 And thy servant 5s in the midst of the him,

people which thou h^8t chosen, an im- 20 And rising in the dead time of
mense people, which e^ nnot be nuinbered night, she took my child from my s
nor counted for multitude. while I thy handmaid was asleep, ; i

9 ^Give therefore to thy servant an un- laid it in her bosom and laid her d : 1

derstanding heart, to judge thy people, child in my bosom.

and discern between good and evil. For 21 And when I rose in the morning
who shall be able tc judge this people, give my child suck, behold it was de .

thy people which is so numerous ? but considering him more diligently w'
10 And the word was pleasing to the it was clear day, I found that it was
A^ord that Solomon had asked such a mine which I bore.
thing. 22 And the other woman answered
11 And the Lord said to Solomon: Be- is not so as thou sayest, but thy chile
cause thou hast asked this thing, and dead, and mine is alive. On the cci-ti
hast not asked for thyself long life or she said: Thou liest: for my child liv(
riches, nor the lives of thy enemies, but and thy child is dead. And in this in
hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern ner they strove before the king.
judgment, 23 Then said the king: The one ea
12 Behold I have done for thee accord- My child is alive, and thy child is de
ing to thy words, and have given thee a And the other answereth Nay, but : i

wise and understanding heart, insomuch child is dead, and mine liveth.
that there hath been no one like thee 24 The king therefore said: Bring m
before thee, nor shall arise after thee. sword. And when they had brougl^
13 ** Yea and the things also which thou sword before the king,
didst not ask, I have given thee : to wit, 25 Divide, said he, the living child

c 2 Par. 1. 10. d Wisd. 7. 11 • ATatt. 3. 29.

Chap. 3. Ver. 2. High places. That is, altars Among these hifrh places that of Gabaon was
«There they worshipped the Lord, but not according chiefest, because tliere was the tabernacle of tlie
JO the ordinance of the law; which allowed of no timony, which bad been removed from Silo to ^
^xfi' Diaces tor sacrifice but the temple of God. and from Nobe to Gabaon.
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hlomons chief officers 3 KINGS His power and riches

iWO, and give half to the one, «.nd half to rael, from Bethsan unto Abelmehula over
jhe other. against Jecmaan.
126 woman whose child was alive,
But the 13 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad: he had
aid to the kingj (for her bowels were the towns of Jair the son of Manasses in
loved upon her child,) I beseech thee, Galaad, he was chief in all the country
ly lord, give her the child alive, and do of Argob, which is in Basan, threescore
ot kill it. But the other said : Let it be great cities with walls, and brazen bolts.
either mine nor thine, but divide it. 14 Abinadab the son of Addo was chief
27 The king answered, and said: Give in Manaim.
\Q living child to this woman, and let it 15 Achimaas in Nephtali: he also had
ot be killed, for she is the mother there- Basemath the daughter of Solomon to
f. wife.
28 And all Israel heard the judgment 16 Baana the son of Husi, in Aser and in
hich the king had judged, and they Baloth.
ared the king, seeing that the wisdom 17 Josaphat the son of Pharue, in Issa-
: God was in him to do judgment. char.
18 Semei the son of Ela in Benjamin.
CHAPTER 4. 19 Gaber the son of Uri, in the land
lolomon^s chief officers. His riches and wisdom. of Galaad, in the land of Sehon the king
iND king Solomon reigned over all Is- of the Amorrhites and of Og the king of
A- rael: Basan. over all that were in that land.
!And these were the princes which 20 Juda and Israel were innumerable, as
3 had: Azarias the son of Sadoc the the sand of the sea in multitude: eating
iest: and drinking, and rejoicing.
Elihoreph, and Ahia, the sons of Sisa, 21 ^ And Solomon had imdor him. all tho
ribes: Josaphat the son of Ahilud, re- kingdoms from the nver to the land or
rder: the Philistines, eve J to the border of
Banaias the son of Joiada, over the Egypt: and they broughfi him presents
imy: and Sadoc and Abiathar priests. and serveci him, all the dayc of Ids life.
Azarias the son of Nathan, over them 22 And the provision of Soloi^on for
1at were about the king: Zabud, the son oach day, waL thirtj^ measures of fine
« Nathan the priest, the king's friend flour, and thioosoore measures of meal,
And Ahisar governor of the house: 23 Ten ^at oxer and twenty out of the
{d Adoniram the son of Abdr over the pastures» and . hundred rams, besides
i bute. venison of harts, roesj and buffles, and
And Solomon had twelve governors fatted fowls.
( who provided victuals for
er all Israel, 24 For he had all the country which was
t3 king and for his household: for every beyond the river, from Thaphsa to Gazan,
CiB provided necessaries, each man his and all the kings of those countries: and
i)nth in the year. he had peace on every side round about.
And these are their names: Benhur, in 25 And Juda and Israel dwslt without
I tunt Ephraim, any fear, every one under his vine, and
Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, under his fig tree, from Dan to Bersa-
ad in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in bee, all the days of Solomon.
I fchanan. 26-^ And Solomon had forty thousand
Benhesed in Aruboth: hie wae Socho, stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thou-
a 1 all the land of Epher. sand for the saddle»
I
Benabinadab, to whom
belonged all 27 And the foresaid governors of the
^|phath-Dor, he had Tapheth the daugh- king fed them: and they furnished the
t» of Solomon to
wife. necessaries also for king Solomon's table,
Bana the son of Ahilud, who gov- with great care in their time.
!

ledThanae and Mageddo, and all Beth- 28 They brought barley also and straw
which is by Sarthana beneath Jez- for the horses, and beasts, to the place
i,

e Eccli. 47. 15. /2Par. 9. 25.

.,,^^P- 4- Ver. 4. Abiathar. By this it appears house, and by that means excluded from the exercise
w .
Abiathar was not altogether deposed from the of his functions.
i^''
priesthood; but only !b?'.nished to Ms country Ver. 21, The river, Euphrates.
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Solomon's wisdom 3 KINGS Hiram agrees to help Solomon

where the king was, according as it was servants and I will give thee the hire of
:

appointed them. thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask,

29 And God gave to Solomon wisdom
and understanding exceeding much, and
largeness of heart as the sand that is on
the sea shore.
30 And the wisdom of Solomon sur-
passed the wisdom of all the Orientals,
for thou knowest how there Is not among
my people a man that has skill to hew
wood like to the Sidonians.
7 Now when Hiram had heard the words
of Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and.
said Blessed be the Lord God this day, i
:

and of the Egyptians,
31 ff And he was wiser than all men
wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and He-
man, and Chalcol, and Dorda the sons of
Mahol, and he was renowned in all na-
tions round about.
32 Solomon also spoke three thousand
parables and his poems were a thousand
:
and five.
33 And he treated about trees from the
cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop
that Cometh out of the wall and he dis-
:
coursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of
creeping things, and of fishes.
34 And they came from, all nations to
hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from
all the kings of the earth, who heard of
ills wisdom.
CHAPTER 5.
Hiram king of Tyre agreeth to furnish timber and
workmen for building the temple: the number
of workmen and overseers,
AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his ser-
who hath given to David a very wise son
over this numerous people.
8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying:
I have heard all thou hast desired of me:
and I will do all thy desire concerning
cedar trees, and fir trees.
9 My servants shall bring them down
from Libanus to the sea: and I will put
them together in floats in the sea, and
convey them to the place, which thou
shalt signify to me; and will land them
there, and thou shalt receive them: and
thou shalt allow me necessaries, to fui>|
nish food for my household.
10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees,
and fir trees, according to all his d
sire.
11 And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty^
thousand measures of wheat, for provi-
sion for his house, and twenty measures
of the purest oil thus gave Solomon to :
Hiram every year.
12 3 And the Lord gave wisdom to Solo-
mon, as he promised him and there was : •

XX vants to Solomon: for he heard peace between Hiram and Solomon, and]:
that they had anointed him king in the they two made a league together.
room of his father: for Hiram had al- 13 And king Solomon chose workmenp
ways been David's friend. out of all Israel, and the levy was of
2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:
thirty thousand men.
3 Thou knowest the will of David my
14 And he sent them to Libanus, ter
father, and that he could not build a
thousand every month by turns, so that
house to the name of the Lord his God,
because of the wars that were round
two months they were at home: an(!
about him, until the Lord put them
Adoniram was over this levy.
Tinder the soles of his feet. 15 And Solomon had seventy thousand
4 But now the Lord my God hath given to carry burdens, and eighty thousand^
stones in the mountain
to hew
me rest round about: and there is no ,

adversary nor evil occurrence. 16 Besides the overseers who were ovei
every work, in number three thousand
5 Wherefore I purpose to build a temple
to the name of the Lord my God, as theand three hundred that ruled over th(
Lord spoke to David my father, saying:people, and them that did the work.
• Thy son, whom I will set upon the 17 And the king commanded, that thej
throne in thy place, he shall build a should bring great stones, costly stones
house to my name. for the foundation of the temple, anc
6 Give orders therefore that thy ser- should square them:
vants cut me down cedar trees out of 18 And the masons of Solomon, and
Libanus, and let my servants be with thy masons of Hiram hewed them: and
g Eccli. 47. 10. i 2 Kings 7. 13 ; 1 Par. 22. 10. —3 Supra 3.
Ver. 32. Three thousand parables, &c. These parables extant in the book of Proverbs ; and
works are alllost, excepting some part of the chief poem called the Canticle of Canticles.
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I
building of the temple 3 KINGS The building of the temple
ians prepared timber and stones to 11 And the word of the Lord came to
d the house. Solomon, saying
12 This house, which thou buildest, if
CHAPTER 6.
thou wilt walk in my statutes, and exe-
The building of Solomon^s temple. cute my judgments, and keep all my com-
TD^it came to pass in the four hun-
^ mandments, walking in them, I will fulfil
dred and eightieth year after the my word to thee '^ which I spoke to Da-
iren of Israel came out of the land of vid thy father.
3t, in the fourth year of the reign of 13 ^ And I will dwell in the midst of the
mon over Israel, in the month Zio children of Israel, and will not forsake my
same is the second month), he began people Israel.
a house to the Lord,
aild 14 So Solomon built the house and fin-
nd the house, which king Solomon ished it.
to the Lord, was threescore cubits 15 And he built the walls of the house
ngth, and twenty cubits in breadth, on the inside, with boards of cedar, from
thirty cubite in height, the floor of the house to the top of the
nd there was a porch before the tem- walls, and to the roofs, he covered it with
)f twenty cubits in length, according boards of cedar on the inside and he :

he measure of the breadth of the covered the floor of the house with planks
)le and it was ten cubits in breadth of flr.
:

e the face of the temple. 16 And he built up twenty cubits with

nd he made in the temple oblique boards of cedar at the hinder part of the
ows. temple, from the floor to the top: and
nd upon the wall of the temple he made the inner house of the oracle to be
floors round about, in the walls of the holy of holies.
lOuse round about the temple and the 17 And the temple itself before the doors
le, and he made sides round about. of the oracle was forty cubits long.
he floor that was underneath, was 18 And all the house was covered within
cubits in breadth, and the middle with cedar, having the turnings, and the
was six cubits in breadth, and the joints thereof artfully wrought and carv-
floor was seven cubits in breadth. ings projecting out all was covered with :

he put beams in the house round boards of cedar and no stone could be :

b on the outside, that they might seen in the wall at all.

be fastened in the walls of the tem- 19 And he made the oracle in the midst of
the house, in the inner part, to set there
nd the house, when it was in build- the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
was built of stones hewed and made 20 Now the oracle was twenty cubits in
Y so that there was neither hammer length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and
:

ixe nor any tool of iron heard in the twenty cubits in height. And he cov-
e when it was in building, ered and overlaid it with most pure gold.
ae door for the middle side was on And the altar also he covered with cedar.
ight hand of the house and by wind- : 21 And the house before the oracle he
tairs they went up to the middle overlaid with most pure gold, and fas-
and from the middle to the third. tened on the plates with nails of gold.
,

he built the house, and finished it

»
22 And there was nothing in the temple
le covered the house with roofs of that was not covered with gold the :

whole altar of the oracle he covered also

Lnd he built a floor over all the house with gold.
ubits in height, and he covered the 23 And he made in the oracle two cher-
e with timb er of cedar. ubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height.
k B. C. 769-8. — 2 Par. 3. 1.
^ m 2 Kings 7. 16. — n 1 Par. 22. 9.
P. 6. Ver. 5. Upon the wall, i. e., joining to Ver 7. Made ready, &c. So the stones for the
ill. — Ibid. He built floors round about. Cham- building of God's eternal temple in the heavenly
•r cells adjoining to the temple, for the
use of Jerusalem, (who are the faithful,) must first be hewn
mple and of the priests, so contrived as to be and polished here by many trials and sufferings,
en the inward and outward wall ot the temple, before they can be admitted to have a place Id that
ee stories, one above another. — Ibid. The celestial structure.
The inner temple or holy of holies, where I
aTeB his oracles.
nrfip.lf»! f

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The cherubim 3 KINGS Solomon s palact

24 One wingof the cherub was five cu- the house W2.3 finished in all the work
bits,and the other wing of the cherub thereof, and in all the appurtenance
was five cubits that is, in all ten cubits, thereof: and he was seven years in buildf
;

from the extremity of one wing to the ing it. (

extremity of the other wing. CHAPTER 7.

25 The second cherub also was ten cu- Solomon's palace, his house in the forest, and th\
bits: and the measure, and the work queen's house the work of the two pillars thesei
: :

was the same in both the cherubims (or lacer) and other vessels.
[

26 That is to say, one cherub was ten A ND Solomon built his own house i

cubits high, and in like manner the other Xjl p thirteen years, and brought it t
cherub. perfection.
|

27 And he set the cherubims in the midst 2 He built also the house of the foreF»
of the inner temple and the cherubims
: of Libanus, the length of it was a hui
stretched forth their wings, and the dred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubit
wing of the one touched one wall, and and the height thirty cubits: and fou
the wing of the other cherub touched the galleries between pillars of cedar: for h'
other wall and the other wings in the
: had cut cedar trees into pillars.
midst of the temple touched one an- 3 And he covered the whole vault wit'
other. boards of cedar, and it was held up wit
28 And he overlaid the cherubims with five and forty pillars. And one row ha
gold. fifteen pillars,
29 And the walls of the temple round
all 4 Set one against another, I

about he carved with divers figures and 5 And looking one upon another, witf
carvings : and he made in them cheru- equal space between the pillars, and ov<
bims and palm trees, and divers repre- the pillars were square beams in a
sentations, as it were standing out, and things equal.
coming forth from the wall. 6 And he made a porch of pillars of fift

30 And the floor of the house he also cubits in and thirty cubits
length, i

overlaid with gold within and without. breadth and another porch before tl
:

31 And in the entrance of the oracle he greater porch and pillars, and chapite
:

made little doors of olive tree, and posts upon the pillars.
of five corners, 7 He made also the porch of the throe
32 And two doors of olive tree : and he wherein is the seat of judgment ai :

carved upon them figures of cherubims, covered it with cedar wood from tl
and figures of palm trees, and carvings floor to the top.
very much projecting and he overlaid: 8 And in the midst of the porch, w
them with gold: and he covered both the small house where he sat in judgment,
cherubims and the paJm trees, and the the like work. He made also a ho
other things with gold. for the daughter of Pharao (^ whom So!
33 And he made in the entrance of the mon had taken to wife) of the same wo:
temple posts of olive tree foursquare : as this porch,
34 And two doors of fir tree, one of 9 All of costly stones, which were saw<
each side and each door was double, and by a certain rule and measure both wit"
:

so opened with folding leaves. and without: from the foundation to t

35 And he carved cherubims, and palm top of the walls, and without unto t'
trees, and carved work standing very great court.
much out: and he overlaid all with golden 10 And the foundations were of cob
plates in square work by rule. stones, great stones of ten cubits or ei
36 And he built the inner court with cubits
three rows of polished stones, and one 11 And above there were costly stom
:row of beams of cedar. of equal measure, hewed; and, in lil
37 In the fourth year was the house of manner, planks of cedar
the Lord founded in the month Zio 12 And the greater court was made rouj
38 And in the eleventh year in the with three rows of hewed stones, and o
month Bui (which is the eighth month) row of planks of cedar, moreover also

i:>
Supra 6- »% and Infra 9. 10 ~ 9 Supra 3. t
389
he pillars of brass 3 KINGS
The laver end the bases
inner court of the house of the Lord, the height of it was five cubits, and a
d in tl e porch of the house. line of thirty cubits compassed it round
3 And king Solomon sent, and brought about.
ram from Tyre, 24 And a graven work under the brim
i The con of a widow woman of the of it compassed it, for ten cubits going
be of Nephtali, whose father was a about the sea there were two rows cast :

an artificer in brass, and full of

Tian, of chamfered sculptures.
•^sdom, and understanding, and skill to 25 And it stood upon twelve oxevi, of
Drk all work in brass. And when he which three looked towards the north,
\ 3 come to king Solomon, he wrought and three towards the west, and three
I his work. towards the south, and three towards
5 And he cast two pillars in brass, each the east, and the sea was above upon
J
lar was eighteen cubits high and a :
^"
them, and their hinder parts were all
le of twelve cubits compassed both the hid within.
jlars. 26 And the laver was a handbreadth
3 He made also two chapiters of molten thick: and the brim thereof was like the
t iss, to be set upon the tops of the pil- brim of a cup, or the leaf of a crisped
1 s the height of one chapiter was five
: hly it contained two thousand bates.
:

$ )its, and the height of the other chapi- 27 And he made ten bases of brass,
t was five cubits : every base was four cubits in length, and
And a kind of network, and chain
'
four cubits in breadth, and three cubits
9 rk wreathed together with wonderful high.
a. Both the chapiters of the pillars 28 And the work itself of the bases, was
»re cast seven rows of nets were on one intergraven
: and therf) were gravings :

cipiter, and seven nets on the other between the joinings.

c ipiter. 29 And between the little crowns and
And he made the pillars, and two the ledges were lions, and oxen, and
1

^78 round about each network to cover cherubims and in the joinings likewise :

tl chapiters, that were upon the top, above and under the lions and oxen, as :

V h pomegranates and in like manner it were bands of brass hanging down.

:

d he to the other chapiter. 30 And every base had four wheels, and
And the chapiters that were upon the axletrees-of brass and at the four sides :

U of the pillars, were of lily work in were undersetters under the laver molten,
tl porch, of four cubits. looking one against another.
!And again other chapiters in the top 31 The mouth also of the laver within,
othe pillars above, according to the was in the top of the chapiter and that :

insure of the pillar over against the which appeared without, was of one cubit
B»work: and of pomegranates there all round, and together it was one cubit
w-e two hundred in rows round about and a half and in the corners of the :

tl other chapiter. pillars were divers engravings and the :

1And he set up the two pillars in the spaces between the pillars were square,
P'ch of the temple and when he had not round.
:

B€ up the pillar on the right hand, he 32 And the four wheels, which were at
Ciedthe name thereof Jachin: in hke the four corners of the base, were joined
m mer he set up the second pillar, and one to another under the base the :

C£ed the name thereof Booz. height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.
5 And upon the tops of the pillars he 33 And they were such wheels as are
mie hly work: so the work of the pil- used to be made in a chariot and their :

la, was finished.

axletrees, and spokes, and strakes, and
5 * He made also a molten sea of ten naves, were all cast.
Cilte from brim to brim, round all about;
34 And the four undersetters that were
r Jer. 52. 21. s 2 Par. 4. 2.
AP.
Ver. 21. Jachin. Ths^t is, firmly estab-
< 7. Ver. Tiro thousand bates. That is, about ten
26.
;*f
"• —
loid. Bpoz. That is, in ita strength. By thousand gallons. This was the quantity of water
«Vciing these names in holy writ, the spirit of God which was usually put into it: but it was capable
wcd have us understand tlie invincible firmness
Ki strength of the pillars on which the true
if brimful, of lioldiug tliree thousaud. See 2 Far.
temple 4.5.
w w, wtiicti is the ciiurcli, is established.
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The vessels for the temple
at every comer of eaii base, ?7erG of the
base itself cast and joined together.
35 And in the top of the base there was
a round compass of half a cubit, so
wrought that the laver might be set
3 KINGS The ark brought into the temple
gold, and ohe table of gold, upon which
the loaves of proposition should be set
49 And the golden candlesticks, five on
the right hand, and five on the left, over
against the oracle, of pure gold and the :

thereon, having its gravings, and divers flowers like lilies, and the lamps over
sculptures of itself. them of gold and golden snuffers,
:

36 He engraved also in those plates, 50 And pots, and fieshhooks, and bowla,
which were of brass, and in the corners, anc' mortars, and censers, of most pure
cherubims, and lions, and palm trees, in gold and the hinges for the doors of the
:

likeness of a man standing, so that they inner house of the holy of holies, and
seemed not to be engraven, but added for the doors of the house of the temple
round about. were of gold.
37 After bhis manner he made ten bases, 61 * And Solomon finished all the work
of one casting and measure, and the like that he made in the house of the Lord,
graving. and brought in the things that David his
38 He made also ten lavers of brass father had dedicated, the silver and the
one laver contained four bases, and was gold, and the vessels, and laid them up
of four cubits and upon every base, in
: in the treasures of the house of the Lord.
all ten,he put as many lavers.
39 And he set the ten bases, five on the CHAPTER 8.
right side of the temple, and five on the The dedication of the temple: Solomon^s jtraiyBt
left: and the sea he put on the right and sacrifices.
side of the temple over against the east
southward.
THEN
all the ancients of Israel ^ with
tho princes of the tribes, and thej
40 And Hiram made caldrons, and shov- heads Ot the famiUes of the children o;
els, and basins, and finished all the work Israe! were assembled to king Solomo]
of king Solomon in the temple of the in Jerusalem that they might carry the
:

Lord. ark of the covenant of the Lord out ol,

41 The two pillars and the two cords of the city of David, thatis, out of Sion.

the chapiters, upon the chapiters of the 2 And assembled themselvef

all Israel
pillars and the two networks, to cover
: to king Solomon on the festival day ii^
the two cords, that were upon the top of the : lonth of Ethanim, the same is th(
the pillars. seventh month.
42 And lOur hundred pomegranates for 3 And all the ancients of Israel ca:

the two networks two rows of pome-

: and the priests took up the ark,
granates for each network, to cover the 4 And carried the ark of the Lord,
cords of the chapiters, which were upon the tabernacle of the covenant, and
the tops of the pillars. the vessels of the sanctuary, that were
43 And the ten bases, and the ten lavers the tabernacle and the priests and th
:

on the bases. Levites carried them.

44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under
the sea.
45 And the caldrons, and the shovels,
and the basins. All the vessels that Hi-
5 And king Solomon, and all the mult
tude of Israel, that were assembled unt
him went with him before the ark, anl
%
they sacrificed sheep and oxen tlul t,

tam made for king Solomon for the
house of the Lord, were of fine brass.
46 In the plains of the Jordan did the
king cast them in a clay ground, be-
tween Socoth and Sartham.
47 And Solomon placed all the vessels:
but for exceeding great multitude the
brass could not be weighed.
48 And Solomon made all the vessels
for the house of the Lord: the altar of
could not be counted or numbered.
6 And the priests brought in the ark f
the covenant of the Lord into its plac-
into the oracle of the temple, into th
holy of holies under the wings of th
cherubims.
7 For the cherubims spread forth the
wings over the place of the ark, ar;
covered the ark, and the staves therei;
above.

4 2 Par. 5. 1. v2rar.&2.

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he dedication of the temple 3 KINGS Solomon's prayer

And whereas the staves stood out, the and have built a house to the name o!
ds of them were seen without in the the Lord the God of Israel.
actuary before the oracle, but were 21 And I have set there a place foi the
t seen farther out, and there they have ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord,
en unto this day. which he made with our fathers, when
Now in the ark there was nothing they came out of the land of Egypt.
\e ^ but the two tables of stone, which 22 And Solomon stood before the altar
Dses put there at Horeb, when the of the Lord in the sight of the assembly
rd made a covenant with the children of Israel, and spread forth his hands
Israel, when they came out of the towards heaven
id of Egypt. 23 And said Lord God of Israel, there
:

And it came to pass, when the priests is no God like thee in heaven above,
;re come out of the sanctuary, that a or on earth beneath who keepest cove- :

)ud filled the house of the Lord, nant and mercy with thy servants that
1 And the priests could not stand to have walked before thee with all their
nistei because of the cloud for the heart.
:

Dry of the Lord had filled the house of 24 Who hast kept with thy servant
e Lord. David my father what thou hast promised
2 Then Solomon said '^ The Lord said him
: with thy mouth thou didst speak,
:

at he would dwell in a cloud. and with thy hands thou hast performed,
3 Building I have built a house for thy as this day proveth.
;^elling, to be thy most firm throne for 25 Now therefore, O Lord God of Is-
er. rael, keep with thy servant David my
4 And the king turned his face, and father what thou hast spoken to him,
3ssed ar the assembly of Israel: for saying ^ There shall not be taken away
:

the assembly of Israel stood. of thee a man in my sight, to sit on the

5 And Solomon said Blessed be the throne of Israel yet so that thy children
: :

rd the God of Israel, who spoke with take heed to their way, that they walk
J mouth to David my father, and with before me as thou hast walked in my
own hands hath accomplished it, sight.
^ing : 26 And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy
6 Since the day that I brought my words be established, which thou haot
ople Israel out of Egypt, I chose no spoken to thy servant David my father.
< y out of all the tribes of Israel, for a 27 Is it then ^o be thought that God
use to be built, that my name might should indeed dwell upon earth? for if
there but I chose David to be over heaven, and the heavens of heavens can-
:

Y people Israel. not contain thee, how much less this

U y And David my father would have house which I have built?
ilt a house to the name of the Lord the 28 But have regard to the prayer of thy
)d of Israel servant, and to hisr supplications, O Lord
8 And the Lord said to David my my God hear the hymn and the prayer,
:

iher: Whereas thou hast thought in which thy servant prayeth before thee
jrheart to build a house to my name, this day
5U hast done well in having this same 29 That thy eyes may be open upon
ng in thy mind. this house night and day upon the house :

) Nevertheless thou shalt not build me of which thou hast said *^ My name shall :

house, but thy son, that shall come be there that thou mayest hearken to :

•th out of thy loins, he chall build a the prayer, which thy servant prayeth in
use to my name. this place to thee.
The Lord hath performed his word 30 That thou mayest hearken to the
lich he spoke and I stand in the room supplication of thy servant and of thy
:

David my father, and sit upon the people Israel, whatsoever they shall pray
one of I srael, as the Lord promised for in this place, and hear them in the
w Ex. 34. 27 Heb. 9. 4. — cc 2 Par. 6. 1.
;
2/2 Kings 7. 5. — 3 2 Kings 7. 12. — a. Dent. 12. 11.
HAP. 8, Ver. 9. Nothing else, &c. There was also the rod of Aaron, and a golden urn witli ni ann a
liing else but the tables of the law ivifMn the ark
•on the outside ot the ark, or near the ark were
Heb, 9. 4,

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place of thy dwelling in heaven; and sake, (for they shall hear every where
when thou hearest, shew them mercy. of thy great name and thy mighty hand
31 If any man trespass against his neigh- 42 And thy stretched out arm,) so wher
bour, and have an oath upon him, where- he shall come, and shall pray in thij
with he is bound and come because of
: place,
the oath before thy altar to thy house, 43 Then hear thou in heaven, in the
32 Then hear thou in heaven and do,
: firmament of thy dwelling place, and dc
and judge thy servants, condemning the all those things, for which that strangei
wicked, and bringing his way upon his shall call upon thee : that all the people
own head, and justifying the just, and of the earth may learn to fear thy name,
rewarding him according to his justice. as do thy people Israel, and may prove
33 If thy people Israel shall fly before that thy name is called upon on thie
their enemies, (because they will sin house, v/hich I have built.
against thee,) and doing penance, and 44 If thy people go out to war against
confessing to thy name, shall 3ome. and their enemies, by what way soever thoi
pray, and make supplications to thee in shalt send them, they shall pray to theej
this house : towards the way of the city, which thorj
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and for- hast chosen, and towards the house
give the sin of thy people Israel, and which I have built to thy name t

bring them back to the land which thou 45 And then hear thou in heaven theii
gavest to their fathers. prayers, and their supplications, and dc
36 If heaven shall be shut up, and there judgment for them.
shall be no rain, because of their sins, 46 But if they sin against thee (^foi
and they praying in this place, shall do there is no man who sinneth not) anc
penance to thy name, and shall be con- thou being angry deliver them up tc
verted from their sins, by occasion of their enemies, so that they be led awaj
their afflictions captives into the land of their enemiej
36 Then hear thou them in heaven, and far or near
forgive the sins of thy servants, and of 47 Then if they do penance in theii
thy pe.ople Israel: and shew them the heart in the place of captivity, and being
good way wherein they should walk, and converted make supplication to thee ir
give rain upon thy land, which thou hast their captivity, saying: have sinned We
given to thy people in possession. we have done unjustly, we have com
37 If a famine arise in the land, or a mitted wickedness
pestilence, or corrupt air, or blasting, or 48 And return to thee with all theii!
locust, or mildew, if their enemy afflict heart, and all their soul, in the laiid oi'
them besieging the gates, whatsoever their enemies, to which they had beer
plague, whatsoever infirmity, led captives: and pray to thee towards
38 Whatsoever curse or imprecation the way of their land, which thou gavesi
shall happen to any man of thy people to their fathers, and of the city whicl
Israel: when a man shall know the thou hast chosen, and of the temple
wound of his own heart, and shall spread which I have built to thy name
forth his hands in this house, 49 Then hear thou in heaven, in the
39 Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy throne, their prayers,
place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and and their supplications, and do judgment
do so as to give to every one according for them
to his ways, as thou shalt see his heart 60 And forgive thy people, that have
(for thou only knowest the heart of all sinned against thee, and all their iniqui-
the children of men) ties, by which they have transgressed
40 That they may fear thee all the days against thee: and give them mercy be-
that they live upon the face of the land, fore them that have made them cap-
which thou hast given to our fathers. tives, that they may have compassioD
41 Moreover also the stranger, who is on them.
not of thy people Israel, when he shall 51 For they are thy people, and thy in-
come out of a far country for thy name's heritance, whom thou hast brought out

b 2 far. & 36 ; £ccL 7. 21 ; 1 JobQ 1. 8»

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c the land ot EgyDt. from jhe midst of hundred and twenty thousand sheep •

t ; furnace of iron so the king, and the children of Israel

may
be open to the dedicated the temple
That thy eyes the Lord. a
8)plication of thy servant, and of thy 64 In that day the king sanctified the
p>plo Israel, to hear them in all things middle of the court that was before the
f. which they
shall call upon thee. house of the Lord for there he offered :

For thou hast separated them to thy- the holocaust, and sacrifice, and fat of
;

af for an inheritance from among all the peace offerings because the brazen :

t people of the earth, as thou hast altar that was before the Lord, was toe
f (ken by Moses thy servant, when thou little to receive the holocaust, and sacri-
b ugh test our fathers out of Egypt, O fice, and fat of the peace offerings.
I 'd God. 65 And Solomon made at the same time
And it came to pass, when Solomon a solemn feast, and all Israel with him,
hi made an end of praying all this a great multitude from the entrance of
p yer and supplication to the Lord, Emath to the river of Egypt, before the
tJ t he rose from before the altar of the Lord our God, seven days and seven
Ld: for he had fixed both knees on days, that is, fourteen days.
tl ground, and had spread his hands 66 And on the eighth day he sent away
tc'ards heaven. the people and they blessed the king, :

And he stood and blessed all the as- and went to their dwellings rejoicing,
^

Kibly of Israel with a loud voice, say- and glad in heart for all the good things
ii: that the Lord had done for David his ser-
I Blessed be the Lord, who hath given vant, and fo"* Israel his people.
Rj to his people Israel, according to all
tithe promised there hath not failedt CHAPTER 9.
scmuch as one word of all the good The Lord appear eth oqain to Solomon : he butiaeth
tligs that he promised by his servant cities he sendeth a fleet to Ophir. :

The Lord our God be with us, as he

f. .
AND
it came to pass when Solomon
had finished the building of the
w with our fathers, and not leave us, house of the Lord, and the king's house,
li( cast us off: and all that he desired, and was pleased
t But may he incline cur hearts to to do,
hi self, that we may walk in all his 2 That the Lord appeared to him the
w 8, and keep his commandments, and second time, ^ as he had appeared to him
hi ceremonies, and all his judgments in Gabaon.
w ch he commanded our fathers. 3 And the Lord said to him : I have
6 And let these my words, wherewith heard thy prayer and thy supplication,
I Ye prayed before the Lord, be nigh which thou hast made before me I have
i
:

niD the Lord our God day and night, sanctified this house, which thou hast
th; he may do judgment for his ser- built, to put my name there for ever,
V£t, and for his people Israel day by and my eyes and my heart shall be there
•is: always.
6 That all the people of the earth may 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, aa
ki w, that the Lord he is God, and there thy father walked, in simplicity of heart,
18 D other besides him. and in uprightness and wilt do all that :

6 Let our hearts also be perfect with I have commanded thee, and wilt keep
th Lord our God, that we may walk in my ordinances and my judgments,
lu. statutes, and keep his command- 5 *^I win establish the throne of thy
ni' ts, as at this day.
kingdom over Israel for ever, as I pro-
6 And the king, and all Israel with mised David thy father, saying: There
hi^,, offered victims before
the Lord. shall not fail a man of thy race upon the
6 And Solomon slew victims of peace throne of Israel.
Oflnngs, which he sacrificed to the Lord, 6 But if you and your children revolting
t^i and twenty thousand oxen, and a shall turn away from following me, and
^ I
— -

.^ c Supra 3. 5 ; 2 Par. 7. 12. d 2 Kin^s 7. 12 and 16.

Cap. 9. Ver. As thy father vmlked, in sim~ rity ofa single hearty as opposite to
4. all double deal
mtyqf heart That i», in tbe «lincerity and integ- iug «ad deceit
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will not keep my

commandments 19 And all the towns that bclon^jed
and I

have before himself, and were not walled, ho f ortifl

my ceremonies, which I set
also of the chariots, and tl
you, but will go and worship strange the cities
cities of the horsemen, and whatsoever
gods, and adore them
3i

7 I will take away Israel from the face

had a mind to build in Jerusalem, and
of the land which I have given them ; and
Libanus, and in all the land of his d
the temple which I have sanctified to my minion.
name, I will cast out of sight; and my 20 All the people that were left of
byword Amorrhites, andHethites, and Pherezitt
Israel shall be a proverb, and a
among all people. and Hevites, and Jebusites, that are d
be made an ex- of the children of Israel
8 And this house shall
every one that shall pass by 21 Their children^ that were left in t
ample of :
it, shaU be astonished, and
shall hiss, and land, to wit, such as the children of Isrj
say : ^ Why hath the Lord done thus to had not been able to destroy, Solom
this land, and to this house i made tributary unto this day.
£ And they shall answer Because they
'.
22 But of the children of Israel Solom
forsook the Lord their God, who brought made not any to be bondmen, but tb
their fathers out of the land of Egypt, were men of war., and his servants, a
and followed strange gods, and adored his princes, and captains, and overse(
them, and worshipped them: therefore of the chariots and horses.
hath the Lord brought upon them all this 23 And there vere five hundred a
evil. fifty chief ofiBcers set over all the woi
10-^ And when twenty years were ended of Solomon, and they had people unc
after Solomon had built the two houses, them, and had charge over the apr Inl
that the house of the Lord, and the
is,
works.
house of the king, 24 ^ And "^he daughter of Pharao 3a
11 (Hiram the king oi Tyre furnishing up out of the city of David to her hoi]
Solomon with cedat trees and fir trees, which Solomon had feuilt for her: tl
and gold according to all he had need of,) did he build Mello
also offered three tin
then Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities 2t Solomen
ever' year ho^oc usts, and victims
in the land of Galilee.
tipon the altar which
12 And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see peace
offerings
the Lord, and he burnt
the towns which Solomon had given him, had built to
cense beforr the Lord; and the tern
and thev pleased him not,
13 And he said : Are these the cities was finished.
Solomon made a fleet
which thou hast given me, brother ? And 26 And king
which is by Ailath on
he called them the land of ChabuL unto Asiongaber,
this day. nhore of the Red Sea in the land of Ed<
14 And Hiiam sent to king Solomon a 27 And Hiram sent his servants in
hundred and twenty talents of gold. ileet, sailors that had knowledge of
the servants of Solomon.
15 This is the sum of the expenses, which sea, with
king Solomon offered to build the house 28 And they came to Ophir, and t
brought from thence to king Solor
of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello,
twenty talents of g
and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser. four hundred and
and Mageddo, and Gazer.
16 Pharao the king of Egypt came up
CHAPTER 10.
Saba cometh to king Solomon,
and took Gazer, and burnt it with fire The queen of riches and glory.
and slew the Chanaanite that dwelt in the
city, and gave it for a dowry to his daugh-
A ND '^ the queen of Saba, having he
of the fame of Solomon in the m
J\
ter, Solomon's wife.
built Gazer, and Beth- of the Lord, came to
try him with h
17 So Solomon
horon the nether, questions.
18 AndBaalath, and Palmira in the land 2 And entering into Jerusalem wit
of the wilderness. great train, and ri ches, and camels J
g 2 Par. 8. 11.
e Deut. 29. 24 Jer. 22. 8.
;

h 2 Par. 9. l ; Matt 12. 42 ; Luke 11. 31. _

/2 Par. 8. 1.

Ver.t3. Cka .^-I'S. That is, dirty or displeasing^

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carried spices, jbiq an immense 'i^uantity returned, and went to iier own country
of gold, and precious stones, she came to with her servants.
Eing Solomon, and spoke to him all that 14 And the weight of the gold that was
she had in her heart. brought to Solomon every year, was six
3 And Solomon informed her of all the nundred and sixty-six talents of gold
things she proposed to him: there was 15 Besides that which the men brought
not any word the king was ignorant of, him that were over the tributes, and the
Rud which he could not answer her. merchants, and they that sold by retail,
4 And when the queen of Saba saw all and all the kings of Arabia, and the gov-
Ithe wisdom of Solomon, and the house ernors of the country.
which he had built, 16 And Solomon made two hundred
5 And the meat of his table, and the shields of the purest gold: he allowed
jEpartments of his servants, and the order six hundred sides of gold for the plates
of his ministers, and their apparel, and of one shield.
the cupbearers, and the holocausts, which 17 And three hundred targets of fine
he offered in the house of the Lord: she gold three hundred pounds of gold cov-
:

had no longer any spirit in her, ered one target and the king put them
:

6 And she said to the king The report in the house of the forest of Libanus.
:

Is true, which I heard in my own country, 18 King Solomon also made a great
7 Concerning thy words, and concerning throne of ivory: and overlaid it with
thy wisdom. And I did not believe them the finest gold.
that told me, till I came myself, and saw 19 It had six steps: and the top of the
with my own eyes, and have found that throne was round behind: and there were
the half iiath not been told me thy wis- two hands on either side holding the seat
:

dom and thy works, exceed the fame and two lions stood, one at each hand.
which I heard. 20 And twelve little lions stood upon
8 Blessed are thy men, and blessed are the six steps on the one side and on the
thy servants, who stand before thee al- other: there was no such work made in
ways, and hear thy wisdom. any kingdom.
9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, whom 21 Moreover all the vessels, out of which
thou hast pleased, and who hath set thee king Solomon drank, were of gold: and
[apon the throne of Israel, because the all the furniture of the house of the for-
[Lord hath loved Israel for ever, and hath est of Libanus was of most pure gold:
appointed thee king, to do judgment and there was no silver, nor was any account
I

'justice. made of it in the days of Solomon

;
10 * And she gave the king a hundred 22 For the king's navy, once in three
jand twenty talents of gold, and of spices years, went with the navy of Hiram by
a very great store, and precious stones sea to Tharsis, and brought from thence
there was brought no more such abun- gold, and silver, and elephants' teeth, and
dance of spices as these which the queen apes, and peacocks.
of Saba gave to king Solomon. 23 And king Solomon exceeded all the
I
11 («^The navy also of Hiram, which kings of the earth in riches, and wisdom,
I
brought gold from Ophir, brought from 24 And all the earth desired to see Solo-
,
Ophir great plenty of thyine trees, and mon's face, to hear his wisdom, which
precious stones. God had given in his heart.
12 And the king made of the thyine 25 And every one brought him presents,
trees the rails of the house of the Lord, vessels of silver and of gold, garments
and of the king's house, and citterns and and armour, and spices, and horses and
harps for singers there were no such mules every year.
:

thyine trees as these brought, nor seen 26 And Solomon gathered together
'^

unto this day.) chariots and horsemen, and he had a

13 And king Solomon gave the queen thousand four hundred chariots, and
of Saba all that she desired, and asked twelve thousand horsemen: and he be»
Of him besides what he offered her of stowed them in fenced cities, and with
:

himself of his royal bounty. And she the king in Jerusalem.

« 2 Par. 9. 9. —J 2 Par. 9. lo. ftSFar. L«4

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27 And he made silver to be as plentiful from tihe Lord the God of Israel, ® wh(
In Jerusalem as stones and cedars to be had appeared to him twice,
:

as common as sycamores whicli grow in 10 And had commanded him concernini

the plains. this thing, that he should not folio
28 And horses were brought for Solo- strange gods but he kept not the thinj
:

mon out of Egypt, and Goa: for the
king's merchants brought them out of
Coa, and bought them at a set price.
29 And a chariot of four horses came
out of Egypt, for six hundred sides of
silver, and a horse for a hundred and
fifty. And after this manner did all the
kings of the Hethites, and of Syria, sell
horses.
CHAPTER
Solomon by means of his xoivesfalleth into idolatry
which the Lord commanded him.
11 The Lord therefore said to Solomon
Because thou hast done this, and hasi
not kept my covenant, and my precepts
which I have commanded thee, I Mil
divide and rend thy kingdom, and wil
give it to thy servant.
12 P Nevertheless in thy days I will no
do it, for David thy father's sake : but
will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
11
13 Neither will I take away the whol<
•

God raiseth him adversaries^ Adad, Razon^ and
Jeroboam, Solomon dieth.
AND king Solomon ' loved many strange
XjL women besides the daughter of
Pharao, and women of Moab, and of
Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and
of the Hethites
2 Of the nations concerning which the
Lord said to fche children of Israel ^ You
shall not go in unto them, neither shall
any of them come in to yours for they
will most certainly turn away your heart
to follow their gods. And to these was
Solomon joined with a most ardent love.
3 And he had seven hundred wives as
kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thj
son for the sake of David my servant
and Jerusalem which I have chosen.
14 And the Lord raised up an adversarj
to Solomon, Adad the Edomite of th<
king's seed, in Edom.
15 ^ For when David was in Edom, an<
Joab the general of the army was gon
; up to bury them that were slain, and ha<
killed every male in Edom,
: 16 (For Joab remained there six monthi
with all Israel, till he had slain ever]
male in Edom,)
17 Then Adad fled, he and certain Edom
ites, of his father's servants with him, U -

qjueens, and three hundred concubines: go into Egypt: and Adad was then a Uttl<
\id the women turned away his heart. boy.
4 And when he was now old, his heart 18 And they arose out of Madian, an r
was tun»d away by women to follow came into Pharan, and they took mei
strange gods and his heart was not per-
: with them from Pharan, and went int(
fect with the Lord his God, as was the Egypt to Pharao the king of Egypt
heart of David his father. who gave him a house, and appointee
6 But Solomon worshipped Astarthe the him victuals, and assigned him land.
goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch the 19 And Adad found great favour befor
idol of the Ammonites. Pharao, insomuch that he gave him t<
6 And Solomon did that which was not wife, the own sister of his wife Taphnei
pleasing before the Lord, and did not the queen.
fully follow the Lord, as David his fa- 20 And the sister of Taphnes bore hin
ther. son Genubath, and Taphnes brough
his
7 Then Solomon built a temple for Cha- him up in the house of Pharao and Qe :

mos the idol of Moab, on the hill that is nubath dwelt with Pharao among hii
over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch children.
the idol of the children of Ammon. 21 And when Adad heard in Egypt tha
8 And he did in this manner for all his David slept with his fathers, and tha
wives that were strangers, who burnt in- Joab the general of the army was dead
cense, and offered sacrifice to their gods. he said to Pharao Let me depart, that :

9 And the Lord was angry with Solo- may go to my own country.
mon, because his mind was turned away 22 And Pharao said to him: Why, wh»
'
I Deut. 17. 17 : Eccli. 47. 21. o Supra 9. 2. — p Infra 12. 15.
m Ex. 34. 16. q 2 Kings 8. 14.

Chap. IL Ver. 13. One tribe. Besides that of Juda. bis own native tribe.

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wanting to thee with me, that thou Ammoni and hath not walked in my
akest to go to thy own country? But ways, to do justice before me. and to
, answered: Nothing; yet I beseech keep my precepts, and judgments as did
,ee to let me go. David his father.
3 God also raised up against him an 34 Yet I will not take away all the
.
Razon the son of Eliada, ''who kingdom out of his hand, but I will make
versary,
,d fled from his master Adarezer the him prince all the days of his hfe, for
agof Soba: David my servant's sake, whom I chose,
4 And he gathered men against him, who kept my commandments and my
;d he became a captain of robbers, precepts.
len David slew them of Soba: and they 35 But I will take away the kingdom
•
mt to Damascus, and dwelt there, and out of his son's hand and will give thee
•
ay made him king in Damascus. ten tribes
5 And he was an adversary to Israel, 36 And to his son I will give one tribe,
,
i the days of Solomon and this is the that there may remain a lamp for my
:

I il of Adad, and his hatred against Is- servant David before me always in Jeru-
13], and he reigned in Syria. salem the city which I have chosen, that
6 'Jeroboam also the son of Nabat an my name might be there.
! ihrathite of Sareda, a servant of Solo- 37 And I wiU take thee, and thou shatt
, ])n, whose mother was named Sarua, a reign over all that thy soul desireth, and
'dow woman, lifted up his hand against thou shalt be king over IsraeL
;
\B king. 38 If then thou wilt hearken to aD that
7 And thie is the cause of his rebellion I shall command thee, and wilt walk in

jainst him, for Solomon built Mello, my waysj and do whai is right before
id fiUed up the breach of the city of me, keeping my commandments and my
; 3,vid his father. precepts, as David my servant did: I
3 And Jeroboam was a valiant and will be with thee, and will build thee
ighty man: and Solomon seeing him a up a faithful house, as I built a house
^ung man ingenious and industrious, for David, and I will deliver Israel to
iide hiflj chief over the tributes of all thee:

(
y aonse of Joseph. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of
? So it came to pass at that time, that David, but yet not for ever.
*

i|Poboam went out of Jerusalem, and 40 Solomon therefore sought to kill

(J prophet Ahias the Silonite, clad with Jeroboam: but he arose, and fled into
coew earment. found him in the way: Egypt to Sesac the king of Egypt^ and
td they cwf were alone in the field. was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.
And Ahias taking his new garment, 41 And the rest of the words of Solo
,}

herewith bt- was clad, divided it into mon, and aU that he did, and hie wisdom
t|elve parts behold they are all written in the book
And he said to Jeroboam Take to of the words of the days of Solomon.
il :

1,36 ten pieces for thus saith the Lord

: 42 And the days that Solomon reigned
13 God of Israel: Behold I will rend the in Jerusalem
over all Israel, were forty
hgdom out of the hand of Solomon, years.
lid will give thee ten tribes.
43 And ** Solomon slept with his fathers,
2 But one tribe shall remain to him and was buried in the city of David hip
1' the sake
of my servant David, and father, and Roboam his son reigned in
«rusalem the city, which I have chosen his stead.
\t of all the tribes of Israel
Because he hath forsaken me, and
3 CHAPTER 12.
J th
adored Astarthe the goddess of the Roboam following the counsel of young men alien
Uonians, and Chamos the god of Moab, ateth from him the minds of the people. They
'"
Id Moloch the god of the children of make Jeroboam king over ten tribes: he setteth
vp idolatry.
T 2 Kings 8. 6 ; 1 Par 18. 6. t 2 Par. 10. 15.
s 2 Par. 13. 6. tt B. C. 932

li^L'H:
t,
^P^^ ^^^^ ^f ^''^ ^'ords, &c. This book Is
witn Qlvers
Ver. 4a Solomon slept, &c. That is, died Be
' others mentioned in holy writ was then about fifty -eight years of age. taafln^
• reigned forty years.
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The people petition Roboam 3 KINGS Revolt of the ten trii

A ND ^ Roboam went to Sichem ^ for 13 And the king answered the peo[
:

XIl thither were all Israel come to- roughly, leaving the counsel of the
gether to make him king. men, which they had given him,
2 But Jeroboam the son of Kabat, who 14 And he spoke to them accordinj
was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the the counsel of the young men, sayi
foce of king Solomon, hearing of his My father made your yoke heavy, b^
death, returned out of Egypt. will add to your yoke: my father
3 And they sent and called him: and you with whips, but I will beat you
Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of scorpions.
Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying; 15 And the king condescended not
4 Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon the people: for the Lord was turi
us: now therefore do thou take off a away from him, to make good his w(
little of the grievous service of thy fa- * which he had spoken in the ham
ther, and of his most heavy yoke, which Ahias the Silonite, to Jeroboam the
he put upon us, and we will serve thee. of Nabat.
6 And he said to them : Go till the third 16 Then the people seeing that the
day, and come to me again. And when would not hearken to them, answf
the people was gone, him, saying What portion have wc :

6 King Roboam took counsel with the David? or what inheritance in the
old men, that stood before Solomon his of Isai ? Go home to thy dwellings, 01
father while he yet lived, and he said rael, now David look to thy own ho[
What counsel do you give me, that I may So Israel departed to their dwellingsJ
answer this people? 17 But as for all the children of Is]
7 They said to him If thou wilt yield that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Rob<|
:

to this people to day, and condescend to reigned over them.

them, and grant their petition, and wilt 1 Then king Roboam sent Aduram,
speak gentle words to them, they will be was over the tribute and all Israel stojd :

thy servants always. him, and he died. Wherefore king )•

8 But he left the counsel of the old men, boam made haste to get him up intc is

c^hich they had given him, and consulted chariot, and he fled to Jerusalem:
with the young men. that had been 19 And Israel revolted from the h( e
brought up with him, and stood before of David, unto this day.
him. 20 And it ame to pass when all le ^1

9 And he said to them : What connsel heard that Jeroboam was come a^ ^i

do you give me, that I may answer this that they gathered an assembly, and it

people, who have said to me : Make the and called him, and made him king r (

yoke which thy father put upon us all Israel, and there was none that 1-

lighter? lowed the house of David but the t

10 And the young men that had been of Juda only.
brought up with him, said: Thus shalt 2 And Roboam came to Jerusalem, id
thou speak to this people, who have gathered together all the house of J
spoken to thee, saying : Thy father made and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred f
©ur yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou score thousand chosen men for wa
shalt say to them : My little finger is fight against the house of Israel, ar
thicker than the back of my father. bring the kingdom again under Rob
11 And now my father put a heavy yoke the son of Solomon.
upon you, but I will add to youi- yoke 22 But the word oi the Lord can
:
*"

my father beat you with whips, but I will Semeias the man of God, saying:
beat you with scorpions. 23 Speak to Roboam the son of Soloi
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came the king of Juda^ and to all the houi
to Roboam the third day, as the king had Juda, and Benjamin, and the rest ol
appointed, saying: Come to me again the people, saying:
third day. 24 Thus saith the Lord: You shall
V B, (J. 932.— w 2 Par. 10. 1. — sc Supra 11, 31. s 2 Par. 11. 2.

Chap. 12. Ver. 20. Juda only, Benjamic was a partly in Benjamin,) tliat tlie> are here counte
small tribe, and so intermixed with the tribe of Juda, a& one tribes
(ttt very city of Jerusaleir being partly tm Juda.
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The two golden calves 3 KINGS The prophet sent to Jeroboam

go up nor ughi against your
the children of Israel: let every man re-
turn to hio house, for this thing is from
,me. They hearkened to the word of the
•Lord, and returned from their journey,
as the Lord had commanded them.
25 And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount
brethren AND ^behold there came a man of God
jt\. out of Juda, by the word of the Lord
to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing
upon the altar, and burning incense»
2 And he cried out against the altar in
the word of the Lord, and said: O altar,
altar, thus saith the Lord ^ Behold a child
:

lEphraim, and dwelt there, and going out shall be born to the house of David, Josias
from thence he built PhanueL by name, and he shall immolate upon thee
;
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now the priests of the high places, who now
shall the kingdom return to the house of burn incense upon thee, and he shall burn
i
David, men's bones upon thee.
27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices 3 And he gave a sign the same day, say-
in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem ing This shall be the sign, that the Lord
:

and the heart of this people will turn to hath spoken: Behold the altar shall be
their lord Roboam the king of Juda, and rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall
•
they will kill me, and return to him. be poured out.
28 " And finding out a device he made 4 And when the king had heard the word
two golden calves, and said to them Go : of the man of God, which he had cried out
I
ye up no more to Jerusalem ^ Behold : against the altar in Bethel, he stretched
I
thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out forth his hand from the altar, saying:
I
of the land of Egypt. Lay hold on him. And his hand which
I
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the he stretched forth against him withered
I
other in Dan and he was not able to draw it back again
30 And this thing became an occasion to him.
I
of sin: for the people went to adore the 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes
calf as far as Dan. were poured out from the altar, according
31 And he made temples in the high to the sign which the man of God had
places, ^ and priests of the lowest of the given before in the word of the Lord.
people, who were not of the sons of Levi. 6 And the king said to the man of God
32 And he appointed a feast in the Entreat the face of the Lord thy God, and
eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the pray for me, that my hand may be re-
month, after the manner of the feast that stored to me. And the man of God be-
was celebrated in Juda. And going up sought the face ot the Lord, and the king's
to the altar, he did in like manner in hand was restored to him, and it became
Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves, which as it was before.
he had made and he placed in Bethel 7 And the king said to the man of God
:

priests of the high places, which he had Come home with me to dine, and I will
made. make thee presents.
33 And he went up to the altar, which 8 And the man of God answered the
he had built in Bethel, on the fifteenth king: If thou wouldst give me half thy
day of the eighth month, which he had de- house I will not go with thee, nor eat
vised of his own heart and he Ox'dained
: bread, nor drink water in this place
a feast to the children of Israel, and went 9 For so it was enjoined me by the word
upon the altar to burn incense. of the Lord commanding me : Thou shalt
not eat bread nor drink water, nor return
CHAPTER 13. by the same way that thou camest.
d prophet sent from Juda to Bethel foretelleth the 10 So he departed by another way, and
birthof Josias, and the destruction of Jeroboam^s returned not by the way that he came
altar. Jeroboam^s hand offering violence to the into Bethel.
prophet wither eth, but is restored by the prophet's
prayer: the same prophet is deceived by another 11 Now a certain old prophet dwelt in
prophet, a nd slain by a lion, Bethel, and his sons came to him and told
« Tob. 1. 5. — 6 Ex. 32. 8.— c 2 Par. 11. 15. d B. C. 932.— e 4 Kings 23. 16.
yer.28. Golden calves. It is likely, by making his the tribe of Ephraim in tlie southern part of the
gods m this form, he mimicked the Egyptians, among dominions of Jeroboam, aiiout six leagues from Jeru-
Whom he had sojourned, who worshipped their Apis salera; Dan was in the extremity of his dominions
and their Osiris under the form of a bullock. to the north in the confines of Syria.
ver. 29. Bethtl %nu, Dar^ Bethe} wa» % city ol
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him all the works that the man of God 24 And when he was gone, a lion found
had done that day in Bethel and chey him in the way, and killed him, and his
:

told their father the words which he had body was cast in the way: and the asp
ijpoken to the king. stood by him, and the lion stood by thb
12 And their father said to them: What dead body.
way went he ? His sons shewed him the 25 And behold, men passing by saw the
way by which the man of God went, who dead body cast in the way, and the Hon
came out of Juda. standing by the body. And they came
13 And he said to his sons: Saddle me and told it in the city, wherein that old
the ass. And when they had saddled him, prophet dwelt.
he got up, 26 And when that prophet, who had
14 And went after the man of God, and brought him back out of the way, heard
found him sitting under a turpentine of it, he said It is the man of God, that
:

tree: and he said to him: Art thou the was disobedient to the mouth of the Lord,
man of God that camest from Juda ? He and the Lord hath delivered him to th©
answered I am.
: lion, and he hath torn him, and killed
15 And he said to him Come home with him according to the word of the Lordj
:

me, to eat bread. which he spoke to him.

16 But he said I must not return, nor
: 27 And he said to his sons Saddle me :

go with thee, neither will I eat bread, nor an aes. And when they had saddled it,
drink water in this place •
28 And he was gone, he found the dead
17 Because the Lord spoke to me in the body cast in the way, and the ass and the
word of the Lord, saying Thou shalt not lion standing by the carcass the lion had
: :

eat bread, and thou shalt not drink water not eaten of the dead body, nor hurt the
there, nor return by the way thou went- ass.
est. 29 And the prophet took up the body of
18 He said to him 1 also am a prophet the man of God, and laid it upon the ass,
:

like unto thee and an angel spoke to mc and going back brought it into the city
:

in the word of the Lord, saying: Bring of the old prophet, to mourn for him,
him back with thee into thy house, that 30 And he laid his dead ho&s in Ml owt>
he may eat bread, and drink water. He sepulchre and they mourned over hini^
:

deceived him, saying: Alas! alas! my b« other,

19 And brought him back with him: so 31 And when they hac mourned over
he ate bread and drank water in his him, he said to his sons When I am dead
;

house. bury me in the sep'ilchre whereir thf

20 And as they sat at table, the word of man of God is buried lay my bonee oe ;

the Lord came to the prophet that brought side his bones.
him back 32 For assuredly the word shall ccmf
21 And he cried out to the man of God to pass which he hath foretold in the
who came out of Juda, saying Thus saith word of the Lord against the altar that is
:

the Lord Because thou hast not been in Bethel and against all the temples of
: :

obedient to the Lord, and hast not kept the high places, that are in the cities of
the commandment which the Lord thy Samaria.
God commanded thee, 33 After these words Jeroboam came
22 And hast returned and eaten bread, not back from his wicked way: but on
and drunk water in the place wherein he the contrary he made of the meanest of
commanded thee that thou shouldst not the people priests of the high places:
eat bread, nor drink water, thy dead body whosoever would, he filled his hand,
shall not be brought into the sepulchre of and he was made a priest of the high
thy fathers. places.
23 And when he had eaten and drunk, 34 And for this cause did the house of
he saddled his ass for the prophet, whom Jeroboam sin, and was cut off and de-
he had brought back. stroyed from the face of the earth.
Chap. 13. Ver. 18. An angel spoke to me, &c. ishes his servants here, that he may spare them here-
This old man of Bethel was indeed a prophet, but he after. For the generality of divines arc of opinion,
sinned in thus deceiving the man of God the more that the sin of this prophet, considered with all its
;

because he pretended a revelation for what he did. circumstances, was not mortal.
Ver. 24. Killed him. Thus the Lord often pun-
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^roboam*s wife visits Ahias 3 KINGS Prophecy of Ahias

CHAPTER 14. away the remnant of the house of Jero-
iaa prophesieth the destruction of the family of boam, as dung is swept away till all be
'eroboam. Uedieth,and is succeeded by his son clean.
iadab. The king of Egypt taketh and pillageth
Jerusalem. Roboam dieth and his son Abiavi sue- 1 Them that shall die of Jeroboam in the
eedeth. dogs shall eat and them that
city, the :

|T that time Abia the son of Jeroboam shall die in the field, the birds of the air
\. fell sick. shall devour: for the Lord hath spoken it.
And Jeroboam said to his wife : Arise, 12 Arise thou therefore, and go to thy
f,d change thy dress, that thou be not house: and when thy feet shall be enter-
I

1 own to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go ing into the city, the child shall die,

t Silo, where Ahias the prophet is, -^ who 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him,
td me, that I should reign over this and rjhall bury him : for he only of Jero-
pple. boam shall be laid in a sepulchre, be-
I
Take also with thee ten loaves, and cause in his regard there is found a good
cicknels, and a pot of honey, and go word from the Lord the God of Israel, in
t him : for he will tell thee what shall the house of Jeroboam.
fc 3ome of this child. 14 And the Lord hath appointed himself
Jeroboam's wife did as he told her: a king over Israel, who shall cut off the
ai rising up went to Silo, and came to house of Jeroboam in this day, and in this
i house of Ahias : but he could not see, time:
)

t his eyes were dim by reason of his 15 And the Lord God shall strike Israel
a,). as a reed is shaken in the water: and he
And the Lord said to Ahias: Behold shall root up Israel out of this good land,
t.,5 wife of Jeroboam cometh in, to con- which he gave to their fathers, and shall
Bt thee concerning her son that is sick: scatter them beyond the river because :

t is and thus shalt thou speak to her. they have made to themselves groves, to
3 when she was coming in, and made as provoke the Lord.
li he were another woman, 16 And the Lord shall give up Israel for
Ahias heard the sound of her feet the sins of Jeroboam, who hath sinned,
Oiling in at the door, and said: Come and made Israel to sin.
h thou wife of Jeroboam : why dost thou 17 And the wife of Jeroboam arose, and
Ui^ii thyself to be another? But I am departed, and came to Thersa : and when
Brt to thee with heavy tidings. she was coming in to the threshold of the
Go, and tell Jeroboam Thus saith the house, the child died
:

L-d the God of Israel: Forasmuch as I 18 And they buried him. And all Israel
e ilted thee from among the people, and mourned for him according to the word
nde thee prince over my people Israel: of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand
And rent the kingdom away from the of his servant Ahias the prophet.
h ise of David, and gave it to thee, and 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam,
tliU hast not been as my servant David, how he fought, and how he reigned^ be-

%p kept my commandments, and fol- hold they are written in the book of the
ic ed me with all his heart, doing that words of the days of the kings of Israel.
uich was well pleasing in sight: my
20 And the days that Jeroboam reigned,
But hast done evil above all that were were two and twenty years and he slept :

b ore thee, and hast made thee strange with his fathers: and Nadab his son
gils and molten gods, to provoke me to reigned in his stead.
a jer, and hast cast me behind thy back 21 ^ And Roboam the son of Solomon
Therefore behold I will bring evils reigned in Juda Roboam was one and :

ti|)n the house of Jeroboam, and fi'will forty years old when he began to reign:
c off from Jeroboam him that pisseth and he reigned seventeen years in Je-
ftiinst the wall, and him that is shut up, rusalem the city, which the Lord chose
ftil the last in Israel
: and I will sweep out of all the tribes of Israel to put his
/Supra 11. 31. — g Infra 16. 29. h 2 Par. 12. 13.

lAP. Ver. 19. The book of the words of the

14. Chronicles, (which the Hebrews call the words of the
««!? of the kings of Israel. This book, which is days,) they were certainly written after the Book c'
Olin mentioned in the Book of Kings, is long since Kings, since they frequently refer to them.
Oj I
Pot p.a
For tn th*»
as to hrtrkka nf
tbe books 'P«»roIinr»nnor»rn-« rki»
of Paralipomenon, or
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Jerusalem is pillaged 3 KING S The reigns of Abiam and Asa

^ame there. And his mother's name was 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem:
Naama an Ammonitess. the name of his mother was Maacha the ^

22 And Juda did evil in the sight of the daughter of Abessalom.

Lord, and provoked him above all that 3 And he walked in all the sins of his
their fathers father, which he had done before him:
had done, in their sins which
they committed. and his heart was not perfect with the
23 For they also built them altars, and Lord his God, as was the heart of David
statues, and groves upon every high hill his father.
and under every green tree 4 But for David's sake the Lord his God
24 There were also the effeminate in the gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up
land, and they did according to all the his son after him, and to establish Jeru-
abominations of the people whom the salem :

Lord had destroyed before the face of 6 Because David had done that which
the children of Israel. was right in the eyes of the Lord, an**
25 And in
* the fifth year of the reign of had not turned aside from anv thing th&« <i

Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up he commanded him, all tbt days of hie
against Jerusalem. life, "* except the matter of Urias thei

26 And he took away the treasures of Hethite.

the house of the Lord, and the king's 6 But there was war between Roboam
treasures, and carried all off as also the and Jeroboam all the time of his life.
:

shields of gold which Solomon had 7 And the rest of the words of Abiam,
«?

made. and all that he did, are they not written

27 And Roboam made chields of brass in the book of the words of the days of
instead of them, and delivered them into the kings of Juda? "^ And there was war
the hand of the captains cf the shield- between Abiam and Jeroboam.
bearers, and of them that kopt watch be- 8 And Abiam slept with his fathers, and
fore the gate of the king's house. they buried him in the city of David,
28 And when the king went into the ° and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
house of the Lord, they whose office it 9 So in the twentieth year of Jeroboanr
was to go before him, carried them and king of Isiael, p reigned Asa king oi
:

afterwards they brought them back to Juda.

the armoury of the shieldbearers. 10 And he reigned one and forty yean
29 Now the rest of the acts of Roboam, in Jerusalem. His mother's name wa
behold they are Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.
and all that he did,
written in the book of the words of the 11 And Asa did that which was right ii
the sight of the Lord, as did David hi
days of the kings of Juda.
30 And there was war between Roboam father
and Jeroboam always. 12 And he took away the effeminate ou
31 And Roboam slept with his fathers, of the land, and he
removed all the filtl
the idols, which his fathers had made
and was buried with them in the city of
of David: and his mother's name was 13 Moreover he also removed his mc
Naama an Ammonitess and Abiam : his ther Maacha, from being the princess i;

the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grov

Bon reigned in his stead.
which she had consecrated to him an :

CHAPTER 15. he destroyed her den, and broke in piece

The acts of Abiam and of Asa king» of Juda* And the filthy idol,
and burnt it by the torrer
ofNadab and Basa kings of Israel. Cedron:
14 But the high places he did not tak
NOW ^ in the eighteenth year of the
reign of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, away. Nevertheless the heart of Afi
A-biam reigned over Juda. was perfect with the Lord all his days!
iB. C. 928.— i Supra 10. 16. m 2 Kings 11. 14. — w 2 Par.911.
13. 3.

k B. C. 914. —
I 2 Par. 13. 2.
o2 Par. 14. l.—pB.C.
Ver. 24. The effeminate. Catamites, or men ad- mother we suppose, which is not improbab
; unless
that the Maacha here named is different from i

dicted to unnatural lust.

Chap. 15. Ver. 2. Maacha^ &c. She is called Maacha mentioned, ver. 2.
elsewhere Michaia. daughter of Uriel; but it was Ver. 14. The high places. There were exceim
days for the same person to have high places of two different kinds.
Some were J

common in those stran

up, and dedicated to the worship of idols, or
two names.
Ver. lOo Hi* frutther,
^
&c ^,.
That
^ .
is,
v
his
a
grand- gods; and these Asa removed, 2 Par. 14. 2;
otne

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Death of Asa 3 KINGS Reigns of Nadab and Baasa

15 And he brought in the things which reigned over Israel the second year ' of
his father had dedicated, and he had Asa king of Juda : and he reigned over
vowed, into the house of the Lord, silver Israel two years.
and gold, and vessels. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the
16 And there was war between Asa, and Lord, and walked in the ways of his
Baasa king of Israel all their days. father, and in his sins, wherewith he
17 5 And Baasa king of Israel went up made Israel to sin.
against Juda, and built Rama, that no 27 And Baasa the son of Ahias of the
man might go out or come in, of the side house of Issachar, conspired against him,
of Asa king of Juda. and slew him in Gebbethon, which is a
18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold city of the Philistines for Nadab and all :

that remained in the treasures of the Israel besieged Gebbethon.

house of the Lord, and in the treasures 28 So Baasa slew him in the third year *
of the king's house, and delivered it into of Asa king of Juda, and reigned in his
the hands of his servants and sent them place.
:

to Benadad son of Tabremon the son of 29 " And when he was king he cut off
Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in all the house of Jeroboam he left not so :

Damascus, saying much as one soul of his seed, till he

19 There is a league between me and had utterly destroj^ed him, according to
thee, and between my father and thy the word of the Lord, ^ which he had
lather: therefore I have sent thee pre- jpoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite :
sents of silver and gold and I desire thee
: 30 Because of the sin of Jeroboam, which
to come, and break thy league with he had sinned, and wherewith he had
Baasa kin^' of Israel^ that he may depart made Israel to sin, and for the offence,
from me. wherewith he provoked the Lord the
20 Benadad hearkening to king Asa, God of Israel.
cent the captains of his army against the 31 But the rest of the acts of Nadab, and
cities of Israel; and they smote Ahion, all that he did, are they not written in
and Dan, and Abeldomum Maacha, and the book of the words of the days of the
aU Cenneroth, that is aU the land of kings of Israel ?
Nephtali. 32 And there was war between Asa and
21 And when Baasa had heard this, he Baasa the king of Israel all their days.
left off building ilama, and returned into 33 In the third year "'of Asa king of
Thersa. Juda, Baasa the son of Ahias reigned
22 But king Asa sent word into all Juda, over all Israel, in Thersa, four and twenty
saying Let no man be excused : and years.
:

they took away the stones from Rama, 34 And he did evil before the Lord, and
and the timber thereof wherewith Baasa walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in
had been building, and with them king hie 3ins, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
Asa built Gabaa of Benjamin, and Maspha.
23 But the rest of all the acts of Asa, CHAPTER 16.
/^hu prophesieth against Baasa his son Ela is slain
and all his strength, and all that he did, and all his family destroijed by Zambri, Of the
:

and the cities that he built, are they not reign of Amri father of Achab.
written in the book of the words of the rpHEN '^he word of the Lord came to
days of the kings of Juda ? But in the
time of his old age he was diseased in saying
X
Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasa,
his feet. 2 Forasmuch as I have exalted thee out
24 And he slept with his fathers, and of the dust, and made thee prince over
was buried with them in the city of my people Israel, and thou hast walked
David his father. And Josaphat his son in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made
''

reigned in his place. my people Israel to sin, to provoke me

25 But Nadab the son of Jeroboam to anger with their sins:

q 2 Par. 16. 1. t B. C. 909. — M—Infra 21. 22.

r 2 Par. IT. 1. B. C. 870. s B. C. 910. V Supra 14. 10. w B. C. 909.

were only altars of the true God, but were erected

contrary to the law, which allowed of no sacrifices
Asa. — Ibid. Perfect vHfh the Lord. Asa had hij
faults ; but never forsook the worship of the Lord.
but in the temple ; and these were not removed by

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3 ±5ehold, I will cut down
the posterity 15 In the seven and twentieth year ^ of
of Baasa, and the posterity of his house, Asa king of Juda, Zambri reigned seven
and I will make thy house as the house days in Thersa now the army was be-
:

of Jeroboam the son of Nabat. sieging Gebbethon a city of the Fhilis-

i -^ Him that dieth of Baasa in the city, tines.
the dogs shall eat: and him that dieth of 16 And when they heard that Zambri had
his in the country, the fowls of the air rebelled, and slain the king, all Israel
shall devour. made Amri their king, who was general
5 y But the rest of the acts of Baasa and over Israel in the camp that day.
all that he did, and his battles, are they 17 And Amri went up, and all Israel
not written in the book of the words of with him from Gebbethon, and they be-
the days of the kings of Israel ? sieged Thersa.
6 So Baasa slept with his fathers, and 18 And Zambri seeing that the city was
was buried in Thersa: and Ela his son about to be taken, went into the palace
reigned in his stead. and burnt himself with the king's house:
7 And when the word of the Lord came and he died
in the hand of Jehu the son of Hanani 19 In his sins, which he had sinned, do-
the prophet, against Baasa, and against ing evil before the Lord, and walking in
his house, and against all the evil that he the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin,
had done before the Lord, to provoke wherewith he made Israel to sin.
him to anger by the works of his hands, 20 But the rest of the acts of Zambri^
to become as the house of Jeroboam for and of his conspiracy and tyranny, are
:

this cause he slew him, that is to say, they not written in the book of the words
Jehu the son of Hanani, the prophet. of the days of the kings of Israel ?
8 In the ^ six and twentieth year of Asa 21 Then were the people of Israel di-
king of Juda, Ela the son of Baasa reigned vided into two parts: onahalf of the peo-
over Israel in Thersa two years. ple followed Thebni the son of Gineth, to
9 And his servant Zambri, who was cap- make him king: and one half followed
tain of half the horsemen, rebelled against Amri.
hiri: now Ela was drinking in Thersa, 22 But the people that were with AmrL
and drunk in the house of Arsa the gov- prevailed over the people that followed
ernor of Thersa. Thebni the son of Gineth: and Thebni
10 " And Zambri rushing in, struck him died, and Amri reigned.
and slew him in the seven and twentieth 23 In the one and thirtieth year ^ of
year of Asa king of Juda, and he reigned Asa king of Juda, Amri reigned over
in his stead. Israel twelve years in Thersa he reigned :

11 And when he was king and sat upon six years.

his throne, he slew all the house of Baasa, 24 And he bought the hill of Samaria of
and he left not one thereof to piss against Semer for two talents of silver: and he
a wall, and all his kinsfolks and friends. built upon it, and he called the city which
12 And Zambri destroyed all the house he built Samaria, after the name of Semer
of Baasa, according to the word of the the owner of the hill.
Lord, that he had spoken to Baasa in the 25 And Amri did evil in the sight of the
hand of Jehu the prophet, Lord, and acted wickedly above all that
13 For all the sins of Baasa, and the sins were before him.
of Ela his son, who sinned, and made Is- 26 And he walked in all the way of Jero-
rael to sin, provoking the Lord the God boam the son of Nabat, and in his sins
of Israel with their vanities. wherewith he made Israel to sin to pro- :

14 But the rest of the acts of Ela, and voke the Lord the God of Israel to anger
all that he did, are they not written in with their vanities.
the book of the words of the days of the 27 Now the rest of the acts of Amri,
kings of Israel ? and the battles he fought, are they not

— a— yKings
X Supra 14. 11. Par.
2 16. 1. b B. C. 885.
z B. C. 886. 4 9. 31. c B. C. 885

Chap. le. Ver. 23. In the one and thirtieth year, which was in the one and thirtieth year of Asa'»
&c. Amri began to reign in the seven a.nrt twentieth reign. .^ ,

fear of Asa; but had not quiet possession of the Ver. 26. vanities. That is, their idoU|p
With their
UDgdom mi the death of his competitor Thebni, their golden caives, vain, false, deceitful things

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The widow of Sarephta
Titten in the book of the words of the 6 And the ravens brought him bread
ya of the kings of Israel ? and flesh in the morning, and bread and
28 And ^ Amri slept with his fathers, flesh in the evening, and he drank of the
ad was buried in Samaria, and Achab torrent. ,

son reigned in his stead. 7 But after some time the torrent was
I

9 Now Achab the son of Amri reigned dried up, for it had not rained upon the
7er Israel in the eight and thirtieth year earth.
Asa king Df Juda. And Achab the son 8 Then the word of the Lord came to
Amri reigned over Israel in Samaria him, saying:
I

ro and twenty years. 9 Arise, £ nd go to Sarephta of the Sido-

And Achab the son of Amri did evil in nians, and dwell there for I have com- :

16 sight of the Lord above all that were manded a widow woman there to feed
fore him. thee.
M Nor was enough for him to walk in 10 ^ H*^ arose, and went to Sarephta.
it
le sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat And when he was come to the gate of
t he also took to wife Jezabel daughter the city, he saw the widow woman gath-
!Ethbaal king of the Sidonians. And he ering sticks, and he called her, and said
ent, and served Baal, and adored him. to her Give me a little water in a ves-
:

12 And he set up an altar for Baal in the sel, that I may drink.
mple of Baal, which he had built in 11 And when she was going to fetch it
imaria, he called after her, saying: Bring me also,
{3 And he
planted a grove and Achab I beseech thee, a morsel of bread in thy
:

d more to provoke the Lord the God of hand.

rael, than all the kings of Israel that 12 And she answered As the Lord thy :

ere before him. God liveth, I have no bread, but only a

4 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jeri- handful of meal in a pot, and a little oil
K) in Abiram his firstborn he laid its in a cruse: behold I am gathering two
:

nndations: and in his youngest son sticks that I may go in and dress it, for
)gub he set up the gates thereof: ac- me and my son, that we may eat it, and
)rding to the word of the Lord, which die.
spoke in the hand of Josue the son of 13 And Elias said to her Fear not, but :

go, and do as thou hast said: but first

CHAPTER 17. make for me of the same meal a little
ias shutteth up the heaven from raining. He is hearth cake, and bring it to me: and
Ted by ravens, and afterwards by a widow of So- after make for thyself
'ephta. He raiseth the ividoiv''s son to life,
and thy son.
14 For thus saith the Lord the God of
4ND ^Elias the Thesbite of the inhab- Israel: The pot of meal shall not waste,
A. itants of Galaad said to Achab As nor the cruse of oil be diminished, until
:

e Lord liveth the God of Israel, in the day wherein the Lord will give rain
hose sight I stand, there shall not be upon the face of the earth.
w nor rain these years, but according 15 She went and did according to the
the words of mj'" mouth. word of Elias and he ate, and she, and :

And the word of the Lord came to him, her house and from that day
5
:

ying 16 The pot of meal wasted not, and the

Get thee hence, and go towards the cruse of oil was not diminished, accord-
ist and hide thyself by the torrent of ing to the word of the Lord,
which he
arith, which is over against the Jordan, spoke in the hand of Elias.
I And there thou shalt drink of the tor- 17 And ib came to pass after this that
!nt and I have commanded the ravens the son of the woman, the mistress of
:

' feed thee there. the house, fell sick, and the sickness was
So he went, and did according to the very grievous, so that there was no breath
>

ord of the Lord and going, he dwelt left in him.

:

r the torrent Carith, which is over 18 And she said to Elias: What have I
gainst the Jordan. to do with thee, thou man of God? art
dB. C. 874.- -e Jos. 6. 26.
/Eccli. 47. 1 James 5. 17.
h Luke 4. 26.

(JHAP. 17. Ver. tSarephta o/ the Sidonians,

9. Itiat is, a city of Uit SidooiaDS.
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thou come to me that my iniquities should tween them, that they might go round
be remembered, and that thou shouldst about them: Achab went one way, and
kill my son? Abdias another way by himself.
19 And Elias said to her: Give me thy 7 And as Abdias was in the way, Elias met
son. And he took him out of her bosom, him: and he knew him, and fell on his
and carried him into the upper chamber face, and said Art thou my lord Ehas?
:

(There he abode, and laid him upon his 8 And he answered I am. Go, and tell
:

fwn bed. thy master Elias is here.

:

20 And he cried to the Lord, and said 9 And he said What have I sinned, that
:

O Lord my God, hast thou afflicted also thouwouldst deliver me thy servant into
the widow, with whom I am after a sort the hand of Achab, that he should kill
maintained, so as to kill her son ? me?
21 And he stretched, and measured nim- 10 As the Lord bhy God liveth. there is
self upon the child three times, and cried no nation or kingdom, whither my lord
to the Lord, and said O Lord my God, hath not sent to seek thee and when all
: :

let the soul of this child, I beseech thee, answered He is not here
: he took an :

return into his body, oath of every kingdom and nation, be»
22 And the Lord heard the voice of cause thou wast not founc., ^p
Elias and the soul of the child returned
: 11 And now thou sayest to me: Go. and
into him, and he revived. tell thy master Elias is here.
:

23 And Elias took the child, and brought 12 And when I am gone from thee, the
him down from the upper chamber to spirit of the Lord will carry thee into a
the house below, and delivered him to place that I know not and I shall go in :

his mother, and said to her ; Behold thy and tell Achab^ and he not finding thee,
son liveth. will kill me but thy servant feareth the
:

24 And the woman said to Elias: Now, Lord from his infancy.
by this I know that thou art a man of 13 Hath it not been told thee, my lord,
God, and the word of the Lord in thy what I did when Jezabel killed the pro-
mouth is true. phets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred
men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty
CHAPTER 18. and fifty in caves, and fed them with
Elias Cometh before Achab. He convinceth the false bread and water?
prophets by brinffing fire from heaven: he obtain- 14 And now thou sayest: Go, and tell
eth rain by his prayer.
thy master Elias is here : that he may
:

AFTER many days the word of the kill me.

. Lord came to Elias, in the third 15 And Elias said: As the Lord of hosts
year, saying: Go and shew thyself to liveth, before whose face I stand, this
Achab, that T may give rain upon the day I will shew myself unto him.
face of the earth. 16 Abdias therefore went to meet Achab,
2 And Elias went to shew himself to and told him and Achab came to meet :

Achab, and there was a grievous famine Elias.

in Samaria. 17 And when he had seen him, he said:
3 And Achab called Abdias the governor Art thou he that troublest Israel?
of his house now Abdias feaircd the Lord
: 18 And he said: I have not troubled Is-
very much. rael, but thou and thy father's house, who
4 For when Jezabel killed the prophets have forsaken the commandments of the
of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets Lord, and have followed Baalim. ,

and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, 19 Nevertheless send now, and gather I

and fed them with bread and water. unto me a?l Israel, unto mount Carmel,
5 And Achab said to Abdias: Go into and the prophets of Baal four hundre'
the land unto all fountains of waters, and and fifty, anc ^he prophets of the grov<
into all valleys, to see if we can find four hundred, who eat at Jezabel's tabl
grass, and save the horses and mules, 20 Achab sent to all the children of Israel
that the beasts may not utterly perish. and gathered together the orophets UBi
8 And they divided the countries be- mount Carmel.

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\ke two altars 3 KINGS The fire from heaven

51 And Elias coming to all the people, 32 And he built with the stones an altar
lid : How long do you halt between two to the name of the Lord and he made a
:

des? the Lord be God, follow him:

if trench for water, of the breadth of two
it if Baal, then follow him. And the furrows round about the altar.
3ople did not answer him a word. 33 And he laid the wood in order, and
22 And Elias said again to the people: I cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it upon
aly remain a prophet of the Lord but : the wood.
le prophets of Baal are four hundred and 34 And he said : Fill four buckets with
fty men. water, and pour it upon the burnt offering,
23 Let two bullocks be given us, and let and upon the wood. And again he said:
lem choose one bullock for themselves, Do the same the second t:'me. And when
ud cut it in pieces and lay it upon wood, they had done it the second time, he
lut put no fire under and I will dress : said: Do the same also the third time.
16 other bullock, and lay it on wood, and And they did so the third time.
ut no fire under it. 35 And the water run round about the
24 Call ye on the names of your gods, altar, and the trench was filled with
nd I will call on the name of my Lords water.
nd the God that shall answer by fire, let 36 And when it was now time to offer
|;im be God. And all the people answer- the holocaust, Elias the prophet came
ig said A very good proposal.
: near and said O Lord God of Abraham, :

26 Then Elias said to the prophets of and Isaac, and Israel, shew tl»^ day that
laal Choose you one bullock and dress thou art the God of Israel, and I thy ser-
:

' first, because you are many and cali vant, and that according to thy com-
:

n the names of your gods, but put no mandment I havQ done all these things.
ire under. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me that this •

26 And they took the buUrck which he people may learn, that thou art the Lord
ji:ave them, and dressed 11'. and they God, and that thou hast turned their
ailed on the name of Baal from mci mng heart again.
ven till noon, saying O Baal, hear us. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and
:

Jut there was no voice, nor any 'chcj\i an- consumed the holocaust, and the wood,
wered and they leaped aver the ciltar and the stones, and the dust, and licked
?

hat they had made. up the water that was in the trench.
27 And when it was now noon, Elias 39 And when all the people saw this,
ested at them, saying Cry with a louder they fell on their faces, and they said:
:

roice for he is a God, and ;Derhaps he The Lord he is God, the Lord he is God.
:

8 talking, or is in an mn, or on a jour- 40 And Ehas said to them Take the :

ley, or perhaps he is asleep, and must be prophets of Baal, and let not one of them
iwakedo escape. And when they had taken them,
28 So they cried with a loud voice, and Elias brought them down to the torrent
mt themselves after their manner with Cison, and killed them there.
mives and lancets, till they were all cov- 41 And Elias said to Achab Go up, sat, :

ered with blood. and drink for there is a sound of abun- :

29 And after midday was past, and dance of rain.

while they were prophesying, the time 42 Achab went up to eat and drink: and
WSLS come of offering sacrifice, and there Ehas went up to the top of Carmel, and
was no voice heard, nor did any one an- casting himself down upon the earth put
swer, nor regard them as they prayed his face between his knees, :

30 Elias said to all the people Come ye : 43 And he said to his servant : Go up,
onto me. And the people coming near and look toward the sea. And he went
onto him, he repaired the altar of the up, and looked, and said: There is no-
Lord, that was broken uown thing. And again he said to him: Re-
31 And he jook twelve jtones according turn seven times.
to the number of the tribes of the cons 44 And at the seventh time, behold, a
of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord little cloud arose out of the sea like a
8ame, aaying : ^ Israel shall b€ thy name. man^s foot. And he said : Go up and say

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to Achab Prepare thy chariot and go
: days and forty nights, unto the mount
down, the rain prevent thee.
lest of God, Horeb.
46 And while he turned himself this 9 And when he was come thither, he
way and that way, behold the heavens abode in a cave and behold the word
:

grew dark, with clouds, and wind, and of the Lord came unto him, and he said
there fell a great rain. And Achab get- bo him What dost thou here, Elias ?
:

ting up went away to Jezrahel: 10 And he answered With zeal have X :

46 And the hand of the Lord was upon been zealous for the Lord God of hosts:
Elias, and he girded up his loins and ran for the Children of Israel have forsaken
before Achab, till he came to Jezrahel. thy covenant: they have thrown down
thy altars, they have slain thy prophets
CHAPTER 19. with the sword, and I alone am ieft, and
Elias, Jlecing from Jezabel, is fed by an angel in the
desert; and by the strength of that f ood walketh
they seek my life to take it away.
forty days, till he comeih to Uoreb, where he hath 11 And he said to him: Go forth, ?-vJ
a vision of God. stand upon the mount before the Lord
ANDhadAchab
^
told Jezabel that Elias
done, and how he had slain
all
all
and behold the Lord passeth, and a great
and strong wind before the Lord over-
the prophets wi^Ji the sword. throwing the mountains, and breaking
2 And Jezabe' sent a messenger to the rocks in pieces the Lord is not in :

Elias, saying Such and such things may

: the wind, and after the wind an earth-
the gods do to me, and add still more, if quake: the Lord is not in the earth-
by this hour to morrow I make not thy quake
life as the life of one of them. 12 And after the earthquake a fire the :

3 Then Elias was afraid, and rising up Lord is not in the fire, and after the fire
he went whithersoever he had a mind a whistling of a gentle air.
and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and 13 And when Elias heard it, he covered
left hisservant there, his face with his mantle, and coming
4 And he went forward, one day's jour- forth stood in the entering in of the
ney into the desert. And when he was cave, and behold a voice unto him, say-
there, and sat under a juniper tree, he ing: What dost thou here, Elias? And
"requested for his soul that he might die, he answered
LMid said It is enough for me. Lord, take
: 14 With zeal have I been zealous for
^way my soul for I am no better than
: the Lord God of hosts: ^because the
my fathers. children of Israel have forsaken thy cov-
5 And he cast himself down, and slept enant: they have destroyed thy altars,
.in the shadow of the juniper tree : and they have slain thy prophets with the
oehold an angel of the Lord touched sword, and I alone am left, and they .

him, and said to him : Arise and eat. seek my life to take it away.
6 He looked, and t hold there was at 15 And the Lord said to him: Go, and
his head a hearth cake, and a vessel of return on thy way through the desert
water : and he ate and drank, and heto Damascus: and when thou art como
fell
asleep again. thither, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be
7 And the angel of the Lord came again king over Syria.
the second time, and touched him, and 16 "* And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son
said to him : Arise, eat : for thou hast of Namsi to be king over Israel: and
yet a great way to go. Eliseus the son of Saphat, of Abelmeula,
8 And he arose, end ate, and drank, and thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy
walked in the strength of that food forty room.
I Kom. 11. 3. — w 4 Kings 9. 1.

Chap. 19. Ver. 4. That he might die. Elias are to be supported in our journey through the wil-
requested to die, not out of impatience or pusilla- derness of this world till we come to the true mouD-
flimity, but out of zeal against sin and that he might
•, tain of God, and his vision in a happy eternity.
no longer be witness of the miseries of his people '7 or. 10. / alone amof the prophets m
left, viz.,
and the war they were waging against God and his the kingdom of Israel, or of the ten tribes , for in the
servants. See ver. 10. kingdom of Juda religion was at that time in a very
Ver. 8. In the strength of that food, &c. This flourishing condition under the kings Asa and Josa-
bread, with which Elias was fed in the w'lderness, phat. And even in Israel there remained several
7as a figure of the bread of life which we receive in prophets, though not 'iiea known to Elias. See
Uie blessed sacrament ; by the strength ot oli we cbap. 9.0, 13, 28, 3&
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Eliseus follows Elias 3 KINGS The Syrians besiege Samaria

17 And shall come to pass, that who- ante thee Thy silver, and uhy gold, amr'.
it ?

3oever shall escape the sword of Hazael, tihy wives, and thy children thou shaifi
shall be slain by Jehu: and whosoever deliver up to me.
shall escape the sword of Jehu, shall be 6 To morrow therefore at this same
glain by Eliseus. hour I will send my servants to thee, and
18 "And I will leave me seven thou- they shall search thy house, and the
sand men in Israel, whose knees have houses of thy servants and all that :

not been bowed before Baal, and every pleaseth them, they shall put in their
mouth that hath not worshipped him hands, and take away.
kissing the hands. 7 And the king of Israel called all the
19 And Elias departing from thence, ancients of the land, and said: Mark,
found Eliseus the son of Saphat, plough- and see that he layeth snares for us.
ing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he For he sent to me for my wives, and for
was one of them that were ploughing my children, and for my silver and gold:
with twelve yoke of oxen: and when and I said not nay.
Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle 8 And all the ancients, and all the peo-
upon him. ple said to him Hearken not to him, :

20 And he forthwith left the oxen and nor consent to him.

ran after Elias, and said Let me, I pray
: 9 Wherefore he answered the messen-
thee, kiss my father and my mottier, and gers of Benadad: Tell my lord the king:
then I will follow thee. And he said All that thou didst send for to me thy
to him Go, and return back
: for that servant at first, I will do but this thing
: :

^hich was my part, I have done to thee. I cannot do.

21 And returning back from him, he 10 And the messengers returning
took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, brought him word. And he sent again
d boiled the flesh with the plough of and said: Such and such things may the
ihe oxen, and gave to the people, and gods do to me, and more may they add,
ihey ate : and rising up he went away, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for
nd followed Elias, and ministered to handfuls for all the people that follow
nim. me.
CHAPTER 20. 11 And the king of Israel answering,
Tlie Syrians besiege Samaria: they are ttvice de- said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast
feated by Achab : who is reprehended by a pro- himself as the ungirded.
phet for letting Benadad go.
12 And it came to pass, when Benadad
AND Benadad, king of Syria, gathered heard this word, that he and the kings
. together all his host, and there were were drinking in pavilions, and he said
mo and thirty kings with him, and horses,
to his servants: Beset the city. And
EUid chariots: and going up, he fought they beset it.
against Samaria, and besieged it. 13 And behold a prophet coming to
2 And, sending messengers to Achab Achab king of Israel, said to him Thus" :

ing of Israel into the city, saith the Lord: Hast thou seen all this
3 He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy exceeding great multitude, behold I will
silver, and thy gold is mine: and thy deliver them into thy hand this day:
wives, and thy goodliest children are that thou mayest know that I am the
mine. Lord.
4 And the king of Israel answered : Ac- 14 And Achab said: By whom? And he
tsording to thy word, my lord O king, I said to him Thus saith the Lord By the
: :

am thine, and all that I have. servants of the princes of the provinces.
6 And the messengers came again, and And he said: Who shall begin to fight?
said Thus saith Benadad, who sent us And he said: Thou.
:

n Rom. 11, 4.

Ver. 17. Shall be slain by Eliseus. Eliseus did
not kill any of the idolaters with the material sword
but he is here joined with Hazael and Jehu, tiie
'^
great instruments of God in punishing the idolatry
of Israel, because he foretold to the former his exal-
tation to the kingdom ol Syria, and the vengeance
he would execute against Israel, and anointed the
latter by one of his disciples to be king of Israel,
with commission to extirpate the house of Achab.
Chap. 20. Ver. 11. Let not the girded, &c. Let
him not boast before the victory it will then be
:
time to glory when lie putteth off Iiis armour, haying
overcome his adversary

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The Syrians defeated by Achab 3 KINGS The Syrians again defeated

15 So he mustered tho servants ox the tered, and taking victuals went out on
princes of the provinces, and ho found the other side, and camped over against
the number of two hundred and thirty- them, like two httle flocks of goats but :

two and he mustered after them the

. the Syrians filled the land.
people, all the children of Israel, seven 28 (And a man of God coming, said to
thousand the king of Israel Thus saith the Lord
:

16 And they went out at noon. Bu^ Because the Syrians have said The :

Benadad was drinking himself drunk, in Lord is God of the hills, but is not God
his pavilion, and the two and thirty kings of the valleys I will deliver all this
:

with him, who were come tc help him.
17 And the servants of the princes of
the provinces went out first. And Bena-
dad sent. And they told him, saying;
There are men come out of Samaria.
18 And he said: Whether they come for
peace, take them alive or whether they
: of the Syrians a hundred thousand foct-
come to fight, take them alive.
19 So the servants of the princes of the
provinces went out, and the rest of the
army followed
20 And every one slew the man that
came against him: and the Syrians fled,
and Israel pursued after them. And
Benadad king of Syria fled away on
horseback with his horsemen.
21 But the king of Israel going out
great multitude into thy hand, and you
shall know that I am the Lord.)
29 And both sides set their armies in
array one against the other seven days,
and on the seventh day the battle was
fought: and the children of Israel slew
men in one day,
30 And they that remained fled to
Aphec, into the city : and the wall fell
upon seven and twenty thousand men,
that were left. And Benadad fleeing
went into the city, into a chamber that
was within a chamber.
31 And his servants said to him: Be-
hold, wo have heard that the kings of
the house of Israel are merciful so let :

overthrew the horses and chariots, and us put sackcloth on oui loins, and ropea
slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. on our heads, and go out to the king of
22 (And a prophet coming to the king Israel : perhaps he will save our lives.
Oi Israel, said to him Go, and strengthen
: 32 So they girded sackcloth on their
thyself, and know, and see what thou loins, and put ropes on their heads, and
dost for the next year the king of Syria
: came to the king of Israel, and said to
will come up against thee.) him : Thy servant Benadad saith I be- :

23 But the servants of the king of Syria seech thee let me have my life. And he
said to him : Their gods are gods of the said If he be yet alive he is my brother,
:

hills, therefore they have overcome us : 33 The men took this for a sign and :

but it is better that we should fight in haste caught the word out of his
against them in the plains, and we shall mouth, and said Thy brother Benadad.
:

overcome them. And he said to them Go, and bring him

:

24 Do thou therefore this thing Re-

: to me. Then Benadad came out to him,
move all the kings from thy army, and
put captains in their stead
25 And make up the number of soldiers
that have been slain of thine, and
horses according to the former horses,
and chariots according to the chariots
which thou hadst before : and we will
fight against them in the plains, and
thou Shalt see that we shall overcome
them. He believed their counsel and
did so.
and he lifted him up into his chariot.
34 And he said to him : The cities
which my father took from thy father,
I will restore : and do thou make thee
streets in Damascus, as my father made
in Samaria, and having made a league
I will depart from thee. So he made a
league with him, and let him go.
35 Then a certain man of the sons of
the prophets said to his companion in
the word of the Lord Strike me. But :

26 Wherefore at the return of the year, ha would not strike»

Benadad mustered the Syrians, and went 36 Then he said to him Because thou :

up to Aphec, to fight against IsraeL wouldst not hearken to the word of the
27 And the children of Israel were mus- Lord, behold thou shalt depart from me,

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prophet reproves Achah S KINGS Nahoih stoned to death

(1 & lion shall slay thee. And ';Fben anr^ fretting, because olf the word that
was gone a little from him, a lion Naooth the Jezrahelite had spoken tc
ind him, and slew him. him, saying I will not give thee the in-
:

7 Then he found another man, and saidheritance of my fathers. And casting

him: Strike me. And he struck him, himself upon his bed, he turned away his
d wounded him. face to the wall, and would eat no bread.
8 So the prophet went, and met the 6 And Jezabel his wife went in to him,
ag in the way, and disguised himself and said to him What is the matter that :

sprinkling dust on his face and his thy soul is so grieved ? and why eatest
es. thou no bread ?
£ And
as the king passed by, he cried 6 And he answered her : I spoke to Na-
the king, and said Thy servant went both the Jezrahelite, and said to him
:

t to fight hand to hand and when a Give me thy vineyard, and take money
;

rtain man was run away, one brought for it : or if it please thee, I will give
n to me, and said Keep this man: and thee a better vineyard for it. And he
:

he shall slip away, thy life shall be for said : I will not give thee my vineyard.
3 life, or thou shalt pay a talent of 7 Then Jezabel his wife said to him:
ver Thou art of great authority indeed, and
And whilst I in a hurry turned this governest well the kingdom of Israel.
ly and that, on a sudden he was not to Arise, and eat bread, and be of good cheer,
seen. And the king of Israel said to I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth
ai This is thy judgment, which thyself the Jezrahelite.
:

st decreed. 8 So she wrote letters in Achab's name,

1 But he forthwith wiped off the dust and sealed them with his ring, and sent
)m his face., and the king of Israel knew them to the ancients, and the chief men
n, that he was one of the prophets. that were in his city, and that d^7elt witli
2 And h o siid to him : Thus sa^th the Naboth.
•rd Because thou hast let go out of thy
: 9 And this was the tenor of the letters:
nd a mcin ';vorthy of death, thy life Proclaim a fast, a,nd make Naboth sit
all be for his life, and thy people for among the chief of the people,
3 people. 10 And suborn two men, sons of Belial
3 And the king of Israel returned to his against him, and let them bear false wit-
use, slighting to hear, and raging came ness : that he hath blasphemed God and
tio Samaria. the king: and then carry him out, and
stone him, and so let him die.
CHAPTER 21. 11 And the men of his city, the ancients
'Jbothffor denying his vineyard to king Achah^ is and nobles, that dwelt with him in the
>yJezabeVs commandment^ falsely accused and
city, did as jezabel had commanded them,
toned to death. For which crime Elias denoun-
eth to Achab the judgments of God : upon his huwy and as it was written in the letters which
ling himself the sentence is mitigated. she had sent to them
IND after these things, Naboth the 12 They jproclaimed a fast, and made
Ix Jezrahelite, who was in Jezrahel, Naboth sit among the chief of the people.
Pd at that time a vineyard near the 13 And bringing two men, sons of the
] lace of Acbab king of Samaria. devil, they made them sit against him:
And Achab spoke to Naboth, saying and they, like men of the devil, bore wit-
<ve me thy vineyard, that I may make ness against him before the people, say-
13a garden of herbs, because it is nigh, ing: Naboth hath blasphemed God and
sd adjoining to ray house, and I will give the king: wherefore they brought him
lee for it a better vineyard or if thou : forth without the city, and stoned him to
link more convenient for thee, I wiU
it death.
|ve th: e the worth of it in money. 14 And they sent to Jezabel, saying:
Naboth answered him: The Lord be Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
l3rciful to me, and not let me give thee 15 And it came to pass when Jezabel
ie inheritance of my fathers. heard that Naboth was stoned, and dead,
And Achab came into his house angry that she said to Achab : Arise and take

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possession of the vineyard of Naboth the slept in sackcloth, and walked with hig
Jezrahelite, who would not agree with head cast down.
thee, and give it thee for money: for 28 And the word of the Lord came to
Naboth is not alive, but dead. Elias the Thesbite, saying :

16 And when Achab heard this, to wit, 29 Hast thou not seen Achab humbled
that Naboth was dead, he arose, and went before me? therefore, because he hath
down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jez- humbled himself for my sake, I will not
rahelite, to take possession of it. bring the evil in his days, ^ but in hie
17 And the word of the Lord came to son's days will I bring the evil upon his
Elias the Thesbite, saying: house.
18 Arise, and go down to meet Achab
king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold 22. ; CHAPTER
he is going down to the vineyard of Na- Achab believing his false prophets rather than
Micheas, is slain in Jtamoth Galaad. Ochozias
both, to take possession of it succeedeth him. dood king Josaphat dieth, and
19 And thou shalt speak to him, saying: his son Joram succeedeth him.
Thus saith the Lord Thou hast alain, :

moreover also thou hast taken possession. .

AND
^ there passed three years with»
out war between Syria and Israel,
And after these words thou shalt add: 2 And in the third year, Josaphat king
Thus saith the Lord: ''In this place. of Juda came down to the king of h-
Wherein the dogs have licked the blood raol.
of Naboth, they shall lick thy blood also. 3 (And the king of Israel said to his
20 And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou servants: Know yo not that Ramoth
found me thy enemy ? He said : I have Galaad if} ours, and we neglect to take it
found thee, because thou art sold, to do out of the hand of the king of Syria ?)
evil in the sight of the Lord. 1 Ancl he said to Josaphat : Wilt then
21 * Behold I will bring evil upon thee, come with me to battle to Ramoth
and I will cut down thy posterity, and I Galatcd i
will kill of Achab him that pisseth against 6 And Josaphat said to the king of Is-
the wall, and him that is shut up, and the raol: Ac 1 am, so art jhou: my people
last in Israel. and iihy people are one ? and my horse-
22 And I will mako thy house like the ' men, thy horsemen. And Josaphau said
house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and to the king of Israe!! Inquire, I beseech :

like the house of " Baasa the son of Ahias: thee, this day, the word of the Lord,
for what thou hast done, to provoke me 6 Then the king of Israel assembled the L

to anger, and for making Israel to sin. prophetCi about four hundred men^ and
23 ^ And of Jezabel also the Lord spoke, ho said to them Shall I go to Ramoth :

saying The dogs shall eat Jezabel in the Galaad to fight, or shall I forbear? They
:

field of Jezrahel. answered Go up, and the Lord will de- :

24 If Achab die in the city, the dogs liver it into the hand of the king.
shall eat him but if he die in the field,
: 7 And Josaphat said: Is there not here
the birds of the air shall eat hjpa. some prophet of the Lord, that we may
25 Now there was not such another as inquire by him ?
Achab, who was sold to do evil in the 8 And the king of Israel said to Josa-
sight of the Lord: for his wife Jezabel phat : There is one man left, by whom
set him on, we may inquire of the Lord Micheas :
|

26 And he became abominable, insomuch the son of Jemla; but I hate him, for he
that he followed the idols which the doth not prophesy good to me, but evil
Amorrhites had made, whom the Lord And Josaphat said : Speak not so,
destroyed before the face of the children king.
of Israel. 9 Then the king of Israel called aD
27 And when Achab had heard these eunuch, and said to him: Make hastei
words, he rent his garments, and put and bring hither Micheas the son oi
haircloth upon his flesh, and fasted and Jemla.
r Infra 22. 38. — s 4 Kings 9. 8. — i Supra 15. 29. V 4 Kings 9. 36. — tr 4 Kings 9. 26.
u Supra 16. 3. X2 Par. 18. 1

Chap. 21. Ver. 20, Sold, to do evil in the sight, sold thyself to the devil, to be his slave to work aD
iC Tbat is. so addicted to evi/ as if thou hadst kinds of evil.
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Micheas is put in prison
10 Then the1 Ag of
Israel, and Josa- ceive Achab king of Israel, that he may
hat king of Juda, sat each on his throne go up, and fall at Ramoth Galaad ? And
lothed with royal robes, in a court by one spoke words of this manner, and
le entrance of the gate of Samaria, and another otherwise.
U the prophets prophesied before them. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and
11 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana stood before the Lord, and said I will :

lade himself horns of iron, and said: deceive him. And the Lord said to him :

hus saith the Lord: With these shalt By what means ?

lou push Syria, till thou destroy it. 22 And he said: I will go forth, and be
12 And all the prophets prophesied in a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
e manner, saying: Go up to Ramoth prophets. And the Lord said Thou :

alaad, and prosper, for the Lord will shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail " go :

aiiver it into the king's hands. forth, and do so.

3 And the messenger, that went to
11 Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Be-
3ld the words of the prophets with one
outh declare good things to the king
t thy word therefore be like to theirs,
id speak that which is good.
4 But Micheas said to him: As the
>rd liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall
y to me, that will I speak.
6 So he came to the king, and the king
id to him Micheas, shall we go to
: chamber within a chamber to hide thy-
imoth G alaad to battle, or shall we for-
ar ? He answered him : Go up, and
osper, and the Lord shall deliver it
to the king's hands.
6 But the king said to him : I adjure
ee again and again, that thou tell me
thing but that which is true in the
-me of the Lord.
7 And he said : I saw all Israel scat-
red upon the hills, like sheep that have
shepherd: ^and the Lord said These
ve no master : let every man of them
)urn to his house in peace.
(Then the king of Israel said to Josa- king of Juda went up to Ramoth Ga-
at: Did I not tell thee, that he pro- laad.
Iesieth no good to me, but always
il?)
23 Now therefore behold the Lord hath
given a lying spirit in the mouth of al)
thy prophets that are here, and the Lord
hath spoken evil against thee.
24 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana
came, and struck Micheas on the cheek,
and said: Hath then the spirit of the
Lord left me, and spoken to thee ?
25 And Micheas said: Thou shalt see
in the day when thou shalt go into a
self.
26 And the king of Israel said : Take
Micheas, and let him abide with Ammon
the governor of the city, and with Joas
the son of Amalech.
27 And tell them: Thus saith the king:
Put this man in prison, and feed him with
bread of affliction, and water of distress,
till I return in peace.
28 And Micheas said : If thou retn ?n in
: peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me.
: And he said Hear, all ye people.
29 So the king of Israel, and Josaphat
30 And the king of Israel said to Josa-
phat Take armour, and go into the bat-
:

9 And he added and said : Hear thou tle, and put on thy own garments. But
arefore the word of the Lord I saw the king of Israel changed his dress,
:
and
I Lord sitting on his throne, and all went into the battle.
) army of heaven standing ^by him 31 And the king of Syria had commanded
the right hand and on the left: the two and thirty captains of the chariots,
^And the Lord said: Who shall de- saying You shall not fight against any.
:

; —
y Num. 27. 17 Matt. 9. 36. g Joel 1. 6.
HAP. 22. Ver. 15. Go up, &c. This was spoken
iically, and by way of jesting at the flattering mand, but a permission: for God never ordaineth
eches of the false prophets : and so the king
lerstood it, as appears >^y his adjuring Micheas,
he followfcg verse, to .^il him the truth in the
ae of the Lord.
<er.20. The Lord said, &c. God standeth not in
id of any counsellor nor are we to suppose that
;
«igs pass in heaven in the manner here described:
D this representation was made to the prophet, to
D lelivered by him in a manner adapted to the com-
3 ways and 'motions c f men.
a Vide Matt 8. 32, and Apoc. 20. 3.
Ver. 22. Go forth, and do so. This was not a com-
lies though he often permitteth the lying spirit to
;
deceive those who love not the truth. 2 Thess. 2. 10.
And in this sense it is said in the following verse,
The Lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of
all thy prophets.
Ver. 25. Go into a chamber, &c. This happened
when he heard the king was slain, and justly appre
bended that he should be punished for his false pro
phecy.
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small or great, but against the king of name of his mother was Azuba the daugh-
Israel only. ter of Salai.
32 So when the captains of the chariots 43 And he walked in all the way of Asa
saw Josaphat, they suspected that he was his father, and he declined not from it:
the king of Israel, and making a violent and he did that which was right in the
assault they fought against him and sight of the Lord.
:

Josaphat cried out. 44 Nevertheless he took not away the

33 And the captains of the chariots per-
ceived that he was not the king of Israel,
and they turned away from him.
34 And a certain man bent his bow,
shooting at a venture, and chanced to
strike the king of Israel between the lungs
and the stomach. But he said to the
driver ot his chariot: Turn thy band, and
carry me out of the army, for I am griev-
ously wounded.
35 And the battle was fought that day,
and the king of Israel stood in his chariot
against the Syrians, and he died in the
evening: and the blood ran out of the
wound into the midst of the chariot.
36 And the herald proclaimed through
all the army before the sun set, saying
high places : for as yet the people offered
sacrifices and burnt incense in the high
places.
45 And Josaphat had peace with the
king of Israel,
46 But the rest of the acts of Josaphat,
and his works which he did, and his bat-
tles, are they not written in the book of
the words of the days of the kings of
Juda?
47 And the remnant also of the effemi-
nate, who remained in the days of Asa hit
father, he took out of the land.
48 And there was then no king appointed
in Edom.
49 * But king Josaphat made navies OQ
the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold but :

Let every man return to his own city,
and to his own country.
37 And the king died, ^ and was carried
into Samaria: and they buried the king
thej^ could not go, «^for the ships were
broken in Asiongaber.
60 Then Ochozias the son of Achab said
to Josaphat Let my servants go with thy
:

in Samaria. servants in the ships. And Josaphat

38 ° And they washed his chariot in the would not.
pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up 61 And ^ Josaphat slept with his fathers,
his blood, and they washed the reins, and was buried with them in the city of
according to the word of the Lord which David his father: and Joram his sob
he had spoken. reigned in his stead.
39 But the rest of the acts of Achab, and 62 And Ochozias the son of Achab be-
all that he did, and the house of ivory gan to reign over Israel in Samaria, in
that he made, and all the cities that he the seventeenth year of ^ Josaphat king
built, are they not written in the book of Juda, and he reigned over Israel two
of the words of the days of the kings of years,
Israel 63 And he did evil in the sight of the
40 So Achab slept with his fathers, and Lord, and walked in the way of his father
Ochozias his son reigned in his stead. and his mother, and in the way of Jero-
41 But Josaphat the son of Asa began boam the 3on of Nabat, who made Israel
to reign over Juda in the fourth year of to sin.
^ Achab king of Israel. 54 He served also Baal, and worshipped
42 He was five and thirty years old him, and provoked the Lord the Go-i of
when he began to reign, and he reigned Israel, according to all that his father
five and twenty years in Jerusalem the had done. :

— Supra
6 B. C. 853. c 21, 19. /2 Par. 20. 36.— i/ B. C. 848.
— A. M. 3108.
dB. C. 870. e h B. C. 853.

Ver. 44. He took not away, &c. He left some of Ver. 50. Would not. He had been reprehended
the his^h places, viz., those in which they worshipped before for admitting such a partner : and therefore
the true God: but tof)l< away all others, 2 Par. 17. 6, would have no more to do with liini.
imd aote ver. U of chap. 15. 3 Kings.

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chozias consults Beelzebub Elias brings fire from heaven

THB
FOURTH BOOK OF KINGS.
CHAPTER 1. Man of God, the Mng hath commanded
hozias aendeth to considt Beelzebub: Elias fore- that thou come down.
elleth his death : and causeth Jire to come down
rom heaven^ upon two captains and their com- 10 And Elias answering, said to the
yanies. captain of fifty If I be a man of God,
:

iND Moab
rebelled against Israel, let fire come down from heaven, and
\. after the death of Achab. consume thee, and thy fifty. And there
And OchoKias fell through the lattices
I came down fire from heaven, and con-
I his upper chamber which he had in sumed him, and the fifty that were with
[maria, and was sick and he sent mes-
: him.
iQgers, saying to them: Go, consult 11 And again he sent to him another
] elzebub, the god of Accaron, whether captain of fifty men, and his fiftj with
]i
hall recover of this my illness. him. And he said to him Man of God, :

And an angel of the Lord spoke to thus saith the king: Make haste and
Jias the Thesbite, saying Arise, and go come down.
:

I to meet the messengers of the king 12 Elias answering, said : If I be a man

Samaria, and say to them
i
Is there of God, let fire come down from heaven,
:

I I a God in Israel, that ye go to consult and consume thee and thy fifty. And
1 elzebub the god of Accaron? fire came down from heaven, and con
Wherefore thus saith the Lord : From sumed him and his fifty.
;

t3 bed, on which thou art gone up, thou 13 Again he sent a third captain of fifty
oilt not come down, but thou shalt men, and the fifty that were with him.
8:ely die. And Elias went away. And when he was come, he fell upon his
And the messengers turned back to knees, before Elias, and besought him
(hozias. And he said to them: Why and said: Man of God, despise not my
5) you come back? life, and the lives of thy servants that
But they answered him A man met : are with me.
t and said to us
Go, and return to the
: 14 Behold fire came down from heaven,
i ig, that sent you, and you shall say to and consumed the two first captains of
ta: Thus saith the Lord: Is it because fifty men, and the fifties that were with
t)TQ was no God in Israel that thou them: but now I beseech thee to spare
Oldest to Beelzebub the god of Acca- my life.
n? Therefore thou shalt not come 15 And the angel of the Lord spoke to
d«rn from the bed, on which thou art Elias, saying: Go down with him, fear
gie up, but thou shalt surely die. not. He arose therefore, and went down
And he said to them: What manner with him to the king,
r»man was he who met you, and spoke 16 And said to him: Thus saith the
I'ise words? Lord Because thou hast sent messengers
:

But they said: A hairy man with a to consult Beelzebub the god of Accaron,
I

gdle of leather about his loins. And he as though there were not a God in Israel,
Bi: It is Elias the Thesbite. of whom thou mightest inquire the word
And he sent to him a captain of fifty, therefore from the bed on which thou
ii the fifty men that were under him. art gone up, thou shalt not come
down,
/d he went up to him, and as he was but thou shalt surely die.
ffiingon the top of a hill, said to him: 17 So he died according to the word of

13AP.
Ver. 10. Let fire, &c. Elias was and shew how vain are the
1. to efforts of men against
It ured to call for fire from heaven upon these cap- God, and his servants, whom he
willeth to protect.
K s, who came to apprehend him ; not out of
a Ver. 17, The second year of Joram, &c. Counted
fl; re to
gratify any private passion; but to punish from the time that he was associated i^o the throne
t msult offered to religion, to confirm his mission.
by his father Josaphat,
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Eliseus refuses to leave Elias 4 KINGS Elias taken up in the fiery charic

Che L<n»d which Elias spoke, and Joram at a distance thi

: but they two stood by
his brother reigned in liis stead, in the Jordan.
second ^ year of Joram the son of Josa- 8 And Elias took his mantle and folded^
phat king of Juda: because he had no it together, and struck the waters, anc
Bon. they were divided hither and thither, anc'
18 But the rest of the acts of Ochozias they both passed over on dry ground.
which he did, are they not written in 9 And when they were gone over, Eliai*
the book of the words of the days of said to Eliseus : Ask what thou wilt hav('
the kings of Israel ? me to do for thee, before I be taker
away from thee. And EUseus said^ I be
CHAPTER 2.
seech thee that in me may be thy doubl<'
Eliseus vdll not part from Elias. The water of the spirit. f'
Jordan is divided by Elias^s cloak. Elias is taken
up in a fiery chariot, and his double spirit is given 10 And he answered: Thou hast askec^"^
to Eliseus. Eliseus healeth the waters by casting a hard thing: nevertheless if thou sed'
in salt. Boys are torn by bears for mocking Elis-
eus. me when I am
taken from thee, thoil^
A ND it came to pass, when the Lord shalt have what thou hast asked but :

XX would take up Elias into heaven by thou see me not, thou shalt not have i
a whirlwind, that Elias and EUseus were 11 And as they went on, walking
going from Galgal. talking together, behold a fiery ch
2 And Elias said to Eliseus: Stay thou and fiery horses parted them both as
here, because the Lord hath sent me as der: ^ and EUas went up by a whirl
far as Bethel. And Eliseus said to him into heaven.
As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 12 And EUseus saw him, and cried
I will not leave thee. And when they father, my
father, the chariot of Is;
were come down to Bethel, and the driver thereof. And he saw
hold of his o:
3 The sons of the prophets, that were no more : and he took
garments, and rent them in two pieo
at Bethel, came forth to EUseus, and said
And he took up the mantle ^i E
to him: Dost thou know that this day 13
the Lor;d will take away thy master from that feU from him: and going back,
thee ? And he answered I also know it :
stood upon the bank of the Jordan,
hold your peace. 14 And he struck the waters with
4 And EUas said to Eliseus : Stay here mantle of EUas, that had fallen from
because the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. and they were not divided. And he s
And he said As the Lord liveth, and as
:
Where is now the God of Elias? And
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. struck the waters, and they were divide
And when they were come to Jericho, hither and thither, and EUseus pase^
6 The sons of the prophets that were at over.
Jericho, came to EUseus, and said to 15 And the sons of the prophets
him: Dost thou know that this day the Jericho, who were over against hii
Lord will take away thy master from seeing it said:
The spirit of Elias ha
EUseus. And coming to me
thee? And he said: I also know it: hold rested upon
him, they worshipped him, falUng to tl
your peace.
6 And Elias said to him: Stay here, be-
ground,
said to him Behold, the
cause the Lord hath sent me as far as 16 And they
:

with thy servants fifty strong me

the Jordan. And he said As the Lord are :

liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not that

can go, and seek thy master, le
spirit of the Lord hath tak<
leave thee; and they two went on to- perhaps the
gether, him up and cast him upon some mounta
7 And fifty men of the sons of the pro- or into
some valley. And he said I :

phets followed them, and stood in sight not send.

I Eccli. 48. 13 ; 1 Mac. 2. 58.
j B. C. 852.

Ver. 9. Double spirit. A double portion wi

of
Chap. 2.Ver. 1. Heaven. By heaven Jiere is
the lowest of the heavenly regions. smrit, as thy eldest son and heir or thy spirit :

tieant the air,

double in comparison of that which God usu;
V«r. 3. The sons of the propfiets. That is, the is
prophets who seem to have had imparteth to his prophets.
lisciples of the ,

They worshipped htm. Viz., witn an

;

their schools, like colleges or communities, in Ver 15.

ferior, yet religious veneration, uot for any
tempo!
Bethel, Jericho, and other places in the days of
Elias and Eliseus. but spiritual excellency.
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sens heals the waters 4 KINGS TJie kings consult EUseiis

But they pressed him, till he con- Israel to sin, nor did he depart from
ted, and said: Send. And they sent them.
men: and they sought three days Now
Mesa, king of Moab, nourished
4
found him not. many
sheep, and he paid to the king of
And they came back to him: for he Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a
jde at Jericho, and he said to them: hundred thousand rams with their fleeces.
I not say to you: Do not send? 5 And when Achab was dead, he broke
And the men of the city said to Elis- the league which he had made with the
Behold the situation of this city is king of Israel.
good, as thou, my lord, seest: but 6 And king Joram went out that day
waters are very bad, and the ground from Samaria, and mustered all Israel.
•en. I 7 And he sent to Josaphat king of Juda,
And he said: Bring me a new vessel, saying: The king of Moab is revolted
put salt into it. And when they had 'from me, come with me against him to
ight it. battle. And he answered: I will come
He went out to the spring of the up: he that is mine, is thine: people, my
rs, and cast the salt into it, and said thy people: and horses, thy horses. my
s saith the Lord: I have healed these 8 And he said: Which way shall we go
irs, and there shall be no more in up? But he answered: By the
desert of
a death or barrenness. Edom.
And the waters were healed unto 9 So the king of Israel, and the king of
day, according to the word of Elis- Juda, and the king of Edom went, and
which he spoke. they fetched a compass of seven days*
And he went up from thence to Beth- journey, and there was no water for the
md as he was going up by the way, army, and for the beasts, that followed
boys come out of the city and them.
:ed him, saying: Go up, thou bald 10 And the king of Israel said: Alas,
; go up, thou bald head. alas, alas, the Lord hath gathered us
And looking back he saw them, and three kings together, to deliver us into
id them in the name of the Lord: the hands of Moab!
there came forth two bears out of 11 And Josaphat said: Is there not here
forest, and tore of them two and a prophet of the Lord, that we may be-
boys. seech the Lord by him? And one of the
And from thence he went to mount servants of the king of Israel answered:
lel, and from thence he returned to Here is Eliseus the son of Saphat, who
iria. poured water on the hands of Elias.
CHAPTER 3 12 And Josaphat said: The word of the
Mngs of Israel, Juda and Edom, fight Lord is with him. And the king of Israel,
mst the king of Moab. They want water, and Josaphat king of Juda, and the king
\ch Eliseus procureth without rain :and
phesieth victory. The king of Moab is over- of Edom went down to him.
own, his city is besieged: he sacriflceth his 13 And Eliseus said to the king of Israel:
t6orn son: so the Israelites raise the siege.
What have I to do with thee? go to the
D Joram the son of Achab reigned prophets of thy father, and thy mother.
)ver Israel in Samaria in the eight- And the king of Israel said to him: Why
year ofm Josaphat king of Juda. hath the Lord gathered together these
he reigned twelve years. three kings, to deliver them into the
nd he did evil before the Lord, but hands of Moab ?
ke his father and his mother: for he 14 And Eliseus said to him: As the
away the statues of Baal, which his Lord of hosts liveth, in whose sight I
r had made. stand, if I did not reverence the face of
evertheless he stuck to the sins of Josaphat king of Juda, I would not have
cam the son of Nabat, who made hearkened to thee, nor looked on thee.
TO B. C. 852.
.24. Cursed them. This curse, which of the prophet and of a divine inspiration
;
oijowed by so visible a judgment of God, God
qt the effect of passion, or of a desire
punishing in this manner the inhabitants of
of Bethel, (the chief seat of the calf worship,)
J^E^ing himself; but of zeal /ui
'^
was insulted by these Kboys,
il< wa«iiT,«7iifoH'K^+v.«o^
for religion,
leiigion, who naa
wno had trained up their children in a preju-
pr^u-
in the person dice against the true religion and its ministers.
|

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The Moahites are defeated 4 KINGS Eliseus multiplies the oil

15 But now bring me hither a should have reigned "w his stead, and of-
minstrel.
And when the minstrel played, the hand fered him for a burnt offering upon the
of the Lord came upon him, <and he said wall and there was great indignation ii
: :

16 Thus saith the Lorcl: Make the chan- Israel, and presently they departed from
nel of this torrent full of ditches. him, and returned into their own country
17 For thus saith the Lord: You shall
not see wind, nor rain: and yet this CHAPTER 4.
channel shall be filled with waters, and Miracles of Eliseus. He raiseth a dead chUd
you shall drink, you anc!. your families, life.

and your beasts. I^OW a certain woman of the wive:

18 And a small thing in the sight
this is
of the Lord: moreover he will deliver
also Moab into your hands.
19 And you shall destroy every fenced
city, and every choice city, and shall cut
down every fruitful tree, and shall stop
up all the springs of waters, and every
goodly field you shall cover with stones.
20 And it came to pass in the morning,
when the sacrifices used to be offered,
±M of the prophets cried to Eliseus, say'
ing: Thy servant my husband is dead,
and thou knowest that thy servant was
one that feared God, and behold the
creditor is com^ to take away my two sons
to serve him.
2 And Ehseus said to her : What wilt
thou have me to do for thee ? Tell me,
what hast thou in thy house ? And she
answered I thy handmaid have nothing
:

that behold, water camc; by the way of in my house but a little oil, to anoint me
Edom, and the country was filled with 3 And he said to her Go, borrow of all :

water. thy neighbour:; empty vessels not a few.

21 And all jhcj Moabites hearing that the 4 And go in, and shut thy door, when
kings were some up to fight against them, thou art within, and thy sons and poor :

gathered together all that were girded
with a belt upon them, and stood in the
borders.
22 And they rose early in the morning,
and the sun being now up, and shining
upon the waters, the Moabites saw the
waters over against them red, like blood,
23 And they said: It is the blood of the
out thereof into all those vessels: and
when they are full take them away.
6 So the woman went, and shut the door
upon her, and upon her sons: they brought
her the vessels, and she poured in.
6 And when the vessels were full, she
said to her son: Bring me yet a vessel
And he answered I have no more. And
:

sword the kings have fought among

: the oil stood. i:

themselves, and they have killed one 7 And she came, and told the man of
another: go now, Moab, to the spoils. God. And he said Go, sell : the oil, and
24 And they went into the camp of Is- pay thy creditor : and thou and thy songjt,
rael but Israel rising up defeated Moab,
: live of the rest.
who fled before them. And they being 8 And there was a day when Eli
conquerors, went and smote Moab. Sunam now there was a great
passed by :

25 And they destroyed the cities and : woman there, who detained him to eal
they filled every goodly field, every man
bread and as he passed often that ;

he turned into her house to eat bread..

casting his stone and they stopt up all
:

the springs of waters and cut down all

: 9 And she said to her husband I :

ceive that this is a holy man of God,

the trees that bore fruit, so that brick
walls only remained and the city was
: often passeth by us.
beset by the slingers, and a great part10 Let us therefore make him a liti
thereof destroyed. chamber, and put a little bed in it for
26 And when the king of Moab saw this,
and a table, and a stool, and a candl
stick, that when he cometh to us, he ma,
to wit, that the enemies had prevailed,
he took with him seven hundred men abide there.
that drew the sword, to break in upon 11 Now there was a certain day
the king of Edom but they could not.
: he came and turned in to the chaml
27 Then he took his eldest son that and rested there.

Coat. 3. Ver. 25. Brick walls only remained. It was the proper name of the capital city of ttt
Moabites In Hebrew, Kir-Haraseth,
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'liseus* promise to the Sunamitess 4 KINGS Eliseus raises the child to life
.2 And he said to Giezi his servant
haste, make no stay in going. And do
all this Sunamitess. And when he had that which I bid thee.
illed her, and she stood before him, 25 So 3he went forward, and came to the
il3 He said to his servant: Say
to her man of God to mount Carmel: and when
Bhold thou hast dihgently served us in the man of God saw her
coming towards,
1 thingSj what wilt thou have me to do he said to
Giezi his servant : Behold that
•r thee? hast thou any business, and Sunamitess.
ilt thou that I speak to the king, or to
26 Go therefore to meet her, and say to
e general of the army ? And she an- her Is all well with
thee, and with thy
.

gered I dwell in the midst of my own husband, and with thy

:
son ? and she an-
jople, swered : WelL
4 And he said : What will she then that 27 And when she came to the man of
io for her? And Giezi said: Do not God to the
mount, she cauglit hold on his
k, for she hath no son, and her hus- feet:
and Giezi came to remove her
nd is old. A nd the man of God said Let her alone :
5 Then he bid him call her : And when for her soul is
in anguish, and the Lord
le was called, and stood before
the door, hath hid it from me, and hath not told
6 He said to her: At this time, and this me.
me hour, if life accompany, thou shalt 28 And she said to Did I ask a eon Mm :
ve a son in thy womb But she an- oi my lord? did
not say to thee: Do jl
ered : Do not, I beseech thee, my lord, not deceive me ?
ou man of God, do not lie to thy hand- 29 Then he said
to Giezi Gird up thy :
lid.
loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and
7 And the woman conceivedj and go. If any man meet thee,
salute him
ought forth a son in the time, and at not and if any man
: salute thee, answer
same hour, that Eliseus had said. him not 3nd lay my staff upon the face :
3 And the child grew. And on a cer- of the child.
n day, when he went out to his father 30 But the mother
of the child said As :
the reapers, the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
? He said My hea<3 ach- win not leave thee. He arose, therefore,
to his father
:

1, my head
acheth. But he said to his and followed her.
•vant : Take him, and carry him to his 31 But Giezi was gone before them, and
i")ther. laid the staff upon the face of the child,
) And when he had taken him, and and there was no voice nor sense:
and
J)ught him to his mother, she set him he returned to meet him, and told
him,
her knees until noon, and then he saying The child
is not risen. :

'd.
32 Eliseus therefore went into the house
And she went up and laid him upon and behold the child lay dead
L
on his bed!
bed of the man of God, and shut the 33 And going in
he shut the door upon
5r : and going out,
him, and upon the child, and prayed to
She called her husband, and said: the Lord.
id with me, I beseech thee, one of thy 34 And he went up, and lay upon the
vants, and an ass that I may run to child: and
he put his mouth upon his
man of God, and come again.
I

mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and

And he said to her : Why dost thou his hands upon his hands : and he
to him? to day is neither new moon himself
bowed
upon him, and the child's flesh
sabbath. She answered : I will go grew warmo
And she saddled an ass, and com- 36 Then he returned and
walked in the
nded her servant: Drive, and make house, once to
and fro : and he went up,

^^' 1* ^®^- ^- 'Salute him not. He that is bring manlcind to life then dead in sin. It was ne.
to raise to life the sinner spiritually dead,
must cessary that Christ himself should come, and by tak.
suffer himself to be called off, or diverted
enterprise, by the salutations or ceremonlGS
from mg m human nature, become flesh of our flesh, and
of us to life. In this Eliseus was a figure of
restor».
world.
Christ, as it wan necessary that he should come him-
31. St. Augustine considers a great mystery
itc
sell to bring the dead child to life and restore him to
us miracle wrought by the prophet Eliseus, thu;i:
nis mother, who is here, in a mystical sense.a figure
ne staff sent by his servant is figured the
;
rod Oi of the Gburcli,
» es or the ow Law. whicli was not sufQcient to
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Multiplication of the loaves 4 KINGS Naaman visits Elisei

and lay upon him and the child gaped the Lord gave deliverance to Syria ai
: :

^even times, and opened his eyes. he was a valiant man and rich, but
36 And he called Giezi, and said to him: leper.
Call this Sunamitess. And she being 2 Now there had gone out robbers fro
called, went in to him: and he said: Syria, and had led away captive out
Take up thy son. the land of Israel a little maid, and si
37 She came and fell at his !eet, and waited upon Naaman's wife.
worshipped upon the ground : and took 3 And she said to her mistress I wii :

up her son, and went out. my master had been with the propht
38 And Eliseus returned to Galgal, and that is in Samaria he would certain :

there was a famine in the land, and the have healed him of the leprosy which
sons of the prophets dwelt before him. hath.
And he said to one of his servants : Set 4 Then Naaman went in to his lord, ai
on the great pot, and boil pottage for the told him, saying Thus and thus said tl
:

80113 of the prophets. girl from the land of Israel.

39 And one went out into the field to 6 And the king of Syria said to him : G
gather wild herbs and he found some- and I will send a letter to the king
:

thing like a wild vine, and gathered of it Israel. And he departed, and took wi
wild gourds of the field, and filled his him ten talents of silver, and six the
mantle, and coming back he shred them sand pieces of gold, and ten changes
into the pot of pottage, for he knew not raiment,
what it was. 6 And brought the letter to the king i

40 And they poured it out for their Israel, in these words When thou sh{ :

companions to eat : and when they had receive this letter, know that I have sej
tasted of the pottage, they cried out, say- to thee Naaman my servant, that th,
ing Death is in the pot, O man of God.
: mayest heal him of his leprosy. I

And they could not eat thereof. 7 And when the king of Israel had re I

41 But he said: Bring some meal. And the letter, he rent his garments, and sai;
when they had brought it, he cast it into Am I God, to be able to kill and give 11,

the pot, and said : Pour out for the peo-
ple, that they may eat. And therc; was
BOW no bitterness in th j pot.
42 And a certain man came from Baal-
saUsa bringing to the man of God bread
of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of bar-
ley, and new corn in his scrip. And he
said : Give to the people, that they may
eat.
43 And his servant answered him : How
Inuch is this, that I should set it before a
that this man
hath sent to me, to hea
man of his leprosy ? mark, and see h(,
he seeketh occasions against me.
8 the man of God h\
And when Eliseus
heard that the king of Isrjj
this, to wit,
had rent his garments, he sent to hi)
saying: Why hast thou rent thy g;j
ments ? let him come to me, and let h
know that there is a prophet in Israel
9 So Naaman came with his horses a
chariots, and stood at the door of tj

hundred men? He said again Give to : house of Eliseus

10 And Eliseus sent a messenger to hi|
j

the people, that they may eat for thus :

saith the Lord: They shall eat, and there saying : Go, and wash seven times in 1 -

shall be left. Jordan, and thy flesh shall recover heal

44 So he set it before them and they and thou shalt be clean.
:

ate, and there was left according to the 11 Naaman was angry and went aw i

word of the Lord. saying: I thought he would have co )

out to me, and standing would have

•

CHAPTER 5. voked the name of the Lord his God, i i

Naaman the Syrian is cleansed of his leprosy. He touched with his hand the place of 3

professeth his belief in one God, promising to serve

him. Giezi taketh gifts of Naaman^and is struck leprosy, and healed me.
with leprosy, 12 Are not the Abana, and the PI
NAAMAN, general of the army of the phar, rivers of Damascus, better than
king of Syria, was a great man with the waters of Israel, that I may wasl
his master, and honourable : for by him them, and be made clean? So as
Wild gourds of the field. Colocynthidas. the gall of the earth { aud are poisonous il take
f
Ver. 39.
They are extremely bitter- and therefore ar» called a great quantity.
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saaman cured of the leprosy 4 KINGS Giezi stricken with leprosy

irned, and was going away with indig- sent me to thee, saying: Just now there
'ation, are come to me from mount Ephraim,
13 His servantscame to him, and said two young men of the sons of the pro-
him: Father, if the prophet had bid
) phets: give them a talent of silver, and
lee do some great thing, surely thou two changes of garments.
louldst have done it: how much rather 23 And Naaman said: It is better that
^hat he now hath said to thee: Wash, thou take two talents. And he forced
ad thou 3halt be clean ? him, and bound two talents of silver in two
14 9 Then he went down, and washed in bags, and two changes of garments, and
le Jordan seven times according to the
: laid them upon two of his servants, and
ord of the man of God, and his flesh was they carried them before him.
38^ored, hke the flesh of a little child, 24 And when he was come, and now it
t\h he was made clean. was the evening, he took them from their
15 And returning to the man of God with hands, and laid them up in the house, and
•11 his train, he came, and stood before sent the men away, and they departed.
im, and said : In truth, I know there is 25 But he went in, and stood before his
other God in all the earth, but only inmaster. And Eliseus said: Whence com-
,rael: I beseech thee therefore take a est thou, Giezi? He answered: Thy ser-
iessing of thy servant. vant went no whither.
16 But he answered: As the Lordliveth, 26 But he said Was not my heart pre-:

'efore whom I stand, I will receive none. sent, when the man turned back from
nd when he pressed him, he stiU refused. his chariot to meet thee? So now thou
'17 And Naaman said : As thou wilt: but hast received money, and received gar-
'
beseech thee, grant to me thy servant, ments, to buy oliveyards, and vineyards,
b take from hence two mules' burden of and sheep, and oxen, and menservants,
arth : for thy servant will not henceforthand maidservants.
ffer holocaust, or victim, to other gods, 27 But the leprosy of Naaman shall also
•ut to the Lord. stick to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
18 But there is only this, for which thou And he went out from him a leper as
halt entreat the Lord for thy servant, white as snow.
'hen my master goeth into the temple
•f Remmon, to worship: and he leaneth CHAPTER 6.
pon my hand, if I bow down in the tem- Eliseus maketh Iron to sjcijn upon the tcater: hs
leudeth the JSyriarts that tvere sent to apprehend
'le of Remmon, when he boweth down in him into Samaria, where their eyes being ojjened^
•le same place, that the Lord pardon me they are courteously entertained. The Syrians
besiege Samaria: the famine there causeth a ico-
hy servant for this thing. man to eat her own child. Upon this the kUng
19 And he said to him: Go in peace. So coinmandeth Eliseus to be put to death.
« departed from him in the springtime
f the earth.
. Eliseus
AND
the sons of the prophets said to
Behold the place where we
:

'20 But Giezi the servant of the man of dwell with thee is
too strait for us.
•odsaid: My master hath spared Naa- 2 Let us go as far as the Jordan and take
lan this Syrian, in not receiving of him out of the wood every man a piece of
'lat which he brought : as the Lord liv- timber, that we may build us there a place
|jh, I will run after him, and take some to dwell in. And he said Go. :

[ling of him 3 And one of them said: But come thou

\l\And Giezi followed after Naaman: also with thy servants. He answered: I
bd when he saw him running after him, will come.
leapt down from his chariot to meet
1°.
4 So he went with them. And when
m, and said: Is all well? they were come to the Jordan they cut
J2 And he said: Well: my master hath down wood.

q Luke 4. 27.

>Chap. 5.Ver. 15. A blessinr/. A

present. effect adoring the idols nor was it so understood
:
,
Ver. 19. Go in peace. What the prophet here by the standers by, since he publicly professed him.
lowed, was not an outward conformity to an Idola- self a worshipper of the only true and living God, but
lous worship; but only a service which
by his it was no more than doing a civil office to the king
nee he owed to his master : who on all public oc- his master, whose leaning upon him obliged him to
.sions leaned on him so that his bowing down
:
bow at the same time that be bowed.
Q3Q bis master bowed himself dows WjkS not in

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Ambush of the Syrians revealed 4 KINGS The Syrians besiege Samaria

6 And it happened, as one was felling he saw: and behold the mountain was fulj
some timber, that the head of the axe fell of horses, and chariots of fire round about
Into the water: and he cried out, and Eliseus.
Baid: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this 18 And the enemies came down to him,
same was borrowed. but Ehseus prayed to the Lord, saying:
6 And the man of God said: Where did Strike, I beseech thee, this people with
it fall? and he shewed him the place. bUndness. And the Lord struck them
Then he cut off a piece of wood, and cast with bhndness, according to the word of
it in thither: and the iron swam. Ehseus.
7 And he said: Take it up. And he put 19 And Ehseus said to them: This is not
out his hand and took it. the way, neither is this the city folloT :

8 And the king of Syria warred against
Israel, and took counsel with his servants,
saying: In such and such a place let us
lay ambushes.
me, and I will shew you the man whom
you seek. So he led them into Samaria.
20 And when they were come into Sa-
maria, Eliseus said Lord, open the eyes
:

9 And the man of God sent to the king of these men, that they may see. And
of Israel, saying: Beware that thou pass the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw
not to such a place: for the Syrians are themselves to be in the midst of Sama-
there in ambush. ria.
10 And the king of Israel sent to the 21 And the king of Israel said to Eliseui,
place which the man of God had told him, when he saw them My : father, shall I
and prevented him, and looked well to kill them?
himself there not once nor twice. 22 And he said : Thou shalt not kill
11 And the heart of the king of Syria them : for thou didst not take them with
was troubled for this thing. And calling thy sword, or thy bow, that thou mayst
together his servants, he said: Why do them: but set bread and water be-
kill
you not tell me who it is that betrays mefore them, that they may eat and drink,
to the king of Israel? and go to their master.
12 And one of his servants said: No one,23 And a great provision of meats wai
my lord O king: but Ehseus the prophet, set before them, and they ate and drank,
and he let them go, and they went awayl
that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel
all the words, that thou speakest in thy to their master, and the robbers of Syria
privy chamber. came no more into the land of Israel
13 And he said to them: Go, and see 24 And it came to pass after these
where he is: that I may send, and take things, that Benadad king of Syria gath
him. And they told him, saying: Behold ered together all his army, and went up,
he is in Dothan. and besieged Samaria.
14 Therefore he sent thither horses and 25 And there was a great famine in Sa-
chariots, and the strength of an army: maria: and so long did the siege con
and they came by night, and beset the tinue, till the head of an ass was sold for
city. fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth
15 And the servant of the man of God part of a cabe of pigeon's dung, for five
rising early, went out, and saw an army pieces of silver.
round about the city, and horses and 26 And as the king of Israel was passing
chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, by the wall, a certain woman cried out
alas, alas, mylord, what shall we do ? to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king.
16 But he answered: Fear not: for there 27 And he said : If the Lord doth nol
are more with us than with them. save thee, how can I save thee ? out ol
17 And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, the barnfloor, or out of the winepress
open his eyes, that he may see. And the And the king said to her: What ailetl
Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and thee ? And she answered

Chap. 6. Ver. 18. Blindness. The blindness here person of Eliseus but were easily led by him, whon
;

spoken of was of a particular kind, which hindered
them from seeing the objects that were really be-
fore them ; and represented other different objects
to their imagination: so that they no longer per-
ceived tbe city ol iX>UiaOi oor were able to know the
8»
they took to be another man, to Samaria. So tba
he truly told them, this is not the timy, neither is tM
the city, &c., because he spoke with relation to th
v>ay and to the dty^ which was represented t
them.
 (he Icing wishes .to kill Eliseus 4 KING S Flight of the Syriwns
This woman
said to me: Give thy die with the famine: and if we will re-
in, that we may
eat him to day, and we main here, we must also die: come, there-
[1 my son tomorrow.
eat fore, and let us run over to the camp of
So we boiled my son, and ate him. the Syrians. If they spare us, we shall
id I said to her on the next day: Give live: but if they kill us, we shall but

y son that we may eat him. And she die.

ith hid her son. 5 So they arose in the evening, to go to
;0 When the king heard this, he rent the Syrian camp. And when they were
s garments, and passed by upon the come to the first part of the camp of the
all. And all the people saw the hair- Syrians, they found no man there.
oth which he wore within next to his 6 For the Lord had made them hear, in
-sh. the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots,
1 And the king said: May God do so and of horses, and of a very great army,
ad so to me, and may he add more, if the and they said one to another: Behold the
/ad of Eliseus the son of Saphat shall king of Israel hath hired against us the
jand on him this day. kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyp-
2 But Eliseus sat in his house, and the tians, and they are come upon us.
acients sat with him. So he sent a man 7 Wherefore they arose, and fled away
fore: and before that messenger came, in the dark, and left their tents, and their
; said to the ancients: Do you know horses and asses in the camp, and fled,
at this son of a murderer hath sent to desiring to save their lives.
(t off my head? Look then, when the 8 So when these lepers were come to
essenger shall come, shut the door, the beginning of the camp, they went
ad suffer him not to come in: for be- into one tent, and ate and drank: and
'.

>ld the sound of his master's feet is they took from thence silver, and gold,

Ihind him. and raiment, and went, and hid it: and
3 While he was yet speaking to them, they came again, and went into another
e messenger appeared who was coming tent, and carried from thence in like
•
him. And he said: Behold, so great manner, and hid it.
a evil is from the Lord: what shall I 9 Then they said one to another: We
iDk for more from the Lord? do not well: for this is a day of good
tidings. If we hold our peace, and do
CHAPTER 7. not tell it till the morning, we shall be
Aseus prophesieth a great plenty, which pres-
ently ensueth upon the sudden flight of the Sy- charged with a crime: come, let us go
ians ; of which four lepers bring the news to
he city. The incredulous nobleman is trod to
and tell it in the king's court.
leath. 10 So they came to the gate of the city,
k ND Eliseus said: Hear ye the word and told them, saying: We went to the
-x. of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord: camp of the Syrians, and we found no
') morrow about this time a bushel of man there, but horses, and asses tied,
l|ie flour shall be sold for a stater, and and the tents standing.
to bushels of barley for a stater, in the 11 Then the guards of the gate went,
[te of Samaria. and told it within the kings palace.
Then one of the lords, upon whose 12 And he arose in the night and said to
j

llnd the king leaned, answering the man his servants: I tell you what the Syrians
«I
God, said: If the Lord should make have done to us: They know that we
li'Od-gates in heaven, can that possibly suffer great famine, and therefore they
ll which thou sayest? And he said: are gone out of the camp, and lie hid in
'iiou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt the fields, saying: When they come out
i|t eat thereof. of the city we shall take them alive, and
Now there were four lepers, at the then we may get into the city.
"tering in of the gate: and they said 13 And one of his servants answered:
«e to another: What mean we to stay Let us take the five horses that are re-
'
re till we die ? maining in the city (because there are
If we will enter into the city, we shall no more in the whole multitude of Israel,

Chap. 7. Ver. 1, A stater. It Is the same as a side or shekel.

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The incredulous lord put to death
for the rest are consumed^) and
send and see»
14 They brought therefore two horses,
and the king sent into the camp of the
Syrians saying: Go, and see.
J
15 And they went after them as far as
the Jordan: and behold all the way was
full of garments, and vessels, which the
Syrians had cast away in their fright,
and the messengers returned and told
the king.
16 And the people going out pillaged
the camp of the Syrians: and a bushel
of fine flour was sold for a stater, and
two bushels of barley for a stater, ac-
cording to the word of the Lord.
17 And the king appointed that lord on
whose hand he leaned, to stand at the
gatei and the people trod upon him in
the entrance of the gate; and he died,
as the man of God had said, when the
king came down to him.
18 And it came to pass according to the
word of the man of God, which he spoke
to the king, when he said: Two bushels
oi barley shall be for a stater, and a
bushel of fine flour for a stater, at this
very time to morrow in the gate of Sa-
maria.
19 When that lord answered the man
4 KINGS Hazael consults Eliseus
T
let us the word of the man of God: and gcing
with her householdj she sojourned in the
land of the Philistines many days.
8 And when the seven years were
ended, the woman returned out of the
land of the Philistines, and she went
forth to speak to the king for her house,
and for her lands.
4 And the king talked with Giezi, the
servant of the man of God, saying: Tell
me all the great things that Eliseus hath
done.
6 And when he was telling the king
how he had raised one dead to life, the
woman appeared, whose son he had re-
stored to life, crying to the king for her
house, and her lands. And Giezi said:
My lord O king, this is the woman, and
this is her son, whom Eliseus raised tc
Hfe.
6 And the king asked the woman: and
she told him. And the king appointed!
her an eunuch, saying: Restore her allj
that is hersj and all the revenues of the
lands, from the day that she left th
land, to this present.
7 Eliseus also came to Damascus, anc
Benadad king of Syria was sick: anci
they told him, saying: The man of Gocj
is come hither. |

of God, and said: Although the Lord 8 And the king said to Hazael: Tab!
should make flood-gates in heaven, could with thee presents, and go to meet th(|
this come to pass which thou sayestt man of God, and consult the Lord b:|
And he said to him: Thou shalt see with him, saying: Can I recover of this m:
thy eyes, and shalt not eat thereof. illness?
20 And so it fell out to him as it was 9 And Hazael went to meet him, takin
foretold, and the people trod upon him with him presents, and all the goo
In the gate, and he died.
things of Damascus, the burdens of fort
camels. And when he stood before hin
CHAPTER 8. he said: Thy son Benadad the king c
Su'
Aft&r seven years^ famine foretold by Eliseus^ the Syria hath sent me to thee, saying : Ca
namitess returning home, recovereth her lands,
and revenues. Eliseus foresheiveth the death of 1 recover of this my illness?
Benadad, king of Sijria, and the reign of Bazael 10 And Eliseus said to him: Go te
JorarnPs vncked reign in Judo. He dieth^ and his
son Ochozias succeedeth. him : Thou shalt recover : but the Loi
AND Eliseus spoke to the woman, hath shewn me that with he shall surely die,
him, and w;
J\. ^ whose son he had restored to life, 11 And he stood
blush : and the mr
troubled so far as to
saying: Arise, and go thou and thy
household, and sojourn wheresoever thou of God wept.
canst find: for the Lord hath called a 12 And Hazael said to him: Why ao<
famine, and it shall come upon the land my lord weep? And
he said: Because
know the evil that thou wilt do to 11
seven years.
«Their strong citi
2 And she arose, and did according to children of
Israel.
X Infra 13. 7.
V Supra 4„ 37.
be knew both what he would
Chap. 8. Ver. 10. Tell him: Thou shalt recover. understand that he would indeed tellthekingheshoi
By these words the prophet signified that the king's and do; that
he would recover recover but wouid b© himself the instrument ot
disease was not mortal : and that ;

if nc violence were used. Or he might only express deatk

Uimself Id this manner, by way of giving Hazae? to
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''he revolt of Edam 4 KINGS The reign of Ochozia-9

lOU wilt burn with fire, and their young and was buried with "^ihem in the city of
len thou wilt kill with the eword, and David, and Ochozias his son reigned in
lOU wilt dash their children, and rip up his stead.
leir pregnant women. 25 ^ In the twelfth year of Joram oon of
13 And Hazael said : But what am I thy Achab king of Ibrael, reigned ^ Ochozias
ervant a dog, that I should do this great son of Joram king of Juda.
ling? And Eliseus said: The Lord 26 Ochozias was two and twenty years
ath shewn me that thou shalt be king old when he began to reign, and he
£ Syria. reigned one year in Jerusalem : the name
14 And when he w?s departed from of his mother was Athalia the daughter
)liseus, he came to his master, who said of Amri king of Israel.
him: What saith Eliseus to thee? 27 And he walked in the ways of the
nd he answered: He told me: Thou house of Achab : and he did evil before
lalt recover. the Lord, as did the house of Achab
15 And on the next day he took a blan- for he was the son in law of the house
et, and poured water on it, and spread of Achab.
v.pon his face : and he died, and Hazael
i 28 He went also with Joram son ol
signed in his stead. Achab, to fight against Hazael king of
16 In the fifth year of Joram son of Syria in Ramoth Galaad, and the Syrians
chab king of Israel, Josaphat being wounded Joram
ing of Juda, reigned Joram son of Josa- 29 And he went back to be healed,
hat king of Juda. in Jezrahel: because the Syrians had
17 yjle was two and thirty years old wounded him in Ramoth when he fought
rhen he began to reign, and he reigned against Hazael king of Syria. And Ocho-
ight years in Jerusalem. zias the son of Joram king of Juda, went
18 And he walked in the ways of the down to visit Joram the son of Achab in
ings of Israel, as the house of Achab Jezrahel, because he was sick there.
ad walked for the daughter of Achab
:

raa his wife : and he did that which was 9. CHAPTER

vil in the sight of the Lord.
19 ^But the Lord would not destroy
uda, for David his servant's sake, as he
ad promised him, to give him a light,
nd to his children always.
'20 *In his days Edom revolted, from to him
Jehu is anointed king of Israel, to destroy the hoxist
of Achab and Jezabel. He Jcilleth Joram king of
Israel, and Ochozias king of Juda. Jezabel it
eaten by dogs.
A iSTD Eliseus the prophet called on©
x\
of the sons of the prophets, and said
Gird up thy loins, and take this
:

eing under Juda, and made themselves little bottle of oil in thy hand, and go to
king. Ramoth Galaad.
21 And Joram came to Seira, and all 2 fl'And when thou art come thither,
he chariots with him : and he arose in thou shalt see Jehu the son of Josaphat
he night, and defeated the Edomites the son of Namsi: and going in thotL
hat had surrounded him, and the cap- shalt make him rise up from amongst his
ains of the chariots, but the people fled brethren, and carry him into an inner
Qto their tents. chamber,
22 So Edom revolted from being under 3 Then taking the little bottle of oil,
uda, unto this day. Then Lobna also thou shalt pour it on his head, and shalt
evolted at the same time. say Thus saith the Lord : I have anoint-
.

23 But the rest of the acts of Joram, ed thee king over Israel. And thou
i-nd all that he did, are they not written shalt open the door and flee, and shalt
Q the book of the words of the days of not stay there.
Ihe kings of Juda ? 4 So the young man, the servant of the
1
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, prophet, went away to Ramoth Galaad,
y 2 Par. 21. 5. B. C. 854.
a Gen. 27 40 2
— z 2 Kings 7. 16. c2 Par. 22. 1.— ^ZB. C. S46.
. ; Par. 21. 8. g 3 Kings 19. 16.

Ver. 16. Josaphat being King, &c. That is, Ver. 26. Daughter. That is, grand-daughter
osaphat being yet alive, who some time before his for she was daughter of Achab son of Amri, ver.
eath made his son Joram king, as David had
18.
one before by his son Solomon.

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Jehu anointed king of Israel 4 KINGS J Oram killed by Jehu

5 And went in thither and behold *he ;16 And he got up, and went mto Jezra-
captains of the army were sitting and hel for Joram was sick there, and Ocho-
•
:

he said T have a word to thee, O prince. zias king of Juda was come down to
.

A.nd Jehu said: Unto whom of ua all? visit Joram.

And he said To thee, O prince.
: 17 The watchmen therefore, that stood
6 And he arose, and went into the upon the tower of Jezrahel, saw the
chamber: and he poured the oil upon troop of Jehu coming, and said I see a :

his head, and said Thus saith the Lord troop.

: And Joram said Take a chariot, :

God of Israel I have anointed thee king and send to meet them, and lit him that
:

over the people of the Lord.

Israel, goeth say Is all well?
:

7 And thou shalt cut off the house of 18 So there went one in a chariot to
Achab thy master, and I will revenge meet him, and said : Thus saith the king:
the blood of my servants the prophets, Are all things peaceable? And Jehu
and the blood of all the servants of the said: What hast thou to do with peace?
Lord at the hand of Jezabel. go behind and follow me. And the watch-
8 ^ And I will destroy all the house of man told, saying The messenger came
:

Achab, and I will cut off from Achab to them, but he returneth not.
him that pisseth againct the wall, and 19 And he sent a second chariot of
him that is shut up, and the meanest in horses and he came to them, and said
:

[sraeL Thus saith the king: Is there peace?

9 And I will make the house of Achab And Jehu said What hast thou to do
:

like * the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nabat, and like the house of ^ Baasa the
Bon of Ahias.
10 And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the
field of Jezrahel, and there shall be no
one to bury her. And he opened the furiously.
door and fied.
with peace ? pass, and follow me.
20 And the watchman told, saying : He
came even to them, but returneth not:
and the driving is like the driving of
Jehu the son of Namsi, for he drives
21 And Joram said Make ready the :

1 Then Jehu went forth to the servants chariot. And they made ready his char-
of his lord and they said to him
: Are iot, and Joram king ot Israel, and Ocho-
:

all things well ? why came this mad man zias king of Juda went out, each in his
to thee? And he said to them: You chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu,
know the man, and what he said. and met him in the field of Naboth the
12 But they answered It is false, but Jezrahehte.
:

rather do thou tell us. And he said to 22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said
them: Thus and thus did he speak to Is there peace, Jehu ? And he answered
me: and he said: Thus saith the Lord; I What peace ? so long as the fornications
have anointed thee king over Israel. of Jezabel thy mother, and her many
13 Then they made haste and taking sorceries are in their vigoiu*.
every man his garment laid it under his 23 And Joram turned his hand, and flee-
feet, after the manner of a judgment ing, said to Ochozias There is treachery, :

seat, and they sounded the trumpet, and Ochozias.

said :Jehu is king. 24 But Jehu bent his bow with his hand,
14 So Jehu the son of Josaphat the son and shot Joram between the shoulders:
of Namsi conspired against Joram. ^ Now and the arrow went out through his heart,
Joram had besieged Ramoth Galaad, he and immediately he fell in his chariot.
and all Israel fighting with Hazael king 25 And Jehu said to Badacer his captain:
of Syria Take him, and cast him into the field of
15 And was returned to be healed in Naboth the Jezrahelite : for I remember
Jezrahel of his wounds, for the Syrians when I and thou sitting in a chariot fol*
had wounded him, when he fought with lowed Achab this man's father, that the
Hazael king of Syria. And Jehu said Xord laid thit burden upon him, saying
:

If it please you, let no man go forth or 26 ' If I do not requite thee in this field,
flee out ot the city, lest he go, and tell in saith the Lord, for the blood of Naboth,
JezraheL and for the blood of his children, which I

h 3 Kings ZV. 21. — i 3 Kings 16. 29 ^i 3 Kings »6. 3. I; Supra 8. ?&— 1 3 Kings 2L 2&
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 \ih of Jezabel 4 KINGS Jehu destroys the sons of Achab
yesterday, saith the Lord» Sc now to Samaria, to the chief men of the oity,
t^) him, and cast him into the field, and to the ancients, and to them that
ai>rding to the word of the Lord. brought up Achab's children, saying:
1 Bui Ochozias king of Juda seeing this, 2 As soon as you receive these letters,
flj by the way of the garden house : and ye that have your master's sons, and
Ja 1 pursued him, and said : Strike him chariots, and horses, and fenced cities,
all in his chariot. And they struck him and armour,
he going up to Gaver, which is by 3 Choose the best, and him that shall
aam and he fled into Mageddo, and
: please you most of your master's sons,
there.
L and set him on his father's throne, and
And hie servants laid him upon his fight for the house of your master.
•iot, and carried him to Jerusalem: 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and
they buried him in his sepulchre with said Behold two kings could not stand
:

hifathers in the city of David, before him, and how shall we be able to
iln the eleventh year of Joram the resist ?
so of Achab, Ochozias reigned over Juda, 6 Therefore the overseers of the house,
2 And Jehu came into Jezrahel. But and the rulers of the city, and the an-
Jfibel hearing of his coming in, painted cients, and the tutors sent to Jehu, say-
hi face with stibic stone, and adorned ing: We are thy servants, whatsoever
he head, and looked out of a window thou shalt command us we will do, nei-
3 At Jehu coming in at the gate, and ther will we make us a king: do thou all
ea "* Can there be peace for Zambri,
: that pleaseth thee.
th hath killed his master ?
. 6 And he wrote letters the second time
3 And Jehu lifted up his face to the to them, saying : If you be mine, and will
wiiow, and said : Who
is this ? And two obey me, take the heads of the sons of
orhree eunuchs bowed down to him. your master, and come to me to Jezrahel
3 And he said to them: Throw her by to morrow this time. Now the king's
den headlong: and they threw her sons, being seventy men, were brought
dc n, and the wall was sprinkled with up with the chief men of the city.
he blood, and the hoofs of the horses 7 And when the letters came to them,
ti<l upon her. they took the king's sons, and slew sev-
3 And when he was come to eat, enty persons, and put their heads in bas-
in,
an to drink, he said Go, and see after kets, and sent them to him to Jezrahel.
:

th. cursed woman, and bury her: be- 8 And a messenger came, and told him,
ca le she is a king's daughter. saying : They have brought the heads of
3 And when they went to bury her, the king's sons. And he said: Lay ye
th found nothing but the skull, and the them in two heaps by the entering in of
;-

fe< ,and the extremities of her hands. the gate until the morning.
8 And coming back they told him. 9 And when it was light, he went out,
All Jehu said: "It is the word of the and standing said to all the people You :

L( 3, which he spoke by his servant Elias are just if I conspired against my mas-
:

th Thesbite, saying In the field of Jez- ter, and slew him, who hath slain all
:

rE3l the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jeza- these ?

be 10 P See therefore now that there hath
8 And the flesh of Jezabel shall be as not fallen to the ground any of the words
dv g upon the face of the earth in the of the Lord, which the Lord spoke con-
flcl of Jezrahel, so that they who pass cerning the house of Achab,
and the Lord
bjihall say : Is this that same Jezabel ? hath done that which he spoke in the
hand of his servant Elias.
CHAPTER 10. 11 So Jehu slew all that were left of
/ei destroyeth the house of Achab : abolisheth the
1 rship of Baal, and killeth the worshippers but
the house of Achab in Jezrahel, and all
:
i ?keth to the calves of Jeroboam. Israel is of- his chief men, and his friends, and his
J ted by the Syrians.
priests, till there were no remains left of
/ND ° Achab had seventy sons in Sama- him.
X. ria: so Jehu wrote letters, and sent 12 And he arose, and went to Samaria:

m 8 Kings 16w 10.— n 3 Kings 2h 2X o B. C. 846.— p 3 Kings 21. 29,

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Jehu gathers the priests of Baal 4 KINGS He kills the priests of Baal
and when he was come to the shepherds' and see that there be not any with you
cabin in the way, of the servants of the Lord, but that
13 He met with the brethren of Ocho- there be the servants of Baal only.
zias king of Juda, and he said to them 24 And they went in to offer sacrifices
:

Who are you ? And they answered We : and burnt offerings: but Jehu had pre-
are the brethren of Ochozias, and are pared him fourscore men without, and!
come down to salute the sons of the said to them : If any of the men escape,
king, and the sons of the queen. whom I have brought into your hands,
14 And he said Take them alive. And
: he that letteth him go shall answer life
they took them alive, and killed them at for life.
the pit by the cabin, two and forty men, 25 And it came to pass, when the burnt
and he left not any of them. offering was ended, that Jehu commanded
15 And when he was departed thence, his soldiers and captains, saying: Go in,
he found Jonadab the son of Rechab com- and kill them, let none escape. And the
ing to meet him, and he blessed him. soldiers and captains slew them with the
him thy heart right as edge of the sword, and cast them out:
And he said to Is :

my heart is with thy heart? And Jona- and they went into the city of the temple
dab said It is. If it be, said he, give me of Baal,
:

thy hand. He gave him his hand. And 26 And brought the statue out of Baal's
he lifted him up to him into the chariot, temple, and burnt it,
16 And he said to him Come with me,
: 27 And broke it in pieces. They de
and see my zeal for the Lord. So he stroyed also the temple of Baal, and
made a jakes in its place unto this day.
made him ride in his chariot,
17 And brought him into Samaria. And 28 So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel;
not from thf
he slew all that were left of Achab in 29 But yet he departed
son Nabat, wh(
Samaria, to a man, according to the word sins of Jeroboam the of
made Israel to sin, nor did he forsake th(
of the Lord, which he spoke by EUas.
18 And Jehu gathered together all the golden calves that were in Bethel anc

people, and said to them: ^ Achab wor- Dan.

shipped Baal a little, but I will worship 30 And the Lord said to Jehu Becaus< :

him more. thou hast diligently executed that whicl

19 Now therefore call to the pro- was right and pleasing In my eyes, an«|
me all
phets of Baal, and all his servants, and hast done to the
house of Achab accord
let none be wanting, for ing to all that was in my heart: ^th
all his priests :

children shall sit upon the throne of L

I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal:
to the fourth generation.
whosoever shall be wanting shall not rael
live. Now Jehu did this craftily, that he
31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in th
might destroy the worshippers of Baal. law of the Lord the God of Israel with a
for he departed not from tb
20 And he said Proclaim a festival for his heart:
:

Baal. And he called, sins of Jeroboam, who had made Isra

21 And he sent into all the borders of to sin.
Israel, and all the servants of Baal came 32 In those days the Lord began to I
Israel: and Hazael ravagt
there was not one left that did not come. weary of
into the temple of Baal them in all the coasts of Israel,
And they went Jordan eastward, all
and the house of Baal was filled, from 33 Prom the
tl

land of Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, ai

one end to the other.
22 And he said to them that were over Manasses,
from Aroer, which is upon tl
the wardrobe: Bring forth garments for torrent
Arnon, and Galaad, and Basan.
all the servants of Baal. And they 34 But the rest of the acts of Jehu, ai
thl
all that he did, and his strength, are
brought them forth garments. words
written in the book of the
23 And Jehu and Jonadab the son of not
of Israel?
Rechab went to the temple of Baal, and the days of the kings
Search, 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers, a
said to the worshippers of Baal:
r Infra 15. 12.
q 3 Kings 16. 31.

not to be done, that good may come of it K<

Chap. 10. Ver. 18. / will worship him more. is

Jehu sinned in thus pretending to worship Baal, and ?.S.

causing sacrifice to be offered to him because evil
:

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ey buried him in Samaria: and Joachaz the arms of Ling David, which were in
8 son reigned in his stead. the house of the Lord,
6 And the time that Jehu reigned over 11 And they stood having every one
rael, in Samaria, was eight and twenty their weapons in their hands, from the
ars. right side of the temple, unto the left
CHAPTER 11. side of the altar, and of the temple,
hatia*s made about the king.
usurpation and tyranny. Joas is
king. Athalia is slain.12 And he brought forth the king's son,
L ND
* Athalia the mother of Ochozias and put the diadem upon him, and the

1l seeing that her son was dead, arose, testimony and they made him king, and :

d slew all the royal seed. anointed him and clapping their hands, :

But Josaba the daughter of king Joram, they said, God save the king.
ter of Ochozias, took Joas the son of 13 And Athalia heard the noise of the
jhozias, and stole him from among the people running: and going in to the peo-
g's sons that were slain, out of the ple into the temple of the Lord,
dchamber with his nurse: and hid him 14 She saw the king standing upon a
)m the face of Athalia, so that ^e was tribunal, as the manner was, and the
t slaiUc singers, and the trumpets near him, and
And he was with her six years hid all the people of the land rejoicing, and
the house of the Lord. And Athalia sounding the trumpets . and she rent her
[gned over the land. garments, and cried: A conspiracy, a
*^And in the seventh year Joiada sent, conspiracy.
d taking the centurions and the sol- 15 But Joiada commanded the centurions
rs, brought them in to him into the that were over the army, and said to
mple of the Lord, and made a cove- them : Have her forth without the pre-
1 nt with them and taking an oath of cinct of the temple, and whosoever shall
:

tem in the house of the Lord, shewed follow her, let him be slain with the
1 3ra the king's son :sword. For the priest had said: Let her
And he commanded them, saying This not be clain in the temple of the Lord.
i

i the thing that you must do 16 And they laid hands on her: and
Let a third part of you go in on the thrust her out by the way by which the
i ^bath, and keep the watch of the king's horses go in, by the palace, and she was
luse. And let a third part be at the slain there.
Jte of Sur: and let a third part be at 17 And JoiadC; made a covonant between
t? gate behind the dwelling of the shield- the Lord, and the king, and the people, that
larers and you shall keep the watch of they shoulc bo the people of the Lord,
'-

t5 house of Messa. and between the king and the people.

But let two parts of you, all that go 18 And all the people of the land went
f ;th on the sabbath, keep the watch into the temple of Baal, and broke down
c the house ot the Lord about the his altars, and his images they broke in
lig. pieces thoroughly: they slew also Mathan
And you shall compass him round the priest of Baal before the altar. And
a3ut, having weapons in your hands: the priest set guards in the house of the
ad if any man shall enter the precinct Lord.
c the temple, let him be slain and you 19 And he took the centurions, and the
:

B ill be with the king coming in and go- bands of the Cerethi and the Phelethi,
1; out. and cill the people of the land, and they
And the centurions did according to broughfj the king from the house of the
a things that Joiada the priest had Lord: anC they came by the way of the
cnmanded them and taking every one gate Oa tho shieldbearers into the palace,
:

t"tu men, that went in on the sabbath, and he sat on the throne of the kings»
V jb them that went out on the sabbath, 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced,
cn6j to Joiada the priest. and the city was quiet but Athalia was i

And he gave them the spears, and slain with the sword in the king's house.
>

s B. C. 846. 2 Par. 22. 10. t 2 Par. 23. 1. B. C. 841.

^
tl
HAP.
law.
11. Ver, 12. The testimony, th» book of Ver. 14. A triburuU, A tribune. Of m place Olt"
f&ted above Uie test
309
The temple is repaired
21 New Joas was seven years oM, when
he began to reign.
CHAPTER 12.
The temple is repaired. Hazael is bought off from
attacking Jerusalem,, Joas is slain.
^ the seventh year of Jehu Joas be-
IN gan to reign: and he reigned forty
years in Jerusalem. The name of his
mother was Sebia of Bersabee.
2 And Joas did that which was right be-
fore the Lord all the days that Joiada the
priest taught him.
3 But yet he took not away the high
places for the people still sacrificed and
: or fleshhooks, or censers, or trumpets,
burnt incense in the high places.
4 And Joas said to the priests: All the
money of the sanctified things, which is
brought into the temple of the Lord by
those that pass, which is offered for the
price of a soul, and which of their own
accord, and of their own free heart they
bring into the temple of the Lord:
6 Let the priests take it according to
their order, and repair the house, where-
soever they shall see any thing that want-
eth repairing.
6 Now till the three and twentieth year
of king Joas, the priests did not make the
repairs of the temple.
7 And king Joas called Joiada the high
priest and the priests, saying to them:
Why do you not repair the temple ? Take
you therefore money no more according
to your order, but restore it for the re-
pairing of the temple.
8 And the priests were forbidden to tako
any more money of the people, and to
make the repairs of the house.
9 And Joiada the high priest took a chest
and bored a hole in the top, and set it by
ttie altar at the right hand of them that
came into the house of the Lord, and the
priests that kept the doors put therein
all the money that was brought to the
temple of the Lord.
10 And when they saw that there was
very much money in the chest, the king's
scribe and the high priest came up, and
poured it out, and counted the money
that was found in the house of the
Lord;
mB. C. 841.
Chap. 12. Ver. 4. Sanctified. That is, dedicated
to God's service. — Ibid. The price of a soul.
That is, the ordinary oblation, which every
was to offer by the law. Ex. 30.
4 KINGS Joas is slain
11 And they gave it out by number and
measure into the hands of them that were
over the builders of the house of the
Lord: and they laid it out to the carpen-
ters, and the masons that wrought in the
house of the Lord,
12 And made the repairs: and to them
that cut stones, and to buy timber, and
stones, to be hewed, that the repairs of
the house of the Lord might be comr
pletely finished, and wheresoever there
was need of expenses to uphold the house.
13 But there were not made of the same
money for the temple of the Lord, bowls,
or any vessel of gold and silver, of the
money that was brought into the temple
of the Lord.
14 For it was given to them that did the
work, that the temple of the Lord might
be repaired.
15 And they reckoned not with the men
that received the money to distribute it
to the workmen, but they bestowed 't
faithfully.
16 But the money for trespass, and vhe
money for sins, they brought not into
the temple of the Lord, because it was
for the priests.
17 Then Hazael king of Syria weut up
and i'ought against Geth, one] took i^b and
set his face to go up to JenDicalem.
IG Wherefore Joas king o2 Jiida took all
the sanctified things, ^vhich Josaphat, and
Joram, and Ochozias las fathers the kings
of Juda had dedicated to holy useS; and
which he himself had offered and all the
2
silver that eould be found Li the treasures
oi the temple of the Lord, and in the
king's palace: and sent it to Hazael king
of Syria, and he went off from Jerusa-
lem.
19 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and
all that he did, are they not written in
the book of the words of the days of the
kings of Juda?
20 And « his servants arose, and conspir-
ed among themselves, and slew Joas in the
house of Mello in the descent of Sella.''
21 For Josachar the son of Semaath, and
Jozabad the son of Somer his servant
struck him, and he died: and they buried
V 2 Par. 24. 23. — x B. C. 802.
Ver. 21. The city of David. He was buried in
the same city with his fathers, but not in the
soul sepulchres of the kings. 2 Par. 14.
400

rhe reign of Joachaz
dm with his fathers in the city of David, sight of the Lord: he departed not from
od Amasias his son reigned in his stead. all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat^
CHAPTER 13.
Tie reign of Joachaz and of Joas kings of Israel.
The last acts and death of Eliseus the prophet : a
dead man is raised to life by the touch of his all that he did, and his valour wherewith
bones.
[N J'the three and twentieth year of
Joas son of Ochozias king of Juda,
bachaz the son of Jehu reigned over
Brael in Samaria, seventeen years.
2 And he did evil before the Lord, and
allowed the sins of Jeroboam the son of
I'abat, who made Israel to sin, and he
eparted not from them.
8 And the wrath of the Lord was kindled
gainst Israel, and he delivered them
ato the hand of Hazael the king of Syria,
nd into the hand of Benadad the son of
[azael all days.
4 But Joachaz besought the face of the
ord, and the Lord heard him: for he
aw the distress of Israel, because the
ing of Syria had oppressed them:
5 And the Lord gave Israel a saviour,
nd they were delivered out of the hand
I the king of Syria : and the children of
srael dwelt in their pavilions as yester-
ay and the day before.
6 But yet they departed not from the
ins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to
in, but walked in them: and there still
emained a grove also in Samaria.
7 And Joachaz had no more left of the
eople than fifty horsemen, and ten
lariots. and ten thousand footmen: for
le king of Syria had slain them, and
ad brought them low as dust by thrash-
Qg in the barnfloor.
8 But the rest of the acts of Joachaz,
.nd all that he did, and his valour, are
hey not written in the book of the words
»f the days of the kings of Israel ?
9 And ^ Joachaz slept with his fathers,
nd they buried him in Samaria: and
oas his son reigned in Ms stead.
10 In the seven and thirtieth year of
Joas king of Juda, Joas the son of Jo-
ijjhaz reigned over Israel in Samaria
ixteen years.
11 And he did that which is
yB. C. 820. — «B. C. 804.
Chap. 13. Ver. 6. A grove : dedicated to the wor-
hip of Idols.
Ver. 19. If thou hadst smitten, &c. By this it ap-
>ear3 that God had revealed to the prophet that the
:ing should overcome the Syrians as Jiany times
as
^ 401
:
4 KINGS Death of EUsevs
who made Israel to sin, but he walked -n
them.
12 But the rest of the acts of Joas, and
he fought against Amasias king of Juda,
are they not written in the book of the
words of the days of the kings of Israel ?
13 And Joas slept with his fathers: and
Jeroboam sat upon his throne. « But Joas
was buried in Samaria with the kings of
Israel.
14 Now was sick of the illness
Eliseus
whereof he died and Joas king of Is-
:
rael went down to him, and wept before
him, and said: O my father, my father,
the chariot of Israel and the guider
thereof.
16 And Eliseus said to him: Bring a
bow and arrows. And when he had
brought him a bow, and arrows,
16 He said to the king of Israel: Put
thy hand upon the bow. And when he
had put his hand, Eliseus put his hands
over the king'c hands,
17 And said. Open the window to the
east. And when he had opened it, Elis-
eus 3aid Shoot an arrow. And he shot.
:
And Eliseus said The arrow of the Lord's
:
deliverance, and the arrow of the deliv-
erance from Syria : and thou shalt strike
the Syrians i-^ Aphec, till thou consume
them.
18 And he said: Take the arrows. And
when he had taken them, he said to him
Strike with an arrow upon the ground.
And he struck three times and stood
still.
19 And the man of God was angry with
him, and said : If thou hadst smitten five
or six or seven times, thou hadst smitten
Syria even to utter destruction : but now
three times shalt thou smite it.
20 And Eliseus died, and they buried
him. And the rovers from Moab came
into the land the same year.
21 ^ And some that were burying a man,
saw the rovers, and cast the body into
the sepulchre of Eliseus. And when it
evil in the had touched the bones of Eliseus, the
aB. C. 789. — c Eccli. 48. 14.
he should then strike on the ground but as he had
;
not at the same time revealed to him how often the
king would strike, the prophet was Jjoncerned to se*
that be struck but tbrica
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The reign of Amasias 4 KINGS Amasias is defeated

man came to life, and stood upon his Joas son of Jeachaz, son of Jehu king of
feet. Israel, saying: Come let us see one an-
22 Now Hazael king of Syria afflicted other.
days of Joachaz
Israel all the 9 And Joas king of Israel sent again to
23 And the Lord had mercy on them, Amasias king of Juda, saying : A thistle
and returned to them because of his of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is
covenant, which he had made with Abra- in Libanus, saying Give thy daughter to
:

ham and Isaac and Jacob: and he would
not destroy them, nor utterly cast them
away, unto this present time.
24 And Hazael king of Syria died, and
Benadad his son reigned in his stead.
25 Now Joas the son of Joachaz, took
the cities out of the hand of Benadad,
the son of Hazael, which he had taken
out of the hand of Joachaz his father by
war, three times did Joas beat him, and
he restored the cities to Israel.
CHAPTER 14.
Amasias reigneth in Juda he overcometh the Edom-
:
my son to wife. And the beasts of the
forest, that are in Libanus, passed and
trod down the thistle.
10 Thou hast beaten and prevailed over
Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up
be content with the glory, and sit at
home: why provokest thou evil, that
thou shouldst fall, and Juda with thee ?
11 But Amasias did not rest satisfied.
So Joas king of Israel went up, and
he and Amasias king of Juda saw one
another in Bethsames a town in Juda.
12 And Juda was put to the worst be-

ites : but is fore Israel, and they fled every man to

overcome by Joas king of Israel, Jero-
boam the second reigneth in Israel. their dwellings.
^ the second year of Joas son of Joa- 13 But Joas king of Israel took Amasias,
IN chaz, king of Israel, reigned Amasias king of Juda the son of Joas, the son of
son of Joas king of Juda. Ochozias, in Bethsames, and brought him
2-^ He was five and twenty years old into Jerusalem : and he broke down the
when he began to reign: and nine and wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of
twenty years he reigned in Jerusalem: Ephraim to the gate of the corner, four
the name of his mother was Joadan of hundred cubits.
Jerusalem. 14 And he took all the gold, and silver,
3 And he did that which was right be- and all the vessels, that were found in
fore the Lord, but yet not like David his the house of the Lord, and in the king's
father. He did according to all things treasures, and hostages, and returned to
that Joas his father did: Samaria.
^ "^ut ^his only, that he took not away 15 But the rest of the acts of Joas,
the high places; ior yet the people sac- which he did, and his valour, wherewith
rificed and burnt incense in the high he fought against Amasias king of Juda,
places. are they not written in the book of the
5 And when he had possession of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
kingdom, he put his servants to death 16 And Joas slept with his fathers, and
that had slain the king his father was buried in Samaria, with the kings of
6 But the children of the mmrderers he Israel : and Jeroboam his son reigned in
did not put to death, according to that his stead.
which is written in the book of the law 17 And Amasias the son of Joas king of
of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, Juda lived, after the death of Joas son o/
saying ^ The fathers shall not be put to Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years.
:

death for the children, neither shall the 18 And the rest of the acts of Amasias,
children be put to death for the fathers: are they not written in the book of the
but every man shall die for his own sins. words of the days of the kings of Juda?
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of the 19 Now they made a conspiracy against
Saltpits ten thousand men, and took the him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachis. :

rock by war, and called the name thereof * And they sent after him to Lachis, and
Jectehel, unto this day. killed him there.
8 Then Amasias sent messengers to 20 And they brought him away upon
e B. C. 802.—/ 2 Par. 25. 1.
t B. G. 775.
g Deut. 24. 16 ; Ezech. 18. 20.

Chap. i4. Yer.S. Let%t9aee one another. This was a challeDge to fight.

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^eign of the second Jeroboam 4 KINGS Reigns of Azarias and Zacharias

'^Gffses, anc he was buried in Jerusalem fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his
\AV\ his fathers in the city of David. mother was Jechelia of Jerusalem.
SjI, And all the people of Juda took 3 And he did that which was pleasing
Azarias, who was sixteen years old, and before the Lord, according to all that his
made him king instead of his father father Amasias had done.
'

Amasias. 4 But the high places he did not destroy:

22 He built Elath, and restored it to for the people sacrificed and burnt in-
Juda, after that the king slept with his cense in the high places.
fathers. 5 °And the Lord struck the king, so
'

23 In the fifteenth year of Amasias ^ son that he was a leper unto the day of his
;
of Joas king of Juda, reigned Jeroboam death, and he dwelt in a free house
the son of Joas king of Israel in Samaria, apart: but Joatham the king's son gov-
one and forty years erned the palace, and judged the people
24 And he did that which was evil be- of the land.
fore the Lord. He departed not from 6 And the rest of the acts of Azarias,
all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and all that he did, are they not written
;
who made Israel to sin. in the book of the words of the days of
25 He restored the borders of ' Israel the kings of Juda ?
from the entrance of Emath, unto the 7 And Azarias ^ slept with his fathers
sea of the wUderness, according to the and they buried him with his ancestors
word of the Lord the God of Israel, in the city of David, and Joatham his son
which he spoke by his servant "* Jonas reigned in his stead.
I
the son of Amathi, the prophet, who was 8 ^In the eight and thirtieth year of
of Geth, which is in Opher. Azarias king of Juda, reigned Zachariab
! 26 For the Lord saw the affliction of Is- son of Jeroboam over Israel in Samaria
rael that it was exceeding bitter, and six months
that they were consumed even to them 9 And he did that which is evil before
that were shut up in prison, and the low- the Lord, as his fathers had done : he
I est persons, and that there was no one to departed not from the sins of Jeroboam
help Israel. the son of Nabat who made Israel to sin.
27 And the Lord did not say that he 10 And Sellum the son of Jabes con-
\
would blot out the name of Israel from spired against him: and struck him pub-
, under heaven, but he saved them by the licly and killed him, and reigned in his
hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas. place.
28 But the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, 11 Now the rest of the acts of Zacharias,
and all that he did, and his valour, where- are they not written in the book of the
with he fought, and how he restored words of the days of the kings of Israel?
Damascus, and Emath to Juda in Israel, 12 ''This was the word of the Lord,
I
are they not written in the book of the which he spoke to Jehu, saying: Thy
words of the days of the kings of Israel ? children to the fourth generation shall
! 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it
I
the kings of Israel, and Zacharias his son came to pass.
'

reigned in his stead. 13 Sellum the son of Jabes began to

reign in the nine * and thirtieth year of
CHAPTER 15.
Azarias king of Juda: and reigned one
I

The reign of Azarias, and Joatham in Juda: and

I

of Zacharias, Sellum, Manahem^ Phaceia, and month in Samaria.

j
Phacee in Israel. 14 And Manahem the son of Gadi went
"the seven and twentieth year of up from Thersa: and he came into Sa-
INJeroboam king of Israel reigned Aza- maria, and struck Sellum the son of
j
riasson of Amasias, king of Juda. Jabes in Samaria, and slew him, and
2 He was sixteen years old, when he reigned in his stead.
;
began to reign, and he reigned two and 15 And the rest of the acts of Sellum,

I
j 2
Num. ——m Jonas
Par. 26.B. C. 789.
18. 21.
1. A;

1. 1.
p B. C. 735.
qB. C. 749.
n B. C. 775. — o Par. 2 26. 21. r Supra 10. 30.— s B. C. 749.
Ver. 25. Opher. In the tribe of Zabulon. Ver. 5. A leper. In punishment of his usurping
Chap. 15. Ver. 1. Aza/riois. Otherwise called the priestly function. 2 Par. 26.
Ozias. It seems that we should have here 15th in-
stead of 27th.

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Reigns of Manahem and Phaceia 4 KINGS

Reigns of Phacee and Joatham
.nd his conspiracy, which he made, are 27 In the two and fiftieth year of Aza-
they not written in the book of the rias king of Juda reigned Phacee the son
worde of the days of the kings of Israel? of Romelia over Israel in Samaria twenty
16 Then Manahem destroyed Thapsa years.
and all that were in it and the borders 28 And he did that which was evil be-
thereof from Thersa, because they would fore the Lord: he departed not from the
not open to him: and he slew all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who
women thereof that were with child, and made Israel to sin.
ripped them up. 29 In the days of Phacee king of Israel
17 In the nine and thirtieth year of came Theglathphalasar king of Assyria,
Azarias king of Juda, reigned Manahem and took Aion, and Abel Domum Maacha
son of Gadi over Israel ten years in Sa- and Janoe, and Cedes, and Asor, and
maria. Galaad, and Galilee, and all the land of
18 And he did that which was evil be- Nephtali: and carried them captives into
f e the Lord: he departed not from the Assyria.
-as of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who 30 Now Osee son of Ela conspired,
made Israel to sin all his days. and formed a plot against Phacee, the
19 And Phul king of the Assyrians came son of Romelia, and struck him, and
into the land, and Manahem gave Phul slew him: and reigned in his stead in the
a thousand talents of silver, to aid him twentieth year of Joatham the son of
and to estabUsh him in the kingdom. Ozias.
20 And Manahem laid a tax upon Israel, 31 But the rest of the acts of Phacee
on all that were mighty and rich, to give ^ and all that he did, are they not written
the king of the Assyrians, each man fifty in the book of the words of the days oi
sides of silver so the king of the Assyr- the kings of Israel?
:

ians turned back, and did not stay in the 32 ^ In the second year of Phacee the
land. son of Romelia king of Israel reigned
21 And the rest of the acts of Manahem, Joatham son of Ozias king of Juda.
and all that he did, are they not written 33 He was five and twenty years old
in the book of the words of the days of when he began to reign, and he reigned
the kings of Israel? sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of
22 And Manahem slept with his fathers his mother was Jerusa, the daughter of
and Phaceia his son reigned in his stead. Sadoc.
23 In the fiftieth year of * Azarias king 34 And he did that v/hich was right be*
of Juda reigned Phaceia the son of fore the Lord: according to all that his
Manahem over Israel in Samaria two father Ozias had done, so did he.
years. 35 But the high places he took not
24 And he did that which was evil be- away: the people still sacrificed and
fore the Lord: he departed not from the burnt incense in the high places: he
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who built the highest gate of the house of
made Israel to sin. the Lord.
25 And Phacee the son of Romelia, his 36 But the rest of the acts of Joatham,
captain conspired against him, "and and all that he did, are they not written
smote him in Samaria, in the tower of in the book of the words of the days of
the king's house, near Argob, and near the kings of Juda ?
Arie^ and with him fifty men of the sons 37 In those days the Lord began to send
of the Galaadites, and he slew him and into ^ Juda Rasin king of Syria, and Pha-
reigned in his stead. cee the son of Romelia.
26 And the rest of the acts of Phaceia, 38 And Joatham slept with his fathers,
and all that he did, are they not written and was buried with them in the city of
in the book of the words of the days of David his father, and Achaz his son
the kings of Israel? reigned in his stead.

tB. C. 737. — mB. C. 736. V 2 Par. 27. \. — u B. C. 735. — a; Isa. 7. 1.

Yer. 30. In the twentieth year of Joatham. That follow here this date, than to speak of the years ol
y. iD th. *:wentieth year, from the beginning of Joa- Achaz, who had not yet been mentioned.
•ivim*8 reign The sacred writer chooses rather to j

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lie wicked reign of Achaz 4 KINGS He sacrifices on the new altar

CHAPTER 16.
he tvicked reign of Achaz : the kings of Syria and
Israelwar against him : he hireth the king of the
Assyrians to assist him : he causeth an altar to
be made after the pattern of that of Damascus.
'N the seventeenth year of Phacee the
-son of Romelia reigned v Achaz the
)n of Joatham king of Juda.
2 Achaz was twenty years old when
11 Andl Urias the priest built an altar
according to all that king Achaz had
commanded from Damascus, so did Urias
the priest, until king Achaz came from
Damascus.
12 And when the king was come from
Damascus, he saw the altar and wor-
shipped it and went up and offered hol-
:

6 began to reign, and he reigned sixteen ocausts, and his own sacrifice.
ears in Jerusalem: he did not that 13 And offered libations and poured the
'hich was pleasing in the sight of the blood of the peace offerings, which he had
ord his God, as David his father. offered upon the altar.
3 But he walked in the way of the kings was before
14 But the altar of brass that
f Israel: moreover he consecrated also the Lord, he removed from the face of
is son, making him pass through the the temple, and from the place of the
re according to the idols of the nations altar, and from the place of the temple
'hich the Lord destroyed before the of the Lord and he set it at the side of
:

hildren of Israel. the altar toward the north.

4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense 15 And king Achaz commanded Urias
1 the high places and on the hills, and the priest saying : Upon the great altar

nder every green tree. offer the morning holocaust, and the
5 " Then Rasin king of Syria, and Pha- evening sacrifice, and the king's holo-
ee son of Romelia king of Israel came caust, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust
p to Jerusalem to fight: and they be- of the whole people of the land, and
ieged Achaz, but were not able to over- their sacrifices, and their libations and :

ome him. all the blood of the holocaust, and all

6 At that time Rasin king of Syria re- the blood of the victim thou shalt pour
bored Aila to Syria, and drove the men out upon it but the altar of brass shall :

f Juda out of Aila: and the Edomites be ready at my pleasure.

ame into Aila, and dwelt there unto this 16 So Urias the priest did according
jay. to all that king Achaz had commanded
|7 And Achaz sent messengers to Theg- him.
ithphalasar king of the Assyrians, say- 17 And king Achaz took away the graven
ag I am thy servant, and thy son come bases, and the laver that was upon them:
: :

p, and save me out of the hand of the and he took down the sea from the bra-
ing of Syria, and out of the hand of the zen oxen that held it up, and put it upon
,ing of Israel, who are risen up together a pavement of stone.
gainst me. 18 The Musach also for the sabbath,
8 And when he had gathered together which he had built in the temple: and
he silver and gold that could be found the king's entry from without he turned
Q the house of the Lord, and in the into the temple of the Lord, because of
ing's treasures, he sent it for a present the king of the Assyrians.
the king of the Assyrians. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Achaz,
9 And he agreed to his desire: for the which he did, are they not written in the
ing of the Assyrians went up against book of the words of the days of the
i)amascus, and laid it waste: and he kings of Juda ?
arried away the inhabitants thereof to 20 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and
Gyrene, but Rasin he slew. was buried with them in the city of Da-
10 And king Achaz went to Damascus vid, ** and Ezechias his son reigned in his
o meet Theglathphalasar king of the stead.
^Syrians, and when he had seen the
iltar of Damascus, king Achaz sent to CHAPTER 17.
Mas the priest a pattern of it, and its The reign of Osee, The Israelites for their sins an
carried into captivity : other inhabitants are sent
ikeness according to all the work thereof. to Samaria^ who make a mixture of religion.

y 2 Par. 28. 1. B. C. 781.— o fea. 7. 1. d 2 Par. 28. 27. B. C. 727.

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The Israelites carried into captivity 4 KINGS

The vnckedness of Israel
the twelfth year of * Achaz king of rael and in Juda by the hand of all the
INJuda, Osee the son of Ela reigned in prophets and seers, saying ^ Return from :

Samaria over Israel nine years. your wicked ways, and keep my precepts, |

2 And he did evil before the Lord but and ceremonies, according to all the la\?
:
i

not as the kings of Israel that had been which I commanded your fathers: and!
before him» as I nave sent to you in the hand of my)
3 -^Against him came up Salmanasar servants the prophets.
king of the Assyrians, and Osee became 14 And they hearkened not, but hard*'
his servant, and paid him tribute. ened their necks like to the neck of'
4 And when the king of the Assyrians their fathers, who would not obey thei
found that Osee endeavouring to rebel Lord their God. i

had sent messengers to Sua the king of 15 And they rejected his ordinances andj
Egypt, that he might not pay tribute to the covenant that he made with thbir fa-!
the king of the Assyrians, as he had done thers, and the testimonies which he tes-j
every year, he besieged him, bound him, tifled against them: and they followed'
and cast him into prison. vanities, and acted vainly and they foU :

6 And he went through all the land lowed the nations that were round about!
and going up to Samaria, he besieged it them, concerning which the Lord hadi
three years. commanded them that they should not doj
6 9 And in the ninth year of Osee, the as they did.
king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and 16 And they forsook all the precepts off
carried Israel away to Assyria and he : the Lord their God and made to them-i
:

placed them in Hala and Habor by the selves two molten calves, and groves, andl
river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes. adored all the host of heaven : and theyf
7 For so it was that the children of served Baal. I

Israel had sinned against the Lord their 17 And consecrated their sons, and theii)
God, who brought them out of the land daughters through fire: and they gavei
of Egypt, from under the hand of Pha- themselves to divinations, and soothsay-l
rao king of Egypt, and they worshipped ings : and they delivered themselves up
strange gods. to do evil before the Lord, to provoke
8 And they walked according to the him.
way of the nations which the Lord had 18 And the Lord was very angry with
destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel, and removed them from his sight!
Israel and of the kings of Israel: because and there remained only the tribe ol'
they had done in like manner. Juda.
9 And the children of Israel offended 19 But neither did Juda itself keep th€
the Lord their God with things that were commandments of the Lord their God
not right : and built them high places in but they walked in the errors of Israel
all their cities from the tower of the which they had wrought.
watchmen to the fenced city. 20 And the Lord cast off all the seed oi
10 And they made them statues and Israel, and afflicted them and deliverec
groves on every high hill, and under them into the hand of spoilers, till he casi
every shady tree theni away from his face
11 And they burnt incense there upon 21 *Even from that time, when Israe
altars after the manner of the nations was rent from the house of David, anc
which the Lord had removed from their made Jeroboam son of Nabat their king
face: and they did wicked things, pro- for Jeroboam separated Israel from th<
voking the Lord. Lord, and made them commit a great sin
12 And they worshipped abominations, 22 And the children of Israel walked ii
concerning which the Lord had com- all the sins of Jeroboam, which he hac
manded them that they should not do this done : and they departed not from them
thing. 23 J Till the Lord removed Israel fron
13 And the Lord testified to them in Is- his face, as he had spoken in the hand o
e B. C. 730. g Infra 18. 10.— /i Jer. 25. 5.
/ Infra 18. 9 Tob.
; 1. 2. i3 Kings 12. 19. j Jer. 25. 9.

Chap. 17. Ver. 1. In the Umifth year of Achaz not in quiet possession of the kingdom to the twelftl
king of Juda. He began to reign before* but was year of Achaz.
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 range people brought to Samaria 4 KINGS The reign of Ezechias
servants the prophets : and Israel
liiB 34 Unto this day they followed the old
Ls away out of their land to
carried manner: they fear not the Lord, nei-
j«jTia, unto this day. ther do they keep his ceremonies, and
4 And the king of the Assyrians brought judgments, and law, and the command-
ople from Babylon, and from Cutha, and ment, which the Lord commanded the
)m Avah, and from Emath, and from children of Jacob, whom he surnamed
^
pharvaim and placed
: them in the Israel:
;ies of Samaria instead of the children 35 With whom he made a covenant, anC
Israel: and they possessed Samaria, charged them, saying: You shall not fear
d dwelt in the cities thereof. strange gods, nor shall you adore them,
5 And when they began to dwell there, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
ey feared not the Lord and the Lord 36 But the Lord your God, who brought
:

nt lions among them, which killed them. you out of the land of Egypt with great
6 And it was told the king of the Assyr- power, and a stretched out arm, him shall
ns, and it was said The nations which you fear, and him shall you adore, and
:

ou hast removed, and made to dwell in to him shall you sacrifice.

e cities of Samaria, know not the ordi- 37 And the ceremonies, and judgments,
.nces of the God of the land: and the and law, and the commandment, which
)rd hath sent lions among them: and he wrote for you, you shall observe to do
ihold they kill them, because they know them always : and you shall not fear
!)t themanner of the God of the land. strange gods.
7 And the king of the Assyrians com- 38 And the covenant that he made with
anded, saying Carry thither one of the
: you, you shall not forget neither shall :

•iests whom you brought from thence ye worship strange gods,

.ptive, and let him go, and dwell with 39 But fear the Lord your God, and he
lem and let him teach them the ordi-
: shall deliver you out of the hand of all
mces of the God of the land. your enemies.
58 So one of the priests who had been 40 But they did not hearken, but did
irried away captive from Samaria, came according to their old custom.
id dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how 41 So these nations feared the Lord, but
ley should worship the Lord. nevertheless served also their idols their :

!9 And every nation made gods of their children also and grandchildren, as their
Nu^ and put them in the temples of the fathers did, so do they unto this day.
gh places, which the Samaritans had
ade, every nation in their cities where
CHAPTER 18.

ley dwelt, The reign of Ezechias : he abolisheth idolatry and

prospereth. Sennacherib conieth up against him :
JO For the men of Babylon made So- Babsaces soliciteth the people to revolt ; and bias-
lothbenoth: and the Cuthitesmade Ner- phem,eth the Lord.
and the men of Emath made Asima. 'the third year of Osee the son of
3l :

U And the Hevites made Nebahaz and INEla king of Israel, reigned Ezechias "*

harthac. And they that were of Sephar- the son of Achaz king of Juda.
aim burnt their children in fire, zo 2 He was five and twenty years old when
dramelech and Anamelech the gods of he began to reign: and he reigned nine
epharvaim. and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name
i>2 And nevertheless they worshipped the of his mother was Abi the daughter of
lord. And they made to themselves, of Zacharias.
pe lowest of the people, priests of the 3 And he did that which was good be-
iigh places, and they placed them in the fore the Lord, according to all that Da-
I3mple8 of the high places. vid his father had done.
i33 And when they worshipped the Lord, 4 He destroyed the high places, and
ley served also their own gods accord- broke the statues in pieces, and cut down
iig to the custom of the nations out of the grove^ and broke the brazen serpent,
'hich they were brought to Samaria :
° which Moses had made for till that :

k Gen. 32. 28. — I 2 Par. 28. 27. and 29. 1.

m B. C. 727. o Num. 21. 9.

Chap. 18. Ver.4. And he called its name Nuties- called it in eontempti because :^ey bad made an idol
zn.That is^thtir brass: or a little brass. So he of it.
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Sennacherib invades Juda 4 KINGS

Jerusalem is besieged
time the children of Israel burnt incense and gave them to the king of the As-
to it and he called its name Nohestan.
: syrians.
6 He trusted in the Lord the God of 17 And the king of the Assyrians sent
Israel: so that after him there was none Tharthan and Rabsaris, and Rabsaces
like him among all the kings of Juda, nor from Lachis to king Ezechias with a
any of them that were before him strong army to Jerusalem and they went :

6 And he stuck to the Lord, and de- up and came to Jerusalem, and they
parted not from his steps, but kept his stood by the conduit of the upper pool,
commandments, which the Lord com- which is in the way of the fuller's field.
manded Moses. 18 And they called for the king: and
7 Wherefore the Lord also was with him, there went out to them Eliacim the son
and in all things, to which he went forth, of Helcias who was over the house, and
he behaved himself wisely. And he re- Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of
belled against the king of the Assyrians, Asaph the recorder.
and served him not. 19 And Rabsaces said to them Speak :

8 He smote the Philistines as far as to Ezechias Thus saith the great king, :

Gaza, and all their borders, from the the king of the Assyrians What is this :

tower of the watchmen to the fenced confidence, wherein thou trustest ?

city. 20 Perhaps thou hast taken counsel, to
9 ^ In the fourth year of king Ezechias, prepare thyself for battle. On whom dost
which was the seventh year of Osee the thou trust, that thou darest to rebel ?
eon of Ela king of Israel, Salmanasar king 21 Dost thou trust in Egypt a staff of
of the Assyrians came up to Samaria, and a broken reed, upon which if a man lean,
besieged it, it will break and go into his hand, and
10 And took it. For after three years, pierce it? so is Pharao king of Egypt, to
in the sixth year of Ezechias, that is, in all that trust in him.
the ninth year of Osee king of Israel, 22 But if you say to me We trust in :

Samaria was taken: ^ the Lord our God is it not he, whose :

11 And the king of the Assyrians car- high places and altars Ezechias hath
ried away Israel into Assyria, and placed taken away: and hath commanded Juda
them in Hala and in Habor by the rivers and Jerusalem: You shall worship before
Of Gozan in the cities of the Medes: this altar in Jerusalem?
12 Because they hearkened not to the 23 Now therefore come over to my mas
voice of the Lord their God, but trans- ter the king of the Assyrians, and I will
gressed his covenant all that Moses the give you two thousand horses, and see
:

servant of the Lord commanded, they whether you be able to have riders for
would not hear nor do. them.
13 '"In the fourteenth year of king Eze- 24 And how can you stand against one
chias, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians lord of the least of my master's servants?
came up against the fenced cities of Juda: Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and
and took them. for horsemen ?
14 Then Ezechias king of Juda sent mes- 25 Is it without the will of the Lord that
sengers to the king of the Assyrians to I am come up to this place to destroy it?
Lachis, saying I have offended, depart The Lord said to me
: Go up to this land :

from me and all that thou shalt put and destroy it.
:

upon me, I will bear. And the king of 26 Then Eliacim the son of Helcias, and
the Assyrians put a tax upon Ezechias Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces We :

king of Juda, of three hundred talents of pray thee speak to us thy servants in
silver, and thirty talents of gold. Syriac: for we understand that tongue;
15 And Ezechias gave all the silver that and speak not to us in the Jews' language,
was found in the house of the Lord, and in the hearing of the people that are
in the king's treasures. upon the wall.
16 At that time Ezechias broke the doors 27 And Rabsaces answered them, say-
of the temple of the Lord, and the plates ing: Hath master sent me to thy my
of gold which he had fastened on them, master and to thee, to speak these words,

p Supra 17. 6 ; Tob. 1. 2. ; B. C 723. — g B. C 721. r 2 Par. 32. 1.

; Eccli. 48. 20 Isa. 36. 1.
; The expe-
dition of Sennacherib was in 701 B. C.
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^hsaces* address to the Jews 4 KINGS Isaias reassures the Jews

jid not rather to th^ men that sit upon
he wall, that they may eat their own
AND ^ when king Ezechias heard thes^^
^ words, he rent his garments, and

lung, and drink their urine with you ?
28 Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out
yith a loud voice in the Jews' language,
.nd said: Hear the words of the great
:ing, the king of the Assyrians.
29 Thus saith the king Let not Eze-:
ihias deceive you for he shall not be
: Amos,
ible to deliver you out of my hand.
30 Neither let him make you trust in the
covered himself with sackcloth, and went
into the house of the Lord.
2 ^ And he sent Eliacim, who was over
the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the
ancients of the priests covered with sack-
cloths, to Isaias the prophet the son of
3 And they said to him : Thus saith Eze-
chias This day is a day of tribulation,
:

jord, saying The Lord will surely deliver

: and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: the
18, and this city shall not be given into children are come to the birth, and the
he hand of the king of the Assyrians. woman in travail hath not strength.
31 Do not hearken to Ezechias. For thus 4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear
aith the king of the Assyrians Do with : all the words of Rabsaces, whom the king
ne that which is for your advantage, and of the Assyrians his master hath sent to
'some out to me and every man of you
: reproach the living God, and to reprove
ihall eat of his own vineyard, and of his with words, which the Lord thy God hath
)wn fig tree and you shall drink water
: heard: and do thou offer prayer for the
)f your own cisterns, remnants that are found.
32 Till I come, and take you away to a 6 So the servants of king Ezechias came
and, like to your own land, a fruitful to Isaias,
'and, and plentiful in wine, a land of 6 And Isaias said to them : Thus shall
)read and vineyards, a land of olives, you say to your master: Thus saith the
md oil and honey, and you shall live, Lord: Be not afraid for the words which
md not die. Hearken not to Ezechias, thou hast heard, with which the servants
vho deceiveth you, saying: The Lord of the king of the Assyrians have blas-
;dll dehver us. phemed me.
33 Have any of the gods of the nations 7 Behold I will send a spirit upon him,
ielivered their land from the hand of the and he shall hear a message, and shall
ting of Assyria ? return into his own country, and I will
34 * Where is the god of Emath, and of make him fall by the sword in his own
Arphad ? where is the god of Sepharvaim, country.
!)f Ana, and of Ava ? * have they deliv- 8 And Rabsaces returned, and found the
ered Samaria out of hand ? my king of the Assyrians besieging Lobnas
'
35 Who are they among all the gods of for he had heard that he was departed
jhe nations, that have delivered their from Lachis.
country out of my
hand, that the Lord 9 And when he heard
of Theraca king
bay deliver Jerusalem out of my hand ? of Ethiopia Behold,
:he is come out to
36 But the people held their peace, and fight with thee: and
was going against
inswered him not a word: for they had him, he sent messengers to Ezechias,
received commandment from the king saying
Ibhat they should not answer him. 10 Thus shall you say to Ezechias king
37 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, who of Juda: Let not thy God deceive thee,
was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, in whom thou trustest and do not say: :

and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the
came to Ezechias, with their garments hands of the king of the Assyrians.
rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces. 11 Behold thou hast heard what the
kings of the Assyrians have done to all
j
CHAPTER 19.
countries, how they have laid them waste:
Ezechias assured of God's help by Isaias the pro-
is
phet. The king of the Assyrians still threateneth and canst thou alone be delivered?
and blasphemeth. Ezechias prayeth, and Godpro- 12 Have the gods of the nations deliv-
miseth to protect Jerusalem. An angel destroyeth
I

!
the army of the Assyrians, their king retumeth to ered any of them, whom my fathers have
'
N^inive, and is slain by his two sons. destroyed, to wit, Gozan, and Haran, and

$ Infra 19. 13 ; Isa. lo. 9, and 37. 13. — t Supra 17. 24. u Isa. 37. 1. — V B. C. 701.
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The prayer of Ezechias 4 KINGS The answer of Jsaioi

Beseph, and the children of Eden that its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees.
were in Thelassar ? And I have entered into the furthest
13 Where is the king of Emath, and the parts thereof, and the forest of its
king of Arphad, and the king of the city Carmel.
of Sepharvaim, of Ana and of Ava ? 24 I have cut down, and I have drunk
14 And when Ezechias had received the strange waters, and have dried up with
letter of the hand of the messengers, and the soles of my feet all the shut up
had read it, he went up to the house of waters.
the Lord, and spread it before the Lord, 25 Hast thou not heard what I have
15 And he prayed in his sight, saying done from the beginning ? from the days
O Lord God of Israel, who sitteth upon of old I have formed it, and now I have
the cherubims, thou alone art the God of brought it to effect that fenced cities of :

all the kings of the earth: thou madest fighting men should be turned to heaps
heaven and earth of ruin
16 Incline thy ear, and hear open, O : 26 And the inhabitants of them, were
Lord, thy eyes, and see and hear all the weak of hand, they trembled and were
:

words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to confounded, they became like the grass
upbraid unto us the living God. of the field, and the green herb on the
17 Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the tops of houses, which withered before it
Assyrians have destroyed nations, and came to maturity.
the lands of them all. 27 Thy dwelling and thy going out, and
18 And they have cast their gods into thy coming in, and thy way I knew be-
the fire for they were not gods, but the fore, and thy rage against me.
:

works of men's hands of wood and stone, 28 Thou hast been mad against me, and
and they destroyed them. thy pride hath come up to my ears;
19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save therefore I will put a ring in thy nose,
us from his hand, that ali the kingdoms and a bit between thy lips, and I will
of the earth may know, that thou art the turn thee back by the way, by which
Lord the only God. thou camest. .

20 And Isaias the son of Amos sent to 29 And to thee, O Ezechias, this shall be
Ezechias, saying: Thus saith the Lord a sign ^ Eat this year what thou shalt
:

the God of Israel: I have heard the find and in the second year, such things
:

prayer thou hast made to me concerning as spring of themselves but in the third
:

Sennacherib king of the Assyrians. year sow and reap plant vineyards, and
:

21 This is the word, that the Lord hath
spoken of him The virgin the daughter
: 30 And whatsoever shall be left of the
of Sion hath despised thee, and laughed
thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusa-
lem hath wagged her head behind thy.
back.
22 Whom hast thou reproached, and
whom hast thou blasphemed? against
whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and
lifted up thy eyes on high? against the
eat the fruit of them.
house of Juda, shall take root downward,
and bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a
remnant, and that which shall be saved
out of mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord
of hosts shall do this.
32 Wherefore thus saith the Lord con-
cerning the king of the Assyrians He :

holy one of Israel.
23 By the hand of thy servants thou
hast reproached the Lord, and hast said
With the multitude of my chariots I have
gone up to the height of the mountains,
to the top of Libanus, and have cut down
shall not come into this city, nor shoot
an arrow into it, nor come before it with
: shield, nor cast a trench about it.
33 By the way that he came, he shall
retm*n: and into this city he shall not
come, saith the Lord.
w Isa. 37. 30.

Chap. 19. Ver. 23. CarmeL A pleasant fruitful I have decreed and are not to be ascribed to thy
;

hill inthe forest. These expressions are figurative,
signifying under the names of mountains and forests,
the kings and provinces whom the Assyrians had
triumphed over.
Ver. 25. I have formed it, &c. All thy exploits,
in wMch thou takest pride, are no more than what
41d
wisdom or strength, but to my will and ordinance:
who have given to thee to take and destroy so many
fenced cities, and to carry terror wherever tnou
comest. —
Ibid. Heaps of ruin» Literally, rm/i o/
hills.
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le Assyrians slain by an angel 4 KINGS The dial of Achaz

'i AndI will protect this city, and will J
figs. And when they had brought it, and
76 for
it my
own sake, and for David laid it upon his boil, he was healed.
r servant's sake. 8 And Ezechias had said to Isaias What :

5 ^ And it came to pass that night, that shall be the sign that the Lord will heal
i
angel of the Lord came, and slew me, and that I shall go up to the temple
the camp of the Assyrians a hundred of the Lord the third day ?
I

I
d eighty- five thousand. And when he 9 And Isaias said to him This shall be :

Dse early in the morning, he saw all the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will
e bodies of the dead. do the word which he hath spoken:
6 And Sennacherib king of the Assyr- Wilt thou that the shadow go forward
is departing went away, and he re- ten lines, or that it go back so many de-
rned and abode in Ninive. grees?
7 ^ And as he was worshipping in the 10 And Ezechias said: It is an easy
mple of Nesroch his god, Adramelech matter for the shadow to go forward ten
id Sarasar his sons slew him with the lines: and I do not desire that this be
7ord, and they fled into the land of done, but let it return back ten degrees.
e Armenians, and Asarhaddon his son 11 And Isaias the prophet called upon
igned in his stead. the Lord, and he brought the shadow ten
degrees backwards by the lines, by which
CHAPTER 20. it had already gone down in the dial of
echias being sick, is told by Isaias that he shaU Achaz.
lie; but praying to God, he obtaineth longer life,
ind in confirmation thereof receiveth a sign by 12 "' At that time Berodach Baladan, the
he spin's returning back. He she^ceth all his treuy son of Baladan, king of the Babylonians,
mres to the ambassadors of the king of Babylon:
Isaias reproving him for it, foretelleth the Baby- sent letters and presents to Ezechias:
'^nish captivity. for he had heard that Ezechias had been
N ^ those
days Ezechias was sick unto sick.
. and Isaias the son of Amos the 13 And Ezechias rejoiced at their com-
death :

•ophet came and said to liim Thus saith ing, and he showed them the house of
:

le Lord God: Give charge concerning his aromatical spices, and the gold and
ly house, for thou shalt die, and not the silver, and divers precious odours,
v^e. and ointments, and the house of his
5 And he turned his face to the wall, vessels, and all that he had in his trea-
id prayed to the Lord, saying: sures. There was nothing in his house,
} I beseech thee, O Lord, remember nor in all his dominions that Ezechias
3W I have walked before thee in truth, shewed them not.
id with a perfect heart, and have done 14 And Isaias the prophet came to king
lat which is pleasing before thee. And Ezechias, and said to him What said :

zechias wept with much weeping. these men? or from whence came they
[ And before Isaias was gone out of the to thee? And Ezechias said to him:
iddle of the court, the word of the Lord From a far country they came to me out
ime to him, saying : of Babylon.
) Go back, and
Ezechias the captain15 And he said
tell What did they see in :

I my people Thus saith the Lord the

: thy house ? Ezechias said They saw all :

od of David thy father I have heard the things that are in my house there
: :

ly prayer, and I have seen thy tears is nothing among my treasures that I
id behold I have healed thee on the have not shewn them. ;

lird day thou shalt go up to the temple 16 And Isaias said to Ezechias Hear :

I the Lord. the word of the Lord.

3 And I will add to thy days fifteen 17 Behold the days shall come, that all
ears and I will deliver thee and this
: that is in thy house, and that thy fathers
ty out of the hand of the king of the have laid up in store unto this day, shall
ssyrians, and I will protect this city for
be carried into Babylon nothing shall :

Ly own sake, and for David my servant's be left, saith the Lord.
ike. 18 And of thy sons also that shall issue
7 And Isaias said Bring me a lump of from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they
:

X Tob. 1. 21 Eccli. 48. 24 Isa. 37.

; ; 36 •2Far. 32. 24; Isa. 38.1.
1 —
Mac. 7. 41 ; 2 Mac 3. IS. y Tob. 1. 24. a Isa. 39. 1.

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The wicked reign of Manasses 4 KINGS God threatens by His prophets

^lall take away, aiid t Jiey shall be eunuchs I gave to their fathers only if they will :

in the palace of the king of Babylon. observe to do all that I have commanded
19 Ezechias said to Isaias: The word of them according to the law which my ser-
the Lord, which thou hast spoken, is vant Moses commanded them.
good: let peace and truth be in my 9 But they hearkened not: but were
days, seduced by Manasses, to do evil more
20 And the rest of the acts of Ezechias than the nations which the Lord de-
and all his might, and how he made a stroyed before the children of Israel
pool, and a conduit, and brought waters 10 And the Lord spoke in the hand of
into the city, are they not written in the his servants, the prophets, saying:
book of the words of the days of the 11 Because Manasses king of Juda
s'

kings of Juda ? hath done these most wicked abomina-

21 ^ And Ezechias slept with his fathers, tions, beyond all that the Amorrhites did
and Manasses his son reigned in his before him, and hath made Juda also to
stead. sin with his filthy doings
12 Therefore thus saith the Lord the
CHAPTER 21. God of Israel Behold I will bring on :
The wickedness of Manasses : God's threats by his
prophets. His wicked son Amon succeedeth him,^ evilsupon Jerusalem and Juda: that
and is slain by his servants. whosoever shall hear of them, both hli
MANASSES ^was twelve years old ears shall tingle.
when he began to reign, and he 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem
reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the weight of the
the name of his mother was Haphsiba. house of Achab and I will efface Jeru- :

2 And he did evil in the sight of the salem, as tables are wont to be effaced,
Lord, according to the idols of the na- and I will erase and turn it, and draw
tions, which the Lord destroyed from the pencil often over the face thereot
before the face of the children of Is- 14 And I will leave the remnants of my
rael. inheritance, and will deliver them into
3 ^ And he turned, and built up the high the hands of their enemies: and they
places which Ezechias his father had de- shall become a prey, and a spoil to aU
stroyed :and he set up altars to Baal, their enemies.
and made groves, as Achab the king of 15 Because they have done evil before
Israel had done and he adored all the me, and have continued to provoke me,
:

host of heaven, and served them. from the day that their fathers came out
4 And he built altars in the house of the of Egypt, even unto this day.
Lord, of which the Lord said: ®In Jeru- 16 ^Moreover Manasses shed also very
salem I will put my name. much innocent blood, till he filled Jeru-
6 And he built altars for all the host of salem up to the mouth besides his sins, :

heaven in the two courts of the temple wherewith he made Juda to sin, to do
of the Lord. evil before the Lord.
6 And he made through 17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasses,
his son pass
fire: and he and ob- and all that he did, and his sin which he
used divination,
served omens, and appointed pythons, sinned, are they not written in the book
and multiplied soothsayers to do evil be- of the words of the days of the kings of
fore the Lord, and to provoke him. Juda ?
7 He set also an idol of the grove, 18 And Manasses slept * with his fathers,
which he had made, in the temple of the and was buried in the garden of his own
Lord: -^concerning which the Lord said house, in the garden of Oza and Amon :

to David, and to Solomon his son In this his son reigned in his stead.
:

temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have 19 Two and twenty years old was Amon
chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I when he began to reign, and he reigned
will put my name for ever. two years in Jerusalem the name of his :

8 And I will no more make the feet of mother was Messalemeth the daughter
Israel to be moved out of the land, which of Harus of Jeteba.
6 B. C. 698.— c 2 Par. 33. 1.
— /2 Kings 7. 26 ;

h Infra
3 Kings 8. 16, and 9. 5.— Jer.
24. A.—i Ante C. 643.
fir 15. 4.

d 2 Par. 33. 3. e 2 Kings 7. 10,

Chap. 21. Ver. 6. Pyth&ns. That is, diviners by spirit».

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20 And he did evil in the sight of the
ord, as Manassas his father had done.
21 And he walked in all the way in
rhich his father had walked: and he
Brved the abominations which his father
ad served, and he adored them
22 And forsook the Lord the God of his
athers, and walked not in the way of
he Lord.
23 And his servants plotted against him,
nd slew the king in his own house.
quarries, to repair the temple of the
Lord.
7 But let there be no reckoning made
with them of the money which they re-
ceive, but let them have it in their power,
and in their trust.
8 And Helcias the high priest said to
Saphan the scribe: 'I have found the
book of the law in the house of the Lord
and Helcias gave the book to Saphan, and
he read it.

24 But the people of the land slew all
hem that had conspired against king
Lmon: and made Josias his son their
dng in his stead.
25 But the rest of the acts of Amon
7hich he did, are they not written in the
K)ok of the words of the days of the kings
if Juda?
26 And they buried him in his sepulchre
n the garden of Oza : and his son Josias
«igned in his stead.
9 And Saphan the scribe came to the
king, and brought him word again con-
Qerning that which he had commanded,
and said : Thy servants have gathered
together the money that was found in
the house of the Lord, and they have
given it to be distributed to the work-
men, by the overseers of the works of
the temple of the Lord.
10 And Saphan the scribe told the king,
saying Helcias the priest hath delivered
:

to me a book. And when Saphan had

CHAPTER 22. read it before the king,
tepaireth the temple. The book of the law is
^oeicis
11 And the king had heard the worda
founds upon which they consult the Lord, and are
told that great evils shall fall upon them^ but not of the law of the Lord, he rent his gar-
in the time of Josias. ments.
""TOSIAS - was eight years old when he 12 And he commanded Helcias the priest,
wj began to reign he reigned one and and Ahicam the son of Saphan, and Acho-
:

ihirty years in Jerusalem: the name of bor the son of Micha, and Saphan the
"lis mother was Idida, the daughter of scribe, and Asaia the king's servant, say-
ladaia, of Besecath. ing:
2 And he did that which was right in the 13 Go and consult the Lord for me, and
light of the Lord, and walked in all the for the people, and for all Juda, concern-
NSLys of David his father he turned not
: ing the words of this book which is
iside to the right hand, or to the left. found for the great wrath of the Lord is
:

3 And in the eighteenth year of '^ kingkindled against us, because our fathers
Fosias, the king sent Saphan the son of have not hearkened to the words of this
i^ssia, the son of Messulam, the scribe book, to do all that is written for us.
3f the temple of the Lord, saying to 14 So Helcias the priest, and Ahicam,
aim: and Achobor, and Saphan, and Asaia
4 Go to Helcias the high priest, that went to Holda the prophetess the wife of
:he money may be put together which Solium the son of Thecua, the son of
is brought into the temple of the Lord, Araas keeper of the wardrobe, who dwelt
w^hich the doorkeepers of the temple in Jerusalem in the Second: and they
bave gathered of the people. spoke to her.
5 And let it be given to the workmen by 15 And she said to them: Thussaith the
the overseers of the house of the Lord Lord the God of Israel: Tell the man that
and let them distribute it to those that sent you to me:
work in the temple of the Lord, to re- 16 Thus saith the Lord Behold, I will :

pair the temple: bring evils upon this place, and upon the
6 That is, to carpenters and masons, and inhabitants thereof, all the words of the
to such as mend breaches and that tim- law which the king of Juda hath read
: :

ber may be bought, and stones out of the 17 Because they have forsaken me, and
i2 Par. 34. 1. B. C. 641. k B, C. 624. — ; 2 Par. 44. 14.
Chap. 22. Ver. 8 Th^ book of the law, ttiat is, Ver. 14. The Second : a street, or part of tlie city^
Deuteronomy. SO called ; in Hebrew, Massem-
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Josias reads the hook of the Law 4 KINGS He abolishes idolatry

have sacrificed to strange gods, provok- that had been made for Baal, and for the
ing me by all the works of their hands grove, and for all the host of heaven:
therefore my
indignation shall be kin- and he burnt them without Jerusalem Id
dled against this place, and shall not be the valley of Cedron, and he carried the
quenched. ashes of them to Bethel.
18 But to the king of Juda, who sent 5 And he destroyed the soothsayers,
you to consult the Lord, thus shall you whom the kings of Juda had appointed
say: Thus saith the Lord the God of Is- to sacrifice in the high places in the
rael: Forasmuch as thou hast heard the cities of Juda, and round about Jerusa-
words of the book, lem: them also that burnt incense to
19 And thy heart hath been moved to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon,
fear, and thou hast humbled thyself be- and to the twelve signs, and to all the
fore the Lord, hearing the words against host of heaven.
this place, and the inhabitants thereof, 6 And he caused the grove to be carried
to wit, that they should become a won- out from the house of the Lord without
der and a curse : and thou hast rent thy Jerusalem to the valley of Cedron, and he
garments, and wept before me, I also burnt it there, and reduced it to dust, and
ha\8 heard thee, saith the Lord: cast the dust upon the graves of the com-
20 Therefore I will gather thee to thy mon people.
fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to 7 He destroyed also the pavilions of the
thy sepulchre in peace, that thy eyes may effeminate, which were in the house of
nob see all the evils which I will bring the Lord, for which the women wove as
upon this place. it were little dwellings for the grove.
8 And he gathered together all the
CHAPTER 23. priests out of the cities of Juda: and he
Josias readeth the law before all the people. They defiled the high p'.aces, where the prieste
promise to observe it. He abolisheth all idolatry, offered sacrifice, Irom Gabaa to Bersabee:
celebrateth the phase : is slain in battle by the king
of Egypt. The short reign of Joachaz^ in whose and he broke down the altars of the gates
place Joakim is made king. that were in the entering in of the gate
AND ^ they brought the king word of Josue governor of the city, which was
XA- again what she had said. And he on the left hand of the gate of the city.
sent: and all the ancients of Juda and 9 However the priests of the high places
Jerusalem were assembled to him. came not up to the altar of the Lord in
2 And the king went up to the temple Jerusalem: but only ate of the unleav-
of the Lord, and all the men of Juda, and ened bread among their brethren.
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is ir
the priests and the prophets, and all the the valley of the son of Ennom : that no,
people both little and great : and in the man should consecrate there his son orj
hearing of them all he read all the words his daughter through fire to Moloch. i

of the book of the covenant, which was 11 And he took away the horses which!
found in the house of the Lord. the kings of Juda had given to the 8un,j
3 And the king stood upon the step : and at the entering in of the temple of the
made a covenant with the Lord, to walk Lord, near the chamber of Nathanmelecb
after the Lord, and to keep his command- the eunuch, who was in Pharurim : and
ments, and his testimonies and his cere- he burnt the chariots of the sun with
monies, with all their heart, and with all fire.
their soul, and to perform the words of 12 And the altars that were upon the
this covenant, which were written in that top of the upper chamber of Achaz, whict
book and the people agreed io the cov- the kings of Juda had made, and the
:

enant. altars which Man asses had made in the

4 And the king commanded Helcias the two courts of the temple of the Lord
high priest, and the priests of the second the king broke down: and he ran from
order, and the doorkeepers, ** to cast out thence, and cast the ashes of them intc
of the temple of the Lord all the vessels the torrent Cedron.
m2 Par. 34. 28. B. C. 689. n Eccli. 49. 3.

Chap, 23. Ver. 3. The king stood upon the step place, from whence h© might be seen and heard h}
that is, bis tribune, or tribunal, a more eminent the people.
il4
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'he Phase is celebrated 4 KINGS Josias is slain

13 The high places also that were at 24 Moreover the diviners by spirits, and
erusalem on the right side of the Mount soothsayers, and the figures of idols, and
'f Offence,
° which Solomon king of Israel the uncleannesses, and the abominations,

ad built to Astaroth the idol of the Si- that had been in the land of Juda ^nd
onians, and to Chamos the scandal of Jerusalem, Josias took away: that he
loab, and to Melchom the abomination might perform the words of the law,
f the children of Ammon, the king de- that were written in the book which Hel-
led. cias the priest had found in the temple of
14 And he broke in pieces the statues, the Lord.
'nd cut down the groves: and he filled 25 There was no king before him like
aeir places with the bones of dead men. unto him, that returned to the Lord with
15 P Moreover the altar also that was at all his heart, and with all his soul, and
ethel, and the high place, which Jero- with all his strength, according to all the
oam the son of Nabat, who made Israel law of Moses: neither after him did
'd sin, had made both the altar, and the there arise any Uke him.
:

igh place he broke down and burnt, and 26 But yet the Lord turned not away
3duced to powder, and burnt the grove. from the wrath of his great indignation,
16 And as Josias turned himself, he saw wherewith his anger was kindled against
aere the sepulchres that were in the Juda: because of the provocations,
iiount: and he sent and took the bones wherewith Manasses had provoked him.
at of the sepulchres, and burnt them 27 ® And the Lord said: I will remove
pen the altar, and defiled it according Juda also from before my face, as I have
b the word of the Lord, which the man of removed Israel and I will cast off this :

fed spoke, who had foretold these things. city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the
17 5 And he said: What is that monument house, of which I said My name shall :

^hich I see ? And the men of that city be there.

nswered It is the sepulchre of the man 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josias,
:

f God, who came from Juda, and fore- and all that he did, are they not written
Did these things which thou hast done in the book of the words of the days of
pen the altar of Bethel. the kings of Juda?
18 And he said: Let him alone, let no 29 * In his days Pharao Nechao king of
lan move his bones. So his bones were Egypt **went up against the king of
jft untouched with the bones of the pro- Assyria to the river Euphrates: and
het that came out of Samaria. king Josias went to meet him and was :

t9 Moreover all the temples of the high slain at Mageddo, when he had seen him.
laces, which were in the cities of Sama- 30 And his servants carried him dead
ia, which the kings of Israel had made from Mageddo: and they brought him
provoke the Lord, Josias took away to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own
nd he did to them according to all the Sepulchre. And the people of the land
cts that he had done in Bethel. took Joachaz the son of Josias and they :

20 And he slew all the priests of the anointed him, and made him king in his
igh places, that were there, upon the father's stead.
Itars: and he burnt men's bones upon 31 ^Joachaz was three and twenty years
hem and leturned to Jerusalem.
: old when he began to reign, and he
21 * And he commanded all the people, reigned three months in Jerusalem the :

aying Keep the phase to the Lord your name of his mother was Amital, the
:

Jod, according as it is written in the daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.

ook of this covenant. 32 And he did evil before the Lord, ac-
22 Now there was no such a phase kept cording to all that his fathers had done.
rem the days of the judges, who judged 33 And Pharao Nechao bound him at
srael, nor in all the days of the kings of Rebla, which is in the land of Emath,
srael, and of the kings of Juda, that he should not reign in Jerusalem:
23 As was this phase that was kept to and he set a fine upon the land, of a hun-
he Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth dred talents of silver, and a talent of
'ear of king Josias. gold.
o 3 Kings 11. 7. p 3 Kings 13.32. s Infra 24. 2. — t2 Par. 35. 20.
q 3 Kings 13. 1. -_r 2 Par. 35. LA. M. 8381. u B. C. 610. — v Par.
2 36. 2.
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The reign Joakim

of 4 KINGS The reign of Joachin
34 And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim again any more out of his own country:
the son of Josias king in the room of for the king of Babylon had taken all that
Josias his father: and turned his name had belonged to the king of Egypt, froiD
to Joakim. And he took Joachaz away the river of Egypt, unto the river Eu-
and carried him into Egypt, and he died phrates.
there. 8 Joachin was eighteen years old when
35 And Joakim gave the silver and the he began to reign, and he reigned three **

gold to Pharao, after he had taxed the months in Jerusalem: the name of hig
land for every man, to contribute ac- mother was Nohesta the daughter ol
cording to the commandment of Pharao Elnathan of Jerusalem.
and he exacted both the silver and the 9 And he did evil before the Lord, ac-
gold of the people of the land, of every cording to all that his father had done.
man according to his ability : to give to 10 ^ At that time the servants of Nabu-
Pharao Nechao. chodonosor king of Babylon came up
36 "'Joakim was five and twenty years against Jerusalem, and the city was but
old when he began to reign: '^and he rounded with their forts.
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem the 11 And Nabuchodonosor king of Baby
:

name of his mother was Zebidathe daugh- Ion came to the city with his servantf
ter of Phadaia of Ruma. to assault it.
37 And he did evil before the Lord ac- 12 And Joachin king of Juda went ou^
cording to all that his fathers had done. to the king of Babylon, he and hii
mother, and his servants, and his noblei
CHAPTER 24. and his eunuchs : and the king of Baby
The reign of Joakim^ Joachin^ and Sedecias. Ion received him in the eighth year o;|
his days Nabuchodonosor king of his reign.
IN Babylon came up, 2/ and Joakim be- 13 And he brought out from thence alj
came his servant three years : then again the treasures of the house of the Lon
he rebelled against him. and the treasures of the king's house
2 And the Lord sent against him the and he cut in pieces all the vessels o|
rovers of the Chaldees, and the rovers of gold which Solomon king of Israel ha<
Syria, and the rovers of Moab, and the made in the temple of the Lord, acco
rovers of the children of Ammon: and ing to the word of the Lord. ^
he sent them against Juda, to destroy it, 14 And he carried away all Jerusale:
* according to the word of the Lord, and all the princes, and all the valia;
which he had spoken by his servants men of the army, to the number of te:
the prophets. thousand into captivity: and every artij
3 And this came by the word of the ficer and smith and none were left, b :

Lord against Juda, to remove them from the poor sort of the people of the land.
before him for all the sins of Manasses 15 ^ And he carried away Joachin ini
which he did. Babylon, and the king's mother, and th|
4 And for the innocent blood that he king's wives, and his eunuchs: and th
shed, filling Jerusalem with innocent judges of the land he carried into cap
blood: and therefore the Lord would tivity from Jerusalem into Babylon.
not be appeased. 16 And all the strong men, seven thoi
6 But the rest of the acts of Joakim, sand, and the artificers, and the smith
and all that he did, are they not written a thousand, all that were valiant me
in the book of the words of the days of and fit for war and the king of Babylo :

the kings of Juda? And Joakim slept led them captives into Babylon.
with his fathers: 17 *And he appointed Matthanias h:
6 And Joachin his son reigned in his uncle in his stead and called his nam :

stead. Sedecias.
7 And the king of Egypt came not 18 Sedecias was one and twenty yeai

w 2 Par. 36. 5 — X B. C. 60y. c Isa. 39.6. — d 2 Par. 36. 10 Esther 2, 6, and

;

yB. C. 606.— z Supra 23 27.

. 11. 4 ; Ezech. 17. 12 ; Jer. 24. 1, and 39. 2. B. C. 6S
aB. C. 598.- -h Dan . 1. 1. e Jer. 37. 1, and 52. 1.

CfiAP. 24. Ver. 2. The Lord sent against him the rovers. Latrunculos. Bands «r parties of men, wli<
pillaged and plundered wherever they came.
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lisalem is besieged and taken 4 KINGS

Juda taken into captivity
( when he began to reign, and he 10 And ell the army of the Chaldees
ined eleven years in Jerusalem; the which wac with tho commander of the
te of his mother was Amital, the troops, broke down the walls of Jerusa-
i>hter of Jeremias of Lobna. lem round about.
And he did evil before the Lord, 11 And Nabuzardan the commander of
•rding to all that Joakim had done, the army, carried away the rest of the
IFor the Lord was angry against Jeru- people that remained in the city, and the
m and against Juda, till he cast them fugitives that had gone over to the king
>from his face and Sedecias revolted
: of Babylon, and the remnant of the com-
[1 the king of Babylon. mon people.
But of the poor of the land he left
12
CHAPTER 25. some dressers of vines and husbandmen.
is besieged and taken by Nahuchodxmo-
13-^ And the pillars of brass that were
: Sedecias is taken : the city and temple are
Ialem
troyed. Godolias, who is left governor, is in the temple of the Lord, and the bases,
in. Joachin is exalted by Evxlmerodach. and the sea of brass which was in the
TD -^it came to pass in the ninth year house of the Lord, the Chaldees broke in
".
of his reign, ^ in the tenth month, pieces, and carried all the brass of them
.tenth day of the month, that Nab- to Babylon.
j)donosor king of Babylon came, he 14 They took away also the pots ol
i all his army against Jerusalem and brass, and the mazers, and the forks, and
:

surrounded it: and raised works the cups, and the mortars, and all the
'

id about it. V'^ssels of brass with which they minis-

jid the city was shut up and bes^'eged tered.
,.;he eleventh year of king Sed^^cias, 16 Moreover also the censers, and the
1he ninth day of the month and a bowls, such as were of gold in gold, and
:

) ne prevailed in the city, and there suoh as were of silver in silver, the gen-
;,no bread for the people of the land. eral of the army took away.
;
|.nd a breach was made into the city l(i That is, two pillars, one sea, and the

V all the men of war fled in the night bases which Solomon had made in the
i,/een the two wails by the king's temple of the Lord: the brass of all these
^len, (now the Chaldees besi^Jged the vessels was without weight.
t round about,) and SetleciaF fied by 17 One pillar was eighteen cubits high,'^

|Way that leadeth to the< plains of the and the chapiter of brass which was upoit
Ljerness. it was three cubits high: and the net-
,.nd the army of the Chaldee* pur- work, and the pomegranates that were
after the king, and overtook him upon the chapiter of the pillar, were all
,1

|he plains of Jericho: and all the of brass: and the second pillar k*d the
priors that were with him were scat- like adorning.
id, and left him 18 A.nd the general of th© army took
|)0 they took the king, and brought Seraias the chief priest, and Sophonias
to the king of Babylon to Reblatha, the second priest, and three doorkeepers.
he gave judgment upon him. 19 And out of the city one eunuch, who
Jid he olew the sons of Sedecias be- was captain over the men of war and ;

his face, and he put out his eyes, five men of them that had stood before
bound him with chains, and brought the king, whom he found in the city,
to Babylon. and Sopher the captain of the army who
a the fifth month, the seventh day exercised the young soldiers of the peo-
le month, that is, the nineteenth year ple of the land and threescore men of :

,16 king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan the common people, who were found in
',mander ot the army, a servant of the the city.
of Babylon, into Jerusalem.
: 20 These Nabuzardan the general of the
',
And he burnt the house of the Lord, army took away, and carried them to the
the king's house, and the houses king of Babylon to Reblatha.
il

lerusalem, and every house he burnt 21 And the king of Babylon smote them,
il firoo
and slew them at Reblatha in the land of

Jer. 39. 4,
/ B. C. 589.
and 62. 4.—h Ps. 78. 7. k 3 Kings
tB. C. 587. — 5 Jer. 27. 19.
7. 15 ; 2 Par. 3. 16 • Jev. 52. 21.

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Oodolias governor in J u da 1 PAEALIPOMENON J oachin treated kindl

Kmath: so Jnda was carried away out came, an^ ten men with him and smo
I
:

of their land. that he died

I
and also tl
Godolias 8"^ :

22 ' But over the people that remained Jews and the Chaldees that were
i
m
in the land of Juda, which Nabuchodono- him in Maspha.
I

Bor king of Babylon had left, he gave the 26 And all the people both little ai
I

government to Godolias the son of Ahi- great, and the captains of the soldie
I

cam the son of Saphan. rising up went to Egypt, fearing t

23 And when all the captains of the sol- Chaldees.
diers had heard this, they and the men 27 ^ And it came to pass in the " sev
that were with them, to wit, that the and thirtieth year of the captivity
king of Babylon had made Godolias gov- Joachin king of Juda, in the twelf
ernor, they came to Godolias to Maspha, month the seven and twentieth day
Ismael the son of Nathanias, and Jo- the month: Evilmerodach king of Bat
hanan the son of Caree, and Saraia the Ion, in the year that he began to reij
son of Thanehumeth the Netophathite, lifted up the head of Joachin king of Ju
and Jezonias the son of Maachathi, they out of prison.
and their men. 28 And he spoke kindly to him: apd
24 And Godolias swore to them and to set his throne above the throne of t
their men, saying Be not afraid to serve kings that were with him in Babylon.
:

the Chaldees stay in the land, and serve

: 29 And he changed his garments whi
the king of Babylon, r.nc it shall be well he had in prison, and he ate bread
with you. ways before him, all the days of his li
25 But it came to pass in the seventh 30 And he appointed him a contin
month, "^ that Ismael the son of Natha- allowance, which was also given him
nias, the son of Elisama of the seed royal the king day by day, all the days of his I

THE FIRS'!

BOOK OF PARALIPOMENON
These Books are called by the Greek interpreters, ParalipomenoD, {TlapaXfivo/ievov,) ihnt u
things left out, or omitted because they are a kind of a supplement of such things Oi
;

passed over in the books of the Kings. The Hebrews call them Dibre Haijamim, that is,
words of the days, or The Chronicles. —
Not that they are the books which are so c
quoted in the Kings, under the title of the words of the days of the kings of Israel, ar,
the kings of Juda for the books of Paralipomenon were written after the books of Ki
;

bnt because in all probability they have been abridged from those anci«nt words of the dl.
'

by Esdras or some other sacred writer,

CHAPTER 1. 7 And the sons of Javan Elisa

The genealogy of the patriarchs down to Abraham Tharsis, O-thim and Dodanim.
The posterity of Abraham and of Esatu 8 The sons of Cham: Chus, and Me(
P Seth, Enos,
ADAM, and Phut, and Chanaan.
. 2 Cainan, Malaleel, Jared, 9 And the sons of Chus Saba, and :

3 Henoc, Mathusale, Lamech, Vila, Sabatha, and Regma. and Sabath

4 Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. And the sons of Regma •
Saba, and
5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Ma- dan.
gog, and Madai, and Javan, Thubal, Mo- ll Now Chus begot ^Nemrod: he bf
soch, Thiras. to be mighty upon earth.
6 And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez, and 1 1 But Mesraim begot Ludim, and i
Riphath, and Thogorma. mim, and Laabim, and Nephtuim,
IB. C. 587.— m About B. C. 582. p Gea 2. 7, and 4. 25, and 5. 6.
n Jer. 52. 31.—o B. C. 561. 560. q Gen. 10. 8.

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 nealogy of the patriarchs 1 PARALIPOMENON The kings of Edom
Phetrusim also, and Casluim: from 36 The sons of Eliphaz: Theman, Omar,
)m came the Philistines, and Caphto- Sephi, Gathan, Cenez, and by Thamna,
Amalec.
And Chanaan begot Sidon his first- 37 The sons of Rahuel: Nahath, Zara,
, and the Hethite, Samma, Meza.
And the Jebusite, and the Amorrh- 38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Sobal, Se-
d the Gergesite, beon, Ana, Dison, Eser, Disan.
And the Hevite, and the Aracite, 39 The sons of Lotan: Hori, Homam.
the Sinite, And the sister of Lotan was Thamna.
And
the Aradian, and the Samarite, 40 The sons of Sobal Allan, and Mana- :

the Hamathite. hath, and Ebal, Sephi, and Onam. The

The sons of Sem: ^'Elam and Asur, sons of Sebeon: Aia, and Ana. The son
Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and of Ana: Dison.
and Hul, and Gether, and Mosoch.
I, 41 The sons of Dison: Hamram, and
And Arphaxad begot Sale, and Sale Eseban, and Jethran, and Charan.
W:>i Heber. 42 The sons of Eser: Balaan, and Za-
] And to Heber were bom two sons, van, and Jacan. The sons of Disan: Hus
tl: name of the one was Phaleg, because and Aran.
in lis days the earth was divided; and 43 Now these are the kings that reigned
th name of his brother was Jectan. in the land of Edom, before there was
i And Jectan begot Elmodad, and Sa- a king over the children of Israel: Bale
le i, and Asarmoth, and Jare, the son of Beor: and the name of his
IAnd Adoram, and Usal, and Decla, city was Denaba.
iAnd Hebal, and Abimael, and Saba, 44 And Bale died, and Jobab the son of
'iAnd Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead.
A of these are the sons of Jectan. 45 And when Jobab also was dead,
Sem, Arphaxad, Sale,
'i
Husam of the land of the Themanites
reigned in his stead.
iHeber, Phaleg, Ragau,
46 And Husam also died, and Adad the
^ Serug, Nachor, Thare,
son of Badad reigned in his stead, and
i Abram, «this is Abraham. he defeated the Madianites in the land of
1 And the sons of Abraham, Isaac and Moab and the name of his city was Avith.
:

Isabel.
47 And when Adad also was dead, Semla
£ And these are the generations of of Masreca reigned in his stead.
ttn. The firstborn of ^ Ismahel, Naba-
48 Semla also died, and Saul of Roho-
jci, then. Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mab-
both, which is near the river, reigned in
ssi,
his stead.
i And Masma, and Duma, Massa, Ha- 49 And when Saul was dead, Balanan
di', and Thema,
the son of Achobor reigned in his stead.
Jetur, Naphis, Cedma: these are the
50 He also died, and Adad reigned in
-t< of Ismahel.
his stead: and the name of his city was
; And
the sons of Cetura, Abraham's
Phau, and his wife was called Meetabel
cccubine, whom she bore: Zamran, Jec-
the daughter of Hatred, the daughter of
S£l, Madan, Madian, Jesboc, and Sue.
Ai the sons of Jecsan, Saba, and Da- Mezaab.
dj. And the sons of Dadan: 51 And after the death of Adad, there
Assurim,
began to be dukes in Edom instead of
ai Latussim, and Laomin.
' And the sons «of Madian: Epha, kings: duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke
a Jetheth,
Epher, and Henoch, and Abida,
1

all Eldaa. All these are the sons of 52 Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phi-
Cura. non,
< ^And Abraham begot Isaac: and his 53 Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke
s«(s were Esau and Israel. Mabsar,
The sons of ^ Esau Eliphaz, Ra- 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram. These
:

1, Jehus, Ihelom, and Core. are the dukes of Edom.

'•
Gen. 10. 22, and 11. 10.—s Gen. 11. 26. u Gen. 25. 4--y Gen. 25. 19
tGen. 25. 13. w Gen. 36. 10.
Chap. l. Ver. 32. Concubine. She was his lawful wife, but of an inferior desrrce.

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The descendants of Israel 1 PARALIPOMENON
The descendants of Isra
CHAPTER 2. 19 And when Azuba was dead, Calt
The twelve tribes of Israel. The genealogy of Juda took to wife Ephrata who bore :

down to David, Other getiealogies of the tribe of Hur.

Jtula, 20 And Hut begot Uri : and Uri begJ
AND ^ these are the sons of Israel : Ru- Bezeleel.
J\ ben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, 21 And afterwards Hesron went in
and Zabulon, the daughter of Machir the father
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, Galaad, and took her to wife when
and Aser. was threescore years old and she boj :

3 The sons of ^ Juda : Her, Onan and him Segub.

Sela. These three were born to him of
the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue.
And Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked
in the sight of the Lord, and he slew
him.
4 ^ And Thamar his daughter in law bore
him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of
Juda were five.
5 And the sons of Phares,
and Hamul.
6 And the sons also of Zare Zamri, and
Ethan, and Eman, and Ohalchal, and
Dara, five in all.
7 And the sons of " Charmi: Achar, who
troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft
of the anathema.
8 The sons of Ethan : Azarias,
9 And the sons of ^Hesron that were born
to him Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi.
: of Jerameel, were Moos, Jamin, ]|
10 And Ram begot Aminadab, and Amin-
adab begot Nahasson, prince of the chil-
dren of Juda.
11 And Nahasson begot Salma, the fa-
ther of Booz.
12 And Booz begot Obed, and Obed
22 And Segub begot Jair, and he hil
three and twenty cities in the land
Galaad.
23 And he took Gessur, and Aram til
towns of Jair, and Canath, and the ^|
lages thereof, threescore cities. All the
the sons of Machir father of Galaad.
24 And when Hesron was dead, Call
were Hesron went in to Ephrata. Hesron also hadi
wife Abia who bore him Ashur the fat
: of Thecua.
25 And the sons of Jerameel the firstbcl
of Hesron, were Ram his firstborn, al
Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achif
26 And Jerameel married another w\
named Atara, who was the mother]
Guam.
27 And the sons of Ram the firstbJ
Achar.
28 And Onam had sons Semei, and Js
And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and ^|
sur.
29 And the name of Abisur's wife
Abihail, who bore him Ahobban, and '\

begot Isai. lid.

13 ^ And Isai begot Ehab his firstborn, 30 And the sons of Nadab were Sf
the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa, and Apphaim. And Saled died witl
14 The fourth, Nathanael, the fifth Rad- children.
dai, 31 But the son of Apphaim was Jj
15 The sixth Asom, the seventh David. and Jesi begot Sesan. And Sesan b«|
16 And their sisters were Sarvia, and Oholai.
Abigail. The sons of Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, 32 And the sons of Jada the brothel
and Asael, three. Semei : Jether and Jonathan. And Je[
17 And Abigail bore Amasa, whose fa- also died without children.
ther was Jether the Ismahelite. 33 But Jonathan begot Phaleth, and *\

18 And Caleb the son of Hesron took a These were the sons of Jerameel.
wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jeri- 34 And Sesan had no sons, but dal
oth: and her sons were Jaser, and Sobab, ters and a servant an Egyptian, naj
and Ardon. Jeraa.

X Gen. 29. 32, and 30. 5, and 35. 22. — a Jos.

z Infra 4. 1 ? Matt. 1. 3. 7. 1.

y Gen. 38. 3, and 46. 12. b Ruth 4. 19.— c 1 Kings 16. 6, and 8. 9, and 11

Chap. 2. Ver. 7. Achar, alias Achan. Jos. 7. —

persons to have different names and that it :

Ibid. The anathema,- the thing devoted or ac- impossible among so many proper names, al
cursed, viz., the spoils of Jericho. occur in the first nine chapters of this bookj
Ver. 10. Jif/m. He is commonly called Aram. the transcribers of the ancient Hebrew copief
But it is to be ol)served here, once for all, that it was have made some slips in the orthography,
a commoo tlung among tUe Hebrews tor tlie same Ver. 1& CaM>t alias Calubi, ver. %•
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 descendants of Israel 1 PARALIPOMENON
The descendants of David
And he gave him his daughter to ody, and abiding in tents. These are the
) and she bore him Ethei.
: Cinites, who came of Calor (Chamath)
And Ethei begot Nathan, and Nathan father of the house of Rechab.
ot Zabad.
And Zabad begot Ophlal, and Ophlal CHAPTER 3.

sot Obed.
The genealogy of the house of David,
8
5
Obed begotJehu, Jehu begot Azarias.
Azarias begot Helles, and Helles be-
NOW ^ these were the sons of David
that were born to him in Hebron:
!C Elasa. the firstborn Amnon of Achinoam the
4 Elasa begot Sisamoi, Sisamoi begot Jezrahelitess, the second Daniel of Abi-
gail the Carmelitess.
4 Sellum begot Icamia, and Icamia be- 2 The third Absalom the son of Maacha
jc Elisama. the daughter of Tolmai king of Gessur,
4 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of the fourth Adonias the son of Aggith,
iimeel were Mesa his firstborn, who was 3 The fifth Saphatias of Abital, the sixth
hi father of Siph: and the sons of Ma- Jethrahem of Egla his wife.
B father of Hebron.
. 4 So six sons were born to him in He-
4 And the sons of Hebron, Core, and bron, where he reigned seven years and
!lphua, and Recera, and Samma. six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned
4 And Samma begot Raham, the father three and thirty years.
i ercaam, and Recem begot Sammai. 5 * And these sons were born to him in
4 The son of Sammai, Maon : and Maon Jerusalem Simmaa, and Sobab, and Na-
:

h father of Bethsur. than, and Solomon, four of Bethsabee the

4 And Epha the concubine of Caleb daughter of Ammiel.
IC3 Haran, and Mosa, and Gezez. And 6 Jebaar also and Elisama,
I an begot Gezez. 7 And Eliphaleth, and Noge, and Ne-
4 And the sons of Jahaddai, Rogom, pheg, and Japhia,
X Joathan, and Gesan, and Phalet, and 8 And Elisama, and Ehada, and Ehphe-
B]ia, and Saaph. leth, nine:
4 And Maacha the concubine of Caleb 9 All these the sons of David, beside the
ic,3 Saber, and Tharana. sons of the concubines: and they had a
4 And Saaph the father of Madmena sister Thamar.
leDt Sue the father of Machbena, and 10And Solomon's son was Roboam:
h father of Gabaa. And the daughter whose son Abia begot Asa. And his son
f|!aleb was Achsa. was Josaphat,
6 These were the sons of Caleb, the son Joram: and Joram be- 11 The father of
itivac the firstborn of Ephrata, Sobal born Joas got Ochozias, of whom was :

hi father of Cariathiarim. 12 And his son Amasias begot Azarias.

6Salma the father of Bethlehem, Ha- And Joathan the son of Azarias
iji the father of Bethgader. 13 Begot Achaz, the father of Ezechias,
5And Sobal the father of Cariathiarim of whom was born Manasses.
18 sons he that saw half of the places 14 And Manasses begot Amonthe father
:

)fi38t. of Josias.
5; And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, 15 And the sons of Josias were, the first-
ih and Aphuthites, and Sem- born Johanan, the second Joakim, the
Jethrites,
itites, and Maserites. Of them came third Sedecias, the fourth Sellum.
ih Saraites, and Esthaolites.
16 •i'^Of Joakim was born Jechonias, and
5 The sons of Salma, Bethlehem, and Sedecias.
^«lophathi, the crowns of the house of 17 The sons of Jechonias were Asir, Sa-
^03, and half of the place of rest of Sarai. lathiel,
&And the families of the scribes that 18 Melchiram, Phadaia, Senneser and
1^1 U in Jabes, singing and making mel- Jecemia, Sama, and Nadabia.
d 2 Kings 3. 2. e 2 Kings 5. 14. —/ Matt. 1. 11.

ir. 52. ffe that saw, &c. The Latin interpreter Chap. 3. Ver. 9. Tht ccncu^nes, TtXQ Meriof
^«i3 to have given us here, instead of the proper wives.
«^!s, the meaning of those
names in the Hebrew,
«as doue m like muuixei, v«t» Mi I

m
 :

The descendants of Judu 1 PARALIPOMENON The descendants of Juda

19 Of Phadaia were born Zorobabel and from being oppressed by evil. And Godi
Semei. Zorobabel begot Mosollam, Han- granted him the things he prayed for,
anias, and Salomith their sister 11 And Caleb the brother of Sua begot
20 Hasaba also, and Ohol, and Barachias, Mahir, who was the father of Esthon.
and Hasadias, Josabhesed, five. 12 And Esthon begot Bethrapha, and
21 And the son of Hananias -was Phaltias Phesse, and Tehinna father of the city ol
the father of Jeseias, whose son was Raph- Naas: these are the men of Recha.
aia. And his son was Arnan, of whom 13 And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel
was born Obdia, whose son was Sechenias. and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel.
j

22 The son of Sechenias, was Semeia, Hathath, and Maonathi.

whose sons were Hattns, and Jegaal, and 14 Maonathi begot Ophra, and Saraia be
Baria, and Naaria, and Saphat, six in got Joab the father of the Valley of arti
number. ficers: for artificers were there.
23 The sons of Naaria, Elioenai, and 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Je
Ezechias, and Ezricam, three. phone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham
24 The sons of Elioenai, Oduia, and Elia- And the sons of Ela Cenez. :

sub, and Pheleia, and Accub,and Johanan, 16 The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, an(
and Dalaia, and Anani, Beveu. Zipha, Thiria, and Asrael. ,

17 And the sons of Esra, Jethw, and Mel

|
CHAPTER 4. red, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begd |

Other genealogies of Juda and of Simeon, and their Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the fathf
victories.
of Esthamo.
THE S'sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron,
and Charmi, and Hur, and Sobal.
18 And his wife Judaia, bore Jared tb
father of Gedor, and Heber the father (

2 And Raia the son of Sobal begot Socho, and Icu thiol the father of Zano
Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and And these are the sons of Bethia th
Laad. These are the families of Sarathi. daughter of Pharao, whom Mered too
3 And this is the posterity of Etam: Jez- to wife.
rahel, and Jesema, and Jedebos: and the 19 And the sons of his wife Odaia tl
name of their sister was Asalelphuni. sister of Naham the father of Cell
4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Mac
Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the athi.
eons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha 20 The sons also of Simon, Amnon, ai|
the father of Bethlehem. Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thil
5 And Assur the father of Thecua had And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and Be
two wives, Halaa and Naara: zoheth.
6 And Naara bore him Ozam, and He- 21 The sons, of ^ Sela the son of Jud
pher, and Themani, and Ahasthari: these Her the father of Lecha, and Laada \\
are the sons of Naara. father of Maresa, and the families of t
7 And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, house of them that wrought fine linen
and Ethnan. the House of oath.
8 And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, and 22 And he that made the sun to stai
the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum. and the men of Lying, and Secure, a
9 And Jabes was more honourable than Burning, who were princes in Moab, a
any of his brethren, and his mother called who returned into Lahem. Now th(
his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore are things of old.
him with sorrow. 23 These are the potters, and they dw
10 And Jabes called upon the God of in Plantations, and Hedges, with the ki
Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless for his works, and they abode there
me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy 24 The sons of * Simeon Namuel, a :

hand be with me, and thou save me Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:
g Gen. 38. 3, and 46. 12 ; Supra 2. 4 ; Matt. 1. 3. h Gen. 38. 5. — i Gen. 46. 10.

"Ver. 22. Counting the father in the number.

Six. raph),are substitnted in place of the Hebrew na
<:!hap. Yer. 9. Jabes. That is, sorrowful.
4. of the same signification.
Ver. 22. Ne that made, &c., viz., Joazim, the mean- Vcr. 23. Plant of ions and Hedges. These are
ing of whose name in Hebrew is, he that made the proper names of the places where tbey dwelt
$un to stand. In like manner the following names, Hebrew Atharim and Godiro.
l/ying CCbozeba), Seeun UoMk
aoA ^turning (^
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{.scmdanfs of Simeon 1 PARALIPOMENON Genealogy of Ruben

Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, hundred men, went into mount Seir,
five
ma his son. having for their captains Phaltias and
The sons of Masma Hamuel his : son, Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons
hur his son, Semei his son. of Jesi
The sons of Semei were sixteen, and 43 And they slew the remnant of the
daughters but his brethren had not Amalecites, who had been able to escape,
:

n ay sons, and the whole kindred could and they dwelt there in their stead unto
n reach to the sum of the children of this day.
Ji a. CHAPTER 5.
: And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Mol- Genealogies of Ruben and Gad: their victories over
ai,, and Hasarsuhal, the Agarites : their captivity.

J And in Bala, and in Asom, and in the sons of Ruben the firstborn 1^ OW
T )lad, JLi of Israel, (for he was his firstborn:
; And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and but forasmuch as ^ he defiled his father's
iijiceleg, bed, his first birthright was given to the
J And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Ha- sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he
8f susim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. was not accounted for the firstborn.
T jse were their cities unto the reign of 2 But of the race of Juda, who was the
D/id. strongest among his brethren, came the
: Their towns also were Etam, and princes but the first birthright was ac- :

Ai, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, counted to Joseph.)

fi cities.
) 3 The sons then of ^ Ruben the firstborn
i And all their villages round about of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron,
tl 36 cities as far as Baal. This was their and Charmi.
h: itation, and the distribution of their 4 The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog
killings. his son, Semei his son,
i And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josa, 5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his
ti son of Amasias, son,
i And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josa- 6 Beera hiF 3on, Thelgathphal- whom
bi the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel, nasar king of the Assyrians carried '

i And EUoenai, and Jacoba, and Isu- away captive, and he was prince in the
ha, and Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel, tribe of Ruben.
ta Banaia, 7 And his brethren, and all his kindred,
i Ziza also the son of Sephei the son when they were numbered by their fam-
olLllon the son of Idaia the son of Semri ilies, had for princes Jehiel, and Zach-
tl: son of Samaia. arias.
c These were named princes in their 8 And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of
kijreds, and in the houses of their fam- Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer
ili-i were multiplied exceedingly. as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.
h And they went forth to enter into 9 And eastward he had his habitation as
Glor as far as to the east side of the far as the entrance of the desert, and the
vaey, to seek pastures for their flocks. river Euphrates. For they possessed a
4 And they found fat pastures, and great number of cattle in the land of
v«y good, and a country spacious, and Galaad.
q^it, and fruitful, in which some of the 10 And in the days of Saul they fought
ra? of Cham had dwelt before.
against the Agarites, and sle\r them, and
^ And these whose names are written
dwelt in their tents in their stead, in all
al ve, came in the days of
Ezechias king the country, that looketh to the east of
01 uda and they beat down their tents, Galaad.
:

ai slew the inhabitants that

were found 11 And the children of Gad dwelt over
tl^re, and utterly destroyed
them unto against them in the land of Basan, as far
tt day and they dwelt in their place, as Selcha:
:

btause they found there fat pastures. 12 Johel the chief, and Saphan the sec-
J Some also of the children of Simeon, ond and Janai, and Sap hat in Basan. :

_jGeD. 35. 22, and 49. 4. — A; Gen. 46. 9 ; Ex. 6. 14 Num. 26. 5. — ^ 4 Kings 15. 29.

kh I'^^v^
Ver. 2. Accounted to Joseph, viz., as to but the princely dignity was given to Juda, and the
Hiiouble portion, wluch belonged to the firstborn priesthood to Levi.
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Gad and, Manasses 1 PARALIPOMENON Genealogy of Lm

13 And their brethren according to the spirit of Phul

^ kingr of the Assyriaa
houses of their kindreds, were Michael, and the spirit of Thelgathphalnasar kin
and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and of Assur: and he carried away Ruber»
Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven. and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse
14 These were the sons of Abihail, the and brought them to Lahela, and to H?
eon of Huri, the son of Jara, the son of bor, and to Ara, and to the river of Gozai
Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of unto this day.
Jesisi, the son of Jeddo, the son of Buz.
CHAPTER 6.
15 And their brethren the sons of Ab-
diel, the son of Guni, chief of the house The genealogies of Levi, and of Aaron: the cities
the Levitts.
in their families,
16 And they dwelt in Galaad, and in THE '^sons of Levi were Gerso
Caath, and Merari.
Basan and in the towns thereof, and in
all the suburbs of Saron, unto the borders. 2 The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, H
17 All these were numbered in the days bron, and Oziel.
of Joathan king of Juda, and in the days 3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Mose
of Jeroboam king of Israel. and Mary. The sons of Aaron: Nad.
18 The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting 4 Eleazar begot Phinees, and Phine
men, bearing shields, and swords, and begot Abisue,
bending the bow, and trained up to bat- 5 And Abisue begot Bocci, and Bocci \
tles, four and forty thousand seven hun- got Ozi.
dred and threescore that went out to war. 6 Ozi begot Zaraias, and Zaraias be^
19 They fought against the Agarites: Maraioth.
but the Itureans, and Naphis, and Nodab, 7 And Maraioth begot Amarias, 2
20 Gave them help. And the Agarites Amarias begot Achitob.
were delivered into their hands, and all 8 Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc
that were with them, because they called got Achimaas.
upon God in the battle: and he heard 9 Achimaas begot Azarias, Azariaa
them, because they had put their faith in got Johanan,
him. 10 Johanan begot Azarias. This is
21 And they took all that they possessed, that executed the priestly office in ^
of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two house
which Solomon built in Jerusal .

and of asses 11 And Azarias begot Amarias, 'i

hundred and fifty thousand,
men a hundred Amarias begot Achitob.
two thousand, and of
12 And Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sa -

thousand souls.
Sellum,
22 And many fell down slain for it was begot
:

the battle of the Lord. And they dwelt 13 Sellum begot Helcias, and He] £
in their stead till the captivity.
begot Azarias,
14 Azarias begot Saraias, and Sai
-

23 And the children of the half tribe of

Manasses possessed the land, from the begot Josedec.
15 Now Josedec went out, when
^

borders of Basan unto Baal, Hermon, and

carried away Juda, and Jerusa
J

Sanir, and mount Hermon, for their num- Lord

ber was great. by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.
24 And these were the heads of the 16 So the sons °of Levi were Gei^
house of their kindred, Epher, and Jesi, Caath, and Merari.
and 17 And these are the names of the
and Eliel, and Esriel, and Jeremia,
Lobni and Semei.
Odoia, and Jediel, most valiant and pow- of Gerson:
in their 18 The sons of Caath Amram, and I
erful men, and famous
:
chiefs
families.
and Hebron, and Oziel.
25 But they forsook the God of their 19 The sons of Merari: Moholi and j

fathers, and went astray after the gods And

these are the kindreds of Levi ac<
of the people of the land, whom God
de- ing to their families.
stroyed before them. 20 Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahat
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the son, Zamma his son,
» Gen. 46. 11 Infra 6.— o Ex. M.
m 4 Kings 1& 1^ 9i^^ 2i> I ; 23. 6.

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mlogy of Levi 1 PARALIPOMENON The sons of Aaron

Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his thren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of
Jethrai his son. Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch,
The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, 46 The son of Hasabia, the son of
his son, Asir his son, Amasai, the son of Helcias,
Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, 46 The son of Amasai, the son of Boni,
his son, the son of Somer,
S Thahath his son, Uriel his son, Ozias 47 The son -^f Moholi, the son of Musi,
hison, Saul his son. the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
S The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and 48 T^eir brethren also the Levites, who
A" imoth, were appointed for all the ministry of the
2 And Elcana. The sons of Elcana: So- tabernacle of the house of the Lord.
pli his son, Nahath his son, 49 But Aaron and his sons offered burnt
2 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana 5>ffering8 upon the altar of holocausts, and
'

hison. u j)on the altar of incense, for every work

2 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn of the holy of holies: and to pray for
Y'lseni, and Abia. Israel according to all that Moses the
2; And the sons of Merari, Moholi: servant of God had commanded.
L(ni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son, 50 And ihese are the sons of Aaron:
S Sammaa his son, Haggia his son, Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisue
Afia his son. his son,
3 These are they, whom David set over
51 Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zarahia
th singing men
of the house of the Lord, his son,
afr that the Park was placed 52 Meraioth his son, Amarias his son,
3 And they ministered before the tab- Achitob his son,
ericle of the testimony, with singing, 53 Sadoc his son, Achiraaas his son.
ur 1 Solomon built the house of the Lord 54 And these are their dwelling places
Uii erusalem, and they stood according by the towns and confines, to wit, of
to tieir order in the ministry. the sons of Aaron, of the families of
3 And these are they that stood with the Caathites: for they fell to them by
th r sons, of the sons of Caath, Hemam lot.
a iger, the son of Joel, the son of
I Sam- 55 And they gave them Hebron in the
ml, land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof
3 The son of Elcana, the son of Jero- round about
ha the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,
, 56 But the fields of the city, and the
3 The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, villages to Caleb son of Jephone.
th son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave
8 The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the cities for refuge Hebron, and Lobna,
thjsoia of Azarias, the son of Sopho- and the suburbs thereof,
nii, 58 And Jether and Esthemo, with their
Silhe son of Thahath, the son of Asir, subm'bs, and Helen, and Dabir with their
son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,
th suburbs
J
8i The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, 69 Asan also, and Bethsames, with their
jjth^on of Levi, the son of Israel. suburbs.
.3,And his brother Asaph, who stood on 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin
'hiiiright hand, Asaph the son of Bara- Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its
chthe son of Samaa.
8, subm-bs, Anathoth also with its suburbs
4 The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, all their cities throughout their families
tL son of Melchia.
were thirteen.
4|The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, 61 And to the sons of Caath that re-
'Chc3on of Adaia.
mained of their kindred they gave out
4 The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities
^^on of Semei. in possession.
4 The son of Jeth, the son of Gorson, 62 And to the sons ot Gerson by their
bhjson of Levi.
,
families out of the tribe of Issachar, and
'''
4 And the sons of Tlerari their bre- out of the tribe of
Aser, and out of the

i,
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The cities of the Levites 1 PARALIPOMENON Issachar and Benjami^

tribe of Nephtali, and out of the tribe of 79 Cademoth also and its suburbs, aoj
i
Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities. Mephaath with its suburbs;
63 And to the sons of Merari by their 80 Moreover also out of the tribe of G»
families out of the tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad and its suburbs, ar
out of the tribe of Gad. and out of the Manaim with its suburbs
tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve 81 Hesebon also with its suburbs, ai
cities. Jazer with its suburbs.
64 And the children of Israel gave to
the Levites the cities, and their suburbs. CHAPTER 7.
65 And they gave them by lot, out of Genealogies of Issachar, Benjamin, Nephtali, A i

the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of nasses, Ephraim, and Aser.

the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out

of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these
NOW * the sons of Issachar wej
Thola, and Phua. Jasub and Simero»
cities which they called by their names. four.
I

66 And to them that were of the kindred 2 The sons of Thola Ozi and Rapha!
:

of the sons of Caath, ^and the cities and Jeriel, and Jemai, and Jebsem, a:|
in their borders were of the tribe of Samuel, chiefs of the houses of their k:
Ephraim. dreds. Of the posterity of Thola we
67 And they gave the cities or refuge numbered in the days of David, two a
Sichem with its suburbs in mount twenty thousand six hundred most valit
Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs, men.
68 Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and 3 The sons of Ozi Izrahia, of whom w(
:

Beth-horon in like manner, born Michael, and Obadia, and Joel, a

69 Helon also with its suburbs, and Geth- Jesia, five all great men.
remmon in like manner, 4 And there were with them by tfc
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasses, families and peoples, six and thi
Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its thousand most valiant men ready
f aburbr to wit, to them that were left of war: for they had many wives and cl
the family of the sons o2 Caath. dren.
71 And to the sons of Gersom, out of 6 Their brethren also throughout all
the kindred of the half tribe cf Manasses, house of Issachar, were numbered fc
Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and score and seven thousand most vali
Astharoth with its suburbs. men for war.
72 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes 6 The sons of * Benjamin were Bela, ;

and its suburbs, and Dabereth with its Bechor, and Jadihel, three.
suburbs 7 The sons of Bela Esbon, and Ozi,
:
;

7 b Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Ozial, and Jerimoth and Urai, five ch
Anen with its suburbs. of their families, and most valiant v
74 And out of the tribe of Aser: M"sal riors, and their number was twenty- :

with its suburbs, and Abdon in like thousand and thirty-four.

manner 8 And the sons of Bechor were Zair
75 Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohol and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, ^
with its suburbs. Amai, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and A
76 And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes thoth, and Almath: all these were
in Galilee and its suburbs, Hamon with its sons of Bechor.
suburbs, and Oariathaim, and its suburbs. 9 And they were numbered by the U
77 And to the sons of Merari that re- lies, heads of their kindreds, most val
mained out of the tribe of Zabulon, Rem- men for war, twenty thousand and
:

mono and its suburbs, and Thabor with hundred.

its suburbs. 10 And the son of Jadihel : Balan.
78 Beyond the Jordan also over against the sons of Balan: Jehus and Benjajn
Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, and Aod, and Chanana, and Zethan
d

out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in the Tharsis, and Ahisahar. |

Wilderness with its suburbs, and Jassa 11 All these were sons of Jadihel, h< l9
With its juburbs of their kindreds, most valiant men,

«Jos. 21. 21. rGeD.l&U.^« Gea.46.21.

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MaliManasses.Ephriam 1 PARALIPOMENON The children of Aser

«n thousand and two hundred fit to daughters, as far as Asa with her daugh-
ufc to «k^ar. ters.
Sepham also and Hapham the sons of 29 And by the borders of the sons of
and Hasim the sons of Aher. Manasses Bethsan and her daughters,
*And the sons of Nephtali were Thanach and her daughters, Mageddo
Tiel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Sellum, and her daughters Dor and her daugh- :

B( s of Bala. the children of ters: in these dwelt

] And
the son of Manasses, Ezriel: Joseph, the son of Israel.
ai his concubine the Syrian bore Machir 30 The children of ^Aser were Jemna,
tt father of Galaad. and Jesua, and Jessui, and Baria, and Sara
: And Machir took wives for his sons their sister.
H 3phim, and Saphan and he had a 31 And the sons of Baria: Haber, and
:

li er named Maacha the name of the Melchiel he is the father of Barsaith.

; :

BCDnd was Salphaad, and Salphaad had 32 And Heber begot Jephlat, and Somer,
lii'ghters. and Hotham, and Suaa their sister.
] And Maacha the wife of Machir bore 33 The sons of Jephlat: Phosech, and
B )n, and she called his name Phares Chamaal, and Asoth these are the sons :

u the name of his brother was Sarec of Jephlat.

ai sons were Ulam and Recen.
his 34 And the sons of Somer : Ahi, and
] And the son of Ulam, Baden. These Roaga, and Haba, and Aram.
u the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir, 35 And the sons of Helem his brother
tl] son of Manasses. Supha, and Jemna, and Selles, and Amal.
] And his sister named Queen bore 36 The sons of Supha Sue, Hernapher, :

Gndlyman, and Abiezer, and Mohola. and Sual, and Beri, and Jamra.
1 And the sons of Semida were Ahiu, 37 Bop.or and Hod, and Samma, and
ai Sechem, and Leci and Aniam. §alusa, and Jethran, and Bera.
2 And the sons of Ephraim were 38 The sons of Jether : Jephone, and
Siliala, Bared his son, Thahath his son, Phaspha, and Ara.
Ella his son, Thahath his son, and his 39 And the sons of 011a : Aree, and
BO Zabad, Haniel, and Resia.
2 Andhis son Suthala, and his son 40 All these were sons of Aser, heads of
EiT, and Elad: and the men of Geth their families, choice and most valiant
be 1 in the land slew them, because they captains of captaine and the n*;mber of :

Ba' e down to invade their possessions. them that were of the age that was fit
2 And Ephraim their father mourned for war, was six and twent» .«.housand.
a.iy days, and his brethren came to
DO fort him. CHAPTER 6.
2 And he went in to his wife and she The posterity of Benjamin is further declared down
:

to Said His issue.

Co^eived and bore a son, and he called
hiiname Beria, because he was born n^OW
^ Benjamin begot Bale his first-
«rl'n it went evil with his house 1 born, Asbel the second, Ahara the X
2 And his daughter was Sara, who third,
bu b Bethoron, the nether and the upper, 2 Nohaa the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
an Ozensara. 3 And the sons of Bale were Addar, and
2 And Kapha was his son, and Reseph, Gera, and Abiud,
an Thale, of whom was born Thaan, 4 And Abisue, and Naaman, and Ahoe,
2'Who begot Laadan and his son was 5 And Gera, and Sephuphan, and Hu-
:

AiiT3iud, who begot Elisama, ram.

2 Of whom was bom Nun, who had 6 These are the sons of Ahod, heads of
Joie for his son. families that dwelt in Gabaa, who were
2' And their possessions and habita- removed into Manahath.
*»ic's were
Bethel with her daughters, 7 And Naaman, and Achia, and Gera he
an eastward Noran, and westward Gazer
removed them, and begot Oza, and
^ her daughters, Sichem also with her Ahiud.
t Gen. 46. 24. u Gen. 46. 17. — v Gen. 46. 21 ; Supra 7. 6.

Chap. 7. Ver.23. Beria, This name siguifies in evi^ or in cy^ictioa».

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Fro7n Benjamin to Saul 1 PARALIPOMENON Posterity of Sa\

8 And Saharim begot in the land of Saul. And Saul begot Jonathan and W i

Moab, after he sent away Husim and Baru chisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.
his wives. 34 And the son of Jonathan was Mer
9 And he begot of Hodes his wife Jobab, baal and Meribbaal begot Micha.:

and Sebia, and Mosa, and Molchom, 35 And the sons of Micha were Phith(
10 And Jehus and Sechia, and Marma. and Melech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz.
These were his sons heads of their 36 And Ahaz begot Joada and Jos; :

families. begot Alamath, and Azmoth, and Zai

11 And Mehusim begot Abitob, and El- and Zamri begot Mosa,
phaal. 37 And Mosa begot Banaa, whose f|
12 And the sons of Elphaal were Heber, was Kapha, of whom was born El
and Misaam, and Samad who built Ono, who begot Asel.
:

and Lod, and its daughters. 38 And Asel had six sons whose nai
13 And Baria, and Sama were heads of were Ezricam, Bochru, Ismahel, St
their kindreds that dwelt in Aialon: Obdia, and Hanan. All these were
these drove away the inhabitants of sons of Asel.
Geth. 39 And the sons of Esec, his brot
14 And Ahio, and Sesac, and Jerimoth, were Ulam the firstborn, and Jehus
15 And Zabadia, and Arod, and Heder, second, and Eliphalet the third.
16 And Michael, and Jespha, and Joha, 40 And the sons of Ulam were most'
the sons of Baria. iant men, and archers of great strenfl
17 And Zabadia, and MosoUam, and and they had many sons and grandsf
Hezeci, and Heber, even to a hundred and fifty. All tl|
18 And Jesamari, and Jezlia, and Jobab, were children of Benjamin.
sons of Elphaal, CHAPTER 9.
19 And Jacim, and Zechri, and Zabdi, The Israelites, priests, and
Levites, who firstl
20 And Elioenai, and Selethai, and Elial, in Jerusalem after the captivity. A repetm^
21 And Adaia, and Baraia, and Sama- the genealogy of Saul.

reth, the sons of Semei. A ND all Israel was numbered anc :

22 And Jespham, and Heber, and Eliel, XjL sum of them was written ini
23 And Abdon, and Zechri, and Ha- book of the kings of Israel, and Ji|
uan, and they were carried away to Bal
24 And Hanania, and Elam, and Anatho- for their transgression.
thia. 2 Now the first that dwelt in their]
25 And Jephdaia, and Phanuel the sons sessions, and in their cities, were tl
of Sesac. raelites, and the priests, and the Lei
26 And Samsari, and Sohoria and Otho- and the Nathineans.
lia, 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the chill
27 And Jersia, and Elia, and Zechri, the of Juda, and of the children of Benjij
sons of Jeroham. and of the children of Ephraim, a:[
28 These were the chief fathers, and Manasses.
heads of their families who dwelt in Jeru- 4 Othei the son of Ammiud, the si
salem. Amri, the son of Omrai, the son of BJ
29 And ^ at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon, of the sons of Phares the son of JucJ
and the name of his wife was Maacha 6 And of Siloni : Asaia the first!
30 And his firstborn son Abdon, his sons. and and
Sur, and Cis,and Baal, and Nadab, of the sons of Zara : JehueJ
6 And
31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher, their brethren, six hundred and nirj
and Macelloth 7 And of the sons of Benjamin: Sa|
32 And Macelloth begot Samaa: and son of Mosollam, the son of Oduil
they dwelt over against their brethren in son of Asana:
Jerusalem with their brethren. 8 And Jobania the son of Jerohai
33 And *Ner begot C is, and Cis begot Ela the son of Ozi, the son of Mo«|
w Infra 9. 35. xl Kings 14. 51 ; Infra 9. 39.

Chap. 8. Ver. 33. Esbaal, alias Isboseth. Chap. 9. Ver. 2. Nathineans. These w
« "<
Ver. 34. MeribbaaU alias Miphiboseth. 2 Kings posterity of the Gabaonites, whose office
oP*
bring wood, water, &c., for the ser^^ice of the
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\habUants of Jerusalem 1 PARALIPOMENON Charge of priests and Levite^

d Mosallam the son cf Saphatias, the 23 As well them as their sons, to keep
a of Rahuel, the son of Jebania: the gates of the house of the Lord, and
And their brethren by their families, the tabernacle by their turns.
16 hundred and fifty-six. All these 24 In four quarters were the porters:
»re heads of their families, by the houses that is to say, toward the east, and west,
their fathers. and north, and south.
) And of the priests : Jedaia, Joiarib, 26 And their brethren dwelt in villages,
d Jaohin and came upon their sabbath days from
1 And Azarias the son of Helcias, the time to time.
of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the 26 To these four Levites were committed
of Maraioth, the son of Achitob, high the whole number of the porters, and they
lest of the house of God. were over the chambers, and treasures,
2 And Adaias the son of Jeroham, the of the house of the Lord.
of Phassur, the son of Melchias, and 27 And they abode in their watches
lasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jezra, round about the temple of the Lord
son of Mosollam, the son of Mosolla- that when it was time, they might open
th, the son of Emmer. the gates in the morning.
And their brethren heads in their 28 And some of their stock had the
nihes a thousand seven hundred and charge of the vessels for the ministry
reescore, very strong and able men for for the vessels were both brought in and
8 work of the ministry in the house of carried out by number.
•d. 29 Some of them also had the instru-
1 And
of the Levites : Semeia the son ments of the sanctuary committed unto
Hassub the son of Ezricam, the son of them, and the charge of the fine flour,
isebia of the sons of Merari. and wine, and oil, and frankincense, and
5 And Bacbacar the carpenter, and spices.
Jal, and Mathania the son of Micha, 30 And the sons of the priests made
e son of Zechri the son of Asaph the ointments of the apices.
5 And Obdia the son of Semeia, the son 31 And Mathathias a Levite, the firstborn
Galal, the son of Idithum and Bara- of Sellum the Corite, was overseer of such
:

ia the son of Asa, the son of Elcana, things as were fried "n the fryingpan.
10 dwelt in the suburbs of Netophati. 32 And some of the cons of Caath their
I? And the porters were Sellum, and Ac- brethren, were over the loaves of propo-
°b, and Telmon, and Ahiman : and their sition, to prepare always new for every
lother Sellum was the prince, sabbath.
"8 Until that time, in the king's gate 33 These are the chief of the singing men
«stward, the sons of Levi waited by of the families of the Levites, who dwelt
teir turns. in the chambers, by the temple, that they
|9 But Sellum the son of Core, the son might serve continually day and night ia
• Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his their ministry.
lethren and his father's house, the Cor- 34 The heads of the Levites, princes i&
i's were over the works of the service, their families, abode in Jerusalem.
i epers of the gates of the tabernacle : 35 And y in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the
Id their families in turns were keepers father of Gabaon, and the name of his
4 the entrance of the camp of the Lord. wife was Maacha
And Phinees the son of Eleazar, was 36 His firstborn son Abdon, and Sur, and
teir prince before the Lord, Cis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
11 And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia, 37 Gedor also, and Ahio, and Zacharias,
lis porter of the gate of the tabernacle and Macelloth.

1 the testimony ? 38 And Macelloth begot Samaan : thes*

2 All these that were chosen to be por- dwelt over against their brethren in Jeru-
jrs at the gates, were two hundred and salem, with their brethren.
Felve and they were registered in their 39 * Now Ner begot Cis : and Cis begot
:

toper towns whom David and Samuel Saul : and Saul begot Jonathan and Mel-
:

e seer appointed in their trust. chisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.

y Supra S. ^ eSupcai.33b
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Saul is slain 1 PARALIPOMENON

David anointed Idt
40 And the son of Jonathan, was Merib- temple of their god, and his head the
baal and Meribbaal begot Micha.
: fastened up in the temple of Dagon.
41 And the sons of Micha, were Phithon, 11 And when the men of Jabes Galasf
and Melech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz. had heard this, to wit, all that the Phili'
42 And Ahaz begot Jara, and Jara begot tines had done to Saul,
Alamath, and Azmoth, and Zamri. And 12 All the valiant men of them aroe
Zamri begot Mosa. and took the bodies of Saul and of h
43 And Mosa begot Banaa: whose son sons, and brought them to Jabes, ail
Haphaia begot Elasa of whom was born buried their bones under the oak th'
:

Asel. was in Jabes, and they fasted seven daj

44 And Asel had six sons whose names 13 So Saul died for his iniquities, b
are, Ezricam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria, Ob- cause he transgressed the ^ commaD
dia, Hanan these are the sons of AseL
: ment of the Lord, which he had coji
manded, and kept it not ^ and moreov :

CHAPTER 10. consulted also a witch,

Saul ts slain for his sins : men 14 And trusted not in the Lord theil
he is buried by the :

of Jabes. fore he slew him, and transferred }'

NOW °'
the Philistines fought against kingdom to David the son of Isai.
Israel, and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down CHAPTER 11.
wounded in mount Gelboe. David is made king. He taketh the castle of S'l

2 ^ And the Philistines drew near piu-su- A catalogue of his valiant men.
ing after Saul, and his sons, and they THEN
® all Israel gathered themseb

to David in Hebron, saying We

killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Mel- : j

chisua the sons of Saul. thy bone, and thy flesh.

3 And the battle grew hard against Saul, 2 Yesterday also, and the day bef<
and the archers reached him, and wounded when Saul was king, thou wast he t;
him witn arrows. leddest out and broughtest in Israel
4 And Saul said to his armourbearer: the Lord thy God said to thee: Tl
Draw thy sword, and kill me lest these shalt feed my people Israel, and tl
:

uncircumcised come, and mock me. But shalt be ruler over them.
his armourbearer would not, for he was 3 So all the ancients of Israel camt
struck with fear ; so Saul took his sword, the king to Hebron, and David mad \

and feU upon it. covenant with them before the Lo

5 And when his armourbearer saw it, to and they anointed him king over Isi ,

wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon according to the word of the Lord will
his sword and died. he spoke in the hand of Samuel. f

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and 4 And David and all Israel went to J<''
salem, «^ which is Jebus, where the Jt
all his house fell together.
7 And when the men of Israel, that sites were the inhabitants of the lane
dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled 6 And the Inhabitants of Jebus sai( o
and Saul and his sons being dead, they David Thou shalt not come in h
:
J.

forsook their cities, and were scattered But David took the castle of Sion, wl
up and down and the Philistines came, is the city of David.
:

and dwelt in them. 6 And he said: Whosoever shall |«t

8 And the next day the Philistines tak- strike the Jebusites, shall be the 1 d
ing away the spoils of them that were and chief captain. And Joab the so
)<

elain, found Saul and his sons lying on Sarvia went up first, and was
made
mount Gelboe. general.
7 And David dwelt in the castle,
id
9 And when they had stripped him, and
was called the city of Df|i
cut off his head, and taken away his ar- therefore it

mour, they sent it into their land, to be 8 And he built the city round a
it

tarried about, and shewn in the temples from Mello all round, and Joab built
of the idols and to the people. rest of the city.
10 And his armour they dedicated in the 9 And David went on growing am

a 1 Kings 31. L— 6 B. C. 1012.

e 2 King» 5. 1.—/ 2 Kings 5. 6.
c Ex. 17. 14 ; 1 Kings 15. Z.—d 1 Kings 28. 8.

430
J
 valiant men of David 1 PARALIPOMENON The valiant men of David
ig, and the Lord of hosts was with 21 And illustrious among the second
three, and their captain : but yet he at-
These are the chief of the valiant tained not to the first three.
of David, who helped him to be 22 Banaias the son of Joiada^ a most val-
king over all Israel, according to iant man, of Cabseel, who had done many
ord of the Lord, which he spoke to acts: he slew the two ariels of Moab:
arl. and he went down, and killed a lion in
lAnd this is the number of the heroes the midst of a pit in the time oi snow.
f avid Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni 23 And he slew an Egj'^ptian, whose stat-
:

!i( ;hief among the thirty he lifted up ure was of five cubits, and who had a
:

is pear against three hundred wounded spear like a weaver's beam and he went :

y im at one time. down to him with a staff, and plucked

1$ ^nd after him was Eleazar his uncle^s away the spear, that he held in his hand,

01 he Ahohite, who was one of the three and slew him with his own spear.
li ities. 24 These things did Banaias the son of
V.Kq was with David in Phesdomim, Joiada, who was renowned among the
^hi the Philistines were gathered to three valiant ones,
a£ place to battle and the field of 26 And the first among the thirty, but
:

tu country was full of barley, and the yet to the thrsf he attained not: and
erle fled from before the Philistines. David made lim ot his council.
l43ut these men stood in the midst of 26 Moreover tirie most valiant men of
li€ ield, and defended it and they slew the army, were Asahel brother of Joab,
:

iiE^hiHstines, and the Lord gave a great and Elchanan ^he son of his uncle of
el erance to his people. Bethlehem,
If And three of the thirty captains
^
27 Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Pha-
re )down to the rock, wherein David lonite,
ra to the cave of Odollam, when the 28 Ira Che son of Acces a Thecuite,
hstines encamped in the valley of Abiezer an Anathothite,
ta laim. 29 Sobbochai a Husathite, Dai an Aho-
1( And David was In a hold, and the hite,
ai son of the Philistines in Bethlehem. 30 Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the
lUnd David longed, and said: O that son of Baana a Netophathite,
M) man would give me water of the 31 Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath of
is rn of Bethlehem, which is in the the sons ot Benjamin, Banai a Phara-
at thonite,
ItVnd these three broke through the 32 Hurai of the torrent Gaas, Abiel an
ii< t of the camp of the Philistines, and Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, EUaba a
r^' water out of the cistern of Bethle- Salabonite,
e^ which was in the gate, and brought 33 The sons of Assem a Gezonite, Jona-
i t David to drink : and he would not than the son of Sage an Ararite,
ric of it, but rather offered it to the 34 Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite,
35 Eliphal the son of Ur,
l&saying: God forbid that I should do 36 Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia a Phe-
li in the sight of my God, and should
lonite,
ris the blood of these men : for with 37 Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of
:ie danger of their lives they have Azbai,
rcght me the water. And therefore 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar
e ould not drink. These things did the son of Agarai.
ac hree most vahant.
39 Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a Bero-
2CVnd Abisai the brother of Joab, he thite, the armourbearer of Joab the son
^a chief of three,
and he lifted up his of Sarvia.
ptr against three hundred whom
he 40 Ira a Jethrite, Gareb a Jethrite,
le, and he
was renowned among the 41 Urias a Hethite, Zabad the son of
tin.
Oholi,

,^ fcaKlDgr 23. 8. — i 2 Kings 23. 13. j 2 Kings 23. 14.

I* Ml. Ve^aa, T%oo aa-telt, Xliat ii^two IIods, or lion-like men j for Ariel in Hebrew signifies a lion.
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Those who came to David 1 PARALIPOMENON Those who came to Pat

42 Adina the son of Siza a Rubenite the 14 These were of the sons of Gad, c
prince of the Rubenites, and thirty with tains of the army the least of them
:

him: captain over a hundred soldiers, and

43 Hanan the son of Maacha, and Josa- greatest over a thousand.
phat a Mathanite, 16 These are they who passed over
44 Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and Je- Jordan in the first month, when it
hiel the sons oi Hotham an Arorite, used to flow over its banks: and
45 Jedihel the son of Zamri, and Joha put to flight all that dwelt in the va

his brother a Thosaite, both toward the east and toward

46 Eliel a Mahumite, and Jeribai, and west.
Josaia the sons of Ehiaim, and Jethma a 16 And there came also of the me:
Moabite, Ehel, and Obed, and Jasiel of Benjamin, and of Juda to the hold,
Masobia. which David abode.
CHAPTER 12. 17 And David went out to meet tl
Who followed David when he fled from Saul. And and said If you are come peaceabl;^
:

who came to Hebron to make him king. me to help me, let my heart be joined
"VTOW these are they that came to you but if you plot against me for
:

I have no iniquityl
i^ David to Siceleg, '^ while he yet fled enemies whereas God
from Saul the son of Cis, and they were my hands, let the of oiu* fathers
most valiant and excellent warriors, and judge.
2 Bending the bow, and using either 18 But the spirit came upon Amasai
hand in hurling stones with slings, and chief among thirty, and he said We :

shooting arrows i of the brethren of Saul thine, O David, and for thee, O so
of Benjamin. Isai : peace, peace be to thee, and p
3 The chief was Ahiezer, and Joas, the to thy helpers. For thy God hel^
sons of Samaa of Gabaath, and Jaziel, thee. So David received them, and n|
and Phallet the sons of Azmoth, and them captains of the band.
Beracha, and Jehu an Anathothite. 19 And there were some of Man
4 And Samaias of Gabaon, the stoutest that went over to David, when he
amongst the thirty and over the thirty with the Philistines against Saul to fl
Jeremias, and Jeheziel, and Johanan, and but he did not fight with them : be
'

Jezabad of Gaderoth; the lords of the Philistines taking ca

5 And Eluzai, and Jerimuth, and Baalia, sent him back, saying : With the da|

Haru- of our heads he will return to his m;

and Samaria, an<i Saphatia the
phite
6 Elcana, and Jesia, and Azareel, and
Joezer, and Jesbaam of Carehim
7 And Joela, and Zabaxiia the sons of
Jerohara of Gedcr.
8 From Gaddi also there went over to
David, when he lay hid in the wilderness
most valiant men, and excellent warriors,
Saul.
20 So when he went back to Sicel
there fled to him of Manasses, Edna
Jozabad, and Jedihel, and Michael,
Ednas, and Jozabad, and Eliu, and Sa
captains of thousands in Manasses.
21 These helped David against thep^
ers: forthey were all most vahant jDi

holding shield and spear: whose faces and were made commanders in the i

were Uke the faces of a lion, and they
were swift like the roebucks on the
mountains.
9 Ezer the chief, Obdias the second,
Eliab the third,
22 Moreover day by day there
some to David to help him till the
came a great number, like the an
God.
23 And this is the number of the (

10 Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the of the army who came to David,
fifth,
he was in Hebron, '^to transfer tc
11 Ethi the sixth, Eliel the seventh, the kingdom of Saul, according t
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzebad the word of
the Lord.
ninth, 24 The sons of Juda bearing shiel
eight hundred
ISJerenias the tenth, Machbani the spear, six thousand
eleventh, appointed to war. ^^
h i Kings 33. 2. B. C. 1006.
n 2 Kings 5.

4»
 :

hose who came David

to 1 PARALIPOMENON Oza is slain
i Of the sons of Simeon valiant men oxen, and sheep in abundance, for there
>
war, seven thousand one hundred. was joy in Israel.
J Of the sons of Levi, four thousand
; hundred. CHAPTER 13.
f And Joiada prince of the race of The ark is brought from Cariathiarim. Oza for
touching it is struck dead.
ron, and with him three thousand
Ten hundred.
I Sadoc also a young man of excellent
ANDofDavid
.
consulted with the captains
thousands, and of hundreds, and
position, and the house of his father, with all the commanders.
enty-two principal men. 2 And he said to all the assembly of Is-
) And of the sons of Benjamin the rael: If it please you ; and if the words
)thren of Saul, three thousand: for I speak come from the Lord our
which
herto a great part of them followed God, let us send to the rest of our bre-
) house of Saul. thren into all the countries of Israel,
) And of the sons of Ephraim twenty and to the priests, and the Levites, that
)iisand eight hundred, men of great dwell in the suburbs of the cities, to
our renowned in their kindreds. gather themselves to us,
And of the half tribe of Manasses,
. 3 And let us bring again the ark of our
hteen thousand, every one by their God to us for we sought it not in the
:

nes, came to make David king. days of Saul.

Also of the sons of Issachar men of
I 4 And all the multitude answered that
derstanding, that knew all times to it should be so for the word pleased all
:

ier what Israel should do, two hundred the people.

ncipal men: and all the rest of the 5 So David assembled all Israel from
t)e followed their counsel. Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering
J And of Zabulon such as went forth into Emath, ^to bring the ark of God
battle, and stood in array well ap- from Cariathiarim.
inted with armour for war, there came 6 And David went up with all the men
iy thousand to his aid, with no double of Israel to the hill of Cariathiarim which

irt. is in Juda, to bring thence the ark of the

i And of Nephtali, a thousand leaders Lord God sitting upon the cherubims,
d with them seven and thirty thousand, where his name is called upon.
•nished with shield and spear. 7 And they carried the ark of God upon
Ip Of Dan also twenty-eight thousand a new cart, out of the house of Abinadab.
H: hundred prepared for battle. And Oza and his brother drove the cart.
•3 And of Aser forty thousand going 8 And David and all Israel played before
f 'th to fight, and challenging in battle. God with all their might with hymns, and
7 And on the other side of the Jordan with harps, and with psalteries, and tim-
(,the sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of brels, and cymbals, and trumpets,
t3 half of the tribe of Manasses a hun- 9 And when they came to the floor of ^
ted and twenty thousand, furnished Chidon, Oza put forth his hand, to hold
^ th arms for war. up the ark: for the ox being wanton had
5 All these men of war well appointed made it lean a little on one side.

t fight, came with a perfect heart to 10 And the Lord was angry with Oza,
^3bron, to make David king over all Is- and struck him, because he had touched
i|el and all the rest also of Israel, were the ark; and he died there before the
:

f one heart to make David king. Lord.

j9 And they were there with David 11 And David was troubled because the
tjree days eating and drinking for their Lord had divided Oza and he called that
: :

Ijethren had prepared for them. place the Breach of Oza to this day.
iO Moreover they that were near them 12 And he feared God at that time, say-
< en as far as Issachar, and Zabulon, and ing: How can I bring in the ark of God
liphtali, brought loaves on asses, and to me?
i camels, and on mules, and on oxen, 13 And therefore he brought it not home
y eat: mea figs, raisins, wine, oil, and to himself, that is, into the city of David,

• 2EiDes6.2. p Alias NacbfO»

28 Ida
 : :

The children of David 1 PARALIPOMENON Levites to carry the arl

but carried it aside into the house of God is gone out before thee to strike tin
Obededom the Gethite. army of the Philistines.
14 And the crk of God remained in the 16 And David did as God had commanded
house of Obededom three months: and him, and defeated the army of the Philie
the Lord bl^-'sed his house, and all that tines, slaying them from Gabaon to Ga
he had. zera.
CHAPTER 14. 17 And the name of David became fa
David's house, and children : his victories over the mous in all countries, and the Lord madi
Philistines.
all nations fear aim.

ANDsengers
.
Hiram king of Tyre sent mes-
5
to David, and cedar trees, JHAPTER 15.
and masons, and carpenters, to build him The ark is brought into the city of David, with gru \

a house. solemnity. Michol derideth David''s devotion.

2 And David perceived that the Lord
had confirmed him king over Israel, and HE made also houses for himself
the city of David and built a placi
:
i,

that his kingdom was exalted over his for the ark of God, and pitched a tabej]
people Israel. nacle for it.
3 **
And David took
other wives in Jeru- 2 Then David said: No one ought 1|

salem and he begot sons, and daughters.

: carry the ark of God, but the Levite
4 Now these are the names of them that whom the Lord hath chosen to carry ij

were born to him in Jerusalem Samua, : and to minister unto himself for ever.
and Sobad, Nathan, and Solomon, 3 And he gathered all Israel togeth(|
6 Jebahar, and Elisua, and Eliphaict, into Jerusalem, that the ark of God mig]
6 And Noga, and Napheg, and Japhia, be brought into its place, which he hi|
7 Elisama, and Baaliada, and Eliphalet. prepared for it.
8 * And the Philistines hearing that Da- 4 And the sons of Aaron also, and tl|
vid was anointed king over all Israel, Levites.
went all up to seek ^m: and David 5 Of the children of Caath, Uriel wl
heard of it, and w^nt out against them. the chief, and his brethren a hundred aij
9 And the Philistines came and spread twenty.
themselves in the vale of Raphaim. 6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the cM
And David consulted the Lord, say- and his brethren two hundred ai|
ing: Shall I go up against the Philistines, twenty.
and wilt thou deliver them into my hand ? 7 Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chij
And the Lord said to him Go up, and I and his brethren a hundred and thirty
:

will deliver them into thy hand. 8 Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias t|
11 And when they were come to Baal- chief and his brethren two hundred. :

pharasim, David defeated them there, 9 Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chi(
and he said God hath divided my ene- and his brethren eighty.
:

mies by my hand, as waters are divided 10 Of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab fl

and therefore the name of that place chief and his brethren a hundred a| :

was called Baalpharasim. twelve.

12 And they left there their gods, and 11 And David called Sadoc, and A1
David commanded that they should be thar the priests, and the Levites, Ur|
burnt. Asaia, Joel, Semeia, Eliel, and Aminadi
13 Another time also the Philistines 12 And he said to them You that :

made an irruption, and spread themselves the heads of the Levitical families,
abroad in the valley. sanctified with your brethren, and b:
14 And David consulted God again, and the ark of the Lord the God of Israel
God said to him Go not up after them, the place, which is prepared for it
:

turn away from them, and come upon 13 ' Lest as the Lord at first struck
them over against the pear trees. because you were not present, the si
15 And when thou shalt hear the sound should now also come to pass, by
of one going in the tops of the pear trees, doing some thing against the law.
then shalt thou go out to battle. For 14 So the priests and the Levites w 9

Q 2 Kings 6. u. — / 2 Kings 'j, 13.—« 2 Kings 6. 17. «Supra 13. li&

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 carried with solemnity 1 PARALIPOMENON Ark placed in tabernacle
ttified, to carry the ark of the Lord 27 And David was clothed with a robe
God of Israel. of fine linen, and all the Levites that car-
^ And the sons of Levi took the ark ried the ark, and the singing men, and
I
4 >od as Moses had commanded, accord- Chonenias the ruler of the prophecy
b word of the Lord, upon their
to the among the singers: and David also had
{ulders, with the staves. on him an ephod of linen.
And David spoke to the chiefs of the 28 And all Israel brought the ark of the
irites, to appoint some of their bre- covenant of the Lord with joyful shout-
Hen to be singers with musical instru- ing, and sounding with the sound of the
Bnts, to wit, on psalteries, and harps, cornet, and with trumpets, and cymbals,
a;l cymbals, that the joyful noise might and psalteries, and harps.
wound on high. 29 And when the ark of the covenant
And they appointed
Levites, Hemam of the Lord was come to the city of Da-
tl son of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph vid, Michol the daughter of Saul looking
ti son of Barachias : and of the sons of out at a window, saw king David dancing
B^rari, their brethren: Ethan the son of and playing, and she despised him in her
C^aia. heart.
And with them their brethren: in CHAPTER 16.
tl second rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and The ark is placed in the tabernacle. Sacrifice is of-
fered. David blesseth the people, disposeth the
J and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and
iel,
offices of Levites^ and maketh a psalm of praise t»
^i, and Eliab,and Banaias, and Maasias, God.
el Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Ma-
edas, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the
SOset^theyin brought the ark of God, and
the midst of the tent, which
it
pi'ters. David had pitched for it and they offered :

• Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and holocausts, and peace offerings before
Bian, sounded with cymbals of brass. God.
I
And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semira- 2 And when David had made an end of
B th, and Jehiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and offering holocausts, and peace offerings,
^asias, and Banaias, sung mysteries he blessed the people in the name of the
vun psalteries. Lord.
. And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and 3 And he divided to all and every one,
^ cenias and Obededom, and Jehiel and both men and women, a loaf of bread,
Caziu, sung a song of victory for the and a piece of roasted beef, and fiour
o^ave upon harps. fried with oil.
I And Chonenias
chief of the Levites, 4 And he appointed Levites to minister
f isided over the prophecy, to give out before the ark of the Lord, and to re-
t tunes for he was very skilful.
i : member his works, and to glorify, and
And Barachias, and Elcana, were praise the Lord God of Israel.
5

CDrkeepers of the ark. 5 Asaph the chief, and next after hit_
And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and Na- Zacharias: moreover Jahiel, and Semira-
't

tmael, and Amasai, and Zacharias, and moth, and Jehiel, and Mathathias, and
inaias, and Eliezer the priests, sounded Eliab, and Banaias, and Obededom: and
Vbh trumpets, before the ark of God: Jehiel over the instruments of psaltery,
£d Obededom and Jehias were porters and harps: and Asaph sounded with cym-
c the ark. bals:
^So David and all the ancients of 6 But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests,
3

1 and the captains over thousands, to sound the trumpet continually before
ael,
^nt to bring the ark of the covenant of the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
t3 Lord out of the house of Obededom 7 In that day David made Asaph the
Uh joy. chief to give praise to the Lord with his
i6 And when
God had helped the Levites brethren.
^10 carried the ark of the covenant ot » * Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his
^e Lord, they offered in sacrifice seven name make known his doings
among the :

t en, a nd seven rams.

nations.
} Num. 4. 15. — i; 2 Kings 6. 12. — w2 Kings 6. 17. X Ps. 104. 1 ; Isa. 12. 4.
yHAP. 15. Ver. 22. The prophecy^ to give out the phecy : tlie more, because these singers were often
1m«. Singiag praises to God is here called pro- inspired meo.

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David's psalm of praise 1 PARALIPOMENON Levites before the wi

9 Sing to Mm, be glad and let them say among the n(
yea, sing praises to him: :

and relate wondrous works.

all his tions The Lord hath reigned.
:

10 Praise ye his holy name: let the heart 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulne
of them rejoice, that seek the Lord. thereof let the fields rejoice, and
:

11 Seek ye the Lord, and his power: things that are in them.
seek ye his face evermore. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood gii
12 Remember his wonderful works, praise before the Lord because he :

which he hath done his signs, and the come to judge the earth.
:

judgments of his mouth. 34 Give ye glory to the Lord, for he

13 O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye good for his mercy endureth for eveii
:

children of Jacob his chosen. 35 And say ye Save us, O God our : i

14 He is the Lord our God: his judg- viour: and gather us together, and c

ments are in all the earth. liver us from the nations, that we mi
15 Remember for ever his covenant give glory to thy holy name, and ml
the word, which he commanded to a thou- rejoice in singing thy praises. I

sand generations. 36 Blessed be the Lord the God of '

16 The covenant which he made with rael from eternity to eternity: and
Abraham and his oath to Isaac.
: all the people say Amen, and a hymn
17 And he appointed the same to Jacob God.
I

for a precept and to Israel for an ever-

: 37 So he left there before the ark of 1i

lasting covenant covenant of the Lord, Asaph and

18 Saying : To thee will I give the land brethren to minister in the presence
of Chanaan : the lot of your inheritance. the ark continually day by day, and I

19 When they were but a small number their courses.

very few and sojourners in it.
20 And they passed from nation to na-
tion: and from a kingdom to another
jeople.
21 He suffered no man to do them
wrong: and reproved kings for their
sake.
22 ^ Touch not my anointed : and do no
evil to my prophets.
23 ^ Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth
shew forth from day to day his salvation.
38 And Obededom, with his brethi
sixty-eight: and Obededom the son
Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to
porters.
39 And Sadoc the priest, and his b
thren priests, before the tabernacle
the Lord in the high place, which waf
Gabaon.
40 That they should offer holocaustfi
the Lord upon the altar of holocaii
continually, morning and evening, i

24 Declare his glory among the Gentiles
his wonders among all people.
25 For the Lord is great and exceedingly
to be praised : and he is to be feared above
all gods.
26 For all the gods of the nations are
idols : but the Lord made the heavens.
27 Praise and magnificence are before
him strength and joy in his place.
: all kinds of musical instruments to £
28 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families
of the nations : bring ye to the Lord
glory and empire.
29 Give to the Lord glory to his name,
bring up sacrifice, and come ye in his
sight: and adore the Lord in holy be-
comingness.
30 Let aU the earth be moved at his
presence for he hath founded the world
:
cording to all that is written in the J
of the Lord, which he commanded Isr
41 And after him Heman, and Iditli
and the rest that were chosen, every
by his name to give praise to the Lc
because his mercy endureth for ever.
42 And Heman and Idithun sounded
trumpet, and played on the cymbals,;
praises to God: and the sons of Idit
he made porters.
43 And aU the people returned to tl
houses : and David to bless also his c|3
house.
CHAPTER 17.
David's "purpose to build o temple, is rewarde
most ample promises : David's thanksgiviw

immoveable.
NOW
" when David was dwelling ir
house, he said to Nathan the ]
^
*

31 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth phet : Behold I dwell in a house of ce(

y Pa. 104. 16. — « Ps. 95. 1. a 2 Kings 7. 2.

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Man\s- message to David 1 PARALIPOMENON David*s prayer

d the ark of the covenant of the Lord 16 And king David came and sat before
under skins. the Lord, and said Who am I, O Lord
:

And Nathan said to David: Do all God, and what is my house, that thou
lat is in thy heart for God is with thee. shouldst give such things to me ?
:

Now that night the word of God came 17 But even this hath seemed little in
Nathan, saying thy sight, and therefore thou hast also
Go, and speak to David my servant: spoken concerning the house of thy ser-
us saith the Lord Thou shalt not build vant for the time to come: and hast
:

3 a house to dwell in. made me remarkable above all men, O

For I have not remained in a house Lord God.
i)m the time that I brought up Israel, 18 What can David add more, seeing
this day: but I have been always thon hast thus glorified thy servant, and
anging places in a tabernacle, and in a known him?
pt. 19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, ac-
Abiding with all Israel. Did I ever cording to thy own heart, thou hast
eak to any one, of all the judges of shewn all this magnificence, and wouldst
ael, whom I charged to feed my peo- have all the great things to be known.
B, saying Why have you not built me 20 O Lord there is none like thee: and
:

lOUse of cedar ? ohere is no other God beside thee, of all

Now therefore thus shalt thou say to whom we have heard of with our ears.
Y oervant David Thus saith the Lord
: 21 For what other nation is there upon
hosts I took thee from the pastures, earth like thy people Israel, whom God
:

)m following the flock, that thou went to dehver, and make a people for
ouldst be ruler of my people Israel. himself, and by his greatness and terrors
And I have been with thee whither- cast out nations before their face whom
ever thou hast gone and have slain he had delivered out of Egypt ?
:

thy enemies before thee, and have 22 And thou hast made thy people Is-
ide thee a name like that of one of the rael to be thy own people for ever, and
eat ones that are renowned in the earth. thou, O Lord, art become their God.
And I have given a place to my peo- 23 Now therefore, O Lord, let the word
8 Israel they shall be planted, and which thou hast spoken to thy servant,
:

all dwell therein, and shall be moved and concerning his house, be established
moro, neither shall the children of for ever, and do as thou hast said.
quity waste them, as at the beginning, 24 And let thy name remain and be
Since the days that I gave judges to magnified for ever: and let it be said:
Y people Israel, and have humbled all The Lord of hosts is God of Israel, and
y enemies. And I declare to thee, the house of David his servant remaineth
at the Lord will build thee a house. before him.
1 And when thou shalt have ended 25 For thou, O Lord my God, hast re-
y days to go to thy fathers, I will raise vealed to the ear of thy servant, that
) thy seed after thee, which shall be of thou wilt build him a house and there-
:

ly sons : and I will establish his king- fore thy servant hath found confidence
pm. to pray before thee.
j.2 He shall build me a house, and I will 26 And now O Lord, thou art God and
:

jitabhsh his throne for ever. thou hast promised to thy servant such
^3 I wiU be to him a father, and he great benefits.
(lall be to me a son and I will not take 27 And thou hast begun to bless the
:

l^y
mercy away from him, as I took it house of thy servant, that it may be
I
cm him that was before thee. always before thee: for seeing thou
14 But I will settle him in my house, blessest it, O Lord, it shall be blessed for
ad in my kingdom for ever: and his ever.
jirone shall be most firm for ever. CHAPTER 18.
l^ According to all these words, and David's victories. His chief officers.
3cording to all this vision, so did Na- ND ^ it came to pass after this, that
la:^. speak to David.
A"
David defeated the Philistines, and

»a£ios8t.i.
«•7
David* s victories 1 PARALIPOMENON His ambassadors insulie

humbled them, and took away Geth, and executed judgment and justice amon,
her daughters out of the hands of the all his people. )>
Philistines, 1*^ And Joab the son of Sarvia wan ove'

2 And he defeated Moab, and the Moab- the army, and Josaphat the son of Ah
ites were made David's servants, and lud recorder. i

brought him gifts. 16 And Sadoc the son of Achitob, an

3 At that time David defeated also Achimelech the son of Abiathar, wei
Adarezer king of Soba of the land of the priests and Susa, scribe.
:
i

Hemath, when he went to extend his 17 And Banaias the son of Joiada ws'
dominions as far as the river Euphrates. over the bands of the Cerethi, and th
4 And David took from him a thousand Phelethi: and the sons of David wer
chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, chief about the king.
and twenty thousand footmen, and he CHAPTER 19.
houghed all the chariot horses, only a The Ammonites abuse Davicfs ambassadors: ho\\
hundred chariots, which he reserved for they and their confederates are overthrovm. i

himself.
5 And the Syrians of Damascus came
NOW ^ it came to pass that Naas tli
king of the children of Ammon diej
also to help Adarezer king of Soba and and his son reigned in his stead.
:

David slew of them likewise two and 2 And David said: I will shew kindnel
twenty thousand men. to Hanon the son of Naas for his f ath4
:

6 And he put a garrison iu Damascus, did a favour to me. And David sent mej
that Syria also should serve him, and sengers to comfort him upon the deatj
bring gifts. And the Lord assisted him of his father. But when they were conj
in all things to which he went. into the land of the children of Ammo!
7 And David took the golden quivers to comfort Hanon, |

which the servants of Adarezer had, and 3 The princes of the children of Ammc
he brought them to Jerusalem. said to Hanon Thou thinkest perha
:

8 Likewise out of Thebath and Chun, that David to do honour to thy fath
cities of Adarezer, he brought very hath sent comforters to thee :and th<(
much brass, of which Solomon made the dost not take notice, that his servar
brazen sea, and the pillars, and the ves- are come to thee to consider, and searc
sels of brass. and spy out thy land.
9 Now when Thou king of Hemath 4 Wherefore Hanon shaved the hea
heard that David had defeated all the and beards of the servants of David, a
army of Adarezer king of Soba, cut away their garments from the bi
10 He sent Adoram his son to king Da- tocks to the feet, and sent them away.
vid, to desire peace of him, and to con- 5 And when they were gone, they se
gratulate him that he had defeated and word to David, who sent to meet th(
overthrown Adarezer: for Thou was an (for they had suffered a great affroi
enemy to Adarezer. and ordered them to stay at Jericho '

11 And all the vessels of gold, and sil- their beards grew and then to return.
ver, and brass king David consecrated 6 And when the children of Ammon e;
to the Lord, with the silver and gold that they had done an injury to Dav
which he had taken from all the nations, Hanon and the rest of the people sen
as well from Edom, and from Moab, and thousand talents of silver, to hire th<
from the sons of Ammon, as from the chariots and horsemen out of Mesopo
Philistines, and from Amalec. mia^ and out of Syria Maacha, and out
12 And Abisai the son of Sarvia slew of Soba.
the Edomites in the vale of the saltpits, 7 And they hired two and thirty th(
eighteen thousand: sand chariots, and the king of Maac
13 And he put a garrison in Edom, that with his people. And they came p-

Edom should serve David: and the Lord camped over against Medaba. .^Ji'1 ^
preserved David in all things to which children of Ammon gathered ^aemsel^
he went. together out of their cities, and camo
14 So David reigned over all Israel, and battle.

2 KiL«?s 10. 1,

438
I
 \eat of the Syrians 1 PARALIPOMENON Victories over Philistines

d when David heard of iu, he sent out to battle, Joab gathered together an
b, and all the army of valiant men: army and the strength of the troops, and
nd the children of Ammon came out wasted the land of the children of Am-
put their army in array before the mon and went and besieged Rabba. But
:

3 of the city and the kings, that were

: David stayed at Jerusalem, when Joab
e to their aid, stood apart in the field. smote Rabba, and destroyed it.
Wherefore Joab understanding that 2 And David took the crown of Melchom
battle was set against him before and from his head, and found in it a talent
nd, chose out the bravest men of all weight of gold, and most precious stones,
and marched against the Syrians,
el, and he made himself a diadem of it he :

And the rest of the people he dehv- took also the spoils of the city which
into the hand of Abisai his brother, were very great.
1

they went against the children of 3 And the people that were therein he
Loaon. brought out and made harrows, and :

!l And he said: If the Syrians be too sleds, and chariots of iron to go over
it ng for me, then thou shalt help me them, so that they were cut and bruised
:

on if the children of Ammon be too to pieces in this manner David dealt :

?ti ng for thee, I will help thee. with all the cities of the children of Am-
1 Be of good courage and let us behave mon and he returned with all his people
:

acielves manfully for our people, and to Jerusalem.

fo the cities ot om.' God and the Lord 4 -^ After this there arose a war at Gazer
:

Wi do that which is good in his sight. against the Phihstines: in which Sabachai
d So Joab and the people that were the Husathite slew Saphai of the race of
-Wi;i him, went against the Syrians to Raphaim, and humbled them.
bb battle and he put them to flight.
: 5 Another battle also was fought against
: 1 And the children of Ammon seeing the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the
thi the Syrians were fled, they likewise son of Saltus a Bethlehemite slew the bro-
fl€ from Abisai his brother, and went ther of Goliath the Gethite, the staff of
in the city and Joab also returned to whor^ spear was like a weaver's beam.
:

Jeiisalem. 6 There was another battle also in Geth,

1 But the Syrians seeing that they had in which there was a man of great stature,
fa m before Israel, sent messengers, and whose fingers and toes were four and
bright to them the Syrians that were twenty, six on each hand and foot: who
beond the river: and Sophach, general also was born of the stock of Rapha.
of le army of Adarezer, was their leader. 7 He reviled Israel but Jonathan the :

1 And it was told David, and he gath- son of Samaa the brother of David slew
er together all Israel, and passed the him.
i These were the sons of Rapha in
Jcian, and came upon them, and put his Geth, who fell by the hand of David and
ar y in array against them, and they his iervants.
fo ;ht with him.
1 But the Syrian fled before Israel: and
CHAPTER 21.
David's sin in numbering the people is punished by
Dnd slew of the Syrians seven thousand a pestilence : which ceaseth upon his offering sac
cb'iots, and forty thousand footmen, and rifice in the thrashingfloor of Oman.
Scihach the general of the army. ND ^ Satan rose up against Israel and :

1 And when the servants of Adarezer

fla themselves overcome by Israel, they
A^
moved David to number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab, and to the
W it over to David, and served him: and rulers of the people Go, and number Is- :

S}ia would not help the children of Am- rael from Bersabee even to Dan, and
111 1 any more.
bring me the number of them that I may
CHAPTER 20. know it.
fi<!>a is taken. Other victories over the Philis- 3 And Joab answered : The Lord make
tines. his people a hundred times more than
I
ND * it cameto pass after the course they are : but, my
lord the king, are they
! j^ of a year, at the time that kings go not all thy servants : why doth my lord
/2 Kings 21. 18.
f Kings 10. 7, and 11. i.
a 2 Kings 24. 1 Infra 27.
; 24.
Chap. id. Ver. i& Seven, thouiond chariots, Tbat is, of men who fought in chariots.
 :

David numbers the people 1 PARALIPOMENON Thrashing floor of Oi

seek this thing, which may be imputed thy hand. And the angel of the
as a sin to Israel ? stood by the thrashingfloor of Oman
4 But the king's word rather prevailed: Jebusite.
and Joab departed, and went through all 16 And David lifting up his eyes, n
Israel and returned to Jerusalem.
: the angel of the Lord standing betwe
5 And he gave David the number of heaven and earth, with a drawn swo
them, whom he had surveyed and all the in his hand, turned against Jerusale:
:

number of Israel was found to be eleven and both he and the ancients clothed
hundred thousand men that drew the haircloth, fell down flat on the ground
sword and of Juda four hundred and 17 And David said to God
: not I : Am \

seventy thousand fighting men. that commanded the people to be nu

6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not bered? It is I that have sinned: it»
number: for Joab unwillingly executed that have done the evil but as for tl :

the king's orders. flock, what hath it deserved ? O Lord i

7 And God was displeased with this God, let thy hand be turned, I besec
thing that was commanded : and he thee, upon me, and upon my fathe
struck Israel. house : and let not thy people be (

8 And David said to God : I have sinned stroyed.

exceedingly in doing this I beseech thee
: 18 And the angel of the Lord co
take away the iniquity of thy servant, manded Gad to tell David, to go up, a
for I have done fooUshly. build an altar to the Lord God in tl

9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer thrashingfloor of Oman the Jebusite. '

of David, saying 19 And David went up, according to i

10 Go, and speak to David, and tell word of Gad, which he spoke to him
him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee the name of the Lord.
20 Now when Oman looked up, and si
j

the choice of three things: choose one

which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee. the angel, he and his four sons hid the
11 And when Gad was come to David, selves for at that time he was thrash
:

he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: wheat in the floor.

choose which thou wilt:
12 Either three years' famine : or three
months to flee from thy enemies, and not
to be able to escape their sword: or three
days to have the sword of the Lord, and
pestilence in the land, and the angel of
the Lord destroying in all the coasts of
Israel: now therefore see what I shall
answer him who sent me.
21 And as David was coming to Orn
Oman saw him, and went out of
thrashingfloor to meet him, and bo\
down to him with his face to the grou
22 And David said to him : Give me U
place of thy thrashingfloor, that I e|'
build therein an altar to the Lord:
thou shalt take of me as much monej
it is worth, that the plague may ce

13 And David said to Gad: I am on from the people.

every side in a great strait but it is bet-
: 23 And Oman said to David: Take
ter for me to fall into the hands of the and let my lord the king do all t
Lord, for his mercies are many, than into pleaseth him: and moreover the o:
the hands of men. also I give for a holocaust, and the di
14 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon for wood, and the wheat for the sa
Israel. And there fell of Israel seventy fice I will give it all willingly.
:

thousand men. 24 And king David said to him : It s

15 And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, not be so, but I will give thee mone 8
to strike it: and as he was striking it, the much as it is worth: for I must not t e I

Lord beheld, and took pity for the great- it from thee, and so offer to the I d
ness of the evil: and said to the angel holocausts free cost.
that destroyed: It is enough, now stop 25 So David gave to Oman for
Chap. 21. Ver. 5. The number, &c. The differ- ing, would make up the seven years proposed b
ence of the numbers here and 2 Kings 24. is to be prophet, 2 Kings 24. 13.
accounted for, by supposing the greator number to Ver. 15. Oman: Otherwise Areuna.
be that which was really found, and the lesser to be Ver. 25. Six hundred sides, &c. This wa.'
that which Joab gave in. price of the whole place, on which the tempU
"^
Ver. 12. Three years^ fnm,me : Which joined with afterwards built but the price of the oxss^'
;

the three foregoing y'enrs of famine mentioned, sides of silver, 2 Kings 24. 24.
% Kiugs 21 and the seventh year ol the land's rest-
^m
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plague is stayed 1 PARALIPOMENON David's charge to Solomon

Ix hundred sides of gold of
ight.
'* And he built there an altar to the
dand he offered holocausts, and
: build a house to my name, after shedding
ice offerings, and he called upon the
rd, and he heard him by sending fire
m heaven upon the altar of the holo-
C ist.
And the Lord commanded the angel
just 8 But the word of the Lord came to me,
saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and
fought many battles, so thou canst not
so much blood before me:
9 The son, that shall be born to thee,
shall be a most quiet man: for I will
make him rest from all his enemies
round about and therefore he shall be
:

u 1 he put up his sword again into the called Peaceable and I will give peace
:

B ath. and quietness to Israel all his days.

And David seeing that the Lord had 10 "^ He shall build a house to my name,
h ird him in the thrashingfloor of Oman and he shall be a son to me, and I will be
t Jebusite, forthwith offered victims a father to him and I will establish the
:

t re. throne of his kingdom over Israel for

But the tabernacle of the Lord,
I
ever.
* Moses made in the desert, and
hich 11 Now then, my son, the Lord be with
t altar of holocausts, was at that time thee, and do thou prosper, and build the
i] :he high place of Gabaon. house to the Lord thy God, as he hath
And David could not go to the altar
' spoken of thee.
I r'? to pray to God
; for he was seized : 12 The Lord also give thee wisdom and
h an exceeding great fear, seeing the understanding, that thou may est be able
fi :rd of the angel of the Lord. to rule Israel, and to keep the law of the
Lord thy God.
CHAPTER 22.
13 For then thou shalt be able to pro-
L id having prepared zll necessaries, chargeth
iiomon to build the temple and the princes to sper, if thou keep the commandments,
•sist him. and judgments, which the liOrd com-
riHEN David said: This is the house manded Moses to teach Israel: take cour-
-^

of God, and this is the altar for the age and act manfully, fear not, nor be
,

h ocaust of Israel. dismayed.

And he commanded
to gather to- 14 Behold I in my poverty have pre-
g her all the proselytes of the land of pared the charges of the house of the
Iiael, and out of them he appointed Lord, of gold a hundred thousand talents,
Binecutters to hew stones and polish and of silver a million of talents but of :

t; m, to build the house of God. brass, and of iron there is no weight, for
And David prepared in abundance the abundance surpasseth all account:
Im for the nails of the gates, and for timber also and stones I have prepared
t closures and joinings: and of brass for all the charges.
a immense weight. 15 Thou hast also workmen in abun-
And the cedar trees were without dance, hewers of stones, and masons, and
I

nnber, which the Sidonians, and Tyri- carpenters, and of all trades the most
a brought to David.
I
skilful in their work,
And David said : Solomon my son is 16 In gold, and in silver, and in brass,
V|-y young and tender, and the house and in iron, whereof there is no number.
vich I would have to be built to the Arise then, and be doing, and the Lord
I,:d, must be such as to be renowned in will be with thee.
a countries: therefore I will prepare 17 David also charged all the princes of
hi necessaries. And therefore before Israel, to help Solomon his son,
h, death he prepared
all the charges. 18 Saying: You see, that the Lord your
And he called for Solomon his son: God is with you, and hath given you
ajl commanded him to build
a house to rest round about, and hath delivered all
tp Lord the God of Israel. your enemies into your hands, and the
And David said to Solomon: My
son, land is subdued before the Lord, and be-
i^as my desire to have built a house to fore his people.
tinameof the Lord my God.* 19 Give therefore your hearts and your
^ ^ h2 Par= 3. 1,— i Ex. 36. 2. 1 2 Kings 7. 1. — m 2 Kings 7. 13 3 Kings 6. 5; ;

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David makes Solomon kiny 1 PARALIPOMENON Levites and their offi

souls, to seek the Lord your God and God, were numbered in the tribe
:

arise, and build a sanctuary to the Lord Levi.

God, that the ark of the covenant of the 15 The sons'" of Moses were Gersom ail
Lord, and the vessels consecrated to the Eliezer:
Lord, may be brought into the house, 16 The sons of Gersom: Subuel the fin
which is built to the name of the Lord. 17 And the sons of Eliezer were Roh :

bia the first: and Eliezer had no mo

CHAPTER 23. sons. But the sons of Rohobia we
David appointeth Solomon king. The distribution multiplied exceedingly.
of the Levites and their offices. 18 The sons of Isaar Salomith the fir
:

AND ^ David being old and full of days, 19 The sons of Hebron Jeriau the fir :

J\. made Solomon his son king over Amarias the second, Jahaziel the thi
Israel. Jecmaam the fourth.
?' And he gathered together all the 20 The sons of Oziel: Micha the fli
princes of Israel, and the priests and Jesia the second.
Levites. 21 The sons of Merari Moholi, :

3 And the Levites were numbered from Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar a
the age of thirty years, and upwards: Cis.
and there were found of them thirty- 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sc|
eight thousand men. but daughters: and the sons of Cis th
4 Of these twenty-four thousand were brethren took them.
chosen, and distributed unto the minis- 23 The sons of Musi : Moholi, and Ed
try of the house of the Lord and six and
: Jerimoth, three.
thousand were the overseers and judges. 24 These are the sons of Levi in th
6 Moreover four thousand were porters: kindreds and families, princes by th
and as many singers singing to the Lord courses, and the number of every h<
with the instruments, which he had made that did the works of the ministry of
to sing with. house of the Lord from twenty years
6 *'And David distributed them into and upward.
courses by the families of the sons of 25 For David said: The Lord the (

Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Israel hath given rest to his peo]
of Merari. and a habitation in Jerusalem for eve
7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and 26 And it shall not be the oflace of the
Semei. vites to carry any more the taberna
8 The Leedan
sons of the chief
: Jahiel, and all the vessels for the service then
and Zethan, and Joel, three. 27 So according to the last preceptt
9 The sons of Semei: Salomith,and Ho- David, the sons of Levi are to
be ni
siel, and Aran, three: these were the bered from twenty years old and upwj
heads of the families of Leedan. 28 And they are to be under the h
10 And the sons of Semei were Leheth, of the sons of Aaron for the service^
and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these the house of the Lord, in the pore
were the sons of Semei, four. and in the chambers, and in the pi
11 And Leheth wab the first, Ziza the of purification, and in the sanctuary,
second :but Jaus and Baria had not in all the works of the ministry of
many children, and therefore they were temple of the Lord.
counted in one family, and in one house. 29 And the priests have the charge
12 The sons of Caath were Amram, and the loaves of proposition, and
of the
Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four. rifice of fine flour, and of the unleave
13^ The sons of Amram, Aaron, and cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of
Moses. ^ And Aaron was separated to roasting, and of every weight and
i

minister in the holy of holies, he and sure.

his sons for ever, and to burn incense 30 And the Levites are to stand in
before the Lord, according to his cere- morning to give thanks, and to
monies, and to bless his name for ever. praises to the Lord: and in like mai
14 The sons also of Moses, the man of in the evening,
nB C. 972. — o Supra 6. 1.
r Ex.
g Heb.
2. 22, and
5. 4.
18. 3 and 4.
p Supra 6. 3.

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twenty-four courses 1 PARALIPOMENON The chiefs of the Levites

As well
in the oblation of the holo- 10 The seventh to Accos, the eighth to
Bts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths Abia,
in the new moons, and the rest of 11 The ninth to Jesua, the tenth to
solemnities, according to the number Sechenias
ceremonies prescribed for every 12 The eleventh to Eliasib, the twelfth
ig, continually before the Lord. to Jacim,
And let them keep the observances 13 The thirteenth to Hoppha, the four-
he tabernacle of the covenant, and teenth to Isbaab,
ceremonies of the sanctuary, and 14 The fifteenth to Belga, the sixteenth
charge of the sons of Aaron their to Emmer,
;hren, that they may minister in the 16 The seventeenth to Hezh, the eight-
se of the Lord. eenth to Aphses,
16 The nineteenth to Pheteia, the twen-
CHAPTER 24.
tieth to Hezechiel,
divisions of the priests into four and twenty
irses, to serve in the temple : the chiefs of the 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the
vites. two and twentieth to Gamul,
OWthese were the divisions of the 18 The three and twentieth to Dalaiau,
sons of Aaron The sons of Aaron
: ; the four and twentieth to Maaziau.
lab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Itha- 19 These are their courses according to
their ministries, to come into the house
But Nadab and Abiu died before their of the Lord, and according to their man-
ler, and had no children so Eleazar, : ner under the hand of Aaron their father:
Ithamar did the office of the priest- as the Lord the God of Israel had com-
d. manded.
ind David distributed them, that is, 20 Now of the rest of the sons of Levi,
oc of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahime- there was of the sons of Amram, Subael
1 of the sons of Ithamar, according to and of the sons of Subael, Jehedeia.
:ir courses and ministry. 21 Also of the sons of Rohobia the chief
l\nd there were found many more of Jesias.
sons of Eleazar among the principal
:
22 And the son of Isaar Salemoth, and
D,i, than of the sons of Ithamar. And the son of Salemoth Jahath
n divided them so, that there were of 23 And his son Jeriau the first, Amaridjs
1 sons of Eleazar, sixteen chief men by the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaan
Hr families: and of the sons of Itha- the fourth.
t: eight by their families and houses.
•
24 The son of Oziel, Micha : the son of
/Vnd he divided both the families one Micha, Samir.
?h the other by lot: for there were 25 The brother of Micha, Jesia : and the
>:ices of the sanctuary, and princes of son of Jesia, Zacharias.
> 1, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of 26 The sons of Merari: Moholi and
1 sons of Ithamar. Musi: the son of Oziau: Benno.
Knd Semeias the son of Nathanael the 27 The son also of Merari Oziau, and :

c[be a Levite, wrote them down before Soam, and Zacchur, and Hebri.
Ij king and the princes, and Sadoc the 28 And the son of Moholi Eleazar, who :

>i38t, and Ahimelech the son of Abia- had no sons.

U, and the princes also of the priestly 29 And the son of Cis, Jeramael.
-I Levitical families one house, which 30 The sons of Musi: Moholi, Eder, and
:

over the rest, of Eleazar: and an- Jerimoth. These are the sons of Levi
Y
'ler house, which had the rest under it, according
to the houses of their fami-
>![thamar. lies.
Now the first lot came forth
31 And they also cast lots over against
to Joia-
|,
the second to Jedei, their brethren the sons of Aaron before
[The third to Harim, the fourth to David the king, and Sadoc, and Ahime-
yrim, lech, and the princes of the priestly and
The fifth to Melchia, the sixth to Levitical families, both the elder and the
^iman, younger. The lot divided all equally.

«Ley. 10.2} Num. S. 4k

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The musicians PARALIPOMENON

1
The musicians
CHAPTER 25. 16 The ninth to Mathanaias, to his soiw
The number and divisions of the musicians. and his brethren twelve.
MOREOVER David and the chief 17 The tenth to Semeias, to his sons and
oflacers of the army separated for his brethren twelve.
the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of 18 The eleventh to Azareel, to his sons
Heman, and of Idithun to prophesy
: with and his brethren twelve.
harps, and with psalteries, and with cym- 19 The twelfth to Hasabia, to his sona
bals according to their number serving in and his brethren twelve.
their appointed oflBce. 20 The thirteenth to Subael, to his sons
2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and and his brethren twelve.
Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela, sons 21 The fourteenth to Mathathias, to his
of Asaph: under the hand of Asaph pro- sons and his brethren twelve.
phesying near the king. 22 The fifteenth to Jerimoth, to his sona
3 And of Idithun : the sons of Idithun, and his brethren twelve.
Godolias, Sori, Jeseias, and Hasabias, and 23 The sixteenth to Hananias, to his
Mathathias, six, under the hand of their sons and his brethren twelve.
father Idithun, who prophesied with a 24 The seventeenth to Jesbacassa, to Ids
harp to give thanks and to praise the sons and his brethren twelve.
Lord. 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, to his sons
4 Of Heman also the sons of Heman, and his brethren twelve.
:

Bocciau, Mathaniau, Oziel, Subuel, and 26 The nineteenth to Mellothi, to his

Jerimoth, Hananias, Hanani, Eliatha, sons and his brethren twelve.
Geddelthi, and Romemthiezer, and Jes- 27 The twentieth to Eliatha, to his sons
bacassa, Mellothi, Othir, Mahazioth and his brethren twelve.
6 All these were the sons of Heman the 28 The one and twentieth to Othir, to
seer of the king in the words of God, to his sons and his brethren twelve.
lift up the horn and
: God gave to Heman 29 The two and twentieth to Geddelthi,
fourteen sons and three daughters. to his sons and his brethren twelve.
under their father's hand 30 The three and twentieth to Maha-
6 All these
his brethren twelve.
were distributed to sing in the temple of zioth, to his sons and
the Lord, with cymbals, and psalteries 31 The four and
twentieth to Romem-
and harps, for the service of the house thiezer, to his sons and his brethren
of the Lord near the king to wit, Asaph,
: twelve.
and Idithun, and Heman. CHAPTER 26.
divisions of the porters. Offices of other
Levites.
7 Andthe number of them with their The
brethren, that taught the song of the AND the divisions of the porters: oi
Meselemia, the son ol
Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred J\. the Corites
and eighty-eight. Core, of the sons of Asaph.
8 And they cast lots by their courses, 2 The sons of Meselemia Zacharias the
:

second, Zabadiat
the elder equally with the younger, the firstborn, Jadihel the
the third, Jathanael the fourth,
learned and the unlearned together.
9 And the first lot came forth to Joseph, 3 Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth
Who was of Asaph. The second to God- Elioenai the seventh.
olias, to him and his sons, and his bre- 4 And the sons of Obededom, Semeia
thren twelve. the firstborn, Jozabad the second, Joahi
10 The third to Zachur, to his sons and the third, Sachar
the fourth, Nathanae
his brethren twelve. the fifth,
sev
11 The fourth to Isari, to his sons and 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the
the eighth: for the Lor<
his brethren twelve. enth, Phollathi
12 The fifth to Nathania, to his sons and had blessed
him.
6 And to Semei his son were born sonf
his brethren twelve.
families: for they wer
13 The sixth to Bocciau, to his sons and heads of their
his brethren twelve. men of great valour.
Othn
14 The seventh to Isreela, to his sons 7 The sons then of Semeias were
and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and b:
and his brethren twelve. El"
most valiant men: and
15 The eighth to Jesaia, to his sons and brethren
I and Samachias.
his brethren twelve.
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Y
porters 1 PARALIPOMENON Duties of the other Levites
lU these of the sons of Obededom 25 His brethren also, Eliezer, whose son
tir, and their sons, and their brethren Rohobia, and his son Isaias, and his son
lit able men for service, sixty-two of Joram, and his son Zechri, and his sou
oFdedom. Selemith.
Bk.nd the sons of Meselemia, and their 26 Which Selemith and his brethren
l^ hren strong men, were eighteen. were over the treasures of the holy
~
And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of things, which king David, and the heads
ari Semri the chief, (for he had not of families, and the captains over thou-
:

stborn, and therefore his father made sands and over hundreds, and the cap-
chief.) tains of the host had dedicated,
I Helcias the second, Tabelias the 27 Out of the wars, and the spoils won
tli, Zacharias the fourth : all these the in battles, which fhf^ry had consecrated to
s«t, and the brethren of Hosa, were the building and furniture of the temple
tkbeen. of the Lord.
•Among these were the divisions of 28 And all these things that Samuel the
tl porters, so that the chiefs of the seer and Saul the son of Cis, and Abner
^wis, as well as their brethren, always the son of Ner, and Joab the son of
rod istered in the house of the Lord. Sarvia had sanctified : and whosoever had
I And they cast lots equally, both little sanctified those things, they were under
aB great, by their families for every one the hand of Selemith and his brethren.
of ie gates. 29 But Chonenias and his sons were
1 And the lot of the east fell to Sele- over the Isaarites, for the business
mji. But to his son Zacharias, a very abroad over Israel to teach them and
wi) and learned man, the north gate fell judge them.
byot. 30 And of the Hebronites Hasabias, and
1 And to Obededom and
his sons that his brethren most able men, a thousand
to irds the south in which part of the
: seven hundred had the charge over Is-
ho 56 was the council of the ancients. rael beyond the Jordan westward, in all
ITo Sephim, and Hosa towards the the works of the Lord, and for the ser-
W(b, by the gate which leadeth to the vice or the king.
W{ of the ascent : ward against ward. 61 And the chief of the Hebronites wae
l|Now towards the east were six Le- Jeria according to their families and kin-
vii3 and towards the north four a day
: dreds. In the fortieth year of the reign
an towards the south likewise four a of David they were numbered, and there
da and where the council was, two and
: were found most valiant men in Jazer
tv. Galaad,
1 In the cells also of the porters to- 32 And his brethren of stronger age, two
vn i the west four in the way : and two thousand seven hundred chiefs of fam-
at very cell. ilies. And king David made them rulers
1 These are the divisions of the porters over the Rubenites and the Gadites, and
of le sons of Core, and of Merari. the half tribe of Manasses, for all the
2|Now Achias was over the treasures service of God, and the king.
of le house of God, and the holy vessels.
2|The sons of Ledan, the sons of Ger-
80 li: of Ledan were heads of the fami-
CHAPTER 27.
The twelve captains for every month : the twelve
lie of Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli. princes of the tribes. Davicfs several officers.
2 The sons of Jehieli Zathan and Joel, "I^OW the children of Israel according
:

hi{ brethren over the treasures

of the JJi to their number, the heads of fam-
hojie of the Lord, ilies, captains of thousands and of hun-
2 With the Amramites, and Isaarites, dreds, and oflSicers, that served the king
an, Hebronites, and Ozielites.
according to their companies, who came
2 And Subael the son of Gersom, the in and went out every month in the
year,
80 of Moses, was chief over the trea- under every chief
were four and twenty
8lt|8.
thousand.
A p. 26 Ver. 10. He had 7iot a firstborn. That
b,
Ver. 20. Holy vessels. Or vessels of the holy
5 iirstborn was either dead or not fit to be chief
nerefore he made Seinri the cMet
places, or of things holy. Vasa sanctorum*
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Captains for each month 1 PARALIPOMENON The chiefs of the trU

2 Over the first company the first month 16 Nowthe chiefs over the tribes
Jesboam, the son of Zabdiel was chief, Israel were these
over the Rubenit
:

and under him were four and twenty Eliezer the son of Zechri was ruler o^ :

thousand. the Simeonites, Saphatias the son

Maacha
3 Of the sons of Phares, the chief of all
the captains in the host in the first 17 Over the Levites, Hasabias the son
month. Camuel over the Aaronites, Sadoc
:

4 The company of the second month 18 Over Juda, Eliu the brother of Dav
was under Dudia, an Ahohite, and after over Issachar, Amri the son of Michac
him was another named Macelloth, who 19 Over the Zabulonites, Jesmaiae
commanded a part of the army of four son of Adias over the NephtaUtes, J«:

and twenty thousand. moth the son of Ozriel

5 And the captain of the third company 20 Over the sons of Ephraim, Osee 1

for the third month, was Banaias the son son of Ozaziu: over the half tribe
of Joiada the priest and in his division
: Manasses, Joel the son of Phadaia
were four and twenty thousand. 21 And over the half tribe of Manaa
6 This is that Banaias the most valiant in Galaad, Jaddo the son of Zachari;
among the thirty, and above the thirty. and over Benjamin, Jasiel the son
And Amizabad his son commanded his Abner.
company. 22 And over Dan, Ezrihel the son of
7 The fourth, for the fourth month, was roham: these were the princes of
Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zabadias children of Israel. i

his bon after him and in his company

: 23 But David would not number th i

were four and twenty thousand. from twenty years old and under beca : !

8 The fifth captain for the fifth month, the Lord had said that he would multi '

was Samaoth a Jezerite: and his com- Israel like the stars of heaven. '

pany were four and twenty thousand. 24 * Joab the son of Sarvia began I)

9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was number, but he finished not: becal)
Hira the son of Acces a Thecuite and in : upon this there fell wrath upon Isr^':
his company were four and twenty thou- and therefore the number of them 1
sand. were numbered, was not registered in •?

10 The seventh, for the seventh month, chronicles of king David.

was Helles a Phallonite of the sons of 25 And over the king's treasures i8
Ephraim and in his company were four
: Azmoth the son of Adiel and over ttU :

and twenty thousand. stores which were in the cities, and in e

11 The eighth, for the eighth month, was villages, and in the castles, was Jo.nat Q
Sobochai a Husathite of the race of the son of Ozias.
Zarahi and in his company were four
: 26 And over the tillage, and the 1

and twenty thousand. bandmen, who tilled the ground, was ]

12 The ninth, for the ninth month, was the son of Chelub
Abiezer an Anathothite of the sons of 27 And over the dressers of the v
Jemini, and in his company were four yards, was Semeias a Romathite:
and twenty thousand. over the wine cellars, Zabdias an Apl i*

13 The tenth, for the tenth month, was ite.

Marai, who was a Netophathite of the 28 And over the oliveyards and th€
race of Zarai and in his company were
: groves, which were in the plains,
four and twenty thousand. Balanam a Gederite: and over the
14 The eleventh, for the eleventh month, cellars, Joas.
was Banaias, a Pharathonite of the sons 29 Andover the herds that fed in Sa
of Ephraim: and in his company were was Setrai a Saronite and over the c
:

four and twenty thousand. in the valleys, Saphat the son of Adl
15 The twelfth, for the twelfth month, 30 And over the camels, Ubil an Ist
was Holdai a Netophathite, of the race helite and over the asses, Jadias a Me
:

of Gothoniel and in his company were

: athite
four and twenty thousand. 31 And over the sheep Jaziz an Agar
t Supra 2L 2.

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fftvid's speech to the people 1 PARALIPOMENON Gold and silver for temple
/ these were the rulers of the substance Israel, in the hearing of our God, keep
dug David. ye, and seek all the commandments of
And Jonathan David's uncle, a coun- the Lord our God that you may possess
:

S«or, a wise and learned maiM he and the good land, and may leave it to your
J del the son of Hachamoni were with children after you for ever.
t] king's sons.
9 And thou my son Solomon, know the
And Achitophel was the king's coun- God of thy father, and serve him with a
B< or, and Chusai the
Ai*achite, the king's perfect heart, and a willing mind: *for
fcind. the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under-
And after Achitophel was Joiada the standeth all the thoughts of minds. If
81 of Banaias, and Abiathar. And the thou seek him, thou shalt find him but :

g leral of the king's army was Joab. if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off
for ever.
CHAPTER 28. 10 Now therefore seeing the Lord hath
1 id's speech, in a solemn assembly his exhoHa-
:

on to Solomon. He giveth him, a pattern of the chosen thee to build the house of the
mple. sanctuary, take courage, and do it.
ND David assembled all the chief 11 And David gave to Solomon his son
^L men of Israel, the princes of the a description of the porch, and of the
1 368, and the captains of the companies, temple, and of the treasures, and of the
•^o waited on the king: and the cap- upper floor, and of the inner chambers,
t^QS over thousands, and over hundreds, and of the house for the mercy seat,
al them who had the charge over the 12 As also of all the courts, which he
B)8tance and possessions of the king, had in his thought, and of the chambers
:il his sons with the ofBcers of the round about, for the treasm'es of the
curt, end the men of power, and all the house of the Lord, and for the treasures
b-vest of the army at Jerusalem. of the consecrated things,
And the king rising up, and standing 13 And of the divisions of the priests
I

e4 Hear me, my brethren and my peo- and of the Levites, for aU the works of
:

li'i I had a thought to have built a the house of the Lord, and for all the
tise, in which the ark of the Lord, and vessels of the service of the temple of
t;) footstool of our God might rest the Lord.
ail prepared all things for the building. 14 Gold by weight for every vessel for
lAnd God said to me : ^ Thou shalt not the ministry. And silver by weight ac-
bid a house to my name: because thou cording to the diversity of the vessels
aj. a man of war, and hast shed blood. and uses.
But the Lord God of Israel chose me 15 He gave also gold for the golden
c all the house of my father, to be king candlesticks, and their lamps, according
osr Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose to the dimensions of every candlestick,
tfi princes :and of the house of Juda, and the lamps thereof. In like manner
r father's house
' : and among the sons also he gave silver by weight for the sil-
c my father, it pleased him to choose ver candlesticks, and for their lamps
t king over all IsraeL according to the diversity of the dimen-
^ And among my sons (for the Lord sions of them.
hh given me many sons) he hath chosen 16 He gave also gold for the tables of
Slomon my rjon, to sit upon the throne proposition, according to the diversity
qthe kingdom of the Lord over Israel. of the tables: in like manner also silver
!
And !ie said to me : Solomon thy son for other tables of silver.
8 ill build my house, and my courts: for 17 For fleshhooks also, and bowls, and
Ijiave chosen him to be my son, and I censers of fine gold, and for little lions
>U be a father to him. of gold, according to the measure ho
I
And I will establish his kingdom for gave by weight, for every lion. In like
jer, ii he continue to keep my com- manner also for lions of silver he :;et
J|indments, and my judgments, as at aside a different weight of silver.
<!« day. 18 And for the altar of incense, he gave
I
Now then before all the assembly of the purest gold: and to make the like-

v2Kiiigs7.1& w Supra 9. -de - c; Fa. 7. Kk

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David encourages Solomon 1 PARALIPOMENON David* s thanksgivii

ness of the chariot of the cherubims
spreading their wings, and covering the
ark of the covenant of the Lord.
19 All these things, said he, came to me
written by the hand of the Lord that I
might understand all the works of the
pattern.
20 And David said to Solomon his son
Act like a man, and take courage, and
do: fear not, and be not dismayed: for
the Lord my God will be with thee, and
will not leave thee, nor forsake thee, till
thou hast finished all the work for the
service of the house of the Lord.
offer, lethim fill his hand to day,
offer what he pleaseth to the Lord.
6 Then the heads of the famihes,
the princes of the tribes of Israel,
the captains of thousands, and of h
dreds, and the overseers of the kin;
possessions promised,
7 And they gave for the works of
house of the Lord, of gold, five thous
talents, and ten thousand solids: of
ver ten thousand talents: and of b
eighteen thousand talents: and of iro
hundred thousand talents.
8 And they that had stones, g
all

21 Behold the courses of the priests and
the Levites, for every ministry of the
house of the Lord, stand by thee, and
are ready, and both the princes, and the
people know how to execute all thy
commandments.
CHAPTER 29.
David by word and example encourageth the princes
to contribute liberally to the building of the tern.
pie. His thanksgiving^ prayer, and sacrifices : his
death.
A ND David said to all the asseir-
^ king
them to the treasures of the house of
Lord, by the hand of Jahiel the G
sonite.
9 And the people rejoiced, when tl
promised their offerings willingly:
cause they offered them to the Lord
all their heart: and David the king
joiced also with a great joy.
10 And he blessed the Lord before
the multitude, and he said: Blessed
thou, O Lord the God of Isrr.el, our fa
from eternity to eternity.

jLJl bly Solomon

: my son, whom alone 11 Thine, O Lord, is magnificence,
as yel young and power, and glory, and victory : an
God hath chosen, is
tender: and the work is great, for a thee is praise: for all that is in hea
house is prepared not for man, but for and in earth, is thine : thine is the k:
God. dom, O Lord, and thou art above
2 And with all my ability have pre- princes.
I
riches, and thine is gl
pared the expenses for the house of my 12 Thine are
dominion over all, in thy b
God. Gold for vessels of gold, and sil- thou hast
might : in thy hand grjb
ver for vessels of silver, brass for things is power and
and the smpire of all things.
of brass, iron for things of iron, wood for ness,
13 Now therefore our God we
things of wood: and onyx stones, and
stones like alabaster, and of divers col- thanks to thee, and we praise thy

ours, and all manner of precious stones,

rious name.
I, and what is my pe(
and marble of Paros in great abundance. 14 Who am
e,

we should be able to promise 36

3 Now over and above the things which that
my God all these things? all things are the:
I have offered into the house of
I give of my own proper goods, gold and
and we have given thee what wee-
silver for the temple of my God, beside
ceived of thy hand.
sojourners before
what things I have prepared for the holy 15 For we are
and strangers, as were all our fat
house.
^ Our days upon earth are as a sha
4 Three thousand talents of gold of the
is no stay.
gold of Ophir: and seven thousand tal- and there
the 16 O Lord our God, all this store
ents of refined _;ilver, to overlay
walls of the temple. we have prepared to build thee a h
5 And gold for wheresoever there is for thy holy
name, is from thy hand
thine,
need of gold: and silver for whereso- all things are
ever there is need of silver, for the 17 I know my God that thou pr(
hearts, and lovest simplicity, wher<
works to be made by tho hands of the my heart,
artificers : now if any man is willing to I also in the simplicity of

t Wisd. 2. 6.
y B. C. 972.
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4a/ sacrifices offered 1 PARALIPOMENON Dea th of David

oylly offered all these things: and I him to the Lord to be prince, and Sadoo
ia\ seen with great joy thy people, to be high priest.
vha are here present, offer fehee their 23 And Solomon sat on the throne ol
>ff« ngs. the Lord as king instead of David his
16) Lord God of Abraham, and of father, and he pleased all: and all Israel
J9B ,and of Israel our fathers, keep for obeyed him.
)Y( this will of their heart, and let this 24 And all the princes, and men of
nil remain always for the worship of power, and all the sons of king David
gave their hand, and were subject to
19s.nd give to Solomon my son a per- Solomon the king.
ectheart, that he may keep thy com- 25 And the Lord magnified Solomon
aalments, thy testimonies, and thy over all Israel and gave him the glory
:

ar nonies, and do all things and build of a reign, such as no king of Israel had
:

lieiouse, for which I have provided the before him.

ihf^es. 26 So David the e^n of Isai reigned
2Cs.nd David commanded all the as- over all Israel.
eB ly Bless ye the Lord our God. And
: 27 ^ And the days that he reigned over
Jl he assembly blessed the Lord the Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he
lo of their fathers and: they bowed reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem
he selves and worshipped God, and three and thirty years.
he the king. 28 ^ And he died in a good age, full of
2Knd they sacrificed victims to the days, and riches, and glory. And Solo-
jO) : and they offered holocausts the mon his son reigned in his stead.
day, a thousand bullocks, a thou- 29 Now the acts of king David first and
ai rams, a thousand lambs, with their last are written in the book of Samuel
ibi ons, and with every thing pre- the seer, and in the book of Nathan the
er ed most abundantly for all Israel. prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer
2'And they ate, and drank before the 30 And of all his reign, and his valour,
-o: that day with great joy. "^And and of the timefe that passed under him,
h€ anointed the second time Solomon either in Israe*, or in aU the Mngdoma
h€3on of David. And they anointed of the countries:

THE SECOND

BOOK OF PARALIPOMENON.
CHAPTER 1. the tabernacle of the covenant of the
^lon ojfereth sacrifices atGabaon. His choice Lord, which Moses the servant of God
of wisdom which God giveth him.
made, in the wilderness.
ArD^ Solomon the son of David was 4 * For David had brought the ark of
Lj strengthened in his kingdom, and God from Cariathiarim to the place,
in Lord his God was with him, and which he had prepared for it, and where
ninifled him to a high degree. he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that
2i nd Solomon gave orders to all Israel, is, in Jerusalem.
lO 16 captains
of thousands, and of hun- 5 And the altar of brass, -^ which Beseleel
iTi.s, and to the rulers,
and to the judges the son of Uri the son of Hur had made,
>' 1 Israel, and the heads of the fami-
was there before the tabernacle of the
ie
Lord and Solomon and all the assembly
:

? nd he went with all the multitude sought it

;^ae tiigh plpoe of Gabaon, where was
o 3 Kings 1. 34.-6 3 Kings 2. 11.
c B. C. 972.
29
6 And Solomon went up thither to the
d B. C. 972. 3 Kings 3. 1.
e 2 Kings 6. 17
; 1 Par. 16. 1.—/ Ex. 38. 8.
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Solomon prays for wisdom 2 PARALIPOME NON Solomon asks aid of Hii\
brazen altar, before the tabernacle of CHAPTER 2.
the covenant, of the Lord, and offered Solomon^s embassage to Hiram, who sends h\
up on it a thousand victims. skilful workman and timber.

7 And behold that night God appeared ND Solomon determined to buijl

to him, saying Ask what thou wilt that
: A^ house to the name of the Lord,[
I should give thee.
8 And Solomon said to God: Thou hast
shewn great kindness to my father David
and hast made me king in his stead.
9 Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy
word be fulfilled, which thou hast pro-
mised to David my father ; for thou hast
made me king over thy great people,
a palace for himself.
2 And he numbered out seventy til
sand men to bear burdens, and ei|
thousand to hew stones in the mountil
and three thousand six hundred to o[
see them.
3 * He sent also to Hiram king of
saying As thou didst with David m\
:

which is as innumerable as the dust of ther, and didst send him cedars, to i|
the earth. him a house, in which he dwelt
10 Give me wisdom and knowledge
fl'
4 So do with me that I may build a h|
that I may come in and go out before to the name of the Lord my God, to
thy people for who can worthily judge cate it to burn incense before him, ai
:

this thy people, which is so great ? perfume with aromatical spices, anc
11 And God said l/O Solomon: Because the continual setting forth of breadj
this choice hath pleased thy heart, and for the holocausts, morning and evei
thou hast not asked riches, and wealth, and on the sabbaths, and on the
and glory, nor the lives of them that moons, and the solemnities of the
hate thee^ nor many days of life: but our God for ever, which are commaj
hast asked wisdom and knowledge, to for Israel.
be able to judge my people, over which 6 For the house which I desire to
J have made thee king, is great : for our God is great aboi
12 Wisdom and knowledge are granted gods.
to thee :and I will give thee riches, and 6 Who then can be able to build hi
wealth, and glory, so that none of the worthy house? if heaven, and thej
kings before thee, nor after the«, shall be vens of heavens cannot contain him i

like thee. am I that I should be able to build

13 Then Solomon came from the high house ? but to this end only, that m\
place of Gabaon to Jerusalem before the may be burnt before him.
tabernacle of the covenant, and reigned 7 Send me therefore a skilful mai
over Israel. knoweth how to work in gold, and
14 '^ And he gathered to himself chari- ver, in brass, and in iron, in purpi
ots and horsemen, and he had a thousand scarlet and in blue, and that hath sl[
four hundred chariots, and twelve thou- engraving, with the artificers, wl
sand horsemen and he placed them in have with me in Judea and Jerm
:

the cities of the chariots, and with the whom David my father provided.
king in Jerusalem. 8 Send me also cedars, and fir tree I

15 And the king made silver and gold to pine trees from Libanus for I knoi?| :

be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees thy servants are skilful in cutting t[
as sycamores, which grow in the plains in Libanus, and my servants shn
in great m.ultitude. with thy servants,
16 And there were horses brought him 9 To provide me timber in abuncj
from Egypt, and from Coa by the king's For the house which I desire to bu
merchants, who went, and bought at a to be exceeding great, and glorious]
price, 10 And I will give thy servants the
17 A chariot of four horses for six hun- men that are to cut down the trej
dred pieces of silver, and a horse for a their food twenty thousand co]|
hundred and fifty in like manner mar- wheat, and as many cores of barlel
:

ket was made in all the kingdoms of the twenty thousand measures of winj
Hethites, and of the kings of Syria. twenty thousand measures of oil.

g Wisd. 9. 10, — /i 3 Kings 10 26. i 3 Kings & 2.

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 tram aids Solomon 2 PARALIPOMENON Interior of the temple
And Hiram king of Tyre sent a letter the length by the first measure sixty
Solomon, saying Because the Lord : cubits, the breadth twenty cubits.
|:h loved his people, therefore he hath 4 And the porch in the front, which was
jde thee king over them. extended in length according to the mea-
I And he added, saying Blessed be the : sure of the breadth of the house, twenty
|:d the God of Israel, who made heaven cubits: and the height was a hundred
earth, who hath given to king David and twenty cubits and he overlaid it:

and knowing son, endued with

rise within with pure gold.
lerstanding and prudence, to build a 5 And the greater house he ceiled with
to the Lord, and a palace for him- deal boards, and overlaid them with
plates of fine gold throughout: and he
I thereforehave sent thee my father graved in them palm trees, and like little
m, a wise and most skilful man. chains interlaced with one another.
The son of a woman of the daughters 6 He paved also the floor of the temple
an, whose father was a Tyrian, who with most precious marble, of great
weth how to work in gold, and in sil- beauty.
',in brass, and in iron, and in marble, 7 And the gold of the plates with which
in timber, in purple also, and violet, he overlaid the house, and the beams
silk and scarlet and who knoweth to
: thereof, and the posts, and the walls,
,ve all sort of graving, and to devise and the doors was of the finest and he :

'eniously all that there may be need of graved cherubims on the walls.
ihe work with thy artificers, and with 8 He made also the house of the holy
artificers of my lord David thy father. of holies the length of it according to
:

The wheat therefore, and the barley the breadth of the temple, twenty cu-
the oil, and the wine, which thou, my bits, and the breadth of it in like man-
hast promised, send to thy servants. ner twenty cubits and he overlaid it
:

And we will cut as many

down trees with plates of gold, amounting to about
of Libanus, as thou shalt want, and six hundred talents.
convey them in fioats by sea to 9 He made also nails of gold, and the
pe and it will be thy part to bring weight of every nail was fifty sides : the
:

m thence to Jerusalem. upper chambers also he overlaid with

And Solomon numbered all the prose- gold.
8 in the land of Israel, after the num- 10 He made also in the house of the
^ng which David his father had made, holy of holies two cherubims of image
they were found a hundred andfifty- work and he overlaid them with gold. :

e thousand and six hundred. 11 The wings of the cherubims were ex-
And he set seventy thousand of them tended twenty cubits, so that one wing
-rry burdens on their shoulders, and was five cubits long, and reached to the
ty thousand to hew stones in the wall of the house: and the other was
ii*untains: and three thousand and six also five cubits long, and reached to the
hidred to be overseers of the work of wing of the other cherub.
t people.
12 In like manner the wing of the other
CHAPTER 3. cherub, was five cubits long, and reached
7 Ian and omavients of the temple.- the cheru- to the wall
J
and his other wing was five ;
bims, the veil, and the pillars.
cubits long, and touched the wing of
N"D^ Solomon began to build the house the other cherub.
--L of the Lord in Jerusalem, in
mount 13 So the wings of the two cherubims
'ia, which had been shewn to
jj
David were spread forth, and were extended
t father, in the place which
David had twentj'' cubits: and they stood upright
P pared in the ^ thrashingfloor of Or- on their feet, and their faces were turned
H'l the Jebusite. toward the house without.
And he began to build in the second 14 "^He made also a veil of violet, pur-
^ nth, in the fourth year of his reign. I ple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it
Now these are the foundations, which cherubims.
-Somon laid, to build the house of God, 15 '^He made also before the doors of

' t Kings 6. \.~k z KinKs 24. 21 ; 1 Par. 21. 2«. I B, C. 769. 763. — m Matt. 27. 51. — n Jer. 52. 20.
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Vessels of the temple 2 PARALIPOMENON Vessels of the tempk
the temple two pillars, which were five 9 He made also the court of the priesta,
and thirty cubits Ligh: and their chapi- and a great hall, and doors in the hall,
ters were five cubits. which he covered with brass.
16 He made also as it were little chains 10 And he set the sea on the right side
in the oracle, and he put them on the over against the east toward the south.
heads of the pillars: and a hundred 11 And Hiram made caldrons, and flesh-
pomegranates, which he put between the hooks, and bowls and finished all the :

little chains. king's work in the house of God:

17 These pillars he put at the entrance 12 That is to say, the two pillars, and
of the temple, one on the right hand, the pommels, and the chapiters, and the
and the other on the left: that which network, to cover the chapiters over the
was on the right hand, he called Jachin: pommels.
and that on the left hand, Booz. 13 And four hundred pomegranates, and
CHAPTER 4.
two wreaths of network, so that two
The altar of brass, the molten sea upon twelve
rows of pomegranates were joined tc
oxen; the ten loaves, the candlesticks and other each wreath, to cover the pommels, ani
vessels and ornaments of the temple. the chapiters of the pillars.

HE made also an altar of brass twenty

cubits long, and twenty cubits
14 He made also bases, and lavers, whicl
he set upon the bases :

broad, and ten cubits high.
2 ° Also a molten sea of ten cubits from
brim to brim, round in compass it was
five cubits high, and a line of thirty cu-
bits compassed it round about.
3 And under it there was the likeness
of oxen, and certain engravings on the
outside of ten cubits compassed the belly
of the sea, as it were with two rows.
15 One sea, and twelve oxen under tiw
sea;
: 16 And the caldrons, and fieshhooks
and bowls. All the vessels did Hiram hL
father make for Solomon»in the house o
the Lord of the finest brass.
17 In the country near the Jordan di<
the king cast them, in a clay ground be
tween Sochot and Saredatha. '

4 And the oxen were cast and the sea : 18 And the multitude of vesself was 'r
itself was set upon the twelve oxen, numerable, so that the weight of tu'
three of which looked toward the north, brass was not known. i

and other three toward the west: and 19 And Solomon made all the vessel
other three toward the south, and the for the house of God, and the golde!
other three that remained toward the altar, and the tables, upon which wer'
east, and the sea stood upon them and : the loaves of proposition, '

the hinder parts of the oxen were in-
ward under the sea.
5 Now the thickness of it was a hand-
breadth, and the brim of it was hke the
brim of a cup, or of a crisped lily and it
20 The candlesticks also of most pui!
gold with their lamps to give light b(
fore the oracle, according to the manne
21 And certain flowers, and lamps, aD|
: golden tongs all were made of the fine
:

held three thousand measures. gold.

6 He made also ten lavers and he set : 22 The vessels also for the perfunn
five on the right hand, and five on the and the censers, and the bowls, and tl

left, to wash in them all such things as mortars, of pure gold. grav( And he
they were to offer for holocausts: but the doors of the inner temple, that
the sea was for the priests to wash in. for the holy of holies and the doors :

7 And he made ten golden candlesticks,
according to the form which they were
commanded to be made by and he set
them in the temple, five on the right
hand, and five on the left.
8 Moreover also ten tables and he set
the templo without were of gold. Ar
thus all the work was finished wbic
: Solomon made in the house of the Lor
CHAPTER 5.
: The ark is brought with great solemnity into t

temple: the temple is filled with the glory of G

them in the temple, five on the right
side, and five on the left. Also a hun- THEN P Solomon brought in
things that David his father
all t'

h
dred bowls of gold.

1^ 3 Kings 7. 23. p 3 Kings 7. 51.

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rk brought into the temple 2 PARALIPOMENON Solomon* s prayer

\ »wed, the silver, and the gold, and all their sons, and their brethren, clothed
le vessels he put among the treasures with fine linen, sounded with cymbals,
i the house of God. and psalteries, and harps, standing on
« And after this he gathered together the east side of the altar, and with them
le ancients of Israel, and all the princes a hundred and twenty priests, sounding
i the tribes, and the heads of the fami- with trumpets.
1 8, of the children of Israel to Jerusa- 13 So when they all sounded together,
in, to bring the ark of the covenant of both with trumpets, and voice, and cym-
<e Lord out of the city of David, which bals, and organs, and with divers kind of
j Sion. musical instruments, and lifted up their
And aU the men of Israel came to the voice on high the sound was heard afar
:

iig in the solemn day of the seventh off, so that when they began to praise
lonth. the Lord, and to say : Give glory to the
And when
all the ancients of Israel Lord for he is good, for his mercy endur-
ijire come, the Levites took up the ark. eth for ever the house of God was filled
:

And brought it in, together with all with a cloud.

13furniture of the tabernacle. And the 14 Nor could the priests stand and min-
with the Levites carried the ves-
I lasts
ister by reason of the cloud. For the
18 of the sanctuary, which were in the glory of the Lord had filled the house of
t )ernacle. God.
And king Solomon and all the assem- CHAPTER 6.
\ of Israel, and all that were gathered
^ SolomorVs blessings and prayer.
t;ether before the ark, sacrificed rams,
8i oxen without number: so great was
THEN
''Solomon said: The Lord pro-
mised that he would dwell in a cloud.
t|3 multitude of the victims. 2 But I have built a house to his name,
' And the priests brought in the ark of that he might dwell there for ever.
1

t) covenant of the Lord into its place, 3 And the king turned his face, and
tit is, to the oracle of the temple, into blessed all the multitude of Israel (for all
t holy of holies under the wings of the the multitude stood attentive) and he
)

c jrubims said
So that the cherubims spread their 4 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel,
!

^.ags over the place, in which the ark who hath accomplished in deed that
\8 set, and covered the ark itself my father, say-
and which he spoke to David
li staves. ing:
Now the ends of the staves wherewith 6 From the day that I brought my peo-
t ark was carried, because they were ple out of the land of Egypt, I chose
)

B ae thing longer, were seen before the no city among all the tribes of Israel,
dole: but if a man were a little out- for a house to be built in it to my name:
¥,rd, he could not see them. So the ark neither chose I any other man, to be the
hj been there unto this day, ruler of my people Israel.
And there was nothing else in the 6 But I chose Jerusalem, that my name
I

a,: but the two tables which Moses put

might be there: and I chose David to set
tiire at Horeb when the Lord gave the him over my people Israel.

^f to the children of Israel, at their 7 And whereas David my father had a

Oioing out of Egypt. mind to build a house to the name of the
Now when the priests were come out Lord the God of Israel,
0|bhe sanctuary, (for all the priests that 8 The Lord said to him : Forasmuch as
Cild be found there, were sanctified: it was thy will to build a house to my
al as yet at that time the courses and name, thou ha«t done well
indeed in hav-
olers of the ministries were not divided ing such a will
aong them,) 9 But thou Shalt not build the house»
Both the Levites and the singing but thy son, who shall come out of thy
!

Din, that is, both they that were

under loins, he shall build a house to my name
^(iph, and they that were under Heman, 10 The Lord therefore hath accom'
ail they that were under Idithun,
with plished his word which he spoke and I :

«»Kingtri r 3 Kings 8. 15.

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SolomorCs prayer ^ PARALIPOMKNGN 'Solomon's prayeil

am risen up in the place of David my fa- prayer which thy servant prayeth in it
ther, and sit upon th'e throne of Isra6l> as hearken then to the prayers of thy serl
the Lord promised and have built a house
: vant, and of thy people Israel Who8o|
to the name of the Lord God of Israel. ever shall pray in this place, hear thoii
Ml And I have put in it the ark, wherein fyom thy dwelhng place, that is, froal
jg thd covenant of the Lord, which he heaven, dnd shew mercy. i

inade with the children of Israel. 22 If any man sin against his neighb^m
12 And he stood before the altar of the and come to swear against him, and bin
Lord, in presence of all the multitude of himself with a curse before the altar ii
Israel, and stretched forth his hands. this house i

13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaf-
fold, and had set it in the midst of the
temple, which was five cubits long, and
five cubits broad, and three cubits high:
and he stood upon it: then kneeling
23 Then hear thou from heaven, and d
justice to thy servants, so -as to requil
the wicked by making his wickedness fa
upon his own. head, and to revenge tli
just, rewarding him according to his jo'

down in thepresence of all the multitude tice.

of Israel, and lifting up his hands towards
heaven,
14 * He said: O Lord God of Israel, there
is no God like thee in heaven nor in earth
whokeepest covenant and mercy with thy
servants, that walk before thee with all
their hearts
15 Who hast performed to thy servant
David my father all that thou hast pro-
mised him: and hast accomplished in fact,
24 If thy people Israel be overcome U
their enemies, (for they will sin agair'
thee,) and being converted shall do pe
ance, and call upon thy name, and pr
to thee in this place,
25 Then hear thou from heaven, and f(
give the sin of thy people Israel,.
bring them back into the land,, wh.
thou gavest to them, and their fathen
26 If the heavens be shut up, and th •

what thou hast spoken with thy mouth, fall no rain by reason of the sins of ,!

as also the present time proveth. people, and they shall pray to theeU
16 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, ful- this place, and confess to thy name, .fi
fil to thy servant David my father,
what- be converted from their sins, when tjl I

soever thou hast promised him, saying : dost aflQict them,

There shall not fail thee a man in my
sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel
yet &o that X^y children take heed to
their ways, and walk in my law, as thou
27 Then hear thou from heaven,
and forgive the sins of thy servants
of thy people Israel, and teach them mie
good way^ in which -they may walk: id

give rain to thy land which thou pt

hast walked before me.
17 And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy given to thy people to possess.
word be established whicl^ thou hast 28 * If a famine arise in the land, ' ft

spoken to thy servant David. pestilence or blasting, or mildew, o !>

ousts, or caterpillars: or if their enejM
18 Is it credible then that God should
dwell With men on the earth ? If heaven waste the country, and besiege the c:,!».
and the heavens of heavens do not con- whatsoever scourge or infirmity shaJe
tain thee, how much less this house,
upon them
which I have built? 29 Then if any of thy people Is
19 But to thia end only it is made, that
knowing his own scourge and infir
pray, and shall spread fortl
thou mayest regard the prayer of thy shall
in this house,
servant and his supplication, O Lord hands
30 Hear thou from heaven, from
my God: and mayest hear the prayers dwelling place, and forgive, anc r
which thy servant poureth out before high
thee.
der to every one according to his v^
bis

20 That thou mayest open thy eyes

which thou knowest him to have rte
(for thou only knowest the I
upon this house day and night, upon the heart:
the children of men:)
place wherein thou hast promised that of w io
31 That they may fear thee, and
thy name should be called upon, )0D

21 And that thou wouldst hear the thy

ways all the days that they live

#2Mao.2.& I iiixra 20. a

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s prayer 2 PARALIPOiVIEyON God's glory fills the temple

face of the land, which thou hast God, put on salvation, and thy saints re-
n to our fathers. joice in good things.
If the stranger also, who is not of thy 42 O LordGod, turn not away the face
pie Die Israel, come from a far country, of thy anointed: remember the mercies
fo :he sake of thy great name, and thy of David thy servant.
stng hand, and thy stretched out arm,
an adore in this place CHAPTER 7.
Hear thou from heaven thy firm Fire from heaven consximeth the sacrifices. Th^i
solemnity of the dedication of the temple. God
dvlling place, and do all that which sifjnifieth his having heard Solomon^s prayer:
th stranger shall call upon thee for: yet so if he continue to serve him.
th all the people of the earth may
ISLW thy name, and may fear thee, as
AND .
when Solomon had made an end
of his prayer, fire came down from
th people Israel, and may know, that heaven, and consumed the holocausts and
Li name is invoked upon this house, the victims: and the majesty of the Lord
wl^h I have built. filled the house.
8 If thy people go out to war against 2 ^ Neither could the priests enter into
th r enemies, by the way that thou shalt the temple of the Lord,^ because the maj
86 Ithem, and adore thee towards the esty of the Lord had filled the temple of
Wi of this city, which thou hast chosen, the Lord.
an the house which I have built to thy 3 Moreover all the children of Israel saw
nae: the fire coming down, and the glory of the
SPhen hear thou from heaven their Lord upon the house and falling down :

pr ers, and their supplications, and re- with their faces to the ground, upon the
vere them. stone pavement, they adored and praised
8 A.nd if they sin against thee (" for the Lord: because he is good,
because his
thi8 is no man that sinneth not) and mercy endureth
for ever.
thi be angry with them, and dehver 4 And the king and all the people sacri-
tha up to their enemies, and they lead ficed victims before the Lord.
tha away captive to a land either afar 5 y And king Solomon offered a sacrifice
off )r near at hand,
of twenty-two thousand oxen, and one
3'\nd if they be converted in their hundred and twenty thousand
rams: and
he t in the land to which they were led the king
and all the people dedicated the
ca]ive, and do penance, and pray to house of
God.
the in the land of their captivity, say-
6 And the priests stood in their oflaces:
ing We have sinned, we have done and the Levites with the instruments
of
wiiedly, we have dealt unjustly: music of the Lord, which king Da\'id
3iVnd return to thee with all their made to
praise the Lord: because his
iie;t, and with all their soul, in
the land mercy endureth for ever, singing the
af eir captivity, to which they
were led hymns of David by their ministry: and
iw and adore thee towards the way
-,
of the priests sounded with trumpets before
1' own land which thou gavest their them, and all Israel stood.
lat^rs, and of the city,
which thou hast 7 Solomon also sanctified the middle of
2h(3n, and the house which I
have built the court before the temple of the Lord:
» y name: for he offered there the holocausts, and
SiChen hear thou from heaven, that
the fat of the peace offerings: because the
^ •om thy firm dwelling place, their brazen altar, which he had made, could
-^rs, and do
'
judgment, and forgive not hold the holocausts and the sacrifices
•^:'>eople, although they have sinned:
and the fat:
^C^or thou art my God: let thy
eyes, I 8 And Solomon kept the solemnity at
^s^ch thee, be open, and let thy ears
that time seven days, and all Israel with
^ tentive to the prayer, that is made him, a very great congregation, from the
'^ 13 place.
entrance of Emath to the torrent of
41 Now therefore arise,
O Lord God, Egypt.
^ thy resting place, thou and the ark
2.'iy strength: let
9 And he made on the eighth day a sol-
thy priests, O Lord emn assembly, because he had kept the
u 3 Kings 8. 46 EcclL 7. 21
; 1 John L &
VfS.131.8.
;
X 2 Mac. 2. 8.
y 3 Kings & 63.
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God's pro mise to Solomon 2 PARALIP OMENON Solomon s other buildit

dedication of the altar seven days, and 21 And this house shall be for a prov
had celebrated the solemnity seven days. to all that pass by, and they shall be ;

10 So on the three and twentieth day of tonished and say Why hath the L(
:

the seventh month he sent away the peo- done thus to this land, and to this houi
ple to their dwelUngs, joyful and glad for 22 And they shall answer Because tl
:

the good that the Lord had done to David,
and to Solomon, and to all Israel his
people.
11 ^ And Solomon finished the house of
the Lord, and the king's house, and all
that he had designed in his heart to do,
in the house of the Lord, and in his own
house, and he prospered.
12 And the Lord appeared to him by
night, and said 1 1 have heard thy prayer,
and I have chosen this place to myself
for a house of sacrifice.
13 If I shut up heaven, and there fall no
rain, or if I give orders, and command
the locust to devour the land, or if I
send pestilence among my people:
forsook the Lord the God of their fathc
who brought them out of the land
Egypt, and laid hold on strange gods,{
adored them, and worshipped the
therefore aU these evils are come uj
them.
CHAPTER 8.
and other acts,
Solo'mon'*s buildings
ND at the end of twenty years ai
A^ Solomon had built the house of
Lord and his own house:
2 He built the cities which Hiram
given to Solomon, and caused the c
dren of Israel to dwell there.
3 He went also into Emath Suba,
possessed it. ,

14And my people, upon whom my 4 And he built Palmira in the des

name is called, being converted, shall and he built other strong cities in Em
make supplication to me, and seek out 5 And he built Beth-horon the up
my face, and do penance for their most and Beth-horon the nether, walled ci|
wicked ways then wiU I hear from
: with gates and bars and locks.
heaven, and will forgive their sins and 6 Balaath also and all the strong c:
will heal their land. that were Solomon's, and all the citi
15 My eyes also shall be open, and my the chariots, and the cities of the h
ears attentive to the prayer of him that men. All that Solomon had a mind,
shall pray in this place. designed, he built in Jerusalem am
16 For I have chosen, and have sancti- Libanus, and in all the land of
fied this place, that my name may be minion.
there for ever, and my eyes and my 7 All the people that were left o
heart may remain there perpetually. Hethites, and the Amorrhites, an
17 And as for thee, if thou walk before Pherezites, and the Hevites, and the
me, as David thy father walked, and do usites, that were not of the stock oi
according to all that I have commanded rael:
thee, and keep my justices and my 8 Of their children, and of the pos
judgments whom the children of Israel h
18 I will raise up the throne of thy slain, Solomon made to be the tril
kingdom, as I promised to David thy ries, unto this day.
father, saying : There shall not fail thee 9 But of the children of Israel h<|
a man of thy stock to be ruler in Israel. none to serve in the king's work
19 But if you turn away, and forsake they were men of war, and chiefl
my justices, and my commandments tains, and rulers of his chariotsi
which I have set before you, and shall horsemen
go and serve strange gods, and adore 10 And all the chief captains of
them, Solomon's army were two hundre<i
20 I will pluck you up by the root out fifty, who taught the people.
of my land which I have given you : and 11 And he removed the daugh
this house which I have sanctified to my Pharao from the 3ity of * David, t
name, I will cast away from before my house which he had built for her.
face, and will make it a byword, and an the king said: My wife shall not
example among all nations. in the house of David king of Isra for

cS Kings 9.1. 8 Kings a la --b 3 Kings & 1.

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sacrifices 2 PARALIPOMENON The queen of Sheba

I
A sanctified: because the
d came into it.
1 Then Solomon offered holocausts to
tt Lord upon the altar of the Lord
w ch he had built before the porch,
That every day an offering might be
It le on it according to the ordinance
o: Moses, in the sabbaths, and on the
n'7 moons, and on the festival days
(196 times a year, that is to say, in the
h^t of unleavened bread, and in the
fc it of weeks, and in the feast of taber-
n les.
And he appointed according to the
: thy virtues and wisdom.
er of David his father the offices of
tl priests in their ministries: and the
L'ites in their order to give praise,
t] minister before the priests according
ark of the 3 And when she had seen these things,
to wit, the wisdom of Solomon, and the
house which he had built,
4 And the meats of his table, and the
dwelling places of his servants, and the
attendance of his officers, and their ap-
parel, his cupbearers also, and their
garments, and the victims which he of-
fered in the house of the Lord: there
was no more spirit in her, she was so
astonished.
6 And she said to the king : The word
is true which I heard in my country of
6 I did not believe them that told it,
until I came, and my eyes had seen, and
I had proved that scarce one half of thy
wisdom had been told me thou hast ex-
:

t< he duty of every day: and the por-
Ui in their divisions by gate and gate:
fc 80 David the man of God had com-
irided.
: And the
priests and Levites departed
n from the king's commandments, as
t( any thing that he had commanded,
a: as to the keeping of the treasures.
Solomon had all charges prepared,
ceeded the same with thy virtues.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are
thy servants, who stand always before
thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessedbe the Lord thy God, who hath
been pleased to set thee on his throne,
king of the Lord thy God. Because God
loveth Israel, and will preserve them for
ever therefore hath he made thee king
:

fiTi the day that he founded the house over them, to do judgment and justice.
the Lord, until the day wherein he 9 And she gave to the king a hundred
fi shed it. and twenty talents of gold, and spices
Then Solomon went to Asiongaber, in great abundance, and most Drecious
a to Ailath, on the coast of the Red stones: there were no such spices as
8 , which is in the land of Edom. these which the queen of Saba gave to
And Hiram sent him shipsby the king Solomon.
kids of his servants, and skilful mari- 10 And the servants also of Hiram, with
n s, and they went with Solomon's ser- the servants of Solomon, brought gold
<rit8 to Ophir, and they took thence from Ophir, and thyine trees, and most
f(r hundred and fifty talents of gold, precious stones:
tl brought it to king Solomon. 11 And the king made of the thyine
trees stairs in the house ot the Lord, and
CHAPTER
9. in the king's house, and harps and psal-
T 7uccn of Saba admireth the wisdom of Solo- teries for the singing men :
mon, His riches and glory. His death.
never were
there seen such trees in the land ot Juda.
NT) ^ when the queen of Saba heard 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen
Jk. of the fame of Solomon, she came of Saba all
that she desired, and that she
t<ry him with hard questions at Jerusa- asked, and many
more things than she
l«i, with great riches, and
camels, which brought to him : so she returned, and
ftried spices, and abundance of gold, went
to her own country with her ser-
ftl precious stones.
And when she was vants.
One to Solomon, she proposed to him 13 And the weight of the gold, that was
»|that was in her heart. brought to Solomon every year, was six
And Solomon explained to her all that hundred and sixty-six talents of gold
8 proposed: and there was not any 14 Beside the sum which the deputies c*
t-ng that he did not make clear
unto divers nations, and the merchants were
h'.
accustomed to bring, and all the kings of

• 8 Kings 10. 11 Matt 12. 42 Luke

j 11. 31.

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Solomon's riches an d glory 2 PARALIPOMENON People petition Roboai

Arabia, and the lords of the lands,
brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 And king Solomon made two hun-
dred golden spears, of the sum of six
hundred pieces of gold, which went to
who 28 Andhorses were brought to him oi
of Egypt, and out of all countries.
29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomc
first and last are written in the words
Nathan the prophet, and in the books (

every spear Ahias the Silonite, and in the visic

16 And three hundred golden shields of
three hundred pieces of gold, which went
to the covering of every shield and the :
king put them in the armoury, which was
compassed with a wood.
17 The king also made a great throne
of ivory, and overlaid 5t with pure gold.
18 And six steps to go up to the throne,
and a footstool of gold, and two arms one
on either side, and two lions standing by Roboam
the arms
19 Moreover twelve other little lions
standing upon the steps on boih sides:
there was not such a throne in any king- to
of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam tl
son of Nabat.
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusale
over all Israel forty years.
31 And he slept ^ with his fathers: ai
they buried him in the city of Davi(
and Roboam his son reigned in his stea
CHAPTER 10.
answereth the people roughly: upon whi
ten tribes revolt.
AND ^

make him king.

Roboam went to Sichem : f

dom. And when Jeroboam the son of Nab

2
20 And allthe vessels of the king's table who was in Egypt, (for he was fled thitl;
were of gold, and the vessels of the house from Solomon,) heard it, forthwith
of the forest of Libanus were of the pur- returned.
est gold. For no account was made of 3 And they sent for him, and he cail
silver in those days. with all Israel, and they spoke to F
21 For the king's ships went to Tharsis boam, saying:
with the servants of Hiram, once in three 4 Thy father oppressed us with a m(
years : and they brought thence gold yoke, do thou govern us with
,^rievous
and silver, and ivory, and apes, and pea-ighter hand than thy father, who 1;
cocks. upon us a heavy servitude, and er
22 And Solomon was magnified above some thing of the burden, that we m!
all the kings of the earth for riches and serve thee.
{

glory. 6 And he said to them Come to : :

23 And all the kings of the earth desired again after three days. And when t

to see the face of Solomon, that they people were gone,

might hear the wisdom which God had 6 He took counsel with the ancier
given in his heart. who had stood before his father Solom
24 And every year they brought him while he yet lived, saying: What coun
presents, vessels of silver and of gold, give you to me, that I may answer t

and garments, and armour, and spices, people ?

and horses, and mules. 7 And they said to him If thou pie :

25 And Solomon had forty thousand this people, and soothe them with k
horses in the stables, and twelve thou- words, they will be thy servants for e\
sand chariots, and horsemen, and he 8 But he forsook the counsel of
and began to treat with
'

placed them in the cities of the chariots, ancients,

and where the king was in Jerusalem. young men, that had been brought
26 And he exercised authorit}^ over all with him, and were in his train.
the kings from the river Euphrates to 9 And he said to them: What seem
the land of the Philistines, and to the good to you? or what shall I answer i
borders of Egypt. people, who have said to me: ExO
27 And he made silver as plentiful in yoke which thy father laid upon c::?
Jerusalem as stones and cedars as com-
: 10 But they answered as young mer» J

ttion as the sycamores, which grow in the brought up with him in pleasurec, i

plains. said Thus shalt thou speak to the p

:

d B. C. 932. e 3 Kings 12. 1.

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,oU of the ten tribes 2 P AR ALIPOMEKON Bohoam's reign

that said to thee: Thy father made 4 Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go
yoke heavy, do thou ease it: thus up, nor fight against your brethren let :

It thou answer them My little finger

: every man return to his own house, for
jb bicker than the loins of my father. by my will this thing has been done.
My father laid upon you a heavy And when they heard the word of the
:e, and I will add more weight to it: Lord, they returned, and did not go
J,
n father beat you with scourges, but I against Jeroboam,
Vi beat you with scorpions.
I 5 And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and
So Jeroboam, and all the people came built walled cities in Juda.
t( Roboam the third day, as he com- 6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam,
u iided them. and Thecue,
And the king answered roughly, leav- 7 And Bethsur, and Socho, and Odollam,
h the counsel of the ancients. 8 And Geth, and Maresa, and Ziph,
And he spoke according to the advice 9 And Aduram, and Lachis, and Azecha,
he young men My father laid upon 10 Saraa also, and Aialon, and Hebron,
:

y a heavy yoke, which I will make which are in Juda and Benjamin, well
i

hivier: my father beat you with fenced cities.

8( urges, but I will beat you with scor- 11 And when he had enclosed them with
pns. he put in them governors and store-
walls,
And he condescended not houses of provisions, that is, of oil and of
to the peo-
p's requests: for it was wine.
the will of God,
tit his word might be fulfilled which 12 Moreover in every city he made a^'\
-^

h had spoken by the hand of Ahias the armoury of shields and spears, and he
S )nite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat. fortified them with great diligence, and
;
And all the people upon the king's he reigned over Juda, and Benjamin,
S]iaking roughly, said thus unto him 13 And the priests and Levites, that
Vi have no part in David, nor inherit- were in all Israel, came to him out of all
a ;e in the son of Isai. Return to thy their seats,
dellings, O Israel, and do thou, O Da- 14 Leaving their suburbs, and their pos-
V feed thy own house. And Israel sessions, and passing over to Juda, and
\<nt away to their dwellings. Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his
; But Roboam reigned over the chil- sons had cast them off, from executing
dn of Israel that dwelt in the cities of the priestly office to the Lord.
J la. 15 And he made to himself priests for
And king Roboam sent Aduram, who the high places, and for the devils, and
i

Ids over the tributes, and the children of for the calves which he had made.
Ii,ael stoned him, and he died: and king 16 Moreover out of all the tribes of Is-
Iboam made haste to get up into his rael, whosoever gave their heart to seek
Cjiriot, and fled into Jerusalem. the Lord the God of Israel, came into
And Israel revolted from the house Jerusalem to sacrifice their victims be-
•

oDavid unto this day. fore the Lord the God of their fathers.
17 And they strengthened the kingdom
CHAPTER 11. of Juda, and established Roboam the son
ohoam^s reign. His kingdom is strengthened. of Solomon for three years: for they
,
ND Roboam came to Jerusalem, and walked in the ways of David and of Solo-
3
jjL called together all the house of Juda mon, only three years.
ai of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore 18 And Roboam took to wife Mahalath,
t)usand chosen men and warriors, to the daughter of Jerimoth the son of Da-
f,tit against Israel, and to bring back his vid and Abihail the daughter of Eliab
:

Ifigdom to him. the son of Isai.

And the word of the Lord came to 19 And they bore him sons Jehus, and
I

^ineias the man of God, saying Somorias, and Zoom.

I
Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon 20 And after her he married Maacha the
tj)king of Juda, and to all Israel, in Juda daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia,
8i Benjamin and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.

/3 Kinr: 11.291 t B. C. 932. 2 Kinxs 12. 81.

459
Sesdc invades Juda 2 PARALIPOMENON Death of Robom
21 And Roboam loved
Ilcacha the service, and the service of a kingdom o
daughter of Absalom above all Mb wives, the earth.
and concubines for he had married : 9 So Sesac king of Egypt departed froii
eighteen wives, and threescore concu- Jerusalem, taking away the treasures o|
bines: and he begot eight and twenty the house of the Lord, and of the king''
sons, and threescore daughters. house, and he took all with him, and tW
22 But he put at the head of them Abia golden shields that Solomon had made, I

the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler 10 Instead of which the king mad)
over all his brethren for he meant to brazen ones, and delivered them to th)
:

make him king, captains of the shieldbearers, wh)

23 Because he was wiser and mightier guarded the entrance of the palace. t

than all his sons, and in all the countries 11 And when the king entered into th^
of Juda, and of Benjamin, and in all the house of the Lord, the shieldbearei
walled cities: and he gave them provi- came and took them, and brought thei
sions in abundance, and he sought many back again to their armoury.
wives. 12 But yet because they were humble(
the wrath of the Lord turned away froi,
CHAPTER 12.
them, and they were not utterly d(|
Rohoam for up into the haruls
his nins is delivered
of the king of Egypt : who carrieth away all the stroyed for even in Juda there wei
:

treasures of the tern/jle. found good works.

AND when the kingdom of Robopm 13-^ King Roboam therefore was strengt 1

XjL was strengthened and he ened in Jerusalem, and reigned he w^l

fortified, :

forsook the law of the Lord, and all Is- one and forty years old when he bega'
rael with him. to reign, and he reigned seventeen yea
2 And in the fifth year of the reign of in Jerusalem, the city which the Loij
Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up chose out of all the tribes of Israel, v
against Jerusalem (because they had establish his name there and the nan :

sinned against the Lord) of his mother was Naama an Ammo

3 With twelve hundred chariots and itess.
threescore thousand horsemen and the 14 But he did evil, and did not prepa
:

people were without number that came his heart to seek the Lord.
with him out of Egypt, to wit, Libyans, 16 Now the acts of Roboam first ai
and Troglodites, and Ethiopians. last are written in the books of Semei
4 And he took the strongest cities in the prophet, and of Addo the seer, ai
Juda, and came to Jerusalem. diligently recorded: and there was w
5 And Semeias the prophet came to Ro- between Roboam and Jeroboam all the
boam, and to the princes of Juda, that days.
were gathered together in Jerusalem, 16 And Roboam slept with his fathei
fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them and was buried in the city of Davi
:

Thus saith the Lord You have left me, And Abia his son reigned in his stead.
:

and I have left you in the hand of Sesac.

6 And the princes
of Israel, and the king, CHAPTER 13.

being in a consternation, said: The Lord Abia^s reign : his victory over Jeroboam.

the eighteenth year of king Jer

^^
is just.
7 And when the Lord saw that they were
INboam, Abia reigned over Juda.
humbled, the word of the Lord came to 2 Three years he reigned in Jerusale
Semeias, saying Because they are hum-
: and his mother's name was Michaia, t
bled, I will not destroy them, and I will daughter of Uriel of Gabaa and the :

give them a little help, and my wrath was war between Abia and Jeroboam.
shall not fall upon Jerusalem by the 3 ^And when Abia had begun batt
hand of Sesac. and had with him four hundred the
8 But yet they shall serve him, that they sand most valiant and chosen men, Jei
may know the difference between my boam put his army in array against hi
j 3 Kings 14. 21. — /c B. C. 914. 3 Kings 15, 2.
3 Kings 14. 25. I 3 Kings 15. 7.

Ohat. 13. Ver. 2. MichwUit alias Maacha. Her father had also two names, viz., Absalom, or Abes
aalom, and Uriel
4«0

reign of Abia
hundred thousand mon, who were
it
ali chosen and most
valiant for war.
4 Lud Abia stood upon mount Semeron,
\fl3h was in Ephraim, and said: Hear
u^ Jeroboam, and all Israel
6 )o you not know that the Lord God of
If: el gave to David
the kingdom over
Ir el for ever, to him and to his sons by
a venant of salt ?
<
6k.nd Jeroboam the son of Nabat, the
ee ant of Solomon the son of David,
ro, up :
'^ and rebelled against his lord.
7\nd there were gathered to him vain
mi, and children of Belial: and they
pi /ailed against Roboam the son of
Sc>mon: for Roboam was unexperi-
etid, and of a fearful heart, and could
nc resist them.
Sind now you say that you are able to
wi istand the kingdom of the Lord, which
hcoossesseth by the sons of David, and
yc have a great multitude of people,
ac golden calves, which Jeroboam hath
m e you for gods.
9 And you have cast out the priests
of he Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the
Ltites: and you have made you priests,
lit all the nations of the earth whoso-
e"v: Cometh and consecrateth his hand
wii a bullock of the herd, and with
sem rams, is made a priest of those
wJ» are no gods.
1 But the Lord is our God, whom we
fo ake not, and the priests who minister
tOihe Lord are the sons of Aaron, and
th Levites are in their order.
1 And they offer holocausts to the
L<ci, every day, morning and evening,
ai, incense made according to the ordi-
Df ce of the law, and the loaves are set
fo h on a most clean table, and there is
^\ us the golden candlestick, and the
laps thereof, to be lighted always in
tb evening : for we keep the precepts
of he Lord our God, whom you have
foaken.
1 Therefore God is the leader in our
ai y, and his priests who sound with
trnpets, and resound against you: O
didren of Israel, fight not against the
L<d the God of your fathers, for it is
ii< good
for you.
J While he spoke these things, Jero-
^^m c?."^ed an ambushment to come
m3 1 Ju^3 .
'. 26. —n C Kings 12. 31.
Ver. 5. A covenant
:
% PARALIPOMENON AUa defeats Jeroboam
about behind him. And while he stood
facing the onemies, he encompassed Juda,
who perceived it not, with his army.
14 And when Juda looked back, they
saw the battle coming upon them both
before and behind, and they cried to the
Lord : and the priests began to sound
with the trumpets.
15 And all the men of Juda shouted:
and behold when they shouted, God terri-
fied Jeroboam, and all Israel that stood
against Abia and Juda.
16 And the children of Israel fled before
Juda, and the Lord delivered them into
their hand.
17 And Abia and his people slew them
with a great slaughter, and there fell
wounded of Israel five hundred thousand
valiant men.
18 And the children of Israel were
brought down, at that time, and the chil-
dren of Juda were exceedingly strength-
ened, because they had trusted in the
Lord the God of their fathers.
19 And Abia pursued after Jeroboam,
and took cities from him. Bethel and her
daughters, and Jesana with her daughters,
: Ephron also and her daughters.
20 And Jeroboam was not able to resist
any more, in the days of Abia: and the
Lord struck him, and he died.
21 But Abia, being strengthened in his
kingdom, took fourteen wives and be- :
got two and twenty sons, and sixteen
daughters.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abia, and
of his ways and works, are written dili-
gently in the book of Addo the prophet.
CHAPTER 14.
The reign of Asa : his victory over the Ethiopians,
A ND ° Abia slept with his fathers, and
J\. they buried him in the city of Da-
vid: and Asa his son reigned in his
stead : in his days the land was quiet
ten years.
2 And Asa did that which was good and
pleasing in the sight of his God, and he
destroyed the altars of foreign worship,
and the high places.
3 And broke the statues, and cut down
the groves.
4 And he commanded Juda to seek
the Lord the God of their fathers, and
oB. C. 911. 3 Kings 15. 8.
ofscUL Tbat is, a ilrm and perpetual covenant. See Num. 18. 19.
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Asa defeats the Ethiopians % PARALIPOMENON The propJiecy of Azarl
to do the law, and ali the command- CHAPTER 15.
ments. '^"' The prophecy of Azarias. Asa\s covenant vdth
He deposeth his mother.
6 And he took away out of all the cities
of Juda the altars, and temples, and ND the spirit of God came U]

reigned in peace. A^ Azarias the son of Oded,

6 Ho built also strong cities in Juda, for 2 And he went out to meet Asa, i
he was quiet, and there had no wars risen said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and
in his time, the Lord giving peace. Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is ^
7 And he said to Juda: Let us build you, because you have been with h
these cities, and compass them with If you seek him, you shall find: bu
walls, and fortify them with towers, and you forsake him, he will forsake you.
gates, and bars, while all is quiet from 3 And many days shall pass in Isr
wars, because we have sought the Lord without the true God, and withou
the God of our fathers, and he hath given priest a teacher, and without the law
us peace round about. So they built, and 4 And when in their distress t
there was no hinderance in building. shall return to the Lord the God of
8 And Asa had in his army of men that rael, and shall seek him, they shall
bore shields and spears of Juda three him.
hundred thousand, and of Benjamin that 5 At that time there shall be no p
bore shields and drew bows, two hundred to him that goeth out and comethi
and eighty thousand, all these were most but terrors on every side among all
valiant men. inhabitants of the earth.
9 And Zara the Ethiopian came out 6 For nation shall fight against nalj
against them with his army of ten hun- and city against city, for the Lord
dred thousand men, and with three hun- trouble them with all distress.
dred chariots: and he came as far as 7 Do you therefore take courage,
Maresa. let not your hands be weakened:
10 And Asa went out to meet him, and there shall be a reward for your wo
set his army in array for battle in the 8 And when Asa had heard the W(|
vale of Sephata, which is near Maresa: and the prophecy of Azarias the sc
11 And he called upon the Lord God, Oded the prophet, he took courage,
and said: ^Lord, there is no difference took away the idols out of all the
with thee, whether thou help with few, of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and o
or with many: help us, O Lord our God: the cities of mount Ephraim, whic
for with confidence in thee, and in thy had taken, and he dedicated the alt
name, we are come against this multi- the Lord, which was before the por-
tude. O Lord thou art our God, let not the Lord.
man prevail against thee. 9 And he gathered together all Jud
12 And the Lord terrified the Ethiopians Benjamin, and the strangers with
before Asa and Juda and the Ethiopians
:
of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Si
fled. for many were come over to him o
13 And Asa and the people that were Israel, seeing that the Lord his Goc|
with him pursued them to Gerara: and with him.
the Ethiopians fell even to utter destruc- 10 And when they were come to
tion, for the Lord slew them, and his salem in the
third month, in the fift<|
the reign of Asa,
army fought against them, and they were year of
They sacrificed to the Lord in
destroyed. And they took abundance of 11
day of the spoils, and of the prey|
spoils,
hundred
14 And they took all the cities round they had brought, seven
about Gerara for a great
: fear was come and seven thousand rams.
upon all men: and they pillaged the 12 And he went in to confirm
as
the covenant, that they should see
cities, and carried off much booty.
fathers wi
15 And they destroyed the sheepcotes, Lord the God of their
and with all their soul.
and took an infinite number of cattle, and their heart,
no»
13 And any one, said he, see
of camels : and returned to Jerusalem. if

q 1 Kings 14. &

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f, seeks aid of Benadad 2 PARALIPOMENON The death of Asa

Lord the God of Israel, Set Mm die, 6 Then king Asa took all Juda,"and they
ther little or great, man or woman. carried away from Rama the stones, and
And they swore to the Lord with a the timber that Baasa had prepared for
voice with joyful shouting, and with the building: and he built with them
id of trumpet, and sound of cornets, Gabaa, and Maspha.
All that were in Juda with st curse 7 At that time Hanani the prophet came
with all their heart they swore, and to Asa king of Juda, and said to him:
all their will they sought him, and Because thou hast had confidence in the
T found him, and the Lord gave them king of Syria, and not in the Lord thy
round about. God, therefore hath the army of the king
Moreover Maacha the mother of king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.
he deposed from the royal authority, 8 * Were not the Ethiopians, and the
luso she had made in a grove an idol Libyans much more numerous in chariots,
tiapus and he entirely destroyed it,
: and horsemen, and an exceeding great
breaking it into pieces, burnt it at multitude: yet because thou trustedst in
uorrent Cedron. the Lord, he delivered them into thy
'But high places were left in Israel: hand?
ertheless the heart of Asa was per- 9 For the eyes of the Lord behold all
all his days. the earth, and give strength to those
And
the things which his father had who with a perfect heart trust in him.
and he himself had vowed, he Wherefore thou hast done foolishly, and
ed-
ight into the house of the Lord, gold for this cause from this time wars shall
silver, and vessels of divers uses. arise against thee.
And there was no war unto the five 10 And Asa was angry with the seer,
thirtieth year of the kingdom of Asa. and commanded him to be put in prison:
for he was greatly enraged because of
CHAPTER 16. this thing and he put to death many of :

the people at that time.

^ reproved for seeking help from the Syrians:
his last acts and death. 11 But the works of Asa the first and
'TO in the six and thirtieth year of his last are written in th*^ book of the kings
. kingdom, ^Baasa the king of Israel of Juda and Israel.
e up against Juda, and built a wall 12 And Asa fell sick in the nine and
it Rama, that no one might safely go thirtieth " year of his reign, of a most
or come in of the kingdom of Asa. violent pain in his feet, and yet in his
!Tien Asa brought out silver and gold illness he did not seek the Lord,
but
of the treasures of the house of the rather trusted in the skill of physicians.
i, and of the king's treasures, and 13 And he slept with his fathers: and
5 to Benadad king of Syria, who dwelt he died in the one and fortieth year ^
of
Damascus, saying: his reign.
Phere is a league between me and 14 And they buried him in his own sep-
as there was between my father and ulchre, which he had made for
>,
himself
father, wherefore I have sent thee in the city of David and they laid him :

9r and gold, that thou mayst break on his bed full of

spices and odoriferous
league with Baasa king of Israel, and ointments, which were made by the
art
me him depart from me. of the perfumers, and they burnt them
lAnd when Benadad heard this, he over him with very great pomp.
3; the captains of his armies against

3 cities of Israel: and they

took Ahion, CHAPTER 17.
t Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the
JosaphaVs reign : his care for the instmctionofhU
'aed cities of Nephtali. people: his numerous forces.
iB^nd when Baasa heard of it, he left A ND ^ Josaphat his son reigned in his
4^he building of Rama, and interrupted xX. and
stead, grew strong against
diwork. Israel.
sB. C. 876. V B. C. 870.
i t Supra 14. 9. — u B. C. 872. wB. C. 870.

thiHieth year of his the date of from the beginning of the rel&m
i^^' ^^'r^^^I--^-
tjCioOT.
^'^7 ^,*^^
That is, of the kingdom of Juda, taking I
Roboam.
it *^ Ol
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The reign of Josaphat 2 PARALIPOMENON Josaphat and Acha

2 And he placed numbers of soldiers in 15 After him Johanan the captain, an
all the fortified cities of Juda. And he with him two hundred and eighty thoi
put garrisons in the land of Juda, and in sand.
the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his fa- 16 And after him was Amasias the bc
ther had taken. of Zechri, consecrated to the Lord, ai
3 And the Lord was with Josaphat, with him were two hundred thousai
because he walked in the first ways vahant men.
of David his father: and trusted not in 17 After him was Eliada valiant in ba
Baalim, tie, and with him two hundred thousai
4 But in the God of his father, and walked armed with bow and shield.
in his commandments, and not according 18 After him also was Jozabad, and wi
to the sins of Israel. him a hundred and eighty thousand reac
5 And the Lord established the kingdom for war.
in his hand, and all Juda brought pre- 19 All these were at the hand of t
sents to Josaphat: and he acquired im- king, beside others, whom he had put
mense riches, and much glory. the walled cities, in all Juda.
6 And when his heart had taken cour-
CHAPTER 18.
age for the ways of the Lord, he took Josaphat accompanies Achab in his
expedit
away also the high places and the groves against Ramoth ; where Achab is slain, as
out of Juda. cheas had foretold.
^
7 And in the third year of his reign,
he sent of his princes Benhail, and Ab-
NOWJosaphat was rich and very g
rious, and was joined by aflSnity
dias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Achab.
Micheas, to teach in the cities of Juda 2 And he went down to him after so
8 And with them the Levites, Semeias, years to Samaria: and Achab athiscc
and Nathanias, and Zabadias, and Asael, ing killed sheep and oxen in abundai
and Semiramoth, and Jonathan, and for him and the people that came w
Adonias, and Tobias, and Thobadonias him and he persuaded him to go up!
:

Levites, and with them Elisama, and Jo- Ramoth Galaad. |

ram priests. 3 And Achab king of Israel said to Jc|

9 And they taught the people in Juda, phat king of Juda: Come with me
having with them the book of the law of Ramoth Galaad. And he answered h
the Lord: and they went about all the Thou art as I am, and my people as
cities of Juda, and instructed the peo- people, and we will be with thee in
ple. war.
10 And
the fear of the Lord came upon 4 And Josaphat said to the king of
all the kingdoms of the lands that were rael: Inquire, I beseech thee, at pre£
round about Juda, and they durst not the word of the Lord.
make war against Josaphat. 5 So the king of Israel gathered togel
11 The Philistines also brought presents of the prophets four hundred men,
to Josaphat, and tribute in silver, and the he said to them. Shall we go to Ran
Arabians brought him cattle, seven thou- Galaad to fight, or shall we forbear?
sand seven hundred rams, and as many they said Go up, and God will deliv*
:

he goats. into the king's hand.

12 And Josaphat grew, and became ex- 6 And Josaphat said Is there not
:

ceeding great: and he built in Juda
llouses like towers, and walled cities.
13 And he prepared many works in the
cities of Juda: and he had warriors, and
a prophet of the Lord, that we maj
quire also of him ?
7 And the king of Israel said to J
phat There is one man, of whom we
:

Valiant men in Jerusalem. ask the will of the Lord but I hate
:

14 Of whom this is the number of the for he never prophesieth good to meiut
houses and famiUes of every one: in always evil and it is Micheas the bc o^
:

Juda captains of the army, Ednas the Jemla. And Josaphat said : Speak ot
<riiief, and with him three hundred thou- thus, O king.
sand most valiant men. 8 And the king of Israel called or of

X B. C. 768.
464
 le false prophets
eunuchs, and said to him: Call quick-
Micheas the son of Jemla.
Now the king of Israel, and Josaphat
ig of Juda, both sat on their thrones,
^thed in royal robes, and they sat in
open court by the gate of Samaria,
2 PARALIPOMENON The prophecy of Micheas
before the Lord, and said: I will deceive
him. And the Lord said to him: By what
means wilt thou deceive him?
21 And he answered: I will go out, and
be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets. And the Lord said Thou shalt
:

|d all the prophets prophesied before deceive, and shalt prevail: go out, and
do so.

And Sedecias the son of Chanaana 22 Now therefore behold the Lord hath
,de him horns of iron, and said: Thus put a spirit of lying in the mouth of all
;h the Lord: With these shalt thou thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken
Bh Syria, till thou destroy it. evil against thee.
And the prophets prophesied in
all 23 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana
:emanner, and said Go up to Ramoth came, and struck Micheas on the cheek
:

aad, and thou shalt prosper, and the and said: Which way went the spirit of
ird will deliver them into the king's the Lord from me, to speak to thee?
nd. 24 And Micheas said: Thou thyself
•2 And the messenger that went to call shalt see in that day, when thou shalt
;icheas, said to him: Behold the words go in from chamber to chamber, to hide
< all the prophets with one mouth de- thyself.
ure good to the king: I beseech thee 25 And the king of Israel commanded,
lerefore let not thy word disagree with saying: Take Micheas, and carry him to
t3m, and speak thou also good success. Amon the governor of the city, and to
3 And Micheas answered him: As the Joas the son of Amelech,
rd liveth, whatsoever my God shall 26 And say: Thus saith the king: Put
^-Y to me, that will I speak. this fellow in prison, and give him bread
± So he came to the king and the king and water in a small quantity till I re-
:

aid to him: Micheas, shall we go to Ra- turn in peace.

i')th Galaad to fight, or forbear? And 27 And Micheas said: if thou return in
1 answered him: Go up, for all shall peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me.
sceeed prosperously, and the enemies And he said: Hear, all ye people.
{'all be deliverd into your hands.
28 So the king of Israel and Josaphat
5 And the king said: I adjure thee king of Juda went up to Ramoth Galaad.
iain and again to say nothing but the 29 And the king of Israel said to Josa-
tith to me, in the name of the Lord. phat: I will change my dress, and so I
6 Then he said: I saw all Israel scat- will go to the battle, but put thou on thy
t*ed in the mountains, like sheep with- own garments. And the king of Israel
(it a shepherd: and the Lord said: having changed his dress, went to the
'lese have no masters: let every man battle.
J:urn to his own house in peace. 30 Now the king of Syria had com-
1 And the king of Israel said to Josa- manded the captains of his cavalry, say-
lat: Did I not tell thee that this man ing: Fight ye not with small, or great,
^>uld not prophesy me any good, but but with the king of Israel only.
(il? 31 So when the captains of the cavalry
8 Then he said Hear ye therefore the saw Josaphat, they said This is the king
: :

')rd of the Lord I saw the Lord sitting of Israel. And they surrounded him to
:

< his throne, and all the army of heaven attack him but he cried to the Lord, and :

5|inding by him on the right hand and he helped him, and turned them away
< the left. from him.
9 And
the Lord said: Who shall de- 32 For when the captains of the caval-
"ive Achab king of Israel, that he may
ry saw, that he was not the king of
!•up and fall in Ramoth Galaad? And Israel, they left him.
len one spoke in this manner, and
33 And it happened that one of the peo-
iother otherwise:
ple shot an arrow at a venture, and
|0 There came forth a spirit, and stood struck the king
of Israel between the
Chap. 18. Ver. 19. Who shall deceive, &c. See the annotations, 3 Kings 22.

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Josa phaVs charge % PARALIPOMENON Juda is invaded]

neck and the shoulders, and he said to that they may not sin against the Lord *

his chariot man Turn thy hand, and and that wrath may not come upon yc
:

carry me out of the battle, for I am and your brethren: and so doing yon
wounded. shall not sin.
34 And the fight was ended that day: 11 And Amarias the priest your higb
but the king of Israel stood m
his chariot priest shall be chief in the things which'
against the Syrians until the evening, regard God: and Zabadias the son of Is'
and died at the sunset. mahel, who is ruler in the house of Juda
shall be over those matters which belong'
CHAPTER 19. to the king's oflBce and you have before' :

JosaphaVs charge to the judges and to the Levites. you the Levites for masters, take courag(
A ND Josaphat king of Juda returned and do diligently, and the Lord will b(
XJL to his house in peace to Jerusalem. with you in good things.
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer
met him, and said to him: Thou helpest CHAPTER 20.
the ungodly, and thou art joined in friend- The Ammonites, Moahites, and Syrians combiv
against Josaphat he seeketh God^s help byjmb' :
ship with them that hate the Lord, and prayer and fasling. A prophet foretell eih thatGc
therefore thou didst deserve indeed the will fight for his jjeoplf the enemies destroy oi :

another, Josajyhat ivith his men gathereth V

wrath of the Lord spoils. He reigneth in jyeace, but his navy peru
3 But good works are found in chee, eth.,for his society with wicked Ochozias.

because thou hast taken away the groves AFTER

this the children of Moab,aD
out of the land of Juda, and hast pre- . the children of Ammon, and wit
pared thy heart to seek the Lord the God them of the Ammonites, were gatbere
of thy fathers. together to fight against Josaphat.
4 And Josaphat dwelt at Jerusalem : and 2 And there came messengers, and to]
he went out again to the people from Josaphat, saying : There cometh a gre;
Bersabee to mount Ephraim, and brought multitude against thee from beyond tr
them back to the Lord the God of their sea, and out of Syria, and behold they ai'
fathers. in Asasonthamar, which is Engaddi.
5 And he set judges of the land in all 3 And Josaphat being seized with fe;'
the fenced cities of Juda, in every place. betook himself wholly to pray to tl
6 And charging the judges, he said Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for i
Take heed what j^ou do for you exercise Juda.:

not the judgment of man, but of the 4 And Juda gathered themselves t
Lord and whatsoever you judge, it shall gether to pray to the Lord and all can
: :

redound to you. out of their citiep< to make supplicati

7 Let the fear of the Lord be with you, to him.
and do all things with diligence: for 5 And Josaphat stood in the midst
there is no iniquity with the Lord our the assembly of Juda, and Jerusalem,
God, "' nor respect of persons, nor desire the house of the Lord before the m
of gifts. court,
8 In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed 6 And said : O Lord God of our fathe
Levites, and priests and chiefs of the thou art God in heaven, and rulest o\
families of Israel, to judge the judgment all the kingdoms and nations, in thy hal
and the cause of the Lord for the inhab- is strength and power, and no one c
'^•ints thereof. resist thee.
9 And he charged them, saying? Thus 7 Didst not thou our God kill all t
shall you do in the fear of the Lord faith- inhabitants of this land before thy peoi
fully, and with a perfect heart. Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Ab
10 Every cause that shall come to you ham thy friend for ever?
of your brethren, that dwell in their 8 And they dwelt in it, and built in i
cities, between kindred and kindred, sanctuary to thy name, saying:
wheresoever there is question concern- 9 If evils fall upon us, the sword f

ing the law, the commandment, the cere- judgment, or pestilence, or famine,
monies, the justifications: shew it them. will stand in thy presence before t
Kom.2.11;Gal.2.6;Eph.6.9;Col.3.25i
^ B31it 10. 17 i WiscL 6. 8 J EcclL 35. 16 ; AotI la 34 1 Peter x. 17.

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£ prayer of Josaj)hat 2 PARALIPOMENON Moah and Ammon

e, in which thy name is called upon
phat standing in the midst of them, said
we Hear me, ye men of Juda, and all the in-
will cry to thee in our afflictions,
iftou wilt hear, and save us. habitants of Jerusalem: believe in the
^ Now therefore behold the children Lord your God, and you shall be secure

mon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, believe his prophets, and all things shall
[ough whose lands thou didst not allow succeed well.
1 to pass, when they came out of 21 And he gave counsel to the people,
ypt, but they turned aside from them, and appointed the singing men of the
a 1 slew them not. Lord, to praise him by their companies,
Do the contrary, and endeavour to and to go before the army, and with one
c t us out of the possession which thou voice to say: ^Give glory to the Lord,
h t delivered to us. for his mercy endureth for ever.
our God, wilt thou not then judge 22 And when they began to sing praises,
tlm? as for us we have not strength the Lord turned their ambushments upon
e:»ugh, to be able to resist this multi- themselves, that is to say, of the children
fee, which Cometh violently upon us. of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount
B!j as we know not what to do, we can Seir, who were come out to fight against

y turn our eyes to thee. Juda, and they were slain.

And all Juda stood before the Lord 23 For the children of Ammon, and of
«h their lUtle ones, and their wives, Moab, rose up against the inhabitants of
a: their children.
I mount Seir, to kill and destroy them:
; And Jahaziel the son of Zacharias, and when they had made an end of them,
tl son of Banaias, the son of Jehiel, the they turned also against one another,
B( of Mathanias, a Levite of the sons of and destroyed one another.
Aiph, was there, upon whom the spirit 24 And when Juda came to the watch
Ojthe Lord came in the midst of the tower, that looketh toward the desert,
lijltitude, they saw afar off all the country, for a
And he said : Attend ye, all Juda, and great space, full of dead bodies, and that
I

yi that dwell in Jerusalem, and thou no one was left that could escape death.
k g Josaphat: Thus saith the Lord to 25 Then Josaphat came, and all the peo-
yi: Fear ye not, and be not dismayed ple with him to take away the spoils of
a this multitude: for the battle is not the dead, and they found among the dead
y irs, but God's. bodies, stuff of various kinds, and gar-
To morrow you shall go down against ments, and most precious vessels: and
tlm: for they will come up by the as- they took them for themselves, insomuch
cvt named Sis, and you shall find them that they could not carry all, nor in three
a ;he head of the torrent, which is over days take away the spoils, the booty was
a,. Inst the wilderness of Jeruel.
so great.
not be you that shall fight,
It shall 26 And on the fourth day they were as»
b only stand with confidence, and you sembled in the valley of Blessing: for
8111 see the help of the Lord over you, there they blessed the Lord, and there-
Oi uda, and Jerusalem : fear ye not, norfore they called that place the valley of
biyou dismayed: to morrow you shall Blessing until this day.
g| out against them, and the Lord will 27 And every man of Juda, and the
bjwith you. inhabitants of Jerusalem returned, and
Then Josaphat, and Juda, and all the Josaphat at their head, into Jerusalem
itabitants of Jerusalem fell flat on the with great joy, because the Lord had
g und before the Lord, and adored him. made them rejoice over their enemies.
And the Levites of the sons of Caath, 28 And they came into Jerusalem with
a of the sons of Core praised the Lord psalteries,
1
and harps, and trumpets into
tl God of Israel with a loud voice, on the house of the Lord.
h. 29 And the fear of the Lord fell upon
And they rose early in the morning, all the kingdoms of the lands when they
I went out
through the desert of The- heard that the Lord had fought against
^' and as
they were marching, Josa- the enemies of Israel.

• Deut S. S. dlF8.135.L
467

Peace reigns in Juda
30 And the kingdom of Josaphat was 5 Jcraia wac two and thirty years old
quiet, and God gave him peace round when he began to reign: and he reigned
about.
31 *And Josaphat reigned over Juda,
and he was five and thirty years old
when he began to reign : and he reigned
five and twenty years in Jerusalem : and
the name of his mother was Azuba the
daughter of Selahi.
62 And he walked in the way of his
father Asa, and departed not from it,
doing the things that were pleasing be-
fore the Lord.
oc But yet he took not away the high
places, and the people had not yet turned
their heart to the Lord the God of their
fathers.
c»4 But the rest of the acts of Josaphat,
firsc and last, are written in the words of
Jehu the son of Hanani, which he digested
into the books of the kings of Israel.
36 After these things Josaphat king of
Juda made friendship with Ochozias king
of Israel, whose works were very wicked.
36 And he was partner with him in
making ships, to go to Tharsis and they
made the ships in Asiongaber.
37 And Eliezer the son of Dodau
Maresa prophesied to Josaphat, saying
Because thou hast made a league with
Ochozias, the Lord hath destroyed thy
works, and the ships are broken, and
they could not go to Tharsis.
CHAPTER 21,
Jbrani's wicked reign : his punishment and death.
A ND ^ Josaphat slept with his fathers,
J\. and was buried with them in the
city of David: and Joram his son reigned
in his stead.
2 And he had brethren the sons of Josa-
phat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias,
and Azaria, and Michael, and Saphatias,
all these were the sons of Josaphat king
of Juda.
3 And their father gave them great
gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions,
with strong cities in Juda : but the king-
dom he gave to Joram, because he was
the eldest.
4 So Joram rose up over the kingdom
of his father : and when he had estab-
lished himself, he slew all his brethren
with the sword, and some of the princes
of Israel.
e 3 Kings 22. 41.
g B. C. 854. 8 Kings 22.
: :
2 PARALIPOMENON JorawbS loicked reign
eight years in Jerusalem.
6 ^And he walked in the ways of the
kings of Israel, as the house of Achab
had done ; for his wife was a daughter of
Achab, and he did evil in the sight of
the Lord.
7 But the Lord would not destroy the
house of David: because of the covenant
which he had made with him: and be-
cause he had promised to give a lamp to
him, and to his sons for ever.
8 In those days Edom revolted, *from
being subject to Juda, and made them-
selves a king.
9 And Joram went over with his princes,
and all his cavalry with him, and rose in
the night, and defeated the Edomites
who had surrounded him, and all the
captains of his cavalry.
10 However Edom revolted, from being
under the dominion of Juda unto this
day: at that time Lobna also revolted,
from being under his hand. For he had
: forsaken the Lord the God of his fa
thers
of 11 Moreover he built also high places
in the cities of Juda, and he made th(
inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit for
nication, and Juda to transgress.
12 And there was a letter brought bin
from Elias the prophet, in which it wa'
written : Thus saith the Lord the God o
David thy father: Because thou hast no
walked in the ways of Josaphat thy fa
ther nor in the ways of Asa king o
Juda,
13 But hast walked in the ways of th
kings of Israel, and hast made Juda an
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to comm
fornication, imitating the fornication t
the house of Achab, moreover also tbo
hast killed thy brethren, the house (
thy father, better men than thyself,
14 Behold the Lord will strike thee wit
a great plague, with all thy people, ar
thy children, and thy wives, and all tl
substance. j
16 And thou shalt be sick of a ve)
grievous disease of thy bowels, till tl
vital parte come out by little and litt
every day.
16 And the Lord stirred up against J
ram the spirit of the Philistines, and
h 4 Kings 8. 16.
51. I i Gea 27. 40.
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\e death of Joram 2 PARALIPOMENON Ochozias is hilled

Arabians, who border on the Ethi- 6 And he returned to be healed in Jez-

^Ans. rahel for he received many wounds in
:

And they came up into the land of the foresaid battle. And Ochozias the
[a, and wasted it, and they carried son of Joram king of Juda, went down to
|ay all the substance that was found visit Joram the son of Achab in Jezrahel
the king's house, his sons also, and where he lay sick.
k wives: so that there was no son left 7 For it was the will of God against
|i but Joachaz, who was the youngest. Ochozias that he should come to Joram
I
. And besides all this the Lord struck and when he was come should go out
|i with an incurable disease in his also against Jehu the son of Namsi, whom
i^els. the Lord had anointed to destroy the
f
.,' as day came after day, and time house of Achab.
And
filed on, two whole years passed: then 8 So when Jehu was rooting out the
tar being wasted with a long consump- house of Achab, he found the princes of
tii, so as to void his very bowels, his Juda, and the sons of the brethren of
4 3ase ended with his life. ^ And he Ochozias, who served him, and he slew
dd of a most wretched illness, and the them.
p tple did not make a funeral for him 9 And he sought for Ochozias himself,
aiording to the manner of burning, as and took him lying hid in Samaria and :

^y had done for his ancestors. when he was brought to him, he killed
IHe was two and thirty years old him, and they buried him because he :

If an he began his reign, and he reigned was the son of Josaphat, who had sought

eJ hi years in Jerusalem. And he walked the Lord with all his heart. And there
n- rightly, and they buried him in the was no more hope that any one should

ci'" of David: but not in the sepulchres reign of the race of Ochozias.
he kings. 10 "*For Athalia his mother, seeing that
CHAPTER 22. her son was dead, rose up, and killed all
Vi reign and death of Ochozias. The tyranny of the royal family of the house of Joram.
Athalia. 11 But Josabeth the king's daughter took
ND ^'the inhabitants of Jerusalem Joas the son of Ochozias, and stole him
2^ made Ochozias his youngest son from among the king's sons that were
kg in his place: for the rovers of the slain. And she hid him with his nurse in
Ai,bians, who had broke in upon the a bedchamber now Josabeth that hid
:

Of ip, had killed all that were his elder him, was daughter of king Joram, wife of

bithers. So Ochozias the son of Joram Joiada the high priest, and sister of Ocho-
kig of Juda reigned. zias, and therefore Athaliadid not kill him.
i Dchozias was forty-two years old when
12 And he was with them hid in the
ki« began to reign, and he reigned one house of God six years, during which
y<r in Jerusalem, and the name of his Athalia reigned over the land.
DQ^her was Athalia the daughter of
Ari. 23.CHAPTER
'iie also walked in the ways of the Joiada the high priest
causeth Joas to he made king:
hi 36 of Achab for his mother pushed
:
Athalia to be slain, and idolatry to be destroyed.
Hill on to do wickedly.
A ND
^ in the seventh year Joiada be-
^5o he did evil in the sight of the Lord, a\, ing encouraged, took the
captains
at he house of Achab did for they were of hundreds, to wit, Azarias the son of
:

hi counsellors after the

death of his f a- Jeroham, and Ismahel the son of Johanan,
ti|r, to his destruction.
and Azarias the 5on of Obed, and Maasias
^^nd he walked after their counsels. the son of Adaias, and Elisaphat the son
Ai he went with Joram the son of Achab of Zechri: and made a covenant with
fc? of Israel, to fight against
Hazael them.
*^? of Syria, at Ramoth Galaad : and the 2 And they went about Juda, and gath-
S;ian8 wounded Joram. ered together the Levites out of all the

kB
j B. C. 846.
C. 846. 4 Kings 8. 24.
m 4 Kingrs 11. 1. B. C. 846.
n B. C. 841. 4 Kings 11. 4.
ir^^* ^i* X**"* ^^* -Joachaz, alias Ochozias. Bibles read thirty-two, agreeably to 4 Kings f.
*^«». ^Ht.% F0rty4wo, Sic Divers Greek 17.

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Joas is made king 2 PARALIPOMENON Aihalia is slain

cities ofJuda, and the chiefs of the fami- 12 Now when A thalia heard the noise ol
lies of Israel, and th^ came to Jerusa- the people running and praising the king,
lem. she came in to the people, into the teoaple
3 And all the multitude made a cove- of the Lord.
nant with the king in the house of God: 13 And when she saw the king standing
and Joiada said to them Behold the upon the step in the entrance, and the
:

king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath princes, and the companies about him, and
said of the sons of David. all the people of the land rejoicing, and
4 And this is the thing that you shall sounding with trumpets, and playing on
do: instruments of divers kinds, and the voice
5 A third part of you that come to the of those that praised, she rent her gar-
sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, ments, and said Treason, treason. :

and of the porters, shall be at the gates 14 And Joiada the high priest going out
and a third part at the king's house and to the captains, and the chiefs of the army,
:

a third at the gate that is called the Foun- said to them Take her forth without the :

dation: but let all the rest of the peo- precinct of the temple, and when she i£
ple be in the courts of the house of the without let her be killed with the sword
Lord. For the priest commanded that she shoulc
6 And let no one come into the house of not be killed in the house of the Lord.
the Lord, but the priests, and they that 15 And they laid hold on her by th(
minister of the Levites: let them only neck and when she was come withi::

come in, because they are sanctified and the horse gate of the palace, they kille
:

let all the rest of the people keep the her there.
watches of the Lord. 16 And Joiada made a covenant betwee
7 And let the Levites be round about the himself and all the people, and the kin^
king, every man with his arms; (and if that they should be the people of th
any other come into the temple, let him Lord.
be slain;) and let them be with the king, 17 And all the people went into th
both coming in, and going out. house of Baal, and destroyed it: an
8 So the Levites, and all Juda did ac- they broke down his altars and his idoli
cording to all that Joiada the high priest and they slew Mathan the priest of Ba
had commanded: and they took every before the altars.
one his men that were under him, and 18 And Joiada appointed overseers
that came in by the course of the sabbath, the house of the Lord, under the haD(
with those who had fulfilled the sabbath, of the priests, and the Levites, who
and were to go out. For Joiada the high David had distributed in the house of t);
priest permitted not the companies to Lord to offer holocausts to the Lord, : i

depart, which were accustomed to suc- it is written in the law of Moees, wii
ceed one another every week. joy and singing, according to the dispoi!
9 And Joiada the priest gave to the tion of David. j

captains the spears, and the shields, and 19 He appointed also porters in tj
targets of king David, which he had gates of the house of the Lord, that no'
dedicated in the house of the Lord. who was unclean in any thing shoi
10 And he set all the people with swords enter in.
in their hands from the right side of the 20 And he took the captains of hi
temple, to the left side of the temple, dreds, and the most vahant men, and t

before the altar, and the temple, round chiefs of the people, and all the peo^
about the king. of the land, and they brought down <

11 And they brought out the king's son, king from the house of the Lord, s
and put the crown upon him, and the brought him through the upper gate i
testimony, and gave him the law to hold the king's house, and set him on
in his hand, and they made him king: royal throne.
and Joiada the high priest and his sons 21 And all the people of the land
anointed him and they prayed for him, joiced, and the city was quiet but At
: :

and said God save the king.

: ha was slain with the sword.
Cbap. 23. Ver. & To the sabbath. That is, to perform in your weeks the iunctiona oi yow
office» 01 the weekly watches.
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 repairs the temple 2 PARALIPOMENON People fall into idolatry
CHAPTER 24. 12 And the king and Joiada gave it to
ireigneth v^ell all the days ofJoiada: afterwards
those who were over the works of ihe
\lleth into idolatry and causeth Zacharias to house of the Lord : but they hired with
dain. He is slain himself by his servants. stonecutters, and artificers of every
it

'AS **
was seven years old when he kind of work to repair the house of the
began to reign and:he reigned forty Lord and such as wrought in iron and
:

rs in Jerusalem the:name of his mo- brass, to uphold what began to be fall-

il was Sebia of Bersabee. ing.
nd he did that which is good before 13 And the workmen were diligent, and
Lord all the days of Joiada the priest, the breach of the walls was closed up by
nd Joiada took for him two wives, their hands, and they set up the house of
whom he had sons and daughters, the Lord in its former state, and made it
iter this Joas had a mind to repair stand firm.
house of the Lord. 14 And when they had finished all the
And he assembled the priests, and works, they brought the rest of the money
Levites, and said to them : Go out to before the king and Joiada and with it :

cities of Juda, and gather of all Israel were made vessels for the temple for the
Hiiey to repair the temple of your God, ministry, and for holocausts and bowls,
ftm year to year: and do this with and other vessels of gold and silver and :

8] ed :but the Levites were negligent. holocausts were offered in the house of
iiAnd the king called Joiada the chief, the Lord continually all the days of Joi'
ft:!l said to him: Why
hast thou not ada.
fc en care to oblige the Levites to bring 15 But Joiada grew old and was full of
ii )ut of Juda and Jerusalem the money days, and died when he was a hundred
tlit was appointed by Moses the servant and thirty years old.
Oi^he Lord for all the multitude of Israel 16 And they buried him in the city of
t( :)ring into the tabernacle of the testi- David among the kings, because he had
niiy? done good to Israel, and to his house.
For that wicked woman Athalia, and 17 And after the death of Joiada, the
h!" children have destroyed the house of princes of Juda went in, and worshipped
Gi, and adorned the temple of Baal with the king and he was soothed by their
:

a the things that had been dedicated in services and hearkened to them.
tl temple of the Lord. 18 And they forsook the temple of the
iiAnd the king commanded, and they Lord the God of their fathers, and served
nde a ch3st: and set it by the gate of groves and idols, and wrath came upon
tl house of the Lord on the outside. Juda and Jerusalem for this sin.
'And they made a proclamation in Juda 19 And he sent prophets to them to
a Jerusalem, that every man should bring them back to the Lord, and they
I

bing to the Lord ^ the money which would not give ear when they testified
Rses the servant of God appointed for against them.
aJsrael, in the desert. 20 The spirit of God then came upon
And all the princes, and all the peo- Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest,
p, rejoiced: and going in they contrib- and he stood in the sight of the people,
B d and cast so much into the chest of and said to them Thus saith the Lord :

til Lord, that it was filled.

God Why
transgress you the command-
:

I And when it was ti<me to bring the ment of the Lord which will not be for
Cii3t before the king by the hands of your good, and have forsaken the Lord,
til Levites, (for they
saw there was much to make him forsake you?
rney,) the king's scribe, and he whom 21 And they gathered themselves to-
H high priest had appointed went in: gether against him, and stoned him at
ap they poured out the money that was the king's
commandment in the court of
ijthe chest: and they carried back the the house of
the Lord. ^

c|3Stto its place: and thus they did from 22 And king Joas did not remember the
y to day, and there was gathered an kindness that Joiada his father had done
ijtnense sum of money.
to him, * but killed his son. And when
o 4 Kings 11. 21 ; 12. 1. B. C. 841.
q Ex. 30. 12. s Matt. 23. 3&
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Joas is slain % PARALIPOMENON The reign of Amasia,
Le died, he said : The Lord see, and re- and captains of thousands and of hun-
quire it. • dreds in all Juda, and Benjamin an(' :

23 * And when a year was come about, he numbered them from twenty years oV
the army of Syria came up against him: and upwards, and found three hundre'
and they came to Juda and Jerusalem, thousand young men that could go ou
and killed all the princes of the people, to battle, and could hold the spear an
and they sent all the spoils to the king shield. !

of Damascus. 6 He hired also of Israel a hundred thoi

24 And whereas there came a very sand valiant men, for a hundred talent;
small number of the Syrians, the Lord of silver. '

delivered into their hands an infinite
multitude, because they had forsaken the
Lord the God of their fathers and on
Joas they executed shameful judgments.
25 And departing they left him in great
diseases: and his servants rose up against
him, for revenge of the blood of the son
of Joiada the priest, and they slew him
in his bed, and he died: and they buried
him in the city of David, but not in the
sepulchres of the kings.
26 Now the men that conspired against
him were Zabad the son of Semmaath an
Ammonitess, and Jozabad the son of
Semarith a Moabitess.
27 And concerning his sons, and the
sum of money which was gathered under
him, and the repairing the house of God,
they are written more diligently in the
book of kings: and Amasias
reigned in his stead.
7 But a man of God came to him, an
said : O king, let not the army of Isra
: go out with thee, for the Lord is not wit
Israel, and all the children of Ephraim
8 And if thou think that battles consij
in the strength of the army, God w:|
make thee to be overcome by the enemie
for it belongeth to God both to help, ai
to put to flight.
9 And Amasias said to the man of Go
What will then become of the hundr
talents which I havo ^^ven to the soldie
of Israel? and the man of God answer
him: The Lord is rich enough to be al
to give thee much more than this.
10 Then Amasias separated the am
that came to him out of Ephraim, to
home again: but they being much (
raged against Juda, returned to th
his son own country.
11 And Amasias taking courage \

forth his people, and went to the vale

CHAPTl-R 25.
saltpits, and slew of the children of S
AtTiasias^s reign : he beginmth well, hut endeth ill :
he is overthrown by Joas, and slain by his ovm ten thousand.
people. 12 And other ten thousand men '

AMASIAS ""was five and twenty years sons of Juda took, and brought to
old when he began to reign, and he
. steep of a certain rock, and cast th
reigned nine and twenty years in Jeru- down headlong from the top, and tl
salem, the name of his mother was Jon- all were broken to pieces. I

dan of Jerusalem. 13 But that army which Amasias iM

2 And he did what was ^ood in the sight sent back, that they should not go v!i
of the Lord: but yet not with a perfect him to battle, spread themselves am
heart. the cities of Juda, from Samaria to B<
3 And when he saw himself strengthened horon, and having killed three thous
in his kingdom, he put to death the ser- took away much spoil.
vants that had slain the king his father. 14 But Amasias after he had slain
4 But he slew not their children, as it is Edomites, set up the gods of the child
written in the book of the law of Moses, of Seir, which he had brought thence
where the Lord commanded, saying: be his gods, and adored them, and bi
^ The fathers shall not be slain for the incense to them. I

children, nor the children for their 15 Wherefore the Lord being ar y
fathers, but every man shall die for his against Amasias, sent a prophet to 1

own sin. to say to him: Why hast thou ad(

5 Amasias therefore gathered Juda to- gods that have not delivered their
gether, and appointed them by families, people out of thy hand?
13 Kings 12. 17. V B. C. 802. 4 KinKS 14. 2.
w Deut. 24. 16 4 Kings 14. 6 Ezech.
; ; 18. 20

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 fias defeated by Joas 2 PARALIPOMENON The reign of Ozias
And when he spoke these things, he Jerusalem, *And he fled into Lachia»
wered him: Art thou the king's coun- and they sent, and, killed him there.
or? be quiet, lest I kill thee. And 28 And they brought him back upon
H prophet departing, said I know that horses, and buried him with his fathers in
:

Q d is minded to kill thee, because thou the city of David.

^t done this evil, and moreover hast
hearkened to my counsel.
i
CHAPTER 26.
Ozias reigneth prosperously, till he invadeth the
Then Ama3ias king of Juda taking priests'' office, upon which he is struck with a
leprosy.
y bad counsel, sent to Joas the son of
ichaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, AND ^all the people of Juda took his
ing Come, let us see one another.
: .£\ son Ozias, who was sixteen years
But he sent back the messengers, old, and made him king in the room of
ing: The thistle that is in Libanus, Amasias hip father.
St to the cedar in Libanus, saying: 2 He built Ailath, and restored it to the
fi'e thy daughter to my son to wife: dominion of Juda, after that the king
pi behold the beasts that were ir the slept with his fathers.
Hod of Libanus passed by and trod 3 Ozias was sixteen years old when he
dvn the thistle. began to reign, and he reigned two and
Thou hast said: I Have overthrown fifty years in Jerusalem the name of his :

h om, and therefore thy Jaeart is lifted up mother was Jechelia of Jerusalem.
H h pride stay at home, why dost thou 4 And he did that which was right in
:

p )Voke eviJ against thee, chat both thou the eyes of the Lord, according to all
8 )uldst fall and Juda with thee. that Amasias his father had done.
) Amasias would not hearken to him, 5 And he sought the Lord in the days of
b^ause it was the Lord's will that he Zacharias that understood and saw God:
B,)uld be delivered into the hands of and as long as he sought the Lord, he
e3mie8, because of the gods of Edom. directed him in all things.
- So Joas king of Israel went up, and 6 Moreover he went forth and fought
li,!y presented themselves to be seen by against the Philistines, and broke down
03 another: and Amasias king of Juda the wall oi Geth, and th^ wall of Jabnia,
^ 8 in Bethsames of Juda and the wall of AzotUF and he buUt
: :

5 And Juda fell before Israel, and they towns in Azotus, and among the Philis-
fllto their dwellings. tines.
) And Joas king of
Israel took Amasias 7 And God helped him against the Phi-
kig of Juda, the son of Joas, the son of and against the Arabians, that
listines,
Jichaz, in Bethsames, and brought him dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Am-
t|Jerusalem and broke down the walls
: monites.
t;reof from the gate of Ephraim, to 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to
t5 hundred cu- Ozias and his name was spread abroad
gate of the corner, four :

ts. even to the entrance of Egypt for his.

t And he took all the gold, and silver, frequent victories.
ai all the vessels, that he found in the 9 And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem
tase of God, and with Obededom, and in over the gate of the corner, and over
1 1 treasures of the king's house, more- the gate of the valley, and the rest, in
cer also the sons of the hostages, he the same side of the
wall, and fortified
t)ught back to Samaria. them.
(3 And Amasias the son of Joas king of 10 And he built towers in the wilder-
A3a Uved, after the death of Joas the ness, and dug many cisterns, for he had
81 of Joachaz king of Israel, fifteen much cattle both in the
plains, and in the
J ITS. waste of the desert: he had also vine-
p Now the rest of the acts of Amasias, yards and dressers of vines in the moun-
first and last, are written in the book tains,
!3 and in Carmel for he was a man :

the kings of Juda and Israel. that loved husbandry.

7 And after he revolted from the Lord, 11 And the army of his fighting men,
3y made a conspiracy against him in that went out to war, was under the

X B. e. 775. y B. C. 775. 4 Kings 14. 21.

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ggig^ stricke n with leprosy g PARALIPOMENO N Joatha m's go od reign

hand of Jehiel the scribe, and Maasias house of the Lord. And Joatham his son
the doctor, and under the hand of Hena- governed the king's house, and judged the
nias, wlio was one of the long's captains. people of the land.
12 And the whole numbei' of the chiefs 22 But the rest of the acts of Ozias first
by the famihes of vahant men were two and last were written by Isaias the son
thousand six hundred. of Amos, the prophet.
13 And the whole army under them 23 And Ozias slept with his fathers, and
three hundred and seven thousand five they buried him in the field of the royal
hundred who were fit for war, and fought sepulchres, because he was a leper and,
: :

(or the king against the enemy. Joatham his son reigned in his stead. i

14 And Ozias prepared for them, that is,

^or the whole army, shields, and spears, CHAPTER 27.
and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, Joathafri's good reign. 1

and slings to cast stones. JOATHAM ^ was five and twenty year!
15 And he made in Jerusalem engines old when he began to reign, and h(
of diverse kinds, which he placed in the reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem th(| :
1

towers, and in the corners of the walls, name of his mother was Jerusa the daugh
;

to shoot arrows, and great stones and his ter of Sadoc.

:

name went forth far abroad, for the Lord 2 And he did that which was right be
helped him, and had strengthened him. fore the Lord, according to all that Ozia
16 But when he was made strong, his his father had done, only that he enterei
heart was lifted up to his destruction, not into the temple of the Lord, and th
and he neglected the Lord his God and people still transgressed.
:

going into the temple of the Lord, he 3 He built the high gate of the house c,
had a mind to burn incense upon the the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel
altar of incense. built much.
17 And immediately Azarias the priest 4 Moreover he built cities in the moT
going in after him, and with him four- tains of Juda, and castles and towers i|
score priests of the Lord, most valiant the forests.
men, 5 He fought against the king of the cl
18 Withstood the king and said: It doth dren of Ammon, and overcame them, ai
not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn incense the children of Ammon gave him at th^
to the Lord, but to the priests, that is, to time a hundred talents of silver, and
the sons of Aaron, ^ who are consecrated thousand measures of wheat, and
for this ministry go out of the sanctu- many measures of barley so much dl
: :

ary, do not despise for this thing shall the children of Ammon give him in tl|
:

not be accounted to thy glory by the second and third year.

Lord God. 6 And Joatham was strengthened, bj
19 And Ozias was angry, and holding in cause he had his way directed before tj
his hand the censer to burn incense, Lord his God.
threatened the priests. And presently 7 Now the rest of the acts of Joathai
there rose a leprosy in his forehead be- and all his wars, and his works, are
fore the priests, in the house of the Lord ten in the book of the kings of Israel a|
at the altar of incense. Juda.
20 And Azarias the high priest, and all 8 He was five and twenty years (|
the rest of the priests looked upon him, when he began to reign, and he reij
and saw the leprosy in his forehead, and sixteen years in Jerusalem.
they made haste to thrust him out. Yea 9 And Joatham slept with his fathe
himself also being frightened, hasted to and they buried him in the city of Dav|
go out, because he had quickly felt the and Achaz his son reigned in his stei
stroke of the Lord.
21 * And Ozias the king was a leper CHAPTER 28.
unto the day of his death, and he dwelt TJie wicked and unhappy reign of Achaz,
in a house apart being full of the leprosy, ACHAZ^was twenty years old WJ
for which he had been cast out of the . he began to reign, and he reigi
t Ex. 30. 7 et seq. 6 B. C. 735. 4 Kings 15. 33.
«4 Kings 15. & c B. C. 731. 4 Kings 16. 2.
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\ie wicked reign of Achaz 2
jcteen years in Jerusalem: he did not
lat which was right in the sight of the
»rd as David his father had done,
I
But walked in the ways of the kings
Israel moreover also he cast statues
;
Baalim.
It was he that burnt incense in the
PARALIPOMENON The captives are released
12 Then some of the chief men of the
sons of Ephraim, Azarias the son ol
Johanan, Barachias the son of MosoUa-
moth, Ezechias the son of Solium, and
Amasa the son of Adali, stood up against
them that came from the war.
13 And they said to them You shall :

lley of Benennom, and consecrated his
B in the fire according to the manner
the nations, which the Lord slew at
coming of the children of Israel.
He sacrificed also, and burnt incense
the high places, and on the hills, and
der every green tree.
And the Lord his God delivered him
o the hands of the king of Syria, who
feated him, and took a great booty out
his kingdom, and carried it to Damas-
s: he was also delivered into the hands
the king of Israel, who overthrew him
not bring in the captives hither, lest we
sin against the Lord. Why will you add
to our sins, and heap up upon our former
offences? for the sin is great, and the
fierce anger of the Lord hangeth over
Israel.
14 So the soldiers left the spoils, and all
that they had taken, before the princes
and all the multitude.
15 And the men, whom we mentioned
above, roso up and took the captives,
and with the spoils clothed all them that
were naked and when they had clothed
:

th a great slaughter. and shod them, and refreshed them with

For Phacee the son of Romelia slew
Juda a hundred and twenty thousand
one day, all valiant men because they
. of them, they set such of them as could
forsaken the Lord the God of their
hers.
At the same time Zechri a powerful
ofEphraim, slew Maasias the king's
n, and Ezricam the governor of his
fuse, and Elcana who was next to the
And the children of Israel carried
ay of their brethren two hundred
ousand women, boys, and girls, and an
mense booty : and they brought it to
meat and drink, and anointed them be-
cause of their labour, and had taken care
not walk, and were feeble, upon beasts,
and brought them to Jericho the city of
palm trees to their brethren, and they
returned to Samaria.
16 At that time king Achaz sent to the
king of the Assyrians asking help.
17 And the Edomites came and slew
many of Juda, and took a great booty.
18 The Philistines also spread them-
selves among the cities of the plains, and
to the south of Juda and they took
:

maria. BethsamcE), and Aialon, and Gaderoth, and

At that time there was a prophet of Socho, and Thamnan, and Gamzo, with
|e Lord there, whose name was Oded : their villages, and they dwelt in them.
d he went out to meet the army that 19 For the Lord had humbled Juda be-
me to Samaria, and said to them Be- : cause of Achaz the king of Juda, for he
Id the Lord the God of your fathers had stripped it of help, and had con-
ing angry with Juda, hath delivered temned the Lord.
tem into your hands, and you have 20 And he brought against him Thelgath-
tchered them cruelly, so that your phalnasar king of the Assyrians, who
elty hath reached up to heaven. also afflicted him, and plundered him
Moreover you have a mind to keep without any resistance.
der the children of Juda and Jerusalem 21 And Achaz stripped the house of the
your bondmen and bondwomen, which Lord, and the house of the kings, and of
ght not to be done for you have sinned the princes, and gave gifts to the king
:

this against the Lord your God. of the Assyrians, and yet it availed him
1 But hear ye my counsel, and release nothing.
captives that you have brought of 22 Moreover also in the time of his dis-
ur brethren, because a great indigna- tress he increased contempt against the
II of the Lord hangeth over you. Lord king Achaz himself by himself.
:

C!hap. 28. Ver. 19. For he had stripped it of of the divine assistance by his wickedness, and by his
Ip: that is, Acbaz stripped the kingdom of Juda introducing idolatry.

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Death of Achaz 2 PARALIPOMENON Ezechias purifies the temyle

23 Sacrificed victims to the gods of holocausts in the sanctuary of the Go(}j.j,

Damascus that struck him, and he said of Israel. j

i

The gods of the kings of Syria help them, 8 Therefore the wrath of the Lord hatt; ;

and I will appease them with victims, been stirred up against Juda and Jerusa i

and they will help me whereas on the lem, and he hath dehvered them to trou
;

contrary they were the ruin of him, and ble, and to destruction, and to be hissec
of all Israel. at, as you see with your eyes. ^

24 Then Achaz having taken away all 9 Behold, our fathers are fallen by tho y

the vessels of the house of God, and sword, our sons, and our daughters, an(| -4

broken them, shut up the doors of the wives are led away captives for thi
temple of God, and made himself altars wickedness.
in all the corners of Jerusalem. 10 Now therefore I have a mind that w
25 And in all the cities of Juda he built make a covenant with the Lord the Go
altars to burn frankincense, and he pro- of Israel, and he will turn away the wrat
voked the Lord the God of his fathers to of his indignation from us.
wrath. 11 My sons, be not negligent: the Lor
26 But the rest of his acts, and all his hath chosen you to stand before him, an
works first and last are written in the to minister to him, and to worship hin
book of the kings of Juda and Israel. and to burn incense to him.
27 And Achaz slept with his fathers, 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath tl
and they buried him in the city of Jeru- son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Az;
salem for they received him not into
: rias, of the sons of Caath: and of tl
the sepulchres of the kings of Israel. sons of Merari, Cis the son of Abdi, ar
And Ezechias his son reigned in his Azarias the son of Jalaleel. And of tl
stead. sons of Gerson, Joah the son of Zemm,
CHAPTER 29. and Eden the son of Joah.
Ezechias purifieth the temple^ and restoreth re- 13 And of the sons of Elisaphan, Sai
ligion. and Jahiel. Also of the sons of Asat
NOW Ezechias began
he was
^
and twenty years
five
when to reign,
old,
Zacharias, and Mathanias.
14 And of the sons of Heman, Jahi^
and he reigned nine and twenty years in and Semei: and of the sons of Idithi
Jerusalem the name of his mother was Semeias, and Oziel.
:

Abia, the daughter of Zacharias. 15 And they gathered together th^

2 And he did that which was pleasing brethren, and sanctified themselves, a:|
in the sight of the Lord, according to all went in according to the commandme
that David his father had done. of the king, and the precept of the Lo]|
3 In the first year and month of his to purify the house of God.
reign he opened the doors of the house 16 And the priests went into the temi
of the Lord, and repaired them. of the Lord to sanctify it, and brought (1
4 And he brought the priests and the all the uncleanness that they found witll
Levites, and assembled them in the east to the entrance of the house of the Lol
street. and the Levites took it away, and carrj
5 And he said to them Hear me, ye it out abroad to the torrent Cedron.
:

Levites, and be sanctified, purify the 17 And they began to cleanse on

house of the Lord the God of your fa- first day of the first month, and on II

thers, and take away all filth out of the eighth day of the same month they ca|
sanctuary. into the porch of the temple of the
6 Our fathers have sinned and done evil and they purified the temple in eii|
in the sight of the Lord God, forsaking days, and on the sixteenth day of
him: they have turned away their faces same month they finished what they 1|
from the tabernacle of the Lord, and begun.
turned their backs. 18 And they went in to king Ezecl
7 They have shut up the doors that and said to him: We have sanctified!
were in the porch, and put out the lamps, the house of the Lord, and the alta^
and have not burnt incense, nor offered holocaust, and the vessels thereof,

g B. C. 727. 4 Kings 18. I.

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\? sacrifices offered 2 PARALIPOMENON The sacrifices offered

table of proposition with all its ves- 1 manded the Levites to praise the Lord
with the words of David, and Asaph the
And all the furniture of the temple, seer: and they praised him with great
ch king Achaz in his reign had defiled, joy, and bowing the knee adored.
i !r his transgresbion and behold they
; 31 And Ezechias added, and said You :

all set forth before the altar of the bave filled your hands to the Lord, come
d. and offer victims, and praises in the house
And king Ezechias rising early, as- of the Lord» And all the multitude of-
ibled allthe rulers of the city, and fered victims, and praises, and holocausts
it up into the house of the Lord with a devout mind.
And they offered together seven bul- 32 And the number of the holocausts
|c8, and seven rams, and seven lambs, which the multitude offered, was seventy
al seven he goats for sin, for the king- bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hun-
dl 1, for the sanctuary, for Juda and he
: dred lambs.
sfke to the priests the sons of Aaron, 33 And they consecrated to the Lord
|j>ffer them upon the altar of the Lord. six hundred oxen, and three thousand
i Therefore they killed the bullocks, sheep.
m the priests took the blood, and poured 34 But the priests were few, and were
if pon the altar they killed also the
; not enough to flay the holocausts where-
:

ra s, and their blood they poiu-ed also fore the Levites their brethren helped
U] n the altar, and they killed the lambs, them, till the work was ended, and priests
ai poured the blood upon the altar. were sanctified, for the Levites are sanc-
i And they brought the he goats for tified with an easier rite than the priests.
at before the king, and the whole multi- 35 So there were many holocausts, and
tD9, and they laid their hand upon them: the fat of peace offerings, and the liba-
S And the priests immolated them, and tions of holocausts: and the service of
Bf nkled their blood before the altar for the house of the Lord was completed.
ai expiation of all Israel: for the king 36 And Ezechias, and all the people re-
hi commanded that the holocaust and joiced because the ministry of the Lord
bh sin offering should be made for all was accomphshed. For the resolution
Ib eL of doing this thing was taken suddenly.
2 And he set the Levites in the house
of he Lord with cymbals, and psalteries, CHAPTER 30.
ai harps according to the regulation of Ezechias inviteth all Israel to celebrate the patch
D: id the king, and of Gad the seer, and the solemnity is kept fourteen days.
ol^Tathan the prophet: for it was the ND Ezechias sent to all Israel and
ccimandment of the Lord by the hand A'
Juda : and he wrote letters to
*it is prophets. Ephraim and Manasses, that they should
S And the Levites stood, with the in- come to the house of the Lord in Jerusa-
•t ments of David, and the priests with lem, and keep the phase to the Lord the
trnpets. God of Israel,
2 And Ezechias commanded that they 2 For the king, taking counsel, and the
sh'ald offer holocausts upon the altar: princes, and all the assembly of Jerusa-
ft! when the holocausts were offered, lem, decreed to keep the phase the sec-
thr^ began to sing praises to the Lord, ond month.
•r to sound with trumpets, and divers 3 For they could not keep it in its time
Inruments which David the king of because there were not priests enough
Is el had prepared. sanctified, and the people was not as yet
2 And all the multitude adored, and gathered together to Jerusalem.
tb singers, and the trumpeters, were in
4 And the thing pleased the king, and
tb r office till the holocaust was finished.
all the people.
2 And when the oblation was ended, 5 And they decreed to send messengers
^ king, and all that were with him
vced down and adored.
to all Israel from Bersabee even to Dan,
that they should come, and keep the
3 And Ezechias and the princes com- phase to the Lord the God of Israel in

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The pasch proclaimed 2 PARALIPOMENON' Celebration of the pasch

Jerusalem : for many had not kept it as received the blood which was to bf
it isprescribed by the law. poured out, from the hands of the Le-
6 And the posts went with letters by vites,
commandment of the king, and his princes, 17 Because a great number was noli
to all Israel and Juda, proclaiming ac- sanctified and therefore the Levites im
:

cording to the king's orders Ye children

: molated the phase for them that ca:
of Israel, turn again to the Lord the God not in time to be sanctified to th(j
of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel Lord.
and he will return to the remnant of 18 For a great part of the people fro
you that have. escaped the hand of the Ephraim, and Manasses, and Issach
king of the Assyrians. and Zabulon, that had not been sanct
7 Be not like your fathers, and brethren, fied, ate the phase otherwise than it J

who departed from the Lord the God of written: and Ezechias prayed for then
their fathers, and he hath given them saying: The Lord who is good will she^
up to destruction, as you see. mercy,
8 Harden not your necks, as your fathers 19 To all them, who with their who]
did: yield yourselves to the Lord, and heart, seek the Lord the God of the
come to his sanctuary, which he hath fathers: and will not impute it to the^
sanctified for ever: serve the Lord tke that they are not sanctified.
God of your fathers, and the wrath of 20 And the Lord heard him, and w;
his indignation shall be turned away merciful to the people.
from you. 21 Andthe children of Israel, that wi
9 For if you turn again to the Lord: found at Jerusalem, kept the feast
your brethren, and children shall find unleavened bread seven days with gri
raercy before their masters, that have joy, praising the Lord every day: tl
led them away captive, and they shall Levites also, and the priests, with ins
return into this land for the Lord your
: ments that agreed to their office.
God is merciful, and will not turn away 22 And Ezechias spoke to the heart
his face from you, if you return to him. all the Levites, that had good und
10 So the posts went speedily from city standing concerning the Lord and th^ :

to city, through the land of Ephraim,
and of Man asses, even to Zabulon, whilst
they laughed at them and mocked them.
11 Nevertheless some men of Aser, and
of Manasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to
the counsel, came to Jerusalem.
12 But the hand of God was in Juda, to
give them one heart to do the word of
the Lord, according to the commandment
of the king, and of the princes.
13 And much people were assembled to
Jerusalem to celebrate the solemnity of
the unleavened bread in the second
month
14 And they
arose and destroyed the
altars that were in Jerusalem, and took
away all things in which incense was
burnt to idols, and cast them into the
torrent Cedron.
15 And they immolated the phase on
the fourteenth day of the second month.
And the priests and the Levites being at
length sanctified offered holocausts in
the house of the Lord.
ate during the seven days of the sole
nity, immolating victims of peace offi
ings, and praising the Lord the Godj
their fathers.
23 And it pleased the whole multit
to keep other seven days: which tl|
did with great joy.
24 For Ezechias the king of Juda
given to the multitude a thousand
locks, and seven thousand sheep:
the princes had given the people a th
sand bullocks, and ten thousand she
and a great number of priests was sa
tified.
25 And all the multitude of Juda
the priests and Levites, and all the
sembly, that came out of Israel ; and
proselytes of the land of Israel, and t
dwelt in Juda were full of joy.
26 And there was a great solemnit;|
Jerusalem, such as had not been in {
city since the time of Solomon the
of David king of Israel.
27 And fche priests and the Levites j

16 And they stood in their order ac- up and blessed the people: and t

cording to the disposition and law of voice was heard: and their prayer c

Moses the man of God: but the priests to the holy dwelling place of heaven.
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CHAPTER 31.
•atry is abolished, and provisions made for the
ministers.
ND when these things had been duly
celebrated, all Israel that were found
the cities of Juda, went out, and they
ke the idols, and cut down the groves,
aolished the high places, and destroyed
altars, not only out of all Juda and
ijamin, but out of Ephraim also and
nasses, till they had utterly destroyed
m: then all the children of Israel re-
ned to their possessions and cities.
13 And after him Jehiel, and Azarias,
And Ezechias appointed companies
and Nahath, and Asael, and Jerimoth,
priests, and the Levites, by
and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Jesmachias,
rses, every man in his own office, to and Mahath, and Banaias,
, both of the priests, and of the Le- der the hand of Chonenias, and Semei his
;s, for holocausts, and for peace offer-
brother, by the commandment of Eze-
s, to minister, and to praise, and to
chias the king, and Azarias the high
in the gates of the camp of
id.
Andthe king's part was, that of his
persubstance the holocaust should
1^ offered always morning and evening,
a on the sabbaths, and the new moons
!
a the other solemnities, as it is writ-
1
ii in the law of Moses.
:Ie commanded
also the people that
i 3lt in Jerusalem, to give to the priests,
a! the Levites their portion, that they
trcht attend to the law of the Lord.
Vhich when it was noised abroad in
tl ears of the people, the children of
Lael offered in abundance the first fruits
03 corn, wine, and oil, and honey: and
b:ught the tithe of all things which the
^und bringeth forth.
• Moreover the children of Israel and
J a, that dwelt in the cities of Juda,
bught in the tithes of oxen, and sheep,
a:i. the tithes of holy things,
which they
h- vowed to the Lord their God: and
drying them all, made many heaps.
'
n the third month they began to lay
tl foundations of the heaps, and in the
s(3nth month, they finished them.
<\nd when Ezechias and his princes
c^ie in, they saw the heaps, and they
b'jsed the Lord and the people of Israel.
SVnd Ezechias asked the priests and
tV Levites, why the heaps
lay so.
Azarias the chief priest of the race
-
olSadoc answered him, saying: Since
tl' first fruits
began to be offered in the
b'se of the Lord, we have eaten, and
have been filled, and abundance is left,
because the Lord hath blessed his people
and of that which is left is this great
store which thou seest.
11 Then Ezechias commanded to pre-
pare storehouses in the house of the
Lord. And when they had done so,
12 They brought in faithfully both the
firstfruits, and the tithes, and all they
had vowed. And the overseer of them
was Chonenias the Levite, and Semei hia
brother was the second.
of
their
overseers un-
the priest of the house of
God, to whom all
things appertained.
14 But Core the son of Jemna the Le-
vite, the porter of the east gate, was
overseer of the things which were freely
offered to the Lord, and of the firstfruits
and the things dedicated for the holy of
holies.
15 And imder his charge were Eden, and
Benjamin, Jesue, and Semeias, and Ama-
rias, and Sechenias, in the cities of the
priests, to distribute faithfully portions
to their brethren, both little and great:
16 Besides the males from three years
old and upward, to all that went into
the temple of the Lord, and whatsoever
there was need of in the ministry, and
their offices according to their courses,
day by day.
To the
17 by their families, and
priests
to the from the twentieth year
Levites
and upward, by their classes and com-
panies.
18 And to all the multitude, both to
their wives, and to their children of both
sexes, victuals were given faithfully out
of the things that had been sanctified.
19 Also of the sons of Aaron who were
in the fieldsand in the suburbs of each
city, there were men appointed, to dis-
tribute portions to all the males, among
the priests and the Levites.
20 So Ezechias did all things which we
have said in all Juda, and wrought that
which was good, and right, and truth,
before the Lord his God,

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21 In all the service of the ministry of 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of the
the house of the Lord according to the Assyrians: In whom do you trust, that
law and the ceremonies, desiring to seek you sit still besieged in Jerusalem?
his God with all his heart, and he did it 11 Doth not Ezechias deceive you, to
and prospered. give you up to die by hunger and thirst,
affirming that the Lord your God shall
CHAPTER 32
deliver you from the hand of the king of
Sennacherib vnvadeth Juda: his army is destroyed
by an angel. Ezechias recovereth from his sick- the Assyrians ?
ness f his other acts. 12 Is it not this same Ezechias, that
AFTER •'these things, and thie truth, hath destroyed his high places, and his
^ Sennacherib king of the Assyrians altars, and commanded Juda and Jerusa-
came and entered into Juda, and be- lem, saying: You shall worship before
sieged the fenced cities, desiring to take one altar, and upon it you shall burn
them. incense ?
2 And when Ezechias saw tha^ Sen- 13 Know you not what I and my fathers
nacherib was come, and that the wh^ le have done to all the people of the lands?
force of the war was turning against. ha e the gods of any nations and lands
Jerusalem, been able to deliver their country out of
3 He took counsel with the princes, and my hand
the most valiant men, to stop ap ihe 14 Who is there among all the gods of
heads of the springs, that were wi^^hout th6 nations, which my fathers have de-
the city: and as they were all of this Litroyed, that could deliver his people out
mind, of my hand, that your God should be able
4 He gathered together a vl: y great to aeliver you out of this hand ?
multitude, and they stopped up all the 15 Therefore let not Ezechias deceive
springs, and the orook, that ran through you, nor delude you with a vain persua-
the midst of the land, saying ? Lest uLe sion, and do not believe him. For if no
kings of the Assyrians should come, and god of all the nations and kingdoms,
find abundance of water, could deliver his people out of my hand,
6 He built up also with great diligence and out of the hand of my fathers, con-
an the wall that had been broken down, sequently neither shall your God be able
and built towers upon it, and another to deliver you out of my hand.
wall without : and he repaired Mello in 16 And many other things did his ser-
the city of David, and made all sorts of vants speak against the Lord God, and
arms and shields: against Ezechias his servant.
6 And he appointed captains of the sol- 17 He wrote also letters full of blas-
diers of the army: and he called them all phemy against the Lord the God of Is-
together in the street of the gate of the rael, and he spoke against him: As the
city, and spoke to thoir heart, saying gods of other nations could not deliver
7 Behave like men, and take courage: their people out of my hand, so neither
be not afraid nor dismayed for the king can the God of Ezechias deliver his peo-
of the Assyrians, nor for all the multi- ple out of this hand.
tude that is with him: for there are many 18 Moreover he cried out with a loud
more with us than with him. voice, in the Jews' tongue, to the people
8 For with him is an arm of flesh: with that sat on the walls of Jerusalem, that
us the Lord our God, who is our helper, he might frighten them, and take the
and fighteth for us. And the people were city.
encouraged with these words of Ezechias 19 And he spoke against the God of Je-
king of Juda. rusalem, as against the gods of the peo-
9 After this, Sennacherib king of the ple of the earth, the works of the hands
Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem, of men.
(for he with all his army was besieging 20 And Ezechias the king, and iisaias the
Lachis,) to Ezechias king of Juda, and to prophet th« son of Amos, prayod against
all the people that were in the city, say- this blasphemy, and cried out to heaven.
ing: 21 * And the Lord sent ii: .^nge , who

i B. C. 701. 4 Kings 18. 13.

SocU.4&80:Ira.a&lr^^!C9b? 21.

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cut off all the stout men and the warriors, 32 Now the rest of the acts of Ezechias,
and the captains of the army of the king and of his mercies are written in the book
of the Assyrians : and he returned with of the kings of Juda and Israel.
disgrace into his own country. And when 33 And Ezechias slept with his fathers, "*
he was come into the house of his god, and they buried him above t^ie sepulchres
his sons that came out of his bowels, slew of the sons of David: and all Juda, and
him with the sword. all the inhabitants of Jerusalem celebrated
22 And the Lord sa v^ed Ezecmas and the his funeral : and Manasses hia son reigned
Inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of the hand in his stead.
of Sennacherib king of the Assyrians, CHAPTER 3a.
and out of the hand of all, and gave them Manasses for his manifold wickednesslM led captive
treasures on every side. to Babylon : he repenteth^ and is restored to hia
•23 Many also brought victims, and sac- kinydom^ and destroy eth idolatry : hia stuscesaor
Amon is slain by his servants.
rifices to the Lord to Jerusalem, and pre-
sents to Ezechias king of Juda: and he MANASSES
"was twelve years old
was magnified thenceforth in the sight of when he began to reign, and he
all nations. reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
24 * In those days Ezechias was sick even 2 And he did evil before the Lord, ac-
to death, and he prayed to the Lord : and cording to all the abominations of the
he heard him, and gave him a sign. nations, which the Lord cast out before
25 But he did not render again accord- the children of Israel
ing to the benefits which he had received, 3 And he turned, and built again the
for his heart was lifted up: and wrath high places which Ezechias his father had
was enkindled against him, and against destroyed : and he built altars to Baalim,
Juda and Jerusalem. and made groves, and he adored all the
26 And he humbled himself afterwards, host of heaven, and worshipped them.
because his heart had been Uftedup,both 4 He built also altars in the house of the
he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem : and Lord, whereof the Lord had said: ®Iii
therefore the wrath of the Lord came not Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
upon them in the days of Ezechias. 5 And he built them for all the host of
27 And Ezechias was rich, and very heaven in the two courts of the house of
glorious, and he gathered himself great the Lord.
treasures of silver and of gold, and of 6 And he made his sons to pass through
precious stones, of spices, and of arms, the fire in the valley of Benennom : he
of all kinds, and of vessels of great price. observed dreams, followed divinations,
28 Storehouses also of corn, of wine, and gave himself up to magic arts, had with
of oil, and stalls for all beasts, and iolds him magicians, and enchanters : and he
for cattle. wrought many evils before the Lord, to
29 And he built himself cities : for he provoke him to anger.
had flocks of sheep, and herds without 7 P He set also a graven, and a molten
number, for the Lord had given him very statue in the house of God, of which God
touch substance. had said to David, and to Solomon his
30 This same Ezechias was he that stop- son: In this house, and in Jerusalem,
ped the upper source of the waters of which I have chosen out of all the tribes
Gihon, and turned them away underneath of Israel, will I put my name for ever.
toward the west of the city of David 8 And I will not make the foot of Israel
m all his works he did prosperously what to be removed out of the land which I
he would. have delivered to their fathers : yet so if
31 But yet in the embassy of the princes they will take heed to do what I have
of Babylon, that were sent to him, to in- commanded them, and all the law, and
quire of the wonder that had happened the ceremonies, and judgments by the
upon the earth, God left him that he hand of Moses.
might be tempted, and all things might 9 So Manasses seduced Juda, and the in-
be made known that were in his heart. habitants of Jerusalem, to do evil beyond
I 4 Kings 20. 8 ; Isa. 88. 1. — m B. C. 698. n
o 2 Kings
B. C. 698. 4 Kings 21.1.
7. 10. — p 3 Kings 8. 17.

Chap. S3. Vera- The host of heaven. Tlie sun, moon, and stars.

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ail the nations, which the Lord had de- when he began to reign, and he reigned
•troyed before the face of the children of two years in Jerusalem.
IsraeL 22 And he did evil in the sight of the
10 And the Lord spoke to him, and to Lord, as Manasses his father had done:
bis people, and they would not hearken. and he sacrificed to all the idols which
11 Therefore he brought upon them the Manasses his father had made, and licrved
captains of the army of the king of the them.
Assyrians : and they took Manasses, and 23 And he did not humble himself before
carried him bound with chains ap4 fit- the Lord, as Manasses his father had hum-
ters to Babylon. bled himself, but committed far greater
12 And after that he was in cfistress he sins.
prayed to the Lord his God: and did 24 And his servants conspired against
penance exceedingly before the God of him, and slew him in his own house.
hiF /athers. 25 But the rest of the multitude of the
'^6 And he entreated him, and besought people slew them that had killed
Amon,
him earnestly and he heard his prayer, and made Josias his son king in nis
:

and brought him again to Jerusalem into stead.

his kingdom, and Manasses knew that the
Lord was God. CHAPTER 34.
Josias destroyeth idolatry, repaireth the temple,
14 After this he built a wall without the and reneweth the covenant between God and th$
city of David, on the west side of Gihon people.
in the valley, from the entering in of the JOSIAS was eight years old when he
''

fish gate round about to Ophel, and raised began to reign, * and he reigned one
it up to a great height : and he appointed and thirty years in Jerusalem.
captains of the army in all the fenced 2 And he did that which was right in
cities of Juda the sight of the Lord, and walked in the
16 And he took away the strange gods, ways of David his father: he declined
and the idol out of the house of the Lord not, neither to the right hand, nor to the
the altars also which he had made in the left.
mount of the house of the Lord, and in 3 And in the eighth year of his reign,
Jerusalem, and he cast them all out of when he was yet a boy, he began to seek
the city. the God of his father David : and in the
16 And he repaired the altar of the twelfth year after he began to reign, he
Lord, and sacrificed upon it victims, and cleansed Juda and Jerusalem from tne
peace offerings, and praise and he com- high places, and the groves, and the idols,
:

manded Juda to serve the Lord the God and the graven things.
of Israel. 4 And they broke down before him the
17 Nevertheless the people still sacri- altars of Baalim, and demolished the idols
ficed in the high places to the Lord their that had been set upon them and he ;

God. cut down the groves and the graven

13 But the rest of the acts of Manasses, things, and broke them in pieces and :

and his prayer to his God, and the words strewed the fragments upon the graves
of the seers that spoke to him in the of them that had sacrificed to them.
name of the Lord the God of Israel, are 6 And he burnt the bones of the priests
contained in the words of the kings of on the altars of the idols, and he cleaLisfld
Israel, Juda and Jerusalem.
19 His prayer also, and his being heard, 6 And in the cities of Manasses, and o;
and all his sins, and contempt, and places Ephraim, and of Simeon, even to Neph
wherein he built high places, and set up tali he demolished all.
groves, and statues before he did pen- 7 And when he had destroyed the altars,
ance, are written in the words of Hozai. and the groves, and had broken the idols
20 And Manasses slept ^ with his fathers, in pieces, and had demoUshed all profane
and they buried him in his house and temples throughout all the land of Israel
:

his son Amon reigned in his stead. he returned to Jerusalem.

21 Amon was two and twenty years old 8 Now in the eighteenth year ' of hifl

q B. C. 643. — r 4 Kings 22. 1. sB. C. 641. — <B. C. 624.

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 Josias repairs the temple 2 PARALIPOMEN ON Oldas prophecy
reign, when he had cleansed the cam the son ot Saphan, and Abdon the
land, I

and the temple of the Lord, he sent son oi Micha, and Saphan the scribe, and
Saphan the son of Eselias, and Maasias Asaa the king's servant, saying i
the governor of the city, Joha the son of 21 Go, and pray to the Lord for me,
Joachaz the recorder, to repair the house
and for the remnant of Israel, and Juda,
of the Lord his God. concerning all the words of this book,
9 And they came to Helcias the high whiah is found: for the great wrath ol
priest and received of him the money the Lord hath fallen upon us,
:
because
which had been brought into the house our fathers have not kept the words
of
of the Lord, and which the Levites and the Lord, to do all things that
are writtea
porters had gathered together from Ma- in this book.
nasses, and Ephraim, and all the remnant 22 And Helcias and they that were sent
of Israel, and from all Juda, and Benjamin, with him by the king,
went to Olda the
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, prophetess, the wife of Solium the son
10 Which they delivered into the hands of Thecuath, the son of
Hasra keeper of
of then? that were over the workmen in the wardrobe who
: dwelt in Jerusalem
the house of the Lord, to repair the fcemplej in the Second part: and
they spoke to
and mend all that was weak. her the words above mentioned.
,
11 But they gave it to the artificers, and 23 And she answered them : Thus saitb
to the masons, to buy stones out of the the Lord the God
of Israel : Tell the man
[quarries, and timber for the couplings of that sent you to
me:
the building, and to rafter the houses, 24 Thus saith the Lord : Behold I will
which the kings of Juda had destroyed. bring evils upon this place, and upon
12 And they did all faithfully. Now the the inhabitants thereof, and
all the curses
i

ioverseers of the workmen were Jahath that are written in this

book which they
|ind Abdias of the sons of Merari, Zacha- read before
the king of Juda.
jfias and MosoUara of the sons of Caath,
25 Because they have forsaken me, and
^ho hastened the work; all Levites skil- have sacrificed to strange gods^
to pro-
hil to play on instruments.
voke me to wrath with all the works of
13 But over them that carried burdens their hands, therefore my
wrath shall fall
for divers uses, were scribes, and masters upon this place, and
shall not be quenched.
|)f the number of the Levites, and porters
26 But as to the king of Juda that sent
14 Now when they carried out the money you to beseech the
Lord, thus shall yon
|hat had been brought into the temple ot say to him
Thus saith the Lord the God
;
he Lord, Helciae the priest found the of Israel: Because
thou hast heard the
took of the law oi the Lord, by the hand words of
this book,
I MoseSo 27 And thy heart was softened, and
15 And he said to Saphac the scribe: 1 thou
hast humbled thyself in the sight of
ave found the book of the law in the God for the
things that are spoken
ouse of the Lord and he delivered it tc against this
:
place, and the inhabitants of
im.
Jerusalem, and reverencing my face, hast
16 But he carried the bool? to the king,
rent thy garments, and wept before me:
Dd told him, saying ; Lo, a^J that thou I also
have heard thee, saith the Lord.
ast committed to thy eeivantb, is ac-
28 For now I will gather thee to thy
jmplishedc fathers, and thou shalt be brought to thy
17 They have gathered f cgether
the tomb in peace and thy eyes shall not
:
Iver that was found in the house of the
see all the evil that I will bring upon
ord: and it is given tc the overseers oi
this place, and the inhabitants thereof.
le artificers, and of the workmen,
for "They therefore reported to the king all
Ivers works.
that she had said.
8 Moreover Helcias the priest gave me 29 And he called together
lis book. And he read it before the king. ciente of Juda and Jerusalem. all the an-
9 And when he had heard the wcrOfe ol 30 And went up to the house of the Lord,
le law, he rent his garments:
and all the men of Juda, and the inhabit-
50 And he commanded Helcias, and Ahi-
ants of Jerusalem, the priests and the

u 4 Kings 23. 1.
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Josias celebrates the pasch 2 PARALIPOMENON
Levites, and al! the people from the least sand, and of osen three thousand,
to the greatest. And the king read in
their hearing, in the house of the Lord,
all the words of the book.
31 And standing up in his tribunal, he
made a covenant before the Lord to walk
after him, and keep his commandments,
and testimonies, and justifications with
all his heart, and with all his soul, and to
do the things that were written in that
book which he had read.
32 And he adjured all that were found
in Jerusalem and Benjamin to do the
same and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
: Levites, gave to the rest of the Levites
did according to the covenant of the
Lord the God of their fathersc
33 And Josias took away all the abomi-
nations out of all the countries of the
children of Israel: and made all that
were left in Israel, to serve the Lord
their God. As long as he lived they de-
parted not from the Lord the God of their
father».
CHAPTER 35.
kMias celabrateth a most solemn pasch.
slain by the king of Egypt.
AND * Josias kept a phase to the Lord
J\. in Jerusalem, and it was sacrificed
on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 And he set the priests in their offices,
and exhorted them to minister in the
bouse of the Lord.
3 And he spoke to the Levites, by whose
instruction all Israel was sanctified to
the Lord, saying: Put the ark in the
sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon
the son of David king of Israel built : for
you shall carry it no more : but minister
now to the Lord your God, and to his
people Israel
4 And prepare yourselves by your
houses, and families according to your
courses, as David king of Israel com-
mandedj and Solomon his son hath
written.
6 And serve ye in the sanctuary by the
families and companies of Levi.
6 And being sanctified kill the phase,
and prepare your brethren, that they
may do according to the words which
the Lord spoke by the hand of Moses.
7 And Josias gave to all the people that
were found there in the solemnity of the
phase, of lambs and of kids of the flocks,
and of other small cattle thirty thou-
V 4 Kings 26. 21.
Josias celebrates the patch
all
these were of the king's substance.
8 And his princes willingly offered what
they had vowed, both to the people and
to the priests and the Levites. More
over Helcias, and Zacharias, and Jahiel
rulers of the house of the Lord, gave to
the priests to keep the phase two thou-
sand six hundred small cattle, and three
hundred oxen.
9 And Chonenias, and Semeias and
Nathanael, his brethren, and Hasabias,
and Jehiel, and Jozabad princes of the
to celebrate the phase five thousand
small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
10 And the ministry was prepared, and
the priests stood in their office: the Le-
vites also in their companies, according
to the king's commandment.
11 And the phase was immolated • and
the priests sprinkled the blood with their
hand, and the Levites flayed the holo-
causts ;
Bb is 12 And they separated them to give
them by the houses and families of every
one, and to be offered to the Lord, as i%
is written in the book of Moses, and with
the oxen they did in like manner,
13 And they roasted the phase with fire,
according to that which is written in the
law: but the victims of peace offerings
they boiled in caldrons, and kettles, and
pots, and they distributed them speedily
among all the people.
14 And afterwards they made ready for
themselves, and for the priests: for the
priests were busied in offering of holo-
causts and the fat until night : wherefore
the Levites prepared for themselves, and
for the priests the sons of Aaron last.
16 And the singers the sons of Asapb
stood in their order, according to the
commandment of David, and Asaph, and
Heman, and Idithun the prophets of the
king: and the porters kept guard at
every gate, so as not to depart one
moment from their service and there-
.
fore their brethren the Levites prepared
meats for them.
16 So all the service of the Lord was
duly accomplished that day, both in
keeping the phase, and offering holo»
causts upon the altar of the Lord, accord»
ing to the commandment of king Josias.
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17 And the children jt Israel that were CHAPTKl 36.
found there, kept the phase at that time, The reigna ofJoacha&^ Jjokim^ Joachin, and Sede-
and the feast of aoleavened bread seven cias the captivity of Babylon released at lengtk
by Cyrus.
days.
18 There was no phase like to this in Is-
from the days of Samuel the pro-
THEN
the people of the land tooK
J'

Joachaz the son of Josias, and made

rael,
phet: neither did any of all the kings of him king instead of his father in Jerusa-
Israel keep such a phase as Josias kept, lem.
with the priests, and the Levites, and all 2 Joachaz was three and twenty years
Juda, and Israel that were found, and the old when he began to reign, and he
inhabitants of Jerusalem. reigned three months in Jerusalem.
19 In the eighteenth year of the reign 3 And the king of Egypt came to Jeru-
of Josias was this phase celebrated. salem, and deposed him, and condemned
20 ^ After that Josias had repaired the the land in a hundred talents of silver,
temple, Nechao king of Egj'-pt came up and a talent of gold.
to jBight in Charcamis by the Euphrates 4 And he made ^Eliakim his brother
and Josias went out to meet him. king in his stead, over Juda and Jerusa-
21 But he sent messengers to him, say- lem and he turned his name to Joakim
:

ing: What have I to do with thee, O but he took Joachaz with him, and car-
king of Juda? I come not against thee ried him away into Egypt.
this day, but I fight against another 5 Joakim was five and twenty years old
house, to which God hath commanded when he began to reign, and he reigned
me to go in haste forbear to do against eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did
:

God, who is with me, lest he kill thee. evil before the Lord his God.
22 Josias would not return, but prepared 6 Against him came up Nabuchodonosor
to fight against him, and hearkened not king of the Chaldeans, and led him bound
to the words of Nechao from the mouth in chains into Babylon.
of God, ^ but went to fight in the field of 7 And he carried also thither the vessels
Mageddo. of the Lord, and put them in his temple.
23 And there he was wounded by the 8 But the rest of the acts of Joakim, and
archers, and he said to his servants his abominations, which he wrought, and
Carry me out of the battle, for I am the things that were found in him, are
grievously wounded, contained in the book of the kings of Juda
24 And they removed him from the and Israel. And Joachin his son reigned
chariot into another, that followed him in his stead.
after the manner of kings, and they 9 Joachin was eight years old when he
carried him away to Jerusalem, and he began to reign, and he reigned three
died, and was buried in the monument of months and ten daj^s in Jerusalem, and
his fathers, and all Jud^, and Jerusalem he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
mourned for him, 10 And at the return of the year, king
25 Particularly Jeremias: whose lamen- Nabuchodonosor sent, and brought him to
tations for Josias all the singing men and Babylon, carrying away at the same time
singing women repeat unto this day, the most precious vessels of the house
and it became like a law in Israel Be- : of the Lord i " and he made Sedecias his
hold it is found written in the Lamenta- uncle king over Juda and Jerusalem.
tions. 11 Sedecias was one and twenty years
26 Now therest of the acts of Josias and old when he Jbegan to reign: and he
of his mercies, according to what was reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
commanded by the law of the Lord: 12 And he did evil in the eyes of the
27 And his works first and last, are writ- Lord his God, and did not reverence the
ten in the book of the kings of Juda and face of Jeremias the prophet speaking to
[srael. him from the mouth of the Lord.
w 4 Kings 23. 29. B. C. 610. yB.C. 610. 4 Kings 23. 30.
r Zaeh. 12. 11. «Matt. 1. 11.- -a 4 Kings 24. 1 ; Jer. 37. 1.

Chap 36 Ver 9. Eight years old. He was as- wh^a he reigned alone, he was oighteen years oldi
'--—24.8.
iociated by his rather to the" kingdom, when he was 4- Kings
lut eight years old, c-'it after iu^
laUter"^» «aasta,*

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Wickedness of the people 1 ESDRAS The 70 years of captivity

13 He also revolted from king Nabucho- of the princes he carried away to Baby-
donosor, ^ who Jiad made him swear by lon.
God and he hardened his neck and his 19 And the enemies set fire to the house
:

heart, from returning to the Lord the God of God, and broke down the wall of Je-
of Israel. rusalem, burnt all the towers, and what-
14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, soever was precious they destroyed.
and the people wickedly transgressed 20 Whosoever escaped the sword, wa£
according to all the abominations of the led into Babylon, and there served the
Gentiles and they defiled the house of king and his sons till the reign of the
:

. the Lord, which he had sanctified to him- king of Persia.

self in Jerusalem. 21 That the word of the Lord by the
15 And the Lord the God of their fa- mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, and
thers sent to them, by the hand of his the land might keep her sabbaths: for
messengers, rising early, and daily admon- all the days of the desolation she kept
ishing them because he spared his peo- a sabbath, till the seventy years were
:

ple and his dwelling place. expired.

16 But they mocked the messengers of 22 ^ But in the first year ^ of Cyrus king
God, and despised his words, and mis- of the Persians, to fulfil the word of the
used the prophets, until the wrath of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth
Lord arose against his people, and there of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the heart
was no remedy. of Cyrus king of the Persians who com- :

17 For he brought upon them the king manded it to be proclaimed through all
of the Chaldeans, and he slew their young his kingdom, and by writing also, saying:
men with the sword in the house of his 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians
sanctuary, he had no compassion on All the kingdoms of the earth hath the
young man, or maiden, old man or even Lord the God of heaven given to me,
him that stooped for age, but he delivered and he hath charged me to build him a
them all into his hands. house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea:
18 And all the vessels of the house of who is there among you of all his peo-
the Lord, great and small, and the trea- ple ? The Lord his God be with him, and
sures of the temple and of the king, and let him go up.

THE

FIRST BOOK OF ESDRAS.

This Book taketh its immefrom the writer : who was a holy pnest, and doctor of the law.
He is called by the Hebrews, Ezra,

CHAPTER 1. sians The Lord the God of heaven hatb

:

Cyrus king of Persia releaseth God^s people from given tome all the kingdoms of the earth,
their captivity., with license to return and build the
temple in Jerusalem, : and restoreth the holy ves-
and he hath charged me to build him a
sels which Nabuchodonosor had taken from, thence. house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.
the first year * of Cyrus king of the 3 Who is there among you of all his peo
IN Persians, that the word of the Lord by pie ? His God be with him. Let him go up
the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, to Jerusalem, which is in Judea, and builc
the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus the house of the Lord the God of Israel
king of the Persians and he made a :he is the God that is in Jerusalem.
proclamation throughout all his kingdom, 4 And let all the rest in all places 'Vv^ere
and in writing also, saying: soever they dwell, help him every mai
2 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Per- from his place, with silver and gold, an(
6 B. C. 587. dB. C. 538.
c Esd. 1. 1, and 6.3 ; Jer. 25. 12, and 29. 10. e B. C. 538. 2 Par. 36. 22; Jer. 25. 12, and 29. 10.

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Cyrus restores the holy vessels 1 ESDRAS Number of people who returned
goods, and cattle, besides that which they e The children of Phahath Moab, of the
temple of Godj which children of Josue Joab, two thousand
offer freely to the :

is in Jerusalemc eight hundred twelve.

6 Then rose up the chief of the fathers 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two
of Juda and Benjamin, and the priests, hundred fifty-four.
and Levites, and every one whose spirit 8 The children of Zethua, nine hundred
God had raised up, to go up to build the forty- five.
temple of the Lord, which was in Jeru- 9 The children of Zachai, seven hundred
salem. sixty.
6 And they that were round about, 10 The children ot Bani, six hundred
all
helped their hands with vessels of silver, forty-two.
and gold, with goods, and with beastS; and 11 The children ot Bebai; six hundred
with furniture, besides what they had twenty-three.
offered on their own accord. 12 The children of Azgad, a thousand
7 And king Cyrus brought forth the ves- two hundred twenty-two.
sels of the temple of the Lord, which 13 The children of Adonicam, six hun-
Nabuchodonosor had taken from Jerusa- dred sixty-six,
lem, and had put them in the temple of 14 The children of Beguai, two thousand
his god. fifty-six.
8 Now Cyrus king of Persia brought them 15 The children of Adin, four hundred
forth by the hand of Mithridates the eon fifty-four.
of Gazabar, and numbered them to ^ Sas- 16 The children of Ather, who were ol
eabasar the prince of Juda. Ezechias, ninety-eight.
9 And this is the number of them thirty : 17 The children of Besai, three hundred
bowls of gold, a thousand bowls of sil- and twenty-three.
ver, nine and twenty knives, thirty cups 18 The children of Jora, a hundred and
of gold, twelve,
10 Silver cupg of a second sort, four 19 The children of Hasum, two hundred
hundred and ten J other vessels a thou- twenty- three.
sand. 20 The children of Gebbar, ninety-five.
11 All the vessels of gold and silver, five 21 The children of Bethlehem, a hundred
housand four hundred: all these Sassa- twenty-three.
oasar brought with them that came up 22 The men of Netupha, fifty-six.
from the captivity of Babylon to Jerusa- 23 The men Cx Anathoth, a hundred
lem. twenty-eight.
CHAPTER 2. 24 The children of Azmaveth, forty- two,
The number of them that returned to Judea their 25 The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira,
oblations.
and Beroth, seven hundred forty-three.
NOW ^ these are the children of the 26 The children of Rama and Gabaa, six
province, that went out of the cap- hundred twenty-one.
tivity, which Nabuchodonosor king of 27 The men of Machmas, a hundred
Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and twenty- two.
^ho returned to Jerusalem and Juda. 28 The men of Bethel and HaL, two hui>
every man to his city. dred twenty- three.
2 Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Ne- 29 The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
liemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Bel- SO The children of Megbis, a hundred
Ban, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana. fifty- six.
The number of the men of the people of 31 The children of the other Elam, a
Israel thousand two hundred fifty-four.
3 The children of Pharos two thousand 32 The children of Harim, three hundred
one hundred seventy-two. and twenty.
4 The children of Sephatia, three hun- 33 The children of Lod, Hadid and Ono,
dred seventy-two. seven hundred twenty-five.
5 The children of Area, seven hundred 34 The children of Jericho, three hun-
seventy-five. dred forty-five.

/Alias ZorobabeL I g 2 Esd. 7. 6.

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Number of people who returned 1 ESDRAS Their offerings for the temple
35 The children oi Senaa.. three thousand which were of Asebaim, the children o\
six hundred thirty. Ami,
36 The priests : the children of Jadaia 58 All the Nathinites, and the childrec
of the house of Josue., nine hundred sev- of the servants of Solomon, three hun-
enty-three. dred ninety-two.
37 The children of Emmer, a thousand 59 And these are they that came up
fifty-two. from Thelmela, Thelharsa. Cherub, and
38 The children of Pheshui, a thousand Aden, and Emer. And they could not
two hundred forty-seven. shew the house of their fathers and their
39 The children of Harim, a thousand seed, whether they were of Israel.
and seventeen. 60 The children of Dalaia, the children
40 The Levites the children of Josue of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hun-
:

and of Cedmihelj the children of Odovia, dred fifty-two.

seventy-four. 61 And of the children of the priests:
41 The singing men: the children of the children of Hobia, the children of
Asaph, a hundred twenty-eight. Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took
42 The children of the porters : the chil- a wife of the daughters of Berzellai, the
dren of Sellum, the children of Ater, the Galaadite, and was called by their name
children of Telmon, the children of Accub, 62 These sought the writing of theii
the children of Hatita, the children of genealogy, and found it not, and they
Sobai in all a hundred thirty-nine.
: were cast out of the priesthood.
43 The Nathinites : the children of Siha, G3 And Athersatha said to them, that
^''

the children of Hasupha, the children of they should not eat of the holy of holies,
Tabbaoth, till there arose a priest learned and per-
44 The children of Ceros, the children fect.
Of Sia, the children of Phadon, 64 All the multitudes as one man, were
45 The children of Lebana, the children forty-two thousand three hundred and
of Hegaba, the children of Accub, sixty
46 The children of Hagab, the children 65 Besides their menservants, and wo»
of Semlai, the children of Hanan, menservants, of whom there were seven
47 The children of Gaddel, the children thousand three hundred and thirty-seven
of Gaher, the children of Raaia, and among them singing men, and sing-
48 The children of Rasin, the children ing women two hundred.
of Necoda, the children of Gazam, 66 Their horses seven hundred thirty-
49 The children of Asa, the children of six, their mules two hundred forty-five,
Phasea, the children of Besee, 67 Their camels four hundred thirty- five,
50 The children of Asena, the children their asses six thousand seven hundred
of Munim, the children of Nephusim, and twenty.
51 The children of Bacbuc, the children 68 And some of the chief of the fathers,
of Hacupha, the children of Harhur, when they came to the temple of the
62 The children of Besluth, the children Lord, which is in Jerusalem, offered freely
of Mahida, the children of Harsa, to the house of the Lord to build it in ite
63 The children of Bercos, the children place.
of Sisara, the children of Thema, 69 According to ..heir ability, they gave
64 The children of Nasia, the children of towards the expenses of the work, sixty
Hatipha, one thousand solids of gold, five thousand
55 The children of the servants of Solo- pounds of silver, and a hundred garments
mon, the children of Sotai, the children for the priests.
of Sopheret, the children of Pharudaj 70 So the priests and the Levites, and
66 The children of Jala, the children of some of the people, and the singing
Dercon, the children of Geddel. men, and the porters, and the Nathinitee
57 The children of Saphatia, the children dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their
jf Hatil, the children of Phochereth, cities.
h2 Esd. 7. 65.

Chap. 2. Ver. 64. Forty-iwo thousand^ &c. Those rest, wlio must be taken in to make up tha wbolf I

vho are reckoned up above of the tribes of Juda, sum, were ol the other tribes.
Benjamin, and Levi. isA\ short of tiiis number. The
488
An altar is hiiilt 1 ESDRAS Foundations of the temple laid

CHAPTER 3. children of Juda, as one man, stood to

An altar is huilt for sacrifice, the feast of taber-
hasten them that did the work in the
nacles is solemnly celebrated, and the founda- temple of God: the sons of Henadad,
tions of the temple are laid.
and their sons, and their brethren the
AND now the seventh month was Levites.
~l\. come, and the children of Israel 10 And when the masons laid the foun-f
were in their cities: and the people gath- dations of the temple of the Lord, the
ered themselves together as one man to priests stood in their ornaments with
Jerusalem. trumpets: and the Levites the sons of
2 And Josue the son of Josedec rose up, Asaph with cymbals, to praise God by
and his brethren the priests, and Zoro- the hands of David king of Israel.
babel the son of Salathiel, and his bre- 11 And they sung together hymns, and
thren, and they built the altar of the God praise to the Lord: because he is good,
of Israel that they might offer holocausts for his mercy endureth forever towards
upon it, as it is written in the law of Israel. And all the people shouted with
Moses the man of God. a great shout, praising the Lord, because
3 And they set the altar of God upon its the foundations of the temple of the Lord
bases, while the people of the lands round
were laid.
about put them in fear, and they offered 12 But many of the priests and the Le-
upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning vites, and the chiefs of the fathers and
and evening. the ancients that had seen the former
4 And they kept the feast of taber- temple; when they had the foundation
nacles, as it is written, and offered theof this temple before their eyes, wept
holocaust every day orderly according with a loud voice: and many shouting
to the commandments, the duty of the for joy, lifted up their voice.
day in its day. 13 So that one could not distinguish the
5 And afterwards the continual holo- voice of the shout of joy, from the noise
caust, both of the new moons, and on all of the weeping of the people: for one
the solemnities of the Lord, that were with another the people shouted with a
consecrated, and on all in which a free- loud shout, and the voice was heard afar
will offering was made to the Lord. off.
6 From the first day of the seventh CHAPTER 4.
month they began to offer holocausts to The Samaritans by their letter to the king
the Lord: but the temple of God was not hinder the building.
yet founded.
7 And they gave money to hewers of
NOW enemies
jamin heard
the of Juda and Ben-
that the children of the
stones and to masons: and meat and captivity were building a temple to the
drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyr- Lord the God of Israel.
ians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus 2 And they came to Zorobabel, and the
to the sea of Joppe, according to the or- chief of the fathers, and said to them:
ders which Cyrus king of the Persians Let us build with you, for we seek your
had given them. God as ye do: behold we have sacrificed
8 And in the second year of their com- to him, since the days of Asor Haddan
ing to the temple of God in Jerusalem, king of Assyria, who brought us hither.
the second month, Zorobabel the son of 3 But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest
Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, of the chiefs of the fathers of Israel said
and the rest of their brethren the priests, to them: You have nothing to do with
and the Levites, and all that were come us to build a house to our God, but we
from the captivity to Jerusalem began, ourselves alone will build to the Lord our
and they appointed Levites from twenty God, as Cyrus king of the Persians hath
years old and upward, to hasten forward commanded us.
the work of the Lord. 4 Then the people of the land hindered
9 Then Josue and his sons and his bre- the hands of the people of Juda, and trou-
thren, Cedmihel, and his sons, and the bled them in building.

Chap, 3. Ver. 2. Josue: or Jesus ( Jeshua) the son of Josedec ; he was th« high priest at that time,
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The letter of the Samaritans 1 ESDRAS The work is interrupted

5 And they hired counsellors against of old time: for which cause also the
them, to frustrate their design all the city was destroyed.
days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until 16 We certify the king, that if this city
the reign of Darius king of the Persians. be built, and the walls thereof repaired,
6 And in the reign of Assuerus, in the thou shalt have no possession on this
beginning of his reign, they wrote an side of the river.
accusation against the inhabitants of Juda 17 The king sent word to Reum Beelteem
and Jerusalem. and Samsai the scribe, and to the rept
7 And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bese- that were in their council, inhabitants of
1am, Mithridates, and Thabeel, and the Samaria, and to the rest beyond the
rest that were in the council wrote to river, sending greeting and peace.
Artaxerxes king of the Persians and the 18 The accusation, which you have sent
:

letter of accusation was written in Syriac, to us, hath been plainly read before me,
and was read in the Syrian tongue. 19 And I commanded and search hath
:

8 Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe been made, and it is found, that this city
wrote a letter from Jerusalem to king of old time hath rebelled against kings,
Artaxerxes, in this manner and seditions and wars have been raised
9 Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe therein.
and the rest of their counsellors, the Din 20 For there have been powerful kings
ites, and the Apharsathacites, the Ther- in Jerusalem, who have had dominion
phalites, the Apharsites, the Erchuites, over all the country that is beyond the
the Babylonians, the Susanechites, the river and have received tribute, and toll
:

Dievites, and the Elamites, and revenues.

10 And the rest of the nations, whom 21 Now therefore hear the sentence:
the great and glorious Asenaphar brought Hinder those men, that this city be not
over: and made to dwell in the cities of built, till further orders be given by me.
Samaria and in the rest of the countries 22 See that you be not negligent in exe-
of this side of the river in peace. cuting this, lest by httle and little the
11 (This is the copy of the letter, which evil grow to the hurt of the kings.
they sent to him:) To Artaxerxes the 23 Now the copy of the edict of king
king, thy servants, the men that are on Artaxerxes was read before Reum Beel^
this side of the river, send greeting. teem, and Samsai the scribe, and their
12 Be it known to the king, that the counsellors and they went up in haste
:

Jews, who came up from thee to us, are to Jerusalem to the Jews, and hindered
come to Jerusalem a rebellious and them with arm and power.
wicked city, which they are building, 24 Then the work of the house of the
setting up the ramparts thereof and re- Lord in Jerusalem was interrupted, and
pairing the walls. ceased till the second year of the reign of
13 And now be it known to the king, Darius king of the Persians.
that if this city be built up, and the walls CHAPTER 5.
thereof repaired, they will not pay trib- By the exhortation of Aggeus, and Zacharias. tht
ute nor toll- nor yearly revenues, and people proceed in builditig the temple. Which
this lose will fall upon the kings. their enemies strive in vain to hinder.

14 But we remembering the salt

we have eaten in the palace, and
that
because
NOW rias
^ Aggeus the prophet, and Zacha-

the son of Addo, prophesied to

we count it a crime to see the king the Jews that were in Judea and Jeru-
wronged, have therefore sent and certi- salem, in the name of the God of Israel.
fied the king, 2 Then rose up Zorobabel the son of
15 That search may be made in the books Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec,
of the histories of th>; fathers, and thou and began to build the temple of God in
Shalt find written in the records: and Jerusalem, and with them were the pro-
Shalt know that this city is a rebellious phets of God helping them.
city, and hurtful to the kings and pro- 3 And at the same time came to them
vinces, and that wars were raised therein Thathanai, who was governor beyond
I B. C. 520.
Chap. 4. Ver. 6. Assuerus. Otherwise called in the following verse named Artaxerxes, a namt
Cambyses the son and successor oi Cyrus. He is also common to almost all tbt kings of Persia.
490
The governor's letter to Darius
the river, and Stharbuzanai, and their
counsellors: and said thus to them: Who
hath given you counsel to build this
house, and to repair the walls thereof ?
4 In answer to which we gave them the
names of the men who were the promot-
ers of that building.
5 But the eye of their God was upon the
ancients of the Jews, and they could not
hinder them. And it was agreed that
the matter should be referred to Darius,
and then they should give satisfaction
concerning that accusation.
6 The copy of the letter that Thathanai
governor of the country beyond the river,
and Stharbuzanai, and his counsellors the
Arphasachites, who dwelt beyond
river, sent to Darius the king.
7 The letter which they sent him, was house of God in Jerusalem should be
written thus : To Darius the king all built, and let the king send his pleasure
peace.
8 Be known to the king, that we went
it
to province of Judea, to the house of
t' le
the great God, which they are building
with unpolished stones, and timber is
laid in the walls and this work is carried
:
on diligently, and advanceth in
hands.
9 And we asked those ancients, and said
to them thus: Who hath given you au-
thority to build this house, and to repair
these walls?
10 We asked also of them their names,
that we might give thee notice i and we
have written the names of the men that
are the chief among them.
11 And they answered us in these words,
saying : We
are the servants of the God
of heaven and earth, and we are building
a temple that was built these many years
ago, and which a great king of Israel
built and set up.
12 But after that our fathers had pro-
voked the God of heaven to wrath, he
delivered them into the hands of Nabu-
chodonosor the king of Babylon the Chal-
dean : and he destroyed this house, and
carried away the people to Babylon.
13 But in the first year of Cyrus the
king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a
decree, that this house of God should be
built.
14 And the vessels also of gold and
temple of God, which Nabu-
oilver of the
chodonosor had taken out of the temple,
1 ESDRAS The record found
thatwas in Jerusalem, and had brought
them to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus
brought out of the temple of Babylon,
and they were delivered to one Sassa-
basar, whom also he appointed governor,
15 And said to him Take these vessels,
:
and go, and put them in the temple that
is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God
be built in its place.
16 Then came this same Sassabasar, and
temple of God
laid the foundations of the
in Jerusalem, and from that time until
now it is in building, and is not yet
finished.
17 Now therefore if it seem good to the
king, let him search in the king's library,
is in Babylon, whether it hath been
the which
decreed by Cyrus the king, that the
to us concerning this matter.
CHAPTER 6.
KlTtg Darius favoureth the building and contrib-
uteth to it.
THEN
they
king Darius gave orders, and
searched in the library of the
their
books that were laid up in Babylon,
2 And there was found in Ecbatana,
which is a castle in the province of Media,
a book in which this record was written.
3 In the first year of Cyrus the king:
Cyrus the king decreed, that the house
of God should be built, which is in Jeru-
salem, in the place where they may offer
sacrifices, and that they lay the foun-
dations that may support the height of
threescore cubits, and the breadth of
threescore cubits,
4 Three rows of unpolished stones, and
so rows of new timber: and the charges
shall be given out of the king's house.
6 And also let the golden and silver ves-
sels of the temple of God, which Nabu-
chodonosor took out of the temple of
Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be
restored, and carried back to the temple
oi Jerusalem to their place, which also
were placed in the temple of God.
6 Now therefore Thathanai, governor of
the country beyond the river, Stharbu-
zanai, and your counsellors the Aphar-
sachites, who are beyond the river, depart
far from them,
7 And let that temple of God be built
mi
The decree of Darius 1 ESDRAS Esdras goes up to Jerusalem
by the governor of the Jews, and by their of the house of God, a hundred calves,
ancients, that they may build that house two hundred rams, four hundred lambs,
of God in its place. and for a sin offering for all Israel twelve
8 I also have commanded what must be he goats, according to the number of the
done by those ancients of the Jews, that tribes of Israel.
the house of God may be built, to wit, 18 And they set the priests in their di-
that of the king's chest, that is, of the visions, and the Levites in their courses
tribute that is paid out of the country be- over the works of God in Jerusalem. ^ as
yond the river, the charges be diligently it is written in the book of Moses.
given to those men, lest the work be 19 And the children of Israel of the
hindered. captivity kept the phase, ° on the four-
9 And if it shall be necessary, let calves teenth day of the first month.
also, and lambs, and kids, for holocausts 20 For all the priests and the Levites
to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, were purified as one man : all were clean
and oil, according to the custom of the to kill the phase foi dll the children of
priests that are in Jerusalem, be given the captivity, and for oheir brethren the
them day by daj^ that there be no com- priests, and themselves.
plaint in any thing. 21 And the children of Israel that were
10 And let them offer oblations to the returned from captivity, and all that had
God of heaven, and pray for the life of separated themselves from the filthiness
the king, and of his children. of the nations of the earth to them, to
11 And I have made a decree That if seek the Lord the God of Israel, did eat.
:

any whosoever, shall alter this command- 22 And they kept the feast of unlei^vened
ment, a beam be taken from his house, bread seven days with joy, for the Lord
and set up, and he be nailed upon it, and had made them joyful, and had turned
his house be confiscated. the heart of the king of Assyria to them,
12 And may the God, that hath caused that he should help their hands in the
his name to dwell there, destroy all work of the house of the Lord the God
kingdoms, and the people that shall put of Israel.
out their hand to resist, and to destroy CHAPTER 7
the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. Esdras goeth up to Jerusalem, to teach, and assist
the people, with a gracious decree of Artaxerxes.
I Darius have made the decree, which I
will have diligently comphed with.
13 So then Thathanai, governor of the
NOW ^ after these things in the reign
of Artaxerxes king oi the Persians,
country beyond the river, and Stharbu- Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of
zanai, and his counsellors diligently ex- Azarias, the son of Helcias,
ecuted what Darius the king had com- 2 The son of Sellum, the son of Sadoc,
manded. the son of Achitob,
14 And the ancients of the Jews built, 3 Ihe son of Amarias, the son of Aza-
and prospered according to the prophecy rias, the son of Maraioth,
of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias 4 The son of Zarahias, the son of Ozi,
the son of Addo :and they built and the son of Bocci,
finished, by the commandment of the 5 The son of Abisue, the son of Phinees,
God of Israel, and by the commandment the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the
of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes priest from the beginning.
Lings of the Persians. 6 This Esdras went up from Babylon,
15 And they were finishing this house and he was a ready scribe in the law of
of God, until the third day of the month Moses, which the Lord God had given to
o- Adar, which was in the sixth year of Israel: and the king granted him all his

tho reign of king Darius. request, according to the hand of the

16 And the children of Israel, the priests
BJiC the Levites, and the rest of the chil-
dren of the captivity kept the dedication
of the house of God with joy,
17 And they offered at the dedication
Lord his God upon him.
7 And there went up some of the chil-
dren of Israel, and of the children of the
prlects, and of the children of the Levites,
and of the zin'^ug men, and of the por-

n Num. 3. 6, and 8. 9. I oB. C. 515.— 3oB. C. 458.

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The letter of Artaxerxes 1 ESDRAS The letter of Artaxerxes
ters, and of tho Nathinites to Jerusalem 20 And whatsoever more there shall be
in the seventh year Artaxerxes the need of for the house of thy God, how
^ of
king. much soever thou shalt have occasion to
3 And they came to Jerusalem in the spend, it shall be given out of the trea-
fifth month, in the seventh year of the sury, and the king's exchequer, and by
king. me,
9 For upon the first day of the first 21 I Artaxerxes the king have ordered
month he began to go up from Babylon, and decreed to all the keepers of th6
and on the first day of the fifth month public chest, that are beyond the river,
he came to Jerusalem according to the that whatsoever Esdras the priest, tho
good hand of his God upon him, scribe of the law of the God of heaven,
10 For Esdras had prepared his heart shall require of you, you give it without
to seek the law of the Lord, and to do delay,
and to teach in Israel the commandments 22 IFnto a hundred talents of silver, and
and judgment. unto a hundred cores of wheat, and unto
11 And this is the copy of the letter of a hundred bates of wine, and unto a
the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave hundred bates of oil, and salt without
to Esdras the priest, the scribe instructed measure.
in the words and commandments of the 23 All that belongeth to the rites of
Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel, the God of heaven, let it be given dil-
12 Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras igently in the house of the God of hea-
the priest, the most learned scribe of ven : lest his wrath should be enkindled
the law of the God of heaven, greeting, against the realm of the king, and of hia
13 lb is decreed by me, that all they of sons.
the people of Israel, and of the priests 24 We give you also to understand con*
and of the Levites in my realm, that are cerning all ihe priests, and the Levites,
minded to go into Jerusalem, should go and the singers, and the porters, and the
with thee. Nathinites, and ministers of the house of
14 For thou art sent from before the this God, chat you have no authority to
king, and his seven counsellors, to visit impose toll or tribute, or custom upon
Judea and Jerusalem according to the them.
law of thy God, which is in thy hand. 26 And thou Esdras according to tha
15 And to carry the silver and gold, wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand,
which the king and his counsellors have appoint judges and magistrates, that may
freely offered to the God of Israel, whose judge all the people, that is beyond the
tabernacle is in Jerusalem. river^ that is, for them who know the
16 And all the silver and gold that thou law of thy God, yea and the ignorant
Shalt find in all the province of Babylon, teach ye freely.
and that the people is willing to offer, 26 And whosoever will not do the law
and that the priests shall offer of their of thy God, and the law of the king dili-
Iwn accord to the house of their God, gently, judgment shall be executed upon
which is in Jerusalem, him, either unto death, or unto banish-
17 Take freely, and buy diligently with ment, or to the confiscation of goods, d?
this money, calves, rams, lambs, with at least to prison.
the sacrifices and libations of them, and 27 Blessed be the Lord the God of our
offer them upon the altar of the temple fathers, who hath put this in the king's
of your God, that is in Jerusalem, heart, to glorify the house of the Lord,
18 And if it seem good iio thee, and to which is in Jerusalem,
thy brethren to do any thing with the 28 And hath inclined his mercy toward
rest of the silver and gold, do It accord- me before the king and his counsellors,
ing to the will of your God. and all the mighty princes of the klBg:
19 The vessels also, that are given thee and I being strengthened by the hand of
for the sacrifice of the house of thy God, the Lord my God, which was upon me,
deliver thou in the sight of God in Jeru- gathered together out of Israel chief
salem. men to go up with me.
q B. C. 459-458.
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The companions of Esdras
CHAPTER 8.
The companions of Esdras. The fast which he
appointed. They bring the holy vessels into the
temple.
"^TOW *"
these are the chiefs of families,
jLl and the genealogy of them, who
came up with me from Babylon in the
reign of Artaxerxes the king.
2 Of the sons of Phinees, Gersom. Of
the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons
of David, Hattus.
3 Of the sons of Sechenias, the son of
Pharos, Zacharias, and with him were
numbered a hundred and fifty men.
4 Of the sons of Phahath Moab, Eleoenai
the son of Zareha, and with him two
hundred men.
5 Of the sons of Sechenias, the son of
Ezectiel, and with him three hundred
men.
6 Of the sons of Adan, Abed the son of
Jonathan, and with him fifty men.
7 Of the sons of Alam, Isaias the son of
Athahas, and with him seventy men.
8 Of the sons of Saphatia Zebodia the
80n of Michael, and with him eighty men.
9 Of the sons of Joab, Obedia the son of
Jahiel, and with him two hundred and
eighteen men.
10 Of the sons of Selomith, the son of
Josphia, and with him a hundred and
sixty men.
11 Of the sons of Bebai, Zacharias the
son of Bebai: and with him eight and
twenty men.
12 Of the sons of Azgad, Joanan the son
of Eccetan, and with him a hundred and
ten men.
13 Of the sons of Adonicam, who were
the last* and these are their names:
Eliphelet, and Jehiel, and Samaias, and
with them sixty men.
14 Of the sons of Begui, Uthai and Za-
Chur, and with them seventy men.
15 And I gathered them together to the
which runneth down to Ahava, and
riv*^r,
we stayed there three days and I sought
among the people and among the priests
for the sons of Levi, and found none
there.
16 So I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Se-
meias, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and an-
1 ESDRAS Esdras proclaims a fast
other Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacha-
rias, and Mosollam, chief men: and Joia-
rib, and Elnathan, wise men.
17 And I sent them to Eddo, who is
chief in the place of Chasphia, and I put
in their mouth the words that they
should speak to Eddo, and his brethren
the Nathinites in the place of Chasphia,
that they should bring us ministers o*
the house of our God.
18 And by the good hand of our God
upon us, they brought us a most learned
man of the sons of Moholi the son of
Levi the son of Israel, and Sarabias and
his sons, and his brethren eighteen,
19 And Hasabias, and with him Isaias
of the sons of Merari, and his brethren,
and his sons twenty.
20 And of the Nathinites, whom David,
and the princes gave for the service of
the Levites, Nathinites two hundred and
twenty: all these were called by their
names.
21 And I proclaimed there a fast by the
: river Ahava, that we might afflict our-
selves before the Lord our God, and
might ask of him a right way for us and
for our children, and for all our sub-
stance.
22 For I was ashamed to ask the king
for aid and for horsemen, to defend us
from the enemy in the way: because we
had said to the king: The hand of ouj?
God is upon all them that seek him m
goodness: and his power and strength,
and wrath upon all them that forsake
him.
23 And we fasted, and besought our God
for this: and it fell out prosperously
unto us.
24 And I separated twelve of the chief
of the priests, Sarabias, and Hasabias,
and with them ten of their brethren,
25 And I weighed unto them the silver
and gold, and the vessels consecrated for
the house of our God, which the king
: and his counsellors, and his princes, and
all Israel, that were found had offered.
26 And I weighed to their hands six
hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a
hundred vessels of silver, and a hundred
talents of gold,

rB. C. 459-458.

Chap. 8. Ver. 21. And I proclaimed a fast. It extraordinary fast to those that mtvi come from
is not enough to part from Babylon, that is, figura- captivity. This shews that fasting was commanded
tively from sin, but we must also do works of pen- and practised from the earliest times.
uice ; and therefore Esdras her* proclaimed ao >

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Holy ve ssels brought to Jerusalem 1 ESD RAS The 'prayer of Esdras
27 And twenty cnps oi gold, of a thou- ANL^ • after these tnings were accom-
sand solids, and two vessels of the best J\. plished, the princes came to me,
shining brass, beautiful as gold. saying The people of Israel, and the
:

28 And 1 said to them; You are the priests and Levites have not separateci
holy onee of the Lord, and the vessels themselves from the people of the lands^
are holy, and the silver and gold, that is and from their abominations^ namely^ o!
freely offered to the Lord the God of our the Chanaanites, and the Hethites, and
fathers the Pherezites, and the Jebusites, and the
29 Watch ye and keep them, till yon Ammonites^ and the Moabites, and the
deliver thera by weight before the chief Egyptians^ and the Amorrhites.
of the priests, and of the Levites, and the 2 For they have taken of their daugh-
heads of the families of Israel in Jerusa- ters for themselves and for their eonfi^
lem, into the treasure of the house of the and they have mingled the holy seed
Lord. with the people of the lands. And the
30 And the priests and the Levites re- hand of the princee and magistrates hatb
ceived the weight of the silver and gold, been first in this transgression.
and the vessels, to carry them to Jeru- 8 And when I had heard this word, I
salem to the house of our God. rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked
31 Then we set forward from the river off the hairs of my head and my beard,
Ahava on the twelfth day of the first and I sat down mourning.
month tc go to Jerusalem : and the hand 4 And there were assembled to me all
of our God was upon us, and delivered that feared the God of Israel, because of
us from the hand of the enemy, and of the transgression of those that were come
eueh ae lay in wait by the way. from the captivity, and I sat sorrowful»
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and we until the evening sacrifice.
ftayed there three days. 5 And at the evening sacrifice I rose up
33 And on the fom'th day the silver and from my affliction, and having rent my
the gold^ and the vessels were weighed mantle and my garmeut, I fell upon my
in th€ house of cur God by the hand of knees, and spread out my hands to th6
Meremotb the son of Urias the priest, Lord my God,
and with hire*' wag Eleazar the son of 6 And said My God I am confounded
:

Phinees and wi^"h them Jozabad the son
Ot ,?oeue, anc Noadaia the son of Benoi,
Ltvitet
b According to the rumbei and weight
ai cvor;^ thing: and al? the weight was
Writtei at that time
t- Moreover the children of them that
had been carried away that were come out
A the captivity, offered holocausts to the
fiod of Israel, twelve calves for all the
people of Israel ninety six rams, seventy-
seven lambs, and twelve he goats for
sin: all for a holocaust to the Lord.
36 And they gave the king's edicts to
the lords that were from the king's court,
and the governors beyond the river, and
they furthered the people and the bouse
of God.
CHAPTER e.
Ssdrr^B moumeth for the transgression of the peo-
ple •
his confession and praye?
and ashamed to lift up my face to thee:
for our iniquities are multiplied over our
heads, and our sins are grown up even
unto heaven^
7 From the days of our fathers: and we
ourselves also have sinned grievously
unto this day, and for our iniquities we
and our kingSj and our priests have been
delivered into the hands of the kings of
the lands» and to the sword, and to cap-
tivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of
face, as it is at this day.
8 And now as a little, and for a moment
has oar prayer been made before the
Lord our God, tc leave us a remnant, and
give us a pin in his holy place, and that
our God would enlighten our eyes, and
would give us a little life in our bondage.
8 For we are bondmen, and in oui bond-
age our God hath not forsaken us, but
hatb extended mercy upon ue before the
s B. C. 459-458.

Chap. 9. Ver. j and 2. This shows how sinfuJ U Ver. 8. A pin, or nail, here signifies a small settle-
18 tointermarry with those that the Church forbids ment or holding 5 which Esdras begs for, to preserrc
OS, on account of the danger of perversion and faU- even a part of the people, who, by their great iniquitj
<nc off from the true faith bad incurred the aager God. m
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The prayer of Esdras 1 ESDRAS Esdras assembles the Jews

king of the Persians, to give us life, and
to set up the house of our God and to
rebuild the desolations thereof and to
give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.
10 And now, our God, what shall
Lord our God, to put away all the wives,
and such as are born of them, according
to the will of the Lord and of them that
fear the commandment of the Lord our
we God let it be done according to the law.
:

say after this? for we have forsaken thy 4 Arise, it is thy part to give orders,
commandments, and we vdll be with thee: take courage,
11 Which thou hast commanded 6y the and do it.
hand of they servants the prophets, say- 5 So Esdras arose, and made the chiefs
ing The land which you go to possess is
:
of the priests and of the Levites, and all
an unclean land, according to the un- Israel, to swear that they would do ac-
cleanness of the people, and of other
cording to this word, and they swore.
lands, with their abominations, who have
filled itfrom mouth to mouth with their 6 And Esdras rose up from before the
filth. house of God, and went to the chamber
12 t Now therefore give not your daugh- of Johanan the son of Eliasib, and en-
ters to their sons, and take not their tered in thither: he ate no bread, and
daughters for your sons, and seek not drank no water: for he mourned for the
their peace, nor their prosperity for ever transgression of them that were come
that you may be strengthened, and may out of the captivity.
eat the good things of the land, and may 7 And proclamation was made in Juda
have our children your heirs for ever. and Jerusalem to the children of the
all
13 And after all that is come upon us, captivity, that they should assemble to-
for our most wicked deeds, and our great gether into Jerusalem.
sin, seeing that thou our God hast saved 8 And that whosoever would not come
us from our iniquity, and hast given us within three days, according to the coun-
a deliverance as at this day. sel of the princes and the ancients, all
14 That we should not turn away, nor his substance should be taken away and
break thy commandments, nor join in be should be cast out of the company of
marriage with the people of these abomi- them that were returned from captivity.
nations. Art thou angry with us unto 9 Then all the men of Juda, and Benja-
utter destruction, not to leave us a rem- min gathered themselves together to Je-
nant to be saved? rusalem within three days, in the ninth
15 Lord God of Israel, thou art just: month, the twentieth day of the month:
for we remain yet to be saved as at this and all the people sat in the street of
day. Behold we are before thee in our
the house of God, trembling because of
sin, for there can be no standing before
the sin, and the rain.
thee in this matter.
10 And Esdras the priest stood up, and
CHAPTER 10. said to them: You have transgressed,
and taken strange wives, to add to the
Order is given for discharging strange women: sins of Israel.
the na/mes of the guilty.
11 And now make confessions to the
NOW
and
^*when Esdras was thus praying, Lord the God of your fathers, and do his
and weeping,
beseeching, and pleasure, and separate yourselves from
lying before the temple of God, there the people of the land, and from your
was gathered to him of Israel an exceed- strange wives.
ing great assembly of men and women
12 And all the multitude answered and
and children, and the people wept with
said with a loud voice: According to thy
much lamentation. word unto us, so be it done.
2 And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of
the sons of Elam answered, and said to 13 But as the people are many, and it
Esdras: We have sinned against our is time of rain, and we are not able to
God, and have taken strange wives of stand without, and it is not a work of
the people of the land and now if there one day or two, (for we have exceed-
:

be repentance in Israel concerning this, ingly sinned in this matter,)

3 Let us make a covenant with the 14 Let rulers be appointed in all the

t Deut. 7. 8. tt B. C. 459-458.
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They put away the strange women 1 ESDRAS Names of the guilty Jews
multitude : and in all our cities, let them 25 And of Israel, of the sons of Pharos,
that have taken strange wives come at Remeia, and Jezia, and Melchia, and Mia-
the times appointed, and with them the min, and Eliezer, and Melchia, and Banea.
ancients and the judges of every city, 26 And of the sons of Elam, Mathania,
until the wrath of our God be turned Zacharias, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeri-
away from us for this sin. moth, and Elia.
15 Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, 27 And of the sons of Zethua, Elioenai,
and Jaasia the son of Thecua were ap- Eliasib, Mathania, Jerimuth, and Zabad|
pointed over this, and MesoUam and and Aziaza.
Sebethai, Levites, helped them 28 And of the sons of Babai, Johanan,
16 And the children of the captivity did Hanania, Zabbai, Athalai:
so. And Esdras the priest, and the men 29 And of the sons of Bani, Mosollam,
heads of the families in the houses of and Melluch, and Adaia, Jasub, and Saal,
their fathers, and all by their names, and Ramoth.
went and sat down in the first day of the 30 And of the sons of Phahath, Moab,
tenth month to examine the matter. Edna, and Chalal, Banaias, and Maasias,
17 And they made an end with all the Mathanias, Beseleel, Bennui, and Ma-
men that had taken strange wives by the nasse.
first day of the first month. 31 And of the sons of Herem, Eliezer,
18 And there were found among the Josue, Melchias, Semeias, Simeon,
sons of the priests that had taken strange 32 Benjamin, Maloch, Samarias.
wives Of the sons of Josue the son of
: 33 And of the sons of Hasom, Mathanai,
Josedec, and his brethren, Maasia, and Mathatha, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jermai, Ma-
Eliezer, and Jarib, and Godolia. nasse, Semei.
19 And they gave their hands to put 34 Of the sons of Bani, Maaddi, Amram,
away their wives, and to offer for their and Uel,
offence a ram of the flock. 35 Baneas, and Badaias, Cheliau,
20 And of the sons of Emmer, Hanani, 36 Vania, Marimuth, and Eliasib,
and Zebedia. 37 Mathanias, Mathania, and Jasi,
21 And of the sons of Harim, Maasia, 38 And Bani, and Bennui, Semei,
and Elia, and Semeia, and Jehiel, and 39 And Salmias, and Nathan, and Ada-
Ozias. las,
22 And of the sons of Pheshur, Elioenai, 40 And Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai,
Maasia, Ismael, Nathanael, Jozabed, and 41 Ezrel, and Selemiau, Semeria,
Elasa. 42 Sellum, Amaria, Joseph.
23 And of the sons of the Levites, Joza- 43 Of the sons of Nebo, Jehiel, Matha-
bed, and Semei, and Celaia, the same is thias, Zabad, Zabina, Jeddu, and Joel, and
Calita, Phataia, Juda, and Eliezer. Banaia.
24 And of the singing men, Elisiab and: 44 All these had taken strange wives,
of the porters, Solium, and Telem, and and there were among them women that
Uri. had borne children.

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Nehemias mourns condition of Jews The prayer of Nehemias

THE

BOOK OF NEHEMIAS,
WHICH IS CALLED

THE SECOND OF ESDRAS.

This Book takes its name from the writer, who wa^ cupbearer to Artaxerxes {surnamed Longi-
, Taanus) king of Persia, and was sent by him with a commission to rebuild the walls of Jeru-
salem. It is also called tlie second book of Esdras because it is a continuation of the history,
,! ;

begun by Esdras, of the state of the people of God after their return from captivity.

\u CHAPTER 1. 8 Remember the word that thou com

Nehemias hea ring the nhiserable state of his country-
men in Judea, famentetJi fastcth, ,
God/or their relief.
THE
Helchias.
'"
words of Nehemias the son of
And it came to pass in
the month of Casleu, in the twentieth
year, as I was in the castle of Susa,
2 That Hananione of my brethren came,
he and some men of Juda and I asked
them concerning the Jews, that remained
and were left of the captivity, and con-
mandedst to Moses thy servant, saying:
and prayeth to If you shall transgress, I will scatter you
abroad among the nations:
9 But if you return to me, and keep ni^
commandments, and do them, though you
should be led away to the uttermost parts
of the world, I will gather you from thence,
and bring you back to the place which I
; have chosen for my name to dwell there.
10 And these are thy servants, and thy
people whom thou hast redeemed by thy
:

cerning Jerusalem. great strength, and by thy mighty hand.

3 And they said to me They that have : Ill beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be
remained, and are left of the captivity attentive to the prayer of thy servant,
there in the province, are in great afflic- and to the prayer of thy servants who
tion, and reproach and the wall of Je- : desire to fear thy name and direct thy :

rusalem is broken down, and the gates servant this day, and give him mercy
thereof are burnt with fire. before this man. For I was the king's
4 And when I had heard these words, cupbearer.
I sat down, and wept, and mourned for CHAPTER 2.
many days: and I fasted, and prayed Nehemias with com.m,issio7i from king Artaxerxes
before the face of the God of heaven. Cometh to Jerusalem : and exhorteth the Jews to
5 And I said ^ I beseech thee, O Lord
:
rebuild the walls.

God of heaven, strong, great, and ter- A ND it came to pass in the month of
rible, who keepest covenant and mercy J\. Nisan, in the twentieth year of Ar-
with those that love thee, and keep thy taxerxes the king that wine was before :

commandments him, and I took up the wine, and gave it

6 Let thy ears be attentive, and thy to the king and I was as one languish- :

oyes open, to hear the prayer of thy ser- ing away before his face.
vant, which I pray before thee now, 2 And the king said to me Why is thy :

countenance sad, seeing thou dost not

night and day, for the children of Israel
appear to be sick? this is not without
thy servants and I confess the sins of
:

the children of Israel, by which theycause, but some evil, I know not what, is
have sinned against thee: I and my fa-
in thy heart. And I was seized with ar
ther's house have sinned. exceeding great fear
7 We 3 And I said to the king O king, live
have been seduced by vanity, and :

have not kept thy commandments, and for ever why should not my counte- :

ceremonies and judgments, which thou nance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the
hast commanded thy servant Moses. place of the sepulchres of my fathers is

V B. C. 446-44.: w Dan. 9. 4.
498
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Nehemias brings the hinges letters
desolate an'^ the gatec thereof are burnt
with fire '
C Thei; the king said to me For what
dost thou make request? And I prayed
to the God of heaven,
5 And I said to the king: If it seem
good to the king, and if thy servant hath
found favour in thy sight, that thou
wouldst send me into Judea to the city
of the sepulchre of my father, and I will
build it.
6 And the king said to me, and the queen
that sat by him: For how long shall thy
journey be, and when wilt thou return ?
And it pleased the king, and he sent me
and I fixed him a time.
7 And I said to the king: If it seem good
to the king, let him give me letters to
the governors of the country beyond the
river, that they convey me over, till I
come into Judea
8 And a letter to Asaph the keeper of
the king's forest, to give me timber that
I may cover the gates of the tower of the
house, and the walls of the city, and
the house that I shall enter into. And
the king gave me according to the good
hand of my God with me.
9 Andcame to the governors of the
I them: The God of heaven he helpeth us,
country beyond the river, and gave them
the king's letters. And the king had sent
with me captains of soldiers, and horse-
men.
10 And Sanaballat the Horonite, and To-
Ammonite, heard it,
bias the servant, the
and it grieved them exceedingly, that a
man was come, who sought the prosper-
ity of the children of Israel.
11 And I came to Jerusalem,
there three days.
12 And I a-rose in the night, I and some
few men with me, and I told not any man
what God had put in my heart to do in
Jerusalem, and there was no beast with
me, but the beast that I rode upon.
13 And I went out by night by the gate
of the valley, and before the dragon foun-
tain, and to the dung gate, and I viewed
the wall of Jerusalem which was broken
down, and the gates thereof which were
consumed with fire.
14 And passed to the gate of the foun-
I son of Barachias, the son of Merezebel,
tain, and to the king's aqueduct, and
there was no place for the beast on
which I rode to pass.
«7JC
2 ESDRAS Nehemias exhorts the Jews
15 And T went up in the night by the
torrent, and viewed the wall, and going
: back I came to the gate of the valley,
and returned.
16 But the magistrates knew not whither
I went, or what 1 did neither had I as
:
yet told any thing to the Jews, or to the
priests, or to the nobles, or to the magis-
trates, or to the rest that did the work.
17 Then I said to them : You know the
afflictionwherein we are, because Jeru-
salem is desolate, and the gates thereof
are consumed with fire come, and let us
:
build up the walls of Jerusalem, and let
us be no longer a reproach,
18 And I shewed them how the hand
of my God was good with me, and the
king's words, which he had spoken to
me, and I said: Let us rise up, and build.
And their hands were strengthened in
good.
19 But Sanaballat the Horonite, and To-
bias the servant, the Ammonite, and Gos-
sem the Arabian heard of it, and they
scoffed at us, and despised us, and said:
What is this thing that you do ? are you
going to rebel against the king ?
20 And I answered them, and said to
and we are his servants: let us rise up
and build but you have no part, nor
:
justice, nor remembrance in Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 3.
They begin to build the walls : the names and order
of the builders.
rpHEN y Eliasib the high priest arose,
JL and brethren the priests, and
his
and was they built the flock gate they sanctified
:
it, and set up the doors thereof, even
unto the tower of a hundred cubits they
sanctified it unto the tower of Hananeel.
2 And next to him the men of Jericho
built and next to them built Zachur the
:
son of Amri.
3 But the fish gate the sons of Asnaa
built: they covered it, and set up the
doors thereof, and the locks, and the
bars. And next to them built Marimuth
the son of Urias the son of Accus.
4 And next to him built MosoUam the
and next to them built Sadoc the son of
Baana.
6 And next to them the Thecuites built:
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The names of the builders 2 ESDRAS
but their great men did not put their
necks to the work of their Lord.
6 And Joiada the son of Phasea, and
Mosollam the son of Besodia built the
old gate they covered it and set up the
: over against the going up of the strong
doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars.
7 And next to them built Meltias the
Gabaonite, and Jadon the Meronathite,
the men of Gabaon and Maspha, for the
governor that was in the country beyond
the river,
8 And next to him built Eziel the son of
Araia the goldsmith and next to him
: from the door of the house of Eliasib, to
built Ananias the son of the perfumer
and they left Jerusalem unto the wall of
the broad street.
9 And next to him built Raphaia the son
of Hur, lord of the street of Jerusalem.
10 And next to him Jedaia the son of
Haromaph over against his own house
and next to him built Hattus the son of
Hasebonia.
11 Melchias the son of Herem, and Ha-
sub the son of Phahath Moab, built half
the street, and the tower of the furnaces.
12 And next to him built Sellum the
son of Alohes, lord of half the street of
Jerusalem, he and his daughters,
13 And the gate of the valley Hanun
built, and the inhabitants of Zanoe ; they
built it, and set up the doors thereof, and
the locks, and the bars, and a thousand
cubits in the wall unto the gate of the
dunghill.
14 And the gate of the dunghill Melchias
the son of Rechab built, lord of the street
of Bethacharam : he built it, and set up
the doors thereof, and the locks, and the
bars.
16 And the gate of the fountain Sellum
the son of Cholhoza built, lord of the
street of Maspha : he built it, and cov-
ered it, and set up the doors thereof, and
the locks, and the bars, and the walls of
the pool of Siloe unto the king's guard,
and unto the steps that go down from
the city of David.
16 After him built Nehemias the son of
Azboc, lord of half the street of Bethsur,
as far as over against the sepulchre of
David, and to the pool, that was built with
great labour, and to the house of the
mighty.
17 After him built the Levites, Rehum and unto the chamber of the corner.
the son of Benni. After him built Hase-
bias, lord of half the street of Ceila in his ner of the flock gate, the goldsmiths and
own street.
:
The names of the builders
18 After him built their brethren Bavai
the son of Enadad, lord of half Ceila.
19 And next to him Aser the son of Josue,
lord of Maspha, built another measure,
corner.
20 After him in the mount Baruch the
son of Zachai built another measure,
from the corner to the door of the house
of Eliasib the high priest.
21 After him Merimuth the son of Urias
the son of Haccus, built another measure,
the end of the house of Eliasib„
22 And after him built the priests, the
men of the plains of the Jordan.
23 After him built Benjamin and Hasub,
over against their own house : and after
him built Azarias the son of Maasias
: the son of Ananias over against his
house.
24 After him built Bennui the son Or
Hanadad another measure, from the house
of Azarias unto the bending, and unto the
corner.
25 Phalel, the son of Ozi,over against the
bending and the tower, which lieth out
from the king's high house, that is, in the
coiu-t of the prison: after him Phadaia
the son of Pharos.
26 And the Nathinites dwelt in Ophel,
as far as over against the water gate
toward the east, and the tower that stood
out.
27 After him the Thecuites built another
measure over against, from the great
tower that standeth out unto the wall of
the temple.
28 And upward from the horse gate the
priests built, every man over against his
house.
29 After them built Sadoc the son of
Emmer over against his house. And after
him built Semaia the son of Sechenias,
keeper of the east gate.
30 After him built Hanania the son of Se-
lemia, and Hanun the sixth son of Seleph,
another measure after him built Mosol-
:
lam the son of Barachias over against his
treasury. After him Melcias the gold-
smith's son built unto the house of the
Nathinites, and of the sellers of small
wares, over against the judgment gate,
31 And within the chamber of the cor*
til* merchaats built.
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The building goes on 2 ESDRAS Nehemias arms the men

CHAPTER 4. 14 And I looked and rose up : and I said
The building is to the chief men and the magistrates,
carried on notwithstanding the
opposition of their enemies,and to the rest of the common people
AND ' it came to pass, that when Sana- be not afraid of them. Remember the
XX ballat heard that we were building Lord who is great and terrible, and fight
the wall he was angry : and being moved for your brethren, your sons, and your
exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews. daughters, and your wives, and your
2 And said before his brethren, and the houses.
multitude of the Samaritans What are 15 And It came to pass, when our ene-
:

the silly Jews doing ? Will the Gentiles mies heard that the thing had been told
let them alone ? will they sacrifice and us, that God defeated their counsel. And
make an end in a day ? are they able to we returned all of us to the walls, every
raise stones out of the heaps of the rub- man to his work.
bish, which are burnt ? 16 And it came to pass from that day
3 Tobias also the Ammonite who was by forward, that half of their young men
him said Let them build if a fox go up, did the work, and half were ready for to
: :

he will leap over their stone wall. fight, with spears, and shields, and bows,
4 Hear thou our God, for we are de- and coats of mail, and the rulers were
spised : turn their reproach upon their behind them in all the house of Juda»
own head, and give them to be despised 17 Of them that built on the wall and
in a land of captivity. that carried burdens, and that laded;
5 Cover not their iniquity, and let not with one of his hands he did the work,
their sin be blotted out from before thy and with the other he held a sword.
face, because they have mocked thy build- 18 For every one of the builders waa
ers. girded with a sword about his reins. An^
6 So we built the wall, and joined it all they built, and sounded with a trumpet
together unto the half thereof : and the by me.
heart of the people was excited to workc 19 And I said to the nobles, and to the
7 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, magistrates, and to the rest of the com-
and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the mon people: The work is great and wide,
Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that and we are separated on the wall one far
the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and from another:
the breaches began to be closed, that 20 In what place soever you shall hear
they were exceedingly angry. the sound of the trumpet, run all thither
8 And they all assembled themselves unto us: our God will fight for us.
together, to come, and to fight against 21 And let us do the work : and let one
Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes. half of U8 hold our spears from the rising
9 And we prayed to our God, and set of the morning, till the stare appear.
watchmen upon the wall day and night 22 At that time also I said to the peo-
against them» ple : Let every one with his servant stay
10 And Juda said : The strength of the in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take
bearer of burdens is decayed, and the our turns in the night, and by day, to
rubbish is very much, and we shall not be work.
able to build the wall. 23 Now I and my
brethren, and my ser-
11 And our enemies said : Let them not vants, and the watchmen that followed
know, nor understand, till we come in the me» did not put off our clothes: only
midst of them, and kill them, and cause every man stripped himself when he waa
the work to cease. to be washed.
12 And it came to pass, that when the
Jews that dwelt by them came and told CHAPTER 5.
Nehemias blameth the rich^for their oppressing the
us ten times, ou j of all the places from poor. His exhortation, and bounty to his country'
whence they ciime to us, men.
13 I set the people in the place behind "VrOW "there was a great cry of the
the wall round about in order, with their xN
people, and of their wives against
swords, and spears, and bows. their brethren the Jews.

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Nehemias rebu kes the usurers ^ ESDRAS Nehemias* generosity
2 And there were som© that said: Our 13 Moreover I shook my lapj and said^
sons and our daughters are very manys So may God shake every man that shaL
let us take up corn for the price of thenij not accomphsh this word, out of his
and let us eat and Hve. house, and out of his labours, thus may
S And there were some that said: Let us he be shaken out, and become empty.
mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, And all the multitude said Amen. And :

and our houses, and let us take corn be- they praised God. And the people did
cause of the famine. according to what was said.
4 And others said Let us borrow money
: 14 And from the day, in which the king
for the king's tribute, and let us give up commanded me to be governor in the
our fields and vineyards: land of Juda, from the twentieth year
5 And now our flesh is as the flesh of our even to the two and thirtieth year of
brethren and our children as their chil-
: Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I
dren. Behold we bring into bondage our and my brethren did not eat the yearly
sons and our daughters, and some of our allowance that was due to the governors.
daughters are bondwomen already, nei- 15 But the former governors that had
ther have we wherewith to redeem them, been before me, were chargeable to the
and our fields and our vineyards other people, and took of them in bread, and
men possess. wine, and in money every day forty
6 And I was exceedingly angry when I sides: and their ofiicers also oppressed
heard their cry according to these words. the people. But I did not so for the fear
7 And my heart thought with myself: of God.
and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, 16 Moreover I built in the work of the
and said to them Do you every one ex- wall, and I bought no land, and all my
:

act usury of your brethren ? And I gath- servants were gathered together to the
ered together a great assembly against work.
them, 17 The Jews also and the magistrates to
8 And I said to them : We, as you know, the number of one hundred and fifty men,
have redeemed according to our ability were at my table, besides them that came
our brethren the Jews, that were sold to to us from among the nations that were
the Gentiles and will you then sell your round about us.
:

brethren, for us to redeem them ? And 18 And there was prepared for me day
they held their peace, and found not what by day one ox, and six choice rams, be-
to answer. sides fowls, and once in ten days I gave
9 And I said to them The thing you do store of divers wines, and many other
:

is not good why walk you not in the fear things : yet I did not require my yearly
:

of our God, that we be not exposed to the allowance as governor: for the people
reproaches of the Gentiles our enemies ? were very much impoverished.
10 Both I and my brethren, and my ser- 19 Remember me, O my God, for good
vants, have lent money and corn to according to all that I have done for thie
many let us all agree not to call for it people.
:

again; let us forgive the debt that is CHAPTER 6.

owing to us. Tfie enemies seek to terrify Nehemias. He proceed-
eth and finisheth the xvall.
11 Restore ye to them this day their
^ it came to pass, when Sanaballat,
fields, and theii vineyards, and their
p;liveyards, and *heir houses: and the hun- .
AND
and Tobias, and Gossem the Arabian,
dredth part of the money, and of the and the rest of our enemies, heard that 1
coruc, the winf and the oil, which you had built the wall, and that there was no
,

were wont to ©«act of them, give it rather breach left in it, (though at that time 1
for them. had not set up the doors in the gates,)
^'^12 And they said: We will restore, and 2 Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me,
we will require nothing of them: and we saying: Come, and let us make a league
will do as thou sayest. And I called the together in the villages, in the plain of
priests and took an oath of them, to do Ono. But they thought to do me mis*
according to what I had said. chief.

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Sanabal lafs message 2 ESDRAS The walls of Jerusalem finished

3 And I sent messenprers
ing: I am dong a great work,
Hot come down, be neglected
lest it
Krhilst I come, and go down to you.
4 And they sent to me according to this
word, four times: and I answered them
after the same manner.
5 And Sanaballat sent his servant to me
the fifth time according to the former
word, and he had a letter in his hand
written in this manner:
6 It is reported amongst the Gentiles,
and Gossem hath said it, that thou and
the Jews think to rebel, and therefore
thou buildest the wall, and hast a mind to
set thyself king over them : for which end
7 Thou hast also set up prophets, to
preach of thee at Jerusalem, sajdng
There is a king in Judea. The king will
hear of these things: therefore come
now, that wc may take counsel together.
8 /ind I cent to them, saying There is
>jo them, say- 15 But the wall was finished the five and
and I can- twentieth day of the month of Blul, In
two and fifty days.
16 And it came to pass when all oui-
enemies heard of it, that all nations which
were round about us, were afraid, and
were cast down within themselves, for
they perceived that this work was the
work of God.
17 Moreover in those days many letters
were sent by the principal men of the
Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there
came letters to them.
18 For there were many in Judea sworn
to him, because he was the son in law of
Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan
his son had taken to wife the daughter
of Mosollam the son of Barachias.
19 And they praised him also before me,
and they related my words to him • And
Tobias sent letters to put me in fear.
:

no ouch thing done as thou sayest: but CHAPTER 7.

thou feignest th^se things out of thy own Nehemias appointeth watchmen in Jerusalem. Th9
heart. list of those who cam^e first from Babylon.

9 For all these

us,
men thought to frighten
thinking that our hands would cease
NOW
after the wall was built, and I
^

had set up the doors, and numbered

from the wcrrk, and that we would leave the porters and singing men, and Le-
off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands vi tes :
vhe more: 2 I commanded Hanani my brother, and
10 And I went intothe house of Samaia Hananias ruler of the house of Jerusalem,
iihe son ol Delaia, the son of Metabeel (for he seemed as a sincere man, and one
privately. And he said : Let us consult that feared God above the rest,)
together In the house of God in the 3 And I said to them Leo not the gates
:

midst of the temple : and let us shut the of Jerusalem be opened till the sun be
doors of the temple, for they will come hot. And while they were yet standing
to kill thee, and in the night they will by, the gates were shut, and barred: and
come to slay thee. I set watchmen of the inhabitants of Je-
11 And I said: Should such a man as I rusalem, every one by their courses, and
flee? and who is there that being as I am, every man over against his house.
would go into the temple, to save his 4 And the city was very wide and great,
life ? I will not go in. and the people few in the midst thereof
12 And I understood that God had not and the houses were not built.
sent him, but that he had spoken to me 6 But God had put in my heart, and 1
as if he had been prophesying, and Tobias, assembled the princes and magistrates,
and Sanaballat had hired him. and common people, to number them:
13 For he had taken money, that I being and I found a book of the number of
afraid should do this thing, and sin, and them who came up at first, and therein it
ohey might have some evil to upbraid me was found written
j^ithaL 6 ^ These are the children of the pro-
14 Remember me, O Lord, for Tobias vince, who came up from the captivity
and Sanaballat, according to their works of them that had been carried away,
of this kind : and Noadias the prophet, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Baby-
and the rest of the prophets that would lon had carried away, and who returned
have put me in fear. into Judea, every one into his own city.

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Those who first came from Babylon % ESDRAS Those who first came from Babylon
7 Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Ne- 35 The children cf Harem, three hun-
hemias, Azarias, Raamias, Nahamani, dred and twenty.
Mardochai, Belsam, Mespharath, Begoia, 36 The children of Jericho, three hun-
Nahum, Baana. The number of the men dred forty-five.
of the people of Israel: 37 The children of Lod, of Hadid and
The children of Pharos, two thousand
ft- Ono, seven hundred twenty-one. '

one hundred seventy-two. 38 The children of Senaa, three thou-'

9 The children of Sephatia, three hun- sand nine hundred thirty.
dred seventy-two. 39 The priests i the children of Idaia
10 The children of Area, six hundred in the house of Josue, nine hundred and
fifty-two. seventy-three.
11 The children Phahath Moab of the 40 The children of Emmer, one thou-
of
children of Josue and Joab, two thousand sand fifty-two.
eight hundred eighteen. 41 The children of Phashur, one thou-
12 The children of Elam, one thousand sand two hundred forty-seven.
two hundred fifty-four. 42 The children of Arem, one thousand
13 The children of Zethua, eight hun- and seventeen. The Levites
dred forty-five. 43 The children of Josue and CedmiheL
14 The children of Zachai, seven hun- the sons
dred sixty. 44 Of Oduia, seventy-four. The singing^
15 The children of Bannui, six hundred men:
forty-eight. 45 The children of Asaph, a hundred
16 The children of Bebai, six hundred forty-eight.
twenty-eight. 46 The porters the children of Sellum,
:

17 The children of Azgad, two thousand
three hundred twenty-two.
18 The children of Adonicam, six hun-
dred sixty-seven.
19 The children of Beguai, two thousand
the children of Ater, the children of Tel-
mon, the children of Accub, the children
of Hatita, the children of Sobai : a hun-
dred thirty-eight.
47 The Nathinites the children of Soha,
:

sixty-seven. the children of Hasupha, the children of

20 The children of Adin, six hundred Tebbaoth,
fifty-five. 48 The children of Oeros, the children
21 The children of Ater, children of of Siaa, the children of Phadon, the chil-
Hezechias, ninety-eight. dren of Lebana, the children of Hagaba,
22 The children of Hasem, three hun- the children of Selmai,
dred twenty-eight. 49 The children of Hanan, the children
23 The children of Besai, three hundred of Geddel, the children of Gaher,
twenty-four. 60 The children of Raaia, the children
24 The children of Hareph, a hundred of Rasin, the children of Necoda,
and twelve. 51 The children of Gezem, the children
25 The children of Gabaon, ninety-five. of Asa, the children of Phasea,
26 The children of Bethlehem, and Ne- 52 The children of Besai, the children
tupha, a hundred eighty-eight. of Munim, the children of Nephussim,
27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred 63 The children of Bacbuc, the children
twenty-eight. of Hacupha, the children of Harhur,
28 The men Ol Bethazmoth, forty-two. 54 The children of Besloth, the children
29 The men of Cariathiarim, Cephira, of Mahida, the children of Harsa,
and Beroth, seven hundred forty-three. 55 The children of Bercos, the children
30 The men of Rama and Geba, six hun- of Sisara, the children of Thema,
dred twenty-one. 56 The children of Nasia, the children
31 The men of Machmas, a hundred of Hatipha,
twenty-two. 57 The children of the servants of Solo-
32 The men of Bethel and Hai, a hun- mon, the children of Sothai, the children
dred twenty-three. of Sophereth, the children of Pharida,
33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two. 58 The children of Jahala, the children
34 The men of the other Elam, one of Darcon, the children of Jeddel,
Idaousand two hundred fifty-four. 59 The ^shildren of Saphatia, the Qhil«
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Those who had lost their pedigree 2 ESDRAS Esdras reads the hook of the Law
dren of Hatil, the children of Phochereth, gold, and fcwo thousand pounds of silver,
who was born of Sabaim, the son of and sixty-seven garments for priests.
Anion» 73 And the priests, and the Levites,
60 All the Nathinites, and the children and the porters, and the singing men, and
of the servants of Solomon, three hun- the rest of the common people, and the
dred ninety-two. Nathinites, and all Israel dwelt in their
61 And these are they that came up cities.
from Telmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, Ad- CHAPTER 8.
don, and Smmer: and could not shew
Esdras readeth the law before the people. j.feh9'
the house of their fathers, nor their seed, mias comforteth thcTn. They celebrate the feast
whether they were of Israel. of tabernacles.
62 The children of Dalaia, the children AND ®the seventh month came: and
of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six J\. the children of Israel were in their
hundred forty-two. cities. And all the people were gathered
63 And of the priests, the children of together as one man to the street which
Habia, the children of Accos, the chil- is before the water gate, and they spoke
dren of Berzellai, who took a wife of to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book
the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite, of the law of Moses, which the Lord had
and he was called by their name. commanded to Israel,
64 These sought their writing in the re- 2 Then Esdras the priest brought the
cord, and found it not: and they were law before the multitude of men and
east out of the priesthood. women, and all those that could under-
65 And Athersatha said to them, that stand, in the first day of the seventb
they should not eat of the holies of holies, month.
until there stood up a priest learned and 3 And he read it plainly in the street
skilful. that was before the water gate, from the
66 All the multitude as it were one morning until midday, before the men,
man, forty-two thousand threa hundred and the women, and all those that could
Lixty, understand and the ears of all the people
:

67 Beside their menservants and wo- were attentive to the book.

menservants, who were seven thousand 4 And Esdras the scribe stood upon a
three hundred thirty-seven and among step of wood, which he had made to
:

them singing men, and singing women, speak upon, and there stood by him Math-
two hundred forty-five. athias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria,
68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty- and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right
six their mules two hundred forty-five
; hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael,
69 Their camels, four hundred thirty- and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana,
five, their asses, six thousand seven hun- Zacharia and MosoUam.
dred and twenty. 5 And Esdras opened the book before
Hitherto is related what was vrritten in the record. all the people for he was above all the
:

From this place forward goeth on the history of people and when he had opened it, all
:
Ifehemiac.
the people stood.
70 And 3ome ^f .ne heads of the fami- 6 And Esdras blessed the Lord the great
lies gavs ante Ihc work. Athersatha God and all the people answered. Amen,
:

gave into the treasure ^ uhousand drams amen lifting up their hands and they
: :

of gold, fifty bowls, and five hundred bowed down, and adored God with their
and ihu-ty garments cor priests. faces to the ground.
71 And some of the tieada of families 7 Now Josue, and Banl, and Serebia,
gave to the treasure of the work, twenty Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, Maasia,
thousand drams of gold, and two thou- Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia,
sand two hundred pounds of silver. the Levites, made silence among the peo-
72 And that which the rest of the peo- ple to hear the law and the people stood:

pie gave, was twenty thousand drams of in their place.

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Chap. 7 Ver. Athersatha. That is, Nehe. he was cupliearer- or that, as some think this aame
70.
mias as appears from chap. 12. Either that he was signifies governor ; and lie was at that time governoi
;

'.o aaJed at the oourt of the ^ing of Persia,

where olJudea.
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Feast of tabernacles celebrated 2 ESDRA» The people do penance
8 And they read in the book of the law for since the days of Josue the son of
of God distinctly md
plainly to be under- Nun the children of Israel had not done
stood: and they understood when it was so, until that day : and there was exceed-
fead. ing great joy.
81 And x^^eiiemias (he is Athersatha) and 18 And he read in the book of the law
Gsdras the priest and scribe, and the of God day by day, from the first day till
Levites who interpreted to all the peo- the last, and they kept the solemnity
ple, said : This is a holy day to the Lord seven days, and in the eighth day a
our God : do not mourn, nor weep for solemn assembly according to the
i

all ^© people wept, when they heard the

manner.
words of the law.
10 And he said to them: Go, eat fat CHAPTER 9.
meats, and drink sweet wine, and send The people repent with fasting and sackcloth. Th$
Levites confess Go(Vs benefits^ and the people^s 4n.
portions to them that have not prepared gratitude they pray for tAem, and make a cove-
for themselves: because it is the holy nant with God.
day of the Lord, and be not sad : for the
^oy of the Lord is our strength.
ANDof^the
.
in the four and twentieth day
month the children of Israel
- 11 And
the Levites stilled all the peo- came together with fasting and with
ple, saying Hold your peace, for the sackcloth, and earth upon them.
:

i iay is holy, and be not sorrowful. 2 And the seed of the children of Is-
f' 12 So all the people went to eat and rael separated themselves from every
drink, and to send portions, and to make stranger: and they stood, and confessed
great mirth: because they understood their sins, and the iniquities of theii
the words that he had taught them. fathers.
13 And on the second day the chiefs of 3 And they rose up to stand : and they
the families of all the people, the priests, read in the book of the law of the Lord
and the Levites were gathered together their God, four times in the day, and four
to Esdras the scribe, that he should in- times they confessed, and adored the
terpret to them the words of the law. Lord their God.
14 And they found written in the law, 4 And there stood up upon the step of
that the Lord had commanded by the the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmi-
hand of Moses, that the children of Israel hel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and
should dwel! in tabernacles, on the feast, Chanani: and they cried with a loud
in the seventh month: voice to the Lord their God.
15 And that they should proclaim and 5 And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel,
publish the word in all their cities, and Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia,
in Jerusalem, saying: Go forth to the and Phathahia, said : Arise, bless the
mount, and fetch branches of olive, and Lord your God from eternity to eter-
branches of beautiful wood, branches of nity: and blessed be the high name ol
myrtle, and branches of palm, and thy glory with all blessing and praise.
branches of thick trees, to make taber- 6 Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast
nacles, as it is written. made heaven, and the heaven of heavens,
16 And the people went forth, and and all the host thereof : the earth and
brought. And they made themselves all things that are in it : the seas and all
tabernacles every man on the top of his that are therein and thou givest life to
:

house, and in their courts, and in the all these things, and the host of heaven
courts of the house of God, and in the adoreth thee.
street of the water gate, and in the street 7 Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest
of the gate of Ephraim. Abram, ^ and broughtest him forth out ot
17 And all the assembly of them that the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him
we<re returned from the captivity,-^ made the name of Abraham.
tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles: 8 And thou didst find his heart faithfuJ

/ Lev. 23. 39. B. C. 446-445.— /i Gen. 11. 31.

Chap. 9. Ver. 7. The firo of the Chaldeans. The Rabbins understood this literally, affirming that
of Ur in Chaldea, the name of which signifies Abram was cast into the fire by the idolater"
'.Ity aort
Are, Or out of the fire of the tribulations and temp- brought out by s miracle without any hurt
^atiOBScto wlticta ti» was Uiere axposed. -» Tbeancient
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The 'prayer of the Levites 2 ESDRAS The prayer of the Levites

before thoe: and fjhoii madest a covenant Egypt and had committed great blas-
:

with him, to give him the land of the phemies :

Ohanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the
Amorrhite, aod oi the Pherezite, and of
the Jebusite, anc' of the Gergezite, to
give it to his seed: and thou hast ful-
filled thy words, because thou art just.
9 And thou sawest the aflEliction of our
fatherc in Egypt: and thou didst hear
their cry by the Red Sea.
10 And thou shewedst signs and wonders
upon Pharao, and upon all his servants,
and upon the people of his land for thou
knewest that they dealt proudly against
them and thou madest thyself a name,
: them their garments did not grow old,
19 Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst
not leave them in the desert : the pillar
of the cloud departed not from them by.
day to lead them in the way, and the pil'
lar of fire by night to shew them the way;
by which they should go.
20 And thou gavest them thy good Spirit
to teach them, and thy manna thou didst
not withhold from their mouth, and thou
gavest them water for their thirst. ^
: 21 Forty years didst thou feed them. in.
the desert, and nothing was wanting to
;

as it is at this day. and their feet were not woruo j

11 And thou didst divide the sea before 22 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and^
them, and they passed through the midst nations, and didst divide lots for them :^
of the sea on dry land : but their perse- and they possessed the land of Sehon,f
cutors thou threwest into the depth, as a and the land of the king of Hesebon, and
stone into mighty waters. the land of Og king of Basan. ^
12 And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast 23 And thou didst multiply their children^
their leader by day, and in a pillar of fire as the stars of heaven, and broughtest
by night, that they might see the way by them to the land concerning which thou
which they went. hadst said to their fathers, that they
13 Thou camest down also to mount should go in and possess it.
Sinai, and didst speak with them from 24 And the children came and possessedv
heaven, and thou gavest them right the land, and thou didst humble before,
judgments, and the law of truth, cere- them the inhabitants of the land, the'^
monies, and good precepts. Chanaanites, and gavest them into their,
14 Thou madest known to them thy hands, with their kings, and the people ot
holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them the land, that they might do with them
commandments, and ceremonies, and the as it pleased them. " '* "
-r

law by the hand of Moses thy servant. 25 And they took strong cities and a fai^
15 And thou gavest them bread from land, and possessed houses full of all
heaven in their hunger, and broughtest goods: cisterns made by others, vine-,
forth water for them out of the rock in yards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees iiL
their thirst, and thou saidst to them that abundance : and they ate, and were filled^
they should go in, and possess the land, and became fat, and abounded with de'|
upon which thou hadst Ufted up thy hand light in thy great goodness.
to give it them. 26 But they provoked thee to wrath, and
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, departed from thee, and threw thy law'
and hardened their necks and hearkened behind their backs : and they killed thyr
not to thy commandments. prophets, who admonished them earnestly*
17 And they would not hear, and they to return to thee and they were guilty^
:

remembered not thy wonders which thou of great blasphemies.

hadst done for them. And they hardened 27 And thou gavest them Into the handffj
their necks, and gave the head to return of their enemies, and they afflicted them^
to their bondage, as it were by contention. And in the time of their tribulation they
But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and cried to thee, and thou heardest from
merciful, longsuffering, and full of com- heaven, and according to the multitude
passion, didst not forsake them. of thy tender mercies thou gavest them
18 Yea when they had made also to saviours, to save them from the bands oi
themselves a molten calf, and had said: their enemies. .

This is thy God, that brought thee out of 28 But after they had rest, they returned

er. 17. And gave the titm^ '^Iwtli.tteyiM^tlieiirAead, or were bent to return to Egypt
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The prayer of the Levi tes 2 ESDRAS The subscribers to the covenani
to do evil in thy sight: and thou leftest their will, and we are in great tribula-
them in the hand of their enemies, and tion.
they had dominion over them. Then they 38 And because of all this we ourselves
returned, and cried to thee: and thou make a covenant, and write it, and our
heardest from heaven, and deliveredst princes, our Levites, and our priests sign
them many times in thy mercies. it.
29 And thou didst admonish them to re- CHAPTER 10.
turn to thy laWc But they dealt proudly, The names of the subscribers to the covenant^ and
and hearkened not to thy command- the contents of it.

ments, but sinned against thy judgments, AND* the subscribers were Nehemias,
which if a man do, he shall live in them: Xjl Athersatha the eon of Hachelai,
and they withdrew the shoulder, and and Sedecias,
hardened their neck, and would not 2 Saraias, Azarias, Jeremias,
hear. 3 Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias,
30 And thou didst forbear v/ith them for 4 Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch,
many years, and didst testify against them 5 Harem, Merimuth, Obdias,
by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: 6 Daniel, Genthon, Baruch,
and they heard not, and thou didst deliver 7 MosoUam, Abia, Miamin,
them into the hand of the people of the 8 Maazia, Belgia, Semeia : these were
lands. priests.
31 Yet In thy very many mercies thou 9 And the Levites, Josue the son of
didst not utterly consume them, nor f or- Azanias, Bennui of the sons of Henadad,
sake them i because thou art a merciful Cedmihel,
and gracious God. 10 And their brethren, Sebenia, Oduia,
32 Now therefore our God, great, strong Celita, Phalaia, Hanan,
and terrible, who keepest covenant and 11 Micha, Rohob, Hasebia,
mercy, tin:n not away from thy face all 12 Zachur, Serebia, Sabania,
the labour which hath come upon ns, 13 Odaia, BaiJ, Baninu.
upon our kings, and our princes, and 14 The heads of the people, Pharos, Pha
our priests, and our prophets, and our hatb Moabi Elam, Zethu, Bani,
fathers, and all the people from the days 16 Bonni, Azgad, Bebai,
of the king of Assur, until this day. 16 Adonia, Begoai, Adin,
33 And thou art just in all things that 17 Ater, Hezecia, Azur,
have come upon us : because thou hast 18 Odaia, Hasum, Besai,
done truth, but we have done wickedly. 19 Hareph, Anathoth, NebaJ, '

34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, 50 Megphias, Mosollam, Hazir,

and our fathers have not kept thy law, 21 Mesizabel, Sadoc, Jeddua,
and have not minded thy command- £2 Pheltia, Hanan, Anaia,
ments, and thy testimonies which thou 23 Osee, Hanania, Hasub,
hast testified among them, 24 Alohes, Phalea, Sobec,
35 And they have not served thee in 25 Rehum, Hasebna, Maasia,
their kingdoms, and in thy manifold good- 26 Echaia, Hanan, Anan,
ness, which thou gavest them, and in the 27 Melluch, Haran, Baanaj
large and fat land, which thou deliver- 28 And the rest of the people, priests,
edst before them, nor did they return Levites, porters, and singing men, Nathin*
from their most wicked devices, ites, and all that had separated them-
36 Behold we ourselves this day are selves from the people of the lands to
bondmen and the land, which thou gav- the law of God, their wives, their sons,
:

est our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and their daughters.
and the good things thereof, and we our- 29 All that could understand promising
selves are servants in it. for their brethren,, with their chief men,
37 And the fruits thereof grow ^p for the and they came to promise, and swear
kings, whom thou hast set over us for our that they would walk in the law of God,
sins, and they have dominion over our which he gave in the hand of Moses the
bodies, and over our beasts, according to servant of God, that they would do and

iB, C. 4.46-445.
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The covenant 2 ESDRAS The inhabitants of Jerusalem

keep all the commandments of the Lord children of Levi shall carry to the trea-
our God, and his judgments and his cere- sury the firstfruits of corn, of wine, and
monies. of oil and the sanctified vessels shall be
:

30 And that we would not give our there, and the priests, and the singing
daughters to the people of the land, nor men, and the porters, and ministers, and
take their daughters for our sons. we will not forsake the house of our God,
31 And if the people of the land bring
in thingFfco sell, or any things for use, to CHAPTER 11.
sellthem on the sabbath day, that we WTio were the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and th6
would not buy them of them on the sab- other cities.

bath, or on the holy day. And that we A ND the princes of the people dwelt at
would leave the seventh year, and the xjL Jerusalem: but the rest of the peo-
exaction of every hand. ple cast lots, to take one part in ten to
32 And we mads ordinances for our- dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and
selves, to give the third part of a side nine parts in the other cities.
every year for the work of the house of 2 And the people blessed all the men
our God, that willingly offered themselves to dwell
33 For the loaves of proposition, and in Jerusalem.
for the continual sacrifice, and for a con- 3 These therefore are the chief men of
tinual holocaust on the sabbaths, on the the province, who dwelt in Jerusalem,
new moons, on the set feasts, and for the and in the cities of Juda. And every one
holy things, and for the sin offering: that dwelt in his possession, in their cities:
atonement might be made for Israel, and Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Na-
for every use of the house of our God. thinites, and the children of the servants
34 And we cast lots among the priests, of Solomon.
and the Levites, and the people for the 4 And in Jerusalem there dwelt some of
offering of wood, that it might be brought the children of Juda, and some of the
into the house of our God by the houses children of Benjamin ? of the children of
of our fathers at set times, from year to Juda, Athaias the son of Aziam, the son
year: to bum upon the altar of the Lord of Zacharias, the 3on of Amarias, the son
our God, as it is written in the law of of Saphatias, the son of Malaleel: of the
Moses: sons of Phares,
35 And we would bring the first-
that 5 Maasia the son of Baruch, the son o!
fruits of our land, and the firstfruits of Cholhoza, the 3on of Hazia, the son of
all fruit of every tree, from year to year, Adaia, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zach'
in the house of our Lord. arias, the son of the Silonite
36 And the firstborn of our sons, and of 6 All these the sons of Phares, who
our cattle, as it is written in the law, and dwelt in Jerusalem, were four hundred
the firstlings of our oxen, and of our sixty-eight valiant men.
sheep, to be offered in the house of our 7 And these are the children of Benja-
God, to the priests who minister in the min: Sellum the son of MosoUam, the
house of our God. son of Joed, the son of Phadaia, the son
37 And that we would bring the first- of Colaia, the son of Masia, the son of
fruits of our meats, and of our libations, Etheel, the son of Isaia.
and the fruit of every tree, of the vint- 8 And after him Gebbai, Sellai, nine hun-
age also and of oil to the priests, to the dred twenty-eight.
storehouse of our God, and the tithes of 9 And Joel the son of Zechri their ruler,
our ground to the Levites. The Levites and Judas the son of Senua was second
also shall receive the tithes of our works over the city.
out of all the cities. 10 And of the priests Idaia the son of
38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall Joarib, Jachin,
be with the Levites in the tithes of the 11 Saraia the son of Helcias, the son of
liCvites, and the Levites shall offer the Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of
tithe of their tithes in the house of our Meraioth, the son of Achitob the prince
God, to the storeroom into the treasure of the house of God,
^ouse. 12 And their brethren that do the works
89 For ^e Children of Israel and the of the temple: sight hundred twenty^
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The inhabitants of the other cities 2 ESDRAS List of priests and Levites
two. And Adaia the son of Jeroham, the 27 And at Hasersnal, and at Bersabee^
son of Phelelia, the son of Amsi, the son and in the villages thereof,
of Zacharias, the son ot Pheshur, the son 28 And at Siceleg, and at Mochona, and
of Melchias, in the villages thereof,
13 And hie brethren the chiefs of the 29 And at Remmon, and at Saraa, and
fathers : two hundred forty-two. And at Jerimuth,
Amassai the son of Azreel, the son of 30 Zanoa, OdoUam, and in their villages,
Ahazi, the son of Mosollamoth, the son at Lachis and its dependencies, and at
of Emmer, Azeca and the villages thereof. An*^
14 And their brethren who were very they dwelt from Bersabee unto the valley
mighty, a hundred twenty-eight : and of Bnnom.
their ruler Zabdiel son of the mighty. 31 And the children of Benjamin, from
15 And of the Levites Semeia the son of Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at
Hasub, the son of Azaricam, the son of Bethel, and in the villages thereof,
Hasabia, the son of Boni, 32 At Anathoth, Nob, Anania,
16 And Sabathai and Jozabed, who were 33 Asor, Rama, Gethaim,
over all the outward business of the house 34 Hadid, Seboim, and Neballat, Lod,
of God, of the princes of the Levites, 36 And Ono the valley of craftsmen.
17 And Mathania the son of Micha, the 36 And of the Levites were portions of
eon of Zebedei, the son of Asaph, was the Juda and Benjamin.
principal man to praise, and to give glory
in prayer, and Becbecia the second, one
CHAPTER 12.
The priests^ and Levites that came wp with Zorobu
of his brethren, and Abda the son of bel. The succession of high priests : the solemnity
Samua, the son of Galal, the son of Idi- of the dedication of the wall.
thun.
18 All the Levites in the holy city were
NOW these are the priests and the Le-
vites, that went up with Zorobabei
two hundred eighty-four. the son of Salathiel, and Josue : Saraia^
19 And the porters, Accub, Telmon, and Jeremias, Esdras,
their brethren, who kept the doors: a 2 Amaria, Meiluch, Hattus,
hundred seventy-two. 3 Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth,
20 And the rest of Israel, the priests 4 Addo, Genthon, Abia,
ind the Levites were in all the cities of 6 Miamin, Madia, Belga,
Juda, every man in his possession. 6 Semeia, and Joiarib, Idaia, Sellum,
21 And the Nathinites, that dwelt in Amoc, Helcias,
Ophel, and Siaha, and Gaspha of the Na- 7 Idaia. These were the chief of the
thinites. priests, and of their brethren in the days
22 And the overseer of the Levites in of Josue.
Jerusalem, was Azzi the son of Bani, the 8 And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Ced-
son of Hasabia, the son of Mathania, the mihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, they and
son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, their brethren were over the hymns:
were the singing men in the ministry of 9 And Becbecia, and Hanni, and their
the house of God. brethren every one in his office.
23 For the king's commandment was 10 And Josue begot Joacim, and Joa-
concerning them, and an order among cim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib begot Joi»
the singing men day by day. ada,
24 And Phathahia the son of Mesezebel 11 And Joiada begot Jonathan, and
of the children of Zara the son of Juda Jonathan begot Jeddoa.
was at the hand of the king, in all matters 12 And in the days of Joacim the priests
concerning the people, and heads of the families were Of Saraia,
:

25 And in the houses through all their Maraia: of Jeremias, Hanania

countries. Of the children of Juda some 13 Of Esdras, Mosollam and of Amaria,
:

dwelt at Cariath- Arbe, and in the villages Johanan

thereof: and at Dibon, and in the villages 14 Of Milicho, Jonathan: of Sebenia,
thereof and at Cabseel, and in the vil- Joseph
:

lages thereof. 15 Of Haram, Edna; of Maraioth, Helci?

26 And at Jesue, and at Molada, and at 16 Of Adaia, Zacharia : of Genthon, Mo-
Bethphalethy IfloUam;
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Chief men of the Levites 2 ESDRAS Dedication of ike walls
17 Of Abia, Zechri : of Miamin and Moa- 32 And after them went Osaias, and hali
dia, Phelti: of the princes of Juda,
18 Of Belga, Sammua of Semaia, Jona- 33 And Azarias, Esdras, and Mosollam^
than: Judas, and Benjamin, and Semeia, and
19 Of Joiarib, Mathanai: of Jodaia, Jeremias.
Azzi: 34 And of the sons of the priests with
20 OfSellai, Celai: of Amoc, Heber: trumpets, Zacharias the son of Jonathan^
21 Of Heloias, Haeebia: of Idaia, Na- the son of Semeia, the son of Mathania,
thanaeL the son of Michaia, the son of Zechur, the
22 The Levites the chiefs of the families son of Asaph,
in the days of Bliasib, and Joiada, and 36 And his brethren Semeia, and Azareel^
^ohanan, and Jeddoa, were recorded, and Malalai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael, and
the priests in the reign of Darius the Judas, and Hanani, with the musical in-
Persian. struments of David the man of God and :

23 The sons of Levi, heads of the fami- Esdras the scribe before them at the
lies were written in the book of Chroni- fountain gate.
cles, even unto the days of Jonathan the 36 And they went up over against them
son of Eliasibo by the stairs of the city of David, at the
24 Now the chief of the Levites were going up of the wall of the house of Da-
Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of vid, and to the water gate eastward :
Cedmihel: and their brethren by their 37 And the second choir of them that
courses, to praise and to give thanks ac- gave thanks went on the opposite side^
cording to the commandment of David and I after them, and the half of the
the man of God, and to wait equally in people upon the wall, and upon the
order. tower of the furnaces, even to the broad
25 Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and wall,
Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, were keepers 38 And above the gate of Ephraim, and
of the gates and of the entrances before above the old gate, and above the fish
the gates. gate and the tower of Hananeel, and the
26 These were in the days of Joacim tower of Emath, and even to the flock
the son of Josue, the son of Josedec, and gate: and they stood still in the watch
in the days of Nehemias the governor, gate.
and of Esdras the priest and scribe. 39 And the two choirs of them that
27 And at the dedication of the wall of gave praise stood still at the house of
Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of Godj <£nd I and the half of the magis-
all their places, to bring them to Jerusa- trates with me.
lem, and to keep the dedication, and to 40 And the priests, Eliachim, Maasia^
rejoice with thanksgiving, and with sing- Miamin, Michea, Elioenai, Zacharia^ Han-
ing, and with cymbals, and psalteries and ania with trumpets,
harps. 41 And Maasia, and Semeia, and Eleazar,
28 And the sons of the singing men and Azzi, and Johanan, and Melchia, and
were gathered together out of the plain Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sung
country about Jerusalem, and out of the loud, and Jezraia was their overseer:
villages of Nethuphati, 42 And they sacrificed on that day grea*
29 And from the house of Galgal, and sacrifices, and they rejoiced : for God had
from the countries of Geba and Azma- made them joyful with great joy : their
vethi for the singing men had built wives also and their children rejoiced^
themselves villages round about Jerusa- and the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar
lem. off.
30 And the priests and the Levites were 43 They appointed also in that day men
purified, and they purified the people, over the storehouses of the treasure, for
and the gates, and the wall. the libations, and for the firstfruits, and
31 And I made the princes of Juda go for the tithes, that the rulers of the city
np upon the wall, and I appointed two might bring them in by them in honour
great choirs to give praise. And they of thanksgiving, for the priests and Le»
went on the right hand upon the wall to- vites: for Juda was joyful ijn thei pri^ta
ward the dunghiU gate. and Levites that assisted. 'J «'*»ii-f w '' -
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Strangers separated from the Jews 2 ESDRAS Violation of the Sabbath

44 And they kept the watch of their And I cast forth the vessels of the house
God, and the observance of expiation, of Tobiae out of the storehouse,
and the singing men, and the porters, 9 And I commanded and they cleansed
according to the commandment of David, the storehouses: and I brought thither
and of Solomon his son. again the vessels of the house of God,
45 For in the days of David and Asaph the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
from the beginning there were chief 10 And I perceived that the portions of
singers appointed, to praise with canti- the Levites had not been given them:
cles, and give thanks to God. and that the Levites, and the singing
46 And all Israel, in the days of Zoro- men, and they that ministered were fled
babel, and in the days of Nehemias gave away every man to his own country
portions to the singing men, and to the 11 And I pleaded the matter against
porters, day by day, and they sanctified the magistrates, and said : Why have we
the Levites, and the Levites sanctified forsaken the house of God? And I gath-
the sons of Aaron. ered them together, and I made them to
fitand in their places.
CHAPTER 13. 1 And all Juda brought the tithe of
Divers abuses are reformed. the corn, and the wine, and the oil into
A ND on that day they read in the book
-^ the storehouses,
J\. of Moses in the hearing of the peo- 13 And we set over the storehouses
ple and therein was found written, that
: Selemias the priest, and Sadoc the scribe,
the Ammonites and the Moabites should and of the Levites Phadaia, and next to
not come in to the church of God for them Hanan the son of Zachur, the son
ever: of Mathania : for they were approved as
2 Because they met not the children of faithful, and to them were committed
Israel with bread and water: and they the portions of their brethren.
hired against them Balaam, to curse 14 Remember me, O my God, for this
them, and our God turned the curse into thing, and wipe not out my kindnesses,
blessing. which I have done relating to the house
3 And it came to pass, when they had of my God and his ceremonies.
heard the law, that they separated every 15 In those days I saw in Juda some
stranger from Israel. treading the presses on the sabbath, and
4 And over this thing was Eliasib the carrying sheaves, and lading asses with
priest, who was set over the treasury of wine, and grapes, and figs, and all man-
the house of our God, and was near akin ner of burthens, and bringing them into
to Tobias. Jerusalem on the sabbath day. And I
5 And he made him a great storeroom, charged them that they should sell on a
where before him they laid up gifts, and day on which it was lawful to sell.
frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes 16 Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who
of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, brought fish, and all manner of wares;
the portions of the Levites, and of the and they sold them on the sabbaths to
singing men, and of the porters, and the the children of Juda in Jerusalem.
firstfruits of the priests. 17 And I rebuked the chief men of
6 But in all this time I was not in Jeru- Juda, and said to them: What is this
salem, because in the two and thirtieth evil thing that you are doing, profaning
year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I the sabbath day?
went to the king, and aft«r certain days 18 Did not our fathers do these things^
I asked the king: and our God brought all this evil upon
7 And I came to Jerusalem,^ and I un- us, and upon this city ? And you bring
derstood the evil that Eliasib had done more wrath upon Israel by violating the
for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in sabbath.
the courts of the house of God. 19 And it came to pass, that when the
S And it seemed to me exceeding evil. gates of Jerusalem were at rest on the
j Deut. 23. 3. k B. C. 434.
Chap. 12. Ver. 46. Sanctified. That Is, they gave Chap. 13. Ver. 4.Over thin thing, &c. Or. he
them that which by the law was set aside, and sano was faulty in this thing, or iu this kind
llfied for their use.

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Mixed Marriages TOBIAS The sin of Sohmon

sabbath day, I spoke: and they shut the and shaved off their hair, and made them
gates, and I commanded that they should
not open them till after the sabbath:
and I set some of my servants at the
gates, that none should bring in burthens
on the sabbath day.
20 So the merchants, and they that sold
all kinds of wares, stayed without Jeru-
salem once or twice.
21 And I charged them, and I said to
them: Why stay you before the wall? if
you do so another time, I will lay hands
on you. And from that time they came
no more on the sabbath.
22 I spoke also to the Levites that they
shDuld be purified, and should come to
keep the gates, and to sanctify the sab>
bath day: for this also remember me,
my God, and spare me according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies.
23 In those days also I saw Jews that
married wives, women of Azotus, and of
Ammon, and of Moab.
24 And their children spoke half in the
speech of Azotus, and could not speak
the Jews* language, but they spoke ac-
cording to the language of this and that
people.
25 And I chid them, and laid curse my
upon them. And I beat some of them.
swear by God that they would not give
their daughters to their sons, nor take
their daughters for their sons, nor for
themselves saying:
26 ^Did not Solomon king of Israel sin
in this kind of thing? and surely among
many nations, there was not a king like
him, and he was beloved af his God, and
God made him king over all Israel "»and
yet women of other countries brought
even him to sin.
27 Andshall we also be disobedient and
do all this great evil to transgress against
our God, and marry strange women?
28 And one of the sons of Joiada the
son of Eliasib the high priest, was son
in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I
drove him from me.
29 Remember them, Lord my God,
that defile the priesthood, and the law
of priests and Levites.
30 So I separated from them all stran-
gers, and I appointed the courses of the
priests and the Levites, every man in his
ministry
31 And for the offering of wood at times
appointed, and for the firstfruits, re-
member me, O my God, unto good
Amen.

THE

BOOK OF TOBIAS.
This Book takes its name from the holy man Tobias, whose wonderful virtues are
herein recorded. It contains most excellent documents of great piety, extraordinary
patience, and of a perfect resignation to the will of God. His humble prayer was
heard, and the angel Raphael was sevt to relieve him: he is thankful and praises
the Lord, calling on the children of Israel to do the same. Having lived to the age
of one hundred and two years, he exhorts his son and grandsons to piety, foretells
the destruction of Ninive and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, he dies happily.

CHAPTER 1. 2 "'When he was made captive in the

Tobias's early piety his works of mercy, particu-
: days of Salmanasar king of the Assyrians
larly in burying the dead.
even in his captivity, forsook not the
TOBIAS of the tribe and city of Neph- way of truth,
(which is in the upper parts of
tali, 3 But every day gave all he could get
Galilee above Naasson, beyond the way to his brethren his fellow captives, that
that leadeth to the west, having on the were of his kindred.
right hand the city of Sephet,) 4 And when he was younger than any

I 3 Kings 3. 1, and 11. w3

1.— Kings 11. 4. n 4 Kings 17. 3, and 18. 9.

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The generosity of Tobias TOBIAS He buries the dead

of the Mbe of Nephtali, yet did he no 20 He fed the hungry, and gave clothep
childish thing in his work. to the naked, and was careful to burj^
6 Moreover when all went to the golden the dead, and they that were slain.
calves ° which Jeroboam king of Israel 21 5 And when king Sennacherib was *"

had made, he alone fled the company of come back, fleeing from Judea by reason
all, of the slaughter that God had made about
6 And went to Jerusalem to the temple him for his blasphemy, and being angry
of the Lord, and there adored the Lord slew many of the children of Israel, Tobias
God of Israel, offering faithfully all his buried their bodies.
firstfruits, and his tithes, 22 But when it was told the king, he
7 So that in the third year he gave all commanded him to be slain, and took
his tithes to the proselytes, and strangers. away all his substance.
8 These and such like things did he 23 But Tobias fleeing naked away with
observe when but a boy according to ih© hjs son and with his wife, lay concealed,
law of God. ft*r many loved him.
9 But when he was a man, he took to 24 But after forty-five days, the king
^'

wife Anna of his own tribe, and had a was kiUed by his own sons.
son by her, whom he called after his own 25 And Tobias returned to his house, and
name, all his substance was restored to him,
10 And from his infancy he taug,ht him
to fear God, and to abstain from all sin,
CHAPTER
2.
Tobias leaveth his dinner to hiiry the dead : he to»'
11 And when by the captivity he with eth his sight by God^s permission, for manifesto^
bis wife and his son and all his tribe was tion of his patience.
come to the city of Ninive,
12 (When all ate of the meats of the
BUT
after this, when there was a festi-
val of the Lord, and a good dinner
Gentx. s) he kept his soul and ueve^ was was prepared in Tobias's house,
defiled with their meats. 2 He said to his son : Go, and bring
13 And because be was mindful of the some of our tribe that fear God, to feast
Lord with all his heart, God gave him with us.
favour in the sight of Salmanasar the 3 And when he had gone, returning he
king. told him, that one of the children of
14 And he gave him leave to go whi- Israel lay slain in the street. And he
^ersoever he would, with liberty to do forthwith leaped up from his place at the
whatever he had a mind. table, and left his dinner, and came fast-
15 He therefore went to all that were ing to the body i
in captivity, and gave them wholesome 4 And taking it up carried it privately
admonitions. to his house, that after the sun was down,
16 And when he was come to Rages a he might bury him cautiously.
dty of the Medes, and had ten talents of 6 And when he had hid the body, he ate
silver of that with which he had been bread with mourning and fear,
honoured by the king 6 Remembering the word which the
17 And when amongst a great multi- Lord spoke by ' Amos the prophet : Your
tude of his kindred, he saw Gabelus in festival days shall be turned into lamen-
want, who was one of his tribe, taking a tation and moarning.
Bote of his hand he gave him the afore- 7 So when the sun was down, he went
said sum of money. and buried him.
18 But after a long time, Salmanasar 8 Now all his neighbours blamed him,
the king being dead, P when Sennacherib saying Once already commandment was
:

his son, who reigned in his place, had a
hatred for the children of Israel i
19 Tobias daily went among all his kin-
dred, and comforted them, and distrib-
uted to every one as he was able, out of
his goods:
given for thee to be slain because of this
matter, and thou didst scarce escape the
sentence of death, and dost ^jhou again
bury the dead ?
9 ^ But Tobias fearing God more than the
king, carried off the bodies of them that

o 3 Kings 12. 28.-39 B. C. 705-681. • 4 Kings 19. 37 5 2 Par. 32. 21 ; Isa. 37. 38.
q 4 Kings 19. 35 Eccli. 48. 24 2 Mac. 8.
; ; 19. t Amos 3. 10; 1 Mac 1. 11.
r B. a 701. u Supra 1. 2i.
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The patience of Tobias TOBIAS The prayer of Tobias

were slain, and hid them in his house, and
at midnight buried them.
THEN Tobias sighed, and began to pray
with tears,
10 Now it happened one day, that being 2 Saying Thou art just, O Lord, and all
:

wearied with burying, he came to his thy judgments are just, and all thy ways
•

house, and cast himself down by the waD mercy, and truth, and judgment i
and slept, 3 And now, Lord, think of me, and
11 And as he was sleeping, hot dung out take not revenge of my
sins, neither re*
of a swallow's nest fell upon his eyes^ and member my offences, nor those of my
he was made blind. parents.
12 Now this trial the Lord therefore per- 4 y For we have not obeyed thy com-
mitted to happen to him, that an exam- mandments, therefore are we dehvered
ple might be given to posterity of his to spoil and to captivity, and deaths and
patience, ae also of holy Jobc are made a fable, and a reproach to all
13 For wTiereas ne naa always feared nations, amongst which thou hast scat-
God from his infancy, and kept his com- tered USo
mandments, he repined not against God 6 And now% O
Lord, great are thy judg-
because the evil of blindness had befallen ments, because we have not done accord-
him, ing to thy precepts, and have not walked
14 But continued immoveable in the fear sincerely before thee 5
of God, giving thanks to God all the days 6 And now, O Lord, do with me accord-
of his life. ing to thy will, and command spirit to my
15 For as the kings insulted over holy be received in peace : for it is better for
Job BO his relations and kinsmen mocked me to die, than to live,
:

at his life, saying: 7 Now it happened on the same day,

16 Where is thy hope, for which thou that Sara daughter of Raguel, in Ragee
gavest alms, and buriedst the dead t a city of the Modes, received a reproach
17 But Tobias rebuked them, saying- from one of her father*6 servant maids.
Speak not so 8 Because she had been given to seven
18 For we are the children of saints, and husbands, and a devil named Asmodeus
look for that hfe which God will give to had killed them, at their first going in
those that never change their faith from unto her
him. 9 So when she reproved the maid for
19 Now Anna his wife went daily to her fault, she answered her, saying ; May
weaving work, and she brought home we never see son, or daughter ot thee
what she could get for their living by upon the earth, thou murderei of thy
the labour of her hands. husbands.
20 Whereby it came to pass, that she re- 10 Wilt thou kill me also, as thou hast
ceived a young kid, and brought it home already killed seven husbande? At these
;

21 And when her husband heard it bleat- words she went into an upper chamber
ing, he said ^ Take heed, lest perhaps it of her house ; and for three days and
:

be stolen, restore ye it to its cwnerSj for three nights did neither eat nor drink •

it is not lawful for us either to eat or to 11 But continuing in prayer with teare
touch any thing that cometh by theft. besought God, that he would deliver hei
22 * At these words his wife being angry from this reproach^
answered : It ie evident thy hope is come 12 And it came to pass on the third
to nothing, and thy alms now appear. day, when she was making an end of her
23 And with these, and other such like prayer, blessing the Lord,
words she upbraided hinic 13 She said Blessed is thy name, O God
;

of our fathers : who when thou hast been

CHAPTER 3.
angry ^ wilt shew mercy^ and in the time
The prayer of, Tobias, and of Sara, in fheir several
afflictions, are heard by God, and the angel Ra- of tribulation forgivest the sine of then}
phael is sent to relieve them, that caD upon thee.
w Deut 22. L X Jot 22. 8. «> I/ Deut 28 16.

Chap. 2. Ver. 15. So Job's three friends tana, which was also called Ra?es. Foi there were
Kirujs.
are here called, because they were princes in their two cities in Media of the name of Rages. Haguel
respective territories. dwelt iD one ot them, and Gabelus tQ the other
Chap, a Ver^ 7. Rage». In the Greek it is 27c&a>
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The prayer of Sara TOBIAS Tobias^ admonitions to his son

14 To thee, O Lord, I turn my face, to
thee I direct my eyes,
15 I beg, O Lord, that thou loose me
from the bond of this reproach^ or else
take me away from the earth.
16 Thou knowest, O Lord, that I never
how great perils she suffered for thee in
her womb.
6 And when she also shall have ended
the time of her life, bury her by me.
6 And all the days of thy life have God
in thy mind and take heed thou never
:

coveted a husband, and have kept my
soul clean from all lust,
17 Never have I joined myself with them
that play: neither have I made myself
partaker with them that walk in light-
ness.
18 But a husband I consented to take,
with thy fear, not with my lust.
19 And either I was unworthy of them,
or they perhaps were not worthy of me :
because perhaps thou hast kept me for
another man
20 For thy counsel is not in man's power.
21 But this every one is sure of that
worshippeth thee^ that his life, if it be
under trial, shall be crowned and if it
be under tribulation, it shall be delivered
and if it be under correction, it shall be
allowed to come to thy mercy.
22 For thou art not delighted in our
being lost* because after a storm thou
makest a calm, and after tears and weep-
ing thou pour est in joy fulness.
23 Be thy name^ O God of Israel, blessed
for everc
24 At that time the prayers ot them both
consent to sin^ nor transgress the com-
mandments of the Lord our God.
7 ^ Give alms out of thy substance, and
turn not away thy face from any poor
person : for so it shall come to pass that
the face of the Lord shall not be turned
from thee.
8 * According to thy ability be merciful.
9 If thou have much give abundantly s
if thou have little, take care even so to
bestow willingly a little.
10 For thus thou storest up to thyself a
good reward for the day of necessity.
11 ^^J'or alms deliver from all sin, and
:
froaudeaiSr- wiUj
to go intodarj^mess.
^d
suffer the soul ^
^12^ AteI§"8Eailbe a great confidence be»
fore the most high God, to all them that
give it.
13 * Take heed to keep thyself, my son,
from all fornication, and beside thy wife
never endure to know a crime.
14 Never suffer pride to reign in thy
mind, or in thy words : -^for from it all
perdition took its beginning.
15 If any man hath done any work fop
fl*

were heard in the sight of the glory of thee, immediately pay him his hire, and
the most high God let not the wages of thy hired servant
25 And the holy angel of the Lord, Ra stay with thee at alL
phael was sent to heal them both, whose 16 * See thou never do to another what
prayers at one time were rehearsed in thou wouldst hate to have done to thee
the sight of the Lord. by another.
17 * Eat thy bread with the hungry and
CHAPTER 4. the needy, and with thy garments cover
Tobias thinking he shall die, ffiveth hi» son godly
admonitions and telleth him of money he had the naked.
•

lent to a friend. 18 Lay out thy bread, and thy wint: ipon
THEREFORE when Tobias thought the burial of a Just man, and do no; '>at
that his prayer was heard that he and drink thereof with the wicked.
might die, he called to him Tobias his 19 Seek counsel always of a wise man.
son, 20 Bless God at all times and desire of :

2 And said to him Hear, my son, the him to direct thy ways, and that all thy
:

words of my mouth, and lay them as a counsels may abide in him.

foundation in thy heart. 21 I tell thee also, my son, that I lent
3 When God shall take my soul, thou ten talents of silver, while thou wast yet
ehalt bury my body " and thou shall a child, to Gabelus, in Rages a city of the
:
a

honour thy mother all the days of her Medes, and I have a note of his hand with 1
Ufe; me:
4 For thou must be mindful what and 22 Now therefore inquire how thoumayst

a Ex. 20. 12 ; Eccli. 7. 29. / Gen. 8. 6. — gr Lev. 19» 13 ? Deiit 24. 14

b Prov. 3. 9: Eccli. 4. 1, and 14. 13 Luke 14. 13.
j fc Matt 7, 12: Luke 6. 31.

r Eccli 8& 22 — d Eccli. 29, 15 — c I Thess. 4. 3. i Luke 14. 13.

Me
The young Tobias seeks a guide TOBIAS The angel Raphael
go to him, and receive of him the fore- joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness,
3aid sum of money, and restore to him and see not the light of heaven ?
the note of his hand. 13 And the young man said to him Be :

23 Fear not, my son we lead indeed a of good courage, thy cure from God is at
:

poor life, ^ but we shall have many good hand.

things if we fear God, and depart from all 14 And Tobias said to him : Canst thou
sin, and do that which is good. conduct my son to Gabelus at Rages, a
city of the Medes ? and when thou shalt
CHAPTER 6. return, I will pay thee thy hire.
Toung Tobias seeking a guide for his journey^the
angel Raphael, in shape of a man, undeHaketh 15 And the angel said to him: I will
this office. conduct him thither, and bring him back
THEN said
Tobias answered his father, and to thee.
I will do all things, father,
: 16 And Tobias said to him : I pray thee,
which thou hast commanded me. tell me, of what family, or what tribe art
2 But how I shall get this money, I can- thou?
not tell he knoweth not me, and I know 17 And Raphael the angel answered:
;

not him : what token shall I give him ? Dost thou seek the family of him thou
nor did I ever know the way which lead- hirest, or the hired servant himself to go
eth thither. with thy son?
3 Then his father answered him, and 18 But lest I should make thee uneasy,
said I have a note of his hand with me, I am Azarias the son of the great Ananias.
:

which when thou shalt shew him, he will 19 And Tobias answered Thou art of :

presently pay it. a great family. But I pray thee be not

4 But go now, and seek thee out some angry that I desired to know thy family.
faithful man, to go with thee for his hire : 20 And the angel said to him I will ;

that thou mayst receive it, while I yet lead thy son safe, and bring him to thee
live. again safe.
5 Then Tobias going forth, found a beau- 21 And Tobias answering, said May :

tiful young man, standing girded, and as you have a good journey, and God be
it were ready to walk. with you in your way, and his angel
6 And not knowing that he was an angel accompany you.
of God, he saluted him, and said From : 22 Then all things being ready, that were
whence art thou, good young man? to be carried in their journey, Tobias bade
7 But he answered Of the children of his father and his mother farewell, and
:

Israel. And Tobias said to him : Know- they set out both together.
est thou the way that leadeth to the coun- 23 ^ And when they were departed, his
try of the Medes ? mother began to weep, and to say: Thou
8 And he answered I know It : and I hast taken the staff of our old age, and
:

have often walked through all the ways sent him away from us.
thereof, and I have abode with Gabelus 24 I wish the money for which thou
our brother, who dwelleth at Rages a hast sent him, had never been.
city of the Medes, which is situate in the 25 For our poverty was suflBcient for us,
mount of Ecbatana. that we might account it as riches, that
9 And Tobias said to him : Stay for me, we saw our son.
I beseech thee, till I tell these same 26 And Tobias said to her Weep not, our:

things to my father. son will arrive thither safe, and will return
10 Then Tobias going in told all these safe to us, and thy eyes shall see him.
things to his father. Upon which his 27 For I believe that the good angel of
father being in admiration, desired that God doth accompany him, and doth order
he would come in unto him. all things well that are done about him,
11 So going in he saluted him, and said :so that he shall return to us with joy.
Joy be to thee always. 28 At these words his mother ceased
12 And Tobias said What manner of weeping, and held her peace.
:

j Rom. 8. 17. k Infra 10. 4.

Chap. Ver. 18. Azarias. The angel took the

5. Has, in Hebrew, signifies the help qf God^'dsid AJia^
form of Azarias: and therefore might call himself nias the grace of God,
by the name of the man whom he personated. Aza-
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Tobias saved from the fish TOBIAS The angeVs counsel

CHAPTER 6. 12 "* due to thee,
All his substance is
By the angeVs advice young Tobias taketh hold on a and thou must take her to wife.
fish that assauiteth him. Reserveth the heart, the 13 Ask her therefore of her father, and
gall, and the liver for medicines. They lodge at
the house of I'aguel, whose daughter Sara, Tobias he will give her thee to wife.
is to marry ; she had before been married to seven 14 Then Tobias answered, and said: I
husbands, who were all slain by a devil.
hear that she hath been given to seven
AND Tobias went forward, and the husbands, and they all died moreover | :

XJL dog followed him, and he lodged the have heard, that a devil killed them.
first night by the river of Tigris. 15 Now I am afraid, lest the same thi ig
2 And he went out to wash his feet, should happen to me also and whereas :

and behold a monstrous fish came up to I am the only child of my parents, I should
devour him. bring down their old age with sorrow to
3 And Tobias being afraid of him, cried hell.
out with a loud voice, saying Sir, he 16 Then the angel Raphael said to him:
:

Cometh upon me. Hear me, and I will shew thee who they
4 And the angel said to him: Take him are, over whom the devil can prevail.
^y'^the gill, and draw him to thee. And 17 For they who insuch manner receive
when he had done so, he drew him out matrimony, as to shut out God from them-
upon the land, and he began to pant be- selves, and from their mind, and to give
fore his feet. themselves to their lust, as the horse and
6 Then the angel said to him Take out mule, which have not understanding, over
:

the entrails of this fish, and lay up his them the devil hath power.
heart, and his gall, and his liver for thee 18 But thou when thou shalt take her,
for these are necessary for us eful medi- go into the chamber, and for three days
cines. keep thyself continent from her, and give
6 And when he had done so, he roasted thyself to nothing else but to prayers with
the flesh thereof, and they took it with her.
them in the way the rest they salted as 19 And on that night lay the liver of the
:

much as might serve them, till they came fish on the fire, and the devil shall be
to Rages the city of the Modes. driven away.
7 Then Tobias asked the angel, and said 20 But the second night thou shalt be
to him : I beseech thee, brother Azarias, admitted into the society of the holy
tel) me what remedies are these things Patriarchs.
good for, which thou hast bid me keep 21 And the third night thou shalt obtain
of the fish? a blessing that sound children may be
8 And the angel, answering, said to born of you.
him: If thou put a little piece of its heart 22 And when the third night is past,
upon coals, the smoke thereof driveth thou shalt take the virgin with the fear
away all kind of devils, either from man of the Lord, moved rather for love of
or from woman, so that they come no children than for lust, that in the seed
more to them. of Abraham thou mayst obtain a blessing
9 And the gall is good for anointing the in children.
eyes, in which there is a white speck, and CHAPTER 7.
they shall be cured. They are kindly entertained by RagueL Tobias
10 And Tobias said to him : Where wilt demandeth Sara to wife.
thou that we lodge ? A ND they went in to Raguel, and Ra-
11 And the angel answering, said Here XjL guel received them with joy.
:

is one whose name is Raguel, a near kins- 2 And Raguel looking upon Tobias, said
man of thy tribe, and he hath a daughter to Anna his wife How like is this young :

named Sara, but he hath no son nor any man to my cousin?

other daughter beside her. 3 And when he had spoken these words,

m Num. 27. 8, and 36. 8.

Chap. 6. Ver. Its heart, &c.

8. The liver (ver. Ver. 15. To hpil. That is. to the place where the
19). God was pleased to give to these things a virtue souls of the good were kept belore tbe coming of
against those proud spirits, to make them, who af- Christ
fected to he like the Most High, subject to such mean
corporeal creatures aft iostrumeots oi; h\^ power.

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Tobias asks Sara in marriage TOBIAS Prayer of Tobias and Sara
he said Whence are ye young men our
: 17 And afterwards they made merry,
brethren? blessing God.
4 But they said We are of the tribe of
: 18 And Raguel called to him Anna his
Nephtali, of the captivity of Ninive. wife, and bade her prepare another cham-
5 And Raguel said to them: Do you ber.
know Tobias my brother? And they 19 And she brought Sara her daughter
said We know him.
: in thither, and she wept.
6 And when he was speaking many 20 And she said to her: Be of good
good things of him, the angel said to cheer, my daughter the Lord of heaven
:

Raguel: Tobias concerning whom thou give thee joy for the trouble thou hast
inquirest is this young man's father. undergone.
7 And Raguel went to him, and kissed CHAPTER 8.
him with tears and weeping upon his Tobias burneth part of the fish's liver, and Raphael
n/^ck, said: A blessing be upon thee, my bindeth the devil. Tobias and Sara pray.
con, because thou art the son of a good ND after they had supped, they
and most virtuous man. A^ brought in the young man to her.
8 And Anna his wife, and Sara their 2 And Tobias remembering the angePg
daughter wept. word, took out of his bag part of the
9 And after they had spoken, Raguel liver, and laid it upon burning coals.
commanded a sheep to be killed, and a 3 Then the angel Raphael took the
feast to be preparedo And when he de- devil, and bound him in the desert of
sired them to sit down to dinner, upper Egypt.
10 Tobias said I will not eat nor drink
: 4 Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and
here this day, unless thou first grant me said to her Sara, arise, and let us pray
:

my petition, and promise to give me to God to day, and to morrow, and the
Sara thy daughter. next day because for these three nights
:

11 Now when Raguel heard this he was we are joined to God: and when the
afraid, knowing what had happened to third night is over, we will be in oui
those seven husbands, that went in unto own wedlock.
her and he began to fear lest it might 5 For we are the children of saints, and
:

happen to him also in like manner and we must not be joined together like hea-
:

as he was in suspense, and gave no an- thens that know not God.
swer to his petition, 6 So they both arose, and prayed ear-
12 The angel said to him: Be not afraid nestly both together that health might
to give her to this man, for to him who be given them,
feareth God is thy daughter due to be 7 And Tobias said Lord God of our fa-
:

his wife: therefore another could not thers, may the heavens and the earth,
have her. and the sea, and the fountains, and the
13 Then Raguel said I doubt not but rivers, and all thy creatures that are in
:

God hath regarded my prayers and tears them, bless thee.

in his sight. 8 5 Thou madest Adam of the slime of
14 And I believe he hath therefore made the earth, and gavest him Eve for a
you come to me, that this maid might be helper.
married to one of her own kindred, ^ ac- 9 And now. Lord, thou knowest, that
cording to the law of Moses and now not for fleshly lust do I take my sister
:

doubt not but I will give her to thee. to wife, but only for the love of poster-
15 And taking the right hand of his ity, in which thy name may be blessed
daughter, he gave it into the right hand for ever and ever.
of Tobias, saying: The God of Abraham, 10 Sara also said Have mercy on us, O
:

and the God of Isaac, and the God of Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow
Jacob be with you, and may he join old both together in health.
you together, and fulfil his blessing in 11 And it came to pass about the cock-
you. crowing, Raguel ordered his servants to
16 And taking paper they made a writ- be called for, and they went with him
ing of the marriage. together to dig a grave.

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Tobias saved from the devil TOBIAS The angel goes to Raguel
12 For he said? Lest perhaps it may- vant I should not make a worthy returii
have happened to him, in like manner as for thy care.
it did to the other seven husbands, that 3 However, I beseech thee, to take with
went in unto her. thee beasts and servants, and to go to
13 And when they had prepared the Gabelus to Rages the city of the Medes
pit, Raguel went back to his wife, and and to restore to him his note of hand,
said to her and receive of him the money, and de-
14 Send one of thy maids, and let her sire him to come to my wedding.
see if he be dead, that I may bury him 4 For thou knowest that my father num-
before it be day. bereth the days: and if I stay one day
15 So she sent one of her maidservants, more, his soul will be afflicted.
who went into the chamber, and found 5 And indeed thou seest how Raguel
them safe and sound, sleeping both to- hath adjured me, whose adjuring I can-
gether. not despise.
16 And returning she brought the good 6 Then Raphael took four of Raguel's
news: and Raguel and Anna his wife servants, and two camels, and went to
blessed the Lord, Rages the city of the Medes: and finding
17 And said: We bless thee, O Lord Gabelus, gave him his note of hand, and
God of Israel, because it hath not hap- received of him all the money.
pened as we suspected. 7 And he told him concerning Tobias
18 For thou hast shewn thy mercy to the son of Tobias, all that had been done:
us, and hast shut out from us the enemy and made him come with him to the
that persecuted us. wedding.
19 And thou hast taken pity upon two 8 And when he was come into Raguel's
only children. Make them, O Lord, bless house he found Tobias sitting at the
thee more fully and to offer up to thee table and he leaped up, and they kissed
: :

a sacrifice of thy praise, and of their each other : and Gabelus wept, and blessed
health, that all nations may know, that God,
thou alone art God in all the earth. 9 And said: The God of Israel bless thee,
20 And immediately Raguel commanded because thou art the son of a very good
his servants, to fill up the pit they had and just man, and that feareth God, and
made, before it was day. doth almsdeeds
21 And he spoke to his wife to make 10 And may a blessing come upon thy
ready a feast, and prepare all kind of wife and upon your parents.
provisions that are necessary for such as 11 And may you see your children, and
go a journey. your children's children, unto the third
22 He caused also two fat kine, and four and fourth generation: and may your
wethers to be killed, and a banquet to be seed be blessed by the God of Israel, who
prepared for all his neighbours, and all reigneth for ever and ever.
his friendSo 12 And when all had said, Amen, they
23 And Raguel adjured Tobias, to abide went to the feast but the marriage feast
:

with him two weeks. they celebrated also with the fear of the
24 And of all things which Raguel pos- Lord.
sessed, he gave one half to Tobias, and CHAPTER 10.
made a writing, that the half that re- The parents lament the long absence of their son
mained should after their decease come Tobias. He sets out to retnm,

also to Tobias. BUT as Tobias made longer stay

CHAPTER 9. upon occasion of the marriage, To-
The angel Raphael goeth to Oabelus., receiveth the bias his father was solicitous, saying:
money and bringeth him to them,arriage.
^ Why thinkest thou doth my son tarry, or I

THEN Tobias called the angel to why is he detained there ?

him, whom he took to be a man, and 2 Is Gabelus dead, thinkest thou, and no
said to him Brother Azarias, I pray thee man will pay him the money ?
:

hearken to my words: 3 And he began to be exceeding sad,

2 If I should give myself to be thy ser- both he and Anna his wife with him and
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The lament of Tobias* parents TOBIAS The return of Tobias

they began both to weep together: be- AND as they were returning they
cause their son did not return to them J^ came to Charan, which is in the
on the day appointed. midway to Ninive, the eleventh day.
4 But his mother wept and was quite
* 2 And the angel said: Brother Tobias,
disconsolate, and said Woe, woe is me, thou knowest how thou didst leave thy
:

my son why did we send thee to go to a

; father.
strange country, the Ught of our eyes,
the staff of our old age, the comfort of
our life, the hope of our posterity?
5 We having all things together in thee
alonej ought not to have let thee go from
us.
6 And Tobias said to her: Hold thy
peace, and be not troubled, our son is
lafe: that man with whom we sent him and departed.
?B very trusty.
3 If it please thee therefore, let us ga
before, and let the family follow softly
after us, together with thy wife, and with
the beasts.
4 And as this their going pleased him,
Raphael said to Tobias : Take with thee
of the gall of the fish, for it will be neces-
sary. So Tobias took some of that gall
6 But Anna sat beside the way daily on ^

But she could by no means be com-

7 the top of a hill, from whence she might
forted, but daily running out looked see afar off.
round about, and went into all the ways 6 And while she watched nis coming
by which there seemed any hope he from that place, she saw him afar off, and
might return, that she might if possible presently perceived it was her son com-
see him coming afar off. ing: and returning she told her husband,
But Raguel said to his son in law:
8 saying: Behold thy son cometh.
Stay here, and I will send a messenger to 7 And Raphael said to Tobias As soon :

Tobias thy father, that thou art in health. as thou shalt come into thy house, forth-
9 And Tobias said to him: I know that with adore the Lord thy God ; and giving
my father and mother now count the thanks to him, go to thy father, and kiss
days, and their spirit is grievously afflicted him.
within them. 8 And immediately anoint his eyes with
10 And when Raguel had pressed Tobias this gall of the fish, which thou carriest
with many words, and he by no means with thee. For be assured that his eyes
would hearken to him, he dehvered Sara shall be presently opened, and thy father
unto him, and half of all his substance in shall see the light of heaven, and shall
menservants, and womenservants, in cat- rejoice in the sight of thee.
tle, in camels, and in kine, and in much 9 Then the dog, which had been with
money, and sent him away safe and joy- them in the way, ran before, and coming
ful from him, as if he had brought the news, shewed
11 Saying: The holy angel of the Lord his joy by his fawning and wagging his tail.
be with you in your journey, and bring 10 And his father that was blind, rising
you through safe, and that you may find up, began to run stumbling with his feet
all things well about your parents, and and giving a servant his hand, went to
my eyes may see your childreii before I meet his son.
die. 11 And receiving him kissed him, as did
12 And
the parents taking their daugh- also his wife, and they began to weep for
ter kissed her, and let her go: joy.
13 Admonishing her to honour her fa- 12 And when they had adored God, and
ther and mother in law, to love her hus- given him thanks, they sat down together.
band, to take care of the family, to gov- 13 Then Tobias taking of the gall of the
ern the house, and to behave herself fish, anointed his father's eyes.
Irreprehensibly, 14 And he stayed about half an hour;
CHAPTER 11. and a white skin began to come 0**t of
Tobias anointeth his father''s eyes with the Jl8h*3 his 3yes, like the skin of an :iQg,
rfrtll and he recovereth his sight.
. 15 And Tobias took hold of it, and drew
t Supra 5. 23.

Chap. 11. Ver. 9. The doa, &c. This may seem 5.18,ther3 are ^ntas and tittles In the word of God?
fcvery minute circumstance to be recorded in sacred that is "-o 3ay. things that appear minute, but which
bistory: but as we learn Irom our Saviour. S^ Matt. liav* iuxVeed » deep and mysterious meaning in then»
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Gratitude of the father and son TOBIAS Raphael makes himself known
it from his eyes, and immediately be king % hut bonoarable to reveal and con»
recovered his sight. fess the works of God.
16 And they glorified God, both he and 8 Prayer is good with fastingand alms
his wife and all that knew him. more than to up treasures of gold
lay
17 And Tobias said: I bless thee, O Lord 9 For alms deUvereth from death, and
God of Israel, because thou hast chastised the same is that which purge th away
me, and thou hast saved me and behold
: sins, and maketh to find mercy and life
I see Tobias my son. everlasting.
18 And after seven days Sara his son's 10 But they that commit sin and in*
wife, and all the family arrived safe, and iquity, are enemies to their own souL
the cattle, and the camels, and an abun- 11 I discover then the truth unto you,
dance of money of his wife's and that and T will not hide the secret from you.
:

money also which he had received of 12 When thou didst pray with tears, and
Gabelus: didst bm-y the dead, and didst leave thy
19 And he told his parents all the bene- dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy
fits of God, which he had done to him by house, and bury them by night, I offered
the man that conducted him. thy prayer to the Lord.
20 And Achior and Nabath the kinsmen 13 And because thou wast acceptable to
of Tobias came, rejoicing for Tobias, and God, it was necessary that temptation
congratulating with him for all the good should prove thee,
things that God had done for him. 14 And now the Lord hath sent me to
21 And for seven days they feasted and heal thee, and to deliver Sara thy son's
rejoiced all with great ]oy. wife from the devil.
15 For I am the angel Raphael, one of
CHAPTER 12. the seven, who stand before the Lord.
Raphael maketh himself known. 16 And when they had heard these
THEN Tobias called to him his son, things, they were troubled, and being
and said to him What can we give seized with fear they fell upon the ground
;

to this holy man, that is come with thee ? on their face.

2 Tobias answering, said to his father 17 And the angel said to them: Peace be
father, what wages shall we give him? to you, fear not.
or what can be worthy of his benefits ? 18 For when I was with you, I was there
3 He conducted me and brought me safe by the will of God: bless ye him, and sing
again, he received the money of Gabelus, praises to him.
he caused me to have my wife, and he 19 I seemed indeed to eat and to drink
chased from her the evil spirit, he gave with you; but I use an invisible meat and
joy to her parents, myself he delivered drink, which cannot be seen by men.
from being devoured by the fish, thee 20 It is time therefore that I return to
also he hath made to see the light of him that sent me but bless ye God, and :

heaven, and we are filled with all good publish all his wonderful works.
things through him. What can we give 21 And when he had said these things,
him sufficient for these things? he was taken from their sight, and they
4 But I beseech thee, my father, to de- could see him no more.
sire him, that he would vouchsafe to ac- 22 Then they Ijdng prostrate for three
cept of one half of all things that have hours upon their face, blessed God* and
been brought. rising up, they told all his wonderful
5 So the father and the son calling him, worka
took him aside: and began to desire him CHAPTER 13.
that he would vouchsafe to accept of half
Tobias the father praiseth God, exhorting all Israel
of all things that they had brought. to do the same. Prophesieth the restoration and
6 Then he said to them secretly Bless :
better state of Jerusalem.

ye the God of heaven, give glory to him AND Tobias the elder opening his
to the sight of all that live, because he XA. mouth, blessed the Lord, and said
bath shewn his mercy to you. Thou art great, O Lord, for ever, and thy
7 For it is good to hide the secret of a kingdom is onto all ages
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Prayer of the older Tobias TOBIAS His last words

2 ^ For thou scourgest, and thoiii eavest? 18 Blessed are all they that love thea
thou leadest down to hell, and bringest and that rejoice in thy peace
up again: and there is none that can 19 My soul, bless thou the Lord, because
escape thy hand. the Lord our God hath delivered Jerusa
3 Give glory to the Lord, ye children of lem his city from all her troubles.
Israel, and praise him in the sight of the 20 Happy shall I be if there shall
Gentiles remain of my seed, to see the glory ol
4 Because he hath therefore scattered Jerusalem.
you among the Gentiles, who know not 21 ^The gates of Jerusalem shall be
him, that you may declare his wonderful built of sapphire, and of emerald, and al)
works, and make them know that there the walls thereof round about of precious
18 no other almighty God besides him. stones.
5 He hath chastised us for our iniqui- 22 All its streets shall be paved with
ties: and he will save us for his own white and clean stones: and Alleluia
mercy. shall be sung in its streets
6 See then what he hath done with us, 23 Blessed be the Lord, who hath ex-
and with fear and trembling give ye glory alted it, and may he reign over it foi
to him: and extol the eternal King of ever and ever, Amen
worlds in your works.
7 As for me, I will praise him in the
CHAPTER 14,
Old Tobias dieth at the age of a hundred and two
land of my captivity: because he hath years, after exhortiJig his son and grandsons to
shewn his majesty toward a sinful natioiio piety, foreshewing that Ninive shall be destroyed,
and' Jerusalem rebuilt. The younger Tobias re-
8 Be converted therefore, ye sinners, turneth with his family to Raguel^ and dieth hap
and do justice before God, believing that pily as he had lived.
he will shew his mercy to youc A ND the words of Tobias were ended,
9 And I and my soul will rejoice in him. J\. And after Tobias was restored to his
10 Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep sight, he lived two and forty years, and
days of joy, and give glory to him. saw the children of his grandchildren.
11 Jerusalem^ city of God, the Lord hath 2 And after he had lived a hundred and
chastised thee for the works of thy hands. two years, he was buried honourably in
12 Give glory to the Lord for thy good Ninive.
things, and bless the God eternal, that he 3 For he was six and fifty years old
may rebuild his tabernacle in thee, and when he lost the sight of his eyes, and
may call back all the captives to thee, sixty when he recovered it again.
and thou mayst rejoice for ever and 4 And the rest of his life was in joy, and
ever, with great increase of the fear of God he
13 Thou Shalt shine with a glorious departed in peace.
light: and the ends of the earth shall 5 And at the hour of his death he called
all
worship thee. unto him his son Tobias and his children,
14 2/ Nations ixv^m afar shall come to seven young men, his grandsons, and
thee: and shall bring gifts, and shall said to them
adore the Lord in thee, and shall esteem 6 The destruction of Ninivt •? it hand:
thy land as holy. for the word of the Lord m?^t be ful-
15 For they shall call upon tho great filled ^ and our brethren, that are scat- •

name in thee, tered abroad from the land of Israel,

16 They shall be cm-sed that shall de- shall retiu*n to it.
spise thee: and they shall be condemned 7 And all the land ^^hereot that is desert
that shall blaspheme thee : and blessed shall be filled witi' people, and the house
shall they be that shall build thee up. of God which ie ournt in it shall again
17 But thou Shalt rejoice in thy chil- be rebuilt and aD that tear God shall i

dren, because they shall all be blessed, and return thithei

shall be gathered together to the Lord 8 And the Gentiles shall leave their
X Deut. 32. 39 , 1 Kings 2 6 . Wisd. 16« 13»
y Isa. 60 5.-2 Apoc 21. 19. b 1 Esd, 3.
Chap. 13. Ver. li. Jerrisa/em. What is prophet- and partly of the spiritual Jerusalem, which is the
ically delivered here, and in the following chapter, church of Christ, &n^ Uitt eternal Jerusalem ixt
with relation to Jerusalem, is partly to be under. heaven.
»tood of the rebuiadmK tbe city after the captivity ?

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Arphaxad builds Ecbatana JUDITH Nahuchodonosor overcomes him

idols, and ehall 14 And it came J}0 pass that after the
come into Jerusalem, and
ehall dwell in it. death of his mother, Tobias departed out
9 And all the kings of the earth shall of Ninive with his wife, and children,
rejoice in it, adoring the King of Israel. and children's children, and returned to
10 Hearken therefore, my children, to his father and mother in law.
your father : serve the Lord in truth, and 16 And he found them in health in a
eeek to do the things that please him good old age and he took care of them,
:

11 And command your children that
they do justice and almsdeeds, and that
they be mindful of God, and bless him
at all times in truth, and with all their
power.
12 And now, children, hear me, and do
not stay here but as soon as you shall
i they buried him.
bury your mother by me in one sepul-
chre, without delay direct your steps to
depart hence
13 For I see that its iniquity will bring
it to destruction.
and he closed their eyes: and all the in-
heritance of Raguel's house came to him:
and he saw his children's children to the
fifth generation.
16 And
after he had lived ninety-nine
years in the fear ot the Lord, with joy
17 And all his kindred, and all his gen-
eration continued in good life, and in
holy conversation, so that they were ac-
ceptable both to God, and to men, and
to all that dwelt in the land.

THE

BOOK OF JUDITH.
The sacred writer of this Book wrote in a Semitic language. He was a Jew, a clever
writer, familiar with the earlier sacred writings; an ardent patriot, faithfully at-
tached to the Law. It takes its name from that illustrious woman, by whose virtue,
fortitude, and prayer, the children of Israel were preserved from the destruction
threatened them by Holof ernes and his great army. It finishes with her canticle
of thanksgiving to God.

CHAPTER 1. 5 Now in the twelfth year of his reign,

Nahuchodonosor king of the Assyrians overcometh
Arphaxad king of the Medes.
NOW Arphaxad king
brought many
of the Medes had
nations under his do-
minions, and he built a very strong city,
which he called Ecbatana,
2 Of stones squared and hewed : he made
the walls thereof seventy cubits broad,
and thirty cubits high, and the towers
thereof he made a hundred cubits high.
But on the square of them, each side was
extended the space ot twenty feet.
3 And he made the gates thereof ac-
cording to the height of the towers:
4 And he gloried as a mighty one in the
force of his army and in the glory of his
chariots.
Nahuchodonosor king of the Assyrians,
who reigned in Ninive the great city,
fought against Arphaxad and overcame
him,
6 In the great plain which is called
Ragua, about the Euphrates, and the
Tigris, and the Jadason, in the plain of
Erioch the king of the Elicians.
7 Then was the kingdom of Nahuchodon-
osor exalted, and his heart was elevated'
and he sent to all that dwelt in Cilicia
and Damascus, and Libanus,
8 And to the nations that are in Car-
melus, and Cedar, and to the inhabitants
of Galilee in the great plain of Asdrelon,
9 And to all that were in Samaria, and
beyond the river Jordan even to Jerusa-

Chap. l. Ver. l. Arphaxad. He was probably lon, who took and destroyed Jerusalem, but another
the same as is called Dejoces by Herodotus to whom
; of the same name, who reigned in Ninive and is
:

he attributes the buildmg of Ecbatana, the capital called by profane historians Saosduchin. He suo
eity of Media. ceeded Asarhaddon in the kingdom of the Assyrians
Ver. ». Nabiuihodonosor. Not the king of Baby^ and was contemporary with Manasses kin^ of Juda
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The mission of Holofernes JUDITH His victorious progress

lem, and all the land of Jesse till you army, with the 'Ohariots, and horsemen,
come to the borders of Ethiopia. and archers, who covered the face of the
10 To all these Nabuchodonosor king of earth, Uke locusts.
the Assyrians, sent messengers 12 And when he had passed through the
11 But they all with one mind refused, borders of the Assyrians, he came to the
and sent them back empty, and rejected great mountains of Ange, which are on
them without honour. the left of Cilicia and he went up to all
:

12 Then king Nabuchodonosor being an- their castles, and took all the strong
gry against all that land, swore by his places.
throne and kingdom that he would re- 13 And he took by assault the renowned
venge himself of all those countries. city of Melothus, and pillaged all the
children of Tharsis, and the children of
CHAPTER 2. Ismahel, who were over against the face
tfatmchodonosor sendeth Holofernes to toaste the of the desert, and on the south of the
tountriea of the west. land of Cellon.
the thirteenth year of the reign of 14 And he passed over the Euphrates,
IN Nabuchodonosor, the two and twen- and came into Mesopotamia: and he
tieth day of the first month, the word was forced allthe stately cities that were
given out in the house of Nabuchodon- there, from the torrent of Mambre, till
osor king of the Assyrians, that he would one comes to the sea:
revenge himself, 16 And he took the borders thereof,
2 And he called
all the ancients, and all from Cilicia to the coasts of Japheth,
the governors,and his officers of war, which are towards the south.
and communicated to them the secret of 16 And he carried away all the children
his counsel: of Madian, and stripped them of all their
3 And he said that his thoughts were to riches, and all that resisted him he slew
bring all the earth under his empire. with the edge of the sword.
4 And when this saying pleased them all, 17 And after these things he went down
Nabuchodonosor, the king, called Holo- into the plains of Damascus in the days
fernes the general of his armies, of the harvest, and he set all the corn on
5 And said to him Go out against all
: fire, and he caused all the trees and vine-
the kingdoms of the west, and against yards to be cut down.
them especially that despised my com- 18 And the fear of them fell upon all the
mandment. inhabitants of the land.
6 Thy eye shall not spare any kingdom,
and all the strong cities thou shalt bring CHAPTER 8.
under my yoke, Many sttbmit themselves to Holofernes. Be destroy^
7 Then Holofernes called the captains, eth their cities, and their gods^that N'cUmchodono-
and officers of the power of the Assyrians: 8or ordy might be called God.
and he mustered men for the expedition, THEN the kings and the princes of the all
as the king commanded him, a hundred cities and provinces, of Syria, Meso-
and twenty thousand fighting men on potamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and
foot, and twelve thousand archers, horse- Cilicia sent their ambassadors, who com-
men. ing to Holofernes, said
8 And he made all his warlike prepara- 2 Let thy indignation towards us cease
tions to go before with a multitude of for it is better for us to live and serve
innumerable camels, with all provisions Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be
sufficient for the armies in abundance, subject to thee, than to die and to perish,
and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, or suffer the miseries of slavery.
without number. 3 All our cities and our possessions, all
9 He appointed com to be prepared out mountains and hills, and fields, and herds
of all Syria in his passage. of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and goats,
10 But gold and silver he took out of and horses, and camels, and all our goods,
the king's house in great abundance. and ramilies are in thy sight:
11 And he went forth he and all the 4 Let all we have be subject to thy law.

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Submisson of people to Holofernes JUDITH The Jews prepare to resist

6 Both we and onr cMldren are thy ser- 6 And Eliachim the priest wrote to all
vants. that were over against Esdrelon, which
6 Come to us a peaceable lord, and use faceth the great plain near Dothain, and
our service as it shall please thee. to all by whom there might be a passage
7 Then he came down from the moun- of way, that they should take possession
tains with horsemen, in great power, and of the ascents of the mountains, by which
made himself master of every city, and there might be any way to Jerusalem,
all the inhabitants of the land, and should keep watch where the way
8 And from all the cities he took auxil- was narrow between the mountains.
iaries valiant men, and chosen for war, 6 And the children of Israel did as the
9 And so great a fear lay upon all those priest of the Lord Eliachim had appointed
provinces, that the inhabitants of all the them.
cities, both princes and nobles, as well as 7 And all the people cried to the Lord
the people, went out to meet him at his with great earnestness, and they humbled
coming. their souls in fastings, and prayers, both
10 And received him with garlands, and they and their wives.
lights, and dances, and timbrels, and 8 And the priests put on haircloths, and
flutes. they caused the Httle children to lie
11 And though they did these things, prostrate before the temple of the Lord,
thej^ could not for all that mitigate the and the altar of the Lord they covered
fierceness of his heart: with haircloth.
12 For he both destroyed their cities, 9 And they cried to the Lord the God of
and cut down their groves. Israel with one accord, that their chil-
13 For Nabuchodonosor the king had dren might not be made a prey, and their
commanded him to destroy all the gods wives carried off, and their cities de-
&f the earth, that he only might be called stroyed, and their holy things profaned,
God by those nations which could be and that they might not be made a re
brought under him by the power of proach to the Gentiles.
Holofernes. 10 Then Eliachim the high priest of the
14 And when he had passed through all Lord went about all Israel and spoke to
Syria Sobal, and all Apamea, and all them,
Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans 11 Saying Know ye that the Lord will i

into the land of Gabaa, hear your prayers, if you continue with
15 And he took possession of their cities, perseverance in fastings and prayers in
and stayed there for thirty days, in which the sight of the Lord.
days he commanded all the troops of his 12 Remember Moses the servant of t'de
army to be united. Lord, who overcame Amalec that trusted
in his own strength, and in his power,
CHAPTER 4. and in his army, and in his shields, and
77ie children of Israelprepare themselves to resist in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not
Holofernes. They cry to the Lord for help. by fighting with the sword, but by holy
THEN the children of Israel, who dwelt
in the land of Juda, hearing these
prayers
13 * So shall all the enemies of Israel be,
things, were exceedingly afraid of him. ifyou persevere in this work which you
2 Dread and horror seized upon their have begun.
minds, lest he should do the same to 14 So they being moved by this exhorta-
Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, tion of his, prayed to the Lord, and con-
that he had done to other cities and theirtinued in the sight of the Lord.
temples. 15 So that even they who offered the
3 And they sent into all Samaria round holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacri-
about, as far as Jericho, and seized upon fices to the Lord girded with haircloths,
all the tops of the mountains: and with ashes upon their head.
4 And they compassed their towns with 16 And they all begged of God with al)
walls, and gathered together corn for their heart, that he would visit his peo-
provision for war. ple Israel.

€ Ex. 17. 12.

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CHAPTER 6. to take them again, and bring them back
Achlor gives Holofernes an accmmt of the people of to their service,
Israel,
12-^The God of heaven opened the sea
A ND it wastold Holofernes the general to them in their flight, so that the wa-
,^3. of the army of the Assyrians, that ters were made to stand firm as a wall
the children of Israelprepared themselves on either side, and they walked through
to resist, and had shut up the ways of the the bottom of the sea and passed it dry
mountains. foot.
2 And he was transported with exceed- 13 And when an innumerable army of
ing great fury and indignation, and he the Egyptians p'^rsued after them in
called all the princes of Moab and the that place, they were so overwhelmed
leaders of Ammon. with the waters, that there was not one
3 And he said to them ; Tell me what is left, to tell what had happened to pos-
this people that besetteth the mountains terity.
or what are their cities, and of what sort, 14 And after thej;' came out of the Red
and how great: also what is their power, Sea, they abode in the deserts of mount
or what is their multitude : or who is the Sina, in which never man could dwell, or
king over their warfare : son of man rested.
4 And why they above all that dwell in 15 There bitter fountains were made
the east, have despised us, i«nd have not sweet for them to drink, and for forty
come out to meet us, that they might years they received food from heaven.
receive us with peace ? 16 Wheresoever they went in without
5 Then Achior captain of all the children bow and arrow, and without shield and
of Ammon answering, said If thou vouch- sword, their God fought for them and
:

safe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth overcame.

in thy sight concerning this people, that 17 And there vas no one that tri-
dwelleth in the mountains, and there umphed over this people, but when they
shall not a false word come out of my departed from the worship of the Lord
mouth, their God.
6 This people is of the offspring of the 18 But as often as beside their own God.
Chaldeans. they worshipped any other, they were
7 f They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, given to spoil, and to the sword, and to
because they would not follow the gods reproach.
of their fathers, who were in the land of 19 And as often as they were penitent
the Chaldeans. for having revolted from the worship of
8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies their God, the God of heaven gave them
of their fathers, which consisted in the power to resist.
worship of many gods, 20 So they overthrew the king of the
9 They worshipped one God of heaven, Chanaanites, and of the Jebusites, and of
fl'who also commanded them to depart the Pherezites, and of the Hethites, and
from thence, and to dwell in Charan. of the Hevites, and of the Amorrhites,
And when there was a famine over all and all the mighty ones in Hesebon, and
the land, ^ they went down into Egypt, they possessed their lands, and their
and there for four hundred years were so cities
multiplied, that the army of them could 21 And as long as they sinned not in
not be numbered. the sight of their God, it was well with
10 And when the king of Egypt oppress- them for their God hateth iniquity.
:

ed them, and made slaves of them to
labour in clay and brick, in the building
of his cities, they cried to their Lord,
and he struck the whole land of Egypt
with divers plagues.
11 * And when the Egyptians had cast
them out from them, and the plague had
ceased from them, and they had a mind
22 And even some years ago when they
had revolted from the way which God
had given them to walk therein, they
were destroyed in battles by many na-
tions, and very many of them were led
away captive into a strange landc
23 But of late returning to the Lord
their God, from the different placet

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The answer of Holofernes* officers JUDITH Achior taken to Bethulia

wherein they were scattered, they are 5 But If thou thint "ihy prophecy true,
come together and are gone up into all let not thy countenance sink, and let the
these mountains, and possess Jerusalem paleness that is in thy face, depart from
again, where their holies are. thee, if thou imaginest these my wordf
24 Now therefore, my lord, search If cannot be accomphshed.
there be any iniquity of theirs in the 6 And that thou mayst know that thou
sight of their God let us go up to them, shalt experieroe these things together
:

because their God will surely deliver with them, hi «old from this hour thou
them to thee, and they shall be brought shalt be asso^^Aated to their people, that
under the yoke of thy power: when they shall receive the punishment
25 But if there be no offence of this they deserve from my sword, thou mayst
people in the sight of their God, we can- fall under the same vengeance.
not resist them, because their God will 7 Then Holofernes commanded his ser-
defend them and we shall be a reproach
: vants to take Achior, and to lead him
to the whole earth. to BethuUa, and to deliver him into the
26 And it came to pass, when Achior hands of the children of Israel,
bad ceased to speak these words, all the 8 And the servants of Holofernes tak-
great men of Holofernes were angry, and ing him, went through the plains: but-
they had a mind to kill him, saying to when they came near the mountains, the
each other: slingere came out against them,
27 Who is this, that saith the children 9 Then turning out of the way by the
of Israel can resist king Nabuchodonosor, side of the mountain, they tied Achior
and his armies, men unarmed, and with- to a tree hand and foot, and so left him
out force, and without skill in the art of bound with ropes, and returned to their
war? master,
28 That Achior therefore may know 10 And the children of Israel coming
that he deceive th us, let us go up into down from Bethulia, came to him, and
the mountains: and when the bravest of loosing him they brought him to Beth-
them shall be taken, then shall he with ulia, and setting him in the midst of the
them be stabbed with the sword: people, asked him what was the matter,
29 That every nation may know that that the Assyrians had left him bound,
Nabuchodonosor is god of the earth, and 11 In those days the rulers there, were
besides him there is do other. Ozias the son of Micha of the tribe of
Simeon, and Oharmi, called also Gotho*
CHAPTER 6. DieL
12 And Achior related in the midst of
ffolofemes in great rage sendeth Achior to Beth-
ulia, there to be slain with the Israelites.
the ancients, and in the presence of all
A ND it came to pass when they had the people, all that he had said being
jLjL left off speaking, that Holofernes asked by Holofernes: and how the peo»
being in a violent passion, said to Achior pie of Holofernes would have killed him
2 Because thou hast prophesied unto us, for this word,
saying: That the nation of Israel is de- 13 And how Holofernes himself being
fended by their God, to shew thee that angry had commanded him to be de-
there is no God, but Nabuchodonosor livered for this cause to the Israelites:
3 When we shall slay them all aa one that when he should overcome the chil-
man, then thou aiso shalt die with them dren of Israel, then he might command
by the sword of the Assyrians, and all Achior also himself to be put to death
Israel shall perish with thee by diverse torments, for having said;
4 And thou shalt find that Nabucho- The God of heaven is their defender.
donosor is lord of the whole earth : and 14 * And when Achior had declared all
then the sword of my soldiers shall pass these things, all the people fell upoE
through thy sides, and thou shalt be their faces, adoring the Lord, and all of
stabbed and fall among the wounded of them together mourning and weepinj?
Israel, and thou shalt breathe no more poured out their prayers with one ac-
till thou be destroyed with them. cord to the Lord,

Alopralbflti
The Jews comfort Achior JUDITH The siege of Beihulia

15 Saying: O Lord God of heaven and themselves upon the ground, putting
earth, behold their pride, and look on ashes upon their heads, praying with one
our low condition, and have regard to accord, that the God of Israel would shew
the face of thy saints, and shew that his mercy upon his people.
thou forsakest not them that trust on 6 And taking their arms of war, they
thee, and that thou humblest them that posted themselves at the places, which
presume of themselves, and glory in by a narrow pathway lead directly be-
their own strength. tween the mountains, and they guarded
16 So when their weeping was ended, them all day and night.
and the people's prayer, in which they 6 Now Holofernes, in going round about,
continued all the day, was concluded, found that the fountain which supplied
they comforted Achior, them with water, ran through an aque-
17 Saying The God of our fathers, duct without the city on the south side
: :

whose power thou hast set forth, will and he commanded their aqueduct to be
make this return to thee, that thou
rather shalt see their destruction.
18 And when the Lord our God shall
give this hberty to his servants, let God
be with thee also in the midst of us:
that as it shall please thee, so thou with
all thine mayst converse with us.
19 Then Ozias, after the assembly was
cut off.
7 Nevertheless there were springs not
far from the walls, out of which they
were seen secretly to draw water, to re-
fresh themselves a little rather than to
drink their fill.
8 But the children of Ammon and Moab
came to Holofernes, saying The children
:

broken up, received him into his house, of Israel trust not in their spears, nor in
and made him a great supper. their arrows, but the mountains are their
20 And all the ancients were invited, defence, and the steep hills and preci-
and they refreshed themselves together pices guard them.
after their fast was over. 9 Wherefore that thou mayst overcome
21 And afterwards all the people were them without joining battle, set guards
called together, and they prayed all the at the springs that they may not draw
night long within the church, desiring water out of them, and thou shalt destroy
help of the God of Israel. them without sword, or at least being
wearied out they will yield up their city,
CHAPTER 7. which they supp^>8e. because it is situate
Holofernes besiegeth Bethulia. The distress of t,he in the mountains. >o be impregnable.
besieged.. 10 And these swords pleased Holofernes,
BUT Holofernes on the next day gave
orders to his army, to go up against
and his oflBicers, and he placed all round
about a hundred men at every spring.
Bethulia. 11 And when they had kept this watch
2 Now there were in his troops a hun- for full twenty days, the cisterns, and the
dred and twenty thousand footmen, and reserve of waters failed among all the
two and twenty thousand horsemen, be- inhabitants of Bethnlia, so that there was
sides the preparations of those men who not within the jity, enough to satisfy
had been taken, and whc had been them, no not for one day, for water was
brought away out of the provinces and daily given out to the people by measure.
cities of all the youth. 12 Then all the men and women, young
3 All these prepared themselves to- men, and children, gathering themselves
gether to fight against the children of together to Ozias, all together with one
Israel, and they came by the hillside to voice,
the top, which looketh toward Dothain, 13 Said : ' God be judge between us a,nd
from the place which is called Belma, thee, for thou hast done evil against us,
unto Chelmon, which is over against Es- in that thou wouldst not speak peaceably
drelon. with the Assyrians, and for this cause
4 But the children of Israel, when they God hath sold ue into their hands.
saw the multitude of them, prostrated 14 And therefore there is no one to help
I Ex. 5. 21.

Chap. 6 Veir= 21» The church. That Is, the sjmagogue or place where they met for prayer.
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Lamentation of the Jews JUDITH Judith

us, while we are cast down before their
eyes in thirst, and sad destruction.
15 And now assemble ye all that are in
the city, that we may of our own accord
yield ourselves all up to the people of
Holofernes.
16 For it is better, that being captives
we should live and bless the Lord, than
that we should die, and be a reproach to
all flesh, after we have seen our wives
and our infants die before our eyes.
17 We call to witness this day heaven
and earth, and the God of our fathers,
who taketh vengeance upon us according
1VT0W it caiD© '.0 pass, when Judith
1.1 a widow had heard these words,
who was t.Lo daughter of Merari, the son
of Idox, the son of Joseph, .he son of
Ozias, the son of Elai, the son cjt Jamnor,
the son of Gedeon, the 60n of Raphaim,
the son of Achitob, the BOn of Melchias,
the son of Enan, the son Of Nathanias, the
son of Salathiel, the SOB of Simeon, the
son of Ruben:
2 And her husband was Manasses, who
died in the time of the barley harvest
3 For he was standing over them that
bound sheaves in the field and the heat ;

to our sins, conjuring you to deliver now came upon his head, and he died in Beth-
the city into the hand of the army of ulia his own city, and was buried there
Holofernes, that our end may be short with his fathers.
by the edge of the sword, which is made 4 And Judith his relict was a widow now
longer by the drought of thirst. three years and six months.
18 And when they had said these things, 5 And she made herself a private cham-
there was great weeping and lamentation ber in the upper part of her house, in
of all in the assembly, and for many which she abode shut up with her maids.
hours with one voice they cried to God, 6 And
she wore haircloth upon her loins,
Baying and fasted
all the days of her life, except-
19 "* We have sinned with our fathers, the sabbaths, and new moons, and thb
we have done unjustly, we have com- feasts of the house of Israel.
mitted iniquity: 7 And she was exceedingly beautiful,
20 Have thou mercy on us, because thou and her husband left her great riches,
art good, or punish our iniquities by chas- and very many servants, and large pos-
tising us thyself, and deliver not them sessions of herds of oxen, and flocks of
that trust in thee to a people that know- sheep.
eth not thee, 8 And she was greatly renowned among
21 That they may not say among the all, because she feared the Lord very
Gentiles Where is their God ?
; much, neither was there any one that
22 And when being wearied with these spoke an ill word of her.
cries, and tired with these weepings, they 9 When therefore she had beard that
held their peace, Ozias had promised that he would deliver
23 Ozias rising up all in tears, said Be up the city after the fifth day, she sent
:

of good courage, my brethren, and let us to the ancients Chabri and Charmi.
wait these five days for mercy from the 10 And they came to her, and she said
Lord. to them: What is this word, by which
24 For perhaps he will put a stop to his Ozias hath consented to give up the city
indignation, and will give glory to his to the Assyrians, if within five days there
ow :name. come no aid to us ?
21 But if after five days be past there 11 And who are you that tempt the Lord?
jome no aid, we will do the things which 12 This is not a word that may draw
you have spoken. down mercy, but rather that may stir up
wrath, and enkindle indignation.
CHAPTER 8. 13 You have set a time for the mercy of
the Lord, and you have appointed him $•
The character of Judith : her discourse to the
ancients. day, according to your pleasure.
m Ps. 10. 6.

Chap. 8. Ver. 1. Simeon scendants of the patriarch Simeon: and that th»*
the son of Ruben. In
the Greek, it is genealogy of Judith, recorded in this place, is not
the son of Israel. For Simeon the
Satriarch, from whom Judith descended, was not carried up so high as the patriarchs. No more thai
tie son, but the brother of Ruben. It seems more that of Elcana the father of Samuel, 1 Kings 1. 1, and
probable that the Simeon and the Ruben here men- that of king Saul, I Kings 9. 1.
cioncd are Dot the patriarchs but two ol the de- '

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14 is patient, ments to be less than our sins deserve,

But forasmuch as the Lord
let us be penitent for this same thing, let us believe that these scourges of the
and with many tears let us beg his par- Lord, with which like servants we are
don: chastised, have happened for our amend-
15 For God will not threaten like man, ment, and not for our destruction.
nor be inflamed to anger like the son of 28 And Ozias and the ancients said to
man. her: All things which thou hast spoken
16 And therefore let us humble our are true, and there is nothing to be re-
souls before him^ and continuing in an prehended in thy words.
humble spirit, in his service 29 Now therefore pray for us, for thou
:

17 Let us ask the Lord with tears, that art a holy woman, and one fearing God.
according to his will so he would shew 30 And Judith said to them As you :

his mercy to us that as our heart is know that what I have been able to say
:

troubled by their pride, so also we may is of God

glorify in our humility. 31 So that which I intend to do prove
18 For we have not followed the sins of ye if it be of God, and pray that God
our fathers, who forsook their trod, and may strengthen my design.
worshipped strange gods. 32 You shall stand at the gate this
19 For which crime they were given up night, and I will go out with my maid-
to their enemies, to the sword, and to servant and pray ye, that as you have :

pillage, and to confusion but we know said, in five days the Lord may look
:

no other God but him. down upon his people Israel.

20 Let us humbly wait for his consola- 33 But I desire that you s earch not into
tion, and the Lord our God will require w hat I anL-jJoing, and till I bring you
our blood of the aflaictions of our ene- word let nothing else ^e done but to
mies, and he will humble all the nations pray tor me-ta the L(5fd^ our God.
that shall rise up against us, and bring 34 And Ozias the prince of Juda said to
them to disgrace. her Go in peace, and the Lord be with
:

21 And now, brethren, as you are the thee to take revenge of our enemies. So
ancients among the people of God, and returning they departed.
their very soul resteth upon you com- :

fort their hearts by your speech, that CHAPTER 9.

they maybe mindful how our fathers
were tempted that they might be proved,
whether they worshipped their God truly.
22 « They must remember how our father
Abraham was tempted, and being proved
by many tribulations, was made the friend
of God.
23 So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all
that have pleased God, passed through
many tribulations, remaining
24 But they that did not receive the
trials with the fear of the Lord, but ut-
Judith's prayer^ to beg of God to fortify her in her
undertaking.
A ND when they were gone, Judith went
Jl\. into her oratory: and putting on
haircloth, laid ashes on her head: and
falling down prostrate before the Lord,
she cried to the Lord, saying
2 O Lord God of my father Simeon,
P who gavest him a sword to execute
faithful. vengeance against strangers, who had
defiled by their uncleanness, and uncov-
ered the virgin unto confusion :

tered their impatience and the reproach 3 And who gavest their wives to be
of their murmmring against the Lord, made a prey, and their daughters into
25 ° Were destroyed by the destroyer, captivity: and all their spoils to be di-
and perished by serpents. vided to thy servants, who were zealous
26 As for us therefore let us not revenge with thy zeal: assist, I beseech thee, O
ourselves for these things which we suf- Lord God, me a widow.
fer. 4 For thou hast done the things of old,
27 But esteeming these very pum'sh- and hast devised one thing after another
n Gen. 22. 1.— o 1 Cor. 10. 9. p Gen. 34.2r>.
Chap. 9. Ver.Gavest him a sword, &c. The
2. to this act, we may distinguisli between his zeal
justice i God is here praised, in punishing by the
(
against the crime committed by the ravishers of his
sword of Simeon the crime of the Sichemites and : sister, which zeal may be considered just and the :

not the act of Simeon, which was justly condemned manner of his punishing that crime, which was irreg-
by his father, Gen. 49. 5. Thougli even with regard ular and excessive.

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 Judith's prayer JUDITH Judith goes to the Assyrian camp
a^id what thou hast designed hath been strengthen the resolution in my heart,
doiie. that thy house may continue in thy holi-
5 For all thy ways are prepared, and ness:
in thy providence thou hast placed thy 19 And all nations may acknowledge
judgments. that thou art God, and there is no other
6 ^ Look upon the camp of the Assyrians besides thee.
now, as thou wast pleased to look upon
the camp of the Egyptians, when they CHAPTER 10.
pursued armed after thy servants, trust- Judith goeth out towards the camp, and is tcckeiii
ing in their chariots, and in their horse- and brought to Holofernes.
men, and in a multitude of warriors. A KDit came to pass, when she had
7 But thou lookedst over their camp, XX ceased to cry to the Lord, that she
and darkness wearied them. rose from the place wherein she lay
8 The deep held their feet, and the wa- prostrate before the Lord.
ters overwhelmed them. 2 And she called her maid, and going
9 So may it be with these also, O Lord, down into her house she took off her
who trust in their multitude, and in their haircloth, and put away the garments of
chariots, and in their pikes, and in their her widowhood,
shields, and in their arrows, and glory in 3 And she washed her body, and
their spears, anointed herself with the best ointment,
10 And know not that thou art our God, and plaited the hair of her head, and put
who destroyest wars from the beginning, a bonnet upon her head, and clothed
and the Lord is thy name. herself with the garments of her glad-
,11 Lift up thy arm as from the begin- ness, and put sandals on her feet, and
ning, and crush their power with thy took her bracelets, and lilies, and earlets,
power let their power fall in their wrath,
: and rings, and adorned herself with all I
who promise themselves to violate thy her ornaments.
sanctuary, and defile the dwelling place 4 And the Lord also gave her more
of thy name, and to beat down with beauty because all this dressing up did
:

their sword the horn of thy altar. not proceed from sensuality, but from
12 Bring to pass, O Lord, that his pride virtue: and therefore the Lord increased
may be cut off with his own sword. this her beauty, so that she appeared to
13 Let him be caught in the net of his all men's eyes incomparably lovely.
own eyes in my regard, and do thou 6 And she gave to her maid a bottle of
strike him by the graces of the words of wine to carry, and a vessel of oil, and
my lips. parched corn, and dry figs, and bread and
14 Give me constancy in my mind, that cheese, and went out.
I may despise aim: and fortitude that I 6 And when they came to the gate of
may overthrov him. the city, they found Ozias, and the an-
15 **For this will be a glorious monu- cients of the city waiting.
ment for thy name, when he shall fall by 7 And when they saw her they were
the hand of a woman. astonished, and admired her beauty ex-
16 For thy power, O Lord, is not in a ceedingly.
multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the 8 But they asked her no question, only
strength of horses, nor from the begin- they let her pass, saying: The God of
ning have the proud been acceptable to our fathers give thee grace, and may he
thee: but the prayer of the humble and strengthen all the counsel of thy heart
^e
meek hath always pleased thee. with his power, that Jerusalem may
17 O God of the heavens, creator of theglory in thee, and thy name may be in
waters, and Lord of the whole creation, the number of the holy and just.
hear me a poor wretch, making suppli- 9 And they that were there said, all with
cation to thee, and presuming of thy one voice So be it, so be it. :

mercy. 10 But Judith praying to the Lord,

18 Remember, O Lord, thy covenant, passed through the gates, she and hei
and put thou words in my mouth, and maido

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11 And it came to pass, when she went heart f o:!^ i have never hurt a man that
:

down the hill, about break of day, that was willing to serve Nabuchodonosor the
the watchmen of the Assjrrians met her, king.
and stopped her, saying: Whence comest 2 And if thy people had not despised
thou ? or whither goest thou ? me, I would never have lifted up my
12 And she answered : 1 am a daughter spear against them.
of the Hebrews, and I am fled from them, 3 But now tell me, for what cause hast
because I knew they would be made a thou left them, and why it hath pleased
prey to you, because they despised you, thee to come to us ?
and would not of their own accord yield 4 And Judith said to him : Receive the
themselves, that they might find mercy in words of thy handmaid, for if thou wilt
your sight. follow the words of thy handmaid, the
13 For this reason I thought with my- Lord will do with thee a perfect thing.
self, saying: I will go to the presence of 5 For as Nabuchodonosor the king of
the prince Holofernes, that I may tell the Garth liveth, and his power liveth
him their secrets, and shew him by what which is in thee for chastising of all
way he may take them, without the loss straying souls: not only men serve him
of one man of his army. through thee, but also the beasts of the
14 And when the men had heard her field obey him.
words, they beheld her face, and their 6 For the industry of thy mind is spo-
eyes were amazed, for they wondered ken of among all nations, and it is told
exceedingly at her beauty. through the whole world, that thou only
15 And they said to her: Thou hast art excellent, and mighty in all his king-
saved thy life by taking this resolution, dom, and thy discipline is cried up in all
to come down to our lord. provinces.
16 And be assured of this, that when 7 * known also what Achior said,
It is
thou shalt stand before him, he will treat nor are we ignorant of what thou hast
[bee well, and thou wilt be most accept- commanded to be done to him.
able to his heart. And they brought her to 8 For it is certain that our God is so of-
the tent of Holofernes, telling him of her. fended with sins, that he hath sent word
17 And when she was ccne into his pre- by his prophets to the people, that he
sence, forthwith Holofernes was caught will deliver them up for their sins.
by his eyes. And because
9 the children of Israel
18 And his officers said to him : Who know they have offended their God, thy
can despise the people of the Hebrews, dreadis upon them.
who have such beautiful women, that we 10Moreover also a famine hath come
should not think it worth our while for upon them, and for drought of water
their sakes to fight against them ? they are already to be counted among
19 And Judith seeing Holofernes sitting the dead.
under a canopy, which was woven of 11 And they have a design even to kill
purple and gold, with emeralds and pre- their cattle, and to drink the blood of
cious stones them.
20 After she had looked on his face, 12 And the consecrated things of the
bowed down to him, prostrating herself Lord their God which God forbade them
to the ground. And the servants of to touch, in corn, wine, and oil, these
Holofernes lifted her up, by the com- have they purposed to make use of, and
mand of their master. they design to consume the things which
they ought not to touch with their hands:
CHAPTER 11. therefore because they do these things,
Judith^s speech to Holofernes.
it is certain they will be given up to de-
THEN Holofernes said to her : Be of struction.
good comfort, and fear not in thy 13 And I thy handmaid knowing this,
5 Supra 5. 5.

Chap. lO. Ver. 12. Because I knew, &c. In this ture of the servants of God is not approved by the
ana the tollowing chapter, some things are related scripture and even the saints in their good enter*
;
to have been said by Judith, which seem hard to re- prises may sometimes slip into venial sins.
eoDcUe wlUi truOu But aU that U related iu scrip.
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Judith finds favor with Holofernes JUDITH Judith invited to the banquet
am fled from them, and tilie Lord hath 6 And when she was going in, she de-
sent me to tell thee these very things. sired that she might have liberty to go
14 For I thy handmaid worship God out at night and before day to prayer,
even now that I am with thee, and thy and to beseech the Lord.
handmaid will go out, and I will pray to 6 And he commanded his chamber-
Grod, lains, that she might go out and in, to
15 And he will tell me when he will re- adore her God as she pleased, for three
pay them for their sins, and I will come days.
t-nd tell thee, so that I may bring thee 7 And she went out in the nights into
through the midst of Jerusalem, and thou the valley of Bethulia, and washed her-
shalt have aU the people of Israel, as self in a fountain of water.
sheep that have no shepherd, and there 8 And as she came up, she prayed to the
ohall not so much as one dog bark against Lord the God of Israel, that he would
thee: direct her way to the deliverance of his
16 Because these things are told me by people.
the providence of God. 9 And going in, she remained pure in
17 And because God is angry with them, the tent, until she took her own meat in
I am sent to tell these very things to thee. the evening.
18 And all these words pleased Holo- 10 And it came to pass on the fourth
f ernes, and his servants, and they ad- day, that Holofernes made a supper for
mired her wisdom, and they said one to his servants, and said to Vagao his
another: eunuch: Go, and persuade that Hebrew
19 There is not such another woman woman, to consent of her own accord to
upon earth in look, in beauty, and in dwell with me.
sense of words. 11 For it is looked upon as shameful
20 And Holof ernes said to her : God among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a
hath done well who sent thee before the man, by doing so as to pass free from him.
people, that thou mightest give them 12 Then Vagao went in to Judith, and
into our hands oaid Let not my good maid be afraid to go
:

21 And because thy promise is good, if in to my lord, that she may be honoured
thy God shall do this for me, he shall before his face, that she may eat with
also be my God, and thou shalt be great him and drink wine and be merry.
in the house of Nabuchodonosor, and thy 13 And Judith answered him Who am :

name shall be renowned through all the I, that I should gainsay my lord ?

earth. 14 All that shall be good and best be-

CHAPTER 12. fore his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever
shall please him, that shall be best to me
Judith ffoeth out in the night to pray : she is In^
vited to a banquet with Holofernes. all the days of my life.

THEN he ordered that she should go 15 And she arose and dressed herself
in where his treasures were laid up, out with her garments, and going in she
and bade her tarry there, and he ap- stood before his face.
pointed what should be given her from 16 And the heart of Holofernes was
his own table. smitten, for he was burning with the de-
2 And Judith answered him and said sire of her.
Now I cannot eat of these things which 17 And Holofernes said to her: Drink
thou commandest to be given me, lest now, and sit down and be merry; for
sin come upon me : but I will eat of the thou hast found favour before me.
things which I have brought. 18 And Judith said: I will drink my
3 And Holofernes said to her: If these lord, because my life is magnified this
things which thou hast brought with day above all my days.
thee fail thee, what shall we do for thee ? 19 And she took and ate and drank be-
4 And
Judith said As thy soul liveth,
: fore him what her maid had prepared
my lord, thy handmaid shall not spend for her.
all these things till God do by my hand 20 And Holofernes was made merry on
that which I have purposed. And his her occasion, and drank exceeding much
servants brought her into the tent which wine, so much as he had never drunk in
h<s had commanded. I his life.

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Judith kills Holofernes JUDITH She returns to her people

CHAPTER 13. 16 And lighting up lights they gath-
all

Judith cutteth off the head of Holofernes, and return- ered round about her: and she went up
eth to Bethidla. to a higher place, and commanded silence
to be made. And when all had held their
ANDvants
when
.
was grown
it his ser-
made haste to their lodgings,
late,
peace,
and Vagao shut the chamber doors, and 17 Judith said Praise ye the Lord our
went his way, God, who hath not forsaken them that
2 And they were all overcharged with hope in him.
wine. 18 And by me his handmaid he hath ful-
3 And Judith was alone in the chamber. filled his mercy, which he promised to
4 But Holofernes lay on his bed, fast the house of Israel: and he hath killed
asleep, being exceedingly drunk. the enemy of his people by hand this my
5 And Judith spoke to her maid to stand night.
without before the chamber, and to 19 Then she brought forth the head of
watch: Holofernes out of Iho T7allet, and shewed
6 And Judith stood before the bed pray- it them, saying Behold the head of :

ing with tears, and the motion of her lips Holofernes the general of the army of
in silence, the Assyrians, and behold his canopy,
7 Saying: Strengthen me, Lord God wherein he lay in his drunkenness, where
of Israel, and ^n this hour look on the the Lord our God slew him by the hand
works of my hands, that as thou hast of a woman.
promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusalem 20 But as the same Lord liveth, his angel
thy city: and that I may bring to pass hath been my keeper both going hence,
that which I have purposed, having a and abiding there, and returning from
belief that it might be done by thee. thence hither: and the Lord hath not
8 And when she had said this, she went suffered me his handmaid to be defiled,
to the pillar that was at his bed's head, but hath brought me back to you without
and loosed his sword that hung tied upon pollution of
sin, rejoicing for his victory,
it. for my
escape, and for your deliverance,
9 And when she had drawn it out, she 21 *Give all of you glory to him, be-
took him by the hair of his head, and cause he is good, because his mercy en-
said : Strengthen me, O Lord God, at this dureth for ever.
hour. 22 And they all adored the Lord, and
10 And she struck twice upon his neck, said to her: The Lord hath blessed thee
and cut off his head, and took off his can- by his power, because by thee he hath
opy from the pillars, and rolled away his brought our enemies to nought.
headless body. 23 And Ozias the prince of the people
11 And after a while she went out, and of Israel, said to her: Blessed art thou,
delivered the head of Holofernes to her O daughter, by the Lord the most high
maid, and bade her put it into her wallet. God, above all women upon the earth.
12 And they two went out according to 24 Blessed be the Lord who made hea-
their custom, as it were to prayer, and ven and earth, who hath directed thee to
they passed the camp, and having com- the cutting off the head of the piince of
passed the valley, they came to the gate our enemies.
of the city. 25 Because he hath so magnified thy
13 And Judith from afar off cried to the name this day, that thy praise shall not
watchmen upon the walls : Open the gates depart out of the mouth of men who shall
for God is with us, who hath shewn his be mindful of the power of the Lord for
power in Israel. ever, for that thou hast not spared thy
14 And it came to pass, when the men hfe, by reason of the distress and tribu-
had heard her voice, that they called the lation of thy people, but hast prevented
ancients of the city. our ruin in the presence of our God.
15 And aii ran to meet her from the 26 And all the people said So be it, so :

least to the greatest: for they now had be it.

no hopes that she would come. 27 And Achior being called for came,

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The assault on the Assyrian camp JUDITH Death of Holofernes discovered

and Judith said to him The God of Israel,
: 9 And they that were in the tent came^
to whom thou gavest testimony, that he
revengeth himself of his enemies, he hath
cut off the head of all the unbehevers
this night by my hand.
28 And that thou mayst find that it is
80, behold the head of Holof ernos, who
in the contempt of his pride despise the
God of Israel: and threatened the: .Tiri
death, saying : When the people of Israel
shall be taken, I will command tiiy ides
to be pierced with a sword.
29 Then Achior seeing the head of Holo-
fernes, being seized with a great fear he
fell on his face upon the eart] end his
,
soul swooned away.
30 But after he had recovered his spirits
he fell down at her feet, and reverenced
her, and said
and made a noise before the door of the
chamber to awake him, endeavouring by
art to break his rest, that Holof ernee
might awake, not by their calling him,
but by their noise.
10 For no man durst knock, or open and
"*
go into the chamber of the general of
the Assyrians.
11 But when his captains and tribunes
were come, and all the chiefs of the army
of the king of the Assyrians, they said to
the chamberlains
12 Go in, and awake him, for the mice,
coming out of their holes, have presumed
to challenge us to fight.
13 Then Vagao going into his chamber,
stood before the curtain, and made a
clapping with his hands for he thought
:

31 Blessed art thou by thy God in every that he was sleeping with Judith.
tabernacle of Jacob, for in every nation . 14 But when with hearkening, he per-
which shall hear thy name, the God of ceived no motion of one lying, he came
Israel shall be magnified on occasion of near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and
thee. yseeing the body of Holofernes, lying
CHAPTER 14. upon the ground, without the head, wel-
The Israelites assault the Assyrians, who finding tering in his blood, he cried out v«^ith a
their general slain, are ccized with a panic fear. loud voice, with weeping, and rent his
A ND Judith said to all the people Hear garments.
:

l\ me, my brethren, hang ye up this 15 And he went into the tent of Judith,
head upon our walls. and not finding her, he ran out to the
2 And as soon as the sun shall rise, let people,
every man take his arms, and rush ye 16 And said One Hebrew woman hath :

out, not as going down beneath, but as made confusion in the house of king
making an assault. Nabuchodonosor for behold Holofernes
:

3 Then the watchmen must needs run to lieth upon the ground, and his head is
awake their prince for the battle. not upon him.
4 And when the captains of them shall 17 Now when the chiefs of the army of
run to the tent of Holofernes, and shall the Assyrians had heard this, they all
find him without his head wallowing in rent their garments, and an intolerable
his blood, fear shall fall upon them. fear and dread fell upon them, and their
6 And when you shall know that they minds were troubled exceedingly.
are fleeing, go after them securely, for the 18 And there was a very great cry in
Lord will destroy them under your feet. the midst of their camp.
6 Then Achior seeing the power that
the God of Israel had wrought, leaving CHAPTER 15.
the religion of the Gentiles, he believed The Assyrians flee the Hebreivs pursue after them,
:

God, and circumcised the flesh of his and are enriched by their spoils.
foreskin, and was joined to the people of
Israel, with all the succession of his
AND .
when all the army heard that
Holofernes was beheaded, courage
kindred until this present day. and counsel fled from them, and being
7 And immediately at break of day, they seized with trembUng and fear they
hung up the head of Holofernes upon the thought only to save themselves by
walls, and every man took his arms, and flight
they went out with a great noise and 2 So that no one spoke to his neighbour,
shouting. but hanging down the head, leaving all
8 And the watchmen seeing this, ran to things behind, they made haste to escape
the tent of Holofernes. frcT» the Hebrews, who, ae they heard.
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Flight of the Assyrians JUDITH The canticle of Judith

were coming armed upon them, and fled 15 And all the people rejoiced, with tne
by the ways of the fields, and the paths women, and virgins, and young men^
of the hills. playing on instruments and harps.
3 So the children of Israel seeing them
fleeing, followed after them. And they CHAPTER 16.
went down sounding with trumpets and The canticle of Judith her virtuous life and death.
:

shouting after them.

4 And because the Assyrians were not
THEN Judith sung this canticle to the
Lord, saying
united together, they went without order 2 Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels,
in their flight i but the children of Israel sing ye to the Lord with cymbals, tune
pursuing in one body, defeated all that unto him a new psalm, extol and call
they could find. upon his name.
5 And Ozias sent messengers through 3 The Lord putteth an end to wars, the
all the cities and countries of Israel. Lord is his name.
6 And every country, and every city, 4 He hath set his camp in the midst of
Bent their chosen young men armed after his people, to deliver us from the hand
them, and they pursued them with the of all our enemies.
edge of the sword until they came to the 5 The Assyrian came out of the moun-
extremities of their confines. tains from the north in the multitude of
7 And the rest that were in Bethulia his strength :his multitude stopped up
went into the camp of the Assyrians, and the torrents, and their horses covered the
took away the spoils which the Assyrians valleys.
in their flight had left behind them, and 6 He bragged that he would set my bor
they were laden exceedingly, ders on fire, and kill my young men with
8 But they that returned conquerors to the sword, to make my infants a prey,
Bethulia, brought with them all things and my virgins captives.
that were theirs, so that there was no 7 But the almighty Lord hath struck
numbering of their cattle, and beasts, and him, and hath delivered him into the
all their moveables, insomuch that from hands of a woman, and hath slain him.
the least to the greatest all were made 8 For their mighty one did not fall by
rich by their spoils. young men, neither did the sons of Titan
9 And Joachim the high priest came strike him, nor tall giants oppose them-
from Jerusalem to Bethulia with all his selves to him, but Judith the daughter of
ancients to see Judith. Merari weakened him with the beauty of
10 And when she was come out to him, her face.
they all blessed her with one voice, say- 9 For she put off her the garments of
ing: Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, widowhood, and put on her the garments
thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the of joy, to give joy to the children of Is-
honour of our people *
raeL
11 For thou hast done manfully, and thy 10 She anointed her face with ointment,
heart has been strengthened, because and bound up her locks with a crown, she
thou hast loved chastity, and after thy took a new robe to deceive him.
husband hast not known any other 11 Her sandals ravished his eyes, her
therefore also the hand of the Lord hath beauty made his soul her captive, with a
strengthened thee, and therefore thou sword she cut off his head.
Shalt be blessed for ever. 12 The Persians quaked at her constancy,
12 And all the people said: So be it, so and the Medes at her boldness.
be it. 13 Then the camp of the Assyrians
13 And thirty days were scarce howled, when my lowly ones appeared,
sufficient
for the people of Israel to gather up the parched with thirst.
Bpoils of the Assyrians. 14 The sons of the damsels have pierced
14 But all those things that were proved them through, and they have killed them
to be the peculiar goods of Holofernes, like children fleeing away they perished :

they gave to Judith in gold, and silver, in battle before the face of the Lord my
and garments and precious stones, and God.
all household stuff, and they all were de- 15 Let us sing a hymn to the Lord, let
livered to her by the people. us sing a new hymn to our God.
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16 O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and opy that she had taken away out of his
glorious in thy power, and no one can chamber.
overcome thee. 24 And the people were joyful in the
17 "^ Let all thy creatures serve thee : be- sight of the sanctuary, and for three
cause thou hast spoken, and they were months the joy of this victory was cele-
made: thou didst send forth thy spirit, brated with Judith.
and they were created, and there is no 25 And after those days every man re-
one that can resist thy voice. turned to his house, and Judith was made
18 The mountains shall be moved from great in Bethulia, and she was most re-
the foundations with the waters: the nowned in all the land of Israel.
rocks shall melt as wax before thy 26 And chastity was joined to her vir
face. tue, so that she knew no man all the days
19 But they that fear thee, shall be great of her life, after the death of Manasses
with thee in all things. her husband,
20 Woe be to the nation that riseth up 27 And on festival days she came forth
against my people for the Lord almighty with great glory.
:

will take revenge on them, in the day of 28 And she abode in her husband^ b house
judgment he will visit them. a hundred and five years, and made her
21 For he will give fire, and worms into handmaid free, and she died, and was
their flesh, that they may burn, and may buried with her husband in Bethulia.
feel for ever. 29 And all the people rn^.^ned for seven
22 And it came to pass after these things, days.
that all the people, after the victory, 30 And all the time of her life there wa£
came to Jerusalem to adore the Lord: none that troubled Israel, nor many years
and as soon as they were purified, they after her death.
all offered holocausts, and vows, and their 31 But the day of the festivity of thif
promises. victory is received by the Hebrews in the
23 And Judith offered for an anathema number of holy days, and is religiously
of oblivion all the arms of Holofernes, observed by the Jews from that time
which the people gave her, and the can- until this day.

THE

BOOK OF ESTHER.
This Book takes its name from queen Esther, whose history is here recorded. The
in
first part 1.1-10.3 was written in Hebrew; the rest has been preserved only
Greek, whatever be its original language. Some of the sources probably go back
to Persia, perhaps to Mardochai as may be gathered from chap. 9. ver. 20.

CHAPTER 1. feast for all the princes, and

made a great
for his servants, for the most mighty of
King Assuerus maketh a great feast. Queen Vasthi of the Medes,
heing sent for refuseth to come: for which disobe- the Persians, and the nobles
dience she is deposed. and the governors of the provinces in his

the who reigned

days of Assuerus, sight,
INfrom India to Ethiopia over a hun- he might shew the riches of the
4 That
dred and twenty-seven provinces glory of his kingdom, and the greatness,
2 When he sat on the throne of his king- and boasting of his power, for a long
dom, the city Susan was the capital of time, to wit, for a hundred and fourscore
his kingdom. days.
3 Now in th e third year ^ of his reign he 5 And when the days of the feast were
u Ys. 32. &.
V B. C. 483.

An
anathema of oblivion. Chap. Ver. 1. Assuerus, from the Persian
1.
Chap. 16. Ver. 23.
That is, a gift or offering made to God, by way of name rendered usually Xerses. It is question of
an everlasting monument, to prevent the oblivion Xerses I son of Darius I.
of forgetting so great a benefit.
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expired, he invited all the people that and off the Medes, who saw the face of
were found in Susan, from the greatest the king, and were used to sit first after
to the least: and commanded a feast to him:)
be made seven days in the court of the 15 What sentence ought to pass upon
garden, and of the wood, which was Vasthi the queen, who had refused tc
planted by the care and the hand of the obey the commandment of king Assuerus,
king. which he had sent to her by the eunuchs f
6 And there were hung up on every side 16 And Mamuchan answered, in the
sky coloured, and green, and violet hang- hearing of the king and the princes :
ings, fastened with cords of silk, and of Queen Vasthi hath not only injured the
purple, which were put into rings of king, but also all the people and princes
ivory, and were held up with marble pil- that are in all the provinces of king As-
lars. The beds also were of gold and sil- suerus.
ver, placed in order upon a floor paved 17 For this deed of the queen will go
with porphyry and white marble : which abroad to all women, so that they will
was embellished with painting of won- despise their husbands, and wiU say
derful variety. King Assuerus commanded that queen
7 And they that were invited, drank in Vasthi should come in to him, and she
golden cups, and the meats were brought would not.
in divers vessels one after another. Wine 18 And by this example all the wives of
also in abundance and of the best was the princes of the i'ersians and the Medea
presented, as was worthy of a king's will slight the commandments of their
magnificence. husbands : wherefore the king's indigna-
8 Neither was there any one to compel tion is just.
them to drink that were not willing, but 19 If it please thee, le an edict go out
as the king had appointed, who set over from thy presence, and let it be written
every table one of his nobles, that every according to the law of the Persians and
man might take what he would. of the Medes, which must not be altered,
9 Also Vasthi the queen made a feast that Vasthi come in no more to the king,
for the women in the palace, where king but another, that is better than her, be
Assuerus was used to dwell. made queen in her place.
10 Now on the seventh day, when the 20 And let thie be published through all
king was merry, and after very much the provinces of thy empire, (which is
drinking was well warmed with wine, he very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the
commanded Mauman, and Bazatha, and greater as of the lesser, give honour to
Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and their husbands.
Zethar, and Charcas, the seven eunuchs 21 His counsel pleased the king, and the
that served in his presence, princes: and the king did according to
11 To bring in queen Vasthi before the the counsel of Mamuchan.
king, with the crown set upon her head, 22 And he sent letters to all the pro-
to shew her beauty to all the people and vinces of his kingdom, as every nation
the princes: for she was exceeding beau- could hear and read, in divers languages
tiful. and characters, that the husbands should
12 But she refused, and would not come be rulers and masters in their houses:
at the king's commandment, which he and that this should be published to every
had signified to her by the eunuchs. people.
Whereupon the king, being angry, and CHAPTER 2.
inflamed' with a very great fury, Esther is advanced to be queen. Mardochai detect
13 Asked the wise men, who according eth a plot against the king,
to the custom of the kings, were always A FTER this, when the wrath of king
near his person, and all he did was by Jl\. Assuerus was appeased, he remem-
their counsel, who knew the laws, and bered Vasthi, and what she had done and
judgments of their forefathers: what she had suffered
14 (Now the chief and nearest him were, 2 And the king's servants and his offi-
Charsena, and Sethar, and Admatha, and cers said : Let young women be sought
Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Ma- for the king, virgins and beautiful,
Bmcban, seven princes of the Persians, 3 And let some persons be sent through
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Assuerus seeks a new queen ESTHER Esther chosen queen
all the provinces to look for beautiful myrrh, and tor other six months theTr
maidens and virgins» and let them bring used certain pei'fumes and sweet spicea
them to the city of Susan, and put them 13 And when they were going in to the
into the house of the women under the king, whatsoever they asked to adorn
hand of Egeus the eunuch, who is the themselves they received : and being
overseer and keeper of the king's women; decked out, as it pleased them, they
and let them receive women's ornaments, passed from the chamber of the women
and other things necessary for their use. to the king's chamber,
4 And whosoever among them all shall 14 And she that went in at evening,
please the king's eyes, let her be queen came out in the morning, and from thence
instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the she was conducted to the second nouse»
king: and he commanded it should be that was under the hand of Susagaz the
done as they had suggested. eunuch, who had the charge over the
5 There was a man in the city of Susan, king's concubines: neither could she re-
a Jew, named Mardochai, ^the son of turn any more to the King, aniess the
Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of king desired it, and bad ordered her by
the race of Jemini, name to come.
6 Whohad been earned away from Jeru- 16 And as the time came orderly about»
salem, at the time that Nabuchodonosor the day was at hand, when Esther, the
king of Babylon carried away ^ Jechonias daughter of Abihaii the brother of Mar-
king of Juda, dochai, whom
he had adopted for hlE
7 And he had brought up his bro therms daughter, was to go in to the king. But
daughter Edissa, who by another name she sought not women's ornaments, but
was called Esther: now she had lost both whatsoever Egeus the eunuch the keeper
her parents: and was exceeding fair and of the virgins had a mind he gave her to
beautiful. And her father and mother adorn her. For she was exceeding fair»
being dead, Mardochai adopted her for and her incredible beauty made her ap-
his daughter. pear agreeable and amiable in the eyee
8 And when the king's ordinance was of all.
noised abroad, and according to his com- 16 So she was brought to the chamber
mandment many beautiful virgins were of king Assuerus the tenth month, which
brought to Susan, and were delivered to is called Tebeth, in the seventh year ^ of
Egeus the eunuch: Esther also among the his reign.
rest of the maidens was delivered to him 17 And the king loved her more than
to be kept in the number of the women. all the women, and she had favour and
9 And she pleased him, and found favour kindness before him above all the wo-
in his sight. And he commanded the men, and he set the royal crown on hex
eunuch to hasten the women's ornaments, head, and made her queen instead oi
and to deliver to her her part, and seven Vasthi.
of the most beautiful maidens of the 18 And he commanded a magnificent
king's house, and to adorn and deck out feast to be prepared for all the princes,
both her and her waiting maids. and for his servants, for the marriage and
10 And she would not tell him her peo- wedding of Esther. And he gave rest to
ple nor her country. For Mardochai had all the provinces, and bestowed gifts ac-
charged her to say nothing at all of that: cording to princely magnificence,
11 And he walked every day before the 19 And when the virgins were sought
court of the house, in which the chosen the second time, and gathered together^
virgins were kept, having a care for Es- Mardochai stayed at the king's gate,
ther's welfare, and desiring to know what 20 Neither had Esther as yet declared
would befall her. her country and people, according to bis
12 Nowwhen every virgin's turn came commandment. For whatsoever he com-
to go in to the king, after all had been manded, Esther observed: and she did all
done for setting them off to advantage, things in the same manner as she was
it was the twelfth month: so that for six wont at that time when he brought her
months they were anointed with oil of up a little one.

VI Infra ll. 2.«- x l Kings 24. 16: loira IL 4.

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Mardochai displeases Aman ESTHER Destruction of the Jews decreed

21 At that time, therefore, when Mar-
dochai abode at the king's gate, Bagathan
and Thares, two of the king's eunuchs,
who were porters, and presided in the first
entry of the palace, were angry: and they
designed to rise up against the king, and
to kill him.
22 And Mardochai had notice of it, and
and there came ont the twelfth month,
which is called Adar.
8 And Aman said to king Assuerus:
There is a people scattered through all
the provinces of thy kingdom, and sep-
arated one from another, that use new
laws and ceremonies, and moreover de-
spise the king's ordinances and thou :

immediately he told it to queen Esther: knowest very well that it is not expedi-
and she to the king in Mardochai's name, ent for thy kingdom that they should
who had reported the thing unto her. grow insolent by impunity.
23 It was inquired into, and found out 9 If it please thee, decree that they may
and they were both hanged on a gibbet. be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand
And it was put in the histories, and re- talents to thy treasurers.
corded in the chronicles before the king. 10 And the king took the ring that he
used, from his own hand, and gave it to
CHAPTER 3. Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race
Aman, advanced by the king, is offended at Mar-
dochai, and therefore procnreth the king^s decree of Agag, the enemy of the Jews,
'

to destroy the ivhole nation of the Jews. 11 And he said to him: As to the money
AFTER these things, king Assuerus ad- which thou promisest, keep it for thy-
J\. vanced Aman, the son of Amadathi, self
: and as to the people, do with them
who was of the race of Agag and he set as seemeth good to thee.
:

his throne above all the princes that 12 And the king's scribes were called
were with him. in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth
2 And all the king's servants, that were day of the same month and they wrote,:

at the doors of the palace, bent their as Aman had commanded, to all the king's
knees, and worshipped Aman for so the heutenants, and to the judges of the pro-
:

emperor had commanded them, only vinces, and of divers nations, as every
Mardochai did not bend his knee, nor nation could read, and hear according to
worship him. their different languages, in the name of
3 And the king's servants that were king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed
chief at the doors of the palace, said to with his ring,
him Why dost thou alone not observe 13 Were sent by the king's messengers
:

the king's commandment? to all provinces, to kill and destroy all

4 And when they were saying this often, the Jews, both young and old, little chil-
and he would not hearken to them, they dren, and women, in one day, that is,
told Aman, desirous to know whether he on the thirteenth of the twelfth month,
would continue in his resolution for he which is called Adar, and to make a spoil
:

had told them that he was a Jew. of their goods.

5 Now when Aman had heard this, and 14 And the contents of the letters were
had proved by experience that Mardo- to this effect, that all provinces might
chai did not bend his knee to him, nor know and be ready against that day.
worship him, he was exceeding angry. 15 The couriers that were sent made
6 And he counted it nothing to lay his haste to fulfil the king's commandment.
hands upon Mardochai alone for he had And immediately the edict was hung up
:

heard that he was of the nation of the in Susan, the king and Aman feasting
Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all together, and all the Jews that were in
the nation of the Jews that were in the the city weeping.
kingdom of Assuerus.
7 In the first month (which is called CHAPTER 4.
Kisan) in the twelfth year of the reign Mardochai desireth Esther to petition the kingfov
Df Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, the Jeirs. They join in fasting and. prayer.
which in Hebrew is called Phur, before I^OW
when Mardochai had heard these
Aman, on what day and what month the Xi things, he rent his garments, and
nation of the Jews should be destroyed: put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his

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Esther learns of the decree ESTHER Esther before the king

head : and he cried with a loud voice in life only, because thou art in the king^s
the street in the midst of the city, shew- house, more than all the Jews
ing the anguish of his mind. 14 For if thou wilt now hold thy peace,
2 And he came lamenting in this man- the Jews shall be dehvered by some
ner even to the gate of the palace: for other occasion and thou, and thy father's
:

no one clothed with sackcloth might house shall perish. And who knoweth
enter the king's court. whether thou art not therefore come to
3 And in all provinces, towns, and places, the kingdom, that thou mightest be ready
to which the king's cruel edict was come, in such a time as this ?
there was great mourning among the 15 And again Esther sent to Mardochai
Jews, with fasting, waiUng, and weeping, in these words:
many using sackcloth and ashes for their 16 Go, and gather together all the Jews
bed. whom thou shalt find in Susan, and pray
4 Then Esther's maids and her eunuchs ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for
went in, and told her. And when she three days and three nights and I with :

heard it she was in a consternation and my handmaids will fast in like manner,
i

she sent a garment, to clothe him, and and then I will go in to the king, against
to take away the sackcloth but he would the law, not being called, and expose
:

not receive it. myself to death and to danger.

5 And she called for Athach the eunuch, 17 So Mardochai went, and did all that
whom the king had appointed to attend Esther had commanded him.
upon her, and she commanded him to go
to Mardochai, and learn of him why he
CHAPTER 5.
Esther is graciously received : she inviteth the king
did this. and Aman to dinner» Aman prepareth a gibbet
6 And Athach going out went to Mardo- /or Mardochai.
chai, who was standing in the street of A ND on the third day Esther put on
the city, before the palace gate x\ her royal apparel, and stood in the
7 And Mardochai told him all that had inner court of the king's house, over
happened, how Aman had promised to against the king's hall now he sat upon :

pay money into the king's treasures, to his throne in the hall of the palace, over
have the Jews destroyed. against the door of the house.
8 He gave him also a copy of the edict 2 And when he saw Esther the queen
which was hanging up in Susan, that he standing, she pleased his eyes, and he
should shew it to the queen, and admon- held out toward her the golden sceptre,
ish her to go in to the king, and to en- which he held in his hand and she drew :

treat him for her people. near, and kissed the top of his sceptre.
9 And Athach went back and told Esther 3 And the king said to her What wilt :

all that Mardochai had said. thou, queen Esther? what is thy request?
10 She answered him, and bade him say if thou shouldst even ask one half of the
to Mardochai: kingdom, it shall be given to thee.
11 All the king's servants, and all the 4 But she answered If it please the
:

provinces that are under his dominion, king, I beseech thee to come to me this
know, that whosoever, whether man or day, and Aman with thee to the banquet
woman, cometh into the king's inner which I have prepared.
court, who is not called for, is immedi- 5 And the king said forthwith Call ye :

ately to be put to death without any de- Aman quickly, that he may obey Esther's
lay except the king shall hold out the will. So the king and Aman came to the
:

golden sceptre to him, in token of clem- banquet which the queen had prepared
ency, that so he may live. How then for them.
can I go in to the king, who for these 6 And the king said to her, after he had
thirty days now have not been called drunk wine plentifully What dost thou :

Unto him? desire should be given thee? and for

12 And when Mardochai had heard this, what thing askest thou? although thou
13 He sent word to Esther again, say- shouldst ask the half of my kingdom,
ing: Think not that thou mayst save thy thou shalt have it.

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Amans anger ESTHER The King honors Mardochai

T
7 And Esther answered: My petition
and request is this
8 If I have found favour in the Mug's
sight, and if it please the king to give
me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition:
let the king and Aman come to the ban-
3 And when the ^ng heard this, h.%
said: What honour and reward hath
Mardochai received for this fideUtyf
His servants and ministers said to him:
He hath received no reward at all.
4 And the king said immediately Who:

quet which I have prepared them, and to
morrow I will open my mind to the king.
9 So Aman went out that day joyful and
merry. And when he saw Mardochai
flitting before the gate of the palace, and
that he not only did not rise up to hon-
is in the court? for Aman was coming in
to the inner court of the king's house, to
speak to the king, that he might order
Mardochai to be hanged upon the gibbet
which was prepared for him.
5 The servants answered Aman stand-:

our him, but did not so much as move eth in the court, and the king said Let :

2rom the place where he sat^ he was him come in.

exceedingly angry 6 And when he was come in, he said to
10 But dissembling his anger, and re- him: What ought to be done to the man
turning into his house, he called together whom the king is desirous to honour?
to him his friends, and Zares his wife But Aman thinking in his heart, and
11 And he declared to them the great- supposing that the king would honour
ness of his riches, and the multitude of no other but himself,
his children, and with how great glory 7 Answered The man whom the king
:

the king had advanced him above all his desireth to honour,
princes and servants. 8 Ought to be clothed with the king* 3
12 And after this he said Queen Esther apparel, and to be set upon the horse that
:

also hath invited no other to the banquet the king rideth upon, and to have the
with the king, but me: and with her I royal crown upon his head,
am also to dine to morrow with the king 9 And let the first of the king's princes
13 And whereas I have all these things, and nobles hold his horse, and going
1 think I have nothing, so long as I see through the street of the city, proclaira
Mardochai the Jew sitting before the before him and say: Thus shall he be
king's gate. honoured^ whom the king hath a mind
14 Then Zares his wife, and the rest of to honour.
his friends answered him: Order a great 10 And the king said to him: Make
beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, haste and take the robe and the horse,
and in the morning speak to the king, and do as thou hast spoken to Mardochai
that Mardochai may be hanged upon it, the Jew, who sitteth before the gates of
and so thou shalt go full of joy with the the palace. Beware thou pass over any
king to the banquet. The counsel pleased of those things which thou hast spoken.
him, and he commanded a high gibbet 11 So Aman took the robe and the
to be prepared. horse, and arraying Mardochai in the
street of the city, and setting him on the
CHAPTER 6.
The king hearing of the good service done Mm by horse, went before him, and proclaimed:
Mardochai^ commandeth Aman to honour him This honour is he worthy of, whom the
next to the king, which he performeth.
king hath a mind to honour.
THAT night the king passed without 12 But Mardochai returned to the pal-
sleep, and he commanded the histo- ace gate: and Aman made haste to go
ries and chronicles of former times to be to his house, mourning and having
hifi
brought him. And when they were read- head covered:
ing them before him, 13 And he told Zares his wife, and his
2 They came to that place where it was friends, all that had befallen him. And
written, how Mardochai had discovered the wise men whom he had in counsel,
the treason of Bagathan and Thares the and his wife answered him: If Mardo-
eunuchs, who sought to kill king Assue- chai be of the seed of the Jews, before
rus. whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst
Chap. 6. Var. .3.iVo reward at all. He received were so inoonsiderable in the opinion of the couf
«ome presents irom tlie king,cliap„ 12. £. bu^tfaiMi tiers, tliat they esteemed them as nothing at alU

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Esther's petition ESTHER Esther^ s plea for her people
not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his the gibbet which he hath prepared for
sight. Mardochai, who spoke for the king,
14 As they were yet speaking, the king's standeth in Aman's house, being fifty
ounuchs came, and compelled him to go cubits high. And the king said to him:
quickly to the banquet which the queen Hang him upon it.
had prepared. 10 So Aman was hanged on the gibbet,
which he had prepared for Mardochai:
CHAPTER 7. and the king's wrath ceased.
Esther^s petition for herself and her people: Aman
is hanged upon the gibbet he had prepared for
Mardochai. CHAPTER 8.
the king and Aman went in, to
SO drink with the queen.
Mardochai is advanced :

reversed.
Aman'*s letters a/re

2 And the king said to her again the N that day king Assuerus gave the
second day, after he was warm with house of Aman, the Jews' enemy, to
wine : What is thy petition, Esther, that queen Esther, and Mardochai came in
it may be granted thee ? and what wilt before the king. For Esther had con-
thou have done although thou ask the fessed to him that he was her uncle,
:

half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it. 2 And the king took the ring which he
3 Then she answered If I have found had commanded to be taken again from
:

favour in thy sight, O king, and if it Aman, and gave it to Mardochai And
please thee, give me my life for which I Esther set Mardochai over her house.
ask, and my people for which I request. 3 And not content with these things,
4 For we are given up, I and my peo- she fell down at the king's feet and wept,
ple, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to and speaking to him besought him, that
perish. And would God we were sold he would give orders that the malice of
for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked
might be borne with, and I would have devices which he had invented against
mourned in silence; but now we have the Jews, should be of no effect.
an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth 4 But he, as the manner was, held out
upon the king. the golden sceptre with his hand, which
5 And king Assuerus answered and was the sign of clemency and she arose :

said: Who is this, and of what power, up and stood before him,
that he should do these things ? 5 And said : If it please the king, and if
6 And Esther said It is this Aman that I have found favour in his sight, and my
:

is our adversary and most wicked enemy. request be not disagreeable to him, I
Aman hearing this was forthwith aston- beseech, thee, that the former letters of
ished, not being able to bear the counte- Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews,
nance of the king and of the queen. by which he commanded that they should
7 But the king being angry rose up, and be destroyed in all the king's provinces,
went from the place of the banquet into may be reversed by new letters.
the garden set with trees. Aman also 6 For how can I endure the murdering
rose up to entreat Esther the queen for and slaughter of my people ?
his life, for he understood that evil was 7 And king Assuerus answered Esther
prepared for him by the king. the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I
8 And when the king came back out of have given Aman's house to Esther, and
the garden set with trees, and entered I have commanded him to be hanged on
into the place of the banquet, he found a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on
Aman was fallen upon the bed on which the Jews.
Esther lay, and he said: He will force 8 Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it
the queen sA&o in my presence, in my pleaseth you, in the king's name, and
own house. The word was not yet gone seal the letters with my ring. For this
out of the king's mouth, and immediately was the custom, that no man durst gain-
they covered his face. say the letters which were sent in the
9 And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that king's name, and were sealed with hie
stood waiting on the king, said: Behold ring.

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The new decree ESTHER The Jews kill their enemies

9 TbeD the king's scribes and secretaries nations and religion, joined themselvet
were called for (now it was the time of to jheir worship and ceremonies. For fi

the third month which is called Siban) great dread of the name of the Jews ha/^
the three and twentieth day of the month, fallen upon all.
and letters were written, as Mardochai CHAPTER 9.
had a mind, to the Jews, and to the gov- The Jews kill their enemies that would have killed
ernors, and to the deputies, and to the them. The days of Phurinc are appointed to be
judges, who were rulers over the hun- kept holy.
dred and twenty-seven provinccb, from on the thirteenth day of the
India even to Ethiopia; to province and twelfth
SOmonth, which as we have
province, to people and people, accord- said above is called Adar, when all the
ing to their languages and characters, and Jews were designed to be massacred, and
to the Jews, according as they could read their enemies were greedy after their
and hear. blood, the case being altered, the Jews
10 And these letters which were sent in began to have the upper hand, and to
the king's name, were sealed with his revenge themselves of their adversaries.
ring, and sent by posts who were to run
: 2 And they gathered themselves to
through all the provinces, to prevent the gether in every city, and town, and place,
former letters with new messages. to lay their hands on their enemies, and
11 And the king gave orders to them, to their persecutors. And no one durst
speak to the Jews in every city, and to withstand them, for the fear of their
command them to gather themselves to- power had gone through every people.
gether, and to stand for their lives, and 3 And the judges of the provinces, and
to kill and destroy all their enemies with the governors, and lieutenants, and every
their wives and children and all their one in dignity, that presided over every
houses, and to take their spoil. place and work, extolled the Jews for
12 And one day of revenge was ap- fear of Mardochai:
pointed through all the provinces, to wit, 4 For trkey knew him to be prince of the
the thirteenth of the twelfth month palace, and to have great power and the :

Adar. fame of his name increased daily, and was

13 And this was the content of the spread abroad through all men's mouths.
letter, that it should be notified in all 5 So the Jews made a great slaughter
lands and peoples that were subject to of their enemies, and killed them, repay-
the empire of king Assuerus, that the ing according to what they had prepared
Jews were ready to be revenged of their to do to them
enemies. 6 Insomuch that even in Susan they
14 So the swift posts went out carrying killed live hundred men, besides the ten
the messages, and the king's edict was sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of
hung up in Susan. the Jews whose names are these
: :

15 And Mardochai going forth out of 7 Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Es-
the palace, and from the king's presence, phatha,
shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet 8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Arida-
»nd sky colour, wearing a golden crown tha,
on his head, and clothed with a cloak of 9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai,
silk and purple. And all the city re- and Jezatha.
joiced and was glad. 10 And when they had slain them, they
16 But to the Jews a new light seemed would not touch the spoils of their
to rise, joy, honour, and dancing. goods.
17 And in all peoples, cities, and pro- 11 And presently the number of them
vinces, whithersoever the king's com- that were killed in Susan was brought to
mandments came,there was wonderful re- the king.
joicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping 12 And he sa\d to the queen: The Jews
holy day insomuch that many of other have killed £ve hundred men in che city
:

Chap. 9. Ver. l. To revenge, &c. The Jews on death a crime woithy of death, viz., a malicious CUl
*is occasion, by authority from the king, were made spiracy for extirpatlDg their whole iiatiou
""^"'itioners of the public justice, for pimishing by

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The Jews kill their enemies ESTHER
of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman °.
now many dost thou think they have
slain in all the provinces? What askest
thou more, and what wilt thou have me
to command to be done ?
13 And she answered : If it please the
king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do
to morrow in Susan as they have done
to day, and that the ten sons of Aman
may be hanged upon gibbets.
14 And the king commanded that it
should be so done. And forthwith the
edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten
sons of Aman were hanged.
15 And on the fourteenth day of the
month Adarthe Jews gathered themselves
together, and they killed in Susan three
hundred men: but they took not their
substance.
16 Moreover through all the provinces
which were subject to the king's domin-
ion the Jews stood for their hves, and
slew their enemies and persecutors : in-
somuch that the number of them that
were killed amounted to seventy-five
thousand, and no man took any of their
goods.
17 Now the thirteenth day of the month
Adar was the first day with them all of
the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day
they left off. Which they ordained to be
kept holy day, so that all times hereafter
they should celebrate it with feasting,
Joy, and banquets.
18 But they that were killing in the
city of Susan, were employed in the
slaughter on the thirteenth and four-
teenth day of the same month: and on
the fifteenth day they rested. And there-
fore they appointed that day to be a
holy day of feasting and gladness.
19 But those Jews that dwelt in towns
not walled and in villages, appointed the
fourteenth day of the month Adar for
banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice
on that day, and send one another por-
tions of their banquets and meats.
The feast of Phurim
22 Because on those days the Jews re-
venged themselves of their enemies, and
their mourning and sorrow were turned
into mirth and joy, and that these should
be days of feasting and gladness, in which
they should send one to another portions
of meats, and should give gifts to the
poor.
23 And the Jews undertook to observe
with solemnity all they had begun to do
at that time, which Mardochai by letters
had commanded to be done.
24 For Aman, the son of Amadathi ol
the race of Agag, the enemy and adver-
sary of the Jews, had devised evil against
them, to kill them and destroy them:
and had cast Phur, that is, the lot.
25 And afterwards Esther went in to the
king, beseeching him that his endeavours
might be made void by the king's letters:
and the evil that he had intended against
the Jews, might return upon his own
head. And so both he and his sons were
hanged upon gibbets.
26 And since that time these daj^s are
called Phurim, that is, of lots: because
Phur, that is, the lot, was cast into the
urn. And all things that were done, are
contained in the volume of this epistlQ
that is, of this book:
27 And th" things that they suffered,
and that w^x-e afterwards changed, the
Jews took upon themselves and their
seed, and upon all that had a mind to be
joined to their religion, so that it should
be lawful for none to pass these days
without solemnity : which the writing
testifieth, and certain times require, as
the years continually succeed one an-
other.
28 These are the days which shall never
be forgot : and which all provinces in the
whole world shall celebrate throughout
all generations : neither is there any city
wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of
lots, must not be observed by the Jews,
and by their posterity which is bound to
,

20 And Mardochai wrote all these things, these ceremonies.

and sent them comprised in letters to the 29 And Esther the queen, the daughter
Jews that abode in all the king's pro- of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote
vinces, both those that lay near and thosealso a second epistle, that with all dili-
afar off, gence this day should be estabUshed •
21 That they should receive the four- festival for the time to come.
teenth and fifteenth day of the month 30 And they sent to all the Jews that
Adar for holy days, and always at the re- were in the hundred and twenty-seven
turn of the year should celebrate them provinces of king Assuerus, that they
with solemn honour: should have peace, and receive truths
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Mardochat's dream ESTHER Mardochai*s dream

3i And observe the days of lots, and 12 And the Lord remembered his peo-
celebrate them with joy in their proper ple, and had mercy on his inheritance.
time: as Mardochai and Esther had ap- 13 And
these days shall be observed in
pointed, and they undertook them to be the month
of Adar on the fourteenth,
observed by themselves and by their and fifteenth day of the same month,
seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of with all diligence, and joy of the people
lots, gathered into one assembly, throughout
32 And all things which are contained all the generations hereafter of the peo-
in the history of this book, which is called ple of Israel.
Esther.
CHAPTER 10.
CHAPTER 11.
Assuerms^s greatness. MardochaPs dignity. The dream of Mardochai^ which in the ancient
Greek and Latin Bibles was in the beginning oj
A ND king Assuerus made all the land, the book,, but was detached by St. Jerome^ and jmi
in this place.
J\. and all the islands of the sea tribu-
tary. the fourth year of the reign of
2 And his strength and his empire, r.nd
IN
Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus,
the dignity and greatness wherewith ho who said he was a priest, and of the Le-
exalted Mardochai, are written in the vitical race, and Ptolemy his son brought
books of the Medes, and of the Per- this epistle of Phurim, which they said
sians: Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy had in-
3 And how Mardochai of the race of the terpreted in Jerusalem.
Jews, was next after king Assuerus: and^ 2 In the second year of the reign of Ar-
fjreat among the Jews, and acceptable to taxerxes the great, in the first day of the
the people of his brethren, seeking the month Nisan, Mardochai the son of Jair,
good of his people, and speaking those the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the
things which were for the welfare of his tribe of Benjamin:
seed. 3 A Jew whodwelt in the city of Susan,
4 Then Mardochai said : God hath done a great man and amongthe first of the
these things. king's court, had a dream.
5 I remember a dream that I saw, which 4-^ Now he was of the number of the
signified these same things and nothing
: captives, whom Nabuchodonosor king of
thereof hath failed. Babylon had carried away from Jerusa-
6 The little fountain which grew into a lem with Jechonias king of Juda:
river, and was turned into a light, and 5 And this was his dream Behold there
:

into the sun, and abounded into many
waters, is Esther, whom the king married,
and made queen.
7 But the two dragons are I and Aman.
8 The nations that were assembled are
they that endeavoured to destroy the
name of the Jews.
9 And my nation is Israel, who cried to
the Lord, and the Lord saved his people
and he delivered us from all evils, and
hath wrought great signs and wonders
among the nations
10 And he commanded that there should
be two lots, one of the people of God, and
the other of all the nations.
11 And both lots came to the day ap-
pointed already from that time before
God to all nations:
were voices, and tumults, and thunders,
and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon
the earth.
6 ^ And behold two great dragons came
forth ready to fight one against another.
7 And at their cry all nations were
stirred up to fight against the nation of
the just.
8 Andthat was a day of darkness and
danger, of tribulation and distress, and
great fear upon the earth.
9 And the nation o^ the just wa3 troubled
fearing their own evils, and was prepared
for death.
10 And they cried to God: and as they
were crying, a little fountain grew into a
very great river, and abounded into many
waters.
j 4 Kings 24. 15 Supra 2. 6.
; —
fr Supra 10. 7.

Chap. lo. Ver. 4. Tbeyi Mardochai, &c. Here preters translated out of the Hebrew, or added by
St Jerome advertiseth the reader, that wliat fol- the inspiration of the Holy Ghost.
lows is not in the Hebrew but is found in the sep-
: Ver. 5. A dream. This dream was prophetical
tuagint Greek edition, wliich tbe seventy-two inter- and extraordinary: otherwise the general rule Is
not to observe dreams.
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Mardochai saves the king*s life ESTHER Mardochai^s prayer

11 The light and the Bun rose up,' and and was second after the Mng, AxnaD *^
fche humble were exalted, and they de- name,
voured the glorious. 4 Told me that there was a people scat-
12 And when Mardochai had seen this, tered through the whole world, .zhich
and arose out of his bed, he was thinking used new laws, and acted againsu the
what God would do: and he kept it fixed customs of all nations, despised the com
in his mind, desirous to know what the mandments of kings, and violated by
dream should signify. their opposition the concord of all na-
tions.
CHAPTER 12. 6 Wherefore having learned this, and
Mardochai detects the conspiracy of the two etmuchs, seeing one nation in opposition to all
AND 'he abode at that time in the mankind using perverse laws, and going
J\. king's court with Bagatha and Thara against our commandments, and disturb-
the king's eunuchs, who were porters of ing the peace and concord of the pro-
the palace. vinces subject to us,
2 And when he understood their designs, 6 We have commanded that all whom
and had diligently searched into their pro- Aman shall mark out, who is chief over
jects, he learned that they went about to all the provinces, and second after the
lay violent hands on king Artaxerxes, and king, and whom we honour as a father,
he told the king thereof. shall be utterly destroyed by their ene-
3 Then the king had them both exam- mies, with their wives and children, and
ined, and after they had confessed, com- that none shall have pity on them, on
manded them to be put to death. the fourteenth day of the twelfth month
4 But the king made a record of what Adar of this present year
v^as done: and Mardochai also committed 7 That these wicked men going down to
the memory of the thing to writing. hell in one day, may restore to our em-
5 And the king commanded him, to abide pire the peace which they had disturbed.
ir. the court of the palace, and gave him 8 But Mardochai besought the Lord, re-
presents for the information. membering all his works,
6 But Aman the son of Amadathi the 9 And said: O Lord, Lord, almighty king,
Bugite was in great honour with the king, for all things are in thy power, and there
and sought to hurt Mardochai and his is none that can resist thy will, if thou
people, because of the two eunuchs of determine to save Israel.
the king who were put to death. 10 Thou hast made heaven and earth,
and all things that are under the cope of
CHAPTER 13. heaven.
A copy of a letter sent by Aman to destroy the Jews. 11 Thou art Lord of all, and there is
AlardochaVs prayer for the people, none that can resist thy majesty.
ANDArtaxerxes
.
this was the copy of
the great
the letter
king who
12 Thou knowest all things, and thou
knowest that it was not out of pride and
reigneth from India to Ethiopia, to the contempt, or any desire of glory, that 1
princes and governors of the hundred refused to worship the proud Aman,
and twenty-seven provinces, that are 13 (For I would willingly and readily for
subject to his empire, greeting. the salvation of Israel have kissed even
2 Whereas I reigned over many nations, the steps of his feet,)
and had brought all the world under my 14 But I feared lest I should transfer
dominion, I was not willing to abuse the the honour of my God to a man, and lest
greatness of my power, but to govern I should adore any one except my God.
my subjects with clemency and lenity, 15 And now, O Lord, O king, O God of
that they might live quietly without any Abraham, have mercy on thy people, be-
terror, and might enjoy peace, which is cause our enemies resolve to destroy us,
desired by all men. and extinguish thy inheritance.
3 But when I asked my counsellors how 16 Despise not thy portion, which thoQ
this might be accomphshed, one that ex- hast redeemed for thyself out of Egypt.
celled the rest in wisdom and fidelity, 17 Hear my supplication, and be merd*

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Esthe r s prayer ESTHER Esther's prayer

ful to thy lot and inheritance, and turn 12 Remember, O Lord, and shew thyself
our mouriiing into joy, that we may live to us in the time of our tribulation, and
and praise thy name, O Lord, and shut give me boldness, O Lord, king of gods,
not the mouths of them that sing to thee. and of all power
18 And all Israel with like mind and 13 Give me a well ordered speech in my
supplication cried to the Lord, because mouth in the presence of the lion, and
they saw certain death hanging over turn his heart to the hatred of our enemy,
their heads. that both he himself may perish, and the
rest that consent to him.
CHAPTER 14. 14 But deliver us by thy hand, and help
77ie prayer of Esther for herself and her people. me, who have no other helper, but thee,
iUEEN Esther also, fearing the danger O Lord, who hast the knowledge of all
Q that was at hand, had recourse to things.
the Lord. 15 And thou knowest that I hate the
2 And when she had laid away her royal glory of the wicked, and abhor the bed
apparel, she put on garments suitable for of the uncircumcised, and of every stran-
weeping and mourning: instead of divers ger.
precious ointments, she covered her head 16 Thou knowest my necessity, that I
with ashes and dung, and she humbled abominate the sign of my pride and
her body with fasts: and all the places glory, which is upon my head in the days
in which before she was accustomed to of my public appearance, and detest it
rejoice, she filled with her torn hair. as a menstruous rag, and wear it not in
3 And jhe prayed to the Lord the God the days of my silence,
of Israel, saying: O my Lord, who alone 17 And that I have not eaten at Aman's
art our king, help me a desolate woman, table, nor hath the king's banquet pleased
and who have no other helper but thee. me, and that I have not drunk the wine
4 My danger is in my hands. of the drink offerings
5 "* I have heard of my father that thou, 18 And that thy handmaid hath never
O Lord, didst take Israel from among all rejoiced, since I was brought hither unto
nations, and our fathers from all their this day, but in thee, O Lord, the God of
predecessors, to possess them as an ever- Abraham.
lasting inheritance, and thou hast done 19 O God, who art mighty above all,
to them as thou hast promised. hear the voice of them, that have no
6 We have sinned in thy sight, and other hope, and deliver us from the hand
therefore thou hast delivered us into the of the wicked, and deliver me from my
hands ot our enemies fear.
7 For we have worshipped their gods. CHAPTER 15.
Thou art just, O Lord. Esther comes into the king's presence : she is terrU
8 And now they are not content to op- fiecl, but God turns his heart.

press us with most bard oondage,but at- AND he commanded her (no doubt but
tributing the strength oC their Jiands to XA. he was Mardochai) to go to the
the power of their idols. king, and petition for her people, and for
,
9 They design to change thy promises, her country.
and destroy thy inheritance, and shut 2 Remember, (said he,) the days of thy
the mouths of them that praise thee, and low estate, how thou wast brought up by
extinguish the glory of thy temple and my hand, because Aman the second after
altar, the king hath spoken against us unto
10 That they may open the mouths of death.
Gentiles, and praise the strength of idols, 3 And do thou call upon the Lord, and
and magnify for ever a carnal king. speak to the king for us, and deliver us
11 Give not, O Lord, thy sceptre to them from death.
that are not, lest they laugh at our ruin 4 And on the third day she laid away
but turn their counsel upon themselves, the garments she wore, and put on her
land destroy him that hath begun to rage g )rious apparel.
•

iigainst us. :> And flittering in royal robes, after

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Esther before the king
sne had called upon God the ruler and
Saviour of all, she took two maids with
her,
6 And upon one them she leaned, as seven provinces, which obey our com-
of
if for delicateness and overmuch tender- mand, sendeth greeting.
ness she were not able to bear up her own 2 Many Ph&ye abused unto pride the
body.
7 And the other maid followed her
lady, bearing up her train flowing on the
ground.
8 But she with a rosy colour in her face,
and with gracious and bright eyes, hid a
mind full of anguish, and exceeding great
fear.
9 So going in she passed through all the
doors in order, and stood before the king,
where he sat upon his royal throne,
clothed with his royal robes, and glitter-
ing with gold, and precious stones, and
he was terrible to behold.
10 And when he had lifted up his coun-
tenance, and with burning eyes had
shewn the wrath of his heart, the queen
sunk down, and her colour turned pale,
and she rested her weary head upon her
handmaid.
11 And God changed the king's spirit
into mildness, and all in haste and in
fear he leaped from his throne, and hold-
ing her up in his arms, till she came to
herself, caressed her with these words:
12 What is the matter, Esther? I am
thy brother, fear not.
13 Thou Shalt not die : for this law is
ubt made for thee, but for all others.
14 Come near then, and touch the scep-
tre.
15 And as she held her peace, he took
the golden sceptre, and laid it upon her
neck, and kissed her, and said Why
dost thou not speak to me ?
16 She answered: ^* I saw thee, my lord,
as an angel of God, and my heart was
troubled for fear of thy majesty.
17 For thou, my lord, art very admirable,
and thy face is full of graces.
18 And while she was speaking,
fell down again, and was almost
swoon.
19 But the king was troubled, and all man after the king:
6is servants comforted her.
CHAPTER 16.
A copy of the Mng^s letter in favour of the Jews.
n Gen. 33. 10. — o Supra
Chap. 16. Ver. 1. From India to Ethiopia, That is, who reignet^^ from India to Etbiopift
ESTHER The hing*s letter
THE °
great king Artaxerxes, from
India to Ethiopia, to the governors
and princes of a hundred and twenty-
goodness of princes, and the honour that
hath been bestowed upon them :
3 And not only endeavour to oppress
the king's subjects, but not bearing the
glory that is given them, take in hand
to practise also against them that gave /t.
4 Neither are they content not to re-
turn thanks for benefits received, and to
violate in themselves the laws of human-
ity, but they think they can also escape
God who seeth all things.
the justice of
5 And they break out into so great
madness, as to endeavour to undermine
by lies such as observe diligently the
offices committed to them, and do all
things in such manner as to be worthy
of all men's praise,
6 While with crafty fraud they deceive
the ears of princes that are well meaning,
and judge of others by their own nature.
7 Now this is proved both from ancient
histories, and by the things which are
done daily, how the good designs of kings
are depraved by the evil suggestions of
certain men.
8 Wherefore we must provide for the
peace of all provinces.
9 Neither must you think, if we com- I
mand different things, that it cometh of
the levity of our mind, but that we give
sentence according to the quality and
necessity of times, as the profit of the
commonwealth requireth.
: 10 Now that you may more plainly un-
derstand what we say, ^ Aman the son of
Amadathi, a Macedonian both in mind
and country, and having nothing of the
Persian blood, but with his cruelty stain-
ing our goodness, was received being a
stranger by us:
she 11 And found our humanity so great to-
in a wards him, that he was called our father,
and was worshipped by all as the next
12 But he was so far puffed up with
arrogancy, as to go about to deprive us
of our kingdom and life.
13 For with certain new and unheard of
11. 2. p Supra 3. 10. — q Supra 3. 1.
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The king^s letter JOB The hinges letter

devices he hath sought the destruction of 19 But this edict, which we now send,
Mardochai, by whose fidelity and good shall be published in all cities, that the
services our life was saved, and of Es- Jews may freely follow their own laws.
ther the partner of our kingdom, with all 20 And you shall aid them that they
their nation may kill those who had prepared them-
1 Thinking that after they were slain, selves to kill them, on the thirteenth day
he might work treason against us left of the twelfth month, which is called
alone without friends, and might trans- Adar.
fer the kingdom of the Persians to the 21 For the almighty vlod hath turned
Macedonians. this day of sadness and mourning into
15 But we have found that the Jews, joy to them.
who were by that most wicked man ap- 22 Wherefore you shall also count this
pointed to be slain, are in no fault at all, day among other festival days, and cele-
but contrariwise, use just laws, brate it with all joy, that it may be known
13 And are the children of the highest also in times to come,
and the greatest, and the ever living God, 23 That all they who faithfully obey the
by whose benefit the kingdom was given Persians, receive a worthy reward for
both to our fathers and to us, and is kept their fidelity but they that are traitors
:

anto this day. to their kingdom, are destroyed for their

17 Wherefore know ye that those letters wickedness.
which he sent in our name, are void and 24 And let every province and city, that
of no effect. will not be partaker of this solemnity,
18 For which crime both he himself perish by the sword and by fire, and be
that devised it, and all his kindred hang destroyed in such manner as to be made
on gibbets, before the gates of this city unpassable, both to men and beasts, for
Susan not we, but God repaying him as
: an example of contempt, and disobedi-
he deserved. ence.

THE
BOOK OF JOB.

This Book takes its name from the holy man of whom it treats. It is not a strictly
historical narrative y though Job is an historical personage; it is a didactic poem
with an historical basis. It is uncertain who was the writer of it. In the Hebrew
it is written in verse, from the beginning of the third chapter to the forty-second
chapter.

CHAPTER 1. 3 And his possession was seven thou-

Job^s virtue and riches. sand sheep, and three thousand camels,
Satan by permission from
God strippeth him of all his substance. His pa- and five hundred yoke of oxen, and
tience.
five
hundred she asses, and a family exceed-
ri 1HERE was a man in the land of Hus, ing great: and this man was great among
X whose name was Job, and that man all the people of the east.
was simple and upright, and fearing God, 4 And his sons went, and made a feast
and avoiding evil. by houses every one in his day. And
2 And there were born to him seven sending they called their three sisters to
sons and three daughters. eat and drink with them.

Chap. l. Ver. 1. Hus. The land of Hus was Ver. 4.And made a feast by houses. That is, each
probably in northern Arabia. — Ibid. Simple. That
IB. innocent, sincere, and without guile.
made a feast in his own house and had hia doAj
inviting the others, and their sisters.

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Satan permitted to tempt Job JOB Job stripped of his possessions

5 And when the days of their feasting 17 And while he also was yet speaking,
were gone about, Job sent to them, and there came another, and said The Chal- :

sanctified them: and rising up early of- deans made three troops, and have fall-
fered holocausts for every one of them. en upon the camels, and taken them,
For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have moreover they have slain the servants
sinned, and have blessed God in their with the sword, and I alone have escaped
hearts. So did Job all days. to tell thee.
6 Now on a certain day when the sons 18 He was yet speaking, and behold an-
of God came to stand before the Lord, other came in, and said Thy sons and :

Satan also was present among them. daughters were eating and drinking wine
7 And the Lord said to him Whence in the house of their elder brother
:

comest thou ? And he answered and said 19 A violent wind came on a sudden
I have gone round about the earth, and from the side of the desert, and shook
walked through it. the four corners of the house, and it fell
8 And the Lord said to him: Hast thou upon thy children and they are dead,
considered my servant Job, that there is and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
none like him in the earth, a simple and 20 Then Job rose up, and rent his gar-
upright man, and fearing God, and avoid- ments, and having shaven his head fell
ing evil? down upon the ground and worshipped,
9 And Satan answering, said : Doth Job 21 And said * Naked came I out of my
:

fear God in vain ? mother's womb, and naked shall I return

10 Hast not thou made a fence for him, thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord
and his house, and all his substance hath taken away as it hath pleased the :

round about, blessed the works of his Lord so is it done: blessed be the name
hands, and his possession hath increased of the Lord.
on the earth ? 22 In all these things Job sinned not by
11 But stretch forth thy hand a little, his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing
and touch all that he hath, and see if he against God.
blesseth thee not to thy face. CHAPTER 2.
12 Then the Lord said to Satan Behold, Satan, by God''s jiermission, striketh Job with ulcers
:

all that he hath is in thy hand only from head to foot: his patience is still invincible.
:

put not forth thy hand upon his

And Satan went forth from the
person.
presence . tain
AND
it came to pass, when on a cer-
day the sons of God came, and
of the Lord. stood before the Lord, and Satan came
13 Now upon a certain day when his among them, and stood in his sight,
sons and daughters were eating and 2 That the Lord said to Satan Whence :

drinking wine in the house of their eld- comest thou ? And he answered and said:
est brother, I have gone round about the earth, and
14 There came a messenger to Job, and walked through it.
said: The oxen were ploughing, and the 3 And the Lord said to Satan Hast :

asses feeding beside them, thou considered my servant Job, that

15 And the Sabeans rushed in, and took there is none like him in the earth, a
All away, and slew the servants with the man simple, and upright, and fearing
sword, and I alone have escaped to tell God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping
thee. his innocence ? But thou hast moved me
16 And while he was yet speaking, an- against him, that I should aflBiict him
other came, and said The fire of God without cause.
:

fell from heaven, and striking the sheep 4 And Satan answered, and said Skin :

and the servants, hath consumed them, for skin, and all that a man hath he will
and I alone have escaped to tell thee. give for his life
s Eccli. J. 14; 1 Tim. 6. 7.

Ver. 5. Blessed. For greater horror of the very
thouf^ht of blasphemy, the scripture both here and
ver. 11, and in the following chapter, ver. 5 r>nd 9, uses
the word bless to signify its contrary.
Ver. 6. The sons of God, The angcls. —
Ibid. Sa-
tan also, &c. This passage represents to us in a
figure, accommodated to UiC ways and uoderstaud-
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ings of men, 1. The restless endeavours of Satan
against the servants of God; 2. That he can do no-
thing without God's permission ; 3. That God doth
not permit him to tempt them above their strength:
but assists them by his divine grace in such manner,
that the vain efforts of the enemy only serve to illua-
trate their vutue aud increase their merit.
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Job stricken vnth ulcers JOB Job curses the day of his birth

5 But put forth thy hand, and touch his 6 Let a darksome whirlwind seize npon
bone and his flr:h, and then thou shalt that night, let it not be counted in the
tso tnat he will bless thee to thy face. days of the year, nor numbered in the
6 And the Lord said to Satar. : Behold months.
l-i is in thy hand, but yet save his hfe. 7 Let that night be solitary, and not
7 So Satan went forth from the pre- worthy of praise.
sence of the Lord, and struck Job with a 8 Let them curseit who ciu^e the day,
very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the who are ready to raise up a leviathan i
foot even to the top of his head 9 Let the stars be darkened with the
8 And he took a potsherd and scraped mist thereof: let it expect hght and not
the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill. see it, nor the rising of the dawning of
9 And his wife said to him Dost thou : the day
still continue in thy simphcity? bless 10 Because it shut not up the doors of
God, ..nd die. the womb that bore me, nor took away
10 And he said to her: Thou hast spo- evils from my eyes.
ken l^ke one of the foohsh women : if we 11 Why did I not die in the womb, why
Lave received good things at the hand did I not perish when I came out of the
of God, why should we not receive evil? beUy?
la all these thiiigs Job did not sin with 12 Why received upon the knees? why
his hps. suckled at the breasts ?
11 ITow when Job's three friends heard 13 For now I should have been asleep
all the evil that had befallen him, they and still, and should have rest in my
came every one from his own place, sleep.
Ehphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the 14 With kings and consuls of the earth,
Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. who build themselves sohtudes:
For they had made an appointment to 15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and
come together and visit him, and com- fill their houses with silver:
fort him. 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I should
12 And when they had lifted up their not be, or as they that being conceived
eyes afar off, they knew him not, and hav3 not seen the hght.
crying out they wept, and rending their 17 There the wicked cease from tumult,
garments they sprinkled dust upon their and there the wearied in strength are at
heads towards heaven. rest.
13 And they sat with him on the ground
18 Ana th^y sometime bound together
seven days and seven nights, and no without disquiet, have not heard the voice
man spoke to him a word for they saw of the oppressor.
:

that his grief was ve^^ great. 19 The small and great are there, and
the servant is free from his master.
CHAPToTR 20 Why is Ught given to him that is in
Job expresseth his sense of the miseries oj man^s misery, and life to them that are in bitter-
Ufe^ by cursing the day of his birth.
ness of soul?
A FTER this J >b opened his n onth, and 21 That look for death, and it cometh not,
x\. cursed his day, as they that dig for a treasure ?

2 And he said 22 And they rejoice exceedingly when

3 *Let the day perish wherein I v/cs
born, and the night in which it was said:
A man child is conceived.
4 Let that day be turned into darkness,
let not God regard it from above, and let
not the light shine upon it.
6 Let darkness, and the shadow of death
iX)ver it, let a mist overspread it, and let afraid of, hath befallen me.
ii be wr apped up in bitterness.
t Jer. 20. 14.
they have found the grave.
23 To a man whose way is hidden, and
God hath surrounded him with darkness?
24 Before I oat I sigh : and as overflow-
ing waters, so is my roaring:
25 For the fear which I feared, hath
come upon me: and that which I was
26 Have I not dissembled ? have I not

Chap. 3, Ver. 1. Cursed his day. Job cursed the siror'Tcr m-^nner his sense of human miseries is
day of his birth, not by way of wishing evil to any gQB&tSLU and of his own calamities in particular.
^hijig ot Qod^ cr«;Uu>o: i>ut only to tTprtit in »u

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Eliphaz accuses Job of impatience JOB The foolish shall come to griej
kept silence t have I not bees qidett and 19 H^^mooii more shall they that dweUi
indignation is come upon me. in houses of clay, who have an eart-/iy
foundation, be consumed as with the
CHAPTER 4. moth?
Eliphaz charges Job with impatience, and pretends 20 From morning till evening they shal
that God never afflicts the i.xnocent. be cut down and because no one under*
;

THEN Eliphaz the Themanite answered, standeth, they shall perish for ever.
and said 21 And they that shall be left, shall be
2 If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps taken away from them: they shall die,
thou wilt take it ill, but who can with- and not in wisdom.
hold the words he hath conceived?
3 Behold thou hast taught many, and CHAPTER 6.
thou hast strengthened the weary hands: Eliphaz proceeds in his charge, and exhort* Job to
4 Thy words have confirmed them that acknowledge his sins.
were staggering, and thou hast strength- now if there be any that will
CALL
ened the trembling knees answer thee, and turn to some of
6 But now the scourge is come upon the saints.
thee, and thou faintest it hath touched
: 2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and
thee, and thou art troubled. envy slayeth the little one.
6 Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy 3 I have seen a fool with a strong root,
patience, and the perfection of thy ways? and I cursed his beauty immediately.
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever per- 4 His children shall be far Trom safety,
ished being innocent? or when were the and shall be destroyed in the gate, and
just destroyed ? there shall be none to deUver them.
8 On the contrary I have seen those 5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat,
who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and and the armed man shall take him by
reap them, violence, and the thirsty shall drink up
9 Perishing by the blast of God, and con- his riches.
sumed by the spirit of his wrath. 6 Nothing upon earth is done without a
10 The roaring of the lion, and the vofce cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of
of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps the ground.
of lions are broken: 7 Man is born to labour and the bird to
11 The tiger hath perished for want of fly.

prey, and the young lions are scattered 8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and
abroad. address my speech to God
12 Now there was a word spoken to me 9 Who doth great things and unsearch-
in private, and my ears by stealth as it able and wonderful things without num-
were received the veins of its whisper. ber:
13 In the horror of a vision by night, 10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the
when deep sleep is wont to hold men, earth, and watereth all things with
14 Fear seized upon me, and trembUng, waters:
and all my bones were affrighted 11 Who setteth up the humble on high
15 And when a spirit passed before me, and comforteth with health those that
the hair of my flesh stood up. mourn.
16 There stood one whose countenance 12 Who bringeth to nought the designs
I knew not, an image before my eyes, and of the malignant, so that their hands can-
I heard the voice as it were of a gentle not accomplish what they had begun :

wind: 13 ^Who catcheth the wise in their

17 " Shall man be justified in comparison craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel
of God, or shall a man be more pure than of the wicked:
his maker ? 14 They shall meet with darkness in the
18 ^Behold they that serve him are not day, and grope at noonday as in the
steadfast, and in his angels he found night.
wickedness 15 But he shall save the needy from the
u Infra 25. 4. — v Infra 15. 15 ; 2 Peter 2. 4; Jude 1. 6. V 1 Cor. 3. 19.

Chap. 4. Ver. 17. Shall man bejastijied in com- Eliphaz had heard from an angel, which, ver. 16, be
perUon o/ Ood, &c. These ar« tbe word! which calls Z9piriiL

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The correction of God JOB Job complains of his friends

Bword of their mouth, and the poor from 6 Or can an ansavoury thing be eaten,
the hand of the violent. that is not seasoned with salt? or can a
16 And to the needy there shall be hope, man taste that which when tasted bring-
but iniquity ^hall draw in her mouth. eth death?
17 Blessed is the man whom God correct- 7 The things which before my soul would
eth: refuse not therefore the chastising not touch, now, through anguish are my
of the Lord meats.
18 For he woundeth, and cureth: he 8 Who will grant that my request may
striketh, and his hands shall heal. come and that God may give me what
:

19 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, Hook for?

and in the seventh, evil shall not touch 9 And that he that hath begun may
thee. destroy me, that he may let loose his
20 In famine he shall deliver thee from hand, and cut me off ?
death: and in battle, from the hand of 10 And that this may be my comfort,
the sword. that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare
21 Thou shaltbe hidden from the scourge not, nor I contradict the words of the
of the tongue and thou shalt not fear
: Holy One.
calamity when it cometh. 11 For what is my strength, that I can
22 In destruction and famine thou shalt hold out? or what is my end that I should
laugh : and thou shalt not be afraid of the keep patience ?
beasts of the earth. 12 My strength Is not the strength of
23 But thou shalt have a covenant with stones, nor is my flesh of brass.
the stones of the lands, and the beasts of 13 Behold there is no help for me in
the earth shall be at peace with thee. myself, and my
familiar friends also are
24 And thou shalt know that thy taber- departed from me.
nacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty 14 He that taketh away mercy from his
thou shalt not sin. friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed 15 My brethren have passed *>y me, ae»
bhall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the torrent that passe th swiftly . tin '

the grass of the earth. valleys.

•^6 Thou shalt enter into the grave in 16 They that fear the hoary frost, Che
abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought snow shall fall upon them.
in its season. 17 At the time when they shall be scat-
27 Behold, this is even so, as we have tered they shall perish and after it
:

searched out: which thou having heard, groweth hot they shall be melted out of
consider it thoroughly in thy mind. their place.
18 The paths of their steps are entanglevl:
CHAPTER 6. they shall walk in vain, and shall perish.
Job maintains his innocence, and complains of his 19 Consider the paths of Thema, the
friends,
ways of Saba, and wait a little while.
BUT Job answered, and said 20 They are confounded, because I have
2 O that my sins, whereby I have de« hoped : they are come also even unto
served wrath, and the calamity that I me, and are covered with shame.
suffer, were weighed in a balance. 21 Now you are come : and now seeing
3 As the sand of the sea this would ap- my affliction you are afraid.
pear heavier: therefore my words are 22 Did I say : Bring to me, and give me
full of sorrow of your substance ?
4 For the arrows of the Lord are in me, 23 Or deliver me from the hand of the
the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, enemy, and rescue me out of the hand of
and the terrors of the Lord war against me. the mighty ?
6 Will the wild ass bray when he hath 24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace:
grass ? or will the ox low when he stand- and if I have been ignorant in any thingp
etb before a full manger? instruct me.

OiAP.6. Ver.2. My sins, &c He does not mean pressed in the third chapter, which they
to compare his sufferings with his real sins: but accused. Though, as he tells them here, itso mucli
with the imaginary crimes which his friends imputed proportion bore HO
with the greatness of bis ealamit|r.
to hun: and especially witli bis wrath, or
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25 Why have you detracted the words and I shall be relieved speaking with
of truth, whereas there is none of you myself on my couch:
that can reprove me? 14 Thou wilt frighten me with dreams
26 You dress up speeches only to re- and terrify me with visions.
buke, and you utter words to the wind. 15 So that my soul rather chooseth hang-
27 You rush in upon the fatherless, and ing, and my bones death.
you endeavour to overthrow your friend. 16 I have done with hope, I shall now
28 However finish v/hat you have be- live no longer: spare me, for my days
gun, give ear, and see whether I lie. are nothing.
29 Answer, I beseech you, without con- 17 What is a man that thou shouldst
tention: and speaking that which is just, magnify him? or why dost thou set thy
judge ye. heart upon hirti?
30 And you shall not find iniquity in my 18 Thou visitest him early in the morn-
tongue, neither shall folly sound in my ing, and thou provest him suddenly.
mouth. 19 How long wilt thou not spare me, nor
suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
CHAPTER 7. 20 I have sinned: what shall I do to
thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou
Job declares the miseries of man's life: and
addresses himself to God. set me opposite to thee, and I am become
burdensome to myself?
THE life of man upon earth is a war- 21 Why
fare, and his days are like the days and why dost thou not take away my
dost thou not remove my sin,

of a hireling. iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in

2 As a servant longeth for the shade, the dust: and if thou seek me in the
as the hireling looketh for the end of his morning, I shall not be.
work;
3 So I also have had empty months, CHAPTER 8.
and have numbered to myself wearisome
nights. Baldad, under pretence of defending the justice of
God, acctises Job, and exhorts him to return to
4 If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: God.
When shall I arise? and again I shall
look for the evening, and shall be filled
and said:
THEN
Baldad the Suhite answered,
with sorrows even till darkness.
5 My flesh is clothed with rottenness 2 How long wilt thou speak these things,
and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and how long shall the words of thy
and drawn together. mouth be like a strong wind?
6 My days have passed more swiftly 3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth
than the web is cut by the weaver, and the Almighty overthrow that which is
are consumed without any hope. just?
7 Remember that my life is but wind, 4 Although thy children have sinned
and my eyes shall not return to see good against him, and he hath left them in
things. the hand of their iniquity:
8 Nor shall the sight of man behold me 5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God,
thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no and wilt beseech the Almighty:
more. 6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright,
9 As a cloud is consumed, and passeth he will presently awake unto thee, and
away: so he that shall go down to hell will make the dwelling of thy justice
shall not come up. peaceable
10 Nor shall he return a,ny more into his 7 Insomuch, that if thy former things
house, neither shall his place know him were small, thy latter things would be
any more. multiplied exceedingly.
11 Wherefore I will not spare my mouth, 8 For inquire of the former generation,
I will speak in the affliction of my spirit and search diligently into the memory
I will talk with the bitterness of my
soul. of the fathers:
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are
hast enclosed me in a prison? ignorant « that our days upon earth are
13 If I say: My
bed shall comfort me, but a shadow:)
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Baldad addresses Job JOB Job acknowledges God*s justice

10 And they shall teach thee; they shall eth not and shutteth up the stars as : il.

speak to thee, and utter words out of were under a seal

their heai-ts. 8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens,
11 Can the rush be green without mois- and walketh upon the waves of the sea.
ture? or a sedge-bush grow without 9 Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and
water? Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
12 When it is yet in flower, and is not 10 Who doth things great and incom-
plucked up with the hand, it withereth prehensible, and wonderful, of which
before all herbs. there is no number.
13 Even so are the ways of all that for- 11 If he come to me, I shall not see
get God, and the hope of the hypocrite him: if he depart I shall not understand.
shall perish: 12 If he examine on a sudden, who
14 His folly shall not please him, and shall answer him ? or who can say Why :

his trust shall be like the spider's web. dost thou so ?

15 He shall lean upon his house, and it 13 God, whose wrath no man can re-
shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and sist, and under whom they stoop that
it shall not rise bear up the world.
16 He seemeth to have moistin*e before 14 What am I then, that I should an-
the sun cometh, and at his rising his blos- swer him, and have words with him?
som shall shoot forth. 15 I, who although I should have any
17 His roots shall be thick upon a heap just thing, would not answer, but would
of stones, and among the stones he shall make supplication to my judge.
abide. 16 And if he should hear me when I
18 If one swallow him up out of his call, I should not believe that he had
place, he shall deny him, and shall say heard my voice. :

I know thee not. 17 For he shall crush me in a whirl-

19 For this is the joy of his way, that wind, and multiply my wounds even
others may spring again out of the earth. without cause.
20 God will not cast away the simple, 18 He alloweth not my spirit to rest,
nor reach out his hand to the evildoer and he filleth me with bitterness.
:

2 Until thy mouth be filled with laugh- 19 If strength be demanded, he is most

ter, and thy lips with rejoicing. strong: if equity of judgment, no man
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed dare bear witness for me.
with confusion and the dwelling of the
: 20 If I would justify myself, my own
wicked shall not stand. mouth shall condemn me if I would :

shew myself innocent, he shall prove me

CHAPTER 9. wicked.
Job acknowledges God*s justice : although he often 21 Although I should be simple, even
afflicts the innocent.
thismy soul shall be ignorant of, and I
A ND Job answered, and said be weary of my life. shall
J\. 2 Indeed I know it is so, and that 22 One thing there is that I have spo-
man cannot be justified compared with ken, both the innocent and the wicked
God. he consumeth.
3 If he will contend with him, he can- 23 If he scourge, let him kill at once, and
not answer him one for a thousand. not laugh at the pains of the innocent.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in 24 The earth is given into the hand of
strength: who hath resisted him, and the wicked, he covereth the face of the
hath had peace ? judges thereof and if it be not he, who :

5 Who hath removed mountains, and is it then?

they whom he overthrew in his wrath, 25 My days have been swifter than a
knew it not. post they have fled away and have not
:

6 Who shaketh the earth out of her seen good.

place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 26 They have passed by as ships carry-
7 Who commandeth the sun and it ris- ing fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.

^Chap. 9. Ver. 9, Arcfurris, &c. These are names Ver. 17. Without cause. That is, without my
Oi stars or constellations. In Hebrew. Ash, Cesil, knowing ihe cause : or witliout any crime ol mine.
£._a Cimah. See note cliap. 38, v«r. 2^

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JoVs lament to God JOB Job's lament to God

27 If I say: i will not speak so: I and thy \-isitati02i hath preserved my
change ny face, TiCJCMia tormented with spirit.
sorrow. 13 Although thou conceal these thingo
28 I feared all my wcrL3, knowinr^ that in thy heart, yet I know that thou re-
thou didst not sparo the offender. memberest all things.
29 But if so also I am wicked, why have 14 If I have sinned and thou hast spared
I laboured in vain? me for p.n hour why dost thou not suf-
:

30 If I be washed as it were with snov/ fer me to be clean from my iniquity ?

waters, and my hands shall shine ever so 15 And if I be wicked, woe unto me:
clean and if just, I shall not lift up my head,
31 Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, being filled with affliction and misery.
and my garments abhor me,
shall 16 And for pride thou wilt take me ac c
32 For I shall not answer a man that is lioness, and returning thou tormentest
like myself: nor one that may be heard me wonderfully.
with me equally in judgment. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against
33 There is none that may be able to re- me, and multipliest thy wrath upon me,
prove both, and to put his hand between and pains war against me.
both. 18 Why didst thou bring me fort] out
34 Let him take his rod away from me, of the womb: O that I Jiad been consumed
and let not his fear terrify me. that eye might not see me
35 I will speak, and will not fear him 19 I should have been as if I had not
for I cannot answer while I am in fear. been, carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Shall not the fewness of my days be
CHAPTER 10. ended shortly ? suffer me, therefore, that
Job laments his afflictions and begs to be delivered. I may lament my sorrow a httle:

MY soul is weary of my life, I will 21 Before I go, and return no more, to a

let go my speech against myself, land that is dark and covered with the
I will speak in the bitterness of my mist of death:
soul. 22 A land of misery and darkness, where
2 I will say to God Do not condemn the shadow of death, and no order, but
:

me tell me why thou judgest me so.

: everlasting horror dwelleth.
3 Doth it seem good to thee that thou
shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, CHAPTER 11.
the work of thy own hands, and help the Sophar reproves Job, for justifying himself, and
invites him, to repentance.
counsel of the wicked ?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh: or, shalt thou THEN Sophar the Naamathite an-
swered, and said
see as man seeth?
6 Are thy days as the days of man, and 2 Shall not he that speaketh much, hear
are thy years as the times of men: also ? or shall a man full of talk be justi-
6 That thou shouldst inquire after my fied?
iniquity, and search after my sin ? 3 Shall men hold their peace to thee
7 And shouldst know that I have done only? and when thou hast mocked otherc,
no wicked thing, whereas there is no man shall no man confute thee ?
that can deliver out of thy hand. 4 For thou hast said: My word ic pure,
8 Thy hands have made me, and fash- and I am clean in thy sight.
ioned me wholly round about, and dost 5 And I wish that God would speak
thou thus cast me down headlong on a with thee, and would open his lipc to
sudden ? thee,
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou 6 That he might shew thee the secrets
hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt of wisdom, and that his law is manifold,
bring me into dust again. and thou mightest understand that he
IG Hast thou not milked me as milk, exacteth much less of thee, than thy in-
and curdled me like cheese ? iquity deserveth.
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and 7 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend
flesh: thou hast put me together with the steps of God, and wilt find out the
bones and sinews : Almighty perfectly ?
12 Thou hast granted me life and mercy, S He is higher than heaven, and what
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Sophar reproves'J ol)
wilt thou do ? he is deeper than hell, and
how wilt thou know?
9 The measure of him is longer than the
earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he shall overturn all things, or
shall press them together, who shall con-
tradict him ?
11 For he knoweth the vanity of men,
and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not
consider it?
12 A vain man is lifted up into pride,
and thinketh himself born free like a
wild ass's colt.
13 But thou hast hardened thy heart,
and hast spread thy hands to him.
14 If thou wilt put away from thee the
iniquity that is in thy hand, and let not
injustice remain in thy tabernacle:
15 Then mayst thou lift up thy face
without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast,
and shalt not fear.
16 Thou shalt also forget misery, and
remember it only as waters that are
passed away.
17 And brightness like that of the noon-
day, shall arise to thee at evening: and
when thou shalt think thyself consumed,
thou shalt rise as the day star.
18 And thou shalt have confidence, hope
being set before thee, and being buried
thou shalt sleep secure.
19 i/Thou shalt rest, and there shall be
none to make thee afraid: and many
shall entreat thy face.
20 ^But the eyes of the wicked shall
decay, and the way to escape shall fail
them, and their hope the abomination of
the soul.
CHAPTER 12.
Job's reply to Sophar. He extols God's power
and wisdom.
THEN Job answered, and said:
2 Are you then men alone, and shall
wisdom die with you?
3^1 also have a heart as well as you:
for who is ignorant of these things, which
you know?
4 & He that is mocked by his friends as
I, shall call upon God and he will hear
is no way.
him: for the simplicity of the just man
25 They shall grope as in the dark, and
is laughed to scorn.
not in the light, and he shall make them
5 The lamp despised in the thoughts of
stagger like men that are drunk.
the rich, is ready for the time appointed.
6 cThe tabernacles of robbers abound,
and they provoke God boldly; whereas it Job persists in maintaining his innocence: and
y Lev. 26. 6 Lev. 26. 16 Infra 20.
h Prov. 14. 2.
JOB Joh*s reply
is he that hath given all into their
hands:
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall
teach thee: and the birds of the air, and
they shall tell thee.
8 Speak to the earth, and it shall answer
thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.
9 Who is ignorant that the hand of the
Lord hath made all these things?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every
living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of
man.
11 (^ Doth not the ear discern words,
and the palate of him that eateth, the
taste ?
12 In the ancient is wisdom, and in
length of days prudence.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he
hath counsel and understanding.
14 e If he pull down, there is no man
that can build up: if he shut up a man,
there is none that can open.
15 If he withhold the waters, all things
shall be dried up: and if he send them
out, they shall overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom: he
knoweth both the deceivers, and him that
is deceived.
17 He bringeth counsellors to a foolish
end, and judges to insensibilty.
18 He looseth the belt of kings, and
girdeth their loins with a cord.
19 He leadeth away priests without
glory, and overthroweth nobles.
20 He changeth the speech of the true
speakers, and taketh away the doctrine
of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes,
and relieve th them that were oppressed.
22 He discovereth deep things out of
darkness, and bringeth up to light the
shadow of death.
23 He multiplieth nations, and destroy-
eth them, and restoreth them again after
they were overthrown.
24 He changeth the heart of the princes
of the people of the earth, and deceiveth
them that they walk in vain where there
CHAPTER 13.
reproves his friends.
2. c Ps. 43. 11, and 48. 7—d Infra 34. 3.
6 Isa. 22. 22 ; Apoc. 3. 7.
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 Job maintains his innocence JOB The shortness of man's days
BEHOLD my eye hath seen all these 23 How many are my iniquities and
things, and my ear hath heard them, sins? make me know my crimes and
and I have understood them all. offenses.
2 According to your knowledge I also 24 Why hidest thou thy face, and think-
know: neither am I inferior to you. est me thy enemy?
8 But yet I will speak to the Almighty, 25 Against a leaf, that is carried away
and I desire to reason with God. with the wind, thou shewest thy power,
4 Having first shewn that you are and thou pursuest a dry straw.
forgers of lies, and maintainers of per- 26 For thou writest bitter things against
verse opinions. me, and wilt consume me for the sins of
5 And I wish you would hold your my youth.
peace, that you might be thought to be 27 Thou hast put my feet in the stocks,
wise men. and hast observed all my paths, and hast
6 Hear ye therefore my reproof, and considered the steps of my feet:
attend to the judgment of my lips. 28 Who am to be consumed as rotten-
7 Hath God any need of your lie, that ness, and as a garment that is moth-
you should speak deceitfully for him? eaten.
8 Do you accept this person, and do you CHAPTER 14.
endeavour to judge for God? Jol) declares the shortness of man's days: and
9 Or shall it please him, from whom professes his l)elief of a resurrection.

nothing can be concealed? or shall he be IVTAN born of a woman, living for a

deceived as a man, with your deceitful
dealings ?
10 He shall reprove you, because in
secret you accept his person.
11 As soon as he shall move himself, he
shall trouble you: and his dread shall
fall upon you.
12 Your remembrance shall be compared
to ashes, and your necks shall be brought
to clay.
13 Hold your peace a little while, that I
may speak whatsoever my mind shall
suggest to me.
14 Why do I tear my flesh with my
teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?
15 Although he should kill me, I will
trust in him: but yet I will reprove my
ways in his sight.
16 And he shall be my saviour: for no
hypocrite shall come before his presence.
17 Hear ye my speech, and receive with
your ears hidden truths.
18 If I shall be judged, I know that I
shall be found just.
19 Who is he that will plead against
me? let him come: why am I consumed
holding my peace?
20 Two things only do not to me, and
then from thy face I shall not be hid:
21 Withdraw thy hand far from me,
and let not thy dread terrify me.
22 Call me, and I will answer thee: or
else I will speak, and do thou answer
me.
short time, is filled with many
miseries.
2 /Who cometh forth like a flower, and
is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and
never continueth in the same state.
3 And dost thou think it meet to open
thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring
him into judgment with thee ?
4 fl'Who can make him clean that is
conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou
who only art?
5 The days of man are short, and the
number of nis months is with thee: thou
hast appointed his bounds which cannot
be passed.
6 Depart a little from him, that he may
rest, until his wished for day come, as
that of the hireling.
7 A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it
groweth green again, and the boughs
thereof sprout.
8 If its roots be old in the earth, and its
stock be dead in the dust:
9 At the scent of water, it shall spring,
and bring forth leaves, as when it was
first planted.
10 But man when he shall be dead, and
stripped and consumed, I pray you where
is he?
11 As if the waters should depart out of
the sea, and an emptied river should be
dried up;
12 So man when he is fallen asleep shall
not rise again; till the heavens be broken,

/ Supra 8. 9 ; Ps. 143. 4. g Ps. 50. 4.

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Joh^s belief in the resurrection JOB Eliphaz reproves Job

ae shall not awake, nor rise np out of and not I : and tny own lips shall answer
his sleep. thee.
13 Who will grantme this, that thou 7 Art thou the first man that was born,
mayst protect me
in hell, and hide me or wast thou made before the hills ?
fcill thy wrath pass, and appoint me a 8 Hast thou heard God's counsel, and
time when thou wilt remember me ? shall his wisdom be inferior to thee ?
14 Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, 9 What knowest thou that we are igno-
live again? all the days in which I am rant of? what dost thou understand that
now in warfare, I expect until my change we know not?
come. 10 * There are with us also aged and an*
15 Thou shalt call me, and I will answer cient men, much elder than thy fathers.
thee: to the work of thy hands thou 11 Is it a great matter that God should
shalt reach out thy right hand. comfort thee? but thy wicked words
16 '^Thou indeed hast numbered my hinder this.
Bteps, but spare my sins. 12 Why
doth thy heart elevate thee, and
17 Thou hast sealed up my offences as why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if
it were in a bag, but hast cured my ini- they were thinking great things ?
quityc 13 doth thy spirit swell against Why
18 A mountain falling cometh to nought, God, to utter such words out of thy
and a rock is removed out of its place. mouth ?
19 Waters wear away the stones, and 14 What is man that he should be with-
with inundation the ground by little and out spot, and he that is born of a woman
little is washed away: so in like manner that he should appear just?
thou shalt destroy man. 15 -^Behold among his saints none is un-
20 Thou hast strengthened him for a changeable, and the heavens are not pure
little while, that he may pass away for in his sight.
ever- thou shalt change his face, and 16 How much more is man abominable,
ahalt send him away. xnd unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity
21 Whether his children come to honour like water?
or dishonour, he shall not understand. 17 will shew thee, hear me and I will. :

22 But yet his flesh, while he shall live, tell thee what I have seen.
ehall have pain, and his soul shall mourn 18 Wise men confess and hide not their
over him. fathers.
CHAPTER 15. 19 To whom alone the earth was given,
Eliphaz returns to the charge against Job, and de- and no stranger hath passed among
scribes the wretched state of the wicked. them.
AND Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, 20 The wicked man is proud all hir
x\- and said days, and the number of the years of hie
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were tyranny is uncertain.
speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach 21 The sound of dread is always in hia
with burning heat? ears and when there is peace, he always
:

3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is suspecteth treason.

not equal to thee, and thou speakest that
which is not good for thee.
4 As much ae ie in thee, thou hast made
void fear, and hast taken away prayers
fron: before God.
5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy
mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of
blasphemers,
fr Thy own mouth shall
22 He believeth not that he may return
from darkness to light, looking round
about for the sword on every side.
23 When he moveth himself to seek
bread, he knoweth that the day of dark-
ness is ready at hi;: handc
24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and dis-
tress shall surround him, as a king that
condemn thee, is prepared for the battle.

h Infra 31. 4 , and 34. 31 ; Prov. 5. 21. i Eccli. 18. 8. — j Supra 4. 18.

Chap. 14. Ver. la. That thou mayst protect me Ver. 18. Wise men
confess and hide not thei:^
In hell. That is, in the state of the dead and in , fathers. That
the knowledge and documenta
is,
the place where the souls are kept waiting for their tliey have received from their fathers they are not
Redeemer. ashamed to own.
Chap. 15. Ver. 4. ITiou hast made void /ear.
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The wretched state of the wicked JOB Job appeals to God's judgment
25 For he hath stretched out his hand 9 My wrinkles bear witness against me,
against God, and hath strengthened him- and a false speaker riseth up against my
self against the Almighty. face, contradicting me.
26 He hath run against him with his 10 He hath gathered together his fury
neck raised up, and is armed with a fat against me, and threatening me he hath
neck. gnashed with his teeth upon me: my
27 Fatness hath covered his face, and enemy hath beheld me with terrible
the fat hangeth down on his sides. eyes.
28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and 11 They have opened their mouths upon
in desert houses that are reduced into me, and reproaching me they have struck
heaps. me on the cheek, they are filled with my
29 He shall not be enriched, neither pains.
shall his substance continue, neither shall 12 God hath shut me up with the unjust
he push his root in the earth. man, and hath delivered me into the
30 He shall not depart out of darkness hands of the wicked.
the flame shall dry up his branches, and 13 I that was formerly so wealthy, am
he shall be taken away by the breath of all on a sudden broken to pieces: he
his own mouth. hath taken me by my neck, he hath
31 He shall not believe, being vainly broken me, and hath set me up to be
deceived by error, that he may be re- his mark.
deemed with any price. 14 He hath compassed me round about
32 Before his days be full he shall per- with his lances, he hath wounded my
ish: and his hands shall wither away. loins, he hath not spared, and hath

33 He shall be blasted as a vine when poured out my bowels on the earth.

its grapes are in the first flower, and as 15 He hath torn me with wound upon
an olive tree that casteth its flower. wound, he hath rushed in upon me like
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite a giant.
is barren, and fire shall devour their 16 I have sowed sackcloth upon my
tabernacles, who love to take bribes. skin, and have covered my flesh with
35 ^ He hath conceived sorrow, and hath ashes.
brought forth iniquitiy, and his womb 17 My face is swollen with weeping,
prepareth deceits. and my eyelids are dim.
18 These things have I suffered without
CHAPTER 16. the iniquity of my hand, when I offered
Job expostulates with his friends: and appeals to pure prayers to Gk)d.
the judgment of God. 19 earth, cover not thou my blood,
neither let my cry find a hiding place in
THEN
2
Job answered, «nd said:
have often heard such things
I as
thee.
20 For behold my witness is in heaven,
these: you are all troublesome comfort-
and he that knoweth my conscience is
ers.
on high.
3 Shall windy words have no end? or
21 My friends are full of words my eye :
is it any trouble to thee to speak?
poureth out tears to God.
4 I also could speak like you and would
22 And O that a man might so be judged
:

God your soul were for my soul.

with God, as the son of man is judged
5 I would comfort you also with words,
with his companion!
and would wag my head over you.
23 For behold short years pass away,
6 I would strengthen you with my
and I am walking in a path by which I
mouth, and would move my lips, as spar-
shall not return.
ing you.
7 But what shall I do? If I speak, my CHAPTER 17.
pain will not rest and if I hold my peace,
:
Job*s hope in God: he expects rest in death.
it will not depart from me.
8 But now my sorrow hath oppressed
me, and all my limbs are brought to
MY
spirit shall be wasted, my days
shall be shortened, and only the
nothing. grave remaineth for me.

k Ps. 7. 15; Isa. 59. 4.

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JoVs hope is in God JOB The miseries of the wicked.

2 I have not siimed, and my eye abide th

5 Shall not the light of the wicked be
in bitterness. extinguished, and the flame of his fire
3 Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside not shine ?
thee, and let any man's hand fight against 6 The Ught shall be dark in his taberna-
me. cle, and the lamp that is over him, shall
4 Thou hast set their heart far from be put out.
understanding, therefore they shall not 7 The step of his strength shall be
be exalted. straitened, and his own counsel shall
6 He promiseth a prey to his compan- cast him down headlong.
ions, and the eyes of his children shall fail. 8 For he hath thrust his feet into a net,
6 He hath made me as it were a byword and walketh in its meshes.
of the people, and I am an example be- 9 The sole of his foot shall be held in
fore them» a snare, and thirst shall burn against
7 Myeye is dim through indignation, him.
and my limbs are brought as it were to 10 A
gin is hidden for him in the earth,
nothing. and his trap upon the path.
8 The just shall be astonished at this, 11 Fears shall terrify him on every side,
and the innocent shall be raised up and shall entangle his feet.
against the hypocrite. 12 Let ' is strength be wasted with fam-
% And the just man shall hold on his ine, and let hunger invade his ribs.
way, and he that hath clean hands shall 13 Let it devour the beauty of his skin,
be stronger and stronger, let the firwfcborn death consume his arms.
10 Wherefore be you all converted, and 14 Let nis confidence be rooted out of
come, and I shall not find among you his tabernacle, and let destruction tread
any wise man. upon him Uke a king.
11 My days have passed away, my 16 Let the companions of him that is
thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone
heart. be sprinkled in his tent.
12 They have turned night into day, 16 Let his roots be dried up beneath,
'»nd after darkness I hope for light again. and his harvest destroyed above.
13 If I wait hell is my house, and T have 17 * Let the memory of him perish from
made my bed in darkness. th' earth, and let not his name be re-
14 I have said to rottenness Thou art nowned in the streets.
:

my father; to worms, my mother and 18 He shall drive him out of light into
my sister. darkness, and shall remove him out of
15 Where is now then my expectation, the world.
and who considereth my patience? 19 His seed shall not subsist, nor his
16 All that I have shall go down into offspring among his people, nor any
the deepest pit thinkest thou that there remnants in his country.
:

at least I shall have rest ? 20 They that come after him shall be
astonished at his day, and horror shall
OHAPTER 18. fall upon them that went before.
Baldad again reproves Job and describes the mis- 21 These then are the tabernacles of
eries of the ixricked.
the wicked, and this the place of him
THEN
and
Baldad the Suhite answered, that knoweth not God.
said:
2 How long will you throw out words? CHAPTER 19,
Job complains of the cruelty of his friends ; he
understand first, and so let us speak. describes his own sufferings and his belief of a
5 Why are we reputed as beasts, and future resurrection.
counted vile before you?
4 Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy
THEN
Job answered, and said
2 How long do you afflict my soul,
•

fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and break me in pieces with words ?
and shall rocks be removed out of their 3 Behold, these ten times you confound
place ? me, and are not ashamed to oppress me,
I Prov. 2. 22.
Chap. 17. Ver. 2. Not sinned. That is, I am not Ver. 13. Hell. SheoL The region of the dead.
iuilty of such sins as tbey cliarge me witli. Ver. 16. Deepest jdt. Literally, A«Z^

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Job describes his sufferings JOB His belief in the resurrection

4 For if I have been ignorant, my igno- 22 Why do you persecute me as God,

rance shall be with me. and glut yourselves with my flesh?
6 But you set yourselves up against me, 23 Who will grant me that my words
and reprove me with my reproaches. may be written ? who will grant me that
6 At least now under8tand,that God hath they may be marked down in a book ?
not afflicted me with an equal judgment, 24 With an iron pen and in a plate of
and compassed me with his scourges. lead, or else be graven with an instru-
7 Behold I shall cry suffering violence, ment in flint stone ?
and no one will hear I shall cry aloud,
: 25 For I know that my Redeemer liv-
and there none to judge.
is eth, and in the last day I shall rise out of
8 He hath hedged in my path round the earth.
about, and I cannot pass, and in my way 26 And I shall be clothed again with my
he hath set darkness. skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and 27 Whom I myself shall see, and my
hath taken the crown from my head. eyes shall behold, and not another this :

10 He hath destroyed me on every side, my hope is laid up in my bosom.

and I am lost, and he hath taken away 28 Why then do you say now Let us :

my hope, as from a tree that is plucked persecute him, and let us find occasion of
up. word against him ?
11 His wrath is kindled against me, and 29 Flee then from the face of the sword,
he hath counted me as his enemy. for the sword is the revenger of iniqui-
12 His troops have come together, and ties and know ye that there is a judg-
:

have made themselves a way by me, and ment.

have besieged my tabernacle round about. CHAPTER 20.
13 He hath put my brethren far from Sophar declares the shortness of the prosperity of
me, and my acquaintance like strangers the wicked and their sudden downfall.
:

have departed from me. IHEN Sophar the Naamathite an-

14 My kinsmen have forsaken me, and
they that knew me, have forgotten me.
T
swered, and said
2 Therefore various thoughts succeed
15 They that dwell in my house, and one another in me, and my mind is hur-
my maidservants have counted me as a ried away to different things.
stranger, and I have been like an ahen in 3 The doctrine with which thou reprov-
their eyes. est me, I will hear, and the spirit of my
16 I called my servant, and he gave me understanding shall answer for me.
no answer, I entreated him with my own 4 This I know from the beginning, since
mouth. man was placed upon the earth,
17 My wife hath abhorred my breath, 5 That the praise of the wicked is short,
and I entreated the children of my womb. and the joy of the hypocrite but for a
18 Even fools despised me, and when I moment.
was gone from them, they spoke against 6 If his pride mount up even to heaven,
me. and his head touch the clouds
19 They that were sometime my coun- 7 In the end he shall be destroyed like
sellors, have abhorred me and he whom a dunghill, and they that had seen him,
:

I loved most is turned against me. shall say Where is he ? :

20 The flesh being consumed, my bone 8 As a dream that fleeth away he shall
hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but not be found, he shall pass as a vision of
lips are leftabout my teeth. the night
21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, 9 The eyes that had seen him, shall see
at Jeast you my
friends, because the hand him no more, neither shall his place any
of the Lord hath touched me. more behold him.
Chap. 19. Ver. 6. With on equal judgment. St. Ver. 25, 26, and 27 shew Job's explicit belief in
Gregory explains these words thus Jobheingajust his Redeemer, and also of the resurrection of the
:

man, and truly considering his own life, thought that flesh, not as one tree riseth in place of another, but
his affliction was greater than his sins deserved and that the selfsame flesh shall rise at the last day, by
:

in that respect, that the punishment was not equal, the power of God, changed in quality but not in sub-
yet it was just, as coming from God, who gives a stance, every one to recoive sentence according to
crown of justice to those who suffer for righteous- his works in this life.
ness' sake, and nroves the just with tribulations, as
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The downfall of the vnclced JOB The yyiclced prosper for a while
i 10 His children shall be oppressed with 29 This is the portion of a wicked man
want, and his hands shall render to him from God, and the inheritance of his
bis sorrow. doings from the Lord.
11 His bones shall be filled with the
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vices of his youth, and they shall sleep

CHAPTER 21.
Job shews that the wicked often prosper in this
with him in the dust. world, even to the end of their life: but that their
^12 For when evil shall be sweet in his judgment is in anotherworld,
mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
13 He will spare it, and ^ot leave it, and
THEN Job answered, and said
2 Hear, I beseech you, my words,
will hide it in his throat. and do penance.
14 His bread in his belly shall be turned 3 Suffer me, and I will speak, and after,
into the gall of asps within him, if you please, laugh at my words.
15 The riches which he hath swallowed, 4 Is my debate against man, that I should
he shall vomit up, and God shall draw not have just reason to be troubled?
them out of his belly/ 6 Hearken to me and be astonished, and
16 He shall suck the head of asps, and lay your finger,on your mouth.
the viper's tongue shall kill him. 6 As for me, when I remember, I am
17 (Let him not see the streams of the afraid, and trembUng taketh hold on my
river, the brooks of honey and of butter.) flesh.
18 He shall be punished for all that he 7 "* Why then do the wicked Uve, are they
did, and yet shall not be consumed ac- advanced, and strengthened with riches ?
:

cording to the multitude of his devices 8 Their seed continUeth before them, a
80 also shall he suffer. multitude of kinsmen, and of children's
19 Because he broke in and stripped the children in their sight.
poor: he hath violently taken away a 9 Their houses are secure and peaceable,
house which he did not build. and the rod of God is not upon them.
'

•
20 "* And yet his belly was not filled 10 Their cattle ^have conceived, and
and when he hath the things he coveted, failed not their cow has calved, and is
:

he shall not be able to possess them.* not deprived of her fruit.

•
21 There was nothing left of his meat,
and therefore nothing shall continue of
his goods
22 When he shall be filled, he shall be
straitened, he shall burn, and every sor-
row shall fall upon him.
23 May his belly be filled, that God may
11 Their httle ones go out' like a flock,
and their children dance and play.
12 They take the timbrel, and the harp,
and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13 They spend their days in wealth, and
in a moment they go down to hell.
14 Who have said to God Depart from :

Bend forth -the wrath of his indignation
upon him, and rain down his "war upon
him.
24 He shall flee from weapons of iron,
and shall fall upon a bow of brass.
-25 The sword is drawn out, and cometh
forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in
his bitterness the terrible ones shall go
:
~^
and come upon him.
26 All darkness is hid in his secret
places: a fire that is not kindled shall
devour him, he shall be afflicted when
left in his tabernacle.
27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,
and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 The offspring of his house shall be
exposed, he shall be pulled down in the
us, we desire jiot the knowledge of thy
ways.
15 ° Who is the Almighty, that we should
serve him? and what doth it profit. us if
we pray to him ?
16 Yet because- their good things are not
in their hand, niay the counsel of the
wicked be far from me.
17 How often shall the lamp 'bf the
wicked be put out, and a deluge come
upon them, iand he shall distribute the
sorrows of his wrath ?
18 Thfey shall be as chaff be fore, the face
of the wind, and as ashes which the
whirlwind scattereth.
19 God shall lay up the sorrow of the
father for his children and when he skall:

day of God's wrath. repay, then shall he know.

m Eccli. 5. 9. n Jer. 12. 1 ; Hab. 2. 5. — o Mai. 3. 14,

Chap. 20. Yei-is. According multitude of his devices. That is, his stratagems to gratify bis
to Vie
passiuus and to oppress and destroy Uie poo&

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The judgment of the wicked JOB Eliphaz falsely accuses Job

20 His eyes shall see his own destruc- 5 And not tor th3' manifold wickednesOv
tion, and he shall drink of the wrath of and thy infinite iniquities ?
the Almighty. 6 For thou hast taken away the pledge
21 For what is it to him what befalleth of thy brethren without cause, and
his house after him: and if the number stripped the naked of their clothing.
of his months be diminished by one half? 7 Thou hast not given water to the
22 Shall any one teach God knowledge, weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from
who judgeth those that are high? the hungry,
23 One man dieth strong, and hale, rich 8 In the strength of thy arm thou didst
and happy, possess the land, and being the mos'
24 His bowels are full of fat, and his mighty thou boldest it.
bones are moistened with marrow. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty,
25 But another dieth in bitterness of soul and the arms of the fatherless thou hast
without any riches broken in pieces.
26 And yet they shall sleep together in 10 Therefore art thou surrounded with
the dust, and worms shall cover them. snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.
27 Surely I know your thoughts, and 11 And didst thou think that thou
your unjust judgments against me. shouldst not see darkness, and that thou
28 For you say Where is the house of shouldst not be covered with the violence
:

the prince ? and where are the dwelling of overflowing waters?

places of the wicked ? 12 Dost not thou think that God is higher
29 Ask any one of them that go by the than heaven, and is elevated above the
way, and you shall perceive that he know- height of the stars ?
eth these same things. 13 And thou sayst : What doth God
30 Because the wicked man is reserved know ? and he judgeth as it were through
to the day of destruction, and he shall be a mist.
brought to the day of wrath. 14 The clouds are his covert, and he
31 Who shall reprove his way to his face ? doth not consider our things, and he
and who shall repay him what he hath walketh about the poles of heaven.
done? 16 Dost thou desire to keep the path of
32 He shall be brought to the graves, ages, which wicked men have trodden ?
and shall watch in the heap of the dead. 16 Who were taken away before their
33 He hath been acceptable to the time, and a flood hath overthrown their
gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw foundation.
every man after him, and there are in- 17 Who said to God Depart from us :

numerable before him, and looked upon the Almighty as if he

34 How then do ye comfort me in vain, could do nothing:
whereas your answer is shewn to be re- 18 Whereas he had filled their houses
pugnant to truth ? with good things whose way of thinking
:

be far from me.

CHAPTER 22. 19 P The just shall see, and shall rejoice,
Eliphaz falsely imputes many crimes to Job, (rut and the innocent shall laugh them to
promises him, prosperity if he wVl repent. scorn.
THEN Eliphaz theThemanite answered,
and said:
20 Is not their exaltation cut down, and
hath not fire devoured the remnants of
2 Can man be compared with God, even them?
though he were of perfect knowledge ? 21 Submit thyself then to him, and be
3 What doth it profit God if thou be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have
just ? or what dost thou give him if thy the best fruits.
way be unspotted? 22 Receive the law of his mouth, and lay
4 Shall he reprove thee for fear, and up his words in thy heart.
come with thee into judgment 23 If thou wilt return to the Almighty,
p Ps. 106. 42.
Chap. 21. Ver. 33. Acceptable to the gravel of of death and hell: which willingly, as it were, re-
Cocytus. The Hebrew word, which St. Jerome has ceives the wicked at their death who are ushered
;

here rendered by the name Cocytus, (which the poets in by innumerable others that have gone before
represent as a river in hell,) signifies a valley or z them J and are followed by multitudes above num
torrent : and io this place, is taken for ttie low region ber.
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Job wishes to he judged by God JOB The wicked go unpunished for a while
thoi shalt be built up. and shalt put 12 I have not departed from the com-
Awaj iniquity far from thy tabernacle. mandments of his lips, and the words of
24 He shall give for earth flint, and for his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
flint torrents of gold. 13 For he is alone, and no man can
25 ^Lud the Almighty shall be against turn away his thought: and whatsoever
thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped his soul hath desired, that hath he done.
together for thee, 14 And when he shall have fulfilled his
26 Then shalt thou abound in delights will in me, many other like things are
in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy also at hand with him.
face to God. 15 And therefore I am troubled at his
27 Thou shalt pray to him, and he will presence, and when I consider him I am
hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows. made pensive with fear.
28 Thou shalt decree a thing, and it 16 God hath softened my heart, and the
shall come to thee, and light shall shine Almighty hath troubled me.
in thy ways. 17 For I have not perished because of
29 ^ For he that hath been humbled, the darkness that hangs over me, neither
shall be in glory: and he that shall bow hath the mist covered my face.
down his eyes, he shall be saved. CHAPTER 24.
30 The innocent shall be saved, and he
Go(Pa providence often suffers the wicked to go on
shall be saveO by the cleanness of his a long time in their sins but ^punisheth them in
hands. another life,

CHAPTER 23.
TIMES are not hid from the Almighty
but they that know him, kno\i not
Job wishes to be tried at God's triburuxZ. his days.
rjlHEN Job answered, and saidr 2 Some
have removed landmarks, have
JL 2 Nowalso my taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
words are in bitter-
my
ness, and the hand of 3 They have driven away the ass of the
scourge is more
grievous than my mourning. fatherless, and have taken away the
3 Who will grant me that I might know widow's ox for a pledge.
and find him, and come even to his 4 They have overturned the way of the
throne ? poor, and have oppressed together the
4 I would set judgment before him, and of the earth. meek
would fill my mouth with complaints. 5 Others like wild asses in the desert go
5 That I might know the words that he forth to their work : by watching for a
would answer me, and understand what prey they get bread for their children.
he would say to me. 6 They reap the field that is not their
6 I would not that he should contend own, and gather the vintage of his vine-
with me with much strength, nor over- yard whom by violence they have op-
whelm me with th€ weight of his great- pressed.
ness. 7 They send men away naked, taking
7 Let him propose equity against me, away their clothes who have no cover-
and let my judgment come to victory. ing in the cold:
8 But if I go to the east, he appeareth 8 Who are wet, with the showers of the
not; if to the west, I shall not under- mountains, and having no covering em-
stand him. brace the stones.
9 If to the left hand, what shall I do? I 9 They have violently robbed the father-
shall not take hold on him if I turn my- less, and stripped the poor common peo-
:

self to the right hand, I shall not see ple.

him. 10 From the naked and them that go
10 But he knoweth my way, and has without clothing, and from the hungry
tried me as gold that passeth through they have taken away the ears of corn.
the fire 11 They have taken their rest at noon
11 My foot hath followed his steps, I among the stores of them, who after hav-
have kept his way, and have not declined ing trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.
from it. 12 Out of the cities they have mad«

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The wicked go unpu n ishedfor a wh He JOB

The ipisdom and power of God
men to groan, and the sotil O* the 2 Power and terror aif© with him, who
wounded hath cried out, ana God doth maketh peace in his high places.
not suffer it to pass unrevenged. 3 Is there any numbering ot hiii sol-
13 They have been rebeUious to the diers? and upon whom shali not his hght
light, they have not known his ways, arise?
neither have they returned by his paths. 4 Can man be justified compared with
14 The murderer rlseth at the very God, or he that is born of a woman ap-
break of day, he kiUeth the needy, and pear clean?
the poor man: but in the night he will 6 Behold even the moon doth not shine,
be as a thief. and the stars are not pure in his sight.
15 The eye of the adulterer observeth 6 Hov much less man that is rottenness,
darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and the eon of man who is a worm?
and he will cover his face.
16 He diggeth through houses in the 26. CHAPTER
dark, as in the day they had appointed Job declares his sentirnents of the trisdom and pourer
for themselves, and they have not known of God
the hght,
17 If the morning suddenly appear, it is
THEN Job answered, and
2 Whose helper
saic*
art thou ? is it of
to them the shadow of death and they : him that is weak? and dost thou hold up
walk in darkness as if it were in light, the arm of him that has no strength?
18 He
is light upon the face of the water: 3 To whom hast thou given counsel?
cnrsed be his portion on the earth, let him perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and
not walk by the way of the vineyards. thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
19 Let him pass from the snow waters 4 Whom hast thou desired to teach ? was
to excessive heat, and his sin even to it not him that made Hfe ?
helL 6 Behold the giants groan under the
20 Let mercy forget him may worms : waters, and they that dweU with them.
be his sweetness: let him be remem- 6 Hell is naked before him, and there is
bered no more, but be broken In pieces no covering for destruction.
as an unfmitfnl tree. 7 He stretched out the north over the
21 For he hath fed the barren that bear- empty space, and hangeth the earth upon
eth not, and to the widow he hath done nothing.
no good. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his clouds,
22 He hath pulled down the strong by so that they break not out and faU down
his might: and when he standeth up, he together.
shall not trust to his Hfe. 9 He withholdeth the face of his throne,
23 ' God hath given him place for pen- and spreadeth his cloud over it,
ance, and he abuseth it tmto pride: but 10 He hath set bounds about the waters,
his eyes are upon his ways. till light and darkness come to an end.

24 They are lifted up for a little while 11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and
and shall not stand, and shall be brought dread at his beck.
down as all things, and shall be taken 12 By his power the seas are suddenly
away, and as the tops of the ears of corn gathered together, and his wisdom has
they shall be broken. struck the proud one
25 And il it be not so, who can convince 13 His spirit hath adorned the heavens,
Pie that I have lied, and set my words and his obstetric hand brought forth the
before God? winding serpent.
CHAPTER 25. 14 Lo, these things are said in part of
Baldad represents the justice of Cfod^ before whom his ways :and seeing we have heard
no man con be justifi.^'d. scarce a little drop of his word, who shall
THEN
said:
Baldad the Suhite answered, and be able to behold the thander of his
greatness ?

r Apoc. 2. 21.

Chap. 26. Ver. 13. Ws

obffeiric hand brotf/jht an eternity. The rr-indino serpevt, a constellation
forth the vmrfino s^rn^ryf. That is, the omnipotent of fixed stars winding round the north pole, called
power of God which hrnnght forth all thines cre-
;
Drnro This appears from the foregoing part of the
ated m cimeb but cooceivod iii tbe Divio* taiai tnxn same verse Hi» spirit hcUh adorrud the heavent>
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Job reasserts his innocence JOB Man searches out many things
CHAPTER 27. 21 A burning wind shall take him up,
and carry him away, and as a whirlwind
fob persists in asserting his own innocence, and that
hypocrites will be punished in the end.
shall snatch him from his place.
also added, taking up his parable, 22 And he shall cast upon him, and shall
JOB and said not spare out of his hand he would will-
:

2 As God liveth, who hath taken away ingly flee.

my judgment, and the Almighty, who 23 He shall clasp his hands upon him,
hath brought my soul to bitterness, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.
3 As long as breath remaineth in me,
and the spirit of God in my nostrils, CHAPTER 28.
4 My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither MarCs indtistry searcheth out many things: trtte
shall my tongue contrive lying. wisdom is taught by God alone.
6 God forbid that I should judge you to ILVER hath beginnings of its veins,
be just: till I die I will not depart from S' and gold hath a place wherein it is
ixiy innocence. melted.
6 My justification, which I have begun 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and
to hold, I will not forsake for my : heart stone melted with heat is turned into
doth not reprehend me in all my life. brass.
7 Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and 3 He hath set a time for darkness, and
my adversary as the wicked one. the end of all things he considereth, the
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite stone also that is in the dark and the
if through covetousness he take by vio- shadow of death.
lence, and God deliver not his soul? 4 The flood divideth from the people
9 Will God hear his cry, when distress that are on their ioumey, those whom
shall come upon him? the food of the neeay man hath forgot-
10 Or can he delight himself in the Al- ten, and who cannot be come at.
mighty, and call upon God at all times ? 5 The land, out of which bread grew in
11 I will teach you by the hand of God, its place, hath beer» overturned with fire.
what the Almighty hath, and I will not 6 The stones of it are the place of sap-
conceal it. phires, and the clods of it are gold.
12 Behold you all know it, and why do 7 The bird hath not known the path,
you speak vain things without cause? neither hath the eye of the vulture be-
13 This is the portion of a wicked man held it.
with God, and the inheritance of the vio- 8 The children of the merchants have
lent, which they shall receive of the Al- not trodden it, neither hath the lioness
mighty. passed by it.
14 If his sons be multiplied, they shall 9 He hath stretched forth his hand to
be for the sword, and his grandsons shall the flint, he hath overturned mountains
not be filled with bread. from tne roots.
15 They that shall remain of him, shall 10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers,
be buried in death, and his widows shall and his eye hath seen every precious
not weep. thing.
16 If he shall heap together silver as 11 The depths also of rivers he hath
earth, and prepare raiment as clay, searched, and hidden things he hath
17 He shall prepare indeed, but the just brought forth to light.
man shall be clothed with it: and the 12 But where is wisdom to be found,
innocent shall divide the silver. and where is the place of understanding ?
18 He hath built his house as a moth, 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof,
and as a keeper he hath made a booth. neither is it found in the land of them
19 * The rich man when he shall sleep that live in delights.
shall take away nothing with him: he 14 The depth saith: It is not in me : and
shall open his eyes and find nothing. the sea saith It is not with me.:

20 Poverty like water shall take hold on 15 *The finest gold shall not purchase
him, a tempest shall oppress him in the it, neither shall silver be weighed in
night exchange for it.

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16 It shall not and the old men rose up and

be compared with the selves :

dyed colours of most stood.

India, or with the
precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire. 9 The princes ceased to speak, ind laid
17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, nei- the finger on their mouth.
ther shall any vessels of gold be changed 10 The rulers held their peace, and their
for it. tongue cleaved to their throat.
18 High and eminent things shall not be 11 The ear that heard me blessed me,
mentioned in comparison of it: but wis- and the eye that saw me gave witness to
dom is drawn out of secret places. me:
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be 12 Because I had delivered the poor
equal to it, neither shall it be compared man that cried out and the fatherless, ;

to the cleanest dyeing. that had no helper.

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and 13 The blessing of him that was ready
where is the place of understanding ? to perish came upon me, and I comforted
21 It is hid from the eyes of all living, the heart of the widow.
and the fowls of the air know it not. 14 1 was clad with justice and I clothed :

22 Destruction and death have said: myself with my judgment, as with a robe
With our ears we have heard the fame and a diadem.
thereof. 15 I was an eye to the blind, and a foot
23 God understandeth the way of it, and to the lame.
he knoweth the place thereof. 16 I was the father of the poor: and
24 For he beholdeth the ends of the the cause which I knew not, I searched
world: and looketh on all things that out most dihgently.
are under heaven. 17 I broke the jaws of the wicked man,
25 Who made a weight for the winds, and out of his teeth I took away the
and weighed the waters by measure. prey.
26 When he gave a law for the rain, and 18 And I said: I shall die in my nest,
» way for the sounding storms. and as a palm tree shall multiply my
37 Then he saw it, and declared, and days.
prepared, and searched it. 19 My root is opened beside the waters,
28 And he said to man Behold the fear and dew shall continue in my harvest.
:

Of the Lord, that is wisdom and to de-
part from evil, is understanding.
CHAPTER 29.
Job relates his former happiness, and the respect
that all men shelved him.
JOB also added, taking up
and said
2 Who will grant me, that I
according to the months past, according
to the days in which God kept me ?
3 When his lamp shined over my head,
and I walked by his light in darkness ?
4 As I was in the days of my youth,
when God was secretly in my tabernacle ?
6 When the Almighty was with me : and
my servants round about me ?
6 When I washed my feet with butter,
and the rock poured me out rivers of
oil?
7 When I went out to the gate of the
city,
a chair?
and in the street they prepared
8 The young men saw me, and hid them-
:20 My glory shall always be renewed,
and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.
21 They that heard me, waited for my
sentence, and being attentive held their
peace at my counsel.
22 To my words they durst add nothing,
his parable, my speech dropped upon them.
and
They waited for me as for rain, and
23
might be they opened their mouth as for a latter
shower.
24 If at any time I laughed on them,
they believed not, and the light of my
countenance fell not on earth.
25 If I had a mind to go to them, I sat
first, and when I sat as a king, with his
army standing about him, yet I was a
comforter of them that mourned.
CHAPTER 30.
Job shews the wonderful change of his tempore,»
estate, from welfare to great calamity.
me BUT now the younger in time scorn
me, whose fathers I would not have
set with the dogs of my flock :

Chap. 30. Ver. But noir the younger in time: when I was conspicuous and
1. in magnificence ^ they
that is, younger tlian I am, and as it were obscure, now look down on me.
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The contempt now shown him JOB Great calamity has now cowe upon him
2 The strength of whose hands was to 20 I cry to thee, and thou hearest me
ne as nothing, and they were thought not I stand up, and thou dost not re-
:

inworthy of life itself. gard me.

3 Barren with want and hunger, who 21 Thou art changed to be cruel toward
rnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with me, and in the hardness of thy and
jalamity and misery. thou art against me.
4 And they ate grass, and barks of trees, 22 Thou hast lifted me up, and set me
md the root of junipers was their food. as it were upon the wind, and thou hast
6 Who snatched up these things out of mightily dashed me.
;he valleys, and when they had found 23 I know that thou wilt deliver me to
my of them, they ran to them with a death, where a house is appointed for
jry. every one that liveth.
6 They dwelt in the desert places of tor- 24 But yet thou stretchest not forth
ments, and in caves of earth, or upon the thy hand to their consumption: and if
p-avel. they shall fall down thou wilt save.
7 They pleased themselves among these 25 I wept heretofore for him that was
dnd of things, and counted it delightful afflicted, and my soul had compassion
;o be under the briers. on the poor.
8 The children of foolish and base men, 26 I expected good things, and evils
md not appearing at all upon the earth. are come upon me: I waited for light,
9 Now I am turned into their song, and and darkness broke out.
im become their byword. 27 My inner parts have boiled without
10 They abhor me, and flee far from any rest, the days of affliction have pr«i-
ne, and are not afraid to spit in my vented me.
'ace. 28 I went mourning without indigna-
11 For he hath opened his quiver, and tion ; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.
lath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle 29 I was the brother of dragons, and
nto my mouth. companion of ostriches.
12 At the right hand of my rising, my 30 My skin is become black upon me,
jalamities forthwith arose they have and my bones are dried up with heat.
:

)verthrown my feet, and have over- 31 My harp is turned to mourning, and

«rhelmed me with their paths as with my organ into the voice of those that
^aves. weep.
13 They have destroyed my ways, they
iiave lain in wait against me, and they
CHAPTER 31.
Joh, to defend himself from the unjust judgment$
biave prevailed, and there was none to of his friends, gives a sincere account of his own
aelp. virtues.
14 They have rushed in upon me, as MADE
a covenant with my eyes,
tvhen a wall is br::ken, and a gate I
that I would not so much as think
Dpened, and have rolled themselves upon a virgin.
3own to my miseries. 2 For what part should God from above
*5 I am brought to nothing : as a wind have in me, and what inheritance the Al-
thou hast taken away my desire : and mighty from on high ?
QQy prosperity hath passed away like a 3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and
iloud. aversion to them that work iniquity ?
16 And now my soul fadeth within my- 4 Doth not he consider my ways, and
self, and the days of affliction possess me. number all my steps ?
17 In the night my bone is pierced with 5 If I have walked in vanity, and my
Borrows: and they that feed upon me, foot hath made haste to deceit
do not sleep. 6 Let him weigh me in a just balance,
18 With the multitude of them my
gar- and let God know my simplicity.
ment is consumed, and they have girded 7 If my step hath turned out of the
me about, as with the collar of my coat. way, and if my heart hath followed my
19 I am compared to dirt, and am lik- eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my
ened to embers and ashes. hands

Vor.29. Brother qf droffons. &C. Imitating these creatures in their lamentable noise.
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Job recites his good deeds JOB Job recites his good deeds
8 Thenlet me sow and let another e^'t 28 Which is a very great iniquity, and
and my offspring be rooted out.
let a denial against the niQSt high God.
9 If my heart hath been deceived upon 29 If I have been glad at the downfall
a woman, and if I have laid wait at my of him that hated me, and bave rejoiced
friend's door that evil had found him.
10 Let my
wife be the harlot of another, 30 For I have not giver, my mouth to
and let other men lie with her. sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
11 For this is a heinous crime, and a 31 If the men of my tabernacle have
most grievous iniquity. not said Who will give us of his flesh
:

12 It is a fire that devoureth even to that we may be filled ?

destruction, and rooteth up all things 32 The stranger did noo stay without^
that spring. my door was open to the traveller.
13 If I have despised to abide judgment 33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and
with my manservant, or my maidservant, have concealed my iniquity in my
when they had any controversy against bosom.
me 34 If I have been afraid at a very great
14 For what shall I do when God shall multitude, and the contempt of kins-
rise to judge ? and when he shall exam- men hath terrified me «i-nd .1 have not:

ine, what shall I answer him ? rather held my peace, and not gone out
15 Did not he that made me in the of the door.
womb make him also : and did not one 35 Who would grant me a hearer, that
and the same form me in the womb ? the Almighty may hear my desire and *

16 If I have denied to the poor what that he himself that judgeth would write
they desired, and have made the eyes of a book,
the widow wait 36 That I may carry it on my shoulder,
17 If I have eaten my
morsel alone, and and put it about me as a crown ?
the fatherless hath not eaten thereof 37 At every step of mine I would pro-
18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up nounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
with me and it came out with me from
: 38 If my land cry against me, and with
my mother's womb :) it the furrows thereof mourn
19 If I have despised him that was per- 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof
ishing for want of clothing, and the poor without money, and have afflicted the
man that had no covering soul of the tillers thereof:
20 If his sides have not blessed me, and 40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of
if he were not warmed with the fleece of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
my sheep The words of Job are ended,
21 If I have lifted up my hand against
the fatherless, even when I saw myself CHAPTER 32.
superior in the gate Eliu is aiw'^'v '
*th with Job and his friends. He
22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint, "iQasts of himself.

and let my arm with its bones be broken. these three men ceased to answer
23 For I have always feared God as
SOJob, because he seemed just to him-
waves swelling over me, and his weight self.

I was not able to bear. 2 AndEliu the son of Barachel the Buz-
24 If I have thought gold my strength, ite,of the kindred of Ram, was angry
and have said to fine gold My confidence :
and was moved to indignation now he :

25 If I have rejoiced over my great was angry against Job, because he said
riches, and because my hand had gotten he was just before God.
much. 3 And he wac angry with his friends,
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, because they had not found a reasonable
and the moon going in brightness answer, but only had condemned Job.
27 And my heart in secret hath re- 4 So Eliu waited while Job was speak-
joiced, and I have kissed my hand with ing, because they were his elders that
my mouth: were speaking.

Chap. 31. Ver. 26. If I beheld the sun, &e. If I God, call on my adversaries to produce any tning
'm.

behold the sun and moon with admiration, knowing against me, whereby I could IM cbarged with wor»
tbem to be created and governed by the power of shipping ttli9 tUD or luooo.
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Eliu reproves Job's friends JOB Eliu blames Job

6 But when he saw that the three were CHAPTER 33.
not able to answer, he was exceedingly Eliu blames Job for asserting his own Innocenct,
angry.
6 Then Eliu the son of Barachel the
HEAR
therefore, O Job, my speeches,
and hearken to all my words.
Buzite answered, and said I am younger
: 2 Behold now I have opened my mouth,
in days, and you are more ancient; there- let my tongue speak within my jaws.
fore hanging down my head, I was afraid 3 My words are from my upright heart,
to shew you my opinion. and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
7 For T hoped that greater age would 4 The spirit of God made me, and the
speak, and that a multitude of years breath of the Almighty gave me hfe.
'vould teach wisdom. 5 If thou canst, answer me, and stand
8 But, as I see, there is a spirit in men, up against my face.
and the inspiration of the Almighty giv- 6 Behold God hath made me as well as
eth understanding. thee, and of the same clay I also was
9 They that are aged are not the wise formed.
men, neither do the ancients understand 7 But yet let not my wonder terrify
judgment. thee, and let not my eloquence be bur-
10 Therefore I will speak: Hearken densome to thee.
to me, I also wUl shew you my wis- 8 Now thou hast said in my hearing, and
dom. I have heard the voice of thy words :
11 For I have waited for your words, I 9 I am clean, and without sin 1 am un- :

have given ear to your wisdom, as long spotted, and there is no iniquity in me.
as you were disputing in words, 10 Because he hath found complaints
12 And as long as I thought you said against me, therefore he hath counted
some thing, I considered but, as I see, me for his enemy.
:

there is none of you that can convince 11 He hath put my feet in the stocks,
Job, and answer his words. he hath observed all my paths.
13 Lest you should say: We have found 12 Now this is the thing in which thou
wisdom, God hath cast him down, not art not justified I will answer thee, that
:

man. God is greater than man.

14 He hath spoken nothing to me, and 13 Dost thou strive against him, because
I w\ll not answer him according to your he hath not answered thee to all words ?
words. 14 God speaketh once, and repeateth
15 They were afraid, and answered no not the selfsame thing the second time.
vnore- and they left off speaking. 15 By a dream in a vision by night,
16 Therefore because I have waited, and when deep sleep falleth upon men, and
they have not spoken they stood, and they are sleeping in their beds •
;

answered no more ; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men,

17 I also will answer my part, and will and teaching instructeth them in what
shew my knowledge. they are to learn.
18 For I am full of matter to speak of, 17 That he may withdraw a man from
and the spirit of my bowels straiteneth the things he is doing, and may deliver
me. him from pride.
19 Behold, my belly is as new wine which 18 Rescuing his soul from corruption:
wanteth vent, which bursteth the new and his life from passing to the sword.
vessels. 19 He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed,
20 I will speak and take breath a little and he maketh all his bones to wither.
1 will open my lips, and will answer. 20 Bread become th abominable to hinj
21 I will not accept the person of man, in his life, and to his soul the meat which
and I will not level God with man. before he desired.
22 For I know not how long I shall con- 21 His flesh shall be consumed away,
tinue, and whether after a while my and his bones that were covered shall be
Maker may take me away. made bare.
Chap, 32. Ver. 21. / will not level GodwiVc man. to an equal Eliu expresses !n the following tci. 22
;

Here Elhi considers that Job hath put himself on a his fear of punishment bereafter for such vt it
level with God, by the manner he assumed tc jus- tempt.
ufT his own life in speaking to God as if be spoke

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22 His soul hath drawn near to corrup- 9 For he hath said : Man shall not please
tion, and his to the destroyers.
life God, although he run with him.
23 If there shall be an angel speaking 10 Therefore, ye men of understanding,
for him, one among thousands, to declare hear me: far from God be wickedness,
man's uprightness, and iniquity from the Almighty.
24 He shall have mercy on him, and 11 For he will render to a man his work,
shall say: Deliver him, that he may not and according to the ways of every one
go down to corruption : I have found he will reward them.
wherein I may be merciful to him. 12 For in very deed God will not con-
25 His flesh is consumed with punish- demn without cause, neither will the Al-
ments, let him return to the days of his mighty pervert judgment.
youth. 13 What other hath he appointed over
26 He shall pray to God, and he will be the earth ? or whom hath he set over the
gracious to him and he shall see his world which he made ?
:

face with joy, and he will render to man 14 If he turn his heart to him, he shall
his justice. draw his spirit and breath unto himself.
27 He shall loo r upon men, and shall 15 All flesh shall perish together, and
say: I have sinned, and indeed I have man shall return into ashes.
offended, and I have not received what I 16 If then thou hast understanding, hear
have deserved. what is said, and hearken to the voice of
28 He hath delivered his soul from ^o- my words.
ing into destruction, that it may live and 17 Can he be healed that loveth not
see the light. judgment? and how dost thou so far
29 Behold, all these things God worketb condemn him that is just ?
three times within every one. 18 Who saith to the king Thou art an :

30 That he may withdraw their souls apostate : who calleth rulers ungodly :
from corruption, and enlighten them with 19 ^ Who accepteth not the persons of
the light of the living. princes : nor hath regarded the tyrant,
31 Attend. Job, and bearker -30 me: and when he contended against the poor
hold thy peace, whilst ^peak. J man for all are the work of his hands.
:

32 But if thou hast anj; thing to say, an- 20 They shall suddenly die, and the peo-
swer me, speak : for I would have thee ple shall be troubled at midnight, and
to appear just, they shall pass, and take away the vio-
33 And if thou have not, hear me hold lent without hand. :

thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom. '>1 For his eyes are upon the ways of

CHAPTER 34. men, and he considereth all their steps.

22 There is no darkness, and there is no
Eliu charges Job with blasphemy and sets forth .•

the power and justice of God. shadow of death, where they may be hid
AND Ehu continued his discourse, and who work iniquity.
. said : 23 For it is no longer in the power of
2 Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye man to enter into judgment with God.
learned, hearken to me : 24 He shall break in pieces many and
3 " For the ear trieth words, and the innumerable, ana ..hall make others to
mouth discerneth meats by the taste. stand in their stead.
4 Let us choose to us judgment, and let 25 For he knoweth their works : and
us see among ourselves what is the best. therefore he shall bring night on them,
5 For Job hath said : I am just, and God and they shall be destroyed.
hath overthrown my judgment. 26 He hath struck them, as being wicked,
6 For in judging me there is a lie : my in open sight.
arrow is violent without any sin. 27 Who as it were on purpose have re-
7 What man is there like Job, who volted from him, and would not under-
drinketh up scorning like water ? stand all his ways
8 Who goeth in company with them 28 So that they caused the cry of the
that work iniquity, and walketh with needy to come to him, and he heard the
wicked men? voice of the poor.
u Supra 12. 11. Acts 10. 34 Rom. 2.
: 11 ; GaL 2. 6 ; Eph. 6.i.9|
« Deut la 17 i 2 Par. 19. 7 ; Wisd. 6. 8 ; EccIL 35. 16} COL3.25; 1 Peter L 17.

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29 For when he granteth peace, who is 11 Who teacheth us more than the
there that can condemn? When he hid- beasts of the earth, and instructeth us
eth his countenance, who is there that more than the fowls of the air.
can behold him, whether it regard na- 12 There shall they cry, and he will not
tions, or all men? hear, because of the pride of evil men.
30 Who maketh a man that is a hypo- 13 God therefore will not hear in vain,
crite to reign for the sins of the people ? and the Almighty will look into the causes
31 Seeing then I have spoken of God. I of every one
will not hinder thee in thy turn. 1^ Yea when thou shalt say: He con-
32 If I have erred, teach thou me H t ; sidereon not : be judged before him, and
have spoken iniquity, I will add no more. expect him.
33 Doth God require it of thee, because 15 For he doth not now bring on his
it hath displeased thee ? for thou began- fury, neither doth he revenge wicked*
nest to speak, and not I but if thou know
: ness exceedingly.
any thing better, speak. 16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in
34 Let men of understanding speak to vain, and multiplieth words without know-
me, and let a wise man hearken to me. ledge.
35 But Job hath spoken fooUshly, and CHAPTER 36.
his words sound not discipline. Eliu proceeds in setting forth the justice anxZ power
36 My father, let Job be tried even to of God.
the end cease not from the man of ini-
:
ELIU also proceeded, and said
quity. 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew
37 Because he addeth blasphemy upon thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak
his sins, let him be tied fast in the mean in God's behalf.
time amongst us : and then let him pro- 5 I will repeat my knowledge from the
voke God to judgment with his speeches. beginning, and I will prove my Maker
just.
CHAPTER 35. 4 For indeed my words are without a
Eliu declares that the good or evil done by and perfect knowledge shall be proved
man lie,
cannot reach God. to thee.
MOREOVER Eliu spoke these words 6 God doth not cast away the mighty,
2 Doth thy thought seem right to whereas he himself also is mighty.
thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more 6 But he saveth not the wicked, and he
just than God? giveth judgment to the poor.
3 For thou saidst : That which is right 7 He will not take away his eyes from
doth not please thee : or what will it the just, and he placeth kings on the
profit thee if I sin ? throne for ever, and they are exalted.
4 Therefore I will answer thy words, 8 And if they shall be in chains, and be
and thy friends with thee. bound with the cords of poverty
6 Look up to heaven and see, and be- 9 He shall shew them their works, and
hold the sky, that it is higher than their wicked deeds, because they have
thee. been violent.
6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him ? 10 He also shall open their ear, to correct
and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what them: and shall speak, that they may
ehalt thou do against him ? return from iniquity.
7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou 11 If they shall hear and observe, they
give him, or what shall he receive of thy shall accomplish their days in good, and
hand ? their years in glory.
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that 12 But if they hear not, they shall pass
is hke thee : and thy justice may help the by the sword, and shall be consumed in
son of man. folly.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppres- 13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove
sors they shall cry out : and shall wail the wrath of God, neither shall they cry
tor the violence of the arm of tyrants. when they are bound.
10 And he hath not said : Where is God, 14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and
who made me, who hath given songs in their life among the effeminate.
the night? 15 He shall deliver the poor out of hia
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distress, and shall open his ear in afflic-
AT moved out
this my heart trembleth, and is
tion. . of its place.
16 Therefore he shall set thee at large 2 Hear ye attentively the terror of his
out of the narrow mouth, and which hath voice, and the sound that cometh out of
no foundation under it : and the rest of his mouth.
thy table shall be full of fatness. 3 He beholdeth under all the heavens,
17 Thy cause hath been judged as that and his light is upon the ends of the
of the wicked, cause and judgment thou earth.
shalt recover. 4 After it a noise shall roar, he shall
18 Therefore let not anger overcome thunder with the voice of his majesty,
thee to oppress any man: neither let and shall not be found out, when his
multitude of gifts turn thee aside. voice shall be heard.
19 Lay down thy greatness without trib- 6 God shall thunder wonderfully with
ulation, and all the mighty of strength. his voice, he that doth great and un-
20 Prolong not the night that people searchable things.
may come up for them. 6 He commandeth the snow to go down
21 Beware thou turn not aside to ini- upon the earth, and the winter rain, and
quity : for this thou hast begun to follow the shower of his strength.
after misery. 7 He sealeth up the hand of all men, that
22 Behold, God is high in his strength, every one may know his works.
and none is like him among the law- 8 Then the beast shall go into his covert,
givers. and shall abide in his den.
23 Who can search out his ways ? or 9 Out of the inner parts shall a tempest
who can say to him: Thou hast wrought come, and cold out of the north.
tuiquity ? 10 When God bloweth there cometh
24 Remember that thou knowest not his frost, and again the waters are poured
work, concerning which men have sung. out abundantly.
25 All men see him, every one beholdeth 11 Corn desire th clouds, and the clouds
afar off. spread their light:
26 Behold, God is great, exceeding our 12 Which go round about, whithersoever
knowledge : th^ number of his years is the will of him that governeth them shall
Inestimable. lead them, to whatsoever he shall com-
27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, anc mand them upon the face of the whole
poureth out «howers like floods earth:
28 Which flow from the clouds that 13 Whether in one tribe, or in his own
cover all above, land, or in what place soever of his mercy
29 If he will spread out clouds as his he shall command them to be found.
tent, 14 Hearken to these things, Job Stand, :

30 And lighten with his light from above, and consider the wondrous works of
he shall cover also the ends of the sea. God.
31 For by these he judgeth people, and 15 Dost thou know when God com-
giveth food to many mortals. manded the rains, to shew his Ught of
32 In his hands he hideth the light, and his clouds?
commandeth it to come again. 16 Knowest thou the great paths of the
33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, clouds, and the perfect knowledges ?
that it is his possession, and that he may 17 Are not thy garments hot, when the
come up to it. south wind blows upon the earth ?
18 Thou perhaps hast made the heavens
CHAPTER 37. with him, which are most strong, as if
Eliu goes on in his discourse, shelving GotVs wisdom
and power by his wonderful works.
^ they were of molten bra&s.

Chap. 36. Ver. 16. Out of the narrow mouth. Chap. 37 Ver. 7. He sealeth vp, &c. When he
That is, out of hell, whose entrance is narrow, and sends those showers of his strength, that is, those
its depth bottomless; but figuratively meant here, storms o> rain, he seals up, that is, he shuts up the
that is, from his miseries and calamity to be restored hands oi men from their usual worl<s abroad, and
to his former state of happiness. confines them within doors, to consider his works j

Ver. 21. For this thou hast begun to follow after or to forecast their works, that is, wliat tbey theu»:
misery. Eliu charges Job, that notwithstanding his selves are to do
misery, be does not fear God as be ought: but w bis
Inrtgrne.nt, falls into iuiquity.

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God answers Job JOB The littleness of marCs knowledge

19 Shew S13 what we may say to him 13 And didst thou hold the extremities
for we are wrapped up in darkness. of the earth shaking them, and hast thou
20 Who shall tell him the things T speak? shaken the ungodly out of it ?
even if a man shall speak, he shall be 14 The seal shall be restored as clay,
swallowed up. and shall stand as a garment
21 But now they see not the light: the 15 From the wicked their light shall be
air on a sudden shall be thickened into taken away, and the high arm shall be
clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive broken.
them away, 16 Hast thou entered into the depths ol
22 Cold Cometh out of the north, and to the sea, and walked in the lowest parts
God praise with fear. of the deep ?
23 We cannot find him worthily: he is 17 Have the gates of death been opened
great in strength, and in judgment, and to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome
in justice, and he is ineffable. doors ?
24 Therefore men shall fear him, and all 18 Hast thou considered the breadth of
that seem to themselves to be wise, shall the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all
not dare to behold him. things ?
Where
is the way where light dwell-
19
CHAPTER 38.
and where is the place of darkness
eth,
God interposes and shews from the things he hath
made, that Tnan cannot com,prehend his power 20 That thou mayst bring every thing
and tuisdom, to its own bounds, and understand the
THEN the Lord answered Job out of a paths of the house thereof.
whirlwind, and said: 21 Didst thou know then that thou
2 Who is this that wrappeth up sen- shouldst be born ? and didst thou know
tences in unskilful words? the number of thy days ?
3 Gird up thy loins hke a man I will 22 Hast thou entered into the store-
ask thee, and answer thou me, houses of the snow, or hast thou beheld
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foun- the treasures of the hail
dations of the earth? tellm© if thou hast 23 Which I have prepared for the time
understanding, of the enemy, against the day of battle
6 Who hath laid Che measures thereof, and war?
If thou knowest? or who hath stretched 24 By what way is the light spread, and!
the hue upon it? heat divided upon the earth?
6 Upon what are its bases grounded ? or 25 Who gave a course to violent show-
who laid the corner stone thereof, ers, or a way for noisy thunder
7 When the morning stars praised me 26 That it should rain on the earth with-
together, and all the sons of God made a out man in the wilderness, where no
joyful melody ? mortal dwelleth:
8 Who shut up the sea with doors, when 27 That it should fill the desert and
It broke forth as issuing out of the womb desolate land, and should bring forth
9 When I made a cloud the garment green grass ?
iiereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in 28 Who is the father of rainr or who
iwaddling bands ? begot the drops of dew ?
10 I set my bounds around it, and made 29 Out of whose womb came the icej
it bars and doors and the frost from heaven who hath gen-
11 And I said Hitherto thou shalt come, dered it ?
:

and shalt go no further, and here thou 30 The waters are hardened like a stone,
jhalt break thy swelling waves. and the surface of the deep is congealed.
12 Didst thou since thy birth command 31 Shalt thou be able to join together
uhe morning, and shew the dawning of the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst
ihe day its place ? thou stop the turning about of Arcturus ?

Ver, 20. He shall be swallowed up.

'^n say when he speaks of God, is so little and incon-
All that man Ver. 31.Pleiades^ Hebrew, Cimah. Acluster ol
seven stars in the constellation Taurus or the Bull
iiderable in comparison with the subject, that man Arcturvs, a bright star in the constellation Bootes,
'5 lost, and as it were swallowed up in so immense The Hebrew name Cesil, is variously interpreted •

iU ocean. by some, Orion by others, the Great Bear is ^indef

,

Chap 38. Ver 1. The Lord. That »» an angel stood.

uDeaking io the oame ot Ihe Lord. I

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The littleness of man^s power JOB The horse

32 Canst thou bring forth the day 3tar 9 Shall jhe rhinoceros be wilhng to
in it6 time, and make the evening star to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib ?
rise upon the children of the earth? 10 Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with
33 Dost thou know the order of heaven, thy ihong to plough, or will he break
and canst thou set down the reason the clods of the valleys after thee ?
thereof on the earth? 11 Wilt thou have confidence in his
34 Canst thou Uft up thy voice to the great strength, and leave thy labours to
clouds, that an abundance of waters may him?
cover thee ? 12 WUt thou trust him that he will ren-
35 Oanst thou send lightnings, and will der thee the seed, and gather it into thy
^©y o^» 3^d will they return and say to barnfloor?
thee: Here we are? 13 The wing of the ostrich is like the
33 Who hath put wisdom in the heart of wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
maa ? or who gave the cock understand- 14 When she leaveth her eggs on the
ing? earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in
37 Who can declare the order of the the dust.
heavens, or who can make the harmony 15 She forgetteth that the foot may
ef heaven to sleep ? tread upon them, or that the beasts of
38 When was the dust poured on the the field may break them.
earth, and the clods fastened together ? 16 She is hardened against her young
39 Wilt thou take the prey for the lion- ones, as though they were not hers, she
ess, and satisfy the appetite of her hath laboured in vain, no fear constrain-
whelps, ing her.
40 When they couch in the dens and lie 17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom,
in wait in holes ? neither hath he given her understanding.
41 ^Who provideth food for the raven, 18 When time shall be, she setteth up
when her young ones cry to God, wan- her wings on high: she scorneth the
dering about, because they have no meat? horse and his rider.
19 Wilt thou give strength to the horsey
CHAPTER 39. or clothe his neck with neighing?
The ivondera of the power and providence of Qod in 20 Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts?
many of his creatures. the glory of his nostrils is terror.
KNOWEST thou the time when the 21 He breaketh up the earth with his
wild goats bring forth among the hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth for*
rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds ward to meet armed men.
when they fawn ? 22 He despiseth fear, he turneth not his
2 Hast thou numbered the months of back to the sword.
Iheir conceiving, or knowest thou the 23 Above him shall the quiver rattle,
time when they bring forth? the spear and shield shall glitter.
3 They bow themselves to bring forth 24 Chasing and raging he swalloweth
young, and they cast them, and send the ground, neither doth he make account
forth roarings. when the noise of the trumpet soundeth,
4 Their young are weaned and go to feed: 25 When he heareth the trumpet he
they go forth, and return not to them. saith Ha, ha he smelleth the battle afar
: :

§ Who hath sent out the wild ass free, oif, the encouraging of the captains, and
and who hath loosed his bonds ? the shouting of the army.
I

3 To whom I have given a house in the 26 Doth the hawk wax feathered by
wilderness, and his dwelhngs in the bar- thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the |

ren land. south ?

7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, 27 Will the eagle mount up at thy com-
he heareth not the cry of the driver. mand, and make her nest in high places?
8 He looketh round about the mountains 28 She abideth among the rocks, and!
of his pasture, and seeketh for every dweUeth among cragged flints, and stonyj
green thing. hills, where there is no access.

w Ps. 146. 9.

Ter 36. Understanding That instinct by wl>^ he distinguishes the times of crowing in the night

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Job humbles himself to God JOB The behemoth and the leviathan

29 From thence she looketh for the 12 He eetteth up his tail like a cedar,
prey, and her eyes behold afar off. the sinews of his testicles are wrapped
30 Her young ones shall suck np blood together.
and wheresoever the carcass bhall be, 13 His bones are like pipes of brass, his
j

she is immediately there. gristle like plates of irouc

31 And the Lord went on, and said to 14 He is the beginning of the ways of
Job: God, who made him, he will apply hj«
32 Shall he that contendeth with God sword.
be so easily silenced ? surely he that re- 15 To him the mountains bring fortb
proveth God, ought to answer him. grass: there all the beasts of the field
33 Then Job answered the Lord, and shall play.
said: 16 He sleepeth under the shadow, in
34 What can I answer, who hath spoken the covert of the reed, and in moist
inconsiderately ? I will lay my hand upon places.
my mouth. 17 The shades cover his shadow, the
35 One thing I have spoken, which I willows of the brook shall compass him
wish I had not said: and another, to about.
which I will add no more. 18 Behold, he will drink up a river, and
not wonder: and he trusteth that the
CHAPTER 40. Jordan may run into his mouthc
Qf the power of God in the behemoth atid ihe levia- 19 In his eyes as with a hook he shaK
than, take him, and bore through his nostrils
AND the Lord answering Job out of with stakes.
XjL the whirlwind, said: 20 Canst thou draw out the leviathan
2 Gird up thy loins like a man: I will with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue
ask thee, and do thou tell me. with a cord ?
3 Wilt thou make void my judgment: 21 Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or
and condemn me, that thou mayst be bore through his Jaw with a buckle ?
justified ? 22 Will he make many supplications tO
4 And hast thou an arm like God, and thee, or speak soft words to thee ?
canst thou thunder with a voice like 23 Will he make a covenant with thee,
him? and wilt thou take him to be a servant
5 Clothe thyself with beauty, and set for ever?
thyself up on high, and be glorious, and 24 Shalt thou play with him as with a
put on goodly garments. bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
6 Scatter the proud in thy indignation, 25 Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall
and behold every arrogant man, and merchants divide him?
humble him. 26 Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and
7 Look on all that are proud, and con- the cabins of fishes with his head?
found them, and crush the wicked in 27 Lay thy hand upon himi remember
their place. the battle, and speak no more.
8 Hide them in the dust together, and 28 Behold his hope shall fail him, and
plunge their faces into the pit. in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
9 Then I will confess that thy right
hand is able to save thee. CHAPTER 41.
10 Behold behemoth whom I made with A further description of the leviathan,
thee, he eateth grass like an ox. WILL not stir him up, like one that
11 His strength is in his loins, and his
force in the navel of his belly.
Itenance
is cruel: for who can resist my coun-
?

Chap. 39. Ver. 34. Spoken inconsiderately. If which signifies in general an animal; but many
we discuss all Job's words (saith St Gregory), we authors explain, that here it Is put for the ele-
shall find nothing impiously spoken; as may be phant.
gjithered from the words of the Lord himself, chap. Ver. 14. He will apply his sword. This text fs
42, ver. 7, 8 ; but what was reprehensible in him, was variously explained: some explain the sword, the
the manner of expressing himself at times, speaking horn given to the animal for his defence j others^ the
too mriph of his own affliction, and too little ot God's power that God hath given to man to slay Wm, not
goodness towards him, which here he acknowledges withstanding his great size and strength.
as inconsiderate. Ver. 20. Leviathan. The whale or aonue aei
Chap. 40. Ver. IC. Behemoth4QB.GbTew,behenuh monster.
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The leviathan JOB God justifies Job
g Who hath given me before that I him, and he shaB strew gold under him
should repay him? All fchings that are like mire.
under heaven are mine. 22 He shall make the deep sea to boil
3 i will not spare him, nor his mighty like a pot, and shali make It as when
words, and framed to make supplication.ointments boiL
4 Who can discover- the face of his gar-
2S A path shall shine after him, he shall
ment ? or who can go into the midst of esteem the deep as growing old.
his mouth? 24 There is no power upon earth that
6 Who can open the doors of hie face? can be compared with him who wa&
his teeth are terrible round about. made to tear no one.
6 His body is like molten shields, shut 25 He beholdeth every high thing, he is
close up with scales pressing upon one king over all the children of pride.
another.
7 One is joined to another, and not so
CHAPTER 42.
(tubmits himself God pronounces in his favour
tifob
much as any air can come between Job offers sacrifice for his friends. He is blessed
them: with riches ana children, and dies happily.
8 They
hold one another
stick one to another and they
fast, and ehall not be
THEN
said:
Job answered the Lord, and

Beparatedo 2 I know that thou canst do all things,

9 His sneezing is Kke the shining of fire, and no thought is hid from thee^
and his eyes like the eyelids of the 3 Who is this that hi(Jeth counsel with-
morning. out knowledge ? Therefore I have spoken
10 Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like unwisely, and things that above measure
torches of lighted fire. exceeded my knowledge.
11 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like 4 Hear, and I will speak I will ask ;

that of a pot heated and boiling. thee, and do thou tell me.
12 His breath kindleth coals, and a 6 With the hearing of the ear, I have
flame cometh forth out of his mouth, heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.
13 In his neck strength shall dwell, and 6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do
want goeth before his face. penance in dust and ashes.
14 The members of his fiesh cleave one 7 And after the Lord had spoken these
to another: he shall send lightnings words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the
against him, and they shall not be carried Themanite: My wrath is kindled againsl
to another place. thee, and against thy two friends, because
15 His heart shall be as hard as a stone, you have not spoken the thing that i»
and as firm as a smith's anvil. right before me, as my servant Job hatlx
16 When he shall raise him up, the 8 Take unto you therefore seven oxen,
angels shall fear, and being affrighted and seven rams, and go to my servant
shall purify themselves» Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust,
17 When a sword shall lay at him, it and my servant Job shall pray for you
shall not be able to hold., nor a spear, nor his face I will accept, that folly be noi
a breastplate. imputed to you: for you have notspokeu
18 For he shall esteem iron as straw, right things before me, as my servant
and brass as rotten wood. Job hath.
19 The archer shall not put him to flight, 9 So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad
che stones of the shng are to him like the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathitt
stubble. went, and did as the Lord had spoken to
20 As stubble will he esteem the hammer, them, and the Lord accepted the face oi
and he will laugh him to scorn who Job.
shaketh the spear. 10 The Lord also was turned at the pen*
21 The beams of the sun shall be under ance of Job, when he prayed for hie

Chap. 41. Ver« Angels. Elim, Hebrew which as it were with the froth which he leaves behind
16. ;

signifies here, the mighty, the most valiant, shall him.

fear this monstrous fisht and in their fear shali seek Ver. 25. ffe is king, &c. He is superior In strength
to be purified. to all that are great and strong amongst living crea
Ver. 21. Under him. He shall not value the tures mystically it is understood of the devil, whc
:

beams of the sun ; and gold to him shall be like mire. is king over aU the proud.
Ver. 23. The dee^ as growing old. Growing ^^a^y,
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The happiness of the just PSALMS Persecutors of the Lord
friends. And
the Lord gave Job twice 13 And he had seven sons, and three
as much had before.
as he daughters.
11 And all his brethren came to him, 14 And he called the name of one Dies,
and all his sisters, and all that knew him and the name of the second Cassia, and
before, and they ate bread with him in the name of the third Cornustibii.
his house and bemoaned him, and com-
: 15 And there were not found in all the
forted him upon all the evil that God had earth women so beautiful as the daugh-
brought upon him. And every man gave ters of Job and their father gave them
:

him one ewe, and one earring of gold. inheritance among their brethren.
12 And the Lord blessed the latter end 16 And Job lived after these things, a
of Job more than his beginning. And hundred and forty years, and he saw his
he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six children, and his children's children, unto
thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of the fourth generation, and he died an old
oxen, and a thousand she asses. man, and full of days.

THE
BOOK OF PSALMS.
The Psalms are called by the Hebrews Tehillim, that is, Hymns of Praise. The
author, of a great part of them, was king David; but Tnany of them were made by
Asaph, and others whose names are prefixed in the titles or whose names are un-
known.
PSALM 1. WEnr have the Gentiles raged, and
^
the people devised vain things ?
Beatus vir.
The happiness of the just and the evil state of the The kings
of the earth stood up, and
2
wicked. the princes met together, against the
BLESSED is the man who hath not Lord, and against his Christ.
walked in the counsel of the ungod- 3 Let us break their bonds asunder:
ly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor and let us cast away their yoke from us.
sat in the chair of pestilence. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall
2 ^ But his will is in the law of the Lord, laugh at them and the Lord shall de- :

and on his law he shall meditate day and ride them.

night. 6 Then shall he speak to them in his
3 y And he shall be like a tree which is anger, and trouble them in his rage.
planted near the running waters, which 6 But I am appointed king by him over
shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. Sion his holy mountain, preaching his
And his leaf shall not fall off: and all commandment.
whatsoever he shall do shall prosper. 7 " The Lord hath said to me Thou art :

4 Not so the wicked, not so: but like my son, this day have I begotten thee.
the dust, which the wind driveth from 8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the
the face of the earth. Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the ut-
5 Therefore the wicked shall not rise most parts of the earth for thy posses-
again in judgment: nor sinners in the sion.
council of the just. 9 ^ Thou shalt rule them with a rod of
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the iron, and shalt break them in pieces like
just: and the way of the wicked shall a potter's vessel.
perish. 10 And now, O ye kings, understand:
PSALM 2. receive instruction, you that judge the
Quare fremuerunt earth.
The vain efforts of -persecutors against Christ and
11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and
his church. rejoice unto him with trembling.
X Jos. \.Q. — y Jer. 17. 8. a ActG 13. 3o J Heb. l. 5. and 5. 5.
I- : -nou r. i Vv : aO lis. i&
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The protection of God PSALMS God abhors the toicked

12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time you say in your hearts, be sorry for theca
the Lord be angry, and you perish from upon your beds.
the just way. 6 Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and
13 When his wiath shall be kindled in a trust in the Lord many gay, Who shew :

short time, blessed are all they that trust eth us good things ?
in him. 7 The hght of thy countenance O Lord,
PSALM 3. is signed upon us : thou hast given glad-
ness in my heart.
Domine, quid multiplicati.
8 By the fruit of their corn, their wine,
Theprophet*8 danger and delivery from Ma son Ah-
aatom : mystically the "passion and resurrection
^
and oil, they are multiplied.
of Christ. 9 In peace in the selfsame I will sleep
1 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of and I will rest
his son Absalom. [ 2 Kings 15. ]
10 For thou, Lord, singularly hast
2 TTTHY, O Lord, are they multiplied settled me in hope.
W that afflict me? many are they
who rise up against me. PSALM 0,
3 Many say to my soul: There is no sal- Verba mea auribua.
vation for him in his God. A prayer to God against the iniquities of men.
4 But thou, O Lord, art my protector, 1 Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the Inherit-
my glory, and the lifter up of my head. ance. A psalm for David,
5 I have cried to the Lord with my voice 2 i""i IVB ear, O Lord, to my words, un*
and he hath heard me from his holy hill. vT derstand my cry.
6 I have slept and have taken my rest: 3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer.
and I have risen up, because the Lord O my King and my God.
hath protected me. 4 For to thee will I pray: Lord, n tha
7 I will not fear thousands of the peo- morning thou shalt hear my voice.
ple, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; 5 In the morning I will stand before
3ave me, O my God. thee, and will see: because thou art not
8 For thou hast struck all them who a God that wiliest iniquity.
are my adversaries without cause thou 6 Neither shall the wicked dwell near
:

hast broken the teeth of sinners. thee: nor shall the unjust abide before
9 Salvation is of the Lord: and thy thy eyes.
blessing is upon thy people. 7 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity:
thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie.
PSALM 4. The bloody and the deceitful man the
Cum invocarem. Lord will abhor.
T%9 prophet teacheth us to flee to God in tribula- 8 But as for me in the multitude of thy
tion, with confidence in him. mercy,
1 Unto the end, in verses. A psalm for David.
I will come into thy house I will wor- ;

TT7HEN I called upon him, the God ship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.
2

was
W of my justice heard me: when I
in distress, thou hast enlarged me.
9 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice
because of my enemies, direct my way in
Have mercy on me and hear my prayer. thy
: sight.
3 O ye sons of men, how long will you 10 For there is no truth in their mouth
be dull of heart ? why do you love van- their heart is vain.
ity, and seek after lying? 11 ^ Their throat is an open sepulchre
4 Know ye also that the Lord hath they dealt deceitfully with their tongues
made his holy one wonderful : the Lord judge them, O God.
will hear me when I shall cry unto him. Let them fall from their devices : accord-
5 ^ Be ye angry, and sin not the things : ing to the multitude of their wicked-
C Eph. 4. 26. er Ps. 13. 3, and 139. 4 - Rom. 3. 13.

Psalm 4. Ver. i. Unto the end. Or, as St. Je- versesy in carminibus. In the Hebrew, it Is neghi-
rome renders it, victori, to him that overcometh •
noth, supposed by some to be a musical instrument,
which some understand of the chief m,usician; to with which this psalm was to be sung. —Ibid. For
whom they suppose the psalms, which bear that David, or to David, t(? Aa^ifi that is, inspired to Da-
;

title, were given to be sung we rather understand

; vid himself, or to be sung.
the psalms thus inscribed to refer to Christ, who is Psalm 5. Ver. 1. For her that obtaineth the in
tbe end of the law, and the great conqueror of death .%eritance. Ttol> le {or the cburcb of Cbrist.
BOd hell, ^nd ^
tjb» K«w Tdst^iueDt -> Ibid. Ir».^
I
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Prayer of a penitent sinner PSALMS Prayer for help against the enemy
nesses cast them out: for they have 2 1^ LORD my God, in thee have I put
provoked thee, O Lord. \J my trust save me from all them
:

12 But let all them be glad that hope in that persecute me, and deliver me.
thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and 3 Lest at any time he seize upon my
thou shalt dwell in them^ soul like a lion, while there is no one to
And all they that love thy name shall redeem me, nor to save.
glory in thee 4 O Lord my God, if I have done this
13 For thou wilt bless the just. thing, if there be iniquity in my hands :

O Lord, thou hast crowned ue, afi with a 6 If I have rendered to them that re-
fihield of thy good wilL paid me evils, let me deservedly fall
empty before my enemies.
PSALM e. 6 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and
Domine, ne in furore.
take it, and tread down my life on the
A prayer of a penitent sinner^ under the scourge
earthj and bring down glory to the my
of God. The first penitential psalm. dust.
1 Unto the end. In verses, a psalm for David, for the 7 Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger : and be
octave. thou exalted in the borders of ene- my
2 r\ LORD, rebuke me not in thy in- mies.
yj dignation, nor chastise me in thy And arise, Lord God, in the pre- O my
wrath. cept which thou hast commanded : 8 and
3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am a congregation of people shall surround
weak : heal me, O Lord, for my bones thee.
are troubled. And for their sakes return thou on high.
4 And my soul is troubled exceedingly 9 The Lord judgeth the people.
but thou, O Lord, how long ? Judge me, O Lord, according to my jus-
5 Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my tice,and according to my innocence in me,
soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake. 10 The wickedness of sinners shall be
6 For there is no one in death, that is brought to nought and thou shalt direct
:

mindful of thee : and who shall confess to the just: -^the searcher of hearts and
thee in hell ? reins is God.
7 1 have laboured in my groanings, every 11 Just is my help from the Lord who ;

night I will wash my bed : I will water saveth the upright of heart.
my couch with my tears. 12 God is a just judge, strong and pa-
8 My eye is troubled through indigna- tient: is he angry every day?
tion : I have grown old amongst all my 13 Except you will be converted, he
enemies. will brandish his sword he hath bent his :

9 ® Depart from me, all ye workers of bow, and made it ready,

iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the 14 And in it he hath prepared the in-
voice of my weeping. struments of death, he hath made ready
10 The Lord hath heard my supplica- his arrows for them that burn.
tion the Lord hath received my prayer.
: 15 ^ Behold he hath been in labour with
11 Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be injustice he hath conceived sorrow, and ;

very much troubled : let them be turned brought forth iniquity.

back, and be ashamed very speedily. 16 He hath opened a pit and dug itt
and he is fallen into the hole he made.
PSALM 7. 17 His sorrow shall be turned on his
Domine, Deus meus. own head: and his iniquity shall come
Davids trusting in the justice of his cause^ prayeth down upon his crown.
for God's help against his enemies, 18 I will give glory to the Lord accord-
1 The psalm of Daviol which he sung to the Lord,
for the words of Chusi the son of Jeminl £2 Kings
ing to his justice : and will sing to the
16.] name of the Lord the most high.
e Matt. 7. 23, and 25. 41 ; Luke 13. 27 and 17. 10, and 20. 12.
/1 Par. 28. 9 ; Jer. IL 20, g Job 15. 35 Isa. 59. 4.
;

Psalm 6. Ver
1. For the
octave. That is, to be mortal life and for this octave, sinners must dls»
•

sung on an instrument of eight strings. St Angus- pose themselves, like David, by bewailing their sina
tine understands it mystically, of the last resurrec- w hilst they are here upon earth.
tion, and the world to come \ which is, as it were, Psalm 7. Ver. 14. For them that bum. That 13»
(Od octaye^oi eighth day. alter tlie seveo days oi tnis against tbe persecutors of bis samts
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God IS wonderful in His works PSALMS David praises God for His protection
PSALM 8. G Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and

Domine, Dominus noster. the wicked one hath perished thou hast :

God is wonderful in his works ; especially in man- blotted out their name for ever and ever.
kind, singularly exalted by the incarnation o/ 7 The swords of the enemy have failed
Christ. unto the end: and their cities thou hast
1 Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David. destroyed.
/^ LORD our Lord, how admirable is Their memory hath perished with a
2
o thy name in the whole earth
For thy magnificence is elevated above
! noise: 8 but the Lord remaineth for
ever.
the heavens. He hath prepared his throne in judg-
3 Out of the mouth of infants and of ment: 9 and he shall judge the world in
sucklings thou hast perfected praise, be- equity, he shall judge the people in jus-
cause of thy enemies, that thou mayst tice.
destroy the enemy and the avenger. 10 And the Lord is become a refuge for
4 For I will behold thy heavens, the the poor: a helper in due time in tribu-
works of thy fingers the moon and the lation.
:

stars which thou hast founded. 11 And let them trust in thee who know
5 What is man that thou art mindful of thy name for thou hast not forsaken
:

him ? or the son of man that thou visit- them that seek thee, O Lord.
est him ? 12 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwellethin
6 ^ Thou hast made him a little less Sion: declare his ways among the Gen-
than the angels, thou hast crowned him tiles:
with glory and honour: 7 and hast set 13 For requiring their blood he hath re-
him over the works of thy hands. membered them he hath not forgotten :

8 * Thou hast subjected all things under the cry of the poor.
his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover 14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my
the beasts also of the fields. humiUation which I suffer from my ene-
9 The birds of the air, and the fishes of mies.
the sea, that pass through the paths of 15 Thou that liftest me up from the
the sea. gates of death, that I may declare all thy
10 O Lord our Lord, how admirable is praises in the gates of the daughter of
thy name in all the earth 1 Sion.
16 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the
PSALM 8. Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruc-
Confitebor tibi, Domine. tion which they prepared.
The church praiseth God for his protection against Their foot hath been taken in the very
her enemies. snare which they hid.
1 Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. 17 The Lord shall be known when he
A psalm for David. executeth judgments the sinner hath :

2 TWILL give praise to thee, O Lord, been caught in the works of his own
JL with my whole heart: I will relate hands.
all thy wonders. 18 The wicked shall be turned into hell,
3 I will be glad and rejoice in thee I all the nations that forget God.
:

will sing to thy name, O thou most high. 19 For the poor man shall not be for-
4 When my enemy shall be turned gotten to the end the patience of the :

back: they shall be weakened and per- poor shall not perish for ever.
ish before thy face. 20 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strength-
5 For thou hast maintained my judg- ened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy
ment and my cause thou hast sat on sight.
:

the throne, who judgest justice. 21 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over

h Heb. 2. 7. i Gen. 1. 28 ; 1 Cor. 15. 2G.

Psalm 8. Ver. 1. In Hebrew, Git-

The presses. Ver. Here the late Hebrew doctors divide this
21.
tith, supposed to be a musical instrument. psalm into two, making ver. 22 the beginning ol^
Psalm 9. Ver 1. The hidden things of the Son. Psalm 10. And again they join Psalms 14C and
The humility and suflferinps of Christ, the Son of 147 into one, in order that the whole number ol
God and of good Christians, who are his sons by psalms should not exceed ir,o. And in this mannei
;

adoption; are called hidden things, with, regard to the psalms are numbered in the Protestant Bible.
the children of this world, who know not the value
.uid merit of them.
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 The wickedy unmindful of God PSALMS Confidence in God's justice
them: that the gentiles may know them-
the poor: thy ear hath heard the prepa-
selves to be but men. ration of their heart.
Psalm 10 according to the Hebrews. 18 To judge for the fatherless and foi
1 Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar the humble, that man may no more pre*
off ? why dost thou alight us in our wants, sume to magnify himself upon earth.
in the time of trouble ?
2 Whilst the wicked man fs proud, the PSALM 10.
poor Is sec on fire : they are caught in In Domino confida
the counsels which they devise. The jttst man'if confidence in God in tne viidst 0$
3 For the sinner is praised m
the desires persecutions,
A psalm for David.
1 Unto the end.
of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
4 The sinner hath provoked the Lord, 2 TN
the Lord I put my trust : how then
according to the multitude of his wrath X
do you say to my bouI : Get thee
he will not seek him: away from hence to the mountain Uke a
h God is not before his eyes his ways sparrow
"
?
are filthy at all times. 3 For, lo, the wicked have bent their
Thy judgments are removed from his bow; they ha,ve prepared their arrows in
dight: he shall rule over all his enemies. the quiver to shoot in the dark the up-
;

6 For he hath said in his heart I shall right of heart.

:

not be moved from generation to genera- 4 For they have destroyed the things
iion, and shall be without evil. which thou hast made : but what has the
7 ^ His mouth is full of cursing, and just man done ?
of bitterness, and of deceit: under his 6 ^ The Lord is in his holy temple, the
tongue are labour and sorrow, Lord's throne is in heaven.
8 He sitteth in ambush with the rich in His eyes look on the poor man: his
private places, that he may kill the inno- eyelids examine the sons of men.
cent. 6 The Lord trieth the just and the
9 His eyes are upon the poor man: he wicked : but he that loveth iniquity hat-
lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. eth his own soul.
He lieth in ambush that he may catch 7 He shall rain snares upon sinners
the poor man : to catch the poor, whilst fire and brimstone and storms of winds
he draweth him to him. shall be theportion of their cup.
10 In his net he will bring him down, he 8 For the I>ord is just, and hath loved
will crouch and fall, when he shall have justice : his countenance hath beheld
power over the poor. righteousneBS.
11 For he hath said in his heart: God
hath forgotten, he hath turned away his PSALM 11.
face not to see to the end. Salvum me fac.
12 Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be Ths proph£t xJlsfor God's help against the wicked.
3xalted forget not the poor.
: 1 Unto the enc for the octave, a psalm for David.
?

13 Wherefore hath the wicked pro- 2 O

AVE me, O Lord, for there is now
voked God? for he hath said in his lO no saint truths are decayed from
:

heart : He will not require it. among the children of men.

14 Thou seest if, for thou considerest
labour and sorrow that thou mayst de-
: one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips,
liver them into thy hands.
To thee is the poor man left thou
wilt be a helper to the orphan.
15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and
of the malignant his sin shall be sought,
?
3 They have spoken vain things every
and with a double heart have they spoken.
. 4 May the Lord destroy all deceitful
lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud
things.
5 Who have said We will magnify our
:

and shall not be found. tongue; our lips are our own; who is
16 The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, Lord over us ?
for ever and ever; ye Gentiles shall per- 6 By reason of the misery of the needy,
ish from his land. and the groans of the poor, now will 1
17 The Lord hath heard the desire of arise, saith bhe Lord.

i Infra 1& r,i Jtom. j. 14. fcH?,b.2.20.

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A prayer of one in trihulafion PSALMS The innocent shall dwell in Sion

1 will 3et him in safety? I wili d3al Their mouth is fall of cursing and bitter-
confidently in his regard. ness ; their feet are swift to shed blood.
7 *Tha words of the Lord are pure Destruction and unhappiness in their
words : as silver tried bj'' the fire, purged ways and the way of peace they have :

from the earth, refined seven times. not known; there is no fear of God be-
8 Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us and fore their eyes. ;

keep us from this generation for ever, 4 Shall not all they know that work ini-
9 The wicked walk round about i ac- quity, who devour my people as they eat
cording to thy highness, thou hast multi- bread ?
plied the children of men. 5 They have not called upon the Lord
there have they trembled for fear, where
PSALM 12. there was no fear.
Usquaquo, Domine.
6 For the Lord is in the just generation:
4 prayer in tribulation. you have confounded the counsel of the
t Unto the end, a psalm for David poor man, but the Lord is his hope.
HOW long, O Lord, wilt thou forget 7 Who shall give out of Sion the salva-
me unto the end ? how long dost tion of Israel ? when the Lord shall have
thou turn away thy face from me ? turned away the captivity of his people,
2 How long shall 1 take counsels in my Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be
soul, sorrow in my heart all the day ? glad,
3 How long shall my enemy be exalted PSALM 14.
over me? 4 Consider, and hear me, Domine, quis habitabit.
Lord my God.
What kind of men shall dwell in the heavenly Sion
Enhghten my eyes that I never sleep
I A psalm of David.
in death 5 lest at any time my enemy
:

say I have prevailed against him.

:
LORD, who shall dwell in thy taber-
They that trouble me will rejoice when nacle ? or who shall rest in thy holy
I am moved : 6 but I have trusted in thy hill?
mercy. 2 He that walketh without blemish, and
My neart shall rejoice in thy salvation worketh justice i
I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me 3 He that speaketh truth in his heart,
good things yea I will sing to the name
: who hath not used deceit in his tongue
of the Lord the most high. Nor hath done evil to his neighbour:
nor taken up a reproach against his
PSALM 13. neighbours.
Dixit insipiens. 4 In his sight the malignant is brought
1.

The general corruption of man before our redemp' to nothing but he glorifieth them that :

tion by Christ. fear the Lord.

* Unto the end, a psahn for David. He that sweareth to his neighbour,
THE fool hath said in his heart
is no God.
'^ There and deceiveth not
: 5 he that hath not
put out his money to usury, nor taken
;

They are corrupt, and are become bribes against the innocent
abominable in their ways there is none He that doth these things shall not be
:

that doth good, no not one. moved for ever»

2 The Lord hath looked down from hea-
ven upon the children of men, to see if PSALM 15.
there be any that understand and seek Conserva me, Domine.
God. Christ*s future victory and triumph over the world
3 They are all gone aside, they are be- and death.
i The inscription of a title to David himself.
come unprofitable together there is :

none that doth good, no not one. PRESERVE

me, O Lord, for I have put
Their throat is an open sepulchre : with my trust in thee. 2 I have said to
their tongues they acted deceitfully ; the the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast
poison of asps is under their lips. no need of my goods.
I Prov. 30. 5. m Ps. 52. 1.

FlALM 15, Ver. 1. The inscription of a title. is as much as to say, that this psalm is most wortliK
That is. a or monument, (n^Aoypo^ia which to be engraved on an everlastin; monument
•
of pillar :

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Hope in the future life PSALMS A prayer for protection

3 To the salntB, wko are in his land, he
hath made wonderful all my desires in
them.
4 Their infirmities were multiplied:
6 I have cried to thee, for thou, O God-
hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto
me, and hear my words.
7 Shew forth thy wonderful mercies
•

afterwards they made haste.
1 will not gather together their meet-
ings for blood offerings: nor will I be
mindful of their names by my hps.
5 The Lord is the portion of my inherit-
ance and of my cup it is thou that wilt
: who have
restore my inheritance to me.
6 The hnes are fallen unto me in goodly
places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.
/ I will bless the Lord, who hath given
me understanding: moreover my reins
thou who savest them that trust in thee.
8 From them that resist thy right hand
keep me, as the apple of thy eye.
Protect me under the shadow of thy
wings. 9 From the face of the wicked
me.
afllicted
My enemieshave surrounded my soul
10 they have shut up their fat: their
mouth hath spoken proudly.
11 They have cast me forth and no*»/
they have surrounded me they have set :

also have corrected me even till night. their eyes bowing down to the earth.
8^1 set the Lord always in my sight: 12 They have taken me, as a lion pre-
for he is at my right hand, that I be not pared for the prey and as a young lion
;

moved. dwelling in secret places.

9 Therefore my heart hath been glad, 13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and
and my tongue hath rejoiced moreover : supplant him deUver my soul from the
;

my flesh also shall rest in hope. wicked one thy sword 14 from the ene-
:

10 ° Because thou wilt not leave my soul mies of thy hand.

in hell ; nor wilt thou give thy holy one O Lord, divide them from the few of the
to see corruption. earth in their hfe: their belly is filled
11 Thou hast made known to me the from thy hidden stores.
ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy They are full of children and they have :

with thy countenance : at thy right hand left to their little ones the rest of their
are dehghts even to the end. substance,
15 But as for me, I will appear before
PSALM 16. thy sight in justice I shall be satisfied :

£xaudi, Domine, justitiam. when thy glory shall appeal-.

A just 7nan*8 prayer in tribulation against the
PSALM
17.
malice of his enemy,
1 The prayer of David.
Diligam te, Domine.
David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his
HEAR, O Lord, my justice ; attend to enemies.
mysupplication. 1 Unto the end. David the servant of the Lord,
for
Give ear unto my prayer, which proceed- who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticlCt
in the day that the Lord delivered him from the
eth not from deceitful lips. hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of
2 Let my judgment come forth from thy SauL [2 Kings 22.]
countenance let thy eyes behold the 2
: T
WILL love thee, O Lord, my
things that are equitable. strength: X
3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited 3 The Lord is my firmament, my refuge,
it by night, thou hast tried me by fire and my deliverer.
and iniquity hath not been found in me. P My God is my helper, and in him will
4 That my mouth may not speak the I put my trust.
works of men for the sake of the words
: Myprotector and the horn of my salva-
of thy Ups, I have kept hard ways. tion, and my support.
6 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths 4 Praising I will call upon the Lord : and
that my footsteps be not moved. I shall be saved from my enemies.
*
n Acts 2. 25. — Q Acts
and 13. 35.
2. 31, p Heb. 2. 13.
PbALM 16. Ver. 10. Their fat. That is, their curse or imprecation ; but, as many other the like
bowels of compassion for they have none for me.
: passages in the psalms, by way of a prediction, or
Ver. 14. Divide them from the few, &c. That is, prophecy of what should come upon them, in pun^
2ut them off from the earth, and the fevj trifling
things thereof which they are so proud of, or divide
ishment of their wickedness. —
Ibid. Thy hidden
; stores : thy secret treasures, out of which thou fur
them, from the feir,- that is, from thy elect, who are nishest those earthly goods,, which, with a bountiful
but/eit-; that "they may no longer have it in their hand thou bast distributed both to the good and ttm.
?ower to oppress tbem. It is not meant by way ot a ba(L
5S7
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Acknowledgment of God* s help PSALMS Our strength is from God

T
5 The sorrows of death surrounded mes and hit Justices I have not put away irom
and the torrents el iniquity troubled me. me.
6 The sorrows of hell encompassed me 24 And I shall be spotless with him: and
and the snares of death prevented me. shall keep myself from my iniquity.
7 In my affliction I called upon the 25 And the Lord will reward me accord-
Lord, and I cried to my God ing to my justice and according to the ;

And he heard my voice from his holy cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
temple: and my cry before him came 26 With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and
into hie ears. with the innocent man thou wilt be inno-
8 The earth shook and trembled: the cent.
foundations of the mountains were trou- 27 And with the elect thou wilt be elect:
bled and were moved, because he was and with the perverse thou wilt be per-
angry with them. verted.
9 There went up a smoke in his wrath 28 For thou wilt save the humble peo-
and a fire flamed from his face: coals ple but wilt bring down the eyes of the
;

were kindled by it. proud.

10 He bowed the heavens, and came 29 For thou lightest my lamp, Lord:
down: and darkness was under his feet. O my God enlighten my darkness.
11 And he ascended upon the cheru- 30 For by thee I shall be delivered from
bim, and he flew he flew upon the wings temptation and through my God I shall
; ;

of the winds. go over a wall.

12 And he made darkness his covert, his 31 As for my God, his way is undefiled:
pavilion round about him: dark waters the words of the Lord are fire tried: he
in the clouds of the air. isthe protector of all that trust in him.
13 At the brightness that was before him 32 For who is God but the Lord ? or who
the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire. God but our God ?
IS
14 And the Lord thundered from heaven, God who hath girt me with strength
33 j

and the highest gave hie voice : hail and and made my way blameless.
coals of fire. 34 ^Who hath made my feet like the
15 And he sent forth his arrows, and feet of harts and who setteth me upon
:

he scattered them: he multiplied light- high places.

nings, and troubled them.
16 Then the fountains oi waters ap-
peared, and the foundations of the world
were discovered:
At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of
the spirit of thy wrath.
17 He sent from on high, and took me
and received me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strongest
enemies, and from them that hated me:
for they were too strong for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my
affliction
: and the Lord became my pro-
tector.
20 And he brought me forth into a large
place: he saved me, because he was well be able to stand: they shall fall under my
pleased with me.
21 And the Lord will reward me accord-
ing to my justice ; and will repay me ac- unto battle and hast subdued under me
35 ''Who teacheth my hands to war:
and thou hast made my arms like a brazen
bow.
36 And thou hast given me the pro tec*
tion of thy salvation: and thy right hand
hath held me up
And thy discipline hath corrected me
unto the end: and thy discipUne, the
same shall teach mCc
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under
me ; and my feet are not weakened.
38 I will pursue after my enemies, and
overtake them: and I will not turn again
till they are consumed.
39 I will break them, and they shall not
feet.
40 And thou hast girded me with strength
;

cording to the cleanness of my hands them that rose up against me.

22 Because I have kept the ways of the 41 And thou hast made my enemies turn
Lord and have not done wickedly
; against their back upon me, and hast destroyed
my God. them that hated me.
23 For all his judgments are in my sight 42 They cried, but there was none to

Q 2 Kings 22 iA. r ? RiDgs 22. 36u

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The works of God show His glory PSALMS A prayer for the king
save them, to the Lord: but he heard verting souls: the testimony of the Lord
them not. is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.
43 And I shall beat them as small as the 9 The justices of the Lord are right, re-
dust before the wind I shall bring them joicing hearts the commandment of the
; :

% nought, Uke the dirt in the streets. Lord is lightsome, enhghtening the eyes.
44 Thou wilt deUver me from the con- 10 The fear of the Lord is holy, endur-
tradictions of the people thou wilt make ing for ever and ever: the judgments of
:

me head of the Gentiles. the Lord are true, justified in themselves.

45 A people, which I knew not, hath 11 More to be desired than gold and
served me at the hearing of the ear many precious stones and sweeter than
: :

they have obeyed me. honey and the honeycomb.

46 The children that are strangers have 12 For thy servant keepeth them, and
lied to me, strange children have faded in keeping them there is a great reward.
away, and have halted from their paths 13 Who can understand sins ? from my
47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: 14 and
God, and let the God of my salvation be from those of others spare thy servant.
exalted If they shall have no dominion over me,
48 O God, who avengest me, and subdu- then shall I be without spot and I shall :

est the people under me, my deliverer be cleansed from the greatest sin.
from my enemies. 15 And the words of my mouth shall be
49 ® And thou wilt lift me up above them such as may please and the meditation :

that rise up against me from the unjust of my heart always in thy sight.
:

man thou wilt deUver me. O Lord, my helper, and my redeemer,

60 ' Therefore will I give glory to thee,
Lord, among the nations, and I will PSALM 19.
sing a psalm to thy name. Exaudiat te Dominus.
51 Giving great deliverance to his king, A prayer for the king.
and shewing mercy to David his anointed 1 Unto the end. A psalm for David.
and to his seed for ever. 2 ItTAY the Lord hear thee in the day
J3X of tribulation : may the name of
PSALM 18. the God of Jacob protect thee.
Coeli enarrant. 3 May he send thee help from the sanc-
The works of God shew forth his glory: his law is tuary and defend thee out of Sion.
:

greatly to be esteemed and loved, 4 May he be mindful of all thy sacri-

1 Unto the end. A psalm for David. fices : and may thy whole burnt offering
2 rilHE heavens shew forth the glory be made fat.
X. of God, and the firmament declar- May he give thee according to thy
5
eth the work of his hands. own heart and confirm all thy counsels.
;

3 Day to day uttereth speech, and night 6 We will rejoice in thy salvation ; and
to night sheweth knowledge. in the name of our God we shall be ex-
4 There are no speeches nor languages, alted.
where their voices are not heard. 7 The Lord fulfil all thy petitions : now
5 " Their sound hath gone forth into all have I known that the Lord hath saved
the earth : and their words unto the ends his anointed.
of the world. He will hear him from his holy heaven
6 He hath set his tabernacle in the sun the salvation of his right hand is in
'
and he, as a bridegroom coming out of powers.
his bride chamber, 8 Some trust in chariots, and some in
Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way: horses: but we will call upon the name
7 His going out is from the end of heaven. of the Lord our God.
And his circuit even to the end thereof 9 They are bound, and have fallen ; but
and there is no one that can hide himself we are risen, and are set upright.
from his heat. O Lord, save the king: and hear us in
8 The law of the Lord is unspotted, con- the day that we shall call upon thee.
s 2 Kings 22.49. — f 2 Kings
22. 50 Rom. 15. 9. ; u Rom. 10. 18. — V Luke 24. 46.
Psalm 19. Ver. The salvation of his right band
7. is strong and mighty to save them that trust in
\and is in powers* That is, in strengUi. His dgbt 2um.
589
A prayer of thanksgiving PSALMS The sufferings of Christ
PSALM 20. 2
f\ GOD «'my God, look upon me:
Domlne, in virtute. \J why hast thou forsaken me ?
Praise to God /or Christ's exaltation after his pas- Far from my salvation are the words of
sion, my sins.
Z Unto the end. A psalm for David. 3 O my God, I shall cry by day, and
^

2 TN O Lord, the king

thy strength, thou wilt not hear and by night, and it
:

J. shall joy and in thy salvation he

; shall not be reputed as folly in me.
ohall rejoice exceedingly. 4 But thou dwellest in the holy place,
3 Thou hast given him his heart's de- the praise of Israel.
sire: and hast not withholden from him 5 In thee have our fathers hoped : they
the will of his lips. have hoped, and thou hast dehvered
4 For thou hast prevented him with them.
blessings of sweetness : thou hast set on 6 They cried to thee, and they were
his head a crown of precious stones. saved: they trusted in thee, and were
6 He asked life of thee: and thou hast not confounded.
given him length of days for ever and 7 But I am a worm, and no man: the
ever. reproach of men, and the outcast of the
6 His glory is great in thy salvation: people.
glory and great beauty shalt thou lay 8 ^ All they that saw me have laughed
upon him. me to scorn they have spoken with the
:

7 For thou shalt give him to be a bless- lips, and wagged the head.
ing for ever and ever : thou shalt make 9 y He hoped in the Lord, let him de-
him joyful in gladness with thy counte- liver him: let him save him, seeing he
nance. dclighteth in him.
8 For the king hopeth in the Lord and : 10 For thou art he that hast drawn me
through the mercy of the most High he out of the womb: hope from the my
shall not be moved. breasts of my
mother. 11 I was cast
9 Let thy hand be found by all thy upon thee from the womb.
enemies: let thy right hand find out all From my mother's womb thou art my
them that bate thee. God, 12 depart not from me.
10 Thou shalt make them as an oven of For tribulation is very near : for there
Ore, in the time of thy anger : the Lord is none to help me.
chall trouble them in his wrath, and fire Many calves have surrounded me:
13
ahall devour them. fat bulls have besieged me.
11 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from 14 They have opened their mouthr
the earth and their seed from among
: against me, as a lion ravening and roar-
the children of men. ing.
12 For they have intended evils against 15 1 am poured out like water ; and all
thee: they have devised counsels which my bones are scattered.
they have not been able to establish. My heart is become Uke wax melting
13 For thou shalt make them turn their in the midst of my bowels.
back: in thy remnants thou shalt pre- 16 My strength is dried up hke a pot-
pare their face. sherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my
14 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own jaws: and thou hast brought me down
strength: we will sing and praise thy into the dust of death.
power. 17 For many dogs have encompassed
PSALM 21. me: the council of the malignant hath
Deus De us mens. besieged me.
ChHsfs passion : and the conversion of the Oentiles. They have dug my hands and feet. 18

I Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm

They have numbered all my bones.
for David. And they have looked and stared upon
w Matt. 27. 46 ; Marie 15. 34. X Matt. 27. 39 ; Mark 15. 29. — y Matt. 27. 43.

Psalm 20. Ver. 13. In thy remnants thou shalt bow of divine justice, from which God directs his
ryrepare their face: or thou shalt set thy remnants arrows against the /aces of his enemies.
against their faces. That is, thou shalt make them Psalm 21. Ver. 2. The words of my sins. That
see what punishments remain for them hereafter is, the sins of the world, which I have taken upon
from thy justice. Instead of remnants, St. Jerome myself, cry out against me, and are the cause of all
tenders it/tmes, that is, cords or strings^ viz., of the my sufferings.
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Conversion of the Gentiles PSALMS Who shall ascend to heaven

me. 19 ^They parted my garments He hath brought me up, on the water of

amongst them; and upon my vesture refreshment: 3 he hath converted my
they cast lots. soul.
20 But thou, O Lord, remove not thy He hath led me on the paths of justice,
help to a distance from me; look to- for his own name's sake.
wards my defence. 4 For though I should walk in the midst
21 Deliver, O God, my soul from the of the shadow of death, I will fear no
Bword: my only one from the hand of evils, for thou art with me.
the dog. Thy rod and thy staff, they have com-
22 Save me from the lion's mouth; and forted me.
my lowness from the horns of the uni- 5 Thou hast prepared a table before me,
corns. against them that afflict me.
23 "I will declare thy name to my Thou hast anointed my head with oil
brethren : in the midst of the church and my chalice which inebriate th me, how
will I praise thee. goodly is it
24 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: 6 And thy mercy will follow me all the
all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him. days of my life.
25 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: be- And that I may dwell in the house of
cause he hath not slighted nor despised the Lord unto length of days,
the supplication of the poor man.
Neither hath he turned away his face PSALM 23.
from me : and when I cried to him he Domini est terra.
heard me. Who are they that shall ascend to heaven : Chrisft
26 With thee ismy praise in a great triumphant ascension thither,
church : I will pay my vows in the sight 1 On the first day of the week, a psalm for David.
of them that fear him.
27 The poor shall eat and shall be filled
THE
earth is the Lord's and the ful-
ness thereof: the world, and all they
«^

and they shall praise the Lord that seek that dwell therein.
him their hearts shall live for ever and 2 For he hath founded it upon the
:

ever. seas; and hath prepared it upon the

28 All the ends of the earth shall remem- rivers.
ber, and shall be converted to the Lord: 3 Who shall ascend into the mountain
And all the kindreds of the Gentiles of the Lord: or who shall stand in his
shall adore in his sight. holy place ?
29 ^or the kingdom is the Lord's ; and 4 The innocent in hands, and clean of
he shall have dominion over the nations. heart, who hath not taken his soul in
»yO All the fat ones of the earth have vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neigh-
eaten and have adored: all they that bour.
go down to the earth shall fall before 5 He shall receive a blessing from the
him, Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.
31 And to him my soul shall live : and 6 This is the generation of them that
my seed shall serve him. seek him, of them that seek the face of
32 There shall be declared to the Lord the God of Jacob.
a generation to come: and the heavens 7 Lift up your gates, C ye princes, and
shall shew forth his justice to a people be ye lifted up, O eternal gates : and the
that shall be born, which the Lord hath King of Glory shall enter in.
made. 8 Who is this King of Glory? the Lord
PSALM 22. who
is strong and mighty: the Lord
Dominus regit mighty in battle.
me.
God^s spiritual benefits tofaithfvl sotUs, 9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and
1 A psalm for David. be ye hfted up, O eternal gates and the :

THE ^Lord ruleth me: and I shall King of Glory shall enter in.
want nothing. 2 He hath set me in 10 Who is this King of Glory? the Lord
a place of pasture. of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
2 Matt. 27. 35 ; John 19, 23 and 24. Ezech. 34. 11 and 23 ; 1 Peter 2. 26, and 5. 3.
aHeb. 2. 12.— b Isa. 40. 11 Jer. 23. 6 ; C Ps. 49. 12 1 Cor. 10. 26. ;

PsAUf2a; ¥tr.i. ii%Uethm^ Iofiet»ew,/s mi/ 57iepyierd»Tiz^ to feed» guide, aBdcovwooiai.

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A prayer for pardon of sin PSALMS David's innocence

PSALM 24. 20 Keep thou my
soul^ and deliver me:
Ad te, Domine, levavL I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped
A prayer /or grace, mercy, and protection against in thee.
our enemieso 2 J The innocent and the upright have
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. adhered to me : because 1 have waited
tg^O thee, O Lord, have I lifted up «ly on thee
J_ soul. 2 In thee, O my God, I put 22 Deliver Israel, OGod> from alJ his
my trust ; let me not be ashamed. tribiUationfi.
3 Neither let my enemies laugh at me PSALM 25.
for none of them that wait on thee shall
Judica me, Domine.
be confounded. David's prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered^
4 Let all them be confounded that act that he may com,e to worship him in his taber-
unjust things without cause. nacle.
Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and 1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

teach me thy paths. JUDGE

me, O Lord, for I have walked
5 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me in my innocence: and I have put my
for thou art God my Saviour; and on trust in the Lord, and shall not be weak-
thee have I waited all the day long. ened.
6 Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of com- 2 Prove me, O Lord, and try mc ; burn
passion and thy mercies that are from my reins and my heart.
;

the beginning of the world. 3 For thy mercy is before my eyes and ^

7 The sins of my youth and my igno- I am well pleased with thy truth.
rances do not remember. 4 I have not sat with the council of
According to thy mercy remember thou vanity: neither will I go in with the doers
me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. of unjust things.
8 The Lord is sweet and righteous 5 I have hated the assembly of the ma-
therefore he will give a law to sinners in hgnant and with the wicked I will not sit.
;

the way. 6 I will wash my hands among the m-

9 He will guide the mild in judgment nocent; and will compass thy altar, O
he will teach the meek his ways. Lord:
10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy 7 That I may hear the voice of thy
and truth, to them that seek after his praise: and teb of all thy wondrous
covenant and his testimonies. works.
11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou 8 I have loved, O Lord, the beautj^ of
wilt pardon my sin : for it is great. thy house and the place where thy
;

12 Who is the man that feareth the glory dwelleth.

Lord ? He hath appointed him a law in 9 Take not away my soul, O God with
the way he hath chosen. the wicked: nor my life with bloody
13 His soul shall dwell in good things men: :

and his seed shall inherit the land. 10 In whose hands are iniquities their :

14 The Lord is a firmament to them right hand is filled with gifts.

that fear him : and his covenant shall be 11 But as for me, I have walked in my
made manifest to them. innocence: redeem me, and have mercy
15 My eyes are ever towards the Lord on me.:

for he shall pluck my feet out of the 12 My foot hath stood in the direct way
snare. in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.
16 Look thou upon me, and have mercy
on me ; for I am alone and poor. PSALM 26.
17 The troubles of my heart are multi- Dominus illuminatio.

plied deliver me from my necessities.

:
David's faith and hope in €ML
18 See my abjection and my labour 1 The psalm of David before he was anointed.

and forgive me all my sins. Lord is my light and my salvation,

THE
19 Consider my enemies for they are whom shall I fear ?
multiplied, ^ and have hated me with an The Lord is the protector of my life of :

unjust hatred. whom shall I be afraid ?

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David* s confidence in God PSALMS Prayer for help against enemy

the

2 Whilst the wicked draw near against thou be silent to me, I become like them
me, to eat my flesh. that go down into the pit.
My enemies that trouble me, have 2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my suppli-
themselves been weakened, and have cation, when I pray to thee when I lift ;

fallen. up my hands to thy holy temple.

3 If armies in camp should stand to- 3 Draw me not away together with the
gether against me, my heart shall not fear. wicked ; and with the workers of iniquity
If a battle should rise up against me, in destroy me not
this will I be confident. Who speak peace with their neighbour,
4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, but evils are in their hearts.
this will I seek after ; that I may dwell 4 Give them according to their works,
in the house of the Lord all the days of and according to the wickedness of their
my life. inventions.
That I may see the delight of the Lord, According to the works of their hands
and may visit his temple. give thou to them render to them their :

6 For he hath hidden me in his taberna- reward.

cle in the day of evils, he hath protected
; 6 Because they have not understood the
me in the secret place of his tabernacle. works of the Lord, and the operations of
6 He hath exalted me upon a rock and his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and
:

now he hath lifted up my head above my shalt not build them up.
enemies. 6 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard
I have gone round, and have offered up the voice of my supplication.
in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation 7 The Lord is my helper and my pro-
I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord. tecfcor: in him hath my heart confided,
7 Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I and I have been helped.
have cried to thee have mercy on me And my flesh hath flourished again,
:

and hear me. and with my will I will give praise to

8 My heart hath said to thee : My face him.
hath sought thee thy face, O Lord, will
: 8 The Lord is the strength of his peo-
I still seek. ple, and the protector of the salvation of
9 Turn not away thy face from ; de- me his anointed.
cline not in thy wrath from thy servant. 9 Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless
Be thou my
helper, forsake me not ; do thy inheritance : and rule them and exalt
not thou despise me, O God my Saviour. them for ever.
10 For my father and my mother have
PSALM 28.
left mebut the Lord hath taken me up.
:
Afferte Domino.
11 Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way,
An invitation to glorify Ood^ with a convmemora»
and guide me in the right path, because tion of his mighty works.
of my enemies. 1 A psalm for Davids at the finishing of the taber-
12 Deliver me not over to the will of nacle.
them that trouble me; for unjust wit- BRING to the Lord, O ye children of
nesses have risen up against me ; and in- God : bring to the Lord the offspring
iquity hath lied to itself. of rams.
13 I believe to see the good things of 2 Bring to the Lord glory and honour:
the Lord in the land of the living. bring to the Lord glory to his name:
14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
let thy heart take courage, and wait thou 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the wa-
for the Lord. ters ; the God of majesty hath thundered.
PSALM 27. The Lord is upon many waters.
Ad te, Domine, clamabo. 4 The voice of the Lord is in power; the
iklvUPB prayer that his enemies may not prevail voice of the Lord in magnificence.
over him,. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the
1 A psalm for David himself. cedars yea, the Lord shall break the ce-
:

TTNTO thee will ^ cry, O Lord: O my dars of Libanus.

\J God, be not thou silent to me lest if : 6 And shall reduce them to pieces, as a

Psalm 28. Ver. 6. ShaU reduc0 them to pieces, &c In Hebrew, ShaU make them to ekip likt m
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David praises Godfor his deliverance PSALMS Prayer of one in affliction

calf of Libanus, and as the beloved son 13 To the end that my glory may sing
of unicorns. ^^o thee, and I may not regret: O Lord
7 The voice of the Lord divideth the my God, I will give praise to thee for
flame of fire 8 The voice of the Lord ever.
:

Bhaketh the desert: and the Lord shall PSALM 80.

9hake the desert of Cades. In te, Domine, speravL
9 The voice of the Lord prepareth the J prayer of a just man under affliction,
stags: and he will discover the thick I Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy.
'Kvoods: and in lis temple all shall speak 2 TN
thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let
his glory. i me
never be confounded: deliver
10 The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: me in thy justice.
and the Lord shall sit king for ever. 3 Bow down thy ear to me : make haste
The Lord will give strength to his peo- to deliver me.
ple: the Lord will bless his people with Be thou unto me a God, a protector,
peace. and a house of refuge, to save me.
PSALM 29. 4 For thou art my strength and my re-
Exaltabo te, Doraine. fuge ; and for thy name's sake thou wilt
David praiseth ^od for his deliverance^ and his
lead me, and nourish me.
merciful dealings with him. 5 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare,
1 A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of 3>avid's which they have hidden for me: for thou
house. art my protector,
2 T WILL 3xtol thee, O
Lord, for thou 6 ®Into thy hands I commend my spirit;
X hast upheld me: and hast not made thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God
my enemies to rejoice over me. of truth.
3 O Lord my
God, 1 have cried to thee, 7 Thou hast hated them that regard
and thou hast healed me. vanities, to no purpose.
4 Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my But I have hoped in the Lord: 8 I will
soul from hell thou hast saved me from
: be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.
them that go down into the pit. For thou hast regarded my humility,
5 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints and : thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.
give praise to the memory of his holiness. 9 And thou hast not shut me up in the
6 For wrath is in his indignation; and hands of the enemy: thou hast set my
life in his good will. feet in a spacious place.
In the evening weeping shall have place, 10 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am
and in the morning gladness. afflicted my eye is troubled with wrath,
:

7 And in my abundance I said: I shall my soul, and my beily:

never be moved. II For my life is wasted with grief: and
8 O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest my years in sighs.
strength to my beauty. My strength is weakened through pov-
Thou turnedst away thy face from me, erty and my bones are disturbed.
and I became troubled. 12 I am become a reproach among all
9 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will my enemies, and very much to my neigh-
make supplication to my God. bours ; and a fear to my acquaintance.
10 What profit is there in my blood, They that say; me without fled from
whilst I go down to corruption ? me. 13 I am forgotten as one dead from
Shall dust confess to thee, or declare the heart.
thy truth? I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
11 The Lord hath heard, and hath had 14 For I have heard the blame of many
mercy on me the Lord became my helper. that dwell round about.
:

12 Thou hast turned for me my mourn- While they assembled together against
ing into joy thou hast cut my sackcloth, me, they consulted to take away my life.
:

and hast compassed me with gladness 15 But I have put my trust in thee,
e Luke 23. 46.
calf. The psalmist here describes the effects of ful voice of God's word in his church which haJ
;

ehunder (which he calls the voice of the Lord), which
sometimes breaks down the tallest and strongest
"Tees and makes their broken branches ikip, &c
;
Ul this is to be understood mystically of ^e power-
broken the pride of the great ones of this world, anc
: brought many of them aneekly and joyfully to sub
j
Jiit their necks to the sweet yoke of Christ,
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Fear of God, and hope, rewarded PSALMS Acknowledgment and pardon of sin

Lord: I said: ThoB art my God 16 My 6 I have acknowledged my sin to thee,

lots are in thy hands. and my injustice I have not concealed.
Deliver me out of the hands of my ene-^ I said I will confess against myself my
mies and from them that persecute me.
;
injustice to the Lord : and thou hast for-
17 Make thy face to shine upon thy given the wickedness of sin. my
servant save me in thy mercy.
; 6 For this shall every one that is holy
18 Let me not be confounded; O Lord, pray to thee in a seasonable time.
for I have called upon thee. And yet in a flood of many waters, they
Let the wicked be ashamed, and be shall not come nigh unto him.
brought down to helL 19 Let deceitful 7 Thou art my
refuge from the trouble
lips be made dumb. which hath encompassed me : my joy,
Which speak iniquity against the just, deliver me from them that surround
with pride and abuse. me.
20 how great is the multitude of thy 8 I will give thee understanding, and I
sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hid- will instruct the© in this way, in which
den for them that fear thee I thou shalt go I will fix my eyes upon
:

Which thou hast wrought for them that thee.

hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of 9 Do not become like the horse and the
men. mule, who have no understanding.
21 Thou shalt hide them in the secret With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws,
of thy face, from the disturbance of men. who come not near unto thee.
Thou shalt protect them in thy taber- 10 Many are the scourges of the sinner,
nacle from the contradiction of tongues. but mercy shall encompass him that hop-
22 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath eth in the Lord.
shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a 11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye
fortified city. just, and glory, all ye right of heart.
23 But I said in the excess of my mind
I am cast away from before thy eyes. PSALM 32.
Therefore thou hast heard the voice of Exultate, justL
my prayer, when I cried to thee. An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in hifln,
24 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: 1 A psalm for David.

for the Lord will require truth, and will REJOICE

in the Lord, O ye just: praise
repay them abundantly that act proudly. becometh the upright.
25 Do ye manfully, and let your heart 2 Give praise to the Lord on the harp
be strengthened, all ye that hope In the sing to him with the psaltery, the instru-
liOrd. ment of ten stringei
PSALM 31. 3 Sing to him a n«rw canvicix?, sing rKill
Beati quorum. unto him with a loud noise.
7%e second penitential pscUm.4 For the word of the Lord is right, and
1 To David himself, understanding. all his works are done with faithfulness.
BLESSED «^are they whose iniquities 6 He loveth mercy and judgment the ;

are forgiven, and whose sins are earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
covered, 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens
2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord were established; and all the power of
hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit them by the spirit of his mouth:
there is no guile. 7 Gathering together the waters of the
3 Because I was silent my bones grew sea, as in a vessel ; laying up the depths
rid whilst I cried out all the day long.
; in storehouses.
t For day and night thy hand was heavy 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord, and
upon me: I am turned in ihy anguish, let all the inhabitants of the world be in
whilst the thorn is fastened. awe of him.
/Kora.4.7. g Isa. 65. 24.

Psalm 31. Ver. Because I was silent, &c. That fast in me. Or, / am turned ; that is, I am converted
3.
IS, whilst I kept silence, by concealing,
or refusing to to thee, my God, by being brought to a better under-
confess my sins, thy hand was heavy upon me, &c. standing by thy chastisements. In the Hebrew it is,
Ver. 4. / am txirned, &c. That is, I turn and roll my moisture is turned into the droughts o/ the suiff
about in my bed to seek for ease in my pain whilst rrier.
toe thora of tby Justice pierces my flesb^ and sticks

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God the protector of His people PSALMS The happiness of serving God
g For he spoke and they were made
^*
7 This poor man cried, and the Lord
he commanded and they were created. heard him: and saved him out of all his
10 The Lord bringeth to nought the troubles.
counsels of nations and he rejecteth the
; 8 The angel of the Lord shall encamp
devices ot people, and casteth away the round about them that fear him: and
counsels of princes. shall deliver them.
11 But the counsel of the Lord standeth 9 O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet
for ever the thoughts of his heart to all blessed is the man that hopeth in him.
:

generations. 10 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints for :

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is there is no want to them that fear him.
the Lord the people whom he hath
: 11 * The rich have wanted, and have su^
chosen for his inheritance, f ered hunger but they that seek the Lord
:

13 The Lord hath looked from heaven: shall not be deprived of any good.
he hath beheld all the sons of men, 12 Come, children, hearken to me I will :

14 From his habitation which he hath teach you the fear of the Lord.
prepared, he hath looked upon all that 13«? Who is the man that desire th life:
dwell on the earth. who loveth to see good days ?
15 He who hath made the hearts of 14 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
every one of them : who understandeth hps from speaking guile.
all their works. 15 Turn away from evil and do good
16 The king is not saved by a great seek after peace and pursue it.
army: nor shall the giant be saved by 16 The eyes of the Lord are ^'upon the
his own great strength. just: and his ears unto their prayers.
17 Vain is the horse for safety: neither 17 But the countenance of the Lord is
shall he be saved by the abundance of against them that do evil things to cut :

his strength. off the remembrance of them from th©

18 Behold the eyes of the Lord are on earth.
them that fear him: and on them that 18 The just cried, and the Lord heard
hope in his mercy. them and dehvered them out of all their
:

19 To dehver their souls from death; troubles.

and feed them in famine. 19 The Lord is nigh unto them that are
20 Our soulwaiteth for the Lord: for he of a contrite heart : and he will save the
is our helper and protector. humble of spirit.
21 For in him our heart shall rejoice: 20 Many are the afflictions of the just;
and in his holy name we have trusted. but out of them all will the Lord dehver
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, them.
as we have hoped in thee. 21 The Lord keepeth all their bones, not
one of them shall be broken.
PSALM 33. 22 The death of the wicked is very evil
Benedicam Dominum. and they that hate the just shall be guilty.
An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 23 The Lord will redeem the souls of his
servants and none of them that trust in
:
1 For David, when he changed his countenance be-
fore Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went him shall offend.
. his way. [1 Kings 21.]

2 T WILL bless the Lord at all times, PSALM 34.

X his praise shall be always in my Judica, Domine, nocentes me.
mouth. David, in the person of Christ, prayeth against hi»
3 In the Lord shall my soul be praised: persecutors : prophetically foreshewing the punish^
ments that shall fall upon them.
let the meek hear and rejoice.
1 For David himself.
4 the Lord with me ; and let
O magnify
us extol his name together. thou, O Lord, them that wrong
JUDGE
5 I sought the Lord, and he heard me me: overthrow them that fight against
and he delivered me from all my troubleSc me.
6 Come ye to him and be enhghtened 2 Take hold of arms and shield and rise :

and your faces shall not be confounded. up to help me.

h Qeti, L •; Judltb 18. i7.~i IiUtw 1.63c J 1 Petei 3. 10.— A; EcclL 15. 20 ; Heb. i. U>
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l)avid*s appeal against the
3 Bring out the sword, and shut up the
way against them that persecute me say
to my soul I am thy salvation.
: the eyes.
4 ^ Let them be confounded and ashamed
that seek after my soul.
Let them be turned back and be con-
founded that devise evil against me.
5 Let them become as dust before the
enemy PSALMS The wicked fear not God
T
wrongfully rejoice over me: ^who have
: hated me without cause, and wink with
20 For they spoke indeed peaceably to
me; and speaking in the anger of the
earth they devised guile.
21 And they opened their mouth wide
against me they said Well done, well ; :

wind: and let the angel of the Lord done, our eyes have seen it.
straiten them. 22 Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou
6 Let their way become dark and slip- silent O Lord, depart not from me. :

pery ; and let the angel of the Lord pur- 23 Arise, and be attentive to my judg-
sue them. ment to my cause, my God, and my Lord. :

7 For without cause they have hidden 24 Judge me, O Lord my God according
their net for me unto destruction with- to thy justice, and let them not rejoice
:

out cause they have upbraided my soul. over me.

8 Let the snare which he knoweth not 25 Let them not say in their hearts It :

come upon him: and let the net which he is well, it is well, to our mind neither let :

hath hidden catch him: and into that them say We have swallowed him up. :

very snare let them fall. 26 Let them blush and be ashamed to- :

9 But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord gether, who rejoice at my evils.
and shall be delighted in his salvation. Let them be clothed with confusion and
10 All my bones shall say Lord, who is shame, who speak great things against
:

like to thee ? me. ;

Who deliveresfc the poor from the hand 27 Let them rejoice and be glad, who
of them that are stronger than he the are well pleased with my justice, and let
;

needy and the poor from them that strip them say always The Lord be magnified, :

him. who delights in the peace of his servant.

11 Unjust witnesses rising up have asked 28 And my tongue shall meditate thy
me things I knew not. justice, thy praise all the day long.
12 They repaid me evil for good to the :

depriving me of my soul. PSALM 35.

13 But as for me, when they were trou- Dixit injustus.
blesome to me, I was clothed with hair- The malice of sinners, and the goodness of God.
cloth. 1 Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself.
I humbled my
soul with fasting ; and my 2 rriHE unjust hath said within himself,
prayer shall be turned into bosom. my X that he would sin there is no fear :

14 As a neighbour and as an own bro- of God before his eyes.

ther, so did I please: as one mourning 3 ^* For in his sight he hath done deceit-
and sorrowful so was I humbled. fully, that his iniquity may be found
15 But they rejoiced against me, and unto hatred.
came together scourges were gathered
: 4 The words of his mouth are iniquity
together upon me, and I knew not. and guile: he would not understand that
16 They were separated, and repented he might do well.
not: they tempted me, they scoffed at 5 He hath devised iniquity on his bed,
me with scorn: they gnashed upon me he hath set himself on every way that is
with their teeth. not good but evil he hath not hated. :

17 Lord, when wilt thou look upon me ? 6 O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and
rescue thou my soul from their malice thy truth reacheth even to the clouds.
my only one from the lions. 7 Thy justice is as the mountains of God,
18 I will give thanks to thee in a great thy judgments are a great deep.
church; I will praise thee in a strong Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O
people. Lord 8 O how hast thou multiplied thy :

19 Let not them that are my

enemies mercy, O God
I Infra 39. 15. — m John 15. 25. n Supra 13. 3.

fSALMSS. Ver.3. Unto hatred. That is, hateful to God.

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T
But the children of men shall put their 14 The wicked have drawn out the
trust under the covert of thy wings. sword they have bent their bow.
:

9 They shall be inebriated with the To cast down the poor and needy, to
plenty of thy house and thou shalt kill the upright of heart.
;

make them drink of the torrent of thy 15 Let their sword enter into their own
pleasure. hearts, and let their bow be broken.
10 For with thee is the fountain of life; 16 Better is a little to the just, than tke
and in thy light we shall see light. great riches of the wicked.
11 Extend thy mercy to them that know 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be
thee, and thy justice to them that are broken in pieces but the Lord strength- ;

right in heart. eneth the just.

12 Let not the foot of pride come to me, 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the
and let not the hand of the sinner move undefiled and their inheritance shall be
;

me. for ever.

13 There the workers of iniquity are 19 They shall not be confounded in the
fallen, they are east out, and could not evil time and in the days of famine
;

stand. they shall be filled 20 because the :

PSALM 36. wicked shall perish.

Noli semulari. And the enemies of the Lord, presently
An exhortation to despise this world and the short
;
after they shall be honoured and exalted,
prosperity of the wicked and to trxist in Provi- shall come to nothing and vanish like
;
dence. smoke.
1 A psalm for David himself.
21 The sinner shall borrow, and not pay

BEthem that work

not emulous of evildoers nor envy again but the just sheweth mercy and
iniquity.
;

shall give.
;

2 For they shall shortly wither away as 22 For such as bless him shall inherit the
grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly land but such as curse him shall perish.
:

fall. 23 With the Lord shall the steps of a

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and man be directed, and he shall like well
dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed his way.
with its riches. 24 When he shall fall he shall not be
4 Delight in the Lord, and he will give bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand
thee the requests of thy heart. under him.
5 Commit thy way to the Lord, and 26 I have been young, and now am old
trust in him, and he will do it. and I have not seen the just forsaken,
6 And he will bring forth thy justice as nor his seed seeking bread.
the light, and thy judgment as the noon- 26 He shewoth mercy, and lendeth all
day. 7 Be subject to the Lord and pray the day long; and his seed shall be in
to him. blessing.
Envy not the man who prospereth in 27 Decline from evil and do good, and
his way the man who doth unjust things.
;
dwell for ever and ever.
8 Cease from anger, and leave rage; 28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and
have no emulation to do evil. will not forsake his saints they shall be :

9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but preserved for ever.

they that wait upon the Lord, they shall
inherit the land.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked
shall not be: and thou shalt seek his
place, and shalt not find it.
11 But the meek shall inherit tho land,
**
The unjust shall be punished, and the
seed of the wicked shall perish.
29 But the just shall inherit the land,
and shall dwell therein for evermore.
30 P The mouth of the just shall medi-
wisdom and his tongue shall speak
tate :

and shall delight in abundance of peace. judgment.

12 The sinner shall watch the just man 31 ^ The law of his God is in his heart,
and shall gnash upon him with his teeth. and his steps shall not be supplanted.
13 But the Lord shall laugh at him for 32 The wicked watcheth the just man,
:

he f oreseeth that his day shall come. and seeketh to put him to death, i

o Matt 6. 4. — j> floy. 31. 26. q Isa. 51. 7.

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The wicked shall he destroyed PSALMS Prayer for pardon and help
33 But the Lord will not leave him in 10 Lord, all my desire is before thee,
his hands; nor condemn him when he and my groaning is not hidden from
shall be judged. thee.
34 Expect the Lord and keep his way: 11 my heart is troubled, my strength
and he will exalt thee to inherit the land hath left me, and the light of my eyes
when the sinners shall perish thou shalt itself is not with me. _
see. 12 My friends and my neighbours have
35 I have seen the wicked highly ex- drawn near, and stood against me.
alted, and lifted up like the cedars of And they that were near me stood afar
Libanus. off:
36 And I passed by, and lo, he was not 13 And they that sought my soul used
and I sought him and his place was not violence.
found. And they that sought evils to me spoke
37 Keep innocence, and behold justice: vain things, and studied deceits all the
for there are remnants for the peaceable day long.
man. 14 But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and
38 But the unjust shall be destroyed to- as a dumb man not opening his mouth.
gether: the remnants of the wicked shall 15 And I became as a man that heareth
perish. not: and that hath no reproofs in his
39 But the salvation of the just is from mouth.
the Lord, and he is their protector in the 16 For in thee, Lord, have I hoped:
time of trouble. thou wilt hear me, Lord my God.
40 And the Lord will help them and de- 17 For I said: Lest at any time my ene-
liver them and he will rescue them from mies rejoice over me and whilst my feet
:
:

the wicked, and save them, because they are moved, they speak great things
have hoped in him. against me.
18 For I am ready for scourges: and my
PSALM 37. '
sorrow is continually before me.
Domine, ne in furore, 19 For I will declare my iniquity: and
A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. I will think for my sin.
The third penitential psalm. 20 But my enemies live, and are stronger
1 A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the Sab-
bath.
than I and they that hate me wrongfully
:

are multiplied.
2 TJ EBUKE me not, Lord, in thy in- 21 They that render evil for good, have
Xv dignation: nor chastise me in thy detracted me, because I followed good-
wrath. ness.
3 For thy arrows are fastened in me: 22 Forsake me not, Lord my God do :

and thy hand hath been strong upon me. not thou depart from me.
4 There is no health in my flesh, because 23 Attend unto my help, Lord, the
of thy wrath: there is no peace for my Grod of my salvation.
bones, because of my sins.
5 For my iniquities are gone over my
head, and as a heavy burden are become
PSALM 38.
Dixi custodiam.
heavy upon me.
A just man's peace and patience in his sufferings,
6 My sores are putrified and corrupted, considering the vanity of the world, and the provi-
because of my foolishness. dence of God.
1 Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of
7 I am become miserable, and am bowed
,_. David.
down even to the end: I walked sorrow- 2 I SAID I will take heed to my ways :

ful all the day long. I

that I sin not with my tongue.
8 For my loins are filled with illusions; I have set a guard to my mouth, when
and there is no health in my flesh. the sinner stood against me.
9 I am afflicted and humbled exceed- 3 I was dumb, and was humbled, and
ingly: I roared with the groaning of my kept silence from good things: and my
heart. sorow was renewed.
r Supra 6, 2.

Psalm 37. Ver. 1. For a remembrance, viz., of our miseries and sins : and to be sung on the sabbath.
day.
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The vanity of earthly things PSALMS Vhedience the best sacrifice

4 Myheart grew hot within me: and in 5 Blessed is the man whose trust is in
my meditation a fire shall flame out. the name of the Lord; and who hath not
5 I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, had regard to vanities, and lying follies.
make me know my end. 6 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful
And what is the number of my days: works, O Lord my God: and in thy
that I may know what is wanting to me. thoughts there is no one like to thee.
6 Behold thou hast made my days mea- I have declared and I have spoken:
surable: and my substance is as nothing they are multiplied above number.
before thee. 7 «Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not
And indeed all things are vanity: every desire; but thou hast pierced ears for
man living. me.
7 Surely man passeth as an image: yea, Burnt offering and sin offering thou
and he is disquieted in vain. didst not require: 8 then said I, Behold
He storeth up: and he knoweth not for I come.
whom he shall gather these things. In the head of the book it is written of
8 And now what is my hope ? is it not me 9 that I should do thy will O my God, :

the Lord ? and my substance is with thee. I have desired it, and thy law in the
9 Deliver thou me from all my iniquities midst of my heart.
thou hast made me a reproach to the 10 I have declared thy justice in a great
fool. church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O
10 I was dumb, and I opened not my Lord, thou knowest it.
mouth, because thou hast done it. 11 Re- II I have not hid thy justice within my
move thy scourges from me. heart: I have declared thy truth and
The strength of thy hand hath made me thy "jalvation.
faint in rebukes: 12 thou hast corrected I have not concealed thy mercy and
man for iniquity. thy truth from a great council.
And thou hast made his soul to waste 12 Withhold not thou, Lord, thy
away like a spider: surely in vain is any tender mercies from me: thy mercy and
man disquieted. thy truth have always upheld me.
13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my 13 For evils without number have sur-
supplication: give ear to my tears. rounded me; my iniquities have over-
Be not silent: for I am a stranger with taken me, and I was not able to see.
thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers They are multiplied above the hairs of
were. my head: and my heart hath forsaken
14 O forgive me, that I may be refresh- me.
ed, before I go hence, and be no more. 14 Be pleased, Lord, to deliver me:
*look down, Lord, to help me.
PSALM 39. 15 w Let them be confounded and
Expectans Bxpectavi. ashamed together, that seek after my
Christ's coming, and redeeming mauTcind. soul to take it away.
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Let them be turned backward and be
2TT7ITH expectation I have waited ashamed that desire evils to me.
W
tive to me.
for the Lord, and he was atten- 16 Let them immediately bear their
confusion, that say to me: 'Tis well, 'tis
3 And he heard my prayers, and brought well.
me out of the pit of misery and the mire 17 Let all that seek thee rejoice and be
of dregs. glad in thee: and let such as love thy
And he set my feet upon a rock, and di- salvation say always: The Lord be mag-
rected my steps. nified.
4 And he put a new canticle into my 18 But I am a beggar and poor: the
mouth, a song to our God. Lord is careful for me.
Many shall see, and shall fear: and they Thou art my helper and my protector:
shall hope in the Lord. my God, be not slack.
8 Heb. 10. 5. t Infra 69. 2. u Supra 34. 4.

Psalm 39. Ver. 13. My iniquities. That is, the terjection of insult and derision, like the Vah.
sins of all mankind, which I have taken upon me. Matt. 27. 49.
Ver, 16, *Ti8 well» The Hebrew here is an in-
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Duvid*s complaint PSALMS Desire of the just for God

PSALM 40. 12 ,.AS the hart panteth after the foun-
Beatus qui intelligit.
tains of water ; so my soul panteth
after thee, O God.
The happiness of him that shall believe in Christ
notwithstanding the humilitij and poverty in 3 My soul hath thirsted after the strong
which he shall come : the malice of his enemies^ living God ; when shall I come and ap-
especially of the traitor Judas.
pear before the face of God ?
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David bimself. 4 My tears have been my bread day and
2 TJLESSED he that under standeth night, whilst it is said to me daily:
is
XJ concerning the needy and the Where is thy God ?
poor: the Lord will deliver him in the 5 These things I remembered, and
evil day. poured out my soul in me for I shall go :

3 The Lord preserve him and give him over into the place of the wonderful tab-
life, and make him blessed upon the ernacle, even to the house of God
earth: and deliver him not up to the With the voice of joy and praise the ;

will of his enemies. noise of one feasting.

4 The Lord help him on his bed of sor- 6 Why art thou sad, O my soul? and
row: thou hast turned all his couch in why dost thou trouble me ?
his sickness. Hope in God, for I will still give praise
5 I said O Lord, be thou merciful to to him the salvation of my counte-
: :

me heal my soul, for I have sinned nance, 7 and my God.

:

against thee. My soul is troubled within myself:

6 My
enemies have spoken evils against therefore will I remember thee from the
me: when shall he die and his name land of Jordan and Hermoniim, from the
perish? little hill.
7 And he came in to see ?ne, he spoke
if 8 Deep calleth on deep, at the noise of
vain things his heart gathered together thy flood-gates.
:

iniquity to itself. All thy heights and thy billows have

He went out and spoke to the same pur- passed over me.
pose. 9 In the daytime the Lord hath com-
8 All my enemies whispered together manded his mercy ; and a canticle to him
against me: they devised evils to me. in the night.
9 They determined against me an un- With me is prayer to the God of my
just word shall he that sleepeth rise life. 10 I will say to God : Thou art my
:

again no more ? support.

10 ^ For even the man of my peace, in Why hast thou forgotten me ? and why
whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath go I mourning, whilst my enemy af-
greatly supplanted me. flicteth me?
11 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on 11 Whilst my bones are broken, my ene-
me, and raise me up again and I will mies who trouble me have reproached
:

requite them. me
12 By this I know, that thou hast had Whilst they say to me day by day:
a good will for me because my enemy Where is thy God?
:

shall not rejoice over me. 12 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
13 But thou hast upheld me by reason and why dost thou disquiet me ?
of my innocence: and hast estabhshed Hope thou in God, for I will still give
me in thy sight for ever. praise to him the salvation of my coun- :

14 Blessed be the Lord the God of Is- tenance, and my God,

rael from eternity to eternity. So be it.
So be it. PSALM 42.
Judica me, Deus.
PSALM 41.
The prophet aspireth after the temple and altar o}
Quemadmodum desiderat. God.
The fervent desire of the just after God: hope in 1 A psalm for David.
afflictions.
JUDGE me, O God, and distinguish my
1 Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core. cause from the nation that is not

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God/s favors to His people PSALMS
His people are humbled
holy deliver me from the unjust and de-
: 11 Thou hast made us turn our back to
ceitful man. our enemies: and they that hated as
2 For thou art God my strength why plundered for themselves.
:

hast thou cast me off? and why do I go 12 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be
sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me ? eaten : thou hast scattered us among th^B
3 Send forth thy light and thy truth they nations. :

have conducted me, and brought me unto 13 Thou hast sold thy people for no
thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles. price and there was no reckoning in :

4 And I will go in to the altar of God: the exchange of them.

to God who giveth joy to my youth. 14 Thou hast made us a reproach to our
5 To thee, O God my God, I will give neighbours, a scoff and derision to them
praise upon the harp why art thou sad, O that are round about us.
:

my soul ? and why dost thou disquiet me ? 15 Thou hast made us a byword among
6 Hope in God, for I will still give the Gentiles: a shaking of the head
praise to him the salvation of my coun- among the people.
:

tenance, and my God. 16 All the day long my shame is before

me : and the confusion of my face hath
PSALM 43. covered me,
Deus auribus nostris. 17 At the voice of him that reproacheth
The church commemorates former favours, and and detracteth me: at the face of the
vresent afflictions; under which she prays for
succour, enemy and persecutor.
1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give under- 18 All these things have come upon us,
yet we have not forgotten thee and we
standing. :

TXTE have heard,God, with our O

have not done wickedly in thy covenant.
2

to us,
W
ears: our fathers have declared 19 And our heart hath not turned back:
neither hast thou turned aside our steps
The work thou hast wrought in their from thy way.
days, and in the days of old. 20 For thou hast humbled us in the
3 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and place of affliction: and the shadow of
thou plantedst them thou didst afflict death hath covered us.
:

the people and cast them out. 21 If we have forgotten the name of
4 For they got not the possession of the our God, and if we have spread forth
land by their own sword: neither did our hands to a strange god:
their own arm save them. 22 Shall not God search out these
But thy right hand and thy arm, and things: for he knoweth the secrets of
the light of thy countenance because the heart. :

thou wast pleased with them. '^

Because for thy sake we are killed all
5 Thou art thyself my king and my God, the day long: we are counted as sheep
who commandest the saving of Jacob. for the slaughter.
6 Through thee we will push down our 23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
enemies with the horn and through thy arise, and cast us not off to the end.
:

name we will despise them that rise up 24 Why turnest thou thy face away?
against us. and f orgettest our want and our trouble ?
7 For I will not trust in my bow : nei- 25 For our soul is humbled down to the
ther shall my sword save me. dust our belly cleaveth to the earth. :

8 But thou hast saved us from them 26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem
that afflict us and hast put them to
: us for thy name's sake.
shame that hate us.
In God shall we glory all the day
9 PSALM 44.
long and in thy name we will give
: Eructavit cor meum.
praise for ever. The excellence of ChrisPs kingdom., and the endow-
10 But now thou hast cast us off, and ments of his church.
1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, foi
put us to shame : and thou, O God, wilt the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for
not go out with our armies. the Beloved.

w Rom, 8. 36.

Psalm 44. Ver. 1. For them that shall be converted to God. — Ibid. The Beloved, viz.. Our
changed, L e., for souls happily changed, by being Lord Jesus Christ.
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Beauty of Chrisfs hingdom
2 IV/TY heart hath uttered a good word:
1.T-L Ispeak my works to the king:
My tongue is the pen of a scrivener The church in persecution trusteth
that writeth swiftly.
3 Thou art beautiful above the sons of
men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips;
therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
4 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh,
thou most mighty.
5 With thy comeliness and thy beauty
set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.
Because of truth and meekness and
justice: and thy right hand shall con-
duct thee wonderfully.
6 Thy arrows are sharp: under thee
shall people fall, into the hearts of the
king^s enemies.
7 ^ Thy Throne, God, is for ever and
ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a
scepter of uprightness.
8 Thou hast loved justice and hated
iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness
above thy fellows.
9 Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume
thy garments, from the ivory houses:
out of which 10 the daughters of kings
have delighted thee in thy glory.
The queen stood on thy right hand, in
gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.
11 Hearken, daughter, and see, and
incline thy ear: and forget thy people
and thy father's house.
12 And the king shall greatly desire thy
beauty, for he is the Lord thy God, and
him they shall adore.
13 And the daughters of Tyre with gifts,
yea, all the rich among the people, shall God of Jacob is our protector.
entreat thy countenance.
14 All the glory of the king's daughter
is within in golden borders, 15 clothed
round about with varieties.
After her shall virgins be brought to
the king: her neighbours shall be
brought to thee.
16 They shall be brought with gladness
and rejoicing: they shall be brought into
the temple of the king.
17 Instead of thy fathers, sons are born
to thee: thou shalt make them princes
over all the earth.
18 They shall remember thy name
throughout all generations.
Therefore shall people praise thee for
ever; yea, for ever and ever.
w H«b. 1. 8.
PSALMS God our strength and our protector
PSALM 45.
Deus noster refugium.
in the pro-
tection of God.
1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden.
2 f~\ UR God is our refuge and strength:
V_/ a helper in troubles, which have
found us exceedingly.
3 Therefore we will not fear, when the
earth shall be troubled; and the moun-
tains shall be removed into the heart of
the sea.
4 Their waters roared and were trou-
bled: the mountains were troubled with
his strength.
5 The stream of the river maketh the
city of God joyful: the most High hath
sanctified his own tabernacle.
6 God is in the midst thereof, it shall
not be moved: God will help it in the
morning early.
7 Nations were troubled, and kingdoms
were bowed down: he uttered his voice,
the earth trembled.
8 The Lord of armies is with us: the
God of Jacob is our protector.
9 Come and behold ye the works of the
Lord: what wonders he hath done upon
earth, 10 making wars to cease even to
the end of the earth.
He shall destroy the bow, and break
the weapons: and the shield he shall
burn in the fire.
11 Be still and see that I am God; I will
be exalted among the nations, and I will
be exalted in the earth.
12 The Lord of armies is with us: the
PSALM 46.
Omnes gentes, plaudite.
The Gentiles are invited to prcUse God for the
estahlishment of the kingdom of Christ.
1 Unto the end, for the song of Core.
2 /~\ CLAP your hands, all ye nations:
V-/ shout unto God with the voice of
joy,
3 For the Lord is high, terrible: a great
king over all the earth.
4 He hath subdued the people under
us; and the nations under our feet.
5 He hath chosen for us his inheritance,
the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.
6 y God is ascended with jubilee, and
the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
p 2 Kings 6. 15.
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The enemy defeated and dispersed
7 Sing praises to our God, sing* ye: sing-
praises to our king, sing ye.
8 For God is the king of all the earth:
sing ye wisely.
9 God shall reign over the nations:
God sitteth on his holy throne.
10 The princes of the people are gath-
ered together, with the God of Abra-
ham: for the strong gods of the earth
are exceedingly exalted.
PSALM 47.
Magnus Dominus.
Ood isgreatly to 6e praised for the establish-
ment of his church.
1 A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core,
on the second day of the week.
2 /^ REAT is the Lord, and exceedingly
vJT to be praised in the city of our
God, in his holy mountain.
3 With the joy of the whole earth is
mount Sion founded, on the sides of the
north, the city of the great king.
4 In her houses shall God be known,
when he shall protect her.
5 For behold the kings of the earth as-
sembled themselves: they gathered to-
gether.
6 So they saw, and they wondered, they
were troubled, they were moved: 7 trem-
bling took hold of them.
There were pains as of a woman in
labour. 8 With a vehement wind thou
shalt break in pieces the ships of Thar-
sis.
9 As we have
heard, so have we seen, in
the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city
of our God God hath founded it for ever.
: II He shall not see destruction, when he
10 We have received thy mercy, God,
in the midst of thy temple.
11 According to thy name, God, so
also is thy praise unto the ends of the
earth thy right hand is full of justice.
:
12 Let mount Sion rejoice and the
Psalm 48. Ver. 6. The iniquity
of my
That is, the iniquity of my
steps or ways: or
the iniquity of my pride, with which as with the
heel, I have spurned and kicked at my neigh-
bours or the iniquity of my heel, that is, the
: still continue to labour here, and live to the end
iniquity in which I shall be found In death. The
meaning of this verse is, Why should I now in-
dulge those passions and sinful affections, or
commit now those sins, which will cause me so
much fear and anguish in the evil day when
the sorrows of death shall compass me, and the
perils of hell shall find me?
Ver. 7. They that trust, &c. As much as to
say, let them fear that trust in their strength
or riches for they have great reason to fear
: have left their names on their graves, which
seeing no brother or other man, how much a
friend soever, can by any price or labour rescue
them from death.
:
PSALMS Vanity of earthly riches
daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy
judgments, O Lord.
13 Surround Sion, and encompass her:
tell ye in her towers.
14 Set your hearts on her strength; and
distribute her houses, that ye may relate
it in another generation.
15 For this is God, our God unto eter-
nity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule
us for evermore.
PSALM 48.
Audite haec, omnes gentes.
The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, with-
out thinking of death or hell.
I Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.
2 TTEAR these things, all ye nations:
JLX give ear, all ye inhabitants of the
world.
3 All you that are earthbom, and you
sons of men: both rich and poor together.
4 My mouth shall speak wisdom: and
the meditation of my heart understand-
ing.
5^1 will incline my ear to a parable;
I will open my proposition on the psal-
tery.
6 Whyshall I fear in the evil day ? the
iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
7 They that trust in their own strength,
and glory in the multitude of their riches,
8 No brother can redeem, nor shall man
redeem: he shall not give to God his
ransom.
9 Nor the price of the redemption of his
soul: and shall labour for ever, 10 and
shall still live unto the end.
shall see the wise dying: the senseless
and the fool shall perish together:
And they shall leave their riches to
strangers: 12 and their sepulchres shall
be their houses for ever.
Their dwelling places to all generations:
z Ps. 77. 2 ; Matt. 13. 35.
heel. Ver. 9. And shall labour for ever, &c. This
seems to be a continuation of the foregoing sen-
tence as much as to say no man can by any
:
price or ransom prolong his life, that so he may
of the world. Others understand it of the etern-
al sorrows, and dying life of hell, which is the
dreadful consequence of dying in sin.
Ver. 11. He shall not see destruction, Ac, or
; shall he not see destruction? As much as to say,
however thoughtless he may be of his death, he
must not expect to escape, when even the wise
and the good are not exempt from dying.
Ver. 12. They have called, &c. That is, they
alone remain of their lands.
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The future life PSALMS All things are God*s

they have called their lands by their Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am
names. God, thy God.
13 And man when he was in honour did 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacri-
not understand he is compared to sense- fices and thy burnt offerings are always
; :

less beasts, and is become like to theme in my sight.

14 This way of theirs is a stumbling- 9 I will not take calves out of thy house:
block to them : and afterwards they shall nor he goats out of thy flocks.
delight in their mouth. 10 For all the beasts of the woods aie
15 They are laid in hell like sheep death mine the cattle on the hills, and the ixen.
: :

shall feed upon theme 11 1 know all the fowls of the air', and
And the just shall have dominion over with me is the beauty of the field.
them in the morning; and their help 12 If I should be hungry, I would not
shall decay in hell from their glory. tell thee: for the world is mine, and the
16 But God will redeem my soul from fulness thereof.
the hand of hell, when he shall receive 13 Shall I eat the flesh ol bullocks ? or
me. shall I drink the blood of goats ?
17 Be not thou afraid, when a man shall 14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise:
be made rich, and when the glory of his and pay thy vows to the most High.
Jiouse shall be increased. 15 And call upon me in the day of trou-
18 For when he shall die ho shall take ble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt
nothing away; nor -ihall his glory de- glorify me.
scend with him. 16 But to the sinner God hath said:
19 For in his lifetime his soul will be Why dost thou declare my justices, and
blessed: and he will praise thee when take my covenant in thy mouth ?
thou shalt do well to him. 17 Seeing thou nast hated discipline:
20 He shall go in to the generationp and hast cast my words behind thee.
of his fathers and he shall never see 18 If thou didst see a thief thou didst
:

light. run with him and with adulterers thou

:

f 21 Man when he was in honoui did not hast been a partaker.

understand: he hath been compared to 19 Thy mouth hath abounded with evil,
senseless beasts, and made like to them. and thy tongue framed deceits.
20 Sitting thou didst speak against thy
PSALM 49. brother, and didst lay a scandal against
Deus deorura. thy mother's son: 21 these things hast
The coming of Christ who prefers virtue and in- thou done, and I was silent.
:

ward purity before the blood of victims. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should
1 A psalm for Asaph. be like to thee : hut I will reprove thee,
THE God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and set before thy face.
and he hath called the earth. 22 Understand these things, you that
From the rising of the sun, to the going forget God lest he snatch you away, and
;

down thereof: 2 out of Sion the loveli- there be none to deliver you.
ness of his beauty. 23 The sacrifice of praise shall glorify
8 God shall come manifestly : our God me and : there is the way by which I will
shall come, and
shall not keep silence. shew him the salvation of God.
A fire burn before him: and a,
shall
mighty tempest shall be round about him. PSALM 50.
4 He shall call heaven from above, and Miserere.
the earth, to judge his people. The repentance and confession of David after his
sin. The fourth penitential psalm.
5 Gather ye together his saints to him
1 Unto the end, a psalm of David, 2 when Nathan
Who set his covenant before sacrifices. the prophet came to him, after he had sinned with
6 And the heavens shall declare his jus- Bethsabee. [2 Kings 12.]
tice: for God is judge. 3 TTAVE
mercy on me, O God, accord*
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak XI
ing to thy great mercy.
Ver. 14. They shall delir/ht in their mouth. Not- tion to a new life ; when the just shall judge and
Withstanding the wretched way in which they walk, condemn the wicked» —
Ibid. From th^ir glory.
they shall applaud themselves with their mouths, That is, when their short-lived glory in this world
and glory in their doings. shall be past, and be no mora
Ver. 15. In the morning. That is,m the resurrec-
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David's prayer for pardon PSALMS Malice of the wicked

And according to the multitude of thy PSALM 51.
tender mercies blot out my iniquity, Quid gloriaris.
4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity,
David eondemneth the wickedness of Doeg^ and
and cleanse me from my sin. foretelleth his destruction.
5 For I know my iniquity, and my sin 1 Unto the end, understanding for David, 2 whea
is always before me. Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David wen* :

to the house of Achimelech. [l Kings 22. 9.]

6 To thee only have I sinned, and have
done evil before thee " that thou mayst: 3 TTTHY dost thou glory in mali"^
be justified in thy words, and mayst over- VVthou that art mighty jfn iniquity ?
come when thou art judged. 4 All the day long thy tongue hath de-
7 For behold I was conceived in iniqui- vised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou
ties and in sins did my mother conceive
; hast wrought deceit.
me. 6 Thou hast loved malice more than
8 For behold thou haet loved truth the
: goodness: and iniquity rather than to
uncertain and hidden things of thy wis- speak righteousness.
dom thou hast made manifest to me. 6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin,
9 ^ Thou Shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, O deceitful tongue.
and I shall be cleansed thou shalt wash :7 Therefore will God destroy thee for
me, and I shall be made whiter than ever he will pluck thee out, and remove :

snow. thee from thy dwelUng place and thy :

10 To my hearing thou shalt give joy root out of the land of the living.
and gladness and the bones that have
: 8 The just shall see and fear, and shall
been humbled shall rejoice. laugh at him, and say : 9 Behold the man
11 Turn away thy face from my sins, that made not God his helper
and blot out all my iniquities. But trusted in the abundance of his
12 Create a clean heart in me, O God riches : and prevailed in his vanity.
and renew a right spirit within my bow- 10 But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the
els. house of God, have hoped in the mercy
13 Cast me not away from thy face; and of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.
take not thy holy spirit from me. 11 I will praise thee for ever, because
14 Restore unto me the joy of thy sal- thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy
vation, and strengthen me with a perfect name, for it is good in the sight of thy
spirit. saints.
15 I will teach the unjust thy ways PSALM 52.
and the wicked shall be converted to Dixit insipiens.
thee. The general corruption of man before the comiuff of
16 Dehver me from blood, O God, thou Christ.

God of my salvation: and my tongue I Unto the end, for Maeleth, understandings to
David.
shall extol thy justice.
17 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips : and
my mouth shall declare thy praise. no God.
THE
fool said in his heart: There Ip
^'

18 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I 2 They are corrupted, and become abom*-
would indeed have given it : with burnt inable in iniquities: there i& none that
offerings thou wilt not be delighted. doth good.
19 A
sacrifice to God is an afflicted 3 God looked down from heaven on the
pirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O children of men: to see if there were
God, thou wilt not despise. any that did understand, or did seek
20 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good God.
Will with Sion that the walls of Jerusalem
; 4 ^ All have gone aside, they are become
may be built up. unprofitable together, there is none that
21 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice doth good, no not one.
of justice, oblations and whole burnt 5 Shall not all the workers of iniquity
offerings then shall they lay calves upon
: know, who eat up my
people as they eat
thy altar. bread ?
a Bom. 3. 4.— 6 Lev. 14,; Num. 19. c Ps. 13. 1. — d Rom. 3. 12.

Psalm 52. Veic L Maeletl or Machalath. A musical Instrument, or a chorus of musicians, for
St. Jerome |.^;}ders it, per chorunu
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Prayer for help in distress PSALMS

David betrayed by his own
6 They have not called upon God : there and in wrath they were troublesome to
have they trembled for fear, where there me.
was no fear. 6 My heart is troubled within me and :

For God hath scattered the bones of the fear of death is fallen upon me.
them that please men they have been 6 Fear and trembling are come upon me:
:

confounded, because God hath despised and darkness hath covered me.
them. 7 And I said Who will give me wings :

7 Who will give out of Sion the salva- like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest ?
tion of Israel? when God shall bring back 8 Lo, I have gone far off flying away
the captivity of his people, Jacob shall and I abode in the wilderness.
rejoictt, and Israel shall be glad. 9 I waited for him that hath saved me
from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
PSALM 53. 10 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their
Deus, in nomine tuo. tongues; for I have seen iniquity and
A prayer for help in, distress.
contradiction in the city.
1 Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.
11 Day and night shall iniquity surround
2 When the men of Ziph had come and said to
Saul: Is not David hidden with us? [1 Kings it upon its walls: and in the midst there-
23. 19.] of are labour, 12 and injustice.
3 O AVE me, O God, by thy name, and And usury and deceit have not departed
lO judge me in thy strength. from its streets.
4 O God, hear my prayer : give ear to 13 For if my enemy had reviled me^ T
the words of my mouth. would verily have borne with it.
5 For strangers have risen up against And if he that hated me had spoken
me; and the mighty have sought after great things against me, I would per-
my soul and they have not set God be- haps have hidden myself from him.
:

fore their eyes. 14 But thou a man of one mind, my

6 For behold God is my helper: and the guide, and my familiar.
Lord is the protector of my soul. 15 Who didst take sweetmeats together
7 Turn back the evils upon my enemies with me: in the house of God we walked
;

and cut them off in thy truth. with consent.

8 I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will 16 Let death come upon them, and let
give praise, O God, to thy name ; because them go down alive into hell.
it is good For there is wickedness in their dwell-
9 For thou hast delivered me out of all ings in the midst of them. :

trouble and my eye hath looked down 17 But I have cried to God : and the
:

upon my enemies. Lord will save me.

18 Evening and morning, and at noon I
PSALM 54. will speak and declare and he shall hear :

Exaudi, Deus. my voice.

A prayer of a just man under persecution from the 19 He shall redeem my soul in peace
wicked. It agrees to Christ persecuted by the Jews,
from them that draw near to me for
and betrayed by Judas. :

\ Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.

among many they were with me.
20 God shall hear, and the Eternal shall
2 TTEAR, O God, my prayer, and de- humble them.
X± spise not my supplication 3 be For there is no change with them, and
:

attentive to me and hear me. they have not feared God: 21 he hath
I am grieved in my exercise and am stretched forth his hand to repay.
;

troubled, 4 at the voice of the enemy, They have defiled his covenant, 22 they
and at the tribulation of the sinner. are divided by the wrath of his counte-
For they have cast iniquities upon me nance, and his heart hath drawn near.
:

Ver. God hath scattered the bones, &c. That is,

G.
eous ways of God :but not by way of ill will, or un-
la^od lias brouglit to nothing the
strength of all those charitable curses, which the law of God disallows.
inat seek to please men, to the prejudice of
their Ver. 19. Among inany, &c. That is, they that
fluty to their Maker. drew near to attack me were many in company all
^SALM Ver. 16. Let death, &c. This, and
54. combined to fight against me.
sucn like imprecations which occur in the psalms,
Ver. 22. They are divided. &c. Dispersed, scat*
are delivered prophetically; that is, by way
of fore- tered, and brought to nothing, by the wrath of God:
telling the punishments which shall
fall upon the
wiciiea from divinciustice, and approving
who looks with indignation on their wicked and
the right- deceitful ways.
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Prayer of one in distress PSALMS David praises God for deliverance

His words are smoother than oil, and may please in the sight of God, in tha
the same are darts. light of the living.
23 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he
^

shall sustain thee he shall not suffer the

:
PSALM 66.
just towaver for ever. Miserere mei, Deus.
24 But thou, O God, shalt bring them The prophet prays in his affliction, and jtraisee Ged
for his delivery.
down into the pit of destruction.
1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an In-
Bloody and deceitful men shall not hve scription of a title, when he fled from Saul into
out half their days ; but I will trust in the cave. [1 Kings 24.]
thee, O Lord. 2 AVE mercy on me, O God, have TT
mercy on me: for my soul trust- XI
PSALM 55. eth in thee.
Miserere mei, Deus. And in the shadow of thy wings will I
A prayer of David in danger and distress. hope, until iniquity pass away.
1 Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a 3 I will cry to God the most High ; to
distance from the sanctuary for David, for au in- :

scription of a title i,or pillar) when the Philistines God who hath done good to me.
held him in Geth. 4 He hath sent from heaven and deliv-
2 TT AVE mercy on me, O God, for man ered me I he hath made them a reproach
XI hath trodden me under foot all that trod upon me. ;

the day long he hath afflicted me fighting God hath sent his mercy and his truth,
against me. 5 and he hath deUvered my soul from the
3 My enemies have trodden on me all midst of the young lions. I slept troubled.
the day long; for they are many that The sons of men, whose teeth are wea-
make war against me. pons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp
4 From the height of the day I shall fear sword.
but I will trust in thee. 6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the
5 In God I will praise my words, in God heavens, and thy glory above all the
I have put my trust I will not fear what earth.
:

flesh can do against me. 7 They prepared a snare for my feet;

6 All the day long they detested my and they bowed down my soul.
words all their thoughts were against me They dug a pit before my face, and they
:

unto evil. are fallen into it.

7 They will dwell and hide themselves 8 My heart is ready, O God, my heart is
they will watch my heel. ready : I will sing, and rehearse a psalm,
As they have waited for my soul, 8 for 9 Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and
nothing shalt thou save them in thy an- harp : I will arise early. :

ger thou shalt break the people in pieces. 10 I will give praise to thee, O Lord,
O God, 9 I have declared to thee my among the people I will sing a psalm to :

life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, thee among the nations.
As also in thy promise. 10 Then shall my 11 For thy mercy is magnified even to
enemies be turned back. the heavens: and thy truth unto the
In what day soever I shall call upon clouds.
thee, behold I know thou art God. 12 Be thou exalted, O God, above the
my
11 In God will I praise the word, in the heavens; and thy glory above all the
Lord will I praise his speech. In God earth.
have I hoped, I will not fear what man 57. PSALM .

can do to me.
Si vere utique.
12 In me, O God, are vows to thee,
Lfavid reproveth the wicked, and foretelleth their
which I will pay, praises to thee punishment.
13 Because thou hast delivered my soul 1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an in-
from death, my feet from falling: that I scription of a title.

e Matt. 0. 25 ; Luke 12. 22 ; 1 Peter 5. 7.

Psalm 55. Ver. 4. The heirfht of the dmj. That is,since they lie in wait to ruin my soul, thou shalt
is, even at noonday, when the sun i^ the highest, I for no consideration favour or assist them, but exe-
am still in danger. cute thy justice upon them.
Ver. 5. My words.
The words or promises God Psalm 56. Ver. I. Destroy not. Suffer me iwt
has made in my favour. to be destroyed.
Ver. i £"%* nothing shalt thou save them. That
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Punishment of the wicked PSALMS Confidence in God's protection

2 T"F in very deed you speak
X. judge right things, ye sons of men.
3 For in your heart you work iniquity:
your hands forge injustice in the earth.
4 The wicked are alienated from the
womb, they have gone astray from the
wonA; they have spoken false things.
5 Their madness is according to the like-
ness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that
stoppeth her ears:
6 Which will not hear the voice of the
charmers, nor of the wizard that charm-
eth wisely.
7 God shall break in pieces their teeth
in their mouth the Lord shall break the
:
grinders of the lions.
8 They shall come to nothing, like water
running down; he hath bent his bow till
they be weakened.
justice: 7 They shall return at evening, and shall
suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go
round about the city.
8 Behold they shall speak with their
mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for
who, say they, hath heard us?
9 But thou, Lord, shalt laugh at them:
thou shalt bring all the nations to no-
thing.
10 I will keep my
strength to thee: for
thou art my protector: 11 my God, his
mercy shall prevent me.
12 God shall let me see over my ene-
mies : slay them not, lest at any time my
people forget.
Scatter them by thy power; and bring
them down, Lord, my protector:
13 For the sin of their mouth, and the
word of their lips and let them be taken
:

9 Like wax that melteth they shall be in their pride.

taken away: fire hath fallen on them, And for their cursing and lying they
and they shall not see the sun. shall be talked of, 14 when they are con-
10 Before your thorns could know the sumed: when they are consumed by thy
brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, wrath, and they shall be no more.
in his wrath. And they shall know that God will rule
11 The just shall rejoice when he shall Jacob, and all the ends of the earth.
see the revenge he shall wash his hands
:
15 They shall return at evening and
in the blood of the sinner. shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall
12 And man shall say: If indeed there go round about the city.
be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God 16 They shall be scattered abroad to eat,
that judge th them on the earth. and shall murmur if they be not filled.
17 But I will sing thy strength: and
will extol thy mercy in the morning.
PSALM 58.
For thou art become my support, and
Eripe me.
my refuge, in the day of my trouble.
A prayer to he delivered from the wicked, with con- 18 Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing,
fidence in God's help and protection. It agrees to
Christ and his enemies the Jews. for thou art God my defence my God my :

1 Unto the end, destroy David for an in-

not, for mercy.
scription of a title, when Saul sent and watched
his house to kill him. [IKngs 19.]
PSALM 59.
2 "T^E LIVER me from my enemies, Deus, repiolisti nos.
JlJ my God, and defend me from them After many afflictions, the church of Christ shaU
that rise up against me. prevail.
3 Deliver me from them that work ini- 1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for
quity, and save me from bloody men. the inscription of a title, to David himself, for
doctrine, 2 when he set fire to Mesopotamia of
4 For behold they have caught my soul Syria and Sobal and Joab returned and slew of
;

the mighty have rushed in upon me: Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand
5 Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, men.
Lord: without iniquity have I GOD, thou hast cast us off, and
run, 3/^
and directed my steps. V/ hast destroyed us; thou hast been
6 Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: angry, and hast had mercy on us.
even thou, Lord, the God of hosts, the 4 Thou hast moved the earth, and hast
God of Israel. troubled it heal thou the breaches there-
:

Attend to visit all the nations: have no of, for it has been moved.
mercy on all them that work iniquity. 5 Thou hast shewn thy people hard

^
Psalm
57 Ver. 10. Before your thorns, &c. That Ver. 11. ShaU wash his hands, &c. Shall applaud
IS, before your thorns grow up, so as to become the justice of God, and take occasion from the con-
Btrong briers, they shall be overtaken and consumed sideration of the punishment of the wicked to wash
by divine justice, 8wallowin« them up, as it were, and cleanse his bands from sin.
miive in his torcOh,

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Our help from God
is PSALMS Exhortation to trust in God
things; thou hast made us drink the God: his mercy and truth who shall
wine of sorrow. search?
6 Thou hast given a warning to them 9 So will I sing a psalm to thy name for A
"
that fear thee: that they may flee from ever and ever: that I may pay my vows
before the bow: from day to day.
That thy beloved may be delivered.
7 Save me with thy right hand, and hear PSALM 61.
me. Nonne Deo.
The prophet encourageth himself and all others to
8 God hath spoken in his holy place: I trust in God, and serve hiyn.
will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem; 1 Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David.
and will mete out the vale of tabernacles.
9 Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine; 2 0< HALL not my soul be subject to God?
and Ephraim is the strength of my head. lO for from him is my salvation.
Juda is my king: 10 Moab is the pot of 3 For he is my God and my saviour: he
my hope. is my protector, I shall be moved no
Into Edom will I stretch out my shoe: more.
to me the foreigners are made subject. 4 How long do you rush in upon a man?
11 Who will bring me into the strong you all kill, as if you were thrusting down
city? who will lead me into Edom? a leaning wall, and a tottering fence. j

12 Wilt not thou, God, who hast cast 5 But they have thought to cast away 1
us off? and wilt not thou, God, go out my pride; I ran in thirst: they blessed 1
with our armies? with their mouth, but cursed with their
13 Give us help from trouble: for vain heart.
is the salvation of man. 6 But be thou, my soul, subject to
14 Through God we shall do mightily: God: for from him is my patience.
and he shall bring to nothing them that 7 For he is my God and my saviour: he
afflict us. is my helper, I shall not be moved.
8 In God is my salvation and my glory
PSALM 60. he is the God of my help, and my hope is
in God.
Exaudi, Deus.
9 Trust in him, all ye congregation of
A prayer for the coming of the kingdom of Christ, people pour out your hearts before him.
:
which shall have no end.
God is our helper for ever.
1 Unto the end, in hymns, for David.
10 But vain are the sons of men, the
2TTEAR, God, my supplication: be sons of men are liars in the balances:
Xl attentive to my prayer. that by vanity they may together deceive.
11 Trust not in iniquity, and cover not
3 To thee have I cried from the ends of
the earth when my heart was in anguish, robberies: if riches abound, set not your
:

thou hast exalted me on a rock. heart upon them.

Thou hast conducted me; 4 for thou 12 God hath spoken once, these two
hast been my hope; a tower of strength things have I heard, that power belongeth
against the face of the enemy. to God, 13 and mercy to thee, Lord;
5 In thy tabernacle I shall dwell forever: / for thou wilt render to every man ac-
I shall be protected under the covert of cording to his works.
thy wings.
6 For thou, my God, hast heard my
PSALM 62.
Deus Deus meus, ad te.
prayer: thou hast given an inheritance
The prophet aspireth after God.
to them that fear thy name.
1 A psalm of David when he was in the desert of
7 Thou wilt add days to the days of the Edom.
king: his years even to generation and
generation. 2/^ GOD, my God, to thee do I watch
8 He abideth for ever in the sight of V / at break of day.
/ Matt. 16. 27 ; Rom. 2. 6 ; 1 Cor. 3. 8 ; Gal.6. 5.

Psalm 59. Ver. 10. The pot of my hope: or my Psalm 61. Ver. 10. Are liars in the balances, &c.
watering pot. That is, a vessel for meaner uses by They are so vain and that if they are put into
light, I

being reduced to serve me, even in the meanest em- the scales, they will be found to be of no weight andi ;

—
ployments. Ibid. Foreigners. So the Philistines to be mere lies, deceit, and vanity. Or, They aret
are called, who had no kindred with the Israelites ; liars in their balances, by weighing things by false!
whereas the Edomites, Moabites, &c., were originally weights, and preferring the temporal before thej
of the same family. eternal.
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Thirsting for God PSALMS A hymn of thanksgiving

For thee my soul 7 They have searched after iniquities:
hath thirsted; for
thee my flesh, how many ways!
they have failed in their search.
3 In a desert land, and where there is Man shall come to a deep heart: 8 and
no way, and no water so in the sanctuary God shall be exalted.
:

have I come before thee, to see thy power The arrows of children are their wounds
and thy glory. 9 and their tongues against them are
4 For thy mercy is better than lives: made weak.
thee my lips shall praise. All that sawthem were troubled; 10 and
5 Thus will I bless thee all my life long: every man was afraid.
and in thy name I will lift up my hands.
And they declared the works of God
6 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and understood his doings.
and fatness: and my mouth shall praise 11 The just shall rejoice in the Lord,
thee with joyful lips. and shall hope in him: and all the up-
7 If I have remembered thee upon my right in heart shall be praised.
bed, I will meditate on thee in the morn-
ing: 8 because thou hast been my helper.
And I will rejoice under the covert of PSALM 64.
thy wings: 9 my soul hath stuck close Te decet.
to thee: thy right hand hath received
God is to be praised in his church, to which all
me. nations shall be called.
10 But they have sought my soul in
1 To the end, a psalm of David. The canticle of Jer-
vain, they shall go into the lower parts emias and Ezechiel to the people of the captivity
of the earth: when they began to go out.
11 They shall be delivered into the hands
2 A HYMN, God, becometh thee in
of the sword, they shall be the portions
J\. Sion: and a vow shall be paid to
of foxes.
thee in Jerusalem.
12 But the king shall rejoice in God, all
3 hear my prayer: all flesh shall
they shall be praised that swear by him:
because the mouth is stopped of them
come to thee.
4 The words of the wicked have pre-
that speak wicked things.
vailed over us and thou wilt pardon our:

transgressions.
PSALM 63. 5 Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen
Exaudi Deus orationem. and taken to thee: he shall dwell in thy
courts.
A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God that
he will bring to nought the machinations of per- We shall be filled with the good things
secutors. of thy house; holy is thy temple, 6 won-
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. derful in justice.
HearGod our saviour, who art the
us,
2 XT EAR, my
prayer, when I
God, hope of
the ends of the earth, and in
all
XT make supplication to thee: de- the sea afar off^.
liver my soul from the fear of the enemy. 7 Thou who preparest the mountains by
3 Thou hast protected me from the as- thy strength, being girded with power:
sembly of the malignant; from the mul- 8 who troublest the depth of the sea, the
titude of the workers of iniquity. noise of its waves.
4 For they have whetted their tongues The Gentiles shall be troubled, 9 and
like a sword; they have bent their Idow they that dwell in the uttermost borders
a bitter thing, 5 to shoot in secret the shall be afraid at thy signs: thou shalt
undefiled. make the outgoings of the morning and
6 They will shoot at him on a sudden, of the evening to be joyful.
and will not fear: they are resolute in 10 Thou hast visited the earth, and hast
wickedness. plentifully watered it; thou hast many
They have talked of hiding snares; they ways enriched it.
have said: Who shall see them? The river of God is filled with water,
Psalm 63. Ver. 7. A deep heart. That is, crafty, children's arrows, which can do no execution and
subtle, deep projects and designs, which neverthe-
their tongues, that is, their speeches against them
less shall not succeed, for God shall be exalted in
come to nothing.
bringing them to nought by his wisdom and power. Psalm 64. Ver. 1. Of the captivity. That is the
Ver. 8. The arrows of children are their wounds. people of the
captivity of Babylon. This is not in
That is, the wounds, stripes, or blows they seek to the Hebrew, but is found in the ancient translation
inflict upon the just, are but like the weak efforts of of the Septuagint.
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Exhortation to praise God PSALMS A

prayer of praise
Ihou hast prepared their food i Icor ao is 16 I will offer up to thee holocausts full
Hb preparation. of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams ;

1 Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, I will offer to thee buUockc with goats.
multiply its fruits it shall spring up and
; 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God
rejoice in its showers. and I will tell you what great things he
12 Thou Shalt bless the crown of the hath done for my soul.
year of thy goodness: and thy fields 17 I cried to him with my mouth and 1 :

shall be filled with plenty. extolled him with my tongue.

13 The beautiful places of the wilderness 18 If I have looked at iniquity in my
shall grow fat: and the hills shall be heart, the Lord will not hear me.
girded about with joy, 19 Therefore hath God heard me, and
14 The rams of the flock are clothed, hatb attended to the voice of my suppli-
and the vales shall abound with corn: cation.
they shall shout^ yea they shall sing a 20 Blessed be God, who hath not turned
hymn. away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
PSALM 66.
Jubilate Dea PSALM 66.
An invitation to praise God. Deus misereatur.
I Unto the end, st canticle of a psalm of the resur> A prayer for the propagation of the church
rection. hymns, a psalm of a canticle
I Unto the end, in tog
David.
SHOUT with joy to God, all the earth,
2 sing ye a psalm to his name give
glory to his praise.
3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy
\

M AY God
have mercy on usj and
may he cause the light
bless us :

of his countenance to shine upon us, and

works, O Lord ! in the multitude of thy may he have mercy on us.
strength thy enemies shall lie to thee, 3 That we may know thy way upon
4 Let all the earth adore thee^ and sing earth : thy salvation in all nations.
to thee let it sing a psalm to thy name^
•
4 Let people confess to theOj O God: let
t Come and see the works of God ; who ail people give praise to thee.
Is terrible in his counsels over the sons 6 Let the nations be glad and rejoice;
of men. for thou judgest the people with justice,
6 Who turneth the sea into dry land, in and directest the nations upon earth.
the river they shall pass on footr there 6 Let the people, O God, confess to thee?
shall we rejoice in him^ let all the people give praise to thee ; "
7 Who by his power ruleth for ever: the earth hath yielded her fruit.
his eyes behold the nations : let not May God. our God bless us, 8 may God
them that provoke him be exalted in bless us 3 and all the ends of the earth
themselves. feai him.
8 O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and PSALM 67.
make the voice of his praise to be heard. Exurgat Deus.
9 Who hath set my soul to live? and The glorious establishment of the church of the Jfew\
Testament, prefigured by the benefits bestowed on\
hath not suffered my feet to be moved: the people of Israel»
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou 1 Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David hinuj
hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried. sell
11 Thou hast brought us into a net, 2 T ET God arise, and let his enemii
thou hast laid afflictions on our back: J_J be scattered: and let them thai
12 thou hast set men over our headsc hate him flee from before his face.
Wehave passed through fire and water, 3 As smoke vanisheth, so let them van
and thou hast brought us out into a re- ish away as wax melteth before the fire,
:

freshment. so let the wicked perish at the presence

13 I will go into thy house with burnt of God.
offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 4 And let the just feast, and rejoice be
which my lips have uttered, fore God: and be delighted with glad
And my mout> hath spoken, when I was ness.
In trouble. 5 Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to hi
Psalm 67. Vet , 6.Who ascendeth upon the west, Christ, who after his going down, like the sun. ir tb
Super occas'urr gt Gregory understands it of west, by his passion and deatfe, ascended a»or( gl<
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God's wonders in the desert
name, mako a way for him who ascend-
eth upon the west the Lord is his name.
Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked
shall be troubled at hie presence, 6 who
is the father of orphans, and the judge of
widows-
God in his holy place 7 God who maketh
men of one manner to dwell in a house
Who bringeth out them that were bound
in strength in like manner them that
; of God is a fat mountain.
provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.
8 O God, when thou didst go forth in
the sight of thy people, when thou didst
pass through the desert;
PSALMS Mount Sion is His dwelling place
of the beloved; and the beauty of the
: house shall divide spoils.
14 If you sleep among the midst of lots^
you shall be as the wings of a dove cov-
ered with silver, and the hinder parta of
her back with the paleness of gold.
: 16 When he that is in heaven appoint-
eth kings over her, they shall be whited
with snow in Selmon. 16 The mountain
A curdled mountain, a fat mountain. 17
Why suspect, ye curdled mountains?
A mountain in which God is well pleased
to dwell for there the Lord shall dwell
:

9 The earth was moved, and the heavens unto the end.
dropped at the presence of the God of 18 The chariot of God is attended by ten
Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. thousands thousands of them that re-
;

10 Thou Shalt set aside for thy inherit- joice the Lord is among them in Sina,
:

ance a free rain, O God and it was weak- : in the holy place.
ened, but thou hast made it perfect. 19 Thou hast ascended on high, thou
11 In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy hast led captivity captive thou hast re-
;

sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for ceived gifts in men.

the poor. Yea for those also that do not believe,
12 The Lord shall give the word to them the dwelling of the Lord God.
that preach good tidings with great 20 Blessed be the Lord day by day the :

power. God of our salvation will make our jour-

13 The king of powers is of the beloved, ney prosperous to us.
rious, and carried all before him. St. Jerome ren- The kings of armies have fled, they have fled, and
ders it, who ascendeth, or cometh up, through the she that dwells at home (or the beauty of the house)
'
deserts. shall divide the spoils.
Ver. 7. Of 07ie manner. That is, agreeing in faith, Ver. 14. If you sleep am,ov/f the midst of lots {intei
unanimous in love, and following the same manner medios cleros, &c.), viz., In such dangers and perse,
of discipline. It is verified in the servants of God, cutions, as if your enemies were casting lots for youi
living together in his house, whi;h is the church. goods and persons or in the midst of the lots, (inter
\ Tim. 3. 15. — Ibid. Them that were bound, &c. Tlie
:

medios terminos, as St. Jerome renders it.) that is,

power and mercy of God appears in his bringing out upon the very bounds or borders of the dominions
of their captivity those that were strongly hound in of your enemies: you shall be secure nevertheless
their sins : and in restoring to his grace those whose under the divine protection; and shall be enabled
behaviour had been most provoking; and who by to fly away, like a dove, with glittering wings and
their evil habits were not only dead, but buried in feathers shining like the palest and most precious
their sepulchres. gold; that is, with great increase of virtue, andglov/-
Ver. 10. A free rain. The manna, which rained ing with the fervour of charity.
plentifully from heaven,
favour of God's inherit-
in Ver. 15. Kings over her. That is, pastorr, and
ance, that of his people Israel which ivas weak-
is, : rulers over his church, viz. the apostles and their
ened indeed under a variety of afflictions, but was successors. Then by their ministry shall men be
made perfect by God that is, was still supported by
; made whiter than thf* snow which lies on the top ot
divine providence, and i)rouglit on to the promised the high mountain Selmon.
land. It agrees particularly to the church of Christ, Ver. 16. The mountain of God. The cluirfh,
his true inheritance, which is plentifully watered which, Isa. 2. 2, is called The mountain of the house
with the free rain of heavenly grace and through ; of the Lord, upon the top of mountains. It is hr^re
many infirmities, that is, crosses and tribulations, is called a fat and a, curdled, mountain ; that is tos ly,
m,ade perfect, and fitted for eternal glory. most fruitful, and enriched by the spiritual gifts and
Ver. 11. In it, &c. That is, in this clinrch, which graces of the Holy Ghost.
is thy fold and thy inheritance, shall thy animals, Ver. 17. Why suspect, ye curdled mountains?
thy sheep, dwell, where thou hast plentifully pro- Why do you suppose or imagine there may be any
vided for them. other such curdled mountains ? You are mistaken
Ver. 12. To them that preach good tidings. Evnn- the mountain thus favoured by God is but one and ;

gelizantihus. That is, to the preachers of the gos- this same he has chosen for his dwelling for ever.
pel who receiving the vtord from the Lord, shall
; Ver. 18. 77ie chariot of God, descending to give
with great power and efficacy preach throughout the his law on mount Sina: as also of Jesus Christ hiw
world the glad tidings of a Saviour, and of eternal Son, ascending into heaven, to send from thence the
salvation through him. Holy Ghost, to publish his new law, is attended witl"
Ver. 13. The king of pov)ers. That is, the might- ten thousands, that is with an innumerable inulti
King, the Lord of hosts, is of the heloved, of the he- tude of joyful angels.
loved that is, is en tlie side oi Christ, hit mos,; be-
: Ver. 19. Led. captivity captive. Carrying' away
loved son: and his beautiful house viz., the church, with thee to heaven those wlio l»efore had been the
in which God dwells forever shall by her spiritual captives ^t Satan; and receiving from God the Father
conquests divide the spoils of many nations. The He- :i;if ts to be distributed to men ; ever to those who were
orcxr ^ nnmr lf-.a.nH'
JTGV? (sir, i; now itaod: nnintoH"'
\'.-
pointed; ic 'Hue rendered
is thus :^^T\Ar\r'a.A
before unbelievora.
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TJis triumphs of Israel PSALMS The passion of Christ

21 Our God is the God of salvation and
of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues
from death.
22 But God shall break the heads of his
: Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out
her hands to God.
33 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the
earth sing ye to the Lord
: :

enemies : the hairy crown of them that
walk on in their sins.
23 The Lord said : I will turn them from
Basan, I will turn them into the depth
Sing ye to God, 34 who mounteth above
the heaven of heavens, to the east.
Behold he will give to his voice the
voice of power 35 give ye glory to God
:

of the sea: for Israel, his magnificence, and his power

24 That thy foot may be dipped in the is in the clouds.
blood of thy enemies the tongue of thy
; God is wonderful in his saints the
36 :

dogs be red with the same. God of Israel is he who will give power
25 They have seen thy goings, O God, and strength to his people. Blessed be
the goings of my God of my king who God.
:

is in his sanctuary.
26 Princes went before joined with sing-
PSALM 68.
Salvum me fac, Deus.
ers, in the midst of young damsels play-
Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his
ing on timbrels. sufferings, and the malice of his persecutors the
27 In the churches bless ye God the Jews ; and foretell eth their reprobation.
Lord, from the fountains of Israel. 1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed for ;

28 There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy David.

of mind. 2 C< AVE me, O God : for the waters are

The princes of Juda are their leaders
fche princes of Zabulon, the princes of
Nephthali.
29 Command thy strength, O God con-
firm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us. and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
30 From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings
shall offer presents to thee.
O
come in even unto my soul,
3 I stick fast in the mire of the deep
and there is no sure standing.
: I am come into the depth of the sea
4 I have laboured with crying-, my ]aw8
are become hoarse my eyes have failed,
:

31 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, whilst I hope in my God.

the congregation of bulls with the kine 5 They are multiplied above the hairs of
of the people who seek to exclude them my head, who hate me without cause.
;

who are tried with silver. My enemies are grown strong who have
Scatter thou the nations that delight in wrongfully persecuted me then did I :

wars 32 ambassadors shall come out of pay that which I took not away.
:

Ver. 21. The issues from death. The Lord alone the devils, who hide themselves in order to surprise
Is master of the issues^hy which we may escape from their prey. Or by wild beasts, are here understood
death. persecutors, who, for all their attempts against the
Ver. 23. / will turn them from Basan, &c. I will Church, are but as uea,k reeds, which cannot i)re-
cast out my enemies from their rich possessions, sig- vail against them who are supported by the strength
nified by Basan, a fruitful country and I will drive
; of the Almighty. The same are also called the con-
them into the depth of the sea: and make such a gregation of bulls (from their rage against the
slaughter of them, that the feet of my servants may Church) who assemble together all their kine, that
be dyed in their blood, &c. is, the people their subjects, to exclude if they can,
Ver. 25. Thy goings. Thy ways, thy proceedings, from Christ and his inheritance, his constant con-
by which thou didst formerly take possession of the fessors, who are like silver tried by fire.
promised land in favour of thy people; and shalt Ver. 32. Ambassadors shall come, &c. it is a pro
afterwards of the whole world, which thou shalt phecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, and by name
subdue to thy Son. of the Egyptians and Ethiopians.
Ver. 26. Princes. The apostles, the first convert- Ver. 84. To the east. From mount Olivet, which
ers of nations attended by numbers of perfect souls,
;
is on the east side of Jerusalem. Ibid.— The voice
singing the divine praises, and virgins consecrated to of power. That is, he will make his voice to be a
God. pov:erful voice : by calling from death to life, such as
Ver. 27. From thefountains of Israel. From whom were dead in mortal sin as at the last day he will
:

botli Christ and his apostles sprung. By Benjamin,
tho Iioly fathers on this place understand St. Paul,
wh^ was of that tribe, named here a youth, because
he was the last called to the apostleship. By the
princej of Juda, Zabulon, and Nephthali, we may
understand the other apostles, who were of the tribe
of .Juda; or of the tribes of Zabulon, and Nephthali,
Where our Lord began to preach, Matt. 4. 13, &c.
Ver. 29. Command thy strength. Give orders that
ihy strength may be always with us.
Ver. 31. Rebuke the vjild beasts of the reeds : or
^iiC tvild beasts» wbicli Ua Md in the reeds. That is.
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by the power of his voice call all the dead from their
graves.
Psalm 68. Ver. 1. For them that shall he
changed. Apsalm for Christian converts, to remem*
ber the passion of Christ.
Ver. 2. The waters. Of afiflictions and sorrows.
My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Matt. 26. 38.
Ver. 5. / pay that which I took not away. Christ
in his passion made restitution of what he had not
taken away, by suffering the punishment due to
our sins, and so repairing the injury we had done tO
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The 'passion of Christ PSALMS Punishme nt of the persecutors

6 O God, thou knowest my
foolishness erall for my food,
22 And they gave me gall :
;
food.
*

and offences are not hidden from and in my thirst they gave me vinegar
my
thee: to drink.
7 Let not them be ashamed for me, who 23-^ Let their table become as a snare
look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. before them, and a recompense, and a
Let them not be confounded on my ac- stumblingblock.
count, who seek thee, O God of Israel. 24 Let their eyes be darkened that they
8 Because for thy sake I have borne re- see not and their back bend thou down
;

proach shame hath covered my face.

; always.
9 I am become a stranger to my bre- 25 Pour out thy indignation upon them :

thren, and an alien to the sons of my and let thy wrathful anger take hold of
mother. them.
10 s'For the zeal of thy house hath 26 Let their habitation be made deso-
'^

eaten me up: ^and the reproaches of late and let there be none to dwell in
:

them that reproached thee are fallen their tabernacles.

upon me. 27 Because they have persecuted him
11 And I covered my soul in fasting: whom thou hast smitten ;and they have
and it was made a reproach to me. added to the grief of my wounds.
12 made haircloth my garment
And I 28 Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity:
and I became a byword to them. and let them not come into thy jus-
13 They that sat in the gate spoke tice.
against me and they that drank wine
: 29 Let them be blotted out of the book
made me their song. of the living and with the just let them ;

1 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, not be written.

Lord for the time of thy good plea- 30 But I am poor and sorrowful thy
;
:

sure, O God. salvation, O God, hath set me up.

In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, 31 I will praise the name of God with a
in the truth of thy salvation. canticle and I will magnify him with :

15 Draw me out of the mire, that I may praise.

not stick fast: deliver me from them 32 And it shall please God better than
that hate me, and out of the deep waters. a young calf, that bringeth forth horns
16 Let not the tempest of water drown and hoofs.
me, nor the deep swallow me up and let : 33 Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye
not the pit shut her mouth upon me. God, and your soul shall live.
17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is 34 For the Lord hath heard the poor
kind; look upon me according to the and hath not despised his prisoners.
multitude of thy tender mercies. 35 Let the heavens and the earth praise
18 And turn not away thy face from him the sea, and every thing that creep-
;

thy servant for I am in trouble, hear me

: eth therein.
speedily. 36 For God will save Sion, and the cities
19 Attend to my soul, and deliver it of Juda shall be built up.
save me because of my enemies. And they shall dwell there, and acquire
20 Thou knowest my reproach, and my it by inheritance.
confusion, and my shame. 37 And the seed of his servants shall
21 In thy sight are all they that afflict possess it and they that love his name ;

me my heart hath expected reproach shall dwell therein.

;

and misery.
And I looked for one that would grieve PSALM 69.
together with me, but there was none Deus in adjutorium.
:

and for one that would comfort me, and A prayer in persecution.
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to re.
1 found none. membrance that the Lord saved him.
g John 2. 17. — h Rom. 15. 3. i Matt. 27. 48. —j Rom. 11. 9. — fc Acts 1. 20.

Ver.6. My foolishness and my offences : which wretched state to which the Jews should be reduced
my enemies impute to me or the follies and sins of
: in punishment of their wilful obstinacy.
men, which I have taken upon myself. Ver. 36. Sion. The catholic church. The cities of
Ver. 23. Let their table, &c. What here follows in Juda, &c., her places of worship, which shall be es-
the style of an imprecation, is a prophecy of the tablished throughout the world. And there, viz., in
this church of Christ, shall his servants dwell, &c.

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Prayer for God*s protection PS\LMS Prayer for God^s protection

z /'^ GOD, come to my assistance; O 11 Saying! God hath forsaken him: pur-
\J make
haste to help me.
Lord, sue and take him, for there is none to
3 Let them be confounded and asharaed deliver him.
that seek my soul 12 O God, be not thou far from me: O
4 Let them be turned backward, and my God, make haste to my help.
blush for shame that desire evils to me 13 Let them be confounded and come to
:

Let them be presently turned away nothing that detract my soul let them ;

blushing for shame that say to me 'T is be covered with confusion and shame that
:

well, 'tis well. seek my hurt.

5 Let all that seek thee rejoice and be 14 But I will always hope ; and will add
glad in thee and let such as love thy sal- to all thy praise.
;

vation say always The Lord be magnified.

: 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy jus-
6 But I am needy and poor O God, help tice ; thy salvation all the day long.
;

me. Because I have not known learning, 161

Thou art my helper and my deliverer will enter into the powers of the Lord:
Lord, make no delay. O Lord, I will be mindful of thy justice
alone.
PSALM 70. 17 Thou hast taught me, O God, from
In te, Domine. my youth : and till now I will declare thy
A prayer for perseverance. wonderful works.
1 A psalm for David. Of the sons of Jonadab, and 18 And unto old age and grey hairs: O
the former captives.
God, forsake me not.
thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me Until I shew forth thy arm to all the
INnever be put to confusion 2 deliver : generation that is to come
me and rescue me.
in thy justice, Thy power, 19 and thy justice, O God,
Incline thy ear unto me, and save me. even to the highest great things thou
3 Be thou unto me a God, a protector, hast done O God, who is like to thee ? :

and a place of strength that thou mayst 20 How great troubles hast thou shewn
:

make me safe. me, many and grievous and turning thou :

For thou art my firmament and my hast brought me to life, and hast brought
refuge. me back again from the depths of the
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand earth
of the sinner, and out of the hand of the 21 Thou hast multiplied thy magnifi-
transgressor of the law and of the unjust. cence and turning to me thou hast com- ;

5 For thou art my patience, O Lord my forted me. :

hope, O Lord, from my youth. 22 For I will also confess to thee thy
6 By thee have I been confirmed from truth with the instruments of psaltery
the womb from my mother's womb thou O God, I will sing to thee with the harp,
:

art my protector. thou holy one of Israel.

Of thee shall I continually sing : 7 I am 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice, when I
become unto many as a wonder, but thou shall sing to thee; and soul which my
art a strong helper. thou hast redeemed.
8 Let my mouth be filled with praise, 24 Yea and my tongue shall meditate on
that I may sing thy glory thy greatness thy justice all the day when they shall
; ;

all the day long. be confounded and put to shame that

9 Cast me not off in the time of old age: seek evils to me.
when my strength shall fail, do not thou
forsake me.
PSALM 71.
Deus, judicium tuum.
10 For my enemies have spoken against
me and they that watched my soul have Adorn
;
prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his king'
prefigured by Solomon and his happy reign.
:

consulted together. 1 A psalm on Solomon.

Psalm 69. Ver. 4. ^Tis well, ^tis well, Euge, psalm was usually sung in the synagogue, in the
eufjp. St. Jerome renders it, vah, vahf which is the person of the Rechabites, and of those who were first
voice of one insulting and deriding. Some under- carried away into captivity.
stand as a detestation of deceitful flatterers.
it Ver. 15. Learning. As much as to say, I build
Psalm 70. Ver. l. Of the sons of Jonadab. The not upon human learning, but only on the power and
Rechabites, of whom see Jer. 35. By this addition justice of Go(L
of the seventy-two interpreters, we gather that this

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A prayer for the king's son PSALMS Temporal prosperity of the wicked
2 /^ IVE to the king thy judgment, O 18 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
VT God: and to the king's son thy who alone doth wonderful things.
justice 19 And blessed be the name of his maj-
To judge thy people with justice, and esty for ever: and the whole earth shall be
thy poor with judgment. filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.
3 Let the mountains receive peace for 20 The praises of David, the son of Jesse,
the people and the hills justice.
: are ended.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people,
and he shall save the children of the
PSALM 72.
Quani bonus Israel Deus.
poor and he shall humble the oppressor.
:

The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prO'

5 And he shall continue with the sun,
and before the moon, throughout all gen-
erations.
6 He shall come down like lain upon
the fleece ; and as showers falling gently
upon the earth.
sperity of the wicked, is overcome by the considera-
tion of the justice of God, who will quickly render
to every one according to his works.
1 A psalm for Asaph.
that are of a right heart
HOW
good is God to Israel, to them
I

7 In his days shall justice spring up, and 2 But feet were almost moved my my ;

abundance of peace, till the moon be steps had wellnigh shpped.

taken away. 3 Because I had a zeal on occasion of
8 And he shall rule from sea to sea, and the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sin-
from the river unto the ends of the earth. ners.
9 Before him the Ethiopians shall fall 4 For there is no regard to their death,
down: and his enemies shall lick the nor 18 there strength in their stripes.
ground. 6 They are not in the labour of men?
10 The kings of Tharsis and the islands neither shall they be scourged like othefr
shall offer presents: the kings of the men.
Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts 6 Therefore pride hath held them fast:
11 And all kings of the earth shall adore they are covered with their iniquity and
him all nations shall serve him.
: their wickedness.
12 For he shall deliver the poor from the 7 Their iniquity hath come forth, as it
mighty and the needy that had no helper. were from fatness: they have passed into
:

13 He shall spare the poor and needy the affection of the heart.
and he shall save the souls of the poor. 8 They have thought and spoken wick-
14 He shall redeem their souls from edness: they have spoken iniquity on
usuries and iniquity and their names high. :

shall be honourable in his sight. 9 They have set their mouth asjainst
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be heaven : and their tongue hath passed
given of the gold of Arabia, for him they through the earth.
shall always adore : they shall bless him 10 Therefore will people return here my
all the day. and full days shall be found in them.
16 And there shall be a firmament on 11 And they said: doth God knowf How
the earth on the tops of mountains, above and is there knowledge in the most
Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted High?
and they of the city shall flourish like the 12 Behold these are sinners ; and yet
grass of the earth. abounding in the world they have ob-
17 Let his name be blessed for evermore tained riches.
his name continueth before the sun. 13 And I said Then have I in vain jus- :

And in him shall all the tribes of the tified heart, and washed my
hands my
earth be blessed : all nations shall mag- among the innocent.
nify him. 14 And I have been scourged all the day
Psalm 71. Ver. 16. A firmament on the earth, in their iniquity and made them give themselves up
:

&c. This may

be understood of the church of Christ, to their irregular affections.
«^ver firm and visible and of the flourishing condi-
: Ver. 10. Return herf ; or hither. The weak among
tion of congregation.
its the servants of God, will be apt often to return to
Ver. 20. Are ended. By this it appears that this this thought, and will he shocked when they consider
Esalm, though placed here, was order of time the m the/w^i rfCTi/s,that is, the long and prosperous life of
ist of those which David composed. the wicked; and will l)e tempted to make the reflec-
Psalm 72. Ver. 7. Fatness. Abundance and tions against providence which are set down in tbe
temporal prosperity, which hath encouraged them following verses.
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The wicked are brought to naught PSALMS A prayer in time of persecution

and my chastisement hath been in the GOD, why hast thou cast us off unto
mornings. the end why is thy wrath enkindled :

15 If I said I will speak thus behold against the sheep of thy pasture ?
: ;

T should condemn the generation of thy 2 Remember thy congregation, which

children. thou hast possessed from the beginning.
16 I studied that I might know this The sceptre of thy inheritance which
thing, it is a labour in my sight thou hast redeemed : mount Sion in
17 Until I go into the sanctuary of God, which thou hast dwelt.
and understand concerning their last 3 Lift up thy hands against their pride
ends. unto the end see what things the enemy ;

18 But indeed for deceits thou hast put hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
it to them: when they were lifted up 4 And they that hate thee have made
thou hast cast them down. their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity.
19 How are they brought to desolation? They have set up their ensigns for signs,
they have suddenly ceased to be: they 5 and they knew not both in the going
have perished by reason of their iniquity. out and on the highest top.
20 As the dream of them that awake, As with axes in a wood of trees, 6 they
Lord so in thy city thou shalt bring have cut down at once the gates thereof,
;

their image to nothing. with axe and hatchet they have brought
21 For my heart hath been inflamed, it down.
and my reins have been changed: 22 and 7 ^ They have set fire to thy sanctuary
1 am brought to nothing, and I knew not. they have defiled the dwelUng place of
23 I am become as a beast before thee thy name on the earth. :

and I am always with thee. 8 They said in their heart, the whole kin-
24 Thou hast held me by my right hand dred of them together: Let us aboUsh all
and by thy will thou hast conducted me, the festival days of God from the land.
and with thy glory thou hast received 9 Our signs we have not seen, there is
me. now no prophet: and he will know us no
25 For what have I in heaven ? and be- more.
sides thee what do I desire upon earth ? 10 How long, O God, shall the enemy
26 For thee my flesh and my heart hath reproach: is the adversary to provoke
fainted away thou art the God of my thy name for ever ?
:

heart, and the God that is my portion for 11 Why dost thou turn away thy hand
ever. and thy right hand out of the midst of
27 For behold they that go far from thy bosom for ever ?
thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed 12 "* But God is our king before ages
all them that are disloyal to thee. he hath wrought salvation in the midst of
28 But it is good for me to adhere to the earth.
my God, to put my hope in the Lord 13 Thou by thy strength didst make
God: the sea firm thou didst crush the heads :

That I may declare all thy praises, in of the dragons in the waters.
the gates of the daughter of Sion. 14 Thou hast broken the heads of the
dragon thou hast given him to be meat :

PSALM 73. for the people of the Ethiopians.

Ut quid, Deus. 15 Thou hast broken up the fountains
A prayer of the church under (grievous persecutions. and the torrents: thou hast dried up the
1 Understanding for Asaph. Ethan rivers.
1 4 Kings 25. 9. m Luke 1. 08.

Ver. 15.// / said, &c. That is, if I should indulge of the Machabees, and the profanation of the temple
such thoughts as these. by Antiochus.
Ver. 18. Thou hast put it to them,. In punishment Ver. 13. The sea firm. By making the waters of
of their deceits, or for deceiving them, thou hast the Red Sea stand like firm walls, whilst Israel
brought evils upon them in their last end, which, in passed through and destroying the Egyptians
:

their prosperity they never apprehended.
Psalm 73. Ver, 4. Their ensigns, &c. They have
fixed their colours for signs and trophies, both on the
gates, and on the highest top of the temple and they
knew not, that is, they regarded not the sanctity of
the place. This psalm maDilestly foretells the time
called here dragons from their cruelty, in the same
waters, with their king; casting up their bodies on
the shore to be stripped by the Ethiopians inhabiting
: in those days the coast of Arabia.
Ver. 15. Ethan rivers. That is, rivers which run
with strong streams. This was verified in Jordaiii
Jos. 3, and in Arnon, Num. 21. 14.

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God will judge the wicked PSALMS God protects Israel

16 Thine is the day, and thine is the lifteth up : 9 for in the hand of the Lord
night thou hast made the morning light
: there is a cup of strong wine full of mix-
and the sun. ture.
17 Thou hast made all the borders of the And he hath poured it out from this to
earth the summer and the spring were
: that: but the dregs thereof are not emp-
formed by thee. tied: all the sinners of the earth shall
18 Remember this, the enemy hath re- drink.
proached the Lord and a foolish people
: 10 But I will declare forever: I wiW sing
hath provoked thy name. to the God of Jacob.
19 Deliver not up to beasts the souls 11 And I will break all the horns of sin-
that confess to thee: and forget not to ners : but the horns of the just shall be
the end the souls of thy poor. exalted.
20 Have regard to thy covenant for
they that are the obscure of the earth have
:
PSALM 75.
Notus in Judaea.
been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
2^. Let not the humble be turned away
God is known in his church and exerts his power
:

in protecting it. It alludes to the slaughter of the

With confusion the poor and needy shall
: Assyrians, in the days of king Ezechias.
praise thy name. 1 Unto the end, in praises, a psalm for Asaph a :

22 Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: canticle to the Assyrians.

remember thy reproaches with which the 2 TN

Judea God is known his name is :

foolish man hath reproached thee all the J_ great in Israel.

day. 3 And his place is in peace and his :

23 Forget not the voices of thy enemies abode in Sion

:

the pride of them that hate thee ascend- 4 There hath he broken the powers of
eth continually. bows, the shield, the sword, and the bat-
tle.
PSALM 74.
5 Thou enlightenest wonderfully from
Confitebimur tibi.
the everlasting hills. 6 All the foolish of
There is a just judgment to come: therefore let the
wicked take care. heart were troubled.
1 Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle They have slept their sleep and all the ;

for Asaph. men of riches have found nothing in

2 TXTE will praise thee, O God: we will their hands.
VV praise, and we will call upon thy 7 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they
name. have all slumbered that mounted on
We will relate thy wondrous works : 3 horseback.
when I shall take a time, I will judge jus- 8 Thou art terrible, and who shall resist
tices. thee ? from that time thy wrath.
4 The earth is melted, and all that dwell 9 Thou hast caused judgment to be
therein: I have established the pillars heard from heaven : the earth trembled
thereof. and was still,
6 I said to the wicked : Do not act wick- 10 When God arose in judgment, to
edly and to the sinners
: : Lift not up the save the meek of the earth.
all
horn. 11 For the thought of man shall give
6 Lift not up your horn on high : speak praise to thee and the remainders of
:

not iniquity against God.
7 For neither from the east, nor from
the west, nor from the desert hills : 8 for
God is the judge.
One he putteth down, and another he
Ver. 20. The obscure of the earth. Mean and igno-
ble wretches have been filled, that is, enriched, with
houses of iniquity, that is, with our estates and pos-
sessions, which they Jiave unjustly acquired.
Psalm 74. Ver. 1, Corr^tpt not. It is believed
to have been the beginning of some ode or hymn, to
the tune of which this psalm was to be sung. St.
Augustine and other fathers take it to be an admo-
nition of the spirit of God, not to faint or fail in our
bope: but to persevere with constaQcy in good: be>
the thought shall keep holiday to thee.
12 Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your
God: all you that are round about him
bring presents.
To him that is terrible, 13 even to him
cause God will not fail in his due time to render to
every man according to his works.
Ver. 3. When I shall take a time. In proper
times : particularly at the last day, when the earth
shall melt away at the presence of the great Judge:
the same who originally laid the foundations of it,
and as It were ostablished its pillars.
Psalm 75. Ver. 8. From that time, &c. From
the cime that thy wrath shall break out
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A prayer God in adversity

to PSALMS God's dealings with Israel
who taketh away the spirit ofprinces: For thy arrows pass: 19 the voice of
to the tenible with the kings of the thy thunder in a wheel.
earth. Thy lightnings enlightened the world:
PSALM 76. the earth shook and trembled.
Voce mea. 20 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths
The faithful have recourse to God in trouble of in many waters and thy footsteps shall
:

mind, with confidence in his mercy and power. not be known.

1 Unto the end, for Iditbun, a psalm of Asaph. 21 '^Thou hast conducted thy people
2 T CRIED to the Lord with my voice like sheep, by the hand of Moses and
X to God with my voice, and he gave Aaron.
ear to me. PSALM 77.
3 In the day of my trouble I sought God, Attendlte.
with my hands lifted up to him in the Ood>8 great benefits to the people of Israel^ notwUh^
night, and I was not deceived. standing their ingratitude,
My soul refused to be comforted: 4 I 1 Understanding for Asaph.

remembered God, and was delighted, and ATTEND, O my people, to my law:

was exercised, and my spirit swooned J\. incline your ears to the words of
away. my mouth.
5 My eyes prevented the watches: I 2 I will open my mouth in parables: 1
was troubled, and I spoke not. will utter propositions from the begin-
6 I thought upon the days of old and I ning.
:

had in my mind the eternal years. 3 How great things have we heard and
7 And I meditated in the night with my known, and our fathers have told us.
own heart: and I was exercised and I 4 They have not been hidden from their
swept my spirit. children, in another generation.
8 Will God then cast off for ever? or Declaring the praises of the Lord, and
will he never be more favourable again ? his powers, and his wonders which he
9 Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, hath done.
from generation to generation ? 5 And he set up a testimony in Jacob:
10 Or will God forget to shew mercy? and made a law in Israel.
or will he in his anger shut up his How great things he commanded our
mercies ? fathersj that they should make the same
11 And I said. Now have I begun: this known to their children. 6 That another
is the change of the right hand of the generation might know them.
most High. The children that should be born and
12 I remembered the works of the should rise up, and declare them to their
Lord for I will be mindful of thy won- children.
:

ders from the beginning. 7 That they may put their hope in God
13 And I will meditate on all thy and may not forget the works of God
works and will be employed in thy in- and may seek his commandments.
:

ventions. 8 That they may not become like their

14 Thy way, O God, is in the holy place : fathers, a perverse and exasperating gen
who is the great God like our God ? 15 oration.
Thou art the God that dost wonders. A generation that set not their heart
Thou hast made thy power known aright and whose spirit was not faith-
:

among the nations: 16 with thy arm thou ful to God.

hast redeemed thy people the children 9 The sons of Ephraim who bend and
of Jacob and of Joseph. shoot with the bow: they have turned
17 The waters saw thee, O God, the back in the day of battle.
waters saw thee and they were afraid, 10 They kept not the covenant of God:
:

iind the depths were troubled. and in his law they would not walk.
18 Great was the noise of the waters 11 And they forgot his benefits, and hii
the clouds sent out a sound. wonders that he had shewn them.
n Ex. 14. 29.

Psalm 77. Ver. 2. Propositions. Deep and mys- psalm, were deep and mysterious : as being figure.'
terious sayings. By this it appears that the histor- of great truths appertaining to the time oi the llevj
ical facts of ancient times, commemorated in this Testament.
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The wonders in the desert PSALMS The plagues of Egypt

12 Wonderful things did ha do in the mouth : 31 tnd the wrath of God came
light of their fathers, in the land of upon them.
"Egypu, in the field of Tanis And he slew the fat ones amongst them,
13 ® He divided the sea and brought and brought down the chosen men of
them through: and ha mads the waters Israel.
io stand as in a vessel 32 In all these things they sinned still
14 And he conducted them with a cloud and they believed not for his wondrous
by day : and
the night with a light of works.
all
fire. 33 And their days were consumed in
15 P He struck the rock in the wilder- vanity, and their years in haste.
ness; and gave them to drink, as out of 34 When he slew them, then they sought
the great deep. him and they returned, and came to ;

16 He brought forth water out of the him early in the morning.

cock: and made streams run down as 35 And they remembered that 3od was
rivers. their helper: and the most high God
17 And they added yet more sin against their redeemer.
him they provoked the most High to 36 And they loved him with their mouth
wrath in the place without water. and with their tongue they lied unto him
18 And they tempted God in their 37 But their heart was not right with
hearts, by asking meat for their desires. him: nor were they counted faithful
19 And they spoke ill of God they in his covenant. ;

said: Can God furnish a table in the 38 But he is merciful, and will forgive
wilderness ? their sins and will not destroy them. :

20 Because he struck the rock, and the And many a time did he turn away his
waters gushed out, and the streams anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.
overflowed. 39 And he remembered that they are
Can he also give breads or provide a flesh : a wind that goeth and returneth
table for his people ? not.
21 Therefore the Lord heard, and was
'^
40 How often did they provoke him in
angry: and a fire was kindled against the desert and move him to wrath in the :

Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel. place without water?

22 Because they believed not in God: 41 And they turned back and tempted
and trusted not in his salvation. God and grieved the holy one of Israel.
:

23 And he had commanded the clouds 42 They remembered not his hand, in
from above, and had opened the doors of the day that he redeemed them from the
heaven. hand of him that afflicted them
24 ^ And had rained down manna upon 43 How he wrought his signs in Egypt,
them to eat, and had given them the and his wonders in the field of Tanis.
bread of heaven. 44 ''And he turned their rivers into
25 ' Man ate the bread of angels he blood, and their showers that they might
;

oent them provisions in abundance. not drink.

26 * He removed the south wind from 45 ^ He sent amongst them divers sorts
heaven: and by his power brought in of flies, which devoured them; *and
the southwest wind. frogs which destroyed them.
27 And he rained upon them flesh as 46 ^ And he gave up their fruits to the
duet; and feathered fowls like as the blast, and their labours to the locust.
jand of the sea. 47 ^ And he destroyed their vineyards
2S And they fell in the midst of their with hail, and their mulberry trees with
camp, round about their pavilions. hoarfrost.
29 So they did eat, and were filled ex- 48 And he gave up their cattle to the
ceedingly, and he gave them their de- hail, and their stock to the fire.
sire 30 they were not defrauded of that
: 49 And he sent upon them the wrath of
which they craved. his indignation indignation and wrath :

"As yet their meat was in their and crouble, which he sent by evil angels.
O Ex. 14. 22. — V Ex. 17 -J Ps. 104 41 u Num 11. 33.— ?; Ex. 7. 20.
Num. IL L — r Ex. 16. 4; Num. U. 7. w Ex. S. 24. —X Ex. 3. 6.
• Johns St-. 1 Cor l&&- « Num u n
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IsraeVs ingratitude punished PSALMS Prayer against enemies of Israel

60 Ho made a way for a path to his Joseph; and chose not the tribe of
anger: he spaced not their souls from Ephraim
death, and their cattle he shut up in 68 But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount
death. Sion which he loved.
61 ® And he killed all the firstborn in 69 And he built his sanctuary as of uni-
the land of Egypt the flretfruits
-,
of aD corns, in the land which he founded for
their labour in the tabernacles of Cham. ever.
62 And he took away his own people as 70 And he chose his servant David, and
sheep: and guided them in the wilder- took him from the flocks of sheep: he
ness Mke a flock. brought him from following the ewee
63 And he brought them out in hope, great with young,
and they feared not: ^and the sea over- 71 To feed Jacob his servant, and Israel
whelmed their enemies. his inheritance.
64 And he brought them into the moun- 72 And he fed them in the innocence of
tain of his sanctuary: the mountain which his heart: and conducted them by the
his right hand had purchased. skilfulness of his hands.
^And he cast out the Gentiles before
them: and by lot divided to them their PSALM 78
land by a line of distribution. Deus. venerunt gentes.
65 And he ma de the tribes of Israel to The church in time of persecution pray eth for relitf.
dweE in their tabernacles. It seems to belong to the time of the Machabees.
66 Yet they tempted, and provoked the I A psalm for Asaph.

mosu high God: and they kept not his
testimonies.
67 And they turned away, and kept not
the covenant: even like their fathers
they were turned aside as a crooked bow.
68 They provoked him to anger on their
hills: and moved him to jealousy with
their graven things.
69 God heard, and despised them^ and he
reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to
nothing.
60 ^ And he put away the tabernacle of
Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among
men.
61 And he delivered their strength into
captivity: and their beauty into the
hands of the enemy,
62 And he shut up his pec pie under the
Bword: and he despised his inheritance.
63 Fire consumed their young men: and
their maidens were not lamented.
64 Their priests fell by the sword : and
their widows did not mourn.
65 And the Lord was awaked as one out
OGOD, the heathens are come into thy
inheritance, they have defiled thy
holy temple : they have made Jerusalem
as a place to keep fruit.
2 They have given the dead bodies ot
thy servants to be meat for the fowls of
the air: the flesh of thy saints for the
beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood as
water, round about Jerusalem, and there
was none to bury them.
4 We are become a reproach to our
neighbours : a scorn and dcision to them
that are round about us.
6 How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry
for ever : shall thy zeal be kindled like a
fire?
6 ® Pour outthy wrath upon the nations
that have not known thee: and upon the
kingdoms that have not called upon thj
name.
7 Because they have devoured Jacob;
and have laid waste his place.
8 -^Remember not our former iniquities *

cf sleep, and like a mighty man tliat hath let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for
been surfeited with wine. we are become exceeding poor.
66 And he smote his enemies on the 9 Help us, O God, our saviour and for r

hinder parts: he put them to an ever- the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver
lasting reproach. us and forgive us our sins for thy name's
:

67 And he rejected the tabernacle of sake:

a Ex. 12. 29. — b Ex. 14. 27. d 1 Kings 4. 4 ; Jer. 7. 12, 14, and 26. 6.
I, Jos. 13. 6 and 7. e Jer. 10. 25.—/ Isa. 64. 9.

Ver. 69. As of unicorns. That is, firm and strong ing the firm establishment of the one, true, and ever
Kke the horn of the unicorn. This is one of the lasting sanctuary of God, in his church.
cbiefest of the "propositions of this psalm» foreshew»

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 Prayer for salvation from the enemy PSALMS Song of praise to God ou r Helper
10 Lest they should say among
amonsr the Gen
Gen- and the branches thereof the cedars of
tiles:Where is their God? And let him God.
be made known among the nations before 12 It stretched forth its branches unto
our eyes. the sea, and its boughs unto the river.
By the revenging the blood of thy ser- 13 Why hast thou broken down the
vants, which hath been shed: 11 let the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass
sighing of the prisoners come in before by the way do pluck it?
thee. 14 The boar out of the wood hath laid it
According to the greatness of thy arm, waste: and a singular wild beast hath
take possession of the children of them devoured it.
that have been put to death. 15 Turn again, God of hosts, look
12 And render to our neighbours seven- down from heaven
and see, and visit
fold in their bosom: the reproach where-
this vineyard:
with they have reproached thee, Lord.
16 And perfect the same which thy
13 But we thy people, and the sheep of
right hand hath planted: and upon the
thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for
son of man whom thou hast confirmed
ever.
for thyself.
We shew forth thy
will praise, unto
17 Things set on fire and dug down
generation and generation.
shall perish at the rebuke of thy coun-
tenance.
PSALM 79.
Qui regis Israel.
18 Let thy hand be upon the man of
A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemo- thy right hand and upon the son of man
:

rating God's former favours. whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed a 19 And we depart not from thee, thou
testimony for Asaph, a psalm. shalt quicken us: and we will call upon
2/^^ IVE ear, thou that rulest Israel: thy name.
VJ" thou that leadest Joseph like a 20 Lord God of hosts, convert us:
sheep. and shew thy face, and we shall be
Thou that sittestupon the cherubims, saved.
shine forth 3 before Ephraim, Benjamin, PSALM 80.
and Manasses. Exultate Deo.
Stir up thy might, and come to save us. An invitation to a solem,n praising of God.
4 Convert us, God: and shew us thy 1 Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for
face, and we shall be saved. Asaph himself.
5 Lord God of hosts, how long wilt 2 TJ EJOICE to God our helper: sing
thou be angry against the prayer of thy
J\^ aloud to the God of Jacob.
servant? 3 Take a psalm, and bring hither the tim-
6 How long wilt thou feed us with the brel the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
:

bread of tears and give us for our drink

:
4 Blow up the trumpet on the new moon,
tears in measure? on the noted day of your solemnity.
7 Thou hast made us to be a contradic- 5 For it is a commandment in Israel,
tion to our neighbours and our enemies and a judgment to the God
:
of Jacob.
have scoffed at us. 6 9 He ordained it for a testimony in
8 God of hosts, convert us: and shew Joseph, when he came out of the land of
thy face, and we shall be saved. Egypt he heard a tongue which he knew
:

9 Thou has brought a vineyard out of not.

Egypt: thou hast cast out the Gentiles 7 He removed his back from the bur-
and planted it. dens: his hands had served in baskets.
10 Thou wast the guide of its journey in 8 Thou calledst upon me in affliction,
its sight: thou plantedst the roots there- and I delivered thee: I heard thee in
of, and it filled the land. the secret place of tempest: ^I proved
11 The shadow of it covered the hills: thee at the waters of contradiction.

g Gen. 41. 29. A Ex. 17. 5.

Psalm 79. Ver, 17. Things set on fire, &c. So
this vineyard of thine, almost consumed already,
must perishj if thou continue thy rebukes.
Ver. lb. The man of thy right hand. Christ.
Psalm 49, V«r* 1. For the toinepressea, &c., tor-
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cularibris. It either signifies a musical instrument,
or that this psalm was to be sung at the feast of the
tabernacles after the gathering in of the vintage.
Ver. 8. In the secret place of tempest. Heb., Of
thunder. When thou soughtest to hide thyself from
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Against unjust judges PSALMS Prayer for help against the enemy
9 Hear, O my people, and I will testify 3 For io, thy enemdes have made !i
to thee O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to noise: and they that hate thee have
:

me, 10 there rhall be ^no new god in lifted up the head.

thee: neither halt thou adore a strange 4 They have taken a malicious counsel
god. against thy people, and have consulted
11 For I am ^ihe Lord thy God, who against thy saints.
brought thee out of the land of Egypt 6 They have said: Come and let us de-
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. stroy them, so that they be not a nation
12 But my people heard nol) my voice: and let the name of Israel be remem-
and Israel hearkened not to me. bered no more.
13 •'So I let them go according to the 6 For they have contrived with one
desires of their heart: they shall walk consent: they have made a covenant
in their own inventions. together against thee, 7 the taberna-
14 * If my people had heard me : if Is- cles of the Edomites, and the Ismahel-
rael had walked in my ways ites:
15 I should soon have humbled their Moab, and the Agarens, 8 Gebal, and
enemies, and laid my hand on them that Ammon
and Amalec: the Philistines,
troubled then^, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
16 The enemies of the Lord have lied 9 Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined
to him: and their time ahall be for ever. with them they are com^^ to the aid of :

17 And he fed them, with the fat of the 3ons of Lot.

wheat, and filled ohem with honey out 10 Do to them '^as thou didst to Madian
of the rock. ° and to Sisara : as to Jabin at the brook
PSALM 81. of Cisson.
Deus stetit 11 Who perished at Endor: and became
Anexhortation to judge: and men in power, as dung for the earth.
1 L psalm f 3r Asaph. 12 PMake their princes like Oreb, ^and
GOD hath stood in tho congregation Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana.
of gods: and being in the midst of All their princes, 13 who have said Leu :

them he judge th gods. us possess the sanctuary of God for an

2 How long will you judge unjustly: inheritance.
and accept the persons of the wicked ? 14 O my God, make them like a wheel;
3 Judge for the noedy and fatherless: and as stub le before the wind.
do justice to the humble and the poor. 15 As fin which burneth the wood:
4 'Rescue the poor; and deliver the and as a flame burning mountains
needy out of the hand of the Dinner. 16 So Shalt thou pursue them with thy
6 They have not known nor under- tempest: and shalt trouble them in thy,
stood : they walk on in darkness : all the wrath. I

foundations of the earth shall be moved. 17 Fill their faces with shame ; and theyj
6 '^ I have said You are gods and all shall seek thy name, O Lord.
:

''f you the sons of the most High. 18 Let them be ashamed and troubled
7 But you like men shall die and shall for ever and ever : and let them be con-j
:

fall like one of the princes. founded and perish.

8 Arise, O God, judge thou the earth 19 And let them know that the Lord ie
for thou shalt inherit among aU the na- thy name : thou alone art the most Higfc
laons. over all the earth.
PSALM 82.
Deus, quis similis. PSALM 33.
A prayer against the enemies of God's church. Quam dllecta.
1 A canticle of a psalm for Asaph.
The soul aspireth after heaven ; rejoicing in th*
9 mean time, in being in the comm^union of God*
GOD, who shall be like to thee ? church
f\
\^
upon earth.
hold not thy peace, aeither be 1 Unto the end, for the winepresses, - psalm fo
thou still, O God. the sons of Core.

t Ex. 20. 3.— J Acts 1*, 15. n Judjres 7. 22. — o Judges 4. 15.
k Bar. 3. 23. — « Prov. 24. 11.— m John 10 34. p Judges 7. 25. — q Judges 8. 21.

the tempest or, wlien 1 came down to mount Sina,

. Ver, ifi. Their time shall be for ever. Impeniten
'nAdden from thy eyes in a Storm of thiirder. Sinners shall suffer for ever.
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The beauty of God's dwelling place PSALMS Prayer for mercy and salvation
" TT OW iovo_y are thy tabernacles, O or wilt thou extend thy wrath from gen-
Xl Lord of hosts 3 my soul longeth eration to generation ?
!

and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. 7 Thou wilt turn, O God. and bring us
My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in to life and thy people shall rejoice in :

the living God. thee.

4 For the sparrow hath found herself a 8 Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and
house, and the turtle a nest for herself grant us thy salvation.
where she may lay her young ones: 9 I will hear what the Lord God will
Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king speak in me: for he will speak peace
and my God. unto his people :

5 Blessed are they that dwell in thy And unto his saints and unto them *

house, O Lord they shall praise thee for that are converted to the heart.
:

ever and ever. 10 Surely his salvation is near to them

6 Blessed is the man whose help is from that fear him that glory may dwell in :

thee in his heart he hath disposed to our land.

:

ascend by steps^ 7 in the vale of tears, in 11 Mercy and truth have met each
the place which he hath set. other justice and peace have kissed. :

8 For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, 12 Truth is sprung out of the earth
they shall go from, virtue to virtue the and justice hath looked down from hea-
:

God of gods shall be seen in Sion. ven.

9 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer 13 For the Lord will give goodness: and
give ear, O God of Jacob. our earth shall yield her fruit.
10 Behold O God our protector: and 14 Justice shall walk before him ; and
look on the face of thy Christ. shall set his steps in the way.
11 For better ie one day in thy courts
above thousands. PSALM 85.
I have chosen to be an abject in the Inclina, Domine.
house of my God, rather than to dwell in A prayer for God^s grace to assist its to the end.
the tabernacles of sinners. 1 A prayer for David himself.
12 For Godloveth mercy and truth; the rrCLINE thy ear, O Lord, and hear me:
Lord will give grace and glory. for I am needy and poor.
13 He will not deprive of good things 2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy : save
them that walk in innocence : O Lord of thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in
hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth thee.
in thee. 3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have
PSALM 84. cried to thee all the day, 4 Give joy to
Benedixisti, Domine. the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O
The coining o; Christ, to bring peace and salvation Lord, I have lifted up my soul.
to man. 6 For thou, O Lord, art sweet and
**

iTnto the end, for the sons of CorOv a psahn. mild and plenteous in mercy to all that
:

2 T ORD, thou hast blessed thy land call upon thee.

X-^ thou hast turned awajr the cap- 6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer and :

tivity of Jacob. attend to the voice of my petition.

8 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy 7 I have called upon thee in the day of
people : thou hast covered all their sins. my trouble because thou hast heard me. :

4 Thoii hast mitigated all thy anger 8 There is none among the gods like
thou hast turned away from the wrath of unto thee, O Lord and there is none :

thy indignation. according to thy works.

6 Convert us, O God our saviour : and 9 All the nations thou hast made shall
tnri off thy anger from us. come and adore before thee, O Lord and :

b Wilt thou be angry with us for ever they shall glorify thy name.
r Joel 2. 13.

Psalm 83. Vet .In his heart he hath disposed

6. he lives as yet in the body, in this vale of tears, the
to ascend by steps-, &c., asvensinnes in corde svo dis^ place which man hath set that is, which he hath
.-

posuit. As })y steps men oscemded to the temple of brought himself to being cast out of paradise for
:
God, situated on a hill so the good Christian ascends
; his sin.
tow'» -'s tlie ptertia) temple by clz tain.<f<e»s of virtue
y-isposed 01 ordered within
Psalm
^^.^^.,^^^
85 Ver.
,v.» .«,
2, / am holy. I^ am
.,.,„,..„<,. „xu bj my office
tho ,: : and this whilst 1
i!;.;:,. and professioD dedicated to thy service
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The glories of Jerusalem PSALMS A prayer of one in affliction

10 For thou art great and dost wonder- PSALM 87.
ful things thou art God alone.
: Domiue, Deus salutis.
11 Conduct me, Lord, in thy way, and A prayer of one under grievous affliction : it agrees
I will walk in thy truth let my heart
:
to Christ in his passion, and alludes to his
death and burial.
rejoice that it may fear thy name.
1 A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding ol
with my whole heart, and I will glorify Eman the Ezrahite.
thy name for ever : 2 /^ LORD, the God of my salvation:
13 For thy mercy is great towards me \J I have cried in the day, and in the
and thou hast delivered my soul out of night before thee.
the lower hell. 3 Let my prayer come in before thee
14 O God, the wicked are risen up incline thy ear to my petition.
against me, and the assembly of the 4 For my soul is filled with evils: and
mighty have sought my soul and they : my life has drawn nigh to hell.
have not set thee before their eyes. 5 I am counted among them that go
15 And thou, O Lord, art a God of com- down to the pit: I am become as a man
passion, and merciful, patient, and of without help, 6 free among the dead.
much mercy, and true. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres
16 O look upon me, and have mercy whom thou rememberest no more: and
on me give thy command to thy ser-
: they are cast off from thy hand.
vant, and save the son of thy hand- 7 They have laid me in the lower pits
maid. in the dark places, and in the shadow of
17 Shew me a token for good that they death.
:

who hate me may see, and be confounded, 8 Thy wrath is strong over me and all :

because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.
hast comforted me. 9 Thou hast put away my acquaintance
far from me they have set me an abom-
:

PSALM 86. ination to themselves.

Fundamenta ejus. I was delivered up, and came not forth;
The glory of the church of Christ. 10 my eyes languished through poverty.
1 For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I
stretched out my hands tc thee.
THE
mountains
foundations thereof are in the holy
II Wilt thou shew wonders to the
2 The Lord loveth the gates of Sion dead? or shall physicians raise to life,
above the tabernacles of Jacob.
all and give praise to thee ?
3 Glorious things are said of thee, O 12 Shall any one in the sepulchre de-
city of God. clare thy mercy : and thy truth in destruc-
4 I will be mindful of Rahab and of tion?
Babylon knowing me. 13 Shall thy wonders be known in the
Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and dark and thy justice in the land of for-
;

the people of the Ethiopians, these were getf ulness ?

there. 14 But I, O Lord, have cried to thee
5 Shall not Sion say: This man and that and in the morning my prayer shall pre-
man is born in her? and the Highest vent thee.
himself hath founded her. 15 Lord, why castest thou off my prayer:
6 The Lord shall tell in his writings of why turnest thou away thy face from
peoples and of princes, of them that have me?
been in her. 16 I am poor, and in labours from my
7 The dwelling in thee is ac it were of youth: and being exalted have been
all rejoicing. humbled and troubled.
Psalm 86. Ver. 1. The holy mountains. The tudes ot people md princes of her communion who ;

apostles and prophets. Eph. 2. 20.
Ver. 4. Rahab. Egypt, &c. To this Sion, which
Is the church of God, many shaJl resort from all
nations.
Ver. 5. Shall not Sion say, &c. The meaning is,
that Sion, viz., the church, shall not only he able to
comraemorare this or that particular person of re-
BOWD boru in her, but also to glory in great multi-
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have been foretold in the writings of the prophets,
and registered in the writings of the apostles.
Psalm 87. Ver, i. Maheleth. A musical instru-
ment, or chorus of musicians, to answer one another.
— Ibid. Understanding. Or a psalm of instruction,
composed by Eman the Ezrahite, or by David, in his
name.
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GocTs mercies to the house of David PSALMS God*s promises to house of David
17 Thy wrath hath come upon me : and Mercy and truth
shall go before thy
thy terrors have troubled me. 16 blessed is the people that know-
face :

18 They have come round about me hke eth jubilation.

water all the day: they have compassed They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of
me about together. thy countenance 17 and in thy name :

19 Friend and neighbour thou hast put they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy
far from me and my acquaintance, be-
: justice they shall be exalted.
cause of misery. 18 For thou art the glory of their
strength and in thy good pleasure shall
:

PSALM 88. our horn be exalted.

Misericordias Domini. 19 For our protection is of the Lord,
The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in conse- and of our king the holy one of Israel.
quence of the promise of God: which, notwith-
standing, God permits her to suffer sometimes 20 Then thou spokest in a vision to thy
most grievous afflictions. saints, and saidst I have laid help upon :

1 Of understanding, for Etlian the Ezraliite.

one that is mighty, and have exalted one
2 fTlHE mercies of the Lord I will sing chosen out of my people.
X for ever. 21 "I have found David my servant:
I will shew forth thy truth with my with my holy oil I have anointed him.
mouth to generation and generation. 22 For my hand shall help him: and my
3 For thou hast said: Mercy shall be arm shall strengthen him.
built up for ever in the heavens: thy 23 The enemy shall have no advantage
truth shall be prepared in them. over him nor the son of iniquity have
:

4 I have made a covenant with my power to hurt him.

elect: * I have sworn to David my servant: 24 And I will cut down his enemies be-
5 Thy seed will I settle for ever. fore his face ; and them that hate him I
And build up thy throne unto
I will will put to flight.
generation and generation. 25 And my truth and mercy shall he my
6 I'he heavens shall confess thy won- with him: and in my name shall his horn
ders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church be exalted.
of the saints. 26 And I will set his hand in the sea ;
7 For who in the clouds can be com- and his right hand in the rivers.
pared to the Lord or who among the
: 27 He shall cry out to me Thou art : my
sons of God shall be like to God ? father : my
God, and the support of my
8 God, who is glorified in the assembly salvation.
of the saints: great and terrible above 28 And I will make him my firstborn,
all them that are about him. high above the kings of the earth.
9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to 29 I will keep my mercy for him for
thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy ever and
: my
covenant faithful to him.
truth is round about thee. 30 And I will make his seed to endure
10 Thou rulest the power of the sea : and for evermore and his throne as the days
:

appeasest the motion of the waves of heaven.

thereof. 31 And if his children forsake my law,
II Thou hast humbled the proud one, and walk not in my judgments :

as one that is slain : with the arm of thy 32 If they profane my justices: and
strength thou hast scattered thy ene- keep not my commandments
mies. 33 I will visit their iniquities with a rod
12 * Thine are the heavens, and thine is and their sins with stripes.
the earth the world and the fulness
: 34 But my mercy I will not take away
chereof thou hast founded 13 the north : from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
and the sea thou hast created. 35 Neither will I profane my covenant
Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy and the words that proceed from my
name : 14 thy arm is with might. mouth I will not make void.
Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy 36 Once have I sworn by my holines**
right hand exalted 15 justice and judg- I will not lie unto David: 37 his seed
:

ment are the preparation of thy throne. shall endure for ever.

•2 Kings 7. 12.— t Gen. 1. 2. u 1 Kings 16. 1 and 12 ; Acts 13. 22.

The sad state of the house of David PSALMS Prayer for pardon and mercy
38 *And his throne as the sun before LORD, thou hast been our refuge from
sne r and as the moon perfect for ever, generation to generation.
and a faithful witness in heaven. 2 Before the mountains were made, or
39 But thou hast rejected and despised: the earth and the world was formed;
thou hast been angry with thy anointed. from eternity and to eternity thou art
40 Thou hast overthrown the covenant God.
of thy servant: thou hast profaned his 3 Turn not man away to be brought low;
sanctuary on the earth. and thou hast said Be converted, O ye :

41 Thou hast broken down all his hedges: sons of men.

thou hast made his strength fear. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are
42 All that pass by the way have robbed as yesterday, which is past.
him he is become a reproach to his neigh- And as a watch in the night, 5 things
:

bours. that are counted nothing, shall their

43Thou hast set up the right hand of years be.
them that oppress him thou hast made 6 In the morning man shall grow up
: like
all his enemies to rejoice. grass in the morning he shall flourish
;

44 Thou hast turned away the help of his and pass away in the evening he shall :

sword and hast not assisted him in battle. fall, grow dry, and wither.
;

45 Thou hast made his pm-ification to 7 For in thy wrath we have fainte
cease and thou hast cast his throne down away and are troubled in thy indigna-l
: :

to the ground. tion.

46 Thou hast shortened the days of his 8 Thou hast set our iniquities befor
time: thou hast covered him with con- thy eyec our life in the light of thy :

fusion. countenance.
47 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away 9 For all our days are spent and in thy ;

unto the end? shall thy anger burn like wrath we have fainted away.
fire? Our years shall be considered as a spi-
48 Remember what my substance is: der: 10 *the days of our years in them
for hast thou made all the children of are threescore and ten years.
men in vain? But if in the strong they be fourscore
49 Who is the man that shall live, and years: and what is more of them is labour
not see death that shall deliver his soul and sorrow.
:

from the hand of hell ? For mildness is come upon us: and we
50 Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, shall be corrected.
according to ^ what thou didst swear to 11 Who knoweth the power of thy
David in thy truth ? anger, and for thy fear 12 can number
51 Be mindful, O Lord^ of the reproach thy wrath?
of thy servants (which I have held in my So make thy right hand known: and
bosom) of many nations: men learned in heart, in wisdom.
52 Wherewith thy enemies have re- 13 Return, O Lord, how long ? and be
proached, O Lord wherewith they have entreated in favour of thy servants.
;

reproached the change of thy anointed. 14 We are filled in the morning with
53 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and
So be it. So be it. are delighted all our days.
15 We have rejoiced for the days in
PSALM 89. which thou hast humbled us for the :
Domine, refugium.
years in which we have seen evils.
A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the short- 16 Look upon thy servants and upon
ness and miseries of the days of man.
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. their works and direct their children.:

V 2 Kings 7. \^. — w2 Kings 7. 11. X Eccli. 18. 8.

Psalm 88. Ver. 40. Overthrown the covenant, &c. spider^sweb and miserable
; withal, whilst like a
All this seems to relate to the time of the captivity spider we spend our bowels in weaving webs tc
of Babylon, in which, for the sins of the people and catch flies. f

their princes, God seemed to have set aside for Ver. 10. Mildness is come upon us, &c. God'f
a while the covenant he made with David. mildness corrects us ; inasmuch as he deals kindhi
Psalm 89. Ver. 3. Tnrn not man avfay, &c. with us, in shortening the days of this miserable life (

Suffer him not quite to perish from thee, since thou and so weaning our affections from all its transitory
art pleased to call upon him to be converted to thee. enjoyments, and teaching us tw^ wisdom.
Ver. d, Jis a spider. As frail and weak as a
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Trust in the Di7'ine protection PSALMS The wonderful zvorks of God

17 And let the brightness of the Lord PSALM 91.
our God be upon us: and direct thou the Bonum est confiteri.

works of our hands over us; yea, the God is to be praised for his wondrous works.

work of our hands do thou direct. 1 A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day.
2 TT is good to give praise to the Lord
PSALM 90. J[ and to sing to thy name, most
Qui habitat. High.
The just is secure 3 To shew forth thy mercy in the morn-
under the protection of God.
1 The praise of a canticle for David.
ing, and thy truth in the night:
HE that dwelleth in the aid of the 4 Upon an instrument of ten strings,
most High, shall abide under the upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon
protection of the God of Jacob. the harp.
2 He shall say to the Lord: Thou art 5 For thou hast given me, Lord, a
my protector, and my refuge: my God, delight in thy doings: and in the works
In him will I trust. of thy hands I shall rejoice.
3 For he hath delivered me from the 6 Lord, how p-reat are thy works! thy
snare of the hunters and from the sharp
: thoughts are exceeding deep.
word. 7 The senseless man shall not know nor :

4 He will overshadow thee with his will the fool understand these things.
shoulders : and under his wings thou 8 When the wicked shall spring up as
Shalt trust. grass: and all the workers of iniquity
5 His truth shall compass thee with a shall appear
shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the That they may perish for ever and ever
terror of the night. 9 but thou, O Lord, art most high foi
6 Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of evermore.
the business that walketh about in the 10 For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for
dark: of invasion, or of the noonday behold thy enemies shall perish and all :

devil. the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and 11 But my horn shall be exalted like
ten thousand at thy right hand : but it that of the unicorn: and my old age in
shall not come nigh thee. plentiful mercy.
8 But thou shalt consider with thy eyes 12 My eye also hath looked down upon
and shalt see the reward of the wicked. my enemies: and my ear shall hear of
9 Because thou, O Lord, art hope: my the downfall of the malignant that rise up
thou hast made the most High thy re- against me.
fuge. 13 The just shall flourish like the palm
10 There shall no evil come to thee: nor tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of
shall the scourge come near thy dwell- Libanus.
ing. 14 They that are planted in the house
11 ^For he hath given his angels charge of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of
over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. the house of our God.
;

12 In their hands they shall bear thee 15 They shall still increase in a fruitful
up: lest thou dash thy foot against a old age: and shall be well treated, 16 that
Btone. they may shew.
13 Thou shalt walk upon the asp and That the Lord our God is righteous, and
the basilisk and thou shalt trample there is no iniquity in him.
:

ander foot the lion and the dragon.

14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver
him: I will protect him because he hath
known my name.
15 He shall cry to me, and I will hear
him: I am with him in tribulation, I will
deliver him, and I will glorify him.
16 I will fill him with length of days
and I will shew him my salvation.
PSALM 92.
Dominus regnavit.
The glory and stability of the kingdom ; that is, of
the church of Christ.
Praise in the way of a canticle, for David himself, on
the day before the sabbath, when the earth was
founded.
1 nnHE Lord hath reigned, he is clothed
JL with beauty: the Lord is clothed

y Matt. 4. 6 ; Luke 4. 10.

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"Hymn to the Creator PSALMS God will protect His people

with strength, and hath girded him- 13 That thou mayst give him rest from
self. the evil days: till a pit be dug for the
For he hath established the world which wicked.
shall not be moved. 14 For the Lord will not cast off his peo-
2 Thy throne is prepared from of old he forsake his own in*
ple: neither will
thou art from everlasting. heritance.
3 Tho floods have lifted up, O Lord the : 15 Until justice be turned into judgment;
floods have lifted up their voice. and they that are near it are all the up-
The floods have lifted up their waves, right in heart.
4 with the noise of many waters. 16 Who shall rise up for me against the
Wonderful are the surges of the sea: evildoers? or who shall stand with me
wonderful is the Lord on high. against the workers of iniquity?
5 Thy testimonies are become exceed- 17 Unless the Lord had been my helper,
ingly credible holiness becometh thy my soul had almost dwelt in hell.
:

house, O Lord, unto length of days. 18 If I said My foot is moved : thy:

mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

PSALM 93. 19 According to the multitude of my
Deus ultionum.
sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have
God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his
people. given joy to my soul, i-ngvo
A psalm for David himself on the fourth day of the 20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to
week. thee, who framest labour in command-
1 nnHE Lord is the God to whom re- ment?
JL venge belongeth: the God of re- 21 They will hunt after the soul of the
venge hath acted freely. just, and will condemn innocent blood.
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the 22 But the Lord is my refuge and my :

earth render a reward to the proud.

: God the help of my hope.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord : how 23 And he will render them their ini-
long shall sinners glory? quity and in their malice he will destroy
:

4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity them: the Lord our God will destroy
shall all speak who work injustice ? them.
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought PSALM 94.
low : and they have afflicted thy inherit- Venite exultemus.
ance. An invitation to adore and serve God, and to hear
6 They have slain the widow and the his voice.
stranger: and they have murdered the Praise of a canticle for David himself,
fatherlesSo 1 /^OME let us praise the Lord with
7 And they have said : The Lord shall \J joy let us joyfully sing to God our
:

not see neither shall the God of Jacob

: saviour.
understand. 2 Let us come before his presence with
8 Understand, ye senseless among the thanksgiving; and make a joyful nois€
people and, you fools, be wise at last.
: to him with psalms.
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not 3 For the Lord is a great God, and £
hear ? or he that formed the eye, doth he great King above all gods.
not consider? 4 For in his hand are all the ends o;
10 He that chastise th nations, shall ho not the earth and the heights of the moun
:

rebuke he that teacheth man knowledge?

: tains are his.
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of 5 For the sea is his, and he made it
men, that they are vain. and his hands formed the dry land.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt 6 Come let us adore and fall down
instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him and weep before the Lord that made us.
out of thy law. 7 For he is the Lord our God and w« :

Psalm 93. Ver, 13. Rest from the evil days. That Ver. 20. Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, &(
thou mayst mitigate the sorrows, to which he is That is, wilt thou, O God, who art always just, ac
exposed, during the short and evil days of his mor- mit of the seat of iniquity; that is, of injustice, o
tality, unjust judges, to have any partnership with thee
Ver. 15. Until justice be turned into judgment, &c. Tliou who framest, or makest, labour in commant
By being put in execution ; which will be agreeable went, that is, thou who obligest us to labour with a'
to all the upright in heart. diligence to keep thy oomvnandmenis.
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Exhortation to praise God PSALMS The power and glory of God

are the people of his pasture and the Then shall all the trees of the woods
sheep of his hand. rejoice 13 before the face of the Lord,
8 ^ To day if you shall hear his voice, because he cometh: because he cometh
harden not your hearts to judge the earth.
9 As in the provocation, according to He shall judge the world with justice,
the day of temptation in the wilderness : and the people with his truth.
where your fathers tempted me, they
proved me, and saw my works. PSALM 96.
10 " Forty years long was I offended Dominus regnavit.
with that generation, and I said These :
All are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and
always err in heart. reign of Christ.
11 And these men have not known my 1 For the same David, when his land was restored
ways ^ so I swore in my wrath that they
:
again to him.
shall not enter into my rest.
THE Lord hath reigned,
rejoice
the earth
many islands be glad.
let
let

PSALM 95. y 2
:

Clouds and darkness are round about

Cantate Domino.
him justice and judgment are the estab-
:
An exhortation to praise God for the coming of
Christ and his kingdom. lishment of his throne.
1 A canticle for David himself, when the house was 3 A fire shall go before him, and shall
built after the captivity. burn his enemies round about.
SING ye to the Lord a new canticle 4 His lightnings have shone forth to the
sing to the Lord, all the earth. world the earth saw and trembled.
:

2 Sing ye to the Lord and bless his 5 The mountains melted like wax, at
name shew forth his salvation from day
: the presence of the Lord: at the pre-
to day. sence of the Lord of all the earth.
3 Declare his glory among the Gentiles : 6 The heavens declared his justice and :

his wonders among all people. all people saw his glory.
4 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly 7 ^ Let them be all confounded that
to be praised : he is to be feared above adore graven things, and that glory in
all gods. their idols.
5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are ^ Adore him, all you his angels : 8 Sion
devils: but the Lord made the heavens. heard, and was glad.
6 Praise and beauty are before him And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, be-
holiness and majesty in his sanctuary. cause of thy judgments, O Lord.
7 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds 9 For thou art the most high Lord over
of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord all the earth thou art exalted exceed-
:

glory and honour 8 bring to the Lord

: ingly above all gods.
glory unto his name. 10 ^ You that love the Lord, hate evil
Bring up sacrifices, and come into his the Lord preserveth the souls of his
courts : 9 adore ye the Lord in his holy saints, he will deliver them out of the
court. hand of the sinner.
Let all the earth be moved at his pre- 11 Light is risen to the just, and joy ik
sence. Say ye among the Gentiles,
10 the right of heart.
the Lord hath reigned. 12 Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord and :

For he hath corrected the world, which give praise to the remembrance of his
shall not be moved he will judge the :
holiness.
people with justice.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the 97. PSALM
earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and Cantate Domino.
All are again invited to praise the Lord, for the
the fulness thereof: 12 the fields and all
victories of Christ.
things that are in them shall be joyful. 1 A psalm for David himself.
z Heb. 3. 7, and 4. 7. c Ex. 20. 4 Lev. Deut. 5
a Num. 14, 34. — b Heb. 4. 3. d Heb, 1. 6.
;

— e Amos
26. 1
5.
;

15 ; Rom.
8.
12. 9.

Ps A LM Ver. 1. When the house was built, &c.

95. Psalm Ver. 2. Clouds and darkness.
Alluding to that time, and then ordered to be sung
96. The
coming of Christ in the clouds with great terror and
but principally relating to the building of the church majesty to judge the world, is here prophesied.
of Christ, after our redemption from the captivity of
Sataii.

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Invitation to p raise God PSALMS Invitation to rejoice in God

T
SING ye to the Lord a new canticle: 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore
because he hath done wonderful his footstool, for it is holy.
things. 6 Moses and Aaron among hig priests:
His right hand hath wrought for him and Samuel among them that call upon
salvation, and his arm is holy. his name.
2 -^The Lord hath made known his sal- They called upon the Lord, and he heard
vation: he hath revealed his justice in them: 7 he spoke to them in the pillar
the sight of the Gentiles. of the cloud.
3 He hath remembered his merpy and They kept his testimonies, and the com-
his truth toward the house of Israel. mandment which he gave them.
All the ends of the earth have seen the 8 Thou didst hear them, O Lord our
salvation of our God. God thou wast a merciful God to them,
:

4 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth;
make melody, rejoice and sing.
5 Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on
the harp, and with the voice of a psalm
6 with long trumpets, and sound of cornet.
Make a joyful noise before the Lord
our king: 7 let the sea be moved and
the fulness thereof: the world and they
that dwell therein.
8 The rivers shall clap their hands, the
mountains shall rejoice together 9 at the
presence of the Lord because he cometh
:
to judge the earth.
He shall judge the world with justice,
and the people with equity.
PSALM 98.
Dominus regnavit.
and taking vengeance on all their inven-
tions.
9 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore
at his holy mountain : for the Lord our
God is holy.
PSALM 99.
Jubilate Deo.
All are invited to rejoice in God the Creator of aU»
1 A psalm of praise.
2 QING joyfully to God, all the earth:
O serve ye the Lord with gladness.
Come in before his presence with ex-
ceeding great joy.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: he
made us, and not we ourselves.
We are his people and the sheep of his
pasture. 4 Go ye into his gates with
praise, into his courts with hymns and :

The reign of the Lord in Sion that is, of Christ in give glory to him.
:

his church. Praise ye his namet 5 for the Lord is

1 A psalm for David himself. sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and
THE Lord hath reigned, let the people his truth to generation and generation.
be angry: he that sitteth on the
cherubims let the earth be moved.
: PSALM 100.
2 The Lord is great in Sion, and high Mlsericordiam et judicium.
above all people. The prophet exhorteth all by his example, to follow
3 Let them give praise to thy great mercy and justice.
1 A psalm for David himself.
name: for it is terrible and holy: 4 and
the king's honour loveth judgment.
Thou hast prepared directions:
hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.
thou M
ERCY and judgment I will sing to
thee, O Lord
I will sing, 2 and I will understand in

/ Isa. 52. 10, and 63. 8 Luke 3. 6.

;

Psalm 98. Ver. l. Let the people be angry. Christ is, as it were, the footstool of the divinity.
Though many enemies rage, and the whole earth be Ambrose, L. 3. De Spiritu Sancto, c. 12. And
So St.
stirred up to oppose the reign of Christ, he shall still Augustine upon this psalm.
St.
prevail. Ver. 6. Moses and. Aaron among his priests. Bji
Ver. 4. Loveth judgment. Kequireth discretion. this it is evident, that Moses also was a priest, anc
— Ibid. Directions. Most right and just laws to indeed the chief priest, inasmuch as he consecratec
direct men. Aaron, and offered sacrifice for him. Lev. 8. So thai
Ver. 5. Adore his footstool. The ark of the cove- his pre-eminence over Aaron makes nothing for laj
nant was called, in the Old Testament, God's foot- church headship.
stool over which he was understood to sit, ou his
: Ver. 8. All their inventions. That is, all th(
propitiatory, or mercy seat, as on a throne, between enterprises of their enemies against them, as in th»
the wings of the cherubims, in the sanctuary: to case of Core, Dathan, and Abiron.
wliich the children of Israel paid a great veneration. Psalm 100. Ver. 2. I will understand, &c. Tha
But as this psalm evidently relates to Christ, and the is, I will apply my mind, I will do my endeavour, ti
New Testament, where the ark has no place, the holy know and to follow the perfect way of thy command
fathers understand this text, or tlie worship paid by ments not trusting to my own strength, but relyini
:

the church to the body iind blood of Christ in the on thy cominc, to me by thy grace.
sacred mysteries: inasmuch as the humanity of
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The integrity of David PSALMS Prayer for one in affliction

the unspotted way, when thou shalt come preached mo and they that praised me :

to me. did swear against me.

I walked in the innocence of my heart, 10 For I did eat ashes like bread, and
in the midst of my house. mingled my drink with weeping.
3 I did not set before my eyes any un- 11 Because of thy anger and indigna-
just thing: I hated the workers of ini- tion: for having lifted me up thou hast
quities. thrown me down.
4 The perverse heart did not cleave to 12 My days have declined like a shad-
me and the malignant, that turned aside ow, and I am withered like grass.
:

from me, I would not know. 13 But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever:
5 The man that in private detracted his and thy memorial to all generations.
neighbour, him did I persecute. 14 Thou shalt arise and have mercy on
With him that had a proud eye, and an Sion for it is time to have mercy on it,
:

unsatiable heart, I would not eat. for the time is come.

6 My eyes were upon the faithful of the 15 For the stones thereof have pleased
earth, to sit with me: the man that thy servants: and they shall have pity
walked in the perfect way, he served me. on the earth thereof.
7 He that worketh pride shall not dwell 16 And the Gentiles shall fear thy name,
in the midst of my house he that speak- O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy
:

eth unjust things did not prosper before glory.

my eyes. 17 For the Lord hath built up Sion and :

8 In the morning I put to death all the he shall be seen in his glory.
wicked of the land: that I might cut off 18 He hath had regard to the prayer
all the workers of iniquity from the city of the humble and he hath not despised :

of the Lord. their petition.

PSALM 101. 19 Let these things be written unto
another generation and the people that :
Domine, exaudi.
shall be created shall praise the Lord
A prayer for one in affliction the fifth penitential
psalm. 20 Because he hath looked forth from
1 The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, his high sanctuary from heaven the :

and poured out his supplication before the Lord.
2 TTEAR, O Lord, my prayer: and
Xl my cry come to thee.
3 Turn not away thy face from me in
the day when I am in trouble, incline thy
ear to me.
Lord hath looked upon the earth.
let 21 That he might hear the groans of
them that are in fetters: that he might
: release the children of the slain
22 That they may declare the name of
the Lord in Sion and his praise in Jeru-
:

In what day soever I shall call upon salem ;

thee, hear me speedily. 23 When the people assemble together,

4 For my days are vanished like smoke and kings, to serve the Lord.
and my bones are grown dry like fuel 24 He answered him in the way of his
for the fire. strength: Declare unto me the fewness
5 I am smitten as grass, and my heart of my days.
is withered: because I forgot to eat my 25 Call me not away in the midst of my
bread. days thy years are unto generation and
:

Through the voice of my groaning,

6 generation.
my bone hath cleaved to my flesh. 26 In the beginning, O Lord, thou found-
7 I am become like to a pelican of the edst the earth and the heavens are the
:

wilderness I am like a night raven in

: works of thy hands.
the house. 27 They shall perish but thou remain-
8 I have watched, and am become as a est: and all of them shall grow old like a
sparrow all alone on the housetop. garment
9 All the day long my enemies re- And as a vesture thou shalt change
PsALM 101. Ver. 7.A pelican, &c. I am become psalm is deliverefl, onsirererf the Lord in the way of
through grief, like birds tliat affect solitude and his strength: that is, according to the best of his
darkness. power and strength : or wlien he was in the flower of
Ver. 24. He answered him in the way of his his age and strengtli inquiring after the /e?/.'?ie.'<s of
:

itrength. That is, the people, mentioned in the fore his days: to know if he should live long enough to
going verse, or the penitent^ in whose person this I see the happy restoration of Sion, &c.
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The mercies of God PSALMS The works of creation

them, and they shall be changed. 28 But eternity and unto eternity upon them
thou art always the selfsame, and thy that fear him
years shall not fail. And unto children's children,
his justice
29 The children of thy servants shall 18 to such as keep
his covenant.
continue and their seed shall be di-
: And are mindful of his commandments
rected for ever. to do them.
19 The Lord hath prepared his throne
PSALM 102. in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule
Benedic, anima. over all.
Thanksgiving to God for his mercies. 20 Bless the Lord, all ye his angels you :

1 For David himself. that are mighty in strength, and execute

BLESS the Lord, O
soul and let my : his word, hearkening to the voice of his
all that is within me
bless his holy orders.
name. 21 Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you
2 Bless the Lord, O my
soul, and never ministers of his that do his will.
forget all he hath done for thee. 22 Bless the Lord, all his works in :

3 Who forgiveth all thy iniquities who every place of his dominion, O
: soul, my
healeth all thy diseases. bless thou the Lord.
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruc-
tion : who crowneth thee with mercy PSALM 103.
and compassion. Benedic, anima.
5 Who thy desire with good God
satisfieth is to be praised for his mighty works^ and
things: thy youth shall be renewed like wonderful providence.
the eagle's. 1 For David himself.

6 The Lord doth mercies, and judgment BLESS the Lord, O my soul: O Lord
for all that suffer wrong. my
God, thou art exceedingly great.
7 He hath made his ways known to Thou hast put on praise and beauty:
Moses : his wills to the children of Is- 2 and art clothed with light as with a
rael. garment.
8 s'
The Lord is compassionate and mer- Who stretchest out the heaven like a
ciful: longsuffering and plenteous in pavilion: 3 who coverest the higher
mercy. rooms thereof with water. ; ; ^
; . .^

9 He will not always be angry nor will

: Who makest the clouds thy chariot who :

he threaten for ever. walkest upon the wings of the winds.

10 He hath not dealt with us according 4 ^Who makest thy angels spirits: and
to our sins nor rewarded us according
: thy ministers a burning fire.
to our iniquities. 5 Who hast founded the earth upon its
11 For according to the height of the own bases: it shall not be moved for ever
heaven above the earth he hath and ever. :

strengthened his mercy towards them 6 The deep like a garment is its cloth-
that fear him. ing above the mountains shall the wa-:

12 As far as the east is from the west, ters stand.

so far hath he removed our iniquities 7 At thy rebuke they shall flee at the :

from us. voice of thy thunder they shall fear.

13 As a father hath compassion on his 8 The mountains ascend, and the plains
children, so hath the Lord compassion descend into the place which thou hast
on them that fear him 14 for he know- founded for them.
:

eth our frame. 9 Thou hast set a bound which they shall
He remembereth that we are dust 15 not pass over neither shall they return
: ;

man's days are as grass, as the flower of to cover the earth.

the field so shall he flourish. 10 Thou sendest forth springs in the
16 For the spirit shall pass in him, and vales between the midst of the hills the :

he shall not be and he shall know his waters shall pass.

:

place no more. 11 All the beasts of the field shall drink:!

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.

g Ex. 34. 6 ; Num. 14. 8. h Heb. 1. 7.

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Works of creation and providence PSALMS God*s mercies to Israel

12 Over them the birds of the air shall for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his
dwell : from the midst of the rocks they works.
shall give forth their voices. 32 He
looketh upon the earth, and mak-
13 Thon waterest the hills from thy eth
tremble he toucheth the moun-
it :

upper rooms: the earth shall be filled tains, and they smoke.
with the fruit of thy works 33 * I will sing to the Lord as long as I
14 Bringing forth grass for cattle, and live I will sing praise to my God while
:

herb for the service of men. I have my being.

That thou mayst bring bread out of the 34 Let my speech be acceptable to him
earth 15 and that wine may cheer the but I will take delight in the Lord.
i

heart of man. 35 Let sinners be consumed out of the

That he may make the face cheerful earth, and the unjust, so that they be no
with oil and that bread may strengthen more : O my soul, bless thou the Lord,
:

man's heart.
16 The trees of the field shall be filled, PSALM 104.
and the cedars of Libanus which he hath Confltemini Domino-
planted 17 there the sparrows shall A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people
:

make their nests. Israel.

The highest of them is the house of the Alleluia.

heron. 18 The high hills are a refuge for

the harts, the rock for the irchins.
GIVE
^ glory to the Lord, and call upoa
his name : declare his deeds among
19 He hath made the moon for seasons the Gentiles.
the sun knoweth his going down. 2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him:
20 Thou hast appointed darkness, and it relate all his wondrous works.
is night in it shall all the beasts of the
: 3 Glory ye in his holy name : let the
woods go about: heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord,
21 The young lions roaring after their 4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strength-
prey, and seeking their meat from God. ened : seek his face evermore.
22 The sun ariseth, and they are gath- 5 Remember his marvellous works which
ered together : and they shall lie down he hath done his wonders, and the judg- ;

in their dens. ments of his mouth.

23 Man shall go forth to his work, and 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant ye ;

to his labour until the evening. sons of Jacob his chosen.

24 How great are thy works, O Lord ? 7 He is the Lord our God: his judg-
thou hast made all things in wisdom : the ments are in all the earth.
earth is filled with thy riches. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for
25 So is this great sea, which stretcheth ever: the word which he commanded to
wide its arms there are creeping things a thousand generations.
:

without number 9 ^ Which he made to Abraham; and

Creatures little and great. 26 There the his oat'i to Isaac
ships shall go. ':•*"•! 10 And he appointed the same to Jacob
This sea dragon which thou hast formed for a law, and to Israel for an everlast-
to play therein. 27 All expect of thee ing testament
that thou give them food in season. 11 Saying: To thee will I give the land
28 What thou givest to them they shall of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
«gather up: when thou openest thy hand, 12 When they were but a small number ••

they shall all be filled with good. yea very few, and sojourners therein
29 But if thou turnest away thy face, 13 And they passed from nation to na-
they shall be troubled thou shalt take tion, and from one kingdom to another
:

away their breath, and they shall fail, and people.

ihall return to their dust. 14 He suffered no man to hurt them:
30 Thou Shalt send forth thy spirit, and and he reproved kings for their sakes.
they shall be created and thou shalt re-
: 15 ^ Touch ye not my anointed and do :

new theface of the earth. no evil to my prophets.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure 16 And he called a famine upon the
* Infra 145. 2.^,ji Par. 16. 8; Isa. 12. 4. k Gen. 22. 16.— « £ Kingsj h Z(:i 1 Par. 16. 22.

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The plagues of Egypt PSALMS Israel brought out of Egypt

land and he broke in pieces
: all the sup- [their land, and consumed all the fruit ot
port of bread. their ground.
17 He sent a man before them: "* Jo- 36 y And he slew all the firstborn in
seph, who was sold for a slave. their land: the flrstfruits of all their
18 '^They humbled his feet in fetters:
labour.
the iron pierced his soul, 19 until his 37 ^ And he brought them out with sil-
word came. ver and gold: and there was not among
The word of the Lord inflamed him. their tribes one that was feeble.
20 ° The king sent, and he released him 38 Egypt was glad when they departed -.

the ruler of the people, and he set him for the fear of them lay upon them.
at liberty. 39 " He spread a cloud for their protec-
21 He made him master of his house, tion, and fire to give them light in the
and ruler of all his possession. night.
22 That he might instruct his princes as 40 ^They asked, and the quail came:
himself, and teach his ancients wisdom. and he filled them with the bread o\
23 ^ And Israel went into Egypt : and heaven.
Jacob was a sojourner in the land of 41 ^He opened the rock, and waters
Cham. flowed rivers ran down in the dry land. :

24 ^ And he increased his people exceed- 42 ^Because he remembered his holy

ingly : and strengthened them over their word, which he had spoken to his ser-
enemies. vant Abraham.
25 He turned their heart to hate his 43 And he brought forth his people
people: and to deal deceitfully with his with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
servants. 44 And he gave them the lands of the
26 *'He sent Moses his servant: Aaron Gentiles and they possessed the laboure :

the man whom he had chosen. of the people

27 ^He gave them power to shew his 45 That they might observe his justifi-
signs, and his wonders in the land of cations, and seek after his law.
Cham.
28 'He sent darkness, and made it ob- PSALM 105.
scure and grieved not his words.
: Domino.
Confiteraini
29 ** He turned their waters into blood, A conjession of the manifold sins and ingratitude'
and destroyed their fish. of the Israelites. j

Alleluia.
30 ^ Their land brought forth frogs, in
the inner chambers of their kings. f^TVE * glory to the Lord, for he
31 ^He spoke, and there came divers good: for his mercy endureth fo VX
sorts of flies and sciniphs in all their coasts. ever.
32 He gave them hail for rain, a burn- 2 -^ Who shall declare the powers of th
ing fire in the land. Lord ? who shall set forth all his praises
33 And he destroyed their vineyards 3 Blessed are they that keep judgmen
and their fig trees and he broke in and do justice at all times.
:

pieces the trees of their coasts. 4 Remember us, O Lord, in the favor
34 ^ He spoke, and the locust came, and of thy people : visit us with thy salvj
the bruchus, of which there was no num- tion.
ber. 5 That we may see the good of tb
35 And they devoured all the grass in chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy *

m Gen. 37. 36. — n Gen. 20. — o Gen. 41. 39. 14. X Ex. 10. 12. —y Ex. 12. 29.-2 Ex. 12. 35.
p Gen. 4G. — q Ex. 7; Acts
6. 1. 7. 17. a Ex. 13. 21 ; Ps. 77. 14 ; 1 Cor. 10. 1.
r Ex. 10, and
3. 29. — s Ex.4. — t Ex. 21. 7. 10. 10. b Ex. 16. 13.— c Num. 20. 11. — d Gen. 17. 7.

u Ex. —v Ex. B.6. — W Ex. 16 and 24.

7. 20. 8. e Judges 13. 21. — / Eccli. 43. 35.
Psalm 104. He turned their heart, &c.
Ver. 25. dren of Israel, who enjoyed light whilst the Eg:
Not that God (who never the author of sin) moved
is tians were oppressed with darkness.
the Egyptians to hate and persecute his people but ; Ver. 31. Sciniphs. See the annotation, Ex. 8.
that the Egyptians took occasion of hating and envy- Ver. 34. Bruchus, an insect of the locust kind.
ing them, from the sight of the benefits which God Ver. 45. His justifications. That is, his comma
bestowed upon them. ments; which here, and in many other places of 1

Ver. 28, Grieved not his ivords. That is, he was
not wanting to fulfil his words or he did not grieve :
Moses and Aaron, the carriers of his words or he
<Ud Dot grieve his wordSt that is, his sons, the chil-
scripture, are called justifications, because the ke
ing of them makes man just The Protestants r
: der it by the word statutes, in favour of their d
trine, whicb does aot allow good works to justify
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The ingratitude of Israel PSALMS Idolatry of Israel

thy nation: that thou mayst be praisea To turn away his wrath, lest he should
with thy inheritance. destroy them. 24 And they set at nought
6 ^ We have sinned with our fathers the desirable land. :

we have acted unjustly, we have wrought They believed not his word, 25 and
iniquity. they murmured in their tents: they
7 Our fathers understood not thy won- hearkened not to ihe voice of the Lord-
ders in Egypt: they remembered not 26 °And he lifted up his hand over
the multitude of thy mercies them to overthrow them in the desert :

And they provoked to wrath going up 27 And to cast down their seed among
to the sea, even the Red Sea. the nations, and to scatter them in the
8 And he saved them for his own countries.
name's sake that he might make his
: 28 They also were initiated to Beel-
power known. phegor: and ate the sacrifices of the
9 ^ And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dead.
was dried up and he led them through 29 And they provoked him with their
:

the depths, as in a wilderness. inventions: and destruction was multi-

10 And he saved them from the hand plied among them.
of them that hated them: and he re- 30 ^Then Phinees stood up, and pacified
deemed them from the hand of the enemy. him: and the slaughter ceased.
11 *And the water covered them that 31 And it was reputed to him unto jus-
afflicted them: there was not one of tice, to generation and generation for
them left. evermore.
12 And they believed his words: and 32 '?They provoked him also at the
they sang his praises. waters of contradiction and Moses was :

13 They had quickly done, they forgot aflBiicted for their sakes 33 because they :

his works and they waited not for his exasperated his spirit.
:

counsel. And he distinguished with his lips.

14 And they coveted their desire in 34 They did not destroy the nations of
-^

uhe desert and they tempted God in the which the Lord spoke unto them.
:

place without water. 35 And they were mingled among the

15 *And he gave them their request" heathens, and learned their works 36 and :

and sent fulness into their souls. served their idols, and it became a stum-
16 And they provoked Moses in the blingblock to them.
camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord. 37 And they sacrificed their sons, and
17 ^The earth opened and swallowed their daughters to devils.
np Dathan: and covered the congrega- 38 And they shed innocent blood: the
tion of Abiron. blood of their sons and of their daughters
18 And a fire was kindled in their con- which they sacrificed to the idols of
gregation the flame burned the wicked. Chanaan.
:

19 "* They made also a calf in Horeb And the land was polluted with blood,
and they adored the graven thing. 39 and was defiled with their works and :

20 And they changed their glory Into they went aside after their own inven-
the likeness of a calf that eateth grass. tions.
21 They forgot God. who saved them, 40 And the Lord was exceedingly angry
who had done great ohings in Egypt, with his people: and he abhorred his in-
22 wondrous works in the land of Cham heritance.
terrible things in the Red Sea. 41 And he delivered them into the hands
23 ^ And he said that he would destroy of the nations and they that hated them :

them: had not Moses his chosen stood had dominion over them.
before him in the b reach 42 And their enemies afflicted them:
g Judges 7. 19. — h Ex.14. 22. — t Ex. 14. 27. m Ex. 32. 4.-71 Ex. 32. — o Num.
_ JEx. 17. 2. — k Num. 11. .31. — I Num. 16. 32. p Num. — q Num.
25. l.
10.
20. 10.
14. 32.

Psalm
105. Ver.28. Initiated. That is, they dedi- was guilty of distinfjuishing vnth his lips ; when,
cated, or
consecrated themselves to the idol of tlie instead of speaking to the rock, as God had com-
Moabitesand Madianites, called Beelphegor,or Ba;il- manded. he said to the people, with a certain hesi-
reor. Num. 25. 3. —
Ibid. The dead, viz., idols wim- tation in his faith, Hear ye, rf.hellions and incredii-
oia life. In us: Can ne from this rock bring out water for
Ver. 33. He distin/jt naked vrith his Hps. Moses, i<v you ? NunL 20. 10.
occasion of the people's rebellion and incredulity,

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God*s mercies to Israel PSALMS GocTs mercies to Israel

and they were humbled under their 11 Because they had exasperated the
hands: 43 many times did he deliver words of God and provoked the counsel :

them. of the most High

But they provoked him with their coun- 12 And their heart was humbled with
sel and they were brought low by their labours they were weakened, and there
: :

iniquities. was none to help them.

44 And he saw when they were in tribu- 13 Then they cried to the Lord in their
lation and he heard their prayer.
: aflaiction and he delivered them out of :

45 And he was mindful of his covenant: their distresses.

*"

and repented according to the multitude 14 And he brought them out of darkness,
of his mercies. and the shadow of death and broke their ;

46 And he gave them unto mercies, in bonds in sunder.

the sight of all those that had made them 15 Let the mercies of the Lord give
captives. glory to him, and his wonderful works to
47 Save us, O Lord, our God and gather the children of men.
:

us from among the nations 16 Because he hath broken gates of

:

That we may give thanks to thy holy brass, and burst iron bars.
name, and may glory in thy praise. 17 He took them out of the way of their
48 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, iniquity for they were brought low for :

from everlasting to everlasting and : let their injustice

all the people say So be it, so be it.
: 18 Their soul abhorred all inrAnner of
meat : and they drew nigh even to the
PSALM 106. gates of death.
Confltemini Domino. 19 And they cried to the Lord in their
All are invited to give thanks to God for hisjoerpet' affliction: and he delivered them out of
ual 'providence over men. their distresses.
Alleluia. 20 He sent his word, and healed them
GIVE glory to the Lord, for he is good and delivered them from their destruc-
for his mercy endureth for ever. tions.
2 Let them say so that have been re- 21 Let the mercies of the Lord give
deemed by the Lord, whom he hath re- glory to him and his wonderful works :

deemed from the hand of the enemy: to the children of men.

and gathered out of the countries. 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of
3 From the rising and from the setting praise and declare his works with joy. :

of the sun, from the north and from the 23 They that go down to the sea ik»
sea. ships,doing business in the great waters:
4 They wandered in a wilderness, in a 24 These have seen the works of the
place without water they found not the
: Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
way of a city for their habitation. 25 He said the word, and there arose a
5 They were hungry and thirsty : their storm of wind: and the waves thereof
soul fainted in them. were lifted up.
6 And they cried to the Lord in their 26 They mount up to the heavens, and
tribulation: and he delivered them out they go down to the depths their soul :

of their distresses. pined away with evils.

7 And he led them into the right way, 27 They were troubled, and reeled like a
that they might go to a city of habitation. drunken man and all their wisdom was ;

8 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory swallowed up.

to him and his wonderful works to the
: 28 And they cried to the Lord in their
children of men. affliction: and he brought them out of
9 For he hath satisfied the empty soul, their distresses.
and hath filled the hungry soul with good 29 And he turned the storm into a
things. breeze and its waves were still. :

10 Such as sat in darkness and in the 30 And they rejoiced because they were
shadow of death : bound in want and in still and he brought them to the haven :

iron. which they wished for.

r Deut 30. 1.

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God*s mercies
'
to Israel
—'
— - - - --~
PSALMS1
Oar help it from Ood
81 Let the memee of fche Loro give heavens; and thj ixiith even nnto the
glory to him, and his wonderful works to clouds.
Qie children of men. 6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the
32 And let them exalt him in the church heavens, and thy glory over all thd
01 the people: and praise him in the earth : 7 that thy beloved may be deUv
chair of the ancients. ered.
33 He hath turned rivers into a wilder- Save with thy right hand and hear me
ness : and the sources of waters into dry God hath spoken in his hohness. 8
ground I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for and I will mete out the vale of taberna*
the wickedness of them that dwell cles.
therein. 9 Galaad is mine and Manasses is mine i i

35 He hath turned a wilderness into and Ephraim the protection of my head.

pools of waters, and a dry land into wa- Juda is my king: 10 Moab the pot of my
ter springs. hope.
36 And hath placed there the hungry Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe .'

and they made a city for their habitation. the aliens are become my friends
37 And they sowed fields, and planted II Who will bring me into the strong
vineyards: and they yielded fruit of city? who will lead me into Edom?
birth. 12 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast
38 And he blessed them, and they were us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth
multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle with our armies ?
he suffered not to decrease. 13 O grant us help from trouble ! for
39 Then they were brought to be few: vain is the help of man,
and they were afflicted through the trou- 14 Through God we shall do mightily:
ble of evils and sorrow. and he will bring our enemies to nothing.
40 Contempt was poured forth upon
their princes and he caused them to wan-
: PSALM 108.
der where there was no passing, and out Deus, laudem meam.
ot the way. David in the person of Christy prayeth against his
persecutors, more especially the traitor Judas:
41 And he helped the poor out of pov- foretelling and approving his just punishment for
erty and made him families like a. flock
: his obstinacy in sin^ and final impenitence.
of sheep 1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.
\2 * The just shall see, and shall rejoice, 2 /^ GOD, be not thou silent in my
^ftid all iniquity shall stop her mouth. \J praise : for the mouth of the wicked
43 Who is wise, and will keep these and the mouth of the deceitful man is
tilings and will understand the mercies opened against me.
;

Jf the Lord ? 3 They have spoken against me with

deceitful tongues ; and they have com-
PSALM 107. passed me about with words of hatred;
Paratum cor meum. and have fought against me without
The prophet praiseth God for benefits received. cause.
J A canticle of a psalm for David himself
4 Instead of making me a return of love,
2 llyTY heart is ready, O God, my heart they detracted me but I gave myself to •

JLtX is ready I will sing, and will prayer.

.

give praise, with my glory. 5 And they repaid me evil for good:
3 Arise, my glory ; arise, psaltery and and hatred for my love.
hcrpi I will arise in the morning early. 6 Set thou the sinner over him and :

4 1 will praise thee, O Lord, among the may the devil stand at his right hand.
people and I will sing unto thee among
c
7 When he is judged, may he go out
the nationSc condemned and may his prayer be ;

6 For thy mercy is great above the turned to sin.

s Job 22. 19.

Psalm Ver. 6. Set thou the sinner over him.

108- which Judas betrayed our Lord and are to be taken
«c Give to the devil, that arch-sinner, power over as prophetic denunciations of the evils that should
Wm :
let him enter into him, and possess him. The befall the traitor and his accompUcesUie Jdws and
imprecations, contained in the thirty verses of this not properly && curses.
pialQ), ar* oppossa 1^ tiu thirty olece^ oi silvd; for

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David prays against his enemies PSALMS The priesthood of Christ

8 May his days be i@w and ^
bis bishopric hand" amd tiwt >^ou, O Lord, hast iiicjne
let another take. it.
9 May his children be fatherless, 28 They will curse and thou wilt bless
and ;

his wife a widow. them that rise up against me be co--

let
10 Let his children be carried about founded but thy servant shall rejoice. :

vagabonds, and beg; and let them be 29 Let them that detract me be clothed
cast out of their dwellings. with shame: and let them be covered
11 May the usurer search all his sub- with their confusion as with a double
stance: and let strangers olunder bis cloak.
labours. 30 I will give great thanks to the Lord
12 May there be none to help him : nor with my mouth: and in the midst of
none to pity his fatherless offspring. many I will praise him.
13 May his posterity be cut off; in one 31 Because he hath stood at the right
generation may his name be blotted out. hand of the poor, to save ^ly soul from
14 May the iniquity of his fathers be persecutors,
remembered in the sight of the Lord: PSALM 109.
and let not the sic of his mother be Dixit Dominua.
blotted out. Ch/risf^ exaltation and everlasting priesthoods
15 May they be before the Lord continu- I A psaim for David.

ally, and let the memory of them perish

from the earth: 16 because he remem-
* Lord said to my Lord

at my right hand
THE Sit thoa •

bered not to shew mercy, ^ Until I make thy enemies thy foot»
17 But persecuted the poor man and stool.
the beggar ; and the broken in heart, to 2 The Lord will send forth the 3ceptr«
put him to death. of thy power out of Sion rule thou ia :

18 And he loved cursing, and it shall the midst of thy enemies.

come unto him and he would not have 3 With thee is the principality in the
%

blessing, and it shall be far from him. day of thy strength in the brightness of :

And he put on cursing, like a garment the saints: from the womb before the
and it went in like water into his entrails, day star I begot thee.
and like oil in his bones. 4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not
19 May it be unto him like a garment repent: ^Thou art a priest for ever ac-
which covereth him; and like a girdle cording to the order of Melchisedech,
with which he is girded continually. 5 The Lord at thy right hand hath
20 This is the work of them who detract broken kings in the day of his wrath.
me before the Lord; and who speak evils 6 He shall judge among nations, ho
against my souL shall fill ruins he shall crush the heada :

21 But thouj O Lord, do with me for thy in the land of many,

name's sake: because thy mercy is 7 He shall drink of the torrent in the
sweet. way therefore shall he lift up the head. :

Do thou deliver me, 29 for I am poor

and needy, and my heart is troubled PSALM 1!0.
within me. Confitebor tibi. Domine.
23 I am taken away like the shadow God i» to tie grraised for his graces, and bem^U» to
when it declineth and I am shaken off
.
his church.
Alleluia.
as locusts.
24 My knees are weakened through WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my
fasting : and my flesh is changed for oil. I
whole heart; in the council of the
25 And I am become a reproach to just, and in the congregation.
them ; they saw me and they shaked their 2 Great are the works of the Lord
beads sought out according to all his wills,
26 Help me, O Lord my God : save me 3 His work is praise and magnificence
according to thy mercy. and his justice continueth for ever and
27 And let them know that this is thy ever. __^___^__-
t Matt. 22, 44. -w1 Cor. 15. 25 , Heb. 1. 13, and 10. 13. V John 12. 34 ; Heb. 5. 6, and 7. 17. .

Ver. 24 ^or otU propter oleum. The meaning is, my flesh io changed, being perfectly emaciated 2£d
dried uo. as iiavlng lost ali its oi) ot fatnesa

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Happiness of the just PSALMS God regards the poor and humble
i Ho hath made l remesobrance cf his : pine away the desire ©f the wicked eh^
wonderful works, being a merciful and perish.
gracious Lord : 6 he hath given food to PSALM 112.
triem that fear him. Laudate, puerL
He will be mindful for ever of hie cove- Ood is to be praised, for his regard to the poor €mi
nant : 6 he will shew forth to his people humble.
Alleluia.
the power of his works.
7 That he may give them the inheritance PRAISE the Lord, ye children! praise
of the Gentiles : the works of his hands ye the name of the Lord.
are truth and judgment. 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from
8 All his commandments are faithful henceforth now and for ever.
confirmed for ever and ever, made in 3 ^ From the rising of the sun unto the
truth and equity. going down of the same, the name of the
9 He hath sent redemption to his peo- Lord is worthy of praise.
ple he hath commanded his covenant
: 4 The Lord is high above all nations;
for ever. and his glory above the heavens.
Holy and terrible is his name : 10 ^ the 6 Who is as the Liord our God, who
fear of the Lord is the beginning of dwelleth on high: 6 and looketh down on
wisdom. the low things in heaven and in earth?
A good understanding to all that do it 7 Raising up the needy from the earth,
bis praise contini^th for ever and ever. and lifting up the poor cut of the dung-
hill:
PSALM 111. 8 That he may place him with princes,
neatus vir. with the princes of his people.
The go id man ie happy. 9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell
ADeluia, of the returLUig ofAggeus and Zacbarit^. in a house, the joyful mother of children.
BLESSED Is th^5 man that feareth the
Lord: he shall delight exceedingly
^
PSALM 118.
[
in his commandmerts. In exitu Israel
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth God hath shewn his power in deli'ering his people
idols are vain. The Hebrews dfmde this into two
the generation of the righteous shall be psalms.
blessedc Alleluia.

3 Glory and wealth shall be in his house

and his justice remaineth for ever and
WHEN
i^ Israel went out of Egypt,
the house of Jacob from & barba-
over. rous people
4 To the righteous a light is risen up 2 Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel
in darkness ; he is merciful, and compas- his dominion.
sionate and just 3 The sea saw and fled : Jordan was
5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth turned back.
mercy and lendeth : he shall order his 4 The mountains skipped like rams, anci
words with judgment 6 because he shall the hills like the lambs of the flock.
:

not be moved for ever. 6 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that
7 The just shall be in everlasting remem- thou didst flee : and thou, O Jordan, that
brance he shall not fear the evil hearing. thou wast turned back t
:

His heart is ready to hope in the Lord: o Ye mountains, that ye skipped like
8 his heart is strengthened, he shall not rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the
be moved until he look over his enemies. flock?
9 He hath distributed, he hath given to 7 At the presence of the Lord the earth
ine poorr his justice remaineth for ever was moved, at the presence of the God
and ever, his horn shall be exalted in of Jacob
glory. 8 Who turned the rock into pools of
10 The wicked shall see, and shall be water, and the stony hill into fountains
angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and of waters.

w Prov. 1. 7, and 9, 10 EcclL 1. 16.

^ X Male L IL^y Ex. 13. S.
^ Psalm ill. Of the returning^ &c. This is in the time of the return of the people from their captivity,
jreek }*nd Latin, but not in the Hebrew It sigoio to inculcate to them, how happy they might be, ti
>« t'lat thi9 psalm was proper to bt simg at the they would be coDstaat is the s^rri^ «t 4oa

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The vanity of idols PSALMS God our helper and deliverer

1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to 4 The sorrows of death have compassed
thy name give glory. me: and the perils of hell have found me.
2 For thy mercy, and for thy truth's I met with trouble and sorrow 4 and I :

sake: lest the Gentiles should say: called upon the name of the Lord.
Where is their God? Lord, deliver my soul. 5 The Lord is
3 But our God is in heaven: he hath merciful and just, and our God sheweth
done all things whatsoever he would. mercy.
4 ^ The idols of the Gentiles are silver 6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones:
and gold, the works of the hands of men. I was humbled, and he deliverd me.
5 «They have mouths and speak not: 7 Turn, my soul, into thy rest: for
they have eyes and see not. the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
6 They have ears and hear not: they 8 For he hath delivered my soul from
have noses and smell not. death: my eyes from tears, my feet from
7 They have hands and feel not: they falling.
have feet and walk not: neither shall 9 I will please the Lord in the land of
they cry out through their throat. the living.
8 Let them that make them become like
unto them: and all such as trust in them. PSALM 115.
9 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Credidi.
Lord: he is their helper and their pro- This in the Hehreto is joined with the foregoing
psalm, and continues to express the faith and
tector.
gratitude of the psalmist.
10 The house of Aaron hath hoped in Alleluia.
the Lord: he is their helper and their
protector.
10 X HAVE believed, therefore
c have
11 They that fear the Lord have hoped X spoken; but have been
I I hum-
in the Lord he is their helper and their bled
:
exceedingly.
protector. II I said in my excess: ^ Every man is

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, a liar.

and hath blessed us. 12 What shall I render to the Lord, for
all the things that he hath rendered to
He hath blessed the house of Israel he :

hath blessed the house of Aaron. me?

13 He hath blessed all that fear the 13 I will take the chalice of salvation;
Lord, both little and great. and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
14 May the Lord add blessings upon 14 I will pay my vows to the Lord be-
you: upon you, and upon your children. fore all his people: 15 precious in th(
15 Blessed be you of the Lord, who sight of the Lord is the death of his
saints.
made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven of heaven the Lord's 16is
Lord, for I am thy servant: I am
but the earth he has given to the cnil- thy servant, and the son of thy hand-
dren of men. maid.
17 ^ The dead shall not praise thee, Thou hast broken my bonds: 17 I wil
Lord: nor any of them that go down to sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise
and I will call upon the name of tl
hell.
18 But we that live bless the Lord: Lord.
from this time now and for ever. 18 I will pay my vows to the Lord il
the sight of all his people: 19 in tW
courts of the house of the Lord, in th^
PSALM 114 midst of thee, Jerusalem.
Dilexi.
The prayer o1 a just man in affliction, with a PSALM 116
lively confidence in God.
Laudate Dominum.
Alleluia.
All nations are called upon to praise Ood ji

HAVE loved, because the Lord will his mercy and truth.
I hear the voice of my prayer. Alleluia.

PRAISE
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto
me: and in my days I will call upon him.
Z Infra 134. 15. — aWiad. 15. 15.
O the lord, all ye nations

C 2 Cor.
6
praise him, all ye people.
4. 13. — d Rom. 3. 4.
bBar. 2. 17. eBom. 15. 11.
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Trust in God PSALMS The comer stone

2 For his mercy
is confirmed upon us 17 I shaH not die, but live: and shaii
^and the truth of the Lord remaineth for declare the works of the Lord,
ever. 18 The Lord chastising hath chastised
PSALM 117. me : but he hath not delivered me over

to death.
Confitemini Domina
19 Open ye to me the gates of justice:
<Ae psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from
evils: putteth his xvhole trust in him; aiid /ore- I will go in to them, and give praise tc
telleth the coming of Christ, the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the
Alleluia. Lord, the just shall enter into it.
GIVE praise to the Lord, for he good:
for his mercy endureth for ever.
is 21 1 will give glory to thee because thoQ
hast heard me : and art become my sal-
2 Let Israel now say, that he is good vation.
that his mercy endureth for ever. 22 *The stone which the builders re»
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that jected ; the same is become the head of
hib mercy endureth for ever. the corner.
4 Let them that fear the Lord now say, 23 This is the Lord's doing: and it 16
that his mercy endureth for ever. wonderful in our eyes.
6 In my trouble I called upon the Lord: 24 This is the day which the Lord hath
and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me. made: let us be glad and rejoice therein,
6 The Lord is my helper : I wiUnot fear 25 O Lord, save me: O Lord, give good
what man can do unto me. success. 26 Blessed be he that cometh
7 - The Lord is my helper : and I will in the name of the Lord.
Jock over my enemies. We
have blessed you out of the house
8 It is good to confide in the Lord, of the Lord. 27 The Lord is God, and he
rather than to have confidence in man. hath shone upon us.
9 It is good to trust in the Lord, rather Appoint a solemn day, with shady
vhan to trust in princes. boughs, even to the horn of the altar.
10 All nations compassed me about ; and 28 Thou art my God, and I wiU praise
in the name of the Lord I have been thee: thou art my God, and I will exall
revenged on them. thee.
11 Surrounding me they compassed me 1 will praise thee, because thou hast
about: and in the name of the Lord I heard me, and art become my salva-
,have been revenged on them. tion.
12 They surrounded me like bees, and 29 O praise ye the Lord, for he is good:
they burned like fire among thorns: and for his mercy endureth for ever.
in the name of the Lord I wae revenged
on them, PSALM 118.
13 Being pushed I was overturned that Beati immaculate.
I might fall : but the Lord supported me. Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and
14 "^The Lord is my strength and my observance of the commandmerUs of Ood
praise : and he ie become my salvation. Alleluia.

15 The voice of rejoicing and of salva- ALEPH.

tion is inthe tabernacles of the Just.
16 The right hand of the Lord hath
BLESSED
are the undefiled in the way,
who walk in the law of the Lordc
wrought strength : the right hand of the 2 Blessed are they that search hie testi-
--ord hath exalted me : the right hand of monies : that
seek him with their whck
he Lord hath wrought strength. heart.

/ John 12. 34. — g Heb. 13. 6. i Isa. 28. 16 ; Matt. 21. 42 ; Luke 20. 17 • Acts 4. ll j
h Ex. 15. 2. Rom. ». 33 1 Peter 2. 7.
•

Psalm lis. Aleph. The first eight verses of this and consequently with what humility, and submis
^alra in the original begin with Aleph, which is the
sion tc the Church they are to be read.
nie of the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet The
Ver. 2. His testim,onies. The commandments oJ
'ond eight verses begin with Beth, the name of the God are called his testimonies, because they tes
cond letter of the Hebrew alphabet and so to the
; tify hisholy will unto us. Note here, that in almost
Id of the whole alphabet, in
all twenty-two letters, every verse of this psalm (which in number are
ch letter having eight verses. This order is vari- 176) the word and law of God, and the love and
isly expounded by the holy fathers ; which
shews observance of it, is perpetually inculcated, under a
e difliculty of cuderstaiiding the holy scr»>tures, variety of denominations, all signifying the sassm
'
thing
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Meditating on the law oj God PSALMS Prayer for light and guidance
5 For they ihs^ vsKuA ifiSqcdtgr, itt.T6 not £G I have dedai^d my ways, and thou
walked in his ways. haeC heard me : teach me thy justifica-
4 Thou hast commaiiGSCi thy command- tions.
ments tc be kept most diligently. 27 Mako me to understand the way of
6 O that my waye may be directed to
! thy justifications: and I shall be exer-
keep thy justifications. cised in thy wondrous works.
6 Then shall I not be confounded, when 28 My soul hath slumbered through
I shall look into all thy commandments. heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of words.
heart, when I shall have learned the judg- 2S Remove from me the way of iniquity:
ments of thy justice. and out of thy law have mercy on me.
8 I will keep thy justificaticnE' : O do
f SOI have chosen the way of truth : thy
sot thou utterly forsake me. judgments I have not forgotten.
BETH. 31 I have stuck to thy testimonies, O
Lord : put me not to shame.
9 By what doth a young man correct Me S2 I have 3run the way of thy command-
way ? by observing thy words. ments, when thou didst enlarge my heart
10 With my whole heart have I eought
after thee: let me not etray from Siy HE.
commandments. 33 Set before me for a law the way of
11 Thy words have I hidden in my heartj thy justifications, O Lord? and I will al-
that I may not sin against theec ways seek after it.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord : teach me 34 Give me understanding, and I will
thy justifications. search thy law ; and I will keep it with
13 With my lips I have pronounced all my whole heart.
the judgments of thy mouth. 35 Lead me into the path of thy com-
14 1 have been delighted in the way of mandments; for this same I have desired.
thy testimonies, as in aii riches. 36 Incline my heart into thy testimonies
15 I will meditate on thy command- and not to covetousness.
ments ! and I will consider thy ways. 87 Turn away my eyes that they may
16 I will think of thy justificationes I not behold vanity: quicken me in thy
will not forget thy words. way.
GIMEL. 38 Establish thy word to thy servant, in
thy fear.
17 Give bountifully to thy servant, en-
39 Turn away my reproach, which I ha ve
liven me: and I shall keep thy words.
apprehended : for thy judgments are de-
18 Open thou my eyesi and I will con-
lightfulo
sider the wondrous things of thy law.
40 Behold I have longed after thy pre*
19 I am a sojourner on the earth: hide
cepts: quicken me in thy justice.
not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul hath coveted to long for thy VAU.
justifications, at all times. 41 Let thy mercy also come upon me, O
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : they Lord: thy salvation according to thy
are cursed who decline from thy com- word.
mandments. 42 So shall I answer them that reproach
32 Remove from me reproach and eon- me in any thing; that I have trusted in
tempt : because I have sought after thy thy words.
testimonies. 43 And take not thou the word of truth
23 For princes sat, and spoke against utterly out of my mouth : for in thy words,
me: but thy servant was employed in I have hoped exceedingly.
thy justifications. 44 So shall I always keep thy ls,w, for
24 For thy testimonies are my medita- ever and ever.
tion: and thy Justifications my ccunseL 45 And I walked at large: because I
have sought after thy commandments.
DALETH. 46 And I spoke of thy testimonies be-
26 My soul hath cleaved to the pave- fore kings and I was not ashamed.
:

ment: quicken thou me according to thy 47 I meditated also on thy command'

uos?^^ ments, which I loved.
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God's law our comfort PSAT^MS Our need of Gods comforting law
4d And I lifted up my hands to thy com- multiplied over me: but I will seek thy
mandments, which I loved and I was commandments with my whole heart.
:

exercised in thy justificationa 70 Their heart is curdled like tnill? : but

have meditated on thy law.
I
ZAIN 71 It is good for me that thou hast hum-
49 Be thoa mmdful of thy word to thy bled me, that I may learn thy justifica-
servant, in which thou hast given me tions.
hope. 72 The law of thy mouth is good to me,
50 This hath comforted me !n my hn- above thousands of gold and silver.
miliation : because thy word hatb enliv-
ened me. JOD.
51 The proud did iniquitously alto- 73 Thy hands have made me and formed
gether : but I declined not from thy law. me; give me understanding, and I will
62 I remembered, O Lord, thy judg- learn thy commandments.
ments of old : and I was comforted, 74 They that fear thee shall see me, and
53 A fainting hath taken hold of me, be- shall be glad : because I have greatly
cause of the wicked that forsake thy law. hoped in thy words.
54 Thy justifications were the subject of 75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments
my song, in the place of my pilgrimage. are equity: and in thy truth thou hast
55 In the night I have remembered thy humbled me.
name, O Lord : and have kept thy law. 76 01 let thy mercy be for my comfort,
56 This happened to me : because I according to thy word unto thy servant.
sought after thy justifications. 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto
me, and I shall live : for thy law is my
HETH. meditation.
67 O Lord, my portion, I have said, I 78 Let the proud be ashamed, because
would keep thy law. they have done unjustly towards me:
58 I entreated thy face with all my but I will be employed in thy command-
heart: have mercy on me according to ments.
thy word. 79 Let them that fear thee turn to me:
59 I have thought on my ways: and and they that know thy testimonies.
turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy jus-
60 I am ready, and am not troubled tifications, that I may not be confounded.
that I may keep thy commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have encom- CAPH.
passed me: but I have not forgotten thy 81 My soul hath fainted after thy sal-
law. vation: and in thy word I have very
62 I rose at midnight to give praise to much hoped.
thee for the judgments of thy justifica-
; 82 My eyes have failed for thy word,
tion. saying : When wilt thou comfort me ?
63 I am a partaker with all them that 83 For I am become like a bottle in the
fear thee, and that keep thy command- frost: I have not forgotten thy justifica-
ments tions.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy \ 84 How many are the days of thy ser-
teach me thy justifications vant when wilt thou execute judgment
:

on them that persecute me ?

TETH. 85 The wicked have told me fables but
:

65 Thou hast done well with thy ser- not as thy law.
vant, O Lord, according to thy word. 86 All thy statutes are truth: they have
66 Teach me goodness and discipline persecuted me unjustly, do thou help
and knowledge ; for I have believed thy me.
commandments. 87 They had almost made an end of me
67 Before I was humbled I offended upon earth but I have not forsaken thy
:

therefore have I kept thy word. commandments.

68 Thou art good ; and in thy goodness 88 Quicken thou me according to thy
teach me thy justifications. mercy : and I shall keep the testimoniei
^^ Ths iniquity of the proud hath been of thy mouth.
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God'^slaw gives wisdom and strength PSALMS No communion with the wicked
LAMED. 110 Sinners have laid a snare for me •

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth but I have not erred from thy precepts.
firm in heaven. 111 I have purchased thy testimonies
90 Thy truth unto all generations : thou for an inheritance for ever: because
hast founded the earth, and it continu- they are the joy of my heart.
eth. 112 I have inclined my heart to do thy
'^l By thy ordinance the day goeth on: justifications for ever, for the reward.
for all things serve thee.
92 Unless thy law had been my medita- SAMECH.
'jion, I had then perhaps perished in my 113 I have hated the unjust: and have
abjection. loved thy law.
93 Thy justifications I will never forget: 114 Thou art my helper and my pro-
for by them thou hast given me life. tector: and in thy word I have greatly
94 I am thine, save thou me for I have hoped.
:

sought thy justifications. 115 Depart from me, ye malignant:

95 The wicked have waited for me to and I will search the commandments of
f*jBtroy me : hut I have understood thy my God.
lestimonies. 116 Uphold me according: to thy word,
96 I have seen an end of all perfection and I shall live : and let me not be con-
thy commandment is exceeding broad. founded in my expectation.
117 Help me, and I shall be saved: and I
MEM. will meditate always on thy justifications.
97 O how have I loved thy law, O Lord 118 Thou hast despised all them that
it is my meditation all the day. fall off from thy judgments; for their
98 Through thy commandment, thou thought is unjust.
hast made me wiser than my enemies: 119 I have accounted all the sinners of
for it is ever with me. the earth prevaricators: therefore have
99 I have understood more than all my I loved thy testimonies.
teachers : because thy testimonies are 120 Pierce thou my fiesh with thy feax:
my meditation. for I am afraid of thy judgments»
100 1 have had understanding above
mcients; because I have sought thy AIN.
commandments. 121 1 have done judgment and justice;
101 I have restrained my feet from give me not up to them that slander me.
every evil way: that I may keep thy 122 Uphold thy servant unto good let :

words. not the proud calumniate me.

102 I have not declined from thy judg- 123 My eyes have fainted after thy sal*
ments, because thou hast set me a law. vation : and for the word of thy justice.
103 How sweet are thy words to my pal- 124 Deal with thy servant according t**
ate ! more than honey to my mouth. thy mercy: and teach me thy JT-istificzn
104 By thy commandments I have had tions.
understanding: therefore have I hated 125 I am thy servant: give me under-
every way of iniquity. standing that I may know thy testimo-
nies.
NUN. 126 It is time, O Lord, to do; they
106 Thy word isa lamp to my feet,
and have dissipated thy law.
% light to my paths. 127 Therefore have I loved thy com-
106 I have sworn and am determined mandments above gold and the topaz.
to keep the judgments of thy justice, 128 Therefore was I directed to all thy
107 I have been humbled, O Lord, ex- commandments: I have hated all wicked
ceedingly: quicken thou me according ways.
to thy word. PHE.
108 The free offerings of my
mouth 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful'
make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me therefore my soul hath sought them.
thy judgments. 130 The declaration of thy words giveth
109 My soul is continually in my hands: light and giveth understanding to little
!

%ud I have not forgotten thy law. ones.

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The prophet cries to God PSALMS The prophefs love for God's law
131 I opened my mouth, and panted RES.
because longed for thy commandments.
I 153 See my humihation and deliver me
132 Look thou upon me, and have for I have not forgotten thy law.
mercy on me, according to the judgment 154 Judge my judgment and redeem
of them that love thy name. me: quicken thou me for thy word's
133 Direct my steps according to thy sake.
word and let no iniquity have dominion 156 Salvation is far from sinners; be-
:

over me. cause they have not sought thy justifi-

134 Redeem me from the calumnies of cations.
men: that I may keep thy command- 156 Many, O Lord, are thy mercies:
ments. quicken me according to thy judgment.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy 157 Many are they that persecute me,
servant and teach me thy justifications. and afflict me hut I have not declined
: ;

136 My eyes have sent forth springs of from thy testimonies.

water because they have not kept thy 158 I beheld the transgressors, and I
:

law. pined away because they kept not thy ;

SADE. word.
137 Thou art just, O Lord: and thy 159 Behold I have loved thy command-
judgment is right. ments, O Lord quicken me thou in thy ;

138 Thou hast commanded justice thy mercy.

testimonies and thy truth exceedingly.
: 160 The beginning of thy words is
139 My zeal hath made me pine away truth: all the judgments of thy justice
because my enemies forgot thy words. are for ever.
140 Thy word is exceedingly refined: SIN.
and thy servant hath loved it. 161 Princes have persecuted me with-
141 I am very young and despised; hut out cause: and my heart hath been in
I forget not thy justifications. awe of thy words.
142 Thy justice is justice for ever: and 162 I will rejoice at thy words, as one
thy law is the truth. that hath found great spoil.
143 Trouble and anguish have found me: 163 I have hated and abhorred iniquity;
thy commandments are my meditation. but I have loved thy law.
144 Thy testimonies are justice for 164 Seven times a day I have given
ever give me understanding, and I shall praise to thee, for the judgments of thy
:

live. justice.
COPH.
165 Much peace have they that love thy
145 I cried with my
whole heart, hear law, and to them there is no stumbling-
me, O Lord I will seek thy justifica- block.
:

tions. 166 I looked for thy salvation, O Lord:

146 I cried unto thee, save me that I and I loved thy commandments.
:

may keep thy commandments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies
147 I prevented the dawning of the day, and hath loved them exceedingly.
and cried because in thy words I very 168 I have kept thy commandments and
:

much hoped. thy testimonies because all my ways are :

148 My eyes to thee have prevented in thy sight.

the morning that I might meditate on
: TAU.
thy words. 169 Let my supphcation, O Lord, come
149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, ac- near in thy sight give me understanding :

cording to thy mercy and quicken me according to thy word.

:

iccording to thy judgment. 170 Let my request come in before thee;

150 They that persecute me have drawn deliver thou me according to thy word.
ligh to iniquity but they are gone far
; 171 My lips shall utter a hymn, when
)ff from thy law. thou Shalt teach me thy justifications.
151 Thou art near, O Lord and all thy 172 My tongue shall pronounce thy
:

eays are truth. word*, because all thy commandments are

152 I have known from the beginning justice.
oncerning thy testimonies: that thou 173 Let thy hand be with me to save
ast founded them for ever. me ; for I have chosen thy precepts.
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God our keeper PSALMS The blessedness of Jerusalem

174 I have longed for thy salvation, O
|
PSALM 121.
Lord and thy law is my meditation.
; Laetatus sum in his.
175 My soul shall live and shall praise TJie dciyire and hope
of the just for the coming of the
thee and thy judgments shall help me.
:
kiiKjdom of God, and the peace of his church.
176 I have gone astray like a sheep that A gradual canticle.
is lost seek thy servant, because I have
: REJOICED at the things that were
not forgotten thy commandments. I said to me: We shall go into the house
of the Lord.
PSALM were standing in thy courts,
119. 2 Our feet
Ad Dominum.
Jerusalem. O
A prayer in tribulation, 3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city,
A gradual canticle. which is compact together.
IN my trouble I cried to the Lord and 4 For thither did the tribes go up,
:

he heard me. the tribes of the Lord the testimony :

2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked of Israel, to praise the name of the
lips, and a deceitful tongue. Lord.
3 What shall be given to thee, or what 5 Because their seats have sat in judg-
shall be added to thee, to a deceitful ment, seats upon the house of David.
tongue ? 6 Pray ye for the things that are for the
4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, with peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for
coals that lay waste. them that love thee.
5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is pro- 7 Let peace be in thy strength: and
longed I have dwelt with the inhabitants abundance in thy towers.
!

of Cedar 6 my soul hath been long a

: 8 For the sake of my brethren, and of
sojourner. my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.
7 With them that hated peace I was 9 Because of the house of the Lord our
peaceable when I spoke to them they God, I have sought good things for thee.
:

fought against me without cause.

PSALM 122.
PSALM 120. Ad te levavi.
Levavi oculos. A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God.
God is the keeper of his servants. A gradual canticle.
A gradual canticle.
thee have I lifted up my eyes, who mo
HAVE eyes to the
lifted up my
dwellest in heaven.
I mountains, from whence help shall 2 Behold as the eyes of servants are on
come to me. the hands of their masters.
2 My help is from the Lord, who made As the eyes of the handmaid are on the
heaven and earth. hands of her mistress: so are our eyes
3 May he not suffer thy foot to be moved unto the Lord our God, until he havo
neither let him slumber that keepeth thee. mercy on us.
4 Behold he shall neither slumber nor 3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have
sleep, that keepeth Israel. mercy on us: for we are greatly filled
5 The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is with contempt.
thy protection upon thy right hand. 4 For our soul is greatly filled we are :

6 The sun shall not burn thee by day a reproach to the rich, and contempt to
:

nor the moon by night. the proud.

7 The Lord keepeth thee from all evil
may the Lord keep thy soul.
PSALM 123.
Nisi quia Dominus.
8 May the Lord keep thy coming in and
The church giveth glory to God for her deliverance
thy going out from henceforth now and
;
from the hands of her enemies.
for ever. A gradual canticle.
Psalm 119. A gradual canticle. The following sung by the people returning from their captivity
psalms, in number fifteen, are called gradual psalms, and ascending to Jerusalem, which was seated
or canticles, from the word gradus, signifying steps, amongst mountains. The holy fathers, in a mysti-
ascensions, or degrees either because they were
: cal sense, understand these steps, or ascensions, of
appointed to be sung on the fifteen steps, by which the degrees by which Christians spiritually ascend
the people ascended to the temple or, that in the : to virtue and perfection ; and to the true temple oi
singing of them the voice was to be raised by cer- God in the heavenly Jerusalem.
tain steps or ascensions : or, that they were to be I

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Security of the ju st PSALMS

Our need of God
had not been that the Lord waa
IF it
The Lord hath done great things for
with us, let Israel now say 2 If it us we are become joyful.
:
3
:

had not been that the Lord was with 4 Turn again our captivity,
us,
O Lord, as a
stream in the south.
When men rose up against us, 3 per- 6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
haps they had swallowed us up alive. 6 Going they went and wept, casting
When their fury was enkindled against their seeds.
us, 4 perhaps the waters had swallowed 7 But coming they shall come with joy-
us up. fulness, carrying their sheaves.
6 Our soul hath passed through a tor-
rent perhaps our soul had passed through
:
PSALM 126.
a water insupportable.
Nisi Dominus.
6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not
Nothing can be done vnthout God's grace and bless-
given us to be a prey to their teeth. ing.
7 Our soul hath been delivered as a A gradual canticle of Solomon.
sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers.
The snare is broken, and we are de-
UNLESS
the Lord build the house,
they labour in vain that build it.
livered. Unless the Lord keep the city, he
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, watcheth in vain
that keepeth it.
who made heaven and earth. 2 It is vain for you to rise before light
rise ye after you have sitten, you
that
PSALM 124. eat the bread of sorrow.
Qui confidant. When he shall give sleep to his beloved :
The just are always under God\s protection.
3 behold the inheritance of the Lord are
A gradual canticle. children: the reward, the fruit of the
THEY that trust in the Lord shall be as womb.
mount Sion he shall not be moved 4 As arrows in the hand
:
of the mighty,
for ever that dwelleth 2 in Jerusalem. so the children of them that have been
Mountains are round about it so the shaken, :

Lord is round about his people from

5 Blessed is the man that hath filled his
aenceforth now and for ever. desire with them he shall not be
3 For the Lord will not leave the rod of founded
con- ;

when he shall speak to his ene-

linners upon the lot of the just that the
mies in the gate.
:

ust may not stretch forth their hands to

aiquity.
Do
PSALM 127.
4 good, O
Lord, to those that are
Beat! omnes.
iOod, and to the upright of heart. The fear of God is the way to happiness.
5 But such as turn aside into bonds, the A gradual canticle.
ord shall lead out with the workers of
liquity peace upon Israel.
BLESSED are all they that fear the
:
Lord that walk in his ways.
:

2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thy

^ PSALM 125. hands blessed art thou, and it shall be
:

fl In convertendo. weU with thee.

m^people of God rejoice at their delivery from 3 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the
captivity. I

sides of thy house.

A gradual canticle. I

Thy children as olive plants, round

VHEN the Lord brought back the about thy
table.
captivity of Sion, we became like
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
im comforted.
that feareth the Lord.
Then was our mouth filled with glad-
5 May the Lord bless thee out of Sion
^38 and our tongue with joy.
;
and mayst thou see the good things of
hen shall they say among the Gentiles
Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Je Lord hath done great things for 6 And mayst thou see thy children's
u-m.
children, peace upon Israel.
'^- ^* '^ vain for you to rise
b€'rfi!!,h\^\Z?-^^' y®"^ early ^^^^^^^ *^® "gbt' grace, and blessing
ai S,L^^^'
at ^^^^ rising, your labour o?Go£*^^°^'
-worldly solicitude, will be
vain, thit is, wiUavaS

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PSALMS God's promises to David

Appeal to God's mercy for pardon
ray heart is not exalted nor
PSALM 128. LORD,
Saepe expugnaverunt.
are my eyes lofty.
Neither have I walked in great mattsrs,
The cJmrch of God is invincible : her persecutors
come to nothing. nor in wonderful things above me.
A gradual cauticle. 2 If I was not humbly minded, but ex-
have they fought against me soul alted my
OFTEN my youth, let Israel now say. child that is weaned is towards his As a
from
2 Often have they fought against
me mother, so reward in my soul.
3 Let Israel hope in the Lord, from
from my youth but they could not pre- :

over me. henceforth now and for ever.

vail
3 The wicked have wrought upon
my
back: they have lengthened their ini- PSALM 131.
Memento, Domine.
quity.
4 The Lord who is just will cut the
necks A 'mayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to
David.
of sinners: 5 let them all be confounded
A gradual canticle.
and turned back that hate Sion. remember David, and
6 Let them be as grass upon the tops
all
i
OLORD,
it be his meekness.
of houses which withereth before
2 How he swore to the Lord, he vowed
:

plucked up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth
not his a vow to the God of Jacob :

If I shall enter into the tabernacle

hand nor he that gathereth sheaves his 3-?'
of my house if I shall go up into the
:
:
bosom.
8 And they that passed by have
not bed wherein I lie:
said The blessing of the Lord be
upon 4 If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or
slumber to my eyelids,
:

you: we have blessed you in the name of find

5 Or rest t( My temples: until I
the Lord. tabernacle for
out a place for the Lord, a
PSALM 129.
the God of Jacob.
De profundi».
Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata
•

6
Avrayerof a sinner, trusting in the mercies of
God. The sixth penitential psalm. we have found it inihe fields of the wood.
A gradual canticle. 7 We will go into his tabernacle:
we will
depths I have cried to adore in the place where his feet stood.
OUTthee,of Othe
Lord 2 Lord, hear my voice.
8 ^ Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place
:

thou and the ark, which thou hast sanc-

Let thy ears be attentive to the voice
tified,
of my supplication. ^. .

9 Let thy priests be clothed with

justice
3 If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities
and let thy saints rejoice.
Lord, who shall stand it. turn
for 10 For thy servant David's sake,
4 For with thee there is merciful
giveness
thee, O
:

Lord.
-;V-o:
'-.r.aw,i
11 The Lord hath sworn truth to
David, ^^^:^^.^^-^-^^,
have waited for of the
he will not make it void
My soul hath relied on his word 5 my and
^
:
:

fruit of thy womb I will set

upon thy
soul hath in the Lord.hoped
6 From the morning watch
even until throne.
12 If thy children will keep my
cove
night, let Israel hope in the Lord. my testimonies which J
is mercy nant, and these
7 Because with the Lord there
shall teach them
and with him plentiful redemption. evermore snai.
8 And he shall redeem Israel
from all Their children also for
sit upon thy throne.
his iniquities. Sion: m
13 For the Lord hath chosen
PSALM 130. hath chosen it for his dwelhng.
Domine, non est.
14 This is my rest for ever
and ever
The propheVs humility. for I have chosen it.
here will I dwell,
A gradual cantiole of David.
Kings Luke 55 Acts 2. 30^
j 2 Kings 7. 2. — fc 2 Par. 6. 41.
I 2 7. 12 ; 1. ;

found it at CartathiaHn^
it; and accordingly I
Psalm 131. We have heardj>f2l'^ ing
Ver. 6. woods where it was till it was n
I'^ed i»^.»^*^^^^^ the city of the
:

Ephrata. young, and

When I was Ses 1 Far. 13-
heard of God s moved to Jerusaleir.
hem, otherwise called Ephrata, I desire of seek-
tobernacle and ark. and had a devout
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The happiness of brotherly love PSALMS The vanity of idols

16 Blessing I will bless Her widow:
4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto
I
will satisfy her poor with bread. himself Israel for his own possession. :

16 I will clothe her priests with salva- 5 For I have known that the Lord is
tion : and her saints shall rejoice with great, and our God is above all gods.
exceeding great joy. 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased he hath
17 "* There will I bring forth a horn to done, in heaven, in earth, in the sea. and
David : I have prepared a lamp for my in all the deeps.
anointed. 7 ^ He bringeth up clouds from the end
18 His enemies I will clothe with confu- of the earth: he hath made lightnings
sion : but upon him shall my sanctifica- for the rain.
tion flourish. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:
8 ° He slew the firstborn of Egypt frovL
PSALM
132. man even unto beast.
Ecce quam bonum 9 He sent forth signs and wonders in
The happiness of brotherly love and concord. the midst of thee, O Egypt upon Pharao. :

A gradual canticle of David. and upon all his servants

BEHOLD how good and howpleasant 10 2^ He smote many nations, and slew
il is for brethren to dwell together mighty kings:
in unity: 11 ^Sehon king of the Amorrhites, an^i
2 Like the precious ointment on the Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of
head, that ran down upon the beard, the Ohanaan.
beard of Aaron, 12 And gave their land for an inherit-
Which ran down to the skirt of his gar- ance, for an inheritance to his people
ment : 3 as the dew of Hermon, which Israel.
descendeth upon mount Sion. 13 Thy name, O Lord, is for ever: thy
For there the Lord hath commanded memorial, O Lord, unto all generations.
blessing, and life for evermore. 14 For the Lord will judge his people»
and will be entreated in favour of his
PSALM 133. servants.
Ecce nunc benedicitCo 15 **The idols of the Gentiles are silver
4n exhortation to praise God continually, and gold, the works of men's hands.
A gradual canticle. 16 *They have a mouth, but they speak
BEHOLD now bless ye the Lord, all ye not : they have eyes, but they see not.
servants of the Lord 17 They have ears, but they hear not;
Who stand in the house of the Lord, in neither is there any breath in their
I the courts of the house of our God. mouths.
2 In the nights lift up your hands to 18 Let them that make them be like to
the holy places, and bless ye the Lord. them: and every one that trusteth in
3 May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, them.
tie that made heaven and earth. 19 Bless the Lord, O house of Israel
bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.
PSALM 134, 20 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi you ;

Laudate nomen. that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

(n exhortation to praise God the vanity of idols.
,
21 Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who
1 Alleluia.
dwelleth in Jerusalem.
PRAISE ye the name of the Lord :

you his servants, praise the Lord: PSALM 136.

2 You that stand in the house of the Confitemini Domino.
ord, in the courts of the house of our God is to be praised for his wonderful works.
od, Alleluia.
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is
J

X)d : sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.

PRAISE the Lord, for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
m Mai a. 1 Lnke 1. 69. — n Jer, 10. 13. p Jos. 12. 1, 7, — g Num. 21. 24, 34.
o Ex 12. 29. r Supra 113. — s Wisd.
4. 15. 15.

Psalm 135c Ver l, 2, and 3. Praise the Lord. By distinct Persons, the Father, and the Son. and tli9
3 invitation to praise the Lord, thrice repeated, Holy Ghost
'?TOtQQ» tbe BlMtMl Trinity. One God in tluree

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God's f(wore to Israel PSALMS Song of the captives of Babylon

2 Praise ye the God of gods i for his 26 Give glory to the God of heaven for .

mercy endureth for ever, for ever. his mercy endureth

3 Pi-aise ye the Lord of lords : for his 27 Give glory to the Lord of lords : for
mercy endurjeth for ever. his mercy endureth for ever
4 Who alone doth great wonders : for
his mercy endureth for ever. 136. PSALM
5 ^ Who made the heavens in understand- Super flumina.
ing . for his mercy endureth for ever. The lamentation of the people of God in their cap»
6 Who estabhshed the earth above the tivity in Babylon.
waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. A psalm of David, for Jeremias.
7 Who made the great lights: for his UPON the rivers of Babylon, there W6
mercy endureth for ever, sat and wept: when we remem-
8 The sun to rule the day for his mercy bered Sion :

endureth for ever. 2 On the willows in the midst thereof

9 The moon and the stars to rule the we hung up our instruments. 3 For there
night for his mercy endureth for ever.
t they that led us into captivity required
10 ^ Who smote Egypt with their first- of us the words of songs.
born: for his mercy endureth for ever. And they that carried us away, said:
11 ^ Who brought out Israel from among Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of
them for his mercy endureth for ever. Sion.
I

12 With a mighty hand and with a 4 How shall we sing the song of thej
stretched out arm: for his mercy endur- Lord in a strange land ?
eth for ever. 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my|
13 Who divided the Red Sea into parts right hand be forgotten.
for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if 1
14 And brought out Israel through the do not remember thee
midst thereof: for his mercy endureth If I make not Jerusalem the beginning!
for ever. of my joy.
15 ^ And overthrew Pharao and his host 7 Remember, O Lord, the children of I

m the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth Edom, in the day of Jerusalem:
for ever. Who say : Rase it, rase it, even to the
16 Who led his people through the foundation thereof.
desert for his mercy endureth for ever.
: 8 O daughter of Babylon, miserable:
17 Who smote great kings : for his mercy blessed shall he he who shall repay thee
endureth for ever. thy payment which thou hast paid us.
18 ^ And slew strong kings for his mercy 9 Blessed be he that shall take and dash
i

endureth for ever. thy little ones against the rock.

19 Sehon king of the Amorrhites: for
his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM 137.
20 y And Og king of Basan for his mercy Confitebor tibi.
:

endureth for ever. Thanksgiving to God for his benefits.

21 ^ And he gave their land for an in- For David himself
heritance for his mercy endureth for
: WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my
9ver. whole heart for thou hast heard the I :

22 For an inheritance to his servant words of my mouth.

Israel for his mercy endureth for ever.
: I will sing praise to thee in the sight of
23 For he was mindful of us in our afflic- the angels 2 I will worship towards thy '.

tion: for his mercy endureth for ever. holy temple, and I will give glory to thy
24 And he redeemed us from our ene- name.
mies for his mercy endureth for ever.
: For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for
25 Who giveth food to all flesh for his thou hast magnified thy holy name above
:

mercy endureth for ever. all.

t Gen. 1. 1.— w Ex. 1'2. 29. X Num. 21. 24. — y Num. 21. 33.
V Ex. 13. 17.— w Ex. 14. 28. z Jos. 13. 7.

Psalm 136, For the time of Jere- rock, when we mortify our passions, and Stifle the
For Jeremias.
jQias, and the captivity of Babylon. first motions of them, by a speedy recourse to tb6
Ver. 9, Dash thy little ones, &c. In the spiritual rock whiclr Is Christ.
lense, we dasb the little ones of Babylon against the
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Nothing is hidden from God PSALMS Nothing is hidden from God

3In what day soever I shall call upon cover me and night shall be my
: light in
thee, hear me: thou ehalt multiply my pleasures.
strength in my soul. 12 But darkness shall not be dark to
4 May all the kings of the earth rjive thee, and night shall be light as the day
glory to thee: for they have heard all the the darkness thereof, and the light there-
words of thy mouth. of are alike to thee.
6 And let them sing in the ways of the 13 For thou hast possessed reins: my
Lord : for great is the glory of the Lord. thou hast protected me from my mother^s
6 For the Lord is high, and looketh on wombc
the low : and the high he knoweth afar 14 I will praise thee, for thou art fear-
off. fully magnified : wonderful are thy works,
walk in the midst of tribula-
7 If I shall and my
soul knoweth right well.
tion, thou wilt quicken me: and thou 16 My
bone is not hidden from thee,
hast stretched forth thy hand against the which thou hast made in secret and my :

^rath of my enemies: and thy right substance in the lower parts of the earth.
hand hath saved me. 16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being,
8 The Lord will repay for me: thy and in thy book all shall be written: days
mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever : O shall be formed, and no one in them.
despise not the works cl thy hands. 17 But to me thy friends, O God, are
made
exceedingly honourable: their
PSALM 1S8. principality is exceedingly strengthened.
Domine, prcbastt 18 I will number them, and they shall
Ood*3 special providence over his servants. be multiplied above the sand: I rose up
1 Uuto the end» a psalm of David. and am still with thee.
LORD, thou hast proved me, and known 19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God:
me: 2 thou hast known my
sitting ye men of blood, depart from me
down, and my rising up. 20 Because you say in thought: They
3 Thou hast understood my
thoughts shall receive thy cities in vain.
afar off : my path and my line thou hast 21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that
searched out. hated thee : and pined away because of
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways thy enemies?
for there no speech in my tongue.
is 22 I have hated them with a perfect
6 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all hatred: and they are become enemies to
things, the last and those of old: thou me.
hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand 23 Prove me, O God, and know my
upon me. heart: examine me, and know my paths.
6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful 24 And see if there be in me the way of
to me it is high, and I cannot reach to
: iniquity and lead me in the eternal way.
:

it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? PSALM 139.

or whither shall I flee from thy face ? Eripe me, Domine.
8 ^If I ascend into heaven, thou art A prayer to be delivered from the wicked.
there: if T descend into hell, thou art 1 Unto the end, a psalm of David-
present. 2 TPvELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil
9 If I take my wings early in the morn- JlJ man: rescue me from the unjust
ing, and dwell in the uttermost parts of man.
the sea 3 Who
have devised iniquities in their
10 Even there also shall thy hand lead hearts: all the day long they designed
ne : and thy right hand shall hold me. battles.
11 And I said • Perhaps darkness shall 4 ^They have sharpened their tongues
a Amos 9. 2. h Supra 5. 11 ; Rom. 3. 13.

Psalm 138, Vero4. There is no speech, &e. Viz^ their habitation ; as if they have received them in
nknown to thee tor when there is no speech in my vain, and to no purpose.
"«ngue yet my whole interior and my most secret
; Ver. 22. / have hated them. Not with an hatred
are known to thee.
'lights of malice, but a zeal for the observance of God's
Ver 20. liecanse you say in thovght, &c. Depart commandments^ which he saw were despised by
om me, you wicked-, who plot against the servants the wicked, who are to be considered enemies to
f Grod^ and UunK to cast them outi
ct tbe ciues, vt God.
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Prayer for protection PSALMS Prayer of one in extreme danger

Jike a serpent: the veuom of aspe is With men that work Iniquity* and I
under their lips. will not communicate with the choicest
5 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of of them.
the wicked and from unjust men deliver
: 5 The lust man shall correct me In
me. mercy, and shaD reprove me* but let not
Who have proposed to supplant my the oil of the sinner fatten my head.
steps 6 the proud have hidden a net for
; For my prayer also shall still be against
oae. the things with which they are well
And they have stretched out cords for pleased 6 their judges falling upon the
:

a snare : they have laid for me a stum- rock have been swallowed up.
blingblock by the wayside. They shall hear my words, for they
7 I said to the Lord : Thou art my God have prevailed: 7 as when the thickness
hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication. of the earth is broken up upon the
8 O Lord, Lord, the strength of my sal- ground:
vation thou hast overshadowed my head
: Our bones are scattered by the side of
in the day of battle. hell. 8 But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my
9 Give me not up, O Lord, from my de- eyes in thee have I put my trust, take
:

sire to the wicked: they have plotted not away my soul.

against me do not thou forsake me, lest 9 Keep me from the snare, which the>
;

they should triumph. have laid for me, and from the stum-
10 The head of them compassing me blingblocks of them that work iniquity.
about the labour of their lips shall over- 10 The wicked shall fall in his net: I
:

whelm them. am alone until I passo

11 Burning coals shall fall upon them;
thou wilt cast them down into the fire: PSALM 141.
In miseries they shall not be able to stand. Voce mea.
12 A man full of tongue shall not be es- A prayer of David in extremity of danger.
tablished in the earth: evil shall catch I Of understanding for David. A prayer when he
the unjust man unto destruction. was in the cave. [1 Kings 24.]
13 I know that the Lord will do justice 2 T
CRIED to the Lord with my voice
*^

CO the needy, and will revenge the poor. A

with my voice I made supplication
14 But as for the just, they shall give to the Lord.
glory to thy name and the upright shall
: 3 In his sight I pour out my prayer,
dwell with thy countenance. and before him I declare my trouble
4 When my spirit failed me. then thou
PSALM 140. knewest my paths.
Domine, clamavi In this way wherein I walked, they
A pray&r against sinful words^ and deceitful flat- have hidden a snare for me.
terers. 6 I looked on my right hand, and be"
A psalm of David.
[

held, and there was no one that would

HAVE cried to thee, O Lord, hear know me.
I me: hearken to my voice, when I cry Flight hath failed me and there is no :

to thee. one that hath regard to my soul.

2 Let my prayer be directed as incense 6 I cried to thee. O Lord : I said Thon i

in thy sight ; the lifting up of my hands, art my hope, my portion in the land of
as evening sacrifice. the living.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth 7 Attend to my supplication for T am '

and a door round about my lips. brought very low.

4 Incline not my heart to evil words DeHver me from m-r persecutors; for
;

to make excuses in sins. they are stronger thar 1.

c Suprf* 'b.2.

Psalm Ver. 5. Let not the oil of the sinner,

140. qui#kly vanish and perish dke ships dashed against
&c. That —
the flattery, or deceitful praise.
is, Ibid. the rocks, and swallowed i.p *:y the waves. Let them
For my prayer, &c. So far from coveting their then hear my words, for they are powerful and will
Sraises, who are never well pleased but with things prevail or^ as it is Id the Hebrew» for they are
:

aat are evil; I shall continually pray to be pre

ferved from such things as they are delighted with. Ver. 10. / am alone, &c, Singidarly protected by
"*"^l; 6. Their judges. &e Their rulers, or chiefs, the Almighty until I past all their nets aad snare»
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Prayer of one in tribulation PSALMS Prayer for help

d Bring my soul out of prison, that 1 BLESSED he the Lord my God, who
may praise thy name the just wait for : teacheth my hands to fight, and my
me, until thou reward me. fingers to war.
2 My mercy, and my refuge* my sup-
PSALM 142. port, and my dehverer
Domine, exaudL
ThepscUmlst in tribulation calleth upon Oodfor his
My protector, and I have hoped in him *

delivery. The seventh penitential psalm. who subdueth my people under me.
I A. psalm of David, when his son Absalom pursued 3 Lord, what is man, that thou art made
hinL [2 Kings 17.] known to him? or the sou of man, thai
HEAR, O Lord, my prayer* give ear to thou makest account of him ?
my supplication in thy truth? hear 4 Man is like vo vanity ^ his days pass :

me in ihy justice. away like a shadow.

2 And enter not into judgment with Shy 5 Lord, bow down thy heavenc and de»
oervant for in thy sight no man living scend: touch the mountains, and they
r

shall be justified. shall smoke.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my 6 Send forth lightning, and thou shalt
Boul he hath brought down my life to scatter them shoot out thy arrows, and
: :

the earth. thou shalt trouble them.

He hath made me to dwell in darkness 7 Put forth thy hand from on high, take
as those that have been dead of old: me out, and deliver me from many waters
4 and ray spirit is in anguish within me from the hand of strange children
my heart within me is troubled. 8 Whose mouth hath spoken vanity:
5 I remembered the days of old, I medi- and their right hand is the right hand of
tated on all thy works I meditated upon iniquity.:

the works of thy hands. 9 To thee, O God, I will sing a new can-
6 I stretched forth my hands to thee ticle on the psaltery and an instrument
:

my soul is as earth without water unto of ten strings I will sing praises to
thee, thee.
I
7 Hear me speedily10 Who givest salvation to kings ; who
O Lord my
: spirit
'lath fainted away. hast redeemed thy servant David from
Turn not away thy face from me, lest I the malicious sword: 11 Deliver me.
)e hke unto them that go down into the And rescue me out of the hand of strange
)it. children whose mouth hath spoken van- ;

8 Cause me to liear thy mercy in the ity and their right hand is the right hand
i

Qorning for in thee have I hoped.

^ of iniquity
iMake the way known to me, wherein I 12 Whose 3ons are as new plants in their
hould walk for I have lifted up my soul youth
: I

3 thee, Their daughters decked out, adorned

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, round about after the similitude of a
) thee have I fled 10 teach me to do temple
:

ly will, for thou art my God. i3 Their storehouses full, flowing out of
Thy good spirit shall lead me into the this into that.
ght land. 11 for thy name's sake, O Their sheep fruitful in young, abounding
)rd, thou wilt quicken me in thy justice, in their goings forth* 14 their oxen
^hou wilt bring my soul out of trouble fato
and in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my There is no breach of wall nor passage,
I
emies. nor crying out in their streets.
.nd thou wilt cut off all them that aflaict 15 They have called the people happy,
V soul: for I am thy servant, that hath these things: 6w* happy '^ that
people whose God is the Lord,
PSALM 143.
Benedictus Dominus.
-5 prophet praiseth God^ and prayeth to be .telin-
PSALM 144.
•ed from his enemies. No worldly happiness is Exaltabo te, I>2rU3
• be com,pared with that of serviuff God.. A psalm 5/ praise^ to the infinite majesty of CfiA
A psalm of David against Goliath Praise, for D»^/id himself.

d job I. ). and A.X.

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David praises the goodness of God PSALMS Our trust should he in God
IWILLaxtoS thee, O Gocimy king; and the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy
I will bless thy name for ever; yea, name for ever; yea, for ever and ever,
for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee ; and I will PSALM 145.
praise iihy name for ever ; yea, for ever Lauda. aniraa.
and ever. Wb are not to trust in men. but in Ood aUmA
3 Great ia the Lord, and greatly to be I Alleluia» of A.ggeus and Zacharias-

liaised and of his greatness there is no 2 T>RAISB ®the Lord, O my soul, in my

t

end. X
life I will praise the Lord: I wiW
4 Generation and generation shall praise sing to my God as long as I shall be.
thy works* and they shall declare thy Put not your trust in princes 3 in the :

power. children of men, in whom there is no sal

6 They shall speak of the magnificence vation.
of the glory of thy holiness: and shall 4 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall
tell thy wondrous works. return into his earth: in that day all
6 And they shall speak of the might of their thoughts shall perish.
thy terrible acts and shall declare thy 6 Blessed is he who hath the God of Ja-
:

greatness. cob for his helper, whose hope is in the

7 They shall publish the memory of the Lord his God; 6«^ who made heaven and
abundance of thy sweetness: and shall earth, the sea, and all things that are in
rejoice in thy justice. them,
8 The Lord is gracious and merciful; 7 Who keepeth truth for ever : who
patient and plenteous in mercy. executeth judgment for them that suffer
9 The Lord is sweet to all ; and his ten- wrong : who giveth food to the hungry.
der mercies are over all his works. The Lord loose th them that are fet-
10 Let all thy works, O Lord, praise tered : 8 the Lord enlighteneth the blind.
thee and let thy saints bless thee.
• The Lord lifteth up them that are cast
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy down the Lord loveth the just.
:

kingdom! and shall tell of thy power: 9 The Lord keepeth the strangers, he
12 To make thy might known to the will support the fatherless and thei
sons of men: and the glory of the mag- widow and the ways of sinners he will|
:

nificence of thy kingdom. destroy,

13 Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages 10 The Lord shall reign for ever: thj,
and thy dominion endureth throughout God, O Sion, unto generation and gener
all generations. tion.
The Lord is faithful in ail his words' PSALM 143.
and holy in all his works, Laudate Dominum.
14 The Lord lifteth up all that fall and t An exhortation to praise Ood for his benefits-

setteth up all that are cast down. Alleluia.

16 The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord PRAISE ye the Lord, because psalm \
and thou givsst them meat in due sea- good: to our God be joyful an
son. comely praise.
16 Thou openest ohy hand, and fillest 2 The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: k
with blessing every living creature. will gather together the dispersed of Ij
17 The Lord is just in all his ways: and rael.
holy in all his works. 3 Who healeth the broken of heart, arj
13 The Lord is nigh unto all them that bindeth up their bruises.
call upon him i bo aB that call upon him 4 Who telleth the number of the stari
in truth.
19 He will do the will of them that fear
and calleth them all by their names
6 Great is our Lord, and great Is i\
%
him: and he will bear cheir prayer, and power" and of his wisdom there ifl a

save them. number.

20 The Lord keepeth all them that love 8 The Lord lifteth up the meek, a
him but all the wicked he will destroy, bringeth the wicked down even to
]
t\

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of ground. ^

« Supra 144. z. /Acts 14. 14 1 Apoc
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God's mercies to His people PSALMS Invitation to praise God

7 Sing ye tc the Lord with praise sing 4 ^ Praise him, ye heavensj of heavens
to our God upon the harp. and let all the waters that aro above the
8 Who
covereth the heaven with clouds, heavens 6 praise the name of the Lord.
and prepareth rain for the earth. For he spoke,, and they were made ho :

Who maketh grass to grow on the commanded, and they were created.
mountains, and herbs for the service of 6 He bath established them for ever,
men. and for ages of ages he hath made a :

9 Whogiveth to beasts their food : and decree, and it shaU not pass away.
to the young ravens that call upon him. 7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye
10 He shall not delight in the strength dragons, and all ye deeps
of the horse nor take pleasure in the 8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds,
legs of a man. which fulfil hie word •

11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them 9 Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees
that fear him and in them that hope in and all cedars r

his mercy. 10 Beasts and all cattle serpents and •

PSALM 147. feathered fowjis :

11 Kings of the earth and all people :

Lauda, Jerusalem.
princes and all judges cf the earth
i77ie church is called upon to praise Ood for his
peculiar graces and favours to his people. In the 12 Young men and maidens let the old .

Hebrew^ this psalm is joined to the foregoing. with the younger, praise the name of the
Alleluia. Lord : 13 for his name alone is exalted.
12 T>RAISB the Lord, O Jerusalem: 14 The praise of him is above heaven
'
X praise thy God, O SioUc and oarth and be hath exalted the horn
:

13 Because he hath strengthened the of his people.

>olts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy A hymn to all his saints to the chil' :

hildren within thee. dren of Israel, a people approaching to

14 Who hath placed peace in thy bor- him. Alleluia.
ers and filleth thee with the fat of corn.
:

15 Who sendeth forth his speech to the PSALM 149.

jirth his word runneth swiftly.
: Cantata Donijno.
16 Who giveth snow like wool : scatter- The church ie particularly bound to praise God.
,h mists like ashes, Alleiluia.

'iL7 He sendeth his crystal like morsels INQ

SING ye to the Lord a new canticle,
'ho shall stand before tha face of his let Ms praise be in the church of the
Jd? saints.
8 He shall send out; his word, and shall 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made
. 3lt them : his wind shall blow, and the him: and let the children ot Sion be joy-
Hters shall run ful in their king.
9 Whc declare th his word to Jacob
3 Let them praise his name fn choir: :

li and his judgments to Israel. let them sing to him with the timbrel
justices
) He hath not done in like manner to and the psaltery.
esry nation and his judgments he hath
: 4 For the Lord is well pleased with his
D'; made manifest tc them. Alleluia. people* and he will exalt the meek unto
salvation.
PSALM
148. 6 The saints shall rejoice in glory j they
Laudate Dominum de csBlie. shall be ioyfu) in their beds.
I creatures are invited to praise their Creator. 6 The high praises of God shall be in
Alleluia. their mouth : and two-edged swords in
RAISE ye the Lord from the heavens: their bands
I praise ye him in the high places, 7 To execute vengeance upon the na-
^^aise ye him, all his angels; praise among the people
tions, chastisements
Vfiim., all his hosts, 8 To bind their kings with fetters, and
3*rai8e ye him, O sun and moon : praise their nobles with manacles of iron
'^i
,
all ye stars and light. 9 To execute upon them the judgment
g Dan. 3. 59, 60.
^ Klmi« Ver.17 Ue acndeih his crystal That his ice. Some understaEu it Di hail,
IS, whict is,
ar it werOc <c«, divided Into particles or moraeltk

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PEOVERBS nn mpanii of wicked to he avoided

Theuseofproverl)s
written: this glory
:
—
is
n^vui
to all ^^^
ve him for his mighty acts;
9 Praise
that is 1
^ j//y^ him according to the multitude
saints. Alleluia.
^^ ^.^ greatness.
of trumpet:
PSALM 150. 3 Praise him with sound

strnments. and organs.

.^^ y^^^ ^j^j^ strings
Alleluia.
^». c Pvaise him on high sounding cymbals:
place 5 Pmse^^^^^
T>KAISE ye the Lord in his holy ^^ ^^^ ^^^^
firmament of h.s
l* praise ye him in the P^f^f^^^'j™ ^^he Lord. Alleluia,
power. '

THE

BOOK OF PROVERBS
eaim, ,>ecause j*
Tkis Book is .0-^^if^/Sorfn^f/^f A^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
in tkem unier
b"Sf;r^*t%X^ are often coucHea
ItXtj/errA^atEf
certain figures and similitudes.
let us hide snares
US lie in wait for blood,
CHAPTER 1.
for the innocent without cause:
him up alive like hell,
12 Let us swallow
goeth down into
to the voice of wisdom and whole as one that
of
of Solomon, the son
rp\HE parables ^^3 W*e shall find all precious substance
X David,
know
king of
wisdom,
Israel.
and instruction: we shall fill our houses with
spoils
us, let us all have
2 To
the words of prudence: 14 Cast in thy lot with
3 To understand
of doc-
and to receive the instruction equity: 'll My'son, walk not thou with then,
judgment, and
trine, justice, and restrain thy foot from
their paths
little ones, to the
To give subtilty to to evil, and mak
4
understand- 16 i For their feet run
young man knowledge and haste to shed blood. ^

17 But a net is spread

vam before tn| m .

Ta wise man shall hear and shall

^^
understandeth, shall eyes of them
that have wings.
be in wait f
wiser: and he that 18 And they themselves
governments. decei
possess blood, and practise
understand a parable, and their own
6 He shall own souls.
words of the wise, aeainst their
I

m.
the interpretation, the 19 So the ways of every covetous
mysterious sayings. possessors.
and their ,
souls of the
the beginning destroy the
7 h The fear of the Lord is Wisdom preacheth abroad, she
utt(

wisdom. Fools despise wisdom ancl| 20 streets:

of eth her voice in the
instruction. multitudes she en
^.
.
instruction
^ +i,tt
of thy 21 At the head of
8 My son, hear the of the gates of
1

the law of thy out, in the entrance

father, and forsake not words, saying.
city she uttereth her
how long will you
children, J
T That grace
and a chain of
may
gold
be
to
added
thy
to
neck.
thy head, 22
childishness, and fools
covet those thii
hurtful to themselves,
and
sinners shall entice thee, which are
10 My son, if
unwise hate knowledge? ,
,^ t , .

consent not to them. 23 Turn ye at my reproof: behoia J

Come with u s, let
11 If they shall say:
{ Isa. 69. 7.
PB. 110. 10 ; Eccli. 1. 16.
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Refusal to heed wisdom punished PROVERBS Wisdom protects from evil

atter ray spirit tc you, shew you and judgment, and equity, and every
and will
my wordSc good path.
2^ ^ Because I called, and you refused 10 If wisdom shall enter into thy heart,
•

X stretohed out my hand, and there was and knowledge please thy soul:
.lone that regarded. 11 Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence
25 You have despised all my counsel, shall preserve thee,
and have neglected my reprehensions. 12 That thou mayst be delivered from
26 I also will laugh in your destruction, the evil way, and from the man that
and will mock when that shall come to speaketh perverse things:
you which you feared. 13 Who leave the right way, and walk
27 When sudden calamity shall fall on by dark ways:
you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall 14 Who are glad when they have done
be at hand: when tribulation and dis- evil, and rejoice in most wicked things
tress shall come upon you: 16 Whose ways are perverse, and their
28 Then shall they call upon me, and steps infamous.
I will not hear they shall rise in the 16 That thou mayst be delivered from
J

morning and shall not find me the strange women, and from the stranger,
:

29 Because they have hated instruction, who softeneth her words :

and received not the fear of the Lord, 17 And forsaketh the guide of her
30 Nor consented to my counsel, but youth,
despised all my reproof. 18 And hath forgotten the covenant of
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of her God: for her house inclineth unto
bheir own way, and shall be filled with death, and her paths to helL
;heir own devices. 19 None that go in unto her shall re-
32 The turning away of little ones shall turn again, neither shall they take hold
all them, and the prosperity of fools of the paths of lite.
hall destroy them. 20 That thou mayst walk in a good way^
33 But he that shall hear me, shall rest and mayst keep the paths of the Just.
Tithoufe terror, and shall enjoy abmn- 21 For they that are upright shall dwell
ance, without fear of evils. in the earth, and the simple shall con-
tinue in it.
CHAPTER 2. 22 '^ But the wicked shall be destroyed
j^ advantages of vnsdom and the evils from from the earth: and they that do unjustly
I
which it delivers shall be taken away from it
L/TY son, if thou wilt receive my words,
jTjL and wilt hide my commandments CHAPTER 3.
'ith thee, An exhortation to the practice of virtue.
That thy ear may hearken to wisdom
cline thy heart to know prudence:
For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and
M Y
son, forget not my law, and le*
thy heart keep my commandments
2 For they shall add to thee length o
l,3line thy heart to prudence : days, and years of hfe and peace.
If thou shalt seek her as money, and 3 Let not mercy and truth leave thee,
I lit dig for her as for a treasure put them about thy neck, and write them
Then shalt thou understand the fear in the tables of thy heart
c the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge 4 And thou shalt find grace and good
cGod. understanding before God and men.
Because the Lord giveth wisdom : and 5 Have confidence in the Lord with all
0; of his mouth cometh prudence and thy heart, and lean not upon thy own
k)wledge. prudencCc
^
He will keep the salvation of the 6 In ali thy ways think on him, and he
Phteous, and protect them that walk in will direct thy steps.
^i plicityc
7 * Be not wise in thy own conceit fear
f Keeping
the paths of justice, and God, and depart from evil
girding the ways of saintri. 8 For it shall be health to thy navel, and
5 Chen shalt thou understand justice. moistening to thy bones.

^ Is.-). 65. l:;, and 66. <L ; Jer. 7 ia k Job 18. 17.-4 Rom. 12. 16.

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The wisdom
benefits of PROVERBS Exhortation to seek wisdom
S '" Honoui the Lord with thy substance, bC Strive ncu agamst- a man without
and give him of the first of all thy fruits cause, when he hath aon, thee no eviL
10 And thy barns shall be filled with 31 ^ Envy not the anjust man, and do
abundance, and thy presses shall run not follow his ways:
over with wine. 32 For every mocker is an abomination
11 **My son, reject not the correction to the Lord, and hie communication is
of the Lord and do not faint when thou with the simple.
;

art chastised by him 33 Want is from the Lord in the house

12 For whom the Lord loveth, be chas- of the wicked but the habitations zt the:

tiseth; and as a father in the son he just shall be blessed.

pleaseth himself. 34 He shall scorn the scorners, and to
13 Blessed is the man that findeth wis- the meek he will give grace.
dom and is rich in prudence: 35 The wise shall possess glory r the
14 The purchasing thereof is better than promotion of fools is disgrace.
the merchandise of silver, and her fruit
than the chiefest and purest gold CHAPTER 4.

15 She is more precious than all riches :

A further exhortation to seek after wisdom
and all the things that, are desired, are HEAR,
ye children, the instruction of
not to be compared with her. a father, and attend that you may
16 Length of days is in her right hand, know prudence.
and in her left hand riches and glory. 2 I will give you a good gift, forsake
17 Her ways are beautiful ways, and all not my law.
her paths are peaceable. 3 For I also was my father's son, tender
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay and as an only son in the sight of my
bold cr her: and he that shall retain her mother
is blessed, 4 And he taught me, and said Let thy :

19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded heart receive my words, keep my com
the earth, hath established the heavens mandments, and thou shalt live.
by prudence. 5 Get wisdom, get prudence forget| ;

2C By hie wisdom the depths have not, neither decline from the words oil
broken out, and the clouds grow thick my mouth.
with dew, 6 Forsake her not, and she shall keep|
21 My son, let not these things depart thee : love her, and she shall preserv(j
from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel theOc
22 And there shall be life to thy soul, 7 The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom
and grace to thy mouthc and with all thy possession purchas
2S Then shalt thou walk confidently in prudence.
thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble 8 Take hold on her, and she shall exa]
24 If thou sleep, thou ehalt not fear thee: thou shalt be glorified by he;
thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be when thou shalt embrace her.
Bweet. 9 She shall give to thy head increase <
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of graces, and protect thee with a nob
the power of the wicked falling upon crown.
thee. 10 Hear, O my eon, and receive n
26 For the Lord will be at thy side, and words, that years of life may be muli
will keep thy foot that thou be not plied to thee.
taken, 11 I will shew thee the way of wisdo)
27 Do not withhold him from doing I will lead thee by the paths of equity:
good, who is able: if thou art able, do 12 Which when thou shalt have enters t
good thyself also. thy steps shall not be straitened, a
28 Say not to thy friend: Go, and come when thou runnest thou shalt not m(|*
again and to morrow I will give to thee
: a stumblingblock.
when thou canst give at present. 13 Take hold on instruction, leave i<

29 Practise not evil against thy friend, not keep it, because it is thy life.
:

when he hrth confidence in thee. 14 Be not deUghted in the paths of <|3

m Tob. 4c 1 i Luke 14. 13. n Heb. 12. 5{ Apoc U 29. — o Ps. 36. 1.

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 Warning to flee icicked luatjs PROVERBS Exhortation to avoid unchastity
wicked, neither let the way of evil men 8 Remove thy way far from her, and
please thee. come not nigh the doors of her house.
15 Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, 9 Give not thy honour to strangers, and
and forsake it. thy years to the cruel.
16 For they sleep not except they have 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy
done evil: and their sleep is taken away strength, and thy labours be in another
unless they have made some to fall. man's house,
17 They eat the bread of wickedness, 11 And thou mourn at the last, when
and drink the wine of iniquity. thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy
18 But the path of the just, as a shining body, and say:
light, goeth forwards and increaseth even 12 Why have I hated instruction, and
to perfect day. my heart consented not to reproof,
19 The way of the wicked is darksome: 13 And have not heard the voice of
they know not where they fall. them that taught me, and have not in-
20 My son, hearken to my words, and clined my ear to masters ?
incline thy ear to my sayings. 14 I have almost been in all evil, in the
21 Let them not depart from thy eyes, midst of the church and of the congre-
keep them in the midst of thy heart: gation.
22 For they are life to those that find 15 Drink water out of thy own cistern,
them, and health to all flesh. and the streams of thy own well:
23 With all watchfulness keep thy heart, 16 Let thy fountains be conveyed
because life issueth out from it. abroad, and in the streets divide thy
24 Remove from thee a forward mouth, waters.
and let detracting lips be far from thee. 17 Keep them to thyself alone, neither
25 Let thy eyes look straight on, and let strangers be partakers with thee.
let thy eyelids go before thy steps. 18 Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice
26 Make straight the path for thy feet, with the wife of thy youth:
and all thy ways shall be established. 19 Let her be thy dearest hind, and most
27 Decline not to the right hand, nor to agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate
the left: turn away thy foot from evil. thee at all times; be thou delighted con-
For the Lord knoweth the ways that are tinually with her love.
on the right hand but those are perverse
: 20 Why art thou seduced, my son, by a
which are on the left hand. But he will strange woman, and art cherished in the
make thy courses straight, he will bring bosom of another?
forward thy ways in peace. 21 PThe Lord beholdeth the ways of
man, and considereth all his steps.

CHAPTER 5.
22 His own iniquities catch the wicked,
fast bound with the ropes of
An exhortation to fly unlawful lust, and the and he is
occasions of it, his own sins.

MY son, attend to
incline thy ear to
my
my
prudence.
23 He shall die, because he hath not re-
wisdom, and
ceived instruction, and in the multitude of
2 That thou mayest keep thoughts, and his folly he shall be deceived.
thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind
not the deceit of a woman. CHAPTER 6.
I

I 3 For the lips of a harlot are like a Documents on several heads.

(honeycomb dropping, and her throat is
smoother than oil.
MY
son, if thou be surety for thy
friend, thou hast engaged fast thy
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, hand to a stranger.
,and sharp as a twoedged sword. 2 Thou art ensnared with the words of
5 Her feet go down into depth, and her thy mouth, and caught with thy own
steps go in as far as hell. words.
6 They walk not by the path of life, her 3 Do therefore, my son, what I say, and
steps are wandering, and unaccountable. deliver thyself: because thou art fallen
7 Now therefore, my son, hear me, and into the hands of thy neighbour. Run
depart not from the words of my mouth. about, make haste, stir up thy friend;

p Job 14. 16, and 31. 4, and 34. 21,

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Sloth and mischief mahing PROVERBS Against adulteri

4 Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let
thy eyelids slumber.
6 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand,
and as a bird from the hand of the
fowler.
6 Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider
her ways, and learn wisdom:
and the law a and reproofs of in
light,
struction are the way of life
24 That they may keep thee from th(
evil woman, and from the flatterinj
tongue of the stranger.
25 Let not thy heart covet her beautj
be not caught with her winks :

7 Which, although she hath no guide, 26 For the price of a harlot is scare
nor master, nor captain, one loaf but the woman cateheth th:

8 Provideth her meat for herself in the precious soul of a man.

summer, and gathereth her food in the 27 Can a man hide fire in his bosom, a:"
harvest. his garments not burn ?
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? 28 Or can he walk upon hot coals, ar
when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep ? his feet not be burnt?
10 ^Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt 29 So he that goeth in to his neighboui
slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands wife, shall not be clean when he shf
a little to sleep : touch her.
11 And want shall come upon thee, as a 30 The fault is not so great when a m;
traveller, and poverty as a man armed. hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill 1
But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall hungry soul
come as a fountain, and want shall flee 31 And if he be taken he shall restc
far from thee. se^T^enfold, and shall give up all the si
12 A man that is an apostate, an unpro- stance of his house.
fitable man, walketh with a perverse 32 But he that is an adulterer, for tl)
mouth, folly of his heart shall destroy his o|i
13 He winketh with the eyes, presseth soul:
with the foot, speaketh with the finger. 33 He gathereth to himself shame si
14 With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, dishonour, and his reproach shall not
and at all times he soweth discord. blotted out:
15 To such a one his destruction shall 34 Because the jealousy and rage of
presently come, and he shall suddenly be husband will not spare in the day f
destroyed, and shall no longer have any revenge,
remedy. 35 Nor will he yield to any mi
16 Six things there are, which the Lord prayers, nor will he accept for satisi
nateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth tion ever so many gifts.
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands CHAPTER 7.
that shed innocent blood, The love of wisdom is the best preservative
18 A heart that deviseth wicked plots, being led astray by temptation.
feet that are swift to run into mischief,
19 A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, M
Y son, keep my words, and lajhp
my precepts with thee. Son,
and him that soweth discord among bre- 2 Keep my commandments, and ipu
thren. Shalt hve and my law as the appl of :

20 My son, keep the commandments of thy eye

thy father, and forsake not the law of thy 3 Bind it upon thy fingers, write it on i

mother. the tables of thy heart.

21 Bind them in thy heart continually, 4 Say to wisdom: Thou art my sijjr:
and put them about thy neck. and call prudence thy friend,
22 When thou walkest, let them go with 5 That she may keep thee from rhe
thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep woman that is not thine, and fron «he
thee and when thou awakest, talk with stranger who sweeteneth her words
;

them. 6 For I look out of the window o my

23 Because the commandment is a lamp, house through the lattice,
q Infra 24. 33.
Chap. 6. Ver. 30. The fault
is not so great, &c. by theft may much more easily be repaired, tf the
The sin of theft not so great, as to be compared
is wrong done by adultery. But this does not der
«^ith adiiltery: especially when a person pressed but that theft also is a mortal sin, forbidden one
Idth hunger (which is the case here spoken of) of the ten commandments.
Iteals to satisfy nature. Moreover the damage done
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The harlot and her victim PROVERBS The preaching of wisdom

7 And I see little ones, I behold s loolish DOTH not wisdom 3ry aloud, and pru-
dence put her voice
young man, fortJc ?
8 Who passeth through the street by the Standing in the top of the highest places
2
coT^er, "nd goeth nigh the way of her by the way, in the midst of the paths.
house. 3 Beside the gatee of the city, ir the
9 In the dark, when it grows late, in the very doors she speaketh, saying
darkness and obscurity of the night, 4 O ye men, to you I call^ and my voice
10 And behold a woman meeteth him in is to the sons of men.
harlot's attire prepared to deceive souls 6 O little ones, understand fcubMilty and
talkative and wandering, ye unwise, take notice.
11 Not bearing to be quiet, not able to 6 Hear, for I will speak of great things
abide still at home, and my lips shall be opened to preach
12 Now abroad, now in the streets» now right things.
lying in wait near the corners. 7 My mouth shall meditate truth, ano
13 And catching the young man, she my lips shall hate wickedness.
kisseth him, and with an impudent face, 8 All my words are just, there is nothinf
flattereth, saying: wicked nor perverse in them.
14 I vowed victims for prosperity, this 9 They are right to them that under
day I have paid my vows. stand, and iust to them that find know-
16 Therefore I am come out to meet ledge.
thee, desirous to see thee, and I have 10 Receive my Instruction, and not
iWnd thee. money choose knowledge rather than
16 I have woven my bed with cords, 1 gold.
have covered it with painted tapestry 11 For wisdom Is better than all the
brought from Egypt. most precious things and whatsoever
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, may be desired cannot be compared to
laloes, and cinnamon. it
18 Come, let us be inebriated with the 12 I wisdom dwel) In counsel, and am
breasts, and let us enjoy the desired em- present in learned thoughts.
ibraces, till the day appear. 13 The fear o>' the Lord hatetb evil I t

I
19 For my husband is not at home, he is hate arrogance, and pride, and every
jone a very long journeyc wicked way. and a mouth with a double
20 He took with him a bag of money i he tongue.
;will return home the day of the full moon. 14 Counsel and equity J£ mine, prudence
21 She entangled him with many words, is mine, strength is mine.
md drew him away with the flattery of 15 By me kings reign, and lawgivers
ler lips decree just things,
22 Immediately he followeth her as an 16 By me princes rule, and the mighty
)x led to be a victim, and as a lamb play- decree justice.
ng the wanton, and not knowing that he 17 I love them that love me and they
|8 drawn like a fool to bonds, that in the morning early watch for me,
23 Till the arrow pierce his liver: as If a shall find me.
1

)ird should make haste to the snare, and 18 With me are riches ana glory, glori»
|tnoweth not that his life is in danger ous riches and justice
24 Now therefore, my son, hear me, and
1 19 For my fruit is better than gold and
iittend to the words of my mouth. the precious stone, and my blossoms
25 Let not thy mind be drawn away in than choice silver
iier ways" neither be thou deceived with 20 I walk in the way of justice, in the
ler paths, midst of the paths of judgment,
26 For she hath cast
1 down many 21 That I may enrich them that love
mounded, and the strongest have been me, and may fill their treasures.
jlain by her 22 The Lord possessed me in the begin-
|27 Her house is the way to hell, reach- ning of his ways, before he made any
ing even to the inner chambers of death thing from the beginning,
23 I was set up from eternity, and 0(
CHAPTER 8- old before the earth was made.
Tht preaching qf wisdom Bm- taPOritongt 84 The depth» were not as yet, ano> I
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Wisdom invites all to her feast PROVERBS

The invitation of folly
was already conceived, neither had the 9 Give an occasion to a wise man, and
fountains of waters as yet sprung out wisdom shall be added to him. Teach
25 The mountains with their huge bulk a just man, and he shall make haste to
had not as yet been established before receive it. :

the hills I was brought forth 10 ""The fear of the Lord is the begin-
26 He had not yet made the earth, nor Hing of wisdom : and the knowledge of
the rivers, nor the poles of the world. the holy is prudence.
27 When he prepared the heavens, I 11 For by me shall thy days be multi-
was present: when with a certain law plied, and years of life shall be added to
and compass he enclosed the depths thee.
28 When he established the sky above, 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to
and poised the fountains of waters thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone
29 When he compassed the sea with its shalt bear the evil.
bounds, and set a law to the waters that 13 A foolish woman and clamorous, and
they should not pass their limits when full of allurements, and knowing nothing
,

he balanced the foundations of the earth at all,

SO I was with him forming all things 14 Sat at the door of her house, upon a
and was delighted every day. playing be- seat, in a high place of the city.
fore him at all times . 15 To call them that pass by the way,
31 Playing in the world : and my de- and go on their journey
lights were to be with the children of men. 16 He that is a little one, let him turn
32 Now therefore, ye children, hear me: to me. And to the fool she said
Blessed are they that keep my ways. 17 Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid-
33 Hear instruction and be wise, and den bread is more pleasant.
refuse it not. 18 And he did not know that giants are
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, there, and that her guests are in the
and that watcheth daily at mv gates, depths of heli
and waitetb at the posts of my doors.
35 He that shall find me, shall find life, PARABLES OF SOLOMON. THE
and shall have salvation from the Lord 10. CHAPTER
36 But he that shall ein against me, shall
In the twenty following chapters are contained
hurt his own eouL All that hate me love many wise sayings and axioms^ relating to ivis-
death dam and folly, virtue and vice.

Wisdom inr,Ue& all

CHAPTER
to he? feast.
way
€. •

Folly eaZU another

mother.
A WISE son maketh the father glad
but a foolish eon is the sorrow of his

WISDOM hath built herself a house, 2 * Treasures of wickedness shall profit

she hath hewn her out seven pil- nothing: but fustice shall deliver from
lars death.
2 She hath elaiu her victims, mingled 3 The Lord will not afflict the soul of
her wine, and set forth her table. the just with famine, and he will disap-
3 She hath sent her maids to invite to point the deceitful practices of the
the tower, and to the walls of the city : wicked.
4 Whosoever is a little one, let him 4 The slothful hand hath wrought pov-
come to me. And to the unwise she said erty but the hand of the industrious :

6 Come, eat my bread, and drink the getteth riches.

wine which I have mingled for you. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the
6 Forsake childishness, and Uve, and winds : and the same runneth after birds
walk by the ways of prudence, that fly away,
7 He that teacheth a scorner^ doth an 5 He that gathered in the harvest, is a
injury to himself and he that rebuketh
: wise son: but he that snorteth in the
a wicked man, getteth himself a blot. summer, is the son of confusion,
8 Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee e The blessing of the Lord is upon the
Rebuke a wise man^ and be will love head of the just but iniquity covereth
chee. the mouth of the wicked.

' P& no. 10 : Supra L 7 r Eccli '. 1« • Intra 11. 4,

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Sincerity^ prudence of speech PROVERBS Justice, humility, simplicity

I The memory of the just is with praises days and the years of the wicked shall
:

and the name of the wicked shall rot. be shortened.

Z The wise of heart receiveth precepts 28 The expectation of the just is joy
:
j

a fooJ is beaten with lips. but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
9 He that walketh sincerely, walketh 29 The strength of the upright is the
confidently: but he that perverteth his way of the Lord: and fear to them that
ways, shall be manifest. work evil.
10 * He that winketh with the eye shall 30 The just shall never be moved: but
cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips the wicked shall not dwell on the earth.
ahall be beaten. 31 The mouth of the just shall bring
II The mouth of the just is a vein of forth wisdom the tongue of the perverse
:

Kfe and the mouth of the wicked cover-

; shall perish.
eth iniquity. 32 The lips of the just consider what is
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: " and acceptable and the mouth of the wicked
:

charity covereth all sins. uttereth perverse things.

13 In the lips of the wise is wisdom
'?ound: and a rod on the back of him that CHAPTER 11.
wanteth sense. ADECEITFLTi "balance is
an abomi-
14 Wise men lay up knowledge but the nation before the Lord: and a luafc
.

mcuth of the fool is next to confusion. weight is his wilL

15 The substance of a rich man is the 2 Where pride is, there also shall be re-
L-ity of his strength the fear of the poor proach; ^but where humility is, there
•

[i their poverty. also is wisdom.

16 The work of the just is unto life but 3 The simplicity of the just shall guide
:

*he fruit of the wicked, unto sin. them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked
17 The way of life, to him that observ- shall destroy them.
eth correction but he that f orsaketh re* 4 ^ Riches shall not profit in the day ol
:

proofs goeth astray. revenge; but justice shall deliver from

18 Lying lips hide hatred; he that utter- death.
eth reproach is foolish. 5 The justice of the upright shall make
19 In the multitude of words there his way prosperous and the wicked man r.

shall not want sin but he that refraineth shall fall by his own wickedness.
:

his lips is most wise. 6 The justice of the righteous shall de-
20 The tongue of the just is as choice liver them: and the unjust shall be caught
silver: but the heart of the wicked is in their own snares,
nothing worth. 7 When the wicked man is dead, thef )

21 The lips of the just teach many: but shall be no hope any more, and the a? •

they that are ignorant, shall die in the pectation of the solicitous shall perish.
want of understanding. 8 The just is delivered out of distress:
22 The blessing of the Lord maketh men and the wicked shall be given up for
rich: neither shall affliction be joined to him.
them. 9 The dissembler with his mouth deceiv-
23 Afool worketh mischief as it were eth his friend but the just shall be de- :

for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a livered by knowledge.

man. 10 When it goeth well with the just the
24 That which the wicked feareth, shall city shall rejoice and when the wicked :

3ome upon him : to the just their desire perish there shall be praise.
3hall be given. 11 By the blessing of the just ihe city
25 As a tempest that passeth, so the shall be exalted : and by the mouth of the
vicked shall be no more but the just is wicked it shall be overthrown,
:

s an everlasting foundation. 12 He that despise th his friend, is mean

26 As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke of heart • but the wise man will hold his
o the eyes, so is the sluggard to them peace.
hat sent him. 13 He that walketh deceitfully, reveal*
^7 The fear of the Lord shall prolong eth secrets : but he that is faithful, con

-cclL 27. 25. —M 1 Cor. 23. 4; I Peter 4. a V iijfra 20, ]0. — jj Infra 15. sa ^ x Supra ia
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Reward of the just and the unjust
iealeth the thing committed to him by
bis friend.
14 Where
there is no governor, the peo-
ple shall fall but there is safety where
: 3 Men shall not be strengthened by
there is much counsel.
15 He shall be aflSlicted with evil, that is
surety for a stranger: but he that is
aware of the snares, shall be secure,
18 A gracious woman shall find glory?
and the strong shall have riches.
17 A merciful man doth good to his own
soul : but he that is cruel casteth off even
PROVERBS Reward of the just and the unjust
2 He that is good, shall draw grace from
the Lord i but he that trusteth in his own
devices doth wickedly
wickedness: and the root of the ju*"*
shall not be moved.
4 A diligent woman is a crown to her
husband: and she that doth things
worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in
his bones.
5 The thoughts of the just are judg-
ments and the counsels of the wicked
:

his own kindred. are deceitful.

18 The wicked maketh an unsteady 6 The words of fche wicked lie in wait
work: but to him that soweth iustice, for blood: the mouth of the just shall
there is a faithful reward. deliver them.
19 Clemency prepare th life: and the 7 Turn the wicked, and they shall not
pursuing of evil things, death. be : but the house of the just shall stand
20 A perverse heart is abominable to firm.
fche Lord and his will is in them that
i 8 A
man shaiibe known by his learning:
walk sincerely. but he that is vain and foolish, shall be
21 Hand in hand the evil man shall not exposed to contempt.
be innocent but the seed of the just shall
: 9 ^ Better is the poor man that provid-
be saved. eth for himself, than he that is glorious»
2C A golden ring in a swine's snout, a and wanteth bread.
woman fair and foolish, 10 The just regardeth the lives of his
23 The desire of the just is all good the : beasts : but the bowels of the wicked are
expectation of the wicked is indignation. cruel.
24 Some distribute their own goods, and 11 "He
that tilleth his land shall be
grow richer : others take away what is satisfied with bread : but he that pursu-
not their own, and are always in want. eth idleness is very foolish.
25 The soul which blesseth, shall be He that is delighted in passing his time
made fat : and he that inebriateth, shall over wine, leaveth a reproach in his
be inebriated also himself. strong holds.
26 He that hideth up com, shall be 12 The desire of the wicked is the forti-
cursed among the people : but a blessing fication of evil men but the root of the
;

upon the head of them that sell. just shall prosper.

27 Well doth he rise early who seeketh 13 For the sins of the lips ruin draweth
good things ; but he that seeketh after nigh to the evil man : but the just shall
evil things shall be oppressed by them. escape out of distress.
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall 14 By the fruit of his own mouth shall a
fall but the just shall spring up as a green
: man be filled with good things, and ac-
leaf/ cording to the works of his hands it shall
29 He that trouble th his own
house, be repaid him.
shall inherit the 15 The way of a fool is right in his own
winds and the fool shall
:

serve the wise. eyes 2 but he that is wise hearkeneth

30 The fruit of the just man is a tree of unto counsels.
life : and he that gaineth souls, is wise. 16 A fool immediately sheweth his
31 y If the just man receive in the earth, anger but he that dissembleth injuries
how much more the wicked and the sinner, is wise.
17 He that speaketh that which he
CHAPTER 12. knoweth, sheweth forth Justice: but he
HE that loveth correction, loveth that lieth, is a deceitful witness.
knowledge but he that hateth re- 18 There is that promiseth, and 1j
'

proof is foolish. pricked as it were with a sword of con*

J/ ii JretCi 4c 13, Eccli. 10. 30. — a Eccli, 20. 30.

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On truth and deceh PROVERBS The prudent and the foolish

Bcience: bat the tongae of the wise is riches: but he that is poor beareth ndii
health. reprehension.
19 The lip of truth shall be steadfast for 9 The light of the just giveth joy but .

ever: but he that is a hasty witness, the lamp of the wicked shall be put
frameth a lying tongue. out.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that 10 Among the proud there are always
think evil things but joy f olloweth them
. contentions but they that do all things
s

that take counsels of peace. with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.

21 Whatsoever shall befall the just man, 11 Substance got in haste shall be di-
it shall not make him sad: but the minished; but that which by little and
wicked shall be filled with mischief. little is gathered with the hand shal]
22 Lying lips are an abomination to the increase.
Lord but they that deal faithfully please
: 12 Hope that is deferred afflicteth the
him. soul: desire when it cometh is a tree of
23 A cautious man concealeth know- Ufe.
ledge : and the heart of fools publisheth 13 Whosoever speaketh ill of any thing,
folly. bindeth himself for the time to come:
24 The hand of the valiant shall bear but he that feareth the commandment,
rule but that which is slothful, shall be shall dwell in peace.
:

under tribute. Deceitful souls go astray in sins: the

25 Grief in the heart of a man shall just are merciful, and shew mercy.
bring him low, but with a good word 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of
he shal] be made glad. life, that he may decline from the ruin of
26 He that neglecteth a loss for the death.
sake of 3 friend, is just : but the way of 15 €rood instruction shall give graces
the wicked shall deceive them. in the way of scorners is a deep pit.
27 The deceitful man shall not find 16 The prudent man doth all things
gain* but the substance of a lust man with counsel: but he that is a fool, lay-
shall be precious gold etb open his folly.
28 In the path of justice i6 life but the Vt The messenger of the wicked shall
by-way leadeth to death. fall into mischief: but a faithful ambas-
sador is health.
CHAPTER 13. 18 Poverty and shame to him that re-
WISE son heareth the doctrine of fiii fuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth
A father; but he that is a scomer. to reproof, shall be glorified.
heareth not when he is reproved, 19 The desire that is accomplished, de-
2 Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a lighteth the soul: fools hate them that
man be filled with good things; but the flee from evil things
Boul of transgressors is wicked 20 He that walketh with the wise, shall
3 He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth be wise* a friend of fools shall become
his soul: but he that hath no guard on like to them.
his speech shall meet with evilSc 21 Evil pursueth sinners: and to the
4 The sluggard willeth and willetb not: just good shall be repaid.
but the soul of them that work, shall be 22 The good man leavetb heirs, sons,
made fat. and grandsons and the substance of the
5 The just shall hate a lying word but sinner is kept for the just.
;

the wicked confoundeth, and shall be 23 Much food is in the tillage of fa«
confounded. thers : but for others it is gathered with-
6 Justice keepeth the way of the inno- out judgment.
cent: but wickedness overthroweth the 24 ° He that spareth the rod hateth his
sinner. son : but he that loveth him correctetb
7 One is as it were rich, when he hath him betimes.
nothing: and another is as it were poor, 25 The just eateth and fiUeth his soul
when he hath great riches. but the belly of the wicked is never tc
8 The ransom of a man's life are his be filled.

* Infra 23. 13.

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The wise man and the fool PROVERBS Fear of the Lord, and mercy
good: anci the wicked before the gates
OHAPPBR 14c
of the just.
WISE woman 20 The poor man shall be hateful even
A buildeth her house-
but the foolish will pull
bar hands that also which is built.
to his own neighbour: but the friends of
down with
the rich are many.
2 He that walketh in the right way. and 21 He that despiseth his neighbour, sin»
feareth God, ^is despised by him that neths but he that sheweth mercy to the
goeth by an infamous way. poor, shall be blessed.
3 In the mouth of a fool is the rod of He that believeth in the Lord, ioveth
pride i but the lips of the wise preserve mercy-
them. 22 They err that work evil but mercy
4 Where there are no oxen, the crib is and truth prepare good things.
empty: but where there is much corn, 23 In much work there shall be abun-
there the strength of the ox is manifest. dance : but where there are many words,
6 A faithful witness wOl not lie but a there is oftentimes want.
deceitful witness uttereth a lie 24 The crown of the wise is their
6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and find* riches r the folly of fools, imprudence.
eth it not* the learning of the wise is 25 A faithful witness delivereth souls,
easy. and the double dealer uttereth lies.
7 Go against a foolish man, and he 26 In the fear of the Lord is confi/3ence
knoweth not the lips of prudence. of strength, and there shaU be hope foi
8 The wisdom of a discreet man is to his children.
understand his way : and the imprudence 2? The fear of the Lord is a fountain of
of fools erreth. life, to decline from the ruin of deathc
9 A fool will laugh at sin, but among 28 In the multitude of people is one
the just grace shall abide. dignity of the king? and in the small
10 The heart that knoweth the bitter- number of people the dishonour ot the
ness of his own soul, in his joy the prince.
stranger shall not intermeddle. 29 He that ie patient, is governed with
11 The house of the wicked shall be de- much wisdom : but he that is impatient,
stroyed : but the tabernacles of the just exalteth his folly.
shall flourish. 30 Soundness of heart is the life of the
12 There is a way which seemeth Just flesh but envy is the rottenness of the
:

to a man ; but the ends thereof lead to bones

death. 31 ^He that oppresseth the poor, up-
13 Laughter shall be mingled with sor- braideth his Maker: but he that hath
row, and mourning taketh hold of the pity on the poor, honoureth him.
end of joy, 32 The wicked man shall be driven out
14 A fool shall be filled with his own in his wickedness; but the just hath
ways, and the good man ohall be above hope in his death,
him. 33 In the heart of the prudent resteth
15 The innocent belie veth every word wisdom, and it shall instruct all the igno-
the discreet man
considereth his steps. rant.
No good shall come
to the deceitful 34 Justice exalteth a nation: but sin
son: but the wise servant shall prosper maketh nations miserable.
in his dealings, and his way shall be 35 A wise servant is acceptable to the
made straight. king he that is good for nothing shaU
: I

16 A wise man feareth and declineth feel his anger.

from evil the fool leapeth over and is
:
CHAPTER 15.
confident»
17 The impatient man shall work folly:
and the crafty man is hateful.
18 The childish shall possess folly, and
A
MILD * answer breaketh wrath but
a harsh word stirreth up fury
2 The tongue of the wise adornetli
.

the prudent shall look for knowledge. knowledge hut the mouth of fools bub
-

39 The evil shall fall down before the bleth out folly

e Job 12. <f InfK u 6. - e iDlra 26 16

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The fool refuses instruction PROVERBS

Mercy, faith, fear of the Lcyrd
3 The eyes ^i the Lord in every place 20 A wise son maketh a father joyful:
behold the good and the eviL but the foolish man despiseth his mother.
4 A peaceable tongue is a tree of life^ 21 Folly is joy to the fool and the wise :

but that which is immoderate, shall man maketh straight his steps.
crush the spirit. 22 Designs are brought to nothing
6 A fool laugheth at the instruction of where there is no counsel but where j

his father: but he that regardeth re- there are many counsellors, they are es-
proofs shall become prudent. tablished.
In abundant justice there is the greatest 23 A man rejoice th in the sentence of
strength: but the devices of the wicked his mouth* and a word in due time is
shall be rooted out. best.
6 The house of the just is very much 24 The path of life is above for the
strength and in the fruits of the wicked
: wise, that he may decline from the low-
13 trouble. est hell,
7 The the wise shall disperse
lips of 25 The Lord will destroy the house of
knowledge the heart of fools shall be the proud and will strengthen the bor- :

unlike. ders of the widow.

8 ^The victims of the wicked are abomi- 26 Evii thoughts are an abomination to
nable to the Lord the vows of the just the Lord and pure words most beauti-
: i

are acceptable. ful shall be confirmed by him.

9 The way of the wicked is an abomi- 27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth
nation to the Lord: he that followeth his own house but he that hateth bribes :

justice is beloved by him. shall live.

10 Instruction is grievous to him that '^By mercy and faith sins are purged
forsaketh the way of life : he that hateth away and by the fear of the Lord every ;

reproof shall die. one declineth from eviL

11 Hell and destruction are before the 28 The mind of the just studieth obedi-
Lord how much more the hearts of the ence
: the mouth of the wicked over* :

children of men ? floweth with evils.

12 A corrupt man loveth not one that re- 29 The Lord is far from the wicked
proveth him nor will he go to the wise. and he will hear the prayers of the just.
:

13 ^ A glad heart maketh a cheerful
countenance: but by grief of mind the soul; a good name maketh the bones
spirit is cast down.
14 The heart of the wise seeketh in-
struction : and the mouth of fools feed-
eth on foolishness.
15 All the days of the poor are evil : a
secure mind is like a continual feast.
16 Better is a little with the fear of
the Lord, than great treasures without
30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the
fat.
31 The ear that heareth the reproofs of
life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.
32 He that rejecteth instruction, despis-
eth his own soul: but he that yieldeth
to reproof possesseth understanding.
33 The fear of the Lord is the lesson
of wisdom and humility goeth before
:

content. glory,
17 It is better to be invited to herbs
mth love, than to a fatted calf with CHAPTER 16.
hatred. is the part of man to prepare the
*
18 A passionate man stirreth up strifes ITsoul: and of the Lord to govern the
tie that is patient appeaseth those that tongue.
ire stirred up. 2 All the ways of a man are open to •?

19 The way of the slothful is as a hedge his eyes : the Lord is the weigher of spirits.
:)f thorns the way of the just is without 3 Lay open thy works to the Lord and
\ :

>fifence, thy thoughts shall be directed.

/ Infra 21. 27 ; Eccli. 34. 21. h Infra 16. 6.— t Infra ver. 9.
g Infra 16. 24, and 17. 22. J Infra 20. 24. and 21. 2.
oHAP. 16. part of man, &c. That
Ver, 1. It is the God's grace; but that after we have (with God's
s, a man should prepare and soul what
in his heart grace) thought and prepared within our souls what
le 18 t^ say
but after all, it must be the Lord that
:
we would speak, if God does not govern our tongue,
nust govern his tongue, to speak to the purpose. we shall not succeed in what we speak.
sot that we 2an thiok any ttung of good without

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Justice and vnsdom PROVERBS A wiched tongue, and strif

i The Lord batb made all things for 24 "* Well ordered words are as a honey
himself : the wicked also for the evil day. comb : sweet to the soul, and health tc
5 Every proud man is an abomination the bones.
bo the Lord, though hand should be 25 There is a way that seemeth to a man
joined to hand, he is not innocent. right: and the ends thereof lead to death.
The beginning of a good way is to do 26 The soul of him that laboureth, la-
Justice and this is more acceptable with boureth for himself, because his mouth
i

God, than to offer sacrifices, hath obhged him to it.

6 ^By mercy and truth iniquity is re- 27 The wicked man diggeth evil, and
deemed and by the fear of the Lord in his hps is a burning fire.
:

men depart from evil, 28 A perverse man stirreth up quarrels:

7 When the ways of man shall please the and one full of words separateth princes.
Lord, he will convert even his enemies 29 An unjust man allureth his friend
to peace. and leadeth him into a way that is not
8 Better is a little with justice, than good,
great revenues with iniquity, 30 He that with fixed eyes deviseth
9 ^ The heart of man disposeth his way wicked things, biting his hps, bringeth
but the Lord must direct his steps. evil to pass.
10 Divination is in the hps of the king, 31 Old age is a crown Qf dignity, when
his mouth shall not err in judgment. it is found in the ways of justice,
11 Weight and balance are judgments 32 The patient man is better than the
of the Lord: and his work all the weights valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit,
of the bag. than he that taketh cities.
12 They that act wickedly are abomi- 33 Lots are cast into the lap, but they
nable to the king: for the throne is es- are disposed of by the Lord,
tablished by justice.
13 Just hps are the delight of kings he ;
CHAPTER 17.
that speaketh right things shall be loved, ETTER is a dry morsel with joy,
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers
of death and the wise man will pacify it. strife.
:
B
than a house full of victims with

15 In the cheerfulness of the king's 2 ** A wise servant shall rule over fool-
countenance is life : and his clemency is ish sons, and shall divide the inheritance
like the latter rain. among the brethren,
16 Get wisdom, because it is better than 3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold
gold and purchase prudence, for it Is in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the
more precious than silver. hearts.
17 The path of the just departeth from 4 The evil man obeyeth an unjust
evils he that keepeth his soul keepeth tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to
:

his way. lying hps.

18 Pride goeth before destruction: and 5 ° He that despiseth the poor, reproach-
the spirit is lifted up before a fall. eth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at
19 It is better to be humbled with the another man's ruin, shall not be unpun-
meek, than to divide spoils with the ished.
pro\id. 6 Children's children are the crown o'
20 The learned in word shall find good old men and the glory of children are :

things and he that trusteth in the Lord their fathers,

:

isblessed. 7 Eloquent words do not become a foo^

21 The wise in nor lying lips a prince.
shall be called
heart
prudent: and he that is sweet in words 8 The expectation of him that expect-
shall attain to greater things. eth, is a most acceptable jewel whither- :

22 Knowledge is a fountain of life to soever he turneth himself, he onder-

him that possesseth it: the instruction standeth wisely.
of fools is foolishness. 9 He that concealeth a transgression,
23 The heart of the wise shall Instruct seeketh friendships he that repeateti? :

his mouth and shall add grace to

: his lips. it again, separateth friends.

* Supra 16. 27.'» 2 Supra, ver. i.— m Supra 15. 13; Infra 17. 22. —n £cclL 10. 28. — o Supra 14. 31.

670
The foolish man PROVERBS tmprfidence in speech
10 A reproof availeth more with a wise
man, than a hundred stripes with a fool. CHAPTER 18.
11 An evil man always seeketh quar-
rels but a cruel angel shall be sent
:
HE that hath a mind to depart from a
friend seeketh occasions: he shall
against him. ever be subject to reproach.
12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of 2A fool receiveth not the words of pru-
her whelps, than a fool trusting in his dence: unless thou say those things which
own folly. are in his heart.
13 P He that rendereth evil for good, 3 The wicked man when he is come into
evil shall not depart from his house. the depth of sins, contemneth: but igno-
14 The beginning of quarrels is as when miny and reproach follow him.
one letteth out water: before he sufcereth 4 w Words from the mouth of a man are
reproach he forsaketh judgment. as deep water: and the fountain of wis-
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and dom as an overflowing stream.
5
he that condemneth the just, both are 5 It is not good to accept the person of
abominable before God. the wicked, to decline from the truth of
16 What doth it avail a fool to have judgment.
riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom ? 6 The lips of a fool intermeddle with
He that maketh his house high, seeketh strife: and his mouth provoketh quar-
a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, rels.
shall fall into evils. 7 The mouth of a fool is his destruction:
17 He that is a friend loveth at all times; and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
and a brother is proved in distress. 8 The words of the double torigued are
18 A foolish man will clap hands, when as if they were harmless: and they reach
he is surety for his friend. even to the inner parts of the bowels.
19 He that studieth discords, loveth Fear casteth down the slothful: and the
quarrels: and he that exalteth his dcor, souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.
seeketh ruin. 9 He that is loose and slack in his work,
20 He that is of a perverse heart, shall is the brother of him that wasteth his
not find good : and he that pervertetn his own works.
tongue, shall fall into evil. 10 The name of the Lord is a strong
21 A fool is born to his own disgrace: tower: the just runneth to it, and shall
and even his father shall not rejoice in a be exalted.
fool. 11 The substance of the rich man is the
22 *"A joyful mind maketh age flour- city of his strength, and as a strong wall
ishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the compassing him about.
bones. 12 ^ Before destruction, the heart of a
23 The wicked man taketh gifts out of man is exalted: and before he be glori-
the bosom, that he may pervert the paths fied, it is humbled.
of judgment. 13 ^ He that answereth before he hear-
24 * Wisdom shine th in the face of the eth sheweth himself to be a fool, and
wise the eyes of fools are in the ends of worthy of confusion.
:

the earth. 14 The spirit of a man upholdeth his

25 A foolish son is the anger of the infirmity: but a spirit that is easily an-
father: and the sorrow of the mother gered, who can bear?
^hat bore him. 15 A wise heart shall acquire know-
26 It is no good thing to do hurt to the ledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh
just: nor to strike the prince, who judg- instruction.
eth right. A
16 man's gift enlarge th his way, and
27 * He that setteth bounds to his words, maketh him room before princes.
is knowing and wise: and the man of 17 The just is first accuser of himself:
understanding is of a precious spirit. his friend cometh, and shall search him.
28 Even a fool, if he will hold his peace 18 The lot suppresseth contentions, and
shall be counted wise and if he close his determineth even between the mighty.
:

iips, a man of understanding. A

19 brother that is helped by his bro-
3> Kom. 12. vs j a Thess. 5. 15 i Peter a 9 « EccL 2. 14, and 8. 1. —
i; James L 19. — w Infra 20.
Q Isa & yft- «r Supra. 1& is, andi le 24
fc.

m 1& — 1<; Eccli, 11 &.

,

I V Supra n. 2; Eccl*
67X
The rich and the poor
ther, is like a strong city: and judgments
are like the bars of cities.
20 Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall
his belly he satisfied: and the offspring
of his lips shall fill him.
21 Death and life are in the power of
the tongue: they that love it, shall eat
the fruits thereof.
22 He that hath found a good wife, hath
found a good thing, and shall receive a
pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth
away a good wife, driveth away a good
thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress,
is foolish and wicked.
23 The poor will speak with supplica-
tions, and the rich will speak roughly.
24 A man amiable in society, shall be
more friendly than a brother.
CHAPTER 19.
BETTER simplicity,
the poor man, that walketh
is.
than a rich man
in his
that perverse in his lips, and unwise.
is
2 ^ Where there is no knowledge of the
soul, there is no good: and he that is
hasty with his feet shall stumble.
3 The folly of a man supplanteth his
steps: and he fretteth in his mind against
God.
4 Riches make many friends: but from
the poor man, even they whom he had,
depart.
5 y A false witness shall not be unpun-
ished and he that speaketh lies shall not
:
escape.
6 Many honour the person of him that
is mighty, and are friends of him that
giveth gifts.
7 The brethren of the poor man hate
him: moreover also his friends have de-
parted far from him.
He that followeth after words only, shall
have nothing.
8 But he that possesseth a mind, loveth
his own soul, and he that keepeth pru-
dence shall find good things.
9 A false witness shall not be unpun-
ished: and he that speaketh lies, shall
perish.
10 Delicacies are not seemly for a fool:
nor for a servant to have rule over
princes.
11 The learning of a man is known by
patience: and his glory is to pass over
wrongs.
X Infra 21. \<o.—y Dan.
PROVERBS Slothf illness and impatience
12 As the roaring of a lion, so also in
the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness
as the dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the grief of hi? fa-
ther: and a wrangling wife is like a roof
continually dropping through.
14 House and riches are given by par-
ents but a prudent wife- is properly from
:
the Lord.
15 Slothf ulness casteth into a deep sleep,
and an hunger.
idle soul shall suffer
16 He
that keepeth the commandment
keepeth his own soul: but he that neg-
lecteth his own way, shall die.
17 He that hath mercy on the poor, lend-
eth to the Lord and he will repay him.
:
18 Chastise thy son, despair not: but to
the killing of him set not thy soul.
19 He that is impatient, shall suffer
damage: and when he shall take away
he shall add another thing.
20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction,
that thou mayst be wise in thy latter end.
21 There are many thoughts in the heart
of a man: but the will of the Lord shall
stand firm.
22 A needy man is merciful: and better
is the poor than the lying man.
23 The fear of the Lord is unto life:
and he shall abide in fulness without be-
ing visited with evil.
24 « The slothful hideth his hand under
his armpit, and will not so much as bring
it to his mouth.
25 ^ The wicked man being scourged,
the fool shall be wiser: but if thou re-
buke a wise man he will understand dis-
cipline.
26 He that afflicteth his father, and
chaseth away his mother, is infamous
and unhappy.
27 Cease not, my son, to hear instruc-
tion, and be not ignorant of the words
of knowledge.
28 An unjust witness scorneth judg-
ment: and the mouth of the wicked de-
voureth iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for scorners:
and striking hammers for the bodies of
fools.
CHAPTER 20.
WINE
enness
a luxurious thing and drunk-
is
whosoever
riotous; is de-
lighted therewith shall not be wise.
13. 61. z Infra 26. 15.- Infra 21. 11.
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SlothfulnebSy fraudy lying PROVERBS Against revenge and injustice

2 As the roaring of ft lion, so also is the
dread of a king he that provokett him,
i beginning, in the end shall be without s
Binneth against his own soul^
3 It is an honour for a man to separate
himself from quarrels * but aU (ools are
meddling with reproaches»
4 Because of the cold the sluggard would
not plough: he shall beg therefore in
the summer, and it shall not be given
him.
21 The inheritance gotten hastily in oho
blessing.
22 ^Say not: I will return evil: wait foi
the Lord and he will deliver thee.
23 ^ Diverse weights are an abomination
before the Lord: a deceitful balance ic
not good,
24 * The steps of man are guided by the
Lord but who is the man that can un-
:

5 ^ Counsel in the heart of a man is like derstand his own way?

deep water : but a wise man will draw it 25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy
out. ones, and after vows to retract.
6 Many men are called merciful: but 26 A
wise king scattereth the wicked,
who shall find a faithful man? and bringeth over them the wheeL
7 The just that walketh in his simpli- 27 The spirit of a is the lamp of man
city, shall leave behind him blessed chil- the Lord, which searcheth all the bidder
dren, things of the bowels
8 The king, that sitteth on the throne of 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king,
judgment, scattereth away all evil with and his throneis strengthened by clem-
his look. ency.
9 ^Who can say: My
heart is clean, I 29 The joy of young men is their
am pure from sin? strength: and the dignity of old men,
10 ^Diverse weights and diverse mea- their grey hairs.
sures, both are abominable before God 30 The blueness of a wound shall wipe
11 By his inclinations a child is known, away evils and stripes in the more in
:

If his works be clean and right. ward parts of the belly,

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
the Lord hath made them both.
13 Love not sleep, l<tet poverty oppress
bhee; open thy eyes, and be filled with
bread.
14 It is nought, it is nought, saith every
buyer: and when he is gone away, then
tie will boast.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of
Mwels : but the lips of knowledge are a
precious vessel.
16 *Take away the garment of him that
r surety for a stranger, and take a pledge
Tom him for strangers.
17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man
CHAPTER 21,
AS the divisions of waters, so the heart
J\. of the king is in the hand of the Lord:
whithersoever he will he shall turn it.
2^ Every way of a man seemeth rightj
to himself: but the Lord weigheth the
hearts.
3 To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth
the Lord more than victims.
4 Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlar-
ging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked
is sin.
5 The thoughts of the industrious al'
ways bring forth abundance but every :

)ut afterwards his mouth shall be filled

sluggard is always in want»
vith gravel. 6 He that gathereth treasures by a lying
18 Designs are strengthened by conn-tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall
els: and wars are to be managed by stumble upon the snares of death.
governments. 7 The robberies of the wicked shall be
19 Meddle not with him that revealeth their downfall, because they would not
ecrets, and walketh deceitfully, and do judgment.
>peneth wide his lips. 8 The perverse way of a man is strange
20 'He that curseth his father, and
mo- but as for him that is pure, his work is
ler, his lamp shall be put out in the right.
aidst of darkness. 9 '^ It is better to sit in a cornei of the

, _. b Supra 18. 4. g Rom. 12. 17 i Thess. 6. 15 ? Peter &

— i Supral 16c 9.
;
3 Kings 8. 46 ; 36 ; EccL 7. 21 ; 1 John 1
2 Par. 6. fe. h Supra ver. lo. 2.
« Supra 11. 1 Infra ver. 23. -- e Infra 27. 13
!
j Supra 16. 2, and 20, 24
/ Ex. 2L 17 ; Lev. 20. 9 : Matt 1& 4. .'c Infra 25. 24.
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:

Refusing the poor, gluttony PROVERBS The rich and t he poor

bousetop, than with a brawling woman, dence, there is no counsel against the
and a common bouse
in Lord.
30 The sou) of the wicked desireth evil, 31 The horse is prepared for the day of
be will not have pity on his neighbour. battle: but the Lord giveth safety.
in When a pestilent man is punished,
*^

the little one will be wiser and if he :

CHAPTER 22.
follow the wise, he will receive know-
ledge. riches
32 The Just considereth seriously the silver and goldc
°
A GOOD
name is better than ^'"^at
and good favour is f^Mve ?

house of the wicked, that he may with- 2 PThe rich and poor have met ^^e
draw the wicked from eviL another : the Lord is the maker of them
1 He that etoppeth his ear against the both.
cry of the poor, shall also cry himself 3 The prudent man saw the evil, and
and shall not be heard. hid himself: the simple passed on, and
14 A secret present quencheth anger suffered loss.
and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath. 4 The fruit of humility is the fear of the
15 It is Joy to the just to do judgment Lord, riches and glory and life.
and dread to them that work iniquity. 5 Arms and swords are in the way of
16 A man that shall wander out of the the perverse: but he that keepeth his
way of doctrine, shall abide in the com- own soul departeth far from them.
pany of the giants. 6 It is a proverb: young man ac- A
17 He that loveth good cheer, ehall be cording to his way, even when he is ol^
in want - he that loveth wine, and fat he will not depart from iL
things, ehall not be rich. 7 The rich ruleth over the poor : ana
1 The wicked is delivered up for the the borrower is servant to him that
just . and the unjust for the righteous. lendeth.
IS "* It is better to dwell in a wilder- 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap
ness., than with a quarrelsome and pas- evils, and with the rod of his anger h€
sionate woman. shall be consumed.
20 There is a treasure to be desired, and 9 ^ He that is inclined to mercy shall be
oil in the dwelling of the just : and the blessed : for of his bread he hath given
foolish man shall spend it. to the poor.
21 He that folio weth justice and mercy He that maketh presents shall purchase
fihall find life, justice, and glory. victory and honour! but he carrietb
22 The wise man hath scaled the city away the souls of the receivers.
of the strong, and hath cast down the 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention
etrength of the confidence thereof. shall go out with him, and quarrels and
23 He that keepeth his mouth and his reproaches shall cease.
tongue, keepeth his soul from distress, 11 He that loveth cleanness of heart,
24 The proud and the arrogant is called for the grace of hie lips shall have the
ignorant, who in anger worketh pride. king for his friends
25 Desires kill the slothful: for his 12 The eyes of the Lord preserve know*
hands have refused to work at all. ledge : and the words of the unjust are
26 He longeth and desireth all the day overthrown.
but he that is just, will give, and will not 13 The slothful man saith: There is a
cease. lion without, I shall be slain in the midst
27 '^The sacrificus of the wicked are of the streets.
abominable, because they are offered of 14 The mouth of a strange woman is a
wickedness. deep pit : he whom the Lord js angrj
28 A lying witness shall perish: an obe- with, shall fail into it.
dient man shall speak of victory. 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a
29 The wicked man impudently hard- child, and the rod of correction shall
eneth his face r but h© that is righteous, drive it away.
correcteth hie way. 16 He that oppresseth the poor, to in-
30 There is no wisdom., there is no pru- crease hie own riches, shall himself giv«
i Supra 19. 25.— m Supra ver. 95 EcclL 25. 23. o EccL 7. 2.— x> Infra 29. 13,
n Supra 15. 8 : Ecclt 34. 21. g EcclL 31. 28.
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Oppression of the poor PROVERBS Envy and intemperance

to one that \3 rioher, :.iid she A i)3 in
need.
17 Incline thy ear, and hear the words
of the wisei and apply thy heart to my
doctrine
18 Which shall be beautiful for thee, if
thou keep ^.t in ihy bowels, and it shall
flow in ihy lips:
Eat not with an envious man, and de-
6
sire not his meats
7 Because hke a soothsayer, and diviner,
he thinketh that which he knoweth not.
Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and
his mind is not with thee.
8 The meats which thou hadst eaten,
thou shalt vomit up and shalt loose thy
:

19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, beautiful words,

wherefore I have also shewn it to thee 9 Speak not in the ears of fools: because
this day. they will despise the instruction of thy
20 Behold I have described it to thee speech.
three manner of ways, in thoughts and 10 Touch not the bounds of little ones
knowledge *
and enter not into the field of the father-
21 That I might shew thee the certainty, less:
and the words of truth, to answer out of 11 For their near kinsman is strong: and
these to them that sent thee. he will judge their cause against thee.
22 Do no violence to the poor, because 12 Let thy heart apply itself to instruc-
he is poor: and do not oppress the needy tion: and thy ears to words of knowledge,
in the gate 13 ^Withhold not correction from a
23 Because the Lord will judge his child : for if thou strike him with the rod,
cause, and will afflict them that have af- he shall noi die.
flicted his soul. 14 Thou
shalt beat him with the cod, and
24 Be not a friend to an angry man, and dehver his soul from hell,
do not walk with a furious man: 15 My
son, if thy mind be wise, my heart
25 Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, shall rejoice with thee
and take scandal to thy soul. 16 And my reins shall rejoice, when thy
26 Be not with them that fasten down lips shall speak what is right.
their hands, and that offer themselves 17 ^ Let not thy heart ©nvy sinners but .

sureties for debts * be thou in che fear of the Lord all the
27 For if thou have not wherewith to day long
restore, what cause is there, that he 18 Bocause thou shalt have hope in the
should take the covering from thy bed? latter end, and thy expectation shall not
28 Pass not beyond the ancient bounds be taken away.
which thy fathers have set. 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise and ?

29 Hast thou seen a man swift in his guide thy mind in the way,
work? he shall stand before kings, and 20 Be not in the feasts of great drinkers,
shall not be before those that are ob- nor in their revellings, who contribute
scure. flesh to eat:
21 Because they that give themselves to
CHAPTER 23
drinking, and that club together shall
WHEN thouconsider
prince,
Shalt sit to eat with a
diligently what is
be consumed; and drowsiness shall be
clothed with rags.
Get before thy face 22 Hearken to thy father, that begot
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if it be thee : and despise not thy mother whea
8o that thou have thy soul in thy own she is old.
powero 23 Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom,
3 Be not desirous of his meats, in which and instruction, and understanding.
is the bread of deceit. 24 The father of the just rejoiceth
4 Labour not to bo rich: but set bounds greatly: he that hath begotten a wise
60 thy prudencCo son, shall have joy in him.
6 lift not up thy eyes to riches which 25 Let thy father, and thy mother be
thou canst not have because they shall joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.
«nake themselves wings like those of an 26 My son, give me thy hearts; and let
. agle, and shall fly towards heaven. thy eyes keep my ways.

r Supra !IB. 24* rSccliSO. 1| j[iifr»3a • Infra 24. 1,

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Drunkenness PROVERBS Detr action y human respect

^7 For a harlot is a deep ditch : and a
strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She lieth in wait in the way as a rob-
ber, and him whom she shall see unwary,
she will kilL
29 Who hath woe? whose father hath
woe? who hath contentions? who falls into
pits ? who hath wounds without cause ?
who hath redness of eyes?
enough: he that seeth into the heart, he
understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the
keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to
a man according to his works.
13 ^Eat honey, my son, because it ie
good, and the honeycomb most sweet to
thy throat
14 So also 18 the doctrine of wisdom *(%
thy soul which when thou hast found
:

30 Surely they that pass their time in thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy
wine, and study to drink off their cups. hope shall not perish.
31 Look not upon the wine when it is 15 Lie not in wait, nor seek after wick-'
yellow, when the colour thereof shineth edness in the house of the just, nor spoil
in the glass : it goeth in pleasantly, his rest.
32 But in the end, it will bite like a snake, 16 For a just man shall fall seven times
and will spread abroad poison like a basi- and shall rise again but the wicked shall ;

lisk. fall down into eviL

33 Thy eyes shall behold strange women, 17 When thy enemy shall fall, be not
and thy heart shall utter perverse things. glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart
34 And thou shalt be as one sleeping in rejoice:
the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast 18 Lest the Lord see, and it displease
asleep, when the stern is lost. him, and he turn away his wrath from
35 And thou shalt say : They have beaten him.
me, but I was not sensible of pain: they 19 Contend not with the wicked, nor
drew me, and i felt not: when ghall I seek to be like the ungodly
awake, and find wine again? 20 For evil men have no hope of things
to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall
CHAPTER 24. be put out.
SEEK * not to be like evil
men, neither 21 My
son, fear the Lord and the king,
desire to be with them: and have nothing to do with detracterg,
2 Because their mind studieth robberies, 22 For their destruction shall rise sud-
and their lips speak deceits. denly: and who knoweth the ruin of
3 By wisdom the house shall be built, both?
and by prudence it shall be strengthened. 23 These things also to the wise s ^ It is|
4 By instruction the storerooms shall be not good to have respect to persons in
filled with all precious and most beautiful judgment.
wealth. 24 They that say to the wicked mani
6 A wise man is strong: and a knowing Thou art just shall be cursed by the
:

man, stout and valiant.
6 Because war is managed by due order-
ing and there shall be safety where there
: and a blessing shall come upon them.
are many counsels.
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the
gate he shall not open his mouth.
8 He that deviseth to do evils, shall be
called a fool.
9 The thought of a fool is sin and the
detracter is the abomination of men.
10 If thou lose hope being weary in the
day of distress, thy strength shall be di-
minished.
people, and the tribes shall abhor them.
25 They that rebuke him, shall be praised
26 He shall kiss the lips, who an6weretl|
right words.
27 Prepare thy work without, and dili
gently till thy ground : that afterwar(
thou mayst build thy house.
; 23 Be not witness without cause agains
thy neighbour : and deceive not any ma:
with thy lips.
him as he hat
29 ^ Say not : I will do to
done to me
I will render to every od
:

11 " Deliver them that are led to death? according to his work.
and those that are drawn to death forbear 30 I passed by the field of the slothfi
not to deliverc man, and by the vineyard of the foolie
12 If thou say: I have not steength man:
' Supra 23. 17,— 2i Ps. 31, ^ w Lev. 19k 15 s Deut. 1. 17, and 16. 19; Eccli. 42. i*

It Ira 2& 1 5 and 27.

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The slvggard PROVERBS Returning good for evil

31 And
behold it was aU filled with net- 14 As clou !j . and wind, wheis nc rain
tles,and thorns had covered the faco followeth, sothat boasteth.
is the man
thereof, and the stone wall was broken and doth not fulfil his promises.
down. 15 By patience a prince shall be ap-
32 Which when I had seen, I laid it up peased, ^and a soft tongue shaU break
in my heart, and by the example I re- hardness.
ceived instructiono 16 Thou hast found honey, eat what is
33 Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou sufficient for thee, lest being glutted
wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy therewith thou vomit it up.
hands a little to rest: 17 Withdraw thy foot from the house oi
34 And poverty shall come to thee as a thy neighbour, lest having his fill he hate
runner, and beggary as an armed man. thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness
CHAPTER 25. against his neighbour, is like a dart and
THESE are also parablep of Solomon, a eword and a sharp arrow.
which the men of Ezechias king of 19 To trust to an unfaithful man in the
Juda copied out. time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth,
2 It is the glory of God to conceal the and weary foot,
word, and the glory of kings to search 20 And one that looseth his garment Id
out the speech. cold weather.
3 The heaven above, and the earth be- As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that sing-
neath, and the heart of kings is unsearch- eth songs to r. very evil heart. As a moth
able. doth by a garment, and a worm by the
4 Take away the rust from silver, and wood ; so the sadness of a man consum-
ihere shall come forth a most pure vessel eth the heart.
5 Take away wickedness from the face 21 ** If thy enemy be hungry, give him
)f the king, and his throne shall be to eat if he thirst, give him water to
:

established with justice. drink:

6 Appear not glorious before the king, 22 For thou shalt heap hot coals upon
ind stand not in the place of great men. his head, and the Lord will reward thee.
7 For it is better that it should be said 23 The north wind driveth away rain,
thee Come up hither ; than that thou as doth a sad countenance a backbiting
:

houldst be humbled before the prince. tongue.

8 The things which thy eyes have seen, 24 ^ It is better to sit in a corner of the
,tter not hastily in a quarrel : lest after- housetop, than with a brawling woman,
ward thou mayst not be able to make and in a common house.
mends, when thou hast dishonoured thy 25 As cold water to a thirsty soul, so ie
lend. good tidings from a far country.
i9 Treat thy cause with thy friend, and 26 A just man falling down before the
jiscover not the secret to a stranger wicked, is as a fountain troubled with
:

10 Lest he insult over thee, when he hath the foot, and a corrupted spring.
pard it, and cease not to upbraid thee, 27 As it is not good for a man to eat
jrrace and friendship deliver a man: much honey, ^so he that is a searcher
3ep these for thyself, lest thou fall of majestj', shall be overwhelmed by
ider reproach. glory.
1 To speak a word in due time, is like 28 Ae a city that lieth open and is not
pples of gold on beds of silver. compassed with walls, so is a man that
1 2 As an earring of gold and a bright cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking
"|!arl, so is he that reproveth the wise,

> d the obedient ear. CHAPTER 26.

3 ^ As the cold of snow in the time of snow ii^ summer, and rain in har-
jrvest, sois a faithful messenger to him . vest, so
AS
glory is not seemly for a
»at sent him, for he refresheth his soul. fool.

y Infra 26. 6. — z Supra 15. i. a Rom. 12 20—6 Supra 21 9. — c Eccli. 3. 22.

HAP. 25. Ver. 27. Majesty, \\z., of God. For is exposing oui weak understanding to be bhnded
yearch into that incomprehensible Majesty, and with an exceSi^ oi ligbw and glory, which it cannof
n^retem* to 3ouxidt^:e aepthr <
tbc wisdba» of Go<t i Gcmjgiff'^iead
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The fool and the sluggard PROVERBS The mischief maker

2 As a bird flying to other places, and a 21 As coals are to burning coals, and
(

sparrow going here or there so a curse wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth
;
*

uttered without cause shall come upon a up strife.

man. 22 The words of a talebearer are as it
3 A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for were simple, but they reach to the inner-
an ass, ^ and a rod for the back of fools most parts of the belly.
4 Answer not a fool according to his 23 Swelling lips joined with a corrupt
folly, lest thou be made like him heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned
6 Answer a fool according to his folly, with silver dross.
lest he imagine himself to be wise. 24 An enemy is known by his lips, when
6 ^ He that sendeth words by a foolish in his heart he entertaineth deceit
messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh 25 When he shall speak low, trust him
iniquity. not because there are seven mischiefs in
:

7 As a lame man hath fair legs in vain his heart.:

BO a parable is unseemly in the mouth of 26 He that covereth hatred deceitfully,

fools. his malice shall be laid open in the public
8 As he that casteth a stone into the assembly.
' heap of Mercury so is he that giveth
; 27 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into
honour to a fooL it and he that roUeth a stone, it shall
;

9 As if a thorn should grow in the hand return to him.

of a drunkard: so is a parable in the 28 A deceitful tongue loveth not truth '

mouth of fools. and a slippery mouth worketh ruin

10 Judgment determine th causes: and
he that puttetb a fool to silence, appeas- CHAPTER 27.
eth anger. BOAST not for to morrow, for thoi
ii &As a dog that returneth to his knowest not what the day to com<
Tomit, eo is the fool that repeateth his may bring forth.
folly 2 Let another praise thee, and not thy"
12 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own mouth, a stranger, and not thy own
own conceit? there shall be more hope Hps,
of a f ooJ than of him. 3 ^ A stone is heavy, and sand weighty:
13 The slothful man saith There is a lion Dut the anger of a fool is heavier than
;

in the way, and a lioness in the roads. them bo the

14 As the door turneth upon its hinges, 4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when
so doth the slothful upon his bed. it breaketh forth and who can bear the •

15 '^ The slothful hideth his hand under violence of one provoked ?
his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden
it to his mouth. love.
1 The sluggard wiser in his own con-
is 6 Better are the wounds of a friend
ceit, than seven men that speak sen- than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
tences. 7 '^
A soul that is full shall tread upon
17 A e he that taketb a dog by the ears, the honeycomb and a soul that is hungry :

80 is he that passeth by in anger, and shall take even bitter for sweet.
meddleth with another man's quarrel. 8 As a bird that wandereth from hei
1 As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
and lances unto death : 9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the
3 9 So is the man that hurteth his friend heart and the good counsels of a friend
;

deceitfully : and when he is taken, saith are sweet tc the soul.

I did it in jest. 10 Thy own friend, and thy father's
20 When the wood faileth, the fire shall friend forsake not and go not into thyj -

go out: and when the talebearer is taken brother's house in the day of thy afflic*[
away, contentions shall cease. tion.
—
d Supra 23. 13. e Supra 25. 13. g 2 Peter 2. 22. — h Supra 19. 24.
/ That heap ol stones at the foot of this Idol.
is, % Supra 15. 18.— j Eccli. 22. 18.— k Job 6. ? I

Cttap. 26. Vor 2. As a bird, &c. The meaning upon him that curseth, as whithersoever a bird fliesj

Is, that » curse uttered without cause shall do no it returns to its own nest.
;'i£.nn tc tbe person tha-t is cursed, but will return Ver. 4. Ansv;er noi r. fool, &a Viz., so as to Im»
tate liiiL but only S'' ^ tc reprove his foU7<

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A contentious woman PROVERBS Confession of sin

1
Better is a neighbotii tha'c m near, than
a brother 3,far off.
CHAPTER 28.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my THE
wicked man fleeth, when qo man
hearu joyful, that thou mayst give an pursueth but the just, bold as a lion, :

answer to him that reproacheth. shall be without dread.

12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth 2 For the sins of the land many are the
himself: little ones passing on have suf- princes thereof; and for the wisdom of a
fered losses. man, and the knowledge of those things
13 ^Take away his garment that hath that are said, the life of the prince shall
been surety for a stranger : and take be prolonged.
from him a pledge for strangers. 3 A man that oppresseth the poor,
poor
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with is likea violent shower, which bringeth
a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be a famine.
like to him that curse th, 4 They that forsake the law, praise the
15 "* Roofs dropping through in a cold wicked man: they that keep it, are in-
da/', and a contentious woman are alike. censed against him.
Id He that retaineth her, is as he that 5 Evil men think not on judgment but :

would hold the wind, and shall call in they that seek atter the Lord, take no-
the oil of his right hand, tice of all things.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharp- poor man walking in his
6 5 Better is the
eneth the countenance of his friend. simplicity,than the rich in crooked ways,
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall 7 He that keepeth the law is a wise son •

eat the fruit thereof and he that is the but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his
keeper of his master, shall be glorified. father
19 As the faces of them that look therein, 8 He that heapeth together riches by
shine in the water, so the hearts of men usury and loan, gathereth them for him
are laid open to the wise, that will be bountiful to the poor.
20 Hell and destruction are never filled 9 He that turneth away his ears from
^ so the eyes of men are never satis- hearing the law, his prayer shall be an
aed. abomination.
21 ^ As silver is tried in the fining-pot 10 He that deceive th the just in a wicked
and gold in the furnace so a man is tried: way, shall fall in his own destruction:
by the mouth of him that praiseth. and the upright shall possess his goods.
The heart of the wicked seeketh after 11 The rich man seemeth to himself
evils, but the righteous heart seeketh but the poor man that is prudent
wise i

after knowledge. shall search him out,

22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in 12 In the joy of the just there is great
the mortar, as when a pestle strike th upon glory : when the wicked reign, men are
sodden barley, his folly would not be ruined.
taken from him. 13 He that hideth his sins, shall not)
23 Be diligent to know the countenance prosper,' but he that shall confess, and
of thy cattle, and consider thy own forsake them, shall obtain mercy.
flocks ?
14 Blessed is the man that is always
24 For thou shalt not always have fearful but he that is hardened in mind, :

power: but a crown shall be given to shall fall into evil.

generation and generation. 15 As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear,
25 The meadows are open, and the green so is a wicked prince over the poor
herbs have appeared, and the hay is gath- people.
ered out of the mountains. 16 A prince void of prudence shall op-
26 P Lambs are for thy clothing and kids press many by calumny: but he that
-•

for the price of the field, hateth covetousness, shall prolong his
27 Let the milk of the goats De enough days.
for thy food, and for the necessities of 17 A man that doth violence to the
fchy house, and for maintenance for thy blood of a person, if he flee even to
the
handmaids. pit, no man will stay him.

I Supra 20 16 - •» Supra 19. 1&— n Eccli. 14. 9. o Supra 17 3.— p 1 Tim. 6. a. — g Supra la 1.

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Idleness, envy, boasting PROVERBS Imprudence in speech, anger
iS He that walketh uprigrxtly, shall be 7 The just taketh notice of tho cause of
saved : he that is perverse in his ways the poor: the wicked is void of know-
shall fall at once. ledge.
19 *'He that tilleth his ground, shall be 8 Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but
filledwith bread: but he that folio weth wise men turn away wrath.
idleness shall be filled with poverty, 9 If a wise man contend with a fool,
20 A faithful man shall be much praised: whether he be angry, or laugh, he shall
^but he that maketh haste to be rich, find no rest.
shall not be innocent. 10 Bloodthirsty men hate the upright J
21 He that hath respect to a person in but just men seek his soul.
judgment, doth not well such a man 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: a wise
i

even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the man deferreth, and keepeth it till after-
truth. wards.
22 A man, that maketh haste to be rich, 12 A prince that gladly heareth lying
and envieth others, is ignorant that pov- words, hath all his servants wicked.
erty shall come upon him. 13 ' The poor man and the creditor
23 He that rebuketh a man, shall after- have met one another : the Lord is the
ward find favour with him, more than he enlightener of them both.
Chat by a flattering tongue deceiveth 14 The king that judge th the poor in
him, truth, his throne shall be established for
24 He that stealeth any thing from his ever.
father, or from his mother : and saith, 15 **The rod and reproof give wisdom:
This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer, but the child that is left to his own will
25 He that boasteth, and puffeth up him- bringeth his mother to shame^
self, stirreth up quarrels but he that 16 When the wicked are multiplied,
;

trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed. crimes shall be multiplied: but the just
26 He that trusteth in his Dwn heart, is shall see their downfall,
a fool but he that walketh wisely, he
, 17 Instruct thy son, and he shall refresh
shall be saved. thee, and shall give delight to thy souL
27 He that giveth to the poor, shall not 18 When prophecy shall fail, the people
want he that despiseth his entreaty, shall be scattered abroad: but he that
;

shall suffer indigence: keepeth the law is blessed.

28 When the wicked rise up, men shall 19 A slave will not be corrected by
hide themselves : when they perish, the words : because he understandeth what
just shall be multiplied. thou sayest, and will not answer.
20 Hast thou seen a man hasty to
CHAPTER 29. speak? folly is rather to be looked for^
THE man that with a stiff neck de- than his amendment.
spiseth him that reproveth him, shall 21 He that nourisheth his servant del
suddenly be destroyecl : and health shall icately from his childhood, afterwards
not follow him. shall find him stubborn.
2 When just men increase, the people 22 A passionate man provoketh quarrels
shall rejoice when uhe wicked shall bear and he that is easily stirred up to wrath,
:

rule, the people shall mourn. shall be more prone to sin. j

3 A man that loveth wisdom, rejoiceth 23 ^Humiliation followeth the proud

his father i but he that maintaineth har- and glory shall uphold the humble ol
lots, shall squander away his substance. spirit.
4 A just king setteth up the land: a cov- 24 He that is partaker with a thief
etous man shall destroy it. hateth his own soul; he heareth on<
5 A man that speaketh to his friend putting him to his oath, and discoveretlj
with flattering and dissembling words, not.
apreadeth a net for his feet. 25 He that feareth man, shall quickl;
6 A snare shall entangle the wicked fall . he that trusteth in the Lord, sha
man when he sinneth: and the "just shall be set on high.
praise and rejoice. 26 Many seek the face of the prince|
r Supra 12, 11 , Eccli. 20. yO. e Supra 22. 2, — u Supra 23. 13, and Infra ver. 17.
Supra 13 11. aod 20 21 and Cnfra fer. 32c V Job 22. 29.

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Prayer for the necessaries of life PROVERBS Parents not to he despised

but the judgment of every ono cometh own eyes, and yet are not washed from
forth from the Lord. their filthiness.
27 The just abhor the wicked 13 A generation, whose eyes are lofty,
man and:

the wicked loathe them that are in the and their eyelids Ufted up on high,
right way. 14 A generation, that for teeth hath
The son that keepeth the word, shall be swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth,
free from destruction. to devour the needy from off the earth,
and the poor from among men.
CHAPTER 30. 15 The horseleech hath two daughters
The wise man thinketh humbly of him,8elf. His
prayer and sentim,ents upon certain virtues and that say : Bring, bring.
vices. There are three things that never are
THE words of Gatherer the son of satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It
Vomiter. The vision which the man is enough.
dpoke with whom God is, and who being 16 Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and
strengthened by God, abiding with him, the earth which is not satisfied with wa-
said: ter: and the fire never saith; It is enough.
2 I am the most foolish of men, and the 17 The eye that mocketh at his father,
wisdom of men is not with me. and that despiseth the labour of his mo-
8 I have not learned wisdom, and have ther in bearing him, let the ravens of the
not known the science of saints. brooks pick it out, and the young eagles
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, eat it.
and descended ? who hath held the wind 18 Three things are hard to me, and the
in his hands? who hath bound up the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.
waters together as in a garment? who 19 The way of an eagle in the air, the
hath raised up all the borders of the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of
earth ? what is his name, and what is the a ship in the midst of the sea, and the
name of his son, if thou knowest? way of a man in youth.
5 ^ Every word of God is fire tried: he 20 Such is also the way of an adulterous
is a buckler to them that hope in him. woman, who eateth, and wipeth her
6 ^ Add not any thing to his words, lest mouth, and saith : I have done no evil.
thou be reproved, and found a liar 21 By three things the earth is disturbed,
7 Two things I have asked of thee, deny and the fourth it cannot bear:
them not to me before I die, 22 By a slave when he rei^eth: by a
8 Remove far from me vanity, and lying fool when he is filled with meat:
words. Give me neither beggary, nor 23 By an odious woman when she is
riches: give me only the necessaries of married: and by a bondwoman when she
Ufe: is heir to her mistress.
9 Lest perhaps being filled, I should be 24 There are four very little things of
tempted to deny, and say: Who is the the earth, and they are wiser than the
Lord ? or being compelled by poverty, 1 wise:
should steal, and forswear the name of 25 The ants, a feeble people, which pro-
my God. vide themselves food in the harvest:
10 Accuse not a servant to his master, 26 The rabbit, a weak people, which
lest he curse thee, and thou fall. maketh its bed in the rock:
11 There ia a generation that curseth 27 The locust hath no king, yet they all
their father, and doth not bless their go out by their bands.
mother- 28 The stellio supporteth itself on hands,
12 A generation that are pure In their and dwelletb in kings' houses.

wTs. 11. 7 r Deut. 4. 2, and 12. 32.

.
Chap. 30. Ver. l. Gatherer, &c., or, as it is in the Ver. 5. Isfir^ tried that is, most pure, like gold
^tin, Congregans the son of Vomens. The Latin purified by fire.
Dterpreter has given us in this place the significa- Ver. 15. The horseleech. Concupiscence, which
lon of the Hebrew nanies, instead of the names hath
two daughters that are never satisfied, viz.,
nenrisJlves, which are ^w :he Hebrew, ^</t/r */je son lust and avarice.
t Jakeh. But whether this Agur be the same per- Ver. 28. Thf. stellio. A kind of house lizard
311 as Solomon, as many thinlc, or a different
per- marked with %^qXa like stars, from wheoce it has its
5n, whose doctrine was adopted by Solomon, and
nam».
iserted among his parable» or proverbs. iA uncer-
im
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29 There are three Lhings, which go well, hath wrought by the counsel of ner
and the fourth that walketh happily hands.
30 A lion, the strongest of beasts, who 14 She is like the merchant's ship, she
hath no fear of any thing he meeteth bringeth her bread from afar.
31 A cock girded about the loins: and a 15 And she hath risen in the night, and
ram and a king, whom none can resist. given a prey to her household, and vict-
:

32 There is that hath appeared a fool uals to her maidens.

after he was lifted up on high: for if he 16 She hath considered a field, and
had understood, he would have laid his bought it: with the fruit of her hands
band upon his mouth. she hath planted a vineyard.
33 And he that strongly squeezeth the 17 She hath girded her loins with
paps to bring out milk, straineth out but- strength, and hath strengthened her arm,
ter and he that violently bloweth his 18 She hath tasted and seen that her
:

nose, bringeth out blood: and he that traffic is good her lamp shall not be put :

provoketh wrath bringeth forth strife. out in the night.

19 She hath pu\^ out her hand to strong
CHAPTER 31. things, and her fingers have taken hold
An exhortation to chastity^ temperance, and works of the spindle.
of mercy . with the praise of a wise woman.
20 She hath opened her hand to the
THE words of king LamueL The vision needy, and stretched out her hands to
wherewith his mother instructed the poor.
him. 21 She shall not fear for her house in
2 What, O my beloved, what, the be- the cold of snow: for all her domestics
loved of my womb, what, O the beloved are clothed with double garments.
of my vows ? 22 She hath made for herself clothing of
3 Give not thy substance to women, and tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her
thy riches to destroy kings. covering.
4 Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not 23 Her husband is honourable in the
wine to kings because there is no secret
: gates, when he sitteth among the sena
where drunkenness reigneth: tors of the land.
6 And lest they drink and forget judg- 24 She made fine linen, and sold it, and
ments, and pervert the cause of the chil- dehvered a girdle to the Chanaanite,
dren of the poor. 25 Strength and beauty are her cloth-
6 Give strong drink to them that are ing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.
sad : and wine to them that are grieved 26 She hath opened her mouth to wis-
in mind. dom, and the law of clemency is on her
7 Let them drink, and forget their want, tongue.
and remember their sorrow no more. 27 She hath looked well to the paths of
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb, and her house, and hath not eaten her bread
for the causes of all the children that idle.
pass. 28 Her children rose up, and called heij
9 Open thy mouth, decree that which is blessed her husband, and he praised]
:

just, and do justice to the needy and poor. her.

10 Who shall find a valiant woman? far
and from the uttermost coasts is the
price of her.
11 The heart of her husband tmsteth in
iier, and he shall have no need of spoils.
12 She will render him good, and not
•jvil, all the days of her life.
13 She hath sought wool and flax, and
Chap. Ver. 1. Lamuel. This name signifies
31.
29 Many daughters have gathered to
gether riches : thou hast sui-passed them
all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is
vain : the woman that feareth the Lord.j
she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands
and let her works praise her in the gates
Ver. 24. The Chanaanite, the merchant: foi

God him, and is supposed to have been one of

-irith Chanaanite, in Hebrew, sifinlfies a merchant.
"ihe names of Solomon.

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ECCLESIASTES.
This Book is called Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher, (in Hebrew, Coheleth,) because
in it Solomon is represented as an excellent preacher, setting forth the vanity of
the things of this world: to withdraw the hearts and affections of men from such
empty toys.

CHAPTER 1. 14 I have seen all things that are done

The vanity oj all temporal things. under the sun, and behol<? all is vanity^
THE words of Ecclesiastes, the son of and vexation of spirit.
David, king of Jerusalem. 15 The perverse are hard to be cor-
2 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes rected, and the number of fools is infi-
vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. nite.
3 What hath a man more of all his la- 16 I have spoken in my
heart, saying:
bour, that he taketh under the sun ? Behold I am become great, and have
4 One generation passeth away, and an- gone beyond all in wisdom, that were
other generation cometh: but the earth before me in Jerusalem: and my
mind
Btandeth for ever. hath contemplated many things wisely,
5 The sun riseth, and goeth down, and and I have learned.
returneth to his place and there rising
: 17 And I have given my
heart to know
again, prudence, and learning, and errors, and
6 Maketh his round by the south, and folly : and I have perceived that in thesf
turneth again to the north: the spirit also there was labour, and vexation o/
goeth forward surveying all places round spirit,
about, and returneth to his circuits, 18 Because in much wisdom there is
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet much indignation: and he that addetb
the sea doth not overflow: unto the knowledge, addeth also labour.
place from whence the rivers come, they
return, to flow again. CHAPTER 2.
8 All things are hard : man cannot ex- Tlie vanity of pleasures^ riches^ and worldly la^
plain them by word. The eye is not hours.
filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled SAID in my heart: I will go, and
with hearing. I abound with delights, and enjoy good
9 What is it that hath been? the same things. And I saw that this also was
^rfhing that shall be. What is it that vanity.
hath been done ? the same that shall be 2 Laughter I counted error: and C
done. mirth I said: Why art thou vainly de-
10 Nothing under the sun is new, nei- ceived?
'

ther is any man able to say : Behold 3 I thought in my \eart, to withdraw

this is new : for it hath already gone be- my flesh from wine, that I might turn
fore in the ages that were before us. my mind to wisdom, and might avoid
j
11 There is no remembrance of former folly, till 1 might see what was profit-
things: nor indeed of those things which able for the children of men : and what
hereafter are to come, shall there be they ought to do under the sun, all the
any remembrance with them that shall days of their life.
be in the latter end. 4 I made me great works, I built me
12 I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel houses, and planted vineyards,
in Jerusalem, 6 I made gardens, and orchards, and
13 And I proposed in my mind to seek set them with trees of all kinds,
.and search out wisely concerning all 6 And I made me ponds of water, to
ithings tliat are done under the sun. water therewith the wood of the young
jThis painful occupation hath God given trees,
Ibo the children of men, to be exercised 7 I got me menservants, and maidser-
Ibherein. vants, and had a great family and herds
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of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above have rule over all my labours with which
allthat were before me in Jerusalem ? I have laboured and been sohcitous and •

8^/1 heaped together for myself silver
and gold, and the wealth of kings, and
provinces . T made me singing men, and
singing women, and the deHghts of the
sons of men, cups and vessels to serve
to pour out wine
9 And I surpassed in riches all that
were before me in Jerusalem • my wis-
is there any thing so vain ?
20 Wherefore I left off and my heart
renounced labouring any more under the
sun.
21 For when a man laboureth in wis
dom, and knowledge, and carefulness^ hp
leaveth what he hath gotten to an Idle
man so this also is vanity, and a great
:

dom also remained with me. evil.

10 And whatsoever my eyes desired, I 22 For what profit shall a man have of
refused them not: and I withheld not all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with
my heart from enjoying every pleasure, which he hath been tormented under the
and delighting itself in the things which sun?
I had prepared : and esteemed this my 23 All his days are full of sorrows and
portion, to make use of my own labour. miseries, even in the night he doth not
11 And when I turned myself to all the rest in mind: and is not this vanity?
works which my hands had wrought, and 24 Is it not better to eat and drink, and
to the labours wherein I had laboured in to shew his soul good things of his la^-
vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vex- hours ? and this is from the hand of God
ation of mind, and that nothing was last- 25 Who shall so feast and abound with
ing under the sun. delights as I?
12 I passed further to behold wisdom, 26 God hath given to a man that is good
and errors and folly, (What is man, said in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and
1, that he can follow the King his maker?) joy: but to the sinner he hath giver
13 And I saw that wisdom excelled vexation, and superfluous care, to heap
folly, as much as light differeth from up and to gather together, and to give
darkness. it to him that hath pleased God: but thio
14 ^The eyes of a wise man are in his also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude
head the fool walketh in darkness and of the mind.
: i

1 learned that they were vo die both

alike.
CHAPTER 3.
All human things are liable to perpetual change».
15 And I said in my heart : If the death We are to rest on God's providence, and cast
of the fool and mine shall be one, what away fruitless cares.
doth it avail me, that ! have applied my- A LL things have their season, and in
self more to the study of wisdom? And Jl\. their times all things pass under
speaking with my own mind, I perceived heaven.
that this also was vanity. 2 A time to be born and a time to die.
16 For there shall be no remembrance of A time to plant, and a time to pluck up
fche wise no more than of the fool for that which is planted.
ever, and the times to come shall cover 3 A time to kill, and a time to heaL A
all things together with oblivion the : time to destroy, and a time to build
learned dieth in like manner as the un- 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh,
learned. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
17 And therefore I was weary of my 6 A time to scatter stones, and a time
life, when I saw that all things under the to gather, A time to embrace, and a
sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation time to be far from embraces.
of spirit. 6 A time to get, and a time to lose. A
18 Again I hated all my application time to keep, and a time to cast away.
wherewith Ihad earnestly laboured under 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew. A
the sun, being like to have an heir after time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
me, 8 A time of love, and a time of hatred-
19 Whom I know not whether he will A time of war, and a time of peace.
be a wise man or a f ooi, and he shall 9 What hath man more of his labour '? ,

V 3 Kings 12. & i Frov 17 . Ui£r? KV

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10 I have seen the trouble, which God T TURNED myself to other things,
hath given the sons of men to be exer- X
and I saw the oppressions that are
cised in it. done under the sun, and the tears of the
11 He hath made all things good in innocent, and they had no comforter;
their time, and hath delivered the world and they were not able to resist their
to their consideration, so that man can- violence, being destitute of help from
not find out the work which God hath any.
made from the beginning to the end. 2 And I praised the dead rather than
12 And I have known that there was no the living:
better thing than to rejoice, and to do 3 And I judged him happier than them
well in this life. both, that is not yet born, nor hath seea
13 For every man that eateth and drink- the evils that are done under the sun.
eth, and seeth good of his labour, this is 4 Again I considered all the labours of
the gift of God. men, and I remarked that their industries
14 I have learned that all the works are exposed to the envy of their neigh-
which God hath made, continue for ever bour: so in this also there is vanity, and
we cannot add any thing, nor take away fruitless care.
from those things which God hath made 6 The fool foldeth his hands together,
that he may be feared. and eateth his own flesh, saying:
15 That which hath been made, the 6 Better is a handful with rest, than
j

same continueth the things that shall both hands full with labour, and vexation
:

be, have already been and God restor* of mind,

:
|

eth that which is past. 7 Considering I found also another van-

16 I saw under the sun in the place of ity under the sun
judgment wickedness, and in the place 3 There is but one, and he hath not a
of justice iniquity. second, no child, no brother, and yet ho
17 And I said in my heart i God shall ceaseth not to labour, neither are his
judge both the just and the wicked, and eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth
then shall be the time of every thing. he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour,
18 I said in my heart concerning the and defraud my soul of good things ? in
sons of men, that God would prove this also is /anityj and a grievous \ ^xa-
Dhem, and shew them to be like beasts. tion.
19 Therefore the death of man, and of 9 It is better therefore that two should
beasts is one, and the condition of them be together, than one: for they have the
both is equal : as man dieth, so they also advantage of their society
die: all things breathe alike, and man 10 If one fall he shall be supported by
hath nothing more than beast: all thingsthe other : woe to him that is alone, for
are subject to vanity. when he falleth, he hath none to lift him
20 And all things go to one place : of up.
earth they were made, and into earth 11 And if two lie together, they shall
they return together. warm one another : how shall one alone
21 Who knoweth if the spirit of the be warmed?
children of Adam ascend upward, and if 12 And if a man prevail against one,
the spirit of the beasts descend down- two shall withstand him: a threefold
ward? cord is not easily broken.
22 And I have found that nothing 1b 13 Better is a child that is poor and
better than for a man to rejoice in his wise, than a king that is old and foolish,
work, and that this is his portion. For who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.
who shall bring him to know the things 14 Because out of prison and chains
that shall be after him ? sometimes a man cometh forth to a king-
dom and another born king
: is consumed
CHAPTER 4. with poverty
Other instances of human miseries. 15 I saw all men living, that walk under
Chap. 3. Ver 19.Man hath nothing more, &c. becomes extinct by the death of the beast, who can
Viz.,as to the life of the body. tell the manner it acts so as to give life and motion,
Ver. 21, Who knoweth, &c. Viz., experimentally and by death to descend downward, that is, to be no
amce no one in this life can see a spirit. But as to more?
the spirit of the beasts, which is merely ammai, and

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the sun with the second young man, who whether he eat or much but the
little %

shall rise up in his place. fulness of the rich will not suffer him to
16 The number of the people, of all fchat sleep.
were before him is infinite o and they that 12 ° There is also another grievous evil,
shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice which I have seen under the sun : riches
in him : but this also is vanity, and vex- kept to the hurt of the owner.
ation of spirit. 13 For they are lost with very great
17 Keep thy foot, when thou goest into affliction: he hath begotten a son, who
the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. shall be in extremity of want,
" For much better is obedience, than the 14 ^ As he came forth naked from his
victims of fools, who know not what evil mother's womb, so shall he return, and
they do. shall takenothing away with him of his
laboiu".
CHAP7 iR 5,
15 A most deplorable evil as he came, ;
Qiutlon in words. Vows are to be paid. Riches
are often pernicious r the moderate use of them is so shall he return. What then doth it
the gift of God. profit him that he hath laboured for the
SPEAK not any thing rashly, and let wind?
not thy heart be hasty to utter a 16 All the days of his life he eateth in
word before God, For God is in heaven, darkness, and in many cares, and in. mis-
and thou upon earth; therefore let thy ery, and sorrow.
words be few. 17 This therefore hath seemed good to
2 Dreams follow many cares : and in me, that a man should eat and drink,
many words shall be found folly. and enjoy the fruit of his labour, where-
3 If thou hast vowed any thing to God, with he hath laboured under the sun, all
defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful the days of his life, which God hath given
and foolish promise displeaseth him; but him: and this is his portion.
whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. 18 And every man to God hath whom
4 And it is much better not to vow, than given riches, and substance, and hatb
after a vow not to perform the things given him power to eat thereof, and to
promised. enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his
6 Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh labour : this is the gift of God.
to sin: and say not before the angel: 19 For he shall not much remember the
The^e is no providence: lest God be an- days of his life, because God entertaineth
gry at thy words, and destroy all the his heart with delight.
works of thy hands.
6Where there are many dreams, there CHAPTER 6.

are many vanities, and words without The misery of the covetous man.
number but do thou fear God.
: THERE is also another evil, which I
7 If thou shalt see the oppressions of have seen under the sun, and that
the poor, and violent judgments, and jus- frequent among men.
tice perverted in the province, wonder 2 A man to whom God hath given riches,
not at this matter: for he that is high and substance^ and honour, and his soul
hath another higher, and there are others wanteth nothing of all that he desire ths
still higher than these yet God doth not give him power to eat
8 Moreover there is the king that reign- thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up.
eth over all the land subject to him. This is vanity and a great misery.
9 A covetous man shall not be satisfied 3 If a man beget a hundred children,
with money: and he that loveth riches and live many years, and attain to a
shall reap no fruit from them; so this great age, and his soul make no use of
also is vanity. the goods of his substance, and he be
10 Where there are great riches, there without burial : of this man I pronounce,
are also many to eat them. And what that the untimely born is better than he.
doth it profit the owner, but that he For he came in vain, and goeth to
4
seeth the riches with his eyes ? darkness, and his name shall be wholly
11 Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, forgotten.

a 1 Kings 15. 22 ; Osee o. 6. .

b Job 2J). 20. — c Job L 21 ; 1 Tim. G. 7.

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 Value of a good name. ECCLESIASTES Patience and wisdom
5 He hath not seen the sun-, nor known 8 Oppression troubleth the wise, and
the distance of good and evil: shall destroy the strength of his heart.
6 Although he lived two thousand years, 9 Better is the end of a speech than
and hath not enjoyed good things do the beginning. Better is the patient
:

not all niake haste to one place ?
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth,
but his soul shall not be filled.
8 What hath the wise man more than
man than the presumptuous.
10 Be not quickly angry: for anger
resteth in the bosom of a fooL
11 Say not What thinkest thou is the
:

the fool ? and what the poor man, but to cause that former times were better than
go thither, where there is life ? they are now ? for this manner of ques-
9 Better it is to see what thou mayst de- tion IS foolish.
sire, than to desire that which thou canst 12 Wisdom with riches is more profit'
not know. But this also is vanity, and able, and bringeth more advantage to
presumption of spirit. them that see the sun.
10 ^ He that shall be, his name is al- 13 For as wisdom is a defence, so money
ready called: and it is known, that he is a defence : but learning and wisdom
is man, and cannot contend in judg- excel in this, that they give life to him
ment with him that is stronger than him- that possesseth them.
self. 14 Consider the works of God, that no
11 There are many words that have man can correct whom he hath despised,
much vanity in disputing, 15 In the good day enjoy good things,
and beware beforehand of the evil day!
CHAPTER 7. for God hath made both the one and the
Prescriptions against worldly vanities mortifico' other, that man may not find against
:

and seeking wisdom.

lion, patience^ him any just complaint.
XTTHAT needeth a man to seek things 16 These things also I saw in the days
W that are above him, whereas he of my vanity s A iust man perisheth in
knoweth not what is profitable for him his justice, and a wicked man liveth a
in his life, in all the days of his pilgrim- long time in his wickednesse
ag3, and the time that passeth like a 17 Be not over just; and be not more
shadow ? Or who can tell him what shall wise than is necessary, lest thou become
be after him under the sun ? stupid.
2 ^ A good name is better than precious 18 Be not overmuch wicked i and be
ointments: and the day of death than not foolish, lest thou die before thy time
the day of one's birth. 19 It is good that thou shouldst hold up
3 It is better to go to the house of the just, yea and from him withdraw not
mourning, than to the house of feasting: thy hand : for he that f eareth God, neg-
for in that we are put in mind of the lecteth nothing
end of all, and the living thinketh what 20 Wisdom hath strengthened the wise
is to come. more than ten princes of the city.
4 Anger is better than laughter : be- 21 'For there is no just man upon
cause by the sadness of the countenance earth, that doth good, and sinneth note
the mind of the offender is corrected. 22 But do not apply thy heart to all
5 The heart of the wise is where there words that are spoken: lest perhaps
is mourning, and the heart of fools thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
where there is mirth. > 23 For thy conscience knoweth that
6 It is better to be rebuked by a wise thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
man, than to be deceived by the flattery 24 I have tried all things in wisdom. I
of fools. have said I will be wise i and it de-
•

7 For as the crackling of thorns burn- parted farther from me,

ing under a pot, so is the laughter of a 25 Much more than it was : t^ is a great
lool now this also is vanity. depth, who shall find it out *?
d 1 Kings 13. 14, and 3 Kings 13. 2. — e Prov. 22= 1. / Kings 8. 46 2 Par 6. 3fi Prov. 20. 9 1 Jotin L 8.
?, ; , ;

Chap. 7. Ver. 4. Anger. That is, correction, or Ver. 18. Be not overmuch wicked. That is, lest
just wrath and zeal against evil. by the greatness of your sin you leave no roomfof
Ver. 17. Overjitst. Viz., By an excessive rigour mercy.
In censuring the ways of God in bearing with the
wicked,

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Keeping the commandment ECCLESIASTES God's ways are unsearchable

26 I have surveyed all things with my when war is at hand, neither shall wick-
mind, to know, and consider, and seek edness save the wicked.
out wisdom and reason: and to know 9 All these things I have considered,
the wickedness of the fool, and the error and applied my heart to all the works
of the imprudent: that are done under the sun. Sometimes
27 And I have found a woman more bit- one man ruleth over another to his own
ter than death, who is the hunter's snare, hurt.
and her heart is a net, and her hands are 10 I saw the wicked buried ! who also
bands. He that pleaseth God shall es- when they were yet living were in the
cape from her : but he that is a sinner, holy place, and were praised in the city
shall be caught by her. as men of just works? but this also is
28 Lo this have I found, said Ecclesi-
vanityc
11 For because sentence is not speedily
astes, weighing one thing after another,
that I might find out the account, pronounced against the evil, the children
29 Which yet my soul seeketh, and I of men commit evils without any fear.
have not found it. One man among a 12 But though a sinner do evil a hundred
thousand I have found, a woman among times, and by patience be borne withal,
them all I have not found. I know from thence that it shall be well
30 Only this I have found, that God with them that fear God, who dread his
made man right, and he hath entangled face.
himself with an infinity of questions. 13 But let it not be well with the wicked,
Who is as the wise man ? and who hath neither let his days be prolonged, but as
known the resolution of the word? a shadow let them pass away that fear
not the face of the Lord.
CHAPTER 8. 14 There is also another vanity, which is
True wisdom is to observe God's commandments. done upon the earth. There are just men
The ways of God arc unsearchable. to whom evils happen; as though they
THE 9 wisdom of a man shineth in his had done the works of the wicked
countenance, and the most mighty there are wicked men, who are as secure,
and :

will change his face. as though they had the deeds of the just
2 I observe the mouth of the king, and but this also I judge most vain.
the commandments of the oath of God. 15 Therefore I commended mirth, be-
3 Be not hasty to depart from his face, cause there vas no good for a man under
and do not continue in an evil work: for the sun, bi to eat, and drink, and be
c.

tifc will do all that pleaseth him: merry, and \;hat he should take nothing
4 And his word is full of power: nei- else with him of his labour in the days of
ther can any man say to him: Why dost his life, which God hath given him under
thou so ? the sun.
5 He that keepeth the commandment, 16 And I applied my heart to know wis-
shall find no evil The heart of a wise dom, and to understand the distraction
man understandeth time and answer. that is upon earth for there are some
:

6 There is a time and opportunity for that day and night take no sleep with
every business, and great affliction for their eyes.
man: 17 And I understood that man can find
7 Because he ie ignorant of things past, no reason of all those works of God that
and things to come he cannot know by are done under the sun : and the more
any messenger. he shall labour to seek, so much the less
8 It is not in man's power to stop the shall he find : yea, though the wise man
«pirit, neither hath he power in the day shall say, that he knoweth if, he shall
of death, neither is he suffered to rest not be able to find it.
g Supra 2. 14.

Ver. 30. Of the word. That is, oi and afterwards to refute. But it may also he said, that
this obscure
difficult matter. his meaning is to commend the moderate use of the
Chap. 8 Ver. 15. No good for a man, &c. Some goods of this world, preferably to the cares and soil
commentators think the wise man here speaks in the citudes of worldlings, their attachment to vanity ano
person of the libertinerepresenting the objeetions
: curiosity, and presumptuously diving into the UD
of these men against divine providence, and the in- searchable ways of divine providence.
ferences tii^ draw from thence, which he takes care
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Death ends all earthly things ECCLESIASTES Wisdom is better than strength
CHAPTER 9. saw that under the sun, the race is not
Manknowsnot certainly that hein God^s grace.
is to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,
After death no more work or merit. nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the
A LL these things have I considered in learned, nor favour to the skilful but :

XX my might carefully
heart, that I time and chance in all.
understand them there are just men and
: 12 Man knoweth not his own end but :

wise men, and their works are in the
hand of God and yet man knoweth not
: birds are caught with the snare, so men
whether he be worthy of love, or hatred
2 But all things are kept uncertain for
the time to come, because all things
equally happen to the just and to the
wicked, to the good and to the evil, to
the clean and to the unclean, to him that
ofifereth victims, and to him that despis-
eth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is
the sinner as the perjured, so he also
: about it, and the siege was perfect.
that sweareth truth.
3 This is a very great evil among all
things that are done under the sun, that
the same things happen to all men:
whereby also the hearts of the children
of men are filled with evil, and with con-
as fishes are taken with the hook, and as
: are taken in the evil time, when it shall
suddenly come upon them.
13 This wisdom also I have seen under
the sun, and it seemed to me to be very
great:
14 A little city, and few men in it
there came against it a great king, and
invested it, and built bulwarks round
15 Now there was found in it a man poar
and wise, and he delivered the city by his
wisdom, and no man afterward remem-
bered that poor man.
16 And I said that wisdom is better than
strength how then is the wisdom of the
:

tempt while they live, and afterwards poor man slighted, and his words not
they shall be brought down to hell. heard ?
4 There is no man that liveth always, 17 The words of the wise are heard in
or that hopeth for this a living dog is
: silence, more than the cry of a prince
better than a dead lion. among fools.
5 For the living know that they shall 18 '^ Better is wisdom, than weapons of
die, but the dead know nothing more, war : and he that shall offend in one,
neither have they a reward any more shall lose many good things.
for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Their love also, and their hatred, and CHAPTER 10.
their envy are all perished, neither have Observations on wisdom, and folly, ambition and
they any part in this world, and in the detraction.

work that is done under the sun.
7 Go then, and eat thy bread with joy,
and drink thy wine with gladness : be-
cause thy works please God.
8 At all times let thy garments be white,
and let not oil depart from thy head.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou
lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life,
which are given to thee under the sun,
all the time of thy vanity for this is thy
: esteemeth
portion in life, and in thy labour where-
with thou labourest under the sun.
10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do
do it earnestly: for neither work, nor
reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall
be in hell, whither thou art hastening.
11 1 turned me to another thing, and I
DYING flies spoil the sweetness of the
ointment. Wisdom and glory is
more precious than a small and short-
lived folly.
2 The heart oi a wise man is in his right
hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left
hand.
3 Yea, and the fool when he walketh in
the way, whereas he himself is a fool,
all men fools.
4 If the spirit of him that hath power,
ascend upon thee, leave not thy place
because care will make the greatest sins
to cease.
5 There ie an evil that I have seen under
the sun, as it were by an error proceed-
ing from the face of the prince :

h Supra 7. 20.

Chap. 9. Ver. 5. Know nothing more. Viz., as
to the transactions of tliis world. In which they have
now no part, unless it be revealed to them neither
have they any knowledge or power now
44
any thing to secure their eternal state, (if they have
not taken care of it in their lifetime:) nor can they
; now procure themselves any good, as the living al>
d doing Wii|8 may do, by the grace of God.
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Detraction, foolish speech, ECCLESIASTES Charity, remembrance of death

6 Afool set m
nign dignity, and the rich ^AST tny k/read upon the running
sitting beneath. water? for after a long time thou .

7 I have seen «servantr upon horses: and shalt find it again.

princes walking on the ground as ser- 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to
vants. eight? for thoi: knowest not what evil
8 * He that diggeth r pit, shall fall into shall be upon th? earth.
it: and he that breaketh ? hedge, a ser- 3 If th. clouds be full, they will pour
pent shall bite him. out rain upon the earth. If the tree fall
9 He that removeth stones, shall be hurt to the south, or to the north, in what
by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall place soever it shall fall, there shall it be.
be wounded by them. 4 He that observeth the wind, shall not
10 If the iron be blunt, and be not as sow and he that considereth the clouds,
:

before, but be made blunt, with much shall never reap.

labour it shall be sharpened: and after 5 As thou knowest not whab ifj the way
industry shall follow wisdom. of the spirit, nor how the bonec are joined
11 If a serpent bite in silence, he is together in the womb of her that is with
nothing better that backbiteth secretly. child: so thou knowest not the works of
12 The words of the mouth of a wise God, who is the maker of all.
man are grace but the lips of a fool shall 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and iL
:

throw him down headlong. the evening let not thy hand cease : for
13 The beginning of his words is folly, thou knowest not which may rather spring
and the end of his talk is a mischievous up, this or that : and if both together, i(
error. shall be the better.
14 A
fool multiplieth words. A
man can- 7 The light is sweet, and it i delightful :

not tell what hath been before him : and for the eyes to see the sun.
what shall be after him, who can tell him ? 8 If a man live many years, and have
15 The labour of fools shall afflict them rejoiced in them all, he must remember
that know not how to go to the city. the darksome time, and the many days
16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is which when they shall come, the things
a child, and when the princes eat in the past shall be accused of vanity»
morning. 9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy
17 Blessed is the land, whose king is no- youth, and let thy heart be in that which
ble, and whose princes eat in due season is good in the days of thy youth, and
for refreshment, and not for riotousness. walk in the waye of thy heart, and in the
18 By slothfulness a building shall be sight of thy eyes i and know that for all
brought down, and through the weakness these God will bring thee into judgment.
of hands, the house shall drop through. 10 Remove anger from thy heart, and
19 For laughter they make bread, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth
wine that the living may feast: and all and pleasure are vain.
things obey money.
20 Detract not the king, no not in thy CHAPTER 12.
thought and speak not evil of the rich The Creator is to be remembered in the days of our
;

man in thy private chamber: because youth all worldly things are vain we shouldfear
: :

God and keep his commandments.

even the birds of the air will carry thy
voice, and he that hath wings will tell
what thou hast said.
CHAPTER 11.
REMEMBER
thy Creator in the days
of thy youth, before the time of
affliction come, and the years j-aw nigh c
of which thou shalt say They please me :

Exhortation to works of mercy, rvhile we have tirns,

not:
to diligence in good, and to the remembrance of
death and judgment. 2 Before the sun, and the light, and the

i Prov. 26. 27 ; Eccli. 27. 29.

Chap. 11. Ver. 3. If the tree fall, &c. The state soul:: as die in the state of grace yet not so as to
:

of the soul is unchangeable when once she comes to be entirely pure and therefore they shall be saved,
i

heaven or hell and a soul that departs this life in

: indeed, yet so as by fire. 1 Cor. 3. i:^, 14, 15.
the state of grace, shall never fall from grace : as on Chap 12. Ver, 2. Before the sun, &c. That is,
the other side, a soul that dies out of the state ol before old age: the effects of which upon all the
grace, shall never come to it. But this does not sensec and faculties are described in tlie following
exclude a place of temporal punisUments tor such verses, under a variety of figures.
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The time of old age CANTICLE OF CANTICLES Mans whole dut y

moon, and the stars be darkened, and the whence it was, and the spirit return to
clouds return after the rain God, who gave it.
3 When the keepers of the house shall 8 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes,
tremble, and the strong men shall stag- and all things are vanity.
ger, and the grinders shall be idle in a 9 And whereas Ecclesiastes was very
small number, and they that look through wise, he taught the people, and declared
the holes shall be darkened: the things that he had done and see)^- :

4 And they shall shut the doors in the ing out, he set forth many parables.
street, when the grinder^s voice shall be 10 He sought profitable words, and wrote
low, and they shall rise up at the voice words most right, and full of truth.
of the bird, and all the daughters of music 11 The words of the wise are as goads,
shall grow deaf. and as nails deeply fastened in, which by
6 And they shall fear high things, and the counsel of masters are given from
they shall be afraid in the way, the al- one shepherd.
mond tree shall flourish, the locust shall 12 More than these, my son, require not.
be made fat, and the caper tree shall be Of making many books there is no end:
destroyed because man shall go into the and much study is an affliction of the
:

house of his eternity, and the mourners flesh.

shall go rou^d about in the street. 13 Let us all hear together the conclusion
6 Before the silver cord be broken, and of the discourse. Fear God, and keep
the golden fillet shrink back, and the his commandments for this is all man : :

pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and 14 And all things that are done, God
the wheel be broken upon the cistern, will bring into judgment for every error,
7 And the dust return into its earth, from whether it be good or evil.

SOLOMON'S
CANTICLE OF CANTICLES.
This Book called the Canticle of Canticles, that is to say, the most excellent of
is
all canticlesconcerning the union of God and His people and particularly of Christ
^
»
and his spouse: which is here begun by love; and is to be eternal in heaven. The
spouse of Christ is the church: more especially as to the happiest part of it, viz.,
perfect souls, every one of which is his beloved, but, above all others, the im-
maculate and ever blessed virgin mother.
CHAPTER
1. 3 Draw me : we will run after thee to
The spouse aspires to an union with Christ, their the odour of thy ointments. The king
mutual love for one another. hath brought me into his storerooms:
LET him kiss me with the kiss of his we will be glad and rejoice in thee, re-
mouth: for thy breasts are better membering thy breasts more than wine:
than wine, the righteous love thee.
2 Smelling sweet of the best oint- 4 I am black but beautiful, O ye daugh-
ments. Thy name is as oil poured out: ters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar,
therefore young maidens have loved thee. as the curtains of Solomon.
> ——— ^—^.^^^^^_^^_^_^^_^^^^___^__
Ver. 13. All man. The whole business and duty to Christ our Lord, unless he draws us by his grace,
of man. which is laid up in his storerooms : that is, in the
Ver. Error. Or, hidden and secret thing.
14. mysteries of Faith, which God in his goodness
Chap. l. Ver. l. Let him kiss me. The church, and love for mankind hath revealed, first by his
the spouse of Christ, prays that he may love and servant Moses in the Old Law in figure only, and
have peace with her, which the spouse prefers to afterwards in reality by his only begotten Son Jesus
every thing howsoever dehcious and therefore ex-
: Christ.
presses (ver. 2) that young maidens, that is the souls Ver. 4. 7 am black but beautiful. That is, the
of the faithful, have loved thee. church of Christ founded in humility appearing
Ver. 3. Draw me That is, with thy grace other-
: outwardly afflicted, and as it were black and con-
Wise I should not be able to come to thee. This temptible but inwardly, that
; is, in its doctrine and
metaphor shews that we cannot of ourselves come morality, fair and beautifuL
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Beauty of the spouse CANTICLE OF CANTICLES The call to the spouse

6 Do not consider me that I am brown, 5 Stay me up with flowers, compass me
because the sun hath altered my colour about with apples because I languish
:

the sons of my mother have fought against with love.

me, they have made me the keeper in
the vineyards my vineyard I have not
: his right hand shall embrace me.
kept.
6 Shew me, O thou whom my soul lov-
eth, where thou feedest, where thou liest
in the midday, lest I begin to wander
after the flocks of thy companions.
7 If thou know not thyself, O fairest
among women, go forth, and follow after
the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids
beside the tents of the shepherds.
8 To mycompany of horsemen, in Pha-
rao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my
love.
9 Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtle-
dove's, thy neck as jewels.
10 We will make thee chains of gold,
inlaid with silver.
11 While the king was at his repose, my
spikenard sent forth the odour thereof.
12 A bundle of myrrh is my
beloved to
me, he shall abide between my breasts.
13 A cluster of cypress my love is to me,
6 His left hand is under my head, and
7 I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jeru-
salem, by the roes, and the harts of the
fields, that you stir not up, nor make the
beloved to awake, till she please.
C The voice of my beloved, behold he
Cometh leaping upon the mountains,
skipping over the hills.
9 My beloved is hke a roe, or a young
hart. Behold he standeth behind our
wall, looking through the windows, look-
ing through the lattices.
10 Behold my beloved speaketh to me
Aris«, make haste, my love, my dove, my
beautiful one, and come.
11 For winter is now past, the rain is
over and gone.
12 The fiowers have appeared in our
land, the time of pruning is come: the
voice of the turtle is heard in our land
13 The fig tree hath put forth her green
figs the vines in flower yield their sweet
:

In the vineyards of Engaddi. smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one,

14 Behold thou art fair, O my
love, be- and come
hold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those 14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in
of doves. the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy
15 Behold thou art fair, my
beloved, face, let thy voice sound in my ears for :

and comely. Our bed is flourishing. thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
16 The beams of our houses are of cedar, 15 Catch us the little foxes that de-
our rafters of cypress trees. stroy the vines for our vineyard hath
:

flourished.
CHAPTER 2. 16 My beloved to me, and I to him who
feedeth among the lilies,
Christ caresses his spouse : he invites her to him.

AM the flower of the field, and the 17 Till the day break, and the shadows
I lily of the valleys. retire. Return be like, my beloved, to :

2 As the lily among thorns, so is my a roe, or to a young hart upon the moun-
love among the daughters. tains of Bether.
3 As the apple tree among the trees of
the woods, so is my beloved among the CHAPTER 3.
sons. I sat down under his shadow, The spouse seeks Christ. The glory of his humanity,
whom I desired and : his fruit was sweet my bed by night I sought him whom
JNmy
to my palate. soul loveth I sought him, and
:

4 He brought me into the cellar of wine, found him not.

he set in order charity in me. 2 I will rise, and will go about the city:

Ver. 7. // thou know not thyself, &c. Christ en-
courages his spouse to follow and watch her flock
and though she know not entirely the power at hand
to assist her, he tells her, ver. 8, my com.pany of
horsemen, that is, his angels, are always watching
and protecting her. And in the following verses he
lence of his spouse, the true church above all other
societies, which are to be considered as thorns.
Ver. 8. The voice of my beloved: that is, the
preaching of the gospel surmounting difficulties fig-
uratively here expressed by mountains and little
hills. ^,. „.„
Catch us the liUle foxes. Christ com
, i.

reminds her of the virtues and gifts with which he Ver. 15.
has endowed her. mands his pastors to catch false teachers, by hoia
Chap. 2. Ver. 1. I am the flower of the field. Christ ing forth their fallacy and erroneous doctrine, wnicr
professes himself the flower of mankind, yea, the like foxes would bite and destroy the vines.
Lord of all creatures and, ver. 2, declares the excel-
: Chap. 3. Ver. 1. In my
bed by night, &c. inf
Gentiles as in the dark, and seeking in heathen aeiu
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 The spouse seeks Christ CANTICLE OF CANTICLES Beauty of the spouse
in the streets and the broad ways I will all with twins, and there is none barren
seek him whom my soul loveth I sought : among them.
him, and I found him not. 3 Thy hps are as a scarlet lace and :

3 The watchmen who keep the city, thy speech sweet. Thy cheeks are as
found me Havo you seen him, whom my
: a piece of a pomegranate, besides that
soul loveth? which lieth hid within.
4 When I had a little passed by them, I 4 Thy neck is as the tower of David,
found him whom my soul loveth; I held which is built with bulwarks a thousand
:

him and I will not let him go, till I bring

: bucklers hang upon it, all the armour of
him into my mother's house, and into the valiant men.
chamber of her that bore me. 6 Thy two breasts hke two young roes
5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that are twins, which feed among the
by the roes and the harts of the fields, lilies.
tfiat you stir not up, nor awake my be- 6 Till the day break, and the shadows
loved, till she please. retire, I will go to the mountain of myrrh,
6 Who is she that goeth up by the desert, and to the hill of frankincense.
as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, 7 Thou art all fair, O my
love, and there
of myrrh, and frankincense, and of all is not a spot in thee.
the powders of the perfumer ? 8 Come from Libanus, my spouse, come
7 Behold threescore valiant ones of the from Libanus, come thou shalt be
:

most valiant of Israel, surrounded the
bed of Solomon?
8 All holding swords, and most expert
in war :every man's sword upon his
thigh, because of fears in the night.
9 King Solomon hath made him a litter
of the wood of Libanus:
10 The pillars thereof he made of silver,
the seat of gold, the going up of purple
the midst he covered with charity for
crowned from the top of Amana, from
the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the
dens of the lions, from the mountains of
the leopards.
9 Thou hast wounded my heart, my
sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded my
heart with one of thy eyes, and with one
hair of thy neck.
: 10 How beautiful are thy breasts, my
sister, my spouse thy breasts are more
!

the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and
see king Solomon in the diadem, where-
with his mother crowned him in the day
of his espousals, and in the day of the
joy of his heart.
beautiful than wine, and the sweet smell
of thy ointments above all aromatical
spices.
11 Thy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping
honeycomb, honey and milk are under
thy tongue and the smell of thy gar-
;

ments, as the smell of frankincense.

CHAPTER 4.
Christ sets forth the graces of his spouse
clares his love for her.
HOW beautiful art thou, my love, how
beautiful art thou! thy eyes are
doves' eyes, besides what is hid within.
Thy hair is as flocks of goats, which
come up from mount Galaad.
2 Thy teeth as flocks of sheep, that are
shorn, which come up from the washing,
12 My sister, my spouse, is a garden en-
: and de- closed, a garden enclosed, a fountain
sealed up.
13 Thy plants are a paradise of pome-
granates with the fruits of the orchard.
Cypress with spikenard.
14 Spikenard and saffron, sweet cane
and cinnamon, with all the trees of
Libanus, myrrh and aloes with all the
chief perfumes.

sion what they could not find, the true God, until
Christ revealed his doctrine to them by his watch-
men, (ver, 3,) that is, by the apostles, and teachers,
by whom they were converted to the true faith and
holding that faith firmly, the spouse (the Catholic
Church) declares, ver. 4, That she will not let him
go, till she bring him into her mother^s house, &c.,
I
that is, till at last, the Jews also shall find him.
i
Chap. 4. Ver. l. How beautiful art thou. Christ
agam praises the beauties of his church, which
ithrough the whole of this chapter are exemplified
oy a variety of metaphors, setting forth her purity,
aer simplicity, and her stability.
Ver. 5. Thy two breasts, &c. Mystically to be
understood: the love of God and the love of our
neighbour, which are so united as twins which feed
; among the lilies : that is, the love of God and our
neighbour, feeds on the divine mysteries and the holy
sacraments, left by Christ to his spouse to feed and
nourish her children.
Ver. 12. My sister, &c., a garden enclosed. Figura-
tively the church is enclosed, containing only the
faithful. A fountain sealed up. That none can drink
of its waters, that is, the graces and spiritual benefits
of the holy sacraments, but those who are within itf
walls.
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Christ calls his spouse, CANTICLE OF CANTICLES She praises his beauty
15 The fountain of gardens: the well of among women? what manner of one is
living waters, which run with a strong thy beloved of the beloved, that the**
stream from Libanus. hast so adjured us ?
16 Arise, O north wind, and come, O 10 beloved is white and ruddy, My
south wind, blow through garden, chosen out of thousands. my
and let the aromatical spices thereof 11 His head is as the finest gold : his
flow. locks as branches of palm trees, black as
CHAPTER 5. a raven.
Christ calls his spoicse : she languishes with love : 12 His eyes as doves upon brooks of
and describes him by his graces.
waters, which are washed with milk, and
LET my beloved come into his garden, sit beside the plentiful streams.
and eat the fruit of his apple trees. 13 His cheeks are as beds of aromatical
Iam come into my garden, O my sister, my spices set by the perfumers. His lips
spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with are as lilies dropping choice myrrh.
my aromatical spices I have eaten the : 14 His hands are turned and as of gold,
honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory,
my wine with my milk eat, O friends, : set with sapphires.
and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly 15 His legs as pillars of marble, that are
beloved. set upon bases of gold. His form as of
2 I sleep, my heart watcheth: the
and Libanus, excellent as the cedars.
voice of my
beloved knocking Open to : 16 His throat most sweet, and he is all
me, my sister, my love, my dove, my un- lovely such is my beloved, and he is
:

deflled for my head is full of dew, and

: my friend, O ye daughters of Jerusalem.
my locks of the drops of the nights. 17 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou
3 I have put off my garment, how shall most beautiful among women ? whither
I put it on ? I have washed my feet, how is thy beloved turned aside, and we will
shall I defile them ? seek him with thee ?
4 My beloved put his hand through the
key hole, and my
bowels were moved at 6. CHAPTER
his touch. The spouse of Christ is but one : she is fair and ter»
5 I arose up to open to beloved my
rible.

my hands dropped with

fingers were full of the
myrrh,
choicest
and
myrrh.
beloved
garden, to
is
the
my MY
gone down into his
bed of aromatical
6 I opened the bolt of door to my my
spices, to feed in the gardens, and to
beloved: but he had turned aside, and gather lilies.
was gone. My
soul melted when he 2 I to beloved, and beloved to my my
spoke sought him, and found him
: I me, who feedeth among the lilies.

not I called, and he did not answer me.

: 3Thou art beautiful, O my love, sweet
7 The keepers that go about the city and comely as Jerusalem terrible as:

found me they struck me and wounded

: : an army set in array.
me: the keepers of the walls took away 4 Turn away thy eyes from me, for they
my veil from me. have made me flee away. Thy hair is as
8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusa- a flock of goats, that appear from Galaad.
lem, if you find my beloved, that you tell 5 Thy teeth as a flock of sheep, which
him that I languish with love. come up from the washing, all with twins,
9 What manner of one is thy beloved and there is none barren among them.
of the beloved, O thou most beautiful 6 Thy cheeks are as the bark of a pome

Chap. 5. Ver. l. Let my beloved come into his ing her veil, despoiling the church of its places oj
garden, &c. Garden, mystically the church of worship and ornaments for the divine service.
Christ, abounding y/ith fruit, that is, the good works Ver. 10. My beloved, &c. In this and the follow[
of the elect. ing verses, the church mystically describes Chris
Ver. 4. My beloved put his hand through the key to those who know him not, that is, to inlidels i
hole, &e. The spouse of Christ, his church, at times order to convert them to the true faith.
as it were penned up by its persecutors, and in fears, Chap. 6. Ver. l. My beloved is gone down inii
expecting the divine assistance, here signified by Ms his garden. Christ, pleased with the good works (

hand : and ver. 6, but he had turned aside and was his holy and devout servants labouring in his garde
gone, that is, Christ permitting a further trial of suf- is always present with them : but the words is goyj
fering and again, ver. 7, the keepers, &c.. signifying
: down, are to be understood, that after trying h
the violent and cruel persecutors of the church tak* Church by permitting persecution, he comes toh'j
assistance and she rejoices at his coming.

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The spouse is fair CANTICLE OF CANTICLES Beaviy of the spouse

granate, beside what is hidden within 6 How beautiful art thou, and how
thee. comely, my
dearest, in delights
7 There are threescore queens, and four- 7 Thy stature is like to a palm tree,
score concubines, and young maidens and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
without number. 8 I said I will go up into the palm
:

8 One dove, my perfect one is hut

is my tree, and will take hold of the fruit
one, she is the only one of her mother, thereof and thy breasts shall be as the
:

the chosen of her that bore her. The clusters of the vine and the odour of
:

daughters saw her, and declared her most thy mouth like apples.
blessed the queens and concubines, and
: 9 Thy throat like the best wine, worthy
they praised her. for my beloved to drink, and for his lips
9 Who is she that cometh forth as the and his teeth to ruminate.
morning rising, fair as the moon, bright 10 I to my beloved, and his turning is
as the sun, terrible as an army set in towards me.
array ? 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth
10 I went down into the garden of nuts, into the field, let us abide in the villages.
to see the fruits of the valleys, and to 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards,
look if the vineyard had flourished, and let us see if the vineyard flourish, if the
the pomegranates budded. flowers be ready to bring forth fruits, if
11 I knew not: my soul troubled me for the pomegranates flourish there will I :

the chariots of Aminadab. give thee my breasts.

12 Return, return, O Sulamitess return, 13 The mandrakes give a smell. In our
;

return that we may behold thee. gates are all fruits the new and the old, :

my beloved, I have kept for thee.

CHAPTER 7.
A further description of the graces of the church the CHAPTER 8.
spouse of Christ. The love of the church to Christ: his love to her.

w HATshalt thou see in the Sulamit-

ess but the companies of camps ?
WHO
shall give thee to me for
brother, sucking the breasts of
How beautiful are thy steps in shoes, O mother, that I may find thee without,
my
my
prince's daughter! The joints of thy and kiss thee, and now no man may de-
thighs are like jewels, that are made by spise me ?
the hand of a skilful workman. 2 I will take hold of thee, and bring
2 Thy navel is like a round bowl never thee into my
mother's house there thou :

wanting cups. Thy belly is like a heap shalt teach me, and I will give thee a
of wheat, set about with lilies. cup of spiced wine and new wine of my
3 Thy two breasts are like two young pomegranates.
roes that are twins. 3 His left hand under head, and his my
4 Thy neck as a tower of ivory. Thy right hand shall embrace me.
eyes like the fishpools in Hesebon, which 4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusa-
are in the gate of the daughter of the lem, that you stir not up, nor awake my
multitude. Thy nose is as the tower of love tiU she please.
Libanus, that looketh toward Damascus. 5 Who
is this that cometh up from the
5 Thy head is like Carmel: and the desert, flowing with delights, leaning
hairs of thy head as the purple of the upon her beloved? Under the apple tree
king bound in the channels. I raised thee up there thy mother was :

Ver, 8.One is my dove, &c. That is, my church the church to Christ. His left hand, signifying the
Is one, and she only is perfect and blessed. Old Testament, and his right hand, the New.
Ver. 9. Who is she. &c. Here is a beautiful meta- Ver. 5. Who is this, &c. The angels with admira.
I phor describing the cliurch from the beginning. As, tion behold the Gentiles converted to the faith com- :

1
the morning rising, signifying the church before the ing up from the desert, that is, coming from heathen-
;
written law; /air as the woo«, shewing her under ism and false worship ./?07<'inGr with delights, that
:

I
the vyritten law of Moses bright as the sun, under
: is, abounding with good works which are pleasing
^
the light of the gospel: and terrible as an army, the. to God leaning on her beloved, on the promise of
:

power of Christ's church against its enemies.
Chap. 7. Ver. l. Hotv ben nt if id are thy steps, &c.
I
By these metaphors are signified the power and mJs-
sion of the church in propagating the true faith.
j
Christ to his Church, that the gates of hell should
not prevail against it ; and supported by his grace
conferred by the sacraments. Under the apple tree
I raised thee up; tha;t is, that Christ redeemed the

Ver. 5. Thy head is like Carmel. Christ, the in-
I
visible head of his church, is here signified.
Chap. 8. Ver. 3. Mis left hand, &c Words of
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Gentiles at the foot of the cross, where the syna.
gogue of the Jews (the mother church) was cor^
rupted by their denying him, and crucifying him.
The strength of love WISDOM Nothing is hid from God
corrupted, there she since I am become i'^ his presence
was defloured that tower '

bore thee. as one finding peace. I

6 Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a 11 The peaceable had a vineyard, in

seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as that which hath people: he let out the
death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps same to keepers, every man bringeth I

thereof are fire and flames. for the fruit thereof a thousand pieces of
7 Many waters cannot quench charity, silver.
neither can the floods drown it: if a man 12 vineyard is before me. thou-
I
My A
should give all the substance of his house sand are for thee, the peaceable, and
for love, he shall despise it as nothing. two hundred for them that keep the i

8 Our sister is little, and hath no breasts. fruit thereof. j

What shall we do to our sister in the day 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens,
when she is to be spoken to ? the friends hearken : make me hear thy I

9 If she be a wall let us build upon it voice.

:

bulwarks of silver if she be a door, let 14 Flee away, O my beloved, and be

:

us join it together with boards of cedar. like to the roe, and to the young hart j

10 I am a wall; and my
breasts are as a upon the mountains of aromatical spices.

THE

BOOK OF WISDOM.
This Book is so called, because it treats of the excellence of WiSDOM, the means to
obtain it^ and the happy fruits it produces. It is written in the person of Solo-
mon, and contains his sentiments. But it is uncertain who was the writer. It
abounds with instructions and exhortations to kings and all magistrates to min-
ister justice in the commonwealth, teaching all kinds of virtues under the general
names of justice and wisdom. The Book of Wisdom may be divided into three
parts. In the first six chapters, the author admonishes all superiors to love and
exercise justice and wisdom. In the next three, he teaches that wisdom proceedeth
only from God, and is procured by prayer and a good life. In the other ten chap-
ters, he sheweth the excellent effects and utility of wisdom and justice.

CHAPTER 1. flee from the deceitful, and will withdraw

An exhortation to seek God sincerely, who cannot he himself from thoughts that are without!
deceived, and desireth not our death. understanding, and he shall not abide!
LOVE justice, you that are the judges
•?'

of the earth. Think of the Lord in

when iniquity
6 ^ For the spirit of wisdom is benevo-
cometh in.

goodness, and seek him in simplicity of lent, and will not acquit the evil speaker!
heart. from his lips: *^for God is witness of his
2 For he is found
'^
by them that tempt reins, and he is a true searcher of hiej
him not: and he sheweth himself to them heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
that have faith in him. 7 "^ For the spirit of the Lord hath filled
3 For perverse thoughts separate from the whole world: and that, which conl
Erod: and his power, when it is tried, re- taineth all things, hath knowledge of th'|
proveth the unwise: voice.
4 For wisdom will not enter into a mali- 8 Therefore he that speaketh unjuEJ
cious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to things cannot be hid, neither shaU tbi
sins. chastising judgment pass him by.
6 For the Holy Spirit of discipline will 9 For inquisition shall be made into tlj

j 3 Kings 3. 9 ; Isa. 56. 1. — fc 2 Par. 15. 2. I Gal. 5. 22, — m Jer. 17. 10. — n Isa. 6. 3.

Ver. 8. Our sister is little, &c. Mystically signi- become a wall, that is, a part of the building, tj

fiesthe .Jews, who are to be spoken to : that is, con- church of CSirist.
verted tor7ards the end of the world; and then shall
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God desires not our death WISDOM Persecution of the just man
oiioughts of the ungodly : and the hearing OUT end : for it is fast sealed, and no man
of his words shall come to God, to the returneth.
chastising of his iniquities. 6 * Come therefore, and let U8 enjoy the
10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all good things that are present, and let ua
things, and the tumult of murmuring speedily use the creatures as in youth.
shall not be hid. 7 Let us fill ourselves with costly wine,
11 Keep yourselves therefore from mur- and ointments : and let not the flower of
muring, which profiteth nothing, and re- the time pass by us.
frain your tongue from detraction, for 8 Let us crown ourselves with roses,
an obscure speech shall not go for nought: before they be withered let no meadow °.

and the mouth that belieth, killeth the escape our riot.
soul. 9 Let none of us go without his part in
12 Seek not death in the error of your luxury: let us everywhere leave tokens of
life, neither procure ye destruction by joy for this is our portion, and this our lot.
:

the works of your hands. 10 Let us oppress the poor just man,
13 ®For God made not death, neither and not spare the widow, nor honour the
hath he pleasure in the destruction of ancient grey hairs of the aged.
the hving. 11 But let our strength be the law of
14 For he created all things that they justice for that which is feeble, is found :

might be: and he made the nations of the to be nothing worth.

aarth for health: and there is no poison 12 Let us therefore lie in wait for the
of destruction in them, nor kingdom of just, because he is not for our turn, and
hell upon the earths he is contrary to our doings, and up-
15 For justice is perpetual and immortal. braideth us with transgressions of the
16 But the wicked with works and words law, and divulgeth against us the sins of
have called it P to them i and esteeming our way of life.
it a friend have fallen away, and have 13 ' He boasteth that he hath the know-
made a covenant with it: because they ledge of God, and calleth himself the son
are worthy to be of the part thereof. of God.
14 ^He is become a censurer ol our
CHAPTER 2. thoughts,
The vain reasonings of the wicked their persecut- 15 He is grievous unto us, even to be-
ing thejusU especially the Son of God, hold: for his life is not like other men's,
FOR they have said, reasoning with and his ways are very different.
themselves, hut not right : ^ The time 16 We are esteemed by him as triflerji,
of our life is short and tedious, and in the and he abstaineth from our ways as fron>
end of a man there is no remedy, and no filthiness, and he preferreth the latter
man hath been known to have returned end of the just, and glorieth that he hath
from belli God for his father.
2 For we are born of nothing, and after 17 Let us see then if his words be true,
this we shall be as if we had not been and let us prove what shall happen to
for the breath in our nostrils is smoke him, and we shall know what his end
and speech a spark to move our heart, shall be.
3 Which being put out, our oody shall 18 ^ Forif he be the true son of God, he
be ashes, and our spirit shall be poured will defend him, and will deliver him
abroad as soft air, and our life shall pass from the hands of his enemies.
away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be 19 Let us examine him by outrages and
dispersed as a mist, which is driven away
tortures, that we may know his meek-
by the beams of the sun, and overpowered
ness and try his patience.
with the heat thereof 20 ^Let us condemn him to a most
4 And our name in time shall be for- shameful death for there shall be respect •

gotten, and no man shall have any re- had unto him by his words.
membrance of our works. 21 These things they thought, and were
5 For our time is as the passing of a deceived: for their own malice blinded
*"

shadow, and there is no going back of them.

o Ezech. 18. 32, and 33. IL—p Isa. 28. 16. « Isa. 22. 13, and 56. 12 I Cor. 15. 32. — t Matt. 27. 42
2 Job 7 1. and U. L— r 1 Par, 29, 1& I
u John 7e I.
^

~ V P& 81. a«i0 Jer. li. 19.

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Happiness of the just WISDOM The chaste and the adulterous

22 And they knew not the secrets of 14 ^ And the eunuch, that hath noc
God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, wrought iniquity with his hands, nor
nor esteemed the honour of holy souls. thought wicked things against God for !

23 ^ For God created man incorruptible, the precious gift of faith shall be giv^n
and to the image of his own likeness he to him, and a most acceptable lot in the
made him. temple of God.
24 2/ But by the envy of the devil, death 16 For the fruit of good labours is glori-
came into the world ous, and the root of wisdom never fail
25 And they follow him that are of his eth.
side. 16 But the children of adulterers shall
CHAPTER 3. not come to perfection, and the seed of
The happiness of the just: and the unhapptness of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out.
the wicked
17 And if they live long, they shall be
BUT ^ the souls of the just are in the nothing regarded, and their last old
hand of God, and the torment of shall be without honour.
ag<>

death shall not touch them. 18 And if they die quickly, they shrfll
2 ^ In the sight of the unwise they have no hope, nor speech of comfort in
seemed to die : and their departure was the day of trial.
taken for misery 19 For dreadful are the ends of a wicked
3 And their going away from us, for race.
utter destruction ; but they are in peace.
4 And though in the sight of men they
CHAPTER 4.
The difference between the chaste and the adulterous
suffered torments, their hope is full of generations: and between the death of the just
Immortality. and the wicked.
5 Afflicted in few things, in many they
si nil be ivell rewarded : because God
OHOW
beautiful is the chaste gener-
ation with glory: for the memory
hath tried them, and found them worthy thereof is immortal : because it is known
of himself. both with God and with men.
6 As gold in the furnace he hath proved 2 When it is present, they imitate it
them, and as a victim of a holocaust he and they desire it when it hath with-
hath received them, and in time there drawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned
shall be respect had to them. for ever, winning the reward of undefiled
7 ^The just shall shine, and shall run to conflicts.
and fro like sparks among the reeds. 3 But the multiplied brood of the wicked
8 ° They shall judge nations, and rule shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall
over people, and their Lord shall reign not take deep root, nor any fast founda-
for ever. tion.
9 They that trust in him, shall under- 4 ^ And if they flourish in branches for
stand the truth and they that are faith-
: a time, yet standing not fast, they shall
ful in love shall rest in him for grace be shaken with the wind, and through
:

and peace is to his elect. the force of winds they shall be rooted
10 But the wicked shall be punished ac- out.
cording to their own devices who have 5 For the branches not being perfect,
:

neglected the just, and have revolted shall be broken, and their fruits shall be
from the Lord. unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for
11 For he that rejecteth wisdom, and nothing.
discipline, is unhappy : and their hope is 6 For the children that are bom of un-
vain, and their labours without fruit, and lawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness
their works unprofitable. against their parents in their trial.
12 Their wives are foolish, and their 7 But the just man, if he be prevented
children wicked. with death, shall be in rest.
13 Their offspring is cursed for happy 8 For venerable old age is not that of
:

is the barren and the undefiled, that long time, nor counted by the number of
:

hath not known bed in sin: she shall years : but the understanding of a man is
have fruit in the visitation of holy souls. grey hairs.
X Gen. 1. 27, and 2. 7, and 5. i j Eccli. 17. 1. —
b Matt. 13. 43. cl Cor. 6. 2.
y GeiL 3. L—2 Deut. 33. 3. — a InfraS. i^ <i Isa.56.3.-'«Jer. 17. 6; MattT.sx
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Death of the just WISDOM Remorse of the wicked in hell

9 And a spotless life is These are they, whom we had some time
old age,
10-^ He pleased God and was
beloved, in derision, and for a parable of reproach,
and living among sinners he was trans- 4 ^ We fools esteemed their life mad-
lated. ness, and their end without honour.
11 He was taken away lest wickedness 6 Behold how they are numbered among
should alter his understanding, or deceit the children of God, and their lot is
beguile his soul. among the saints.
12 For the bewitching of vanity obscm'- 6 Therefore we have erred from the way
eth good things, and the wandering of of truth, and the light of justice hath not
concupiscence overturneth the innocent shined unto us, and the sun of under-
mindc standing hath not risen upon uSc
13 Being made perfect in a short space, 7 We wearied ourselves in the way of
he fulfilled a long time iniquity and destruction, and have walked
14 For his soul pleased God : therefore through hard ways, but the way of the
he hastened to bring him out of the midst Lord we have not known.
of iniquities : but the people see this, and 8 What hath pride profited us ? or what
understand not, nor lay up such things advantage hath the boasting of riches
in their hearts: brought us ?
15 That the grace of God, and his mercy 9 ^ All those things are passed away like
is with his saints, and that he hath re- a shadow, and like a post that runneth
spect to his chosen. on,
16 But the just that is dead, condemneth 10 * And as a ship that passeth through
the wicked that are living, and youth the waves whereof when it is gone by,
:

soon ended, the long life of the unjust. the trace cannot be found, nor the path
17 For they shall see the end of the wise of its keel in the waters
man- and shall not understand what God 11 Or as when a bird flieth through the
hath designed for him, and why the Lord air, of the passage of which no mark can
hath set him in safety. be found, but only the sound of the
18 They shall see him, and shall despise wings beating the light air, and parting
him but the Lord shall laugh them to it by the force of her flight; she moved
:

scorn. her wings, and hath flown through, and

19 And they shall fall after this without there is no mark found afterwards of her
honour, and be a reproach among the way:
dead for ever: for he shall burst them 12 Or as when an arrow is shot at a
puffed up and speechless, and shall shake mark, the divided air presently cometh
them from the foundations, and they together again, so that the passage
shall be utterly laid waste : they shall thereof is not known
be in sorrow, and their memory shall 13 So we also being born, forthwith
perish. ceased to be and have been able to:

20 They shall come with fear at the shew no mark of virtue: but are con-
thought of their sins, and their iniquities sumed in our wickedness.
shall stand against them to convict them. 14 Such things as these the sinners said
in hell:
CHAPTER 15^ For the hope of the wicked is as
5.
The fruitless which is blown away with the wind,
repentance of the tvicked in another dust,
ivorld the reward of the just.
'
and as a thin froth which is dispersed by
THEN shall the just stand with great the storm : and a smoke that is scattered
constancy against those that have abroad by the wind and as the remem- :

aflaicted them, and taken away their brance of a guest of one day that passeth
labours. by.
2 These seeing shall be troubled with
it, 16 But the just shall live for evermore
terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the and their reward is with the Lord^ and
suddenness of their unexpected salvation. the care of them with the most High.
3 Saying within themselves, repenting, 17 Therefore shall they receive a king-
ftnd groaning for anguish of spirit: dom of glory, and a crown of beauty at

/ Heb. 11. 5. — grSupra 3. 2. i Prov. 30. 19.

h S Par 29. 15 Supra 2. 6, I Pfr t 4. Prov. 10. 28. and IL ?
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Exhortation to kings and judges WISDOM Wisdom found hy those that seek
the hand of the Lord: for witk his right 8 " For God will not except any man's
hand he will cover them, and with his person, neither will he stand in awe of
holy arm he will defend them. any man's greatness for he made the
18 ^' And his zeal will take armour^ and little and the great, and he hath equally
he will arm the creature for the revenge care of all.
of his enemies. 9 But a greater punishment is ready for
19 He will put on justice as a breast- the more mighty.
plate, and will take true judgment instead 10 To you, therefore, O kings, are these
of a helmet. my
words, that you may learn wisdom,
20 He wilJ take equity for an invincible and not fall from it.
shield : 11 For they that have kept just things
21 And he will sharpen his severe wrath justly, shall be justified: and they that
for a spear, and the whole world shall have learned these things, shall find what
fight with him against the unwise. to answer.
22 Then shafts of lightning shall go 12 Covet ye therefore words, and my
directly from the clouds, as from a bow love them, and you shall have instruction.
well bent, they shall be shot out, and 13 Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth
shall fly to the markc away, and is easily seen by them that
23 And thick hail shall be cast upon love her, and is found by them that seek
th«m from the etone casting wrath: the her.
water of the sea shall rage against them, 14 She preventeth them that covet her,
and the rivers shall run together in a so that she first sheweth herself untc
terrible manner. them.
24 A mighty wind shall stand up against 16 He that awaketh early to seek her,
them, and as a whirlwind shall divide shall not labour: for he shall find her
them: and their iniquity shall bring all sitting at his door.
the earth to a desert, and wickedness 18 To think therefore upon her, is per-
ihall overthrow the thrones of the fect understanding: and he that watch-
liighty. eth for her, shall quickly be secure.
CHAPTER 6. 2 7 For she goeth about seeking such as

$n address to princes to seek after loisdom she is are worthy of her, and she sheweth her*
easily found by those that seek her. self to them cheerfully in the ways, an<J
WISDOM 'is better than strength, meeteth them with all providence.
and a wise man is better than a 18 For the beginning of her is the most
strong man. true desire of discipline.
2 Hear therefore, ye kings, and under- 19 And the care of discipline is jove.
stand learn, ye that are judges of the
: and love is the keeping of her laws, and
ends of the earth. the keeping of her laws is the firm foun-
3 Give ear, you that rule the people, dation of incorruption ?

and that please yourselves in multitudes 20 And incorruption bringeth near to

of nations: God.
4 "* For power given you by the Lord,
is 21 Therefore the desire of wisdom
and strength by the most High, who will bringeth to the everlasting kingdom.
examine your works, and search out 22 If then your delight be in thrones,
your thoughts: and sceptres, O ye kings of the people.
5 Because being ministers of his king- love wisdom, that you may reign for
dom, you have not judged rightly, nor ever»
kept the law of justice, nor walked ac- 23 Love the light of wisdom, all ye that
cording to the will of God. bear rule over peoples.
6 Horribly and speedily will he appear to 24 Now what wisdom is, and what was
you? for a most severe judgment shall be her origin, I will declare and I will not:

for them that bear rule. hide from you the mysteries of God, but
7 For to him that is little, mercy is will seek her out from the beginning of
granted but the mighty shall be might-
: her birth, and bring the knowledge of her
ily tormented. to light, and will not pass over the truth;
k Ps. 17. 40 ,Eph. — EccL
6. 13. I 9. 18. EcclL 35. 15 » Acts 10. 34 Rom. 2. Ij
,

171 Rom. la I. — n Deut 10. r. 2 Par. 19. 7\ 6aL 2. 6 Epb. ii- 9 CoL 3. 25 1 Peter 1. 17

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26 Neither will I go with consuming 15 And God hath given to me to speak
envy: for such a man shall not be par- as I would, and to conceive thought»
taker of wisdom. worthy of those things that are given
26 Now the multitude of the wise is the me because he is the guide of wisdom,
:

welfare of the whole world and a wise
king is the upholding of the people.
27 Receive therefore instruction by my
^ords, and it shall be profitable to you.
CHAPTER
: and the director of the wise
16 For in his hand are both we, and our
words, and all wisdom, and the know
ledge and skill of works.
17 For he hath given me the true know-
7. ledge of the things that are to know :

The excellence of wisdom : how she
MYSELF also am a mortal man, like
I and of the race of him, that
all others^
was first made of the earth, and in the
womb of my mother I was fashioned to
be flesh.
2 In the time of ten months I was com-
pacted in blood, of the seed of man, and
the pleasure of sleep concurring.
3 And being born I drew in the common
air, and fell upon the earth, that is made
alike, and the first voice which I uttered
was crying, as all others do.
is to be found. the disposition of the whole world, and
the virtues of the elements,
18 The beginning, and ending, and midst
of the times, the alterations of their
courses, and the changes of seasons,
19 The revolutions of the year, and the
dispositions of the stars,
**
20 The natures of living creatures, and
rage of wild beasts, the force of winds,
and reasonings of men, the diversities
of plants, and the virtues of roots,
21 And all such things as are hid and
not foreseen, I have learned for wisdom,
:

4 I was nursed in swaddling clothes, which is the worker of all things, taught
and with great cares. me.
5 For none of the kings had any other 22 For in her is the spirit of understand-
beginning of birth. ing: holy, one, manifold, subtile, eloquent,
6 ^ For all men have one entrance into active, undefiled, sure, sweet, loving that
life, and the like going out. which is good, quick, which nothing hin-
7 Wherefore I wished, and understand- dereth, beneficent,
ng was given me: and I called upon God, 23 Gentle, kind, steadfast, assured, se-
md the spirit of wisdom came upon me cure, having all power, overseeing all
8 And I preferred her before kingdoms things, and containing all spirits, intelli-
ind thrones, and esteemed riches nothing gible, pure, subtile.
n comparison of her. 24 For wisdom is more active than all
9 'Neither did I compare unto her any active things and reacheth everywhere :

)recious stone for all gold in comparison by reason of her purity.

:

tf her, is as a little sand, and silver in 25 For she is a vapour of the power of
espect to her shall be counted as clay. God, and a certain pure emanation of the
10 I loved her above health and beauty, glory of the almighty God and therefore :

nd chose to have her instead of light no defiled thing cometh into her.
Dr her light cannot be put out. 26 ® For she is the brightness of eternal
11 ''Now all good things came to me light, and the unspotted mirror of God's
iDgether with her, and innumerable riches majesty, and the image of his good-
(tirough her hands, ness.
12 And I rejoiced in all these: for this 27 And being but one, she can do all
isdom went before me, and I knew not things : and remaining in herself the
lat she was the mother of them all. same, she reneweth all things, and
13 Which I have learned without guile, through nations conveyeth herself into
ad communicate without envy, and her holy souls, she maketh the friends of God
ches I hide not. and prophets.
14 For she is an infinite treasure to 28 For God loveth none but him that
len! which they that use, become the dwelleth with wisdom.
liends of God, being commended for the 29 For she is more beautiful than the
ft of disciphne. sun, and above all the order of the stars
o Job 10. 10. — p Job 1. 21 ; 1 Tim. 6.7. r 3 Kings 3. 13 ; Matt. 6. 33.
q Job 28. 15 ; Frov. 8. 11. s Hel). 1. 3.

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The praises of wisdom WISDOM The fruits of wisdom

being compared with the light, she ic have immortality: and shall leave be-
found before it. hind me an everlasting memory to them
30 For after this cometh night, but no that come after me.
evil can overcome wisdom. 14 I shall set the people in order and
:

nations shall be subject to me.

CHAPTER 8. 15 Terrible kings hearing shall be
Further "praises of wisdom: and her fruits. afraid of me: among the multitude I
SHE reacheth therefore from end to shall be found good, and vaUant in war.
end mightily, and ordereth all things 16 When I go into my house, I shall
sweetly. repose myself with her for her conver-
:

2 Her have I loved, and have sought sation hath no bitterness, nor her com-
her out from my youth, and have desired pany any tediousness, but joy and glad-
to take her for my spouse, and I became ness.
a lover of her beauty. 17 Thinking these things with myself,
3 She glorifieth her nobility by being and pondering them in my heart, that tc
conversant with God yea and the Lord be allied to wisdom is immortality,
:

of all things hath loved her. 18 And that there is great delight in
4 For it is she that teacheth the know- her friendship, and inexhaustible riches
ledge of God, and is the chooser of his in the works of her hands, and in the
works. exercise of conference with her, wisdom,
5 And if riches be desired in life, what and glory in the communication of her
is richer than wisdom, which maketh all words: I went about seeking, that I
things ? might take her to myself.
6 And if sense do work who is a more
: 19 And I was a witty child and had re-
artful worker than she of those things ceived a good soul.
that are ? 20 And whereas I was more good, I
7 And if a man love justice her labours came to a body undefiled.
:

have great virtues for she teacheth tem- 21 And as I knew that I could not
;

perance, and prudence, and justice, and otherwise be continent, except God gave
fortitude, which are such things as men it, and this also was a point of wisdom,
can have nothing more profitable in life. to know whose gift it was: I went to
8 And if a man desire much knowledge the Lord, and besought him, and said
she knoweth things past, and judgeth of with my whole heart
things to come she knoweth the sub-
:

tilties of speeches, and the solutions of CHAPTER 9.

arguments she knoweth signs and won-
:
Solomon^s prayer for wisdom.
*of my fathers, and Lord of
ders before they be done, and the events
of times and ages.
GOD
mercy, who hast made all things
9 I purposed therefore to take her to with thy word,
me to live with me: knowing that she 2 And by thy wisdom hast appointed
will communicate to me of her good man, that he should have dominion over
things, and will be a comfort in my cares the creature that was made by thee,
and grief. 3 That he should order the world ac-
10 For her sake I shall have glory among cording to equity and justice, and exe-
the multitude, and honour with the an- cute justice with an upright heart:
cients, though I be young: 4 Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy
11 And I shall be found of a quick con- throne, and cast me not off from among
ceit in judgment, and shall be admired thy children:
in the sight of the mighty, and the faces 5 ^ For I am thy servant, and the son
of princes shall wonder at me. of thy handmaid, a weak man, and of
12 They shall wait for me when I hold short time, and falling short of the un-
my peace, and they shall look upon me derstanding of judgment and laws.
when I speak, and if I talk much they 6 For if one be perfect among the chil-
jhall lay their hands on their mouths. dren of men, yet if thy wisdom be not|
13 Moreover by the means of her I shall with him, he shall be nothing regarded.

1 1 Kings 3. 9' MPs. 115 16.

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Solomon's prayer for wisdom WISDOM

What wisdom did for the patriarchs
7 ^ Thou hast chosen me to be king of CHAPTER 10.
thy people, and a judge of thy sons and What wisdom did for Adam, Noe, Abraham, Lot,
daughters. Jacob, Joseph, and the people of Israel.

8 And hast commanded me to build a SHE ^preserved him, that was first
temple on thy holy mount, and an altar formed by God the father of the
in the city of thy dwelling place, a re- world, when he was created alone,
semblance of thy holy tabernacle, which 2 ^ And she brought him out of his sin,
thou hast prepared from the beginning: and gave him power to govern all things.
9 *^And thy wisdom with thee, which 3 " But when the unjust went away from
knoweth thy works, which then also her in his anger, he perished by the fury
was present when thou madest the wherewith he murdered his brother.
world, and knew what was agreeable to 4 ^For whose cause, when water de-
thy eyes, and what was right in thy com- stroyed the earth, wisdom healed it
mandments. again, directing the course of the just by
10 Send her out of thy holy heaven, contemptible wood.
and from the throne of thy majesty, that 5 ^ Moreover when the nations had Con-
she may be with me, and may labour spired together to consent to wicked-
with me, that I may know what is ac- ness, she knew the just, and preserved
ceptable with thee him without blame to God, and kept
11 For she knoweth and understandeth him strong against the compassion for
all things, and shall lead me soberly in his son.
my works, and shall preserve me by her 6 ^ She delivered the just man who fled
power. from the wicked that were perishing,
12 So shall my works be acceptable, and when the fire came down upon Penta-
I shall govern thy people justly, and polis
shall be worthy of the throne of my 7 Whose land for a testimony of their
father. wickedness is desolate, and smoketh to
13 ^ For who among men is he that can this day, and the trees bear fruits that
know the counsel of God ? or who can ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt is
think what the will of God is ? a monument of an incredulous soul.
14 For the thoughts of mortal men are 8 For regarding not wisdom, they did
fearful, and our counsels uncertain. not only slip in this, that they were
15 For the corruptible body is a load ignorant of good things, but they left
upon the soul, and the earthly habita- also unto men a memorial of their folly,
tion presseth down the mind that mus- so that in the things in which they
eth upon many things. sinned, they could not so much as lie hid.
16 And hardly do we guess aright at 9 But wisdom hath delivered from sor-
things that are upon earth: and with row them that attend upon her.
labour do we find the things that are 10 ® She conducted the just, when he
before us. But the things that are in fled from his brother's wrath, through
heaven, who shall search out ? the right ways, and shewed him the
17 And who shall know thy thought, kingdom of God, and gave him the
except thou give wisdom, and send thy knowledge of the holy things, made him
Holy Spirit from above: honourable in his labours, and accom-
18 And so the ways of them that are plished his labours.
I
upon earth may be corrected, and men 11 In the deceit of them that over-
I
may learn the things that please thee? reached him, she stood by him, and made
19 For by wisdom they were healed, him honourable.
whosoever have pleased thee, O Lord, 12 She kept him safe from his enemies,
from the beginning. and she defended him from seducers,
V 1 Par. 28. 4 and 5 ; 2 Par. 1. 9. y Gen. l. 27.— z Gen. — a Gen.
2. 7. 4. 8.
w Prov. 8.22, 27 ; John 1. 1. b Gen. — c Gen.
7. 6. 11. 2.
X Isa. 40. 13 ; Rom. 11. 34 ; 1 Cor. 2. 16. d Gen. 19. 17 and 22. — e Gen. 5 and28. 10.
Chap. lo. Ver. 3. The unjust. Cain. of his natural tenderness, vi'hen he was ordered to
Ver. 4. For ivhose rnusfi, viz., for the wickedness sacrifice his son.
3fthe race of Cain. Ibid.— The, just. Noe. Ver. 6. The just man. Lot. —
Ibid. Pentapoli^
Ver. 5. She knew the just. She found out and ap- The land of the five cities, Sodom, Gomorrha, &c.
proved Abraham. —
Ibid. And kept him strong, &c. Ver. 10. The Just. Jacob.
aave him strength to stand firm against the efforts

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IVhatwisdom did for the Israelites WISDOM Punishment of the wicked

and gave him a strong conflict, that he 4 ^ They were thirsty, and they called
might overcome, and know that wisdom is upon thee, and water was given them
mightier than all. out of the high rock, and a refreshment
13 -^She forsook not the just when he of their thirst out of the hard stone.
was sold, but delivered him from sinners: 6 For by what things their enemies were
she went down with him into the pit. punished, when their drink failed them,
14 3 And in bands she left him not, till while the children of Israel abounded
she brought him the sceptre of the king- therewith and rejoiced
dom, and power against those that op- 6 By the same things they in their need
pressed him and shewed them to be
: were benefited.
liars that had accused him, and gave him 7 For instead of a fountain of an ever
everlasting glory. running river, thou gavest human blood
15 ^ She delivered the just people, and to the unjust.
blameless seed from the nations that 8 And whilst they were diminished for a
oppressed them. manifest reproof of their murdering the
16 She entered into the soul of the ser- infants, thou gavest to thine abundant
vant of God, and stood against dreadful water unlocked for
kings in wonders and signs. 9 Shewing by the thirst that was then,
17 And she rendered to the just the how thou didst exalt thine, and didst kill
wages of their labours, and conducted their adversaries.
them in a wonderful way: and she was 10 For when they were tried, and chas-
to them for a covert by day, and for the tised with mercy, they knew how the
light of stars by night wicked were judged with wrath and tor-
18 * And she brought them through the mented.
Red Sea, and carried them over through 11 For thou didst admonish and try them
a great water. as a father but the others, as a severe :

19 But their enemies she drowned in the king, thou didst examine and condemn.
sea, and from the depth of hell she 12 For whether absent or present, they
brought them out. Therefore the just were tormented alike.
•?

took the spoils of the wicked. 13 For a double affliction came upon
20 '^ And they sung to thy holy name, O them, and a groaning for the remem-
Lord, and they praised with one accord brance of things past.
thy victorious hand. 14 For when they heard that by their
21 For wisdom opened the mouth of the punishments the others were benefited,
dumb, and made the tongues of infants they remembered the Lord, wondering
eloquent. at the end of what was come to pass.
15 For whom they scorned before, when
CHAPTER 11. he was thrown out at the time of his be-
Other benefits of wisdom to the people of God. ing wickedly exposed to perish, him they
SHE ^prospered their works in the admired in the end, when they saw the
hands of the holy prophet. event their thirsting being unlike to
:

2 They went through wildernesses that that of the just.

were not inhabited, and in desert places 16 But for the foolish devices of their|
they pitched their tents. iniquity, ® because some being deceived!
3 "^They stood against their enemies, worshipped dumb serpents and worthlesBJ
and revenged themselves of their adver- beasts, thou didst send upon them a mul-
saries. titude of dumb beasts for vengeance

f Gen. 37. 28. — g Gen. 41. 40 Acts 7. 9. k Ex. 1.5. l. — l Ex. — m Ex.
16. l. 17. 12.
h Ex. 1. 11. — i Ex. 14. 22 ;
;

Ps. 77. 13. —j Ex. 12. 35. n Num. 20. 11. — o Infra 24.12.

Ver.12. Conflict, viz., with the angel. wrought another miracle in favour of his own peo
Ver.13. Thejtist he was sold, viz., Joseph.
when pie in their thirst, by giving them water out of th<
Ver. 16. The servant of God, viz., Moses. rock.
Chap. 11. Ver. 1. The holy prophet. Moses. Ver. 14, By their punishments, &c. That is, tha
Ver. 3. Their enemies. the Israelites had been benefited and miraculous!
Tlie Amalecites.
Ver. 5. By what things, &c. The meaning is, that favoured in the same kind, in which they had bee
God, who wrought a miracle to punish the Egyp- punished.
tians by thirst, wlien he turned all their waters into Ver. 16. Dumb beasts, viz., frogs, scinipns, m&\
Mood, (at which time the Israelites, who were ex- and locusts.
empt from those plagues, bad plenty ot waters
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The power of God WISDOM Godfs dealings with the Chanaanited

17 That they might know that by wha£ 3 ' For those ancient inhabitants of thy
things a man sinneth, by the same also holy land, whom thou didst abhor,
he is tormented. 4 Because they did works hateful to
18 For thy almighty hand, which made thee by their sorceries, and wicked
the world of matter without form, was sacrifices,
not unable to send upon them a multi- 6 And those merciless murderers of their
tude of bears, or fierce lions, own children, and eaters of men's bowels,
19 Or unknown beasts of a new kind, and devourers of blood from the midst of
full of rage either breathing out a fiery thy consecration,
:

vapour, Por sending forth a stinking 6 And i/iose parents sacrificing with their
smoke, or shooting horrible sparks out own hands helpless souls. It was thy
of their eyes will to destroy by the hands of our
20 Whereof not only the hurt might be parents,
able to destroy them, but also the very 7 That the land which of all is most
sight might kill them through fear. dear to thee might receive a worthy
21 Yea and without these, they might colony of the children of God.
have been slain with one blast, perse- 8 Yet even those thou sparedst as men,
cuted by their own deeds, and scattered and didst send wasps, forerunners of thy
by the breath of thy power: but thou host, to destroy them by Uttle and little.
hast ordered all things in measure, and 9 Not that thou wast unable to bring
number, and weight. the wicked under the just by war, or by
22 For great power always belonged to cruel beasts, or with one rough word to
thee alone and who shall resist the destroy them at once
:

strength of thy arm ? 10 * But executing thy judgments by de-

23 For the whole world before thee is as grees thou gavest them place of repent-
vhe least grain of the balance, and as a ance, not being ignorant that they were
drop of the morning dew, that falleth a wicked generation, and their malice
down upon the earth natural, and that their thought could
24 But thou hast mercy upon all, be- never be changed.
cause thou canst do all things, and over- 11 For it was a cursed seed from the
lookest the sins of men for the sake of beginning neither didst thou for fear of :

repentance. anj one give pardon to their sins.

25 For thou lovest all things that are, 12 For who shall say to thee What :

and hatest none of the things which thou hast thou done ? or who shall withstand
hast made for thou didst not appoint, thy judgment ? or who shall come before
:

or make any thing hating it. thee to be a revenger of wicked men? or

26 And how could any thing endure, if who shall accuse thee^ if the nations
thou wouldst not ? or be preserved, if not perish, which thou hast made ?
called by thee. 13 For there is no other God but thou, *
27 But thou sparest all because they who hast care of all, that thou shouldst
:

are thine, O Lord, who lovest souls. shew that thou dost not give judgment
unjustly.
CHAPTER 14 Neither shall king, nor tyrant in thy
12.
Ood^s wisdom and mercy in his proceedings with sight inquire about them whom thou
the Chanaanites.
hast destroyed.
OHOW
Lord,
good and sweet
in all things
is spirit, O
15 For so much then as thou art just,
thy
thou orderest all things justly : thinking
!

2 And therefore thou chastisest them it not agreeable to thy power, to condemn
bhat err, by little and little and admon- him who deserveth not to be punished.
:

shest them, and speakest to them, con- 16 For thy power is the beginning of
!erning the things wherein they offend justice: and because thou art Lord of
hat leaving their wickedness, they may all, thou makest thyself gracious to all.
»elieve in thee, O Lord. 17 For thou she west thy power, when
p Lev. 26. 22 Infra 16. 1 ; Jer, 8. 17.
; r Ex. 23. 30 ; Deut 7. 22.
q Deut. 9. 3, and 12. 29, and 18. 12. s 1 Peter 6. 7.

oHAP. 12. Ver. 5. FrovT, the midst of thy conse- sacred to thee, in which thy temple was to be estab-
ation. Literally, sacrament. That is, the land ( llshed, and man's redemption to be wrought.
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ifolly and 'punishment of idolatry WISDOM God is known in His wo/ki

men will not believe thee to be absolute all men are vain, in whom there
BUT^
in power, and thou convincest the bold- is not the knowledge of God and :

ness of them that know thee not.
18 But thou being master of power,
judgest with tranquillity ; and with great
favom* disposest of us for thy power is
. ledged who was the workman
at hand when thou wilt.
19 But thou hast taught thy people by
such works, that they must be just and
humane, and hast made thy children to
be of a good hope because in judging
: the world.
thou givest place for repentance for sins.
20 For if thou didso punish the enemies
of thy servants, and that deserved to die,
with so great deliberation, giving them
time and place whereby they might be
changed from their wickedness
21 With what circumspection hast thou
judged thy own children, to whose par-
entis thou hast sworn and made cove-
nants of good promises ?
22 Therefore whereas thou chastisest
as, thou scourgest our enemies very
many ways, to the end that when we
judge we may think on thy goodness:
who by these good things that are seen,
could not understand him that is, neither
by attending to the works have acknow-
2 ^ But have imagined either the fire,
or the wind, or the swift air, or the circle
of the stars, or the great water, or the
sun and moon, to be the gods that rule
3 With whose beauty, if they, being de-
lighted, took them to be gods : let them
know how much the Lord of them is more
beautiful than they: for the first author
of beauty made all those things.
4 Or if they admired their power and
their effects, let them understand by
them, that he that made them, is might-
ier than they:
6 For by the greatness of the beauty,
and of the creature, the creator of them
may be seen, so as to be known thereby.
6 But yet as to these they are less to be
blamed. For they perhaps err, seeking |

and when we are judged, we may hope God, and desirous to find him.
for thy mercy. 7 ^ For being conversant among his I

23 Wherefore thou hast also greatly works, they search and they are per- :

tormented them who in their life have suaded that the things are good whictj
lived foolishly and unjustly, by the same are seem.
things which they worshipped. 8 But then again they are not to be par-j
24 * For they went astray for a long doned.
time in the ways of error, holding those 9 For if they were able to know 8(|
things for gods which are the most much as to make a judgment of thi
worthless among beasts, living after the world how did they not more easily fin«(
:

manner of children without understand- out the Lord thereof?

ing.
26 Therefore thou hast sent a judgment
upon them as senseless children to mock
them.
26 But they that were not amended by
mockeries and reprehensions, experi-
enced the worthy judgment of God.
27 For seeing with indignation that they
suffered by those very things which they
took for gods, when they were destroyed
by the same, they acknowledged him the
true God, whom in time past they denied
that they knew for which cause the
: mon uses of life,
end also of thpir condemnation came 12 And useth the chips of his work ()
upon them.
CHAPTER 13.
idolaters are inexcusable: and those most of all
10 But unhappy are they, and theil
hope is among the dead, who have callei
gods the works of the hands of me]|
gold and silver, the inventions of art, arj
the resemblances of beasts, or an uj
profitable stone the work of an ancie.j
hand.
11 * Or
if an artist, a carpenter, hath cl
down a
tree proper for his use in t\
wood, and skilfully taken off all the baj.
thereof, and with his art, diligenir
formeth a vessel profitable for the coj
dress his meat
13 And taking what was left thertl
which is good for nothing, being a croj
'•

that worship /or gods the works of the hands of

ed piece of wood, and full of knots, ca
eth it diligently when he hath notb|
t 8upra 11. ifi; Rom. 1.23. V DeuL 4. 19, and 17. 3. —v Horn. l. 2L V
u iiorn. 1. 18- X Isa. 44. 12 ; Jer. 10. 3.
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r/?e folly of idolatry WISDOM The origin of idolatry

else to do, and by the skill of his art 7 For blessed is the wood, by which jus-
fasbioneth it and maketh it like the tice cometh.
image of a man: 8 * But the idol that is made by hands,
14 Or the resemblance of some beast, is cursed, as well it, as he that made it
laying it over with vermilion, and paint- he because he made it and it because be- ;

ing it red, and covering every spot that ing frail it is called a god.
is in it 9 But to God the wicked and his wick-
15 And maketh a convenient dwelling edness are hateful alike.
place for it, and setting it in a wall, and 10 For that which is made, together
fastening it with iron, with him that made it, shall suffer tor-
16 Providing for it, lest it should fall, ments.
knowing that unable to help itself
it is 11 Therefore there shall be no respect
for it is an image, and hath need of help. had even to the idols of the Gentiles :

17 And then maketh prayer to it, in-
quiring concerning his substance, and
his children, or his marriage. And he is
not ashamed to speak to that which hath
no life
18 And for health he maketh supplica-
because the creatures of God are turned
to an abomination, and a temptation to
the souls of men, and a snare to the feet
of the unwise.
12 For the beginning of fornication is
the devising of idols and the invention
:

tion to the weak, and for life prayeth to of them is the corruption of life.
that which is dead, and for help calleth 13 For neither were they from the be-
upon that which is unprofitable: ginning, neither shall they be for ever.
19 And for a good journey he petition- 14 For by the vanity of men they came
eth him that cannot walk and for get- : into the world: and therefore they shall
ting, and for working, and for the event be found to come shortly to an end.
of all things he asketh him that is un- 15 For a father being afflicted with bit-
able to do any thing. ter grief, made to himself the image of
his son who was quickly taken away:
CHAPTER 14. and him who then had died as a man, he
The ber/inning of worshipping idols: and the ef-
began now to worship as a god, and ap-
fects thereof. pointed him rites and sacrifices among
AGAIN, another designing to sail, and his servants.
. beginning to make his voyage 16 Then in process of time, wicked cus-
through the raging waves, calleth upon tom prevailing, this error was kept as a
I piece of wood more frail than the law, and statues were worshipped by the
,vood that carrieth him. commandment of tyrants.
2 For this the desire of gain devised, 17 And those whom men could not
md the workman built it by his skill. honour in presence, because they dwelt
3 But thy providence, O Father, gov- far off, they brought their resemblance
Tneth it: ^for thou hast made a way from afar, and made an express image of
ven in the sea, and a most sure path the king whom they had a mind to hon-
mong the waves, our that by this their diligence, they
:

4 Shewing that thou art able to save might honour as present, him that was
ut of all things, yea though a man went absent.
3 sea without art. 18 And to the worshipping of these, the
5 But that the works of thy wisdom singular diligence also of the artificer
ight not be idle: therefore men also helped to set forward the ignorant.
ust their lives even to a little wood, 19 For he being willing to please him
id passing over the sea by ship are that employed him, laboured with all his
ived. art to make the resemblance in the best
^ And from
>
the beginning also when manner.
e proud giants perished, the hope of 20 And the multitude of men, carried
e world fleeing to a vessel, which was away by the beauty of the
work, took
>verned by thy hand, left to the world him now for a god that a little before
ed of generation. was but honoured as a man.

V Ex. 14. 22.>-2 Gen. 6. 4, and 7. %. a Ps. 113. 4 ; Bar. 6. .?,

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The effects of idolatry WISDOM The makers of idols condemned
21 And this was the occasion of deceiv- and to know thy justice, and thy power,
ing human life for men serving either is the root of immortality.
:

their affection, or their kings, gave the 4 For the invention of mischievous men
incommunicable name to stones and hath not deceived us, nor the shadow of
wood. a picture, a fruitless labour, a graven
22 And it was not enough for them to figure with divers colours,
err about the knowledge of God, but 6 The sight whereof enticeth the fool to
whereas they lived in a great war of ig- lust after it, and he loveth the lifeless
norance, they call so many and so great figure of a dead image.
evils peace. 6 The lovers of evil things deserve to
23 ^ For either they sacrifice their own have no better things to trust in, both
they that make them, and they that love
cdbildren, or use hidden sacrifices, or keep
watches full of madness, them, and they that worship them.
24 So that now they neither keep life, 7 ^ The potter also tempering soft earth,
nor marriage undefiled, but one killeth with labour fashioneth every vessel for
another through envy, or grieveth him our service, and of the same clay he
by adultery: maketh both vessels that are for clean
25 And all things are mingled together, uses, and likewise such as serve to the
blood, murder, theft and dissimulation, contrary: but what is the use of these
corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults vessels, the potter is the judge.
and perjury, disquieting of the good, 8 And of the same clay by a vain labour
26 Forgetfulness of God, defiling of he maketh a god: he who a little before
souls, changing of nature, disorder in was made of earth himself, and a little
marriage, and the irregularity of adul- after returneth to the same out of which
tery and uncleannesSo he was taken, when his life which was
27 For the worship of abominable idols lent him shall be called for again.
is the cause, and the beginning and end 9 But his care is, not that he shall labour,
of all evil, nor that his life is short, but he striveth
28 For either they are mad when they with the goldsmiths and silversmiths:
are merry :or they prophesy lies, or and he endeavoureth to do like the work°
they live unjustly, or easily forswear ers in brass, and counteth it a glory to
themselves. make vain things»
29 For whilst they trust in idols, which 10 For his heart is ashes, and his hope
are without life, though they swear vain earth, and his life more base than
amiss, they look not to be hurt. clay:
30 But for two things they shall be 11 Forasmuch as he knew not his maker
justly punished, because they have and him that inspired into him the soul
thought not well of God, giving heed to that worketh, and that breathed into him
idols, and have sworn unjustly, in guile a living spirit.
despising justice. 12 Yea and they have counted our life a
31 For it is not the power of them, by pastime, and the business of life to be
whom they swear, but the just vengeance gain, and that we must be getting every
of sinners always punisheth the trans- way, even out of evil.
gression of the unjust. 13 For that man knoweth that he offend°
eth above all others, who of earthly mat"
CHAPTER 15.
ter maketh brittle vessels, and graven
The servants of God praise him who hath delivered
them from, idolatry ; condem,ning both the m,akers gods.
and the worshippers of idols. 14 But all the enemies of thy people
BUT thou, our God, art gracious and that hold them in subjection, are foolish,
true, patient, and ordering all things and unhappy, and proud beyond mea-
in mercy. sure:
2 For if we sin, we are thine, knowing 15 *^For they have esteemed all the
thy greatness and if we sin not, we know idols of the heathens for gods, which
:

that we are counted with thee. neither have the use of eyes to see, nor
3 For to know thee is perfect justice: noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear,

&Deut.l8. 10; Jer.7.6. c Bom. 9. 21o— ci PSo U& 5 aod 134 16.

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God's dealings with the Egyptians,
nor fingers of hands to handle, and as for
their feet, they are slow to walk,
16 For man made them: and he that
borroweth his own breath, fashioned
them. For no man can make a god like
to himself.
17 For being mortal himself, he formeth
a dead thing with his wicked hands. For
he is better than they whom he worship-
peth,because he indeed hath lived, though
he were mortal, but they never.
18 Moreover they worship also the vilest
creatures but things without sense com-
: 11 For they were examined for the re-
pared to these, are worse than they.
19 Yea, neither by sight can any man
see good of these beasts. But they have
fled from the praise of God, and from his thy help.
blessing, 12 For it wa» neither herb, nor molli-
CHAPTER 16. fying plaster that healed them, but thy
God's different dealings with the Egyptian$ and word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
with his own people.
FOR these things, and by the like things
to these, they were worthily pun-
ished, and were destroyed by a multitude
of beasts.
2 Ihstead of which punishment, dealing
well with thy people, ® thou gavest them
their dosire of delicious food, of a new
taste, preparing for them quails for their
meat:
3 To the end that they indeed desiring
food, by means of those things that were
shewn and sent among them, might loathe
even that which was necessary to satisfy
their desire. But these, after suffering
want for a short time, tasted a new meat.
4 For it was requisite that inevitable
destruction should come upon them that
exercised tyranny : but to these it should
only be shewn how their enemies were
destroyed.
5 •''For when the fierce rage of beasts
came upon these, they were destroyed
with the bitings of crooked serpents.
6 But thy wrath endured not for ever,
but they were troubled for a short time
for their correction, having a sign of
salvation to put them in remembrance of
the commandment of thy law.
7 For he that turned to it, was not
e Num. 11. 31. — / Num. 21.
g Ex. 8. 24, and 10. 4 ; Apoc.
Chap. 16. Ver. 3. They indeed desiring food^ &c.
He means the Egyptians ; who were restrained even
from that food whicli was necessary, by the frogs
\nd the flies that were sent amongst them, and
spoiled all their meats. ~
Ibid. But these^ viz., the
Israelites.
:
WISDOM and with the Israelites
healed by that which ho saw, but by thee
the Saviour of all.
8 And in thig thou didst shew to our
enemies, that thou art he who deliverest
from all eviL
9 ^For the bitings of locusts, and of
flies killed them, and there was found no
remedy for their life : because they were
worthy to be destroyed by such things.
10 But not even the teeth of venomous
serpents overcame thy children? for thy
mercy came and healed them.
membrance of thy words, and were
quickly healed, lest falling into deep for-
getfulness, thej might not be able to use
13 ^For it is thou, O Lord, that hast
power of life and death, and leadest down
to the gates of death, and bringest back
again:
14 A man indeed killeth through malice,
and when the epirit is gone forth, it shall
not return, neither shall he call back the
soul that is received
15 But it is Impossible to escape thy
hand.
16 * For the wicked that denied to know
thee, were scourged by the strength of
thy arm, being persecuted by strange
waters, and hail, and rain, and consumed
by fire.
17 And which was wonderful, in water,
which extinguisheth all things, the fire
had more force: for the world fightetb
for the just.
18 For at one time, the fire was miti-
gated, that the beasts which were sent
against the wicked might not be burned,
but that they might see and perceive
that they were persecuted by the iudg-
ment of God.
19 And at another time the fire, above
its own power, burned in the midst of
water, to destroy the fruits of a wicked
land.
20 ^ Instead of which things thou didst
6. h Deut 32. 39 J 1 Kings 2. 6 j Tob. 13. 2. —i Ex. 9. 23
9. 7. j Ex. 16. 14 , Num. 11. It Ps. 77. 25 ; John 6. 31
Ver. Sign of salvation. The brazen serpent, an
6.
emblem of Christ our Saviour.
Ver. 17. T/K3 fire had more force^ viz., when the
fire and hail mlngicd together laid waste the laDd ol
Egypt. Ex. St.
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The plague of hail WISDOM The Egyptian darkness

teed thy people with the food ©f angels, their obscnre sins, they were scattered
and gavest them bread from heaven pre- under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being
pared without labour ; having in it all horribly afraid >nd troubled with exceed-
that is delicious, and the sweetness of ing great astc>nishment.
every taste. 4 For neither did the den that held
21 For thy sustenance shewed thy sweet- them, keep them from fear : for noises
ness to thy children, and serving every coming down troubled them, and sad vi-
man's will, it was turned to what every sions appearing to them, affrighted them.
man liked. 5 And no power of fire could give them
22 ^ But snow and ice endured the force light, neither could the bright flames of
of fire, and melted noti that they might the stars enlighten that horrible night.
know that fire burning in the hail and 6 But there appeared to them a sudden
flashing in the rain destroyed the fruits fire, very dreadful : and being struck with
of the enemies. the fear of that face, which was not seen,
23 But this same again, that the just they thought the things which they saw
might be nourished, did even forget its to be worse:
own strength. 7 ** And the delusions of their magic art
24 For the creature serving thee the were put down, and their boasting of
Creator, is made fierce against the un- wisdom was reproachfully rebuked.
just for their punishment; and abateth its 8 For they who promised to drive away
strength for the benefit of them that fears and troubles from a sick soul, were
trust in thecc sick themselves of a fear worthy to be
25 Therefore even then it was trans- laughed at.
formed into all things, and was obedient 9 For though no
terrible thing disturbed
to thy grace that nourisheth all, accord- them : yet being scared with the passing
ing to the will of them that desired it of by of beasts, and hissing of serpents, they
thee: died for fear : and denying that they saw
26 That thy children, O Lord, * whom the air, which could by no means be
thou lovedst, might know that it is not avoided.
the growing of fruits that nourisheth 10 For whereas wickedness is fearful,
men, but thy word preserveth them that it beareth witness of its condemnation:
believe in thee, for a troubled conscience always fore-
27 For that which could not be de- casteth grievous things.
stroyed by fire, being warmed with a 11 For fear is nothing else but a yield-
little sunbeam presently melted away: ing up of the succours from thought.
28 That it might be known to all, that 12 And while there is less expectation
we ought to prevent the sun to bless from within, the greater doth it count
thee, and adore thee at ohe dawning of the ignorance of that cause which bring-
the light. eth the torment.
29 For the hope of the unthankful shall 13 But they that during that night, in
melt away as the winter's ice, and shall which nothing could be done, and which
run off as unprofitable water. came upon them from the lowest and
deepest hell, slept the same sleep,
CHAPTER 17, 14 Were sometimes molested with the
The Egyptian darkness. fear of monsters, sometimes fainted
FOR thy judgments, O Lord, are great, away, their soul failing them: for a sud-
and thy words cannot be expressed den and unlocked for fear was come upon
therefore undisciplined souls have erred. them.
2 "* For while the wicked thought to be 15 Moreover if any of them had fallen
able to have dominion over the holy na- down, he was kept shut up in prisoc
tion, they themselves being fettered with without irons.
the bonds of darkness, and a long night, 16 For if any one were a husbandman
shut up in their houses, lay there exiled or a shepherd, or a labourer in the field
from the eternal providence and was suddenly overtaken, he endured
3 And while they thought to Me hid In a necessity from which he could not fly.

&Ex. 9. 24.—ZDeut. 8. 3. ; Matt. 4. 4. mBx. 10. 23. —»Ex. 7. 22, and 8. 7.

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 The Israelites dwell in light WISDOM
The first horn of Egypt slain
1/ For they were all bound together oaths they had trusteci to. they might oe
with one chain of darkness. Whether of better courage.
it were a whisthng wind, or the melodi- 7 So thy people received the salvation
ous voice of birds, among the spreading of the just, and destruction of the unjust.
branches of trees, or a fall of water run- 8 For as thou didst punish the adver-
ning down with violence, saries : so thou didst also encourage and
18 Or the mighty noise of stones tum- glorify us.
bling down, or the running that could not 9 For the just children of good men were
be seen oi' beasts playing together, or the offering sacrifice secretly, and they unan
roaring voice of wild beasts, or a re- imously ordered % law of justice : that the
bounding echo from the highest moun- just should receive both good and evil alike,
tains : thesQ things made them to swoon singing now the praises of the fathers,
for fear, 10 But on the other side there sounded
19 For the whole world was enlightened an ill according cry of the enemiefe, and
with a clear light, and none were hin- a lamentable mourning was heard for
dered in their labours. the children that were bewailed.
20 But over them only was spread a 11 * And the servant suffered the same
heavy night, an image of that darkness punishment as the master, and a common
which was to come upon them. But they man suffeied in like manner as the king.
were to themselves more grievous than 12 So all alike had Innumerable dead,
the darkness. with one kind of death. Neither were
the living suffipient to bury them ; for in
CHAPTER 18. one moment the noblest offspring of
The slaughter of the firstborn In Egypt : the efficacy
of Aaron's intercession, in the sedition on occasion them was destroyed.
of Core. 13 For whereas they would not believe
BUT ^ thy saints had a very gieat light, any thing before by reason of the en-
and they heard their voice indeed, chantments, then first upon the destruc-
but did not see their shape. And be- tion of the firstborn, they acknowledged
cause they also did not suffer the same the people to be of God.
things, they glorified thee: 14 For while all things were in quiet
2 And they that before had been wrong- silence, and the night was in the midst
ed, gave thanks, because they were not of her course,
hurt now: and asked this gift, that there 15 Thy almighty word leapt down from
might be a difference. heaven from thy royal throne, as a fierce
3 ^Therefore they receivec*- a burning conqueror into the midst of the land of
pillar of fire for a guide of the way which destruction,
they knew not, and thou gt^vest them a 16 With a sharp sword carrying thy un*
harmless sun of a good entertainment. feigned commandment, and he stood and
4 The others indeed were worthy to be filled all things with death, and standing
deprived of light, and imprisoned in dark- on the earth reached even to heaven.
ness, who kept thy children shut up, by 17 Then suddenly visions of evil dreams
whom the pure light of the law was to troubled them, and fears unlocked for
be given to the world. came upon them.
5 5 And whereas they thought to kill 18 And one thrown here, another there,
the babes of the just, one child being half dead, shewed the cause of his death.
cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, 19 For the visions that troubled them
thou tookest away a multitude of their foreshowed these things, lest they should
children, *" and destroyedst them all to- perish and not know why they suffered
gether in a mighty water. these evils.
6 For that night was known before by 20 But the just also were afterwards
our fathers, that assuredly knowing what touched by an assault of death, and there
o Ex. 10. 23. — p Ex. 1 4. 24 ; Ps. 77. 14, and 104. 39. q Ex. 1. 16, and 2. 3. — r Ex. 14. 27 — s Ex. 12. 30.

Chap. 18. Ver. 3. A harmless sun. A

light that flee of the paschal lamb ; and were regulating what
should not hurt or molest them ; but that should be they were to do in their journey, when that last and
an agreeable guest to them. most dreadful plague was coming upon their ene-
Ver. 5. One child^ viz., Mosea. mies.
Ver. 9. Of good men, viz., of the patriarcta Their Ver
ehildreiutlie Israelites^ o£Eered in private ttie sacri. bori.-
^
The nobiest offsprins;. Tbat is. the first

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Aaron intercedes for the people
tvas a disturbance of the multitude in the
wilderness: but thy wrath did not long
continue.
21 *For a blameless man made haste to
pray for the people, bringing forth the
bhield of hie ministry, prayer, and by in-
cense making supplication, withstood the
wrath, and put an end to the calamity,
shewing that he was thy servant.
22 And he overcame the disturbance,
not by strength of body nor with force
of arms, but with a word he subdued him
that punished them, alleging the oaths
and covenant made with th« fathers.
23 For when they were now fallen down
dead by heaps one upon another, he stood
between and stayed the assault, and cut
off the way to the living,
24 '^For in the priestly robe which he
wore, was the whole world . and in the
four rows of the stones the glory of the
fathers was graven, and tjiy majesty was
written upon the diadem of his head.
25 And to these the destroyer gave
place, and was afraid of them: for the
proof only of wrath was enough.
CHAPTER 19.
Why God shewed no mercy to the Egyptians. His
favour to the Israelites. All creatures obey God^s
orders for the service of the good^ and the punish-
ment of the wicked.
BUT as to the wicked, even to the end
there came upon them wrath with-
out mercy. For he knew before also
what they would do:
2 For when they had given ^fehem leave
to depart, and had sent them away with
great care, they repented, and pursued
after them.
3 For whilst they were yet mourning,
^"
and lamenting at the graves of the dead,
they took up another foolish device and
pursued them as fugitives whom they had
pressed to be gone:
4 For a necessity, of which they were
worthy, brought them to this end and
they lost the remembrancv' of those
things which had happened, that their
punishment might fill up whaii was want-
ing to their torments
6 And that thy people might wonder-
fully pass through, but they might find a
new death.
t Num. 16o 46. —w Ex. 28.
V Ex. 14. 6.
Chap. 19 Ver. 17. Elements a/re changed, &c. in the elements by miracles in favour of his people
The meaning !s,that whatever changes God wrought they still kept their haxmony by obeying his wUL
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WISDOM God^s favor to the Israelites
6 For every creature according to its
kind was fashioned again as from the
beginning, obeying thy commandments,
that thy children might be kept without
hurt.
7 For a cloud overshadowed their camp,
and where water was before, dry land
appeared, and in the Red Sea a way
without hinderance, and out of the great
deep a springing field :
8 Through which all the nation passed
which was protected with thy hand, see-
ing thy miracles and wonders.
9 For they fed on their food like horses,
and they skipped like lambs, praising
thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them.
10 For they were yet mindful of those
things which had been done in the time
of their sojourning, how the ground
brought forth flies instead of cattle, and
how the river cast up a multitude of
frogs instead of fishes.
11 '''And at length they saw a new gen-
eration of birds, when being led by their
appetite they asked for delicate meats.
12 For to satisfy their desire, the quail
came up to them from the sea : and pun*
ishments came upon the sinners, not
without foregoing signs by the force of
thunders: for they suffered justly ac-
cording to their own wickedness.
13 For they exercised a more detestable
inhospitaUty than any: others indeed re-
ceived not strangers unknown to them,
but these brought their guests into bond-
age that had deserved well of them.
14 And not only so, but in another re-
spect also they were worse: for the
others against their will received the
strangers
15 But these grievously afflicted them
: whom they had received with joy, and
who lived under the same laws.
16 But they were struck with blindness
* as those others were at the doors of the
: just man, when they were covered with
sudden darkness, and every one sought
the passage of his own doorc
17 For while the elements are changed i
in themselves, as in an instrument the|
sound of the quality is changed, yet alJ
keep their sound which may clearly be
:
perceived by the very sight.
w Ex. 16. 13 ;Num. 11. 31 Supra 16. 2.
X Gen 19. 11.
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All vnsdom is from God ECCLESIASTICUS All vnsdom is from God

18 For the things of the land were not the flesh of corruptible animals walk-
turned into things of the water and the ing therein, neither did they melt that
:

things before swam in the water passed good food, which was apt to melt as ice.
upon the land. For in all things thou didst magnify thy
19 The fire had power in water above people, O Lord, and didst honour them,
its own virtue, and the water forgot its and didst not despise them, but didst
quenching nature. assist them at all times, and in every
20 On the other side, the flames wasted place.

ECCLESIASTICUS.
I7tis Book is so called from a Greek word that signifies a preacher because, like an excellent :

preacher, it gives admirable lessons of all virtues. The author was Jesus the son of &rach of
Jerusalem, who flourished about two hundred years before Christ. As it was written after tJie
time of Esdras, it is not in the Jewish canon ; but is received as canonical and divine by the
Catholic Church, instructed by apostolical tradition, and directed by the spirit of God. It xcas
first written in the Hebrew, but afterwards translated into Greek by anotJier Jesus^ the grandson
of the author, whose prologue to this book is the following

THE PROLOGUE.
The knowledge of many and great things hath been shewn us by the law, and the prophets, and others
that have followed them for which things Israel is to be commended for doctrine and wisdom, because
:

not only they that speak must needs be skilful, but strangers also, both speaking and writing, may by their
means become most learned. My
grandfather Jesus, after he had much given himself to a diligent reading
of the law, and the prophets, and other books, that were delivered to us from our fathers, had a mind also
to write something himself, pertaining to doctrine and wisdom that such as are desirous to learn, and are
:

made knowing in these things, may be more and more attentive in mind, and be strengthened to live ac-
cording to the law. I entreat you therefore to come with benevolence, and to read with attention, and to
pardon us for those things wherein we may seem, while we follow the image of wisdom, to come short in
the composition of words for the Hebrew words have not the same force in them when translated into
;

another tongue. And not only these, but the law also itself, and the prophets, and the rest of the books,
have no small difference, when they are spoken in their own language. For in the eight and thirtieth year
coming into Eg^'pt, when Ptolemy Evergetes was king, and continuing there a long time, I found there
books left, of no small nor contemptible learning. Therefore I thought it good, and necessary for me to
bestow some diligence and labour to interpret this book and with much watching and study in some
;

space of time, I brought the book to an end, and set it forth for the service of them that are willing to ap-
ply their mind, and to learn how they ought to conduct themselves, who purpose to lead their life accord-
ing to the law of the Lord.

CHAPTER 1. tain of wisdom, and her ways are ever-

^JUiHsdom, is from God, and is given to them that lasting commandments.
fear and love God.
6 To whom hath the root of wisdom
rL y wisdom
from the Lord God, been revealed, and who hath known her
is
.A'' and hath been always with him, wise counsels?
and is before all time. 7 To whom hath the discipline of wis-
2 Who
hath numbered the sand of the dom been revealed and made manifest ?
sea, and the drops of rain, and the days and who hath understood the multiplicity
of the world ? Who hath measured the of her steps ?
Iheight of heaven, and the breadth of the 8 There is one most high Creator Al-
earth, and the depth of the abyss ? mighty, and a powerful king, and greatly
i 3 Who hath searched out the wisdom of to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne,
God that goeth before all things ? and is the God of dominion.
4 Wisdom hath been created before all 9 He created her in the Holy Ghost,
things, and the understanding of pru- and saw her, and numbered her, and
ilenee from everlasting. measured her.
5 The word of God on high is the foun- 10 And he poured her out upon all his
y 3 Kings 3. 9, and 4. 29.

Ver. 20. That good food. The manna.

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The fear of the Lord ECCLESIASTICUS Against hypocrisy

works, and upon all flesh according to words for a time, and the lips of many
hia gift, and hath given her to them that shall declare his wisdom.
love him. 31 In the treasures of wisdom is the
11 The fear of the Lord is honour, and signification of discipline :

glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy. 32 But the worship of God is an abomi-
12 The fear of the Lord shall deUght the nation to a sinner.
heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, 33 Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep jus-
and length of days. tice, and God will give her to thee.
13 With him that feareth the Lord, it 34 For the fear of the Lord is wisdom
shall go well in the latter end, and in the and discipline and that which is agree- :

day of his death he shall be blessed. able to him,

14 The love of God is honourable wis- 35 Is faith, and meekness and he will :

dom. up his treasures.

fill

15 And they to whom she shall shew her- 36 Be not incredulous to the fear of the
self love her by the sight, and by the Lord and come not to him with a double
:

knowledge of her great works. heart.

16 ^The fear of the Lord is the begin- 37 Be not a hypocrite in the sight of
ning of wisdom, and was created with men, and let not thy lips be a stumbUng-
the faithful in thewomb, it walketh with block to thee.
chosen women, and is known with the 38 Watch over them, lest thou fall, and
just and faithful. bring dishonour upon thy soul,
17 The fear of the Lord is the religious- 39 And God discover thy secrets, and
ness of knowledge. cast thee down in the midst of the con-
18 Religiousness shall keep and justify gregation.
the heart, it shall give joy and gladness. 40 Because thou camest to the Lord
19 It shall go well with him that feareth wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile
the Lord, and in the days of his end he and deceit.
shall be blessed.
2. CHAPTER
20 To fear God is the fulness of wisdom,
God's servants must look for temptations and mvM :

and fulness is from the fruits thereof. arm themselves with patience and confidence in
21 She shall fill all her house with her God.
increase, and the storehouses with her " when thou comest to the service
SON,
treasures. of God, stand in justice and in fear,
22 The fear of the Lord is a crown of and prepare thy soul for temptation.
wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of 2 Humble thy heart, and endure incline :

salvation: thy ear, and receive the words of under-

23 And it hath seen, and numbered her standing: and make not haste in the
but both are the gifts of God. time of clouds.
24 Wisdom shall distribute knowledge, 3 Wait on God with patience: join thy-
and understanding of prudence and ex- self to God, and endure, that thy life may
:

alteth the glory of them that hold her. be increased in the latter end.
25 The root of wisdom is to fear the 4 Take al' that shall be brought upon
Lord: and the branches thereof are long- thee and in thy sorrow endure, and in
:

lived. thy humiliation keep patience.

26 In the treasures of wisdom is under- 5 ^For gold and silver are tried in the
standing, and religiousness of knowledge: fire, but acceptable men in the furnace ot
but to sinners wisdom is an abomination. humiliation.
27 The fear of the Lord driveth out sin: 6 Believe God, and he will recover thee :[

28 For he that is without fear, cannot and direct thy way, and trust in him.
be justified: for the wrath of his high Keep his fear, and grow old therein.
spirits is his ruin. 7 Ye that fear the Lord, wait for hif
29 A patient man shall bear for a time, mercy and go not aside from him, lesi
:

and afterwards joy shall be restored to ye fall.

him. 8 Ye that fear the Lord, believe hini
30 A good understanding will hide his and your reward shall not be made void

« Ps. 110^ lo , Prov. 1. 7, and 9. la a Matt. 4. 1 ; 2 Tim. 3. 12. ~ b Wisd. 3. 6.

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Confidence in God, ^patience ECCLESIASTICUS Honor due to parents

9 Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him and 3 For God hath made the father honour*
mercy shall come to you your delight. able to the children: and seeking the
for
IC Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and judgment ci ihe mothers, hath confirmed
your hearts shall be enlightened. it upon the children.

11 My children behold the generations 4 He that loveth God, shall obtain par-
of men and know ye that no one hath don for his sins by prayer, and shall
•

hoped in the Lord, and hath been con- refrain himself from them, and shall be
founded. heard in the prayer of days.
12 ° For who hath continued in his com- 6 And he that honoureth his mother is
mandment, and hath been forsaken ? or as one that layeth up a treasure.
who hath called upon him, and he de- 6 He that honoureth his father shall
Bpised him? have joy in his own children, and in the
13 For God is compassionate and mer- day of his prayer he shall be heard.
ciful, and will forgive sins in the day of 7 He that honoureth his father shall
tribulation : and he is a protector to all enjoy a long life and he that obeyeth the
:

that seek him in truth. father, shall be a comfort to his mother.

14 Woe to them that are of a double 8 He that feareth the Lord, honoureth
heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands his parents, and will serve them as his
that do evil, ^and to the sinner that masters that brought him into the world.
goeth on the earth two ways. 9 -^Honour thy father, in work and word,
15 Woe to them that are fainthearted, and all patience,
who beUeve not God and therefore they 10 That a blessing may come upon thee
:

bhall not be protected by him. from him, and his blessing may remain
16 Woe to them that have lost patience, in the latter end.
and that have forsaken the right ways, 11 S'The father's blessing establisheth
and have gone aside into crooked ways. the houses of the children* but the
17 And what will they do, when the mother's curse rooteth up the founda-
Lord shall begin to examine ? tion.
18 They that fear the Lord, will not be 12 Glory not in the dishonour of thy
incredulous to his word * and they that father for his shame is no glory to thee.
:

love him, will keep his way. 13 For the glory of a man is from the
19 They that fear the Lord, will seek honour of his father, and a father with*
after the things that are well pleasing to out honour is the disgrace of the son.
him: and they that love him, shall be 14 Son, support the old age of thy fa-
filled with his law. ther, and grieve him not in his life
20 They that fear the Lord, will prepare 15 And if his understanding fail, have
their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify patience with him, and despise him not
their souls when thou art in thy strength for the .

21 They that fear the Lord, keep his relieving of the father shall not be for»
commandments, and will have patience gotten.
even until his visitation, 16 For good shall be repaid to thee foi
22 Saying: If we do not penance, we the sin of thy mother.
shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and 17 And in justice thou shalt be built up,
not into the hands of men. and in the day of affliction thou shalt
23 For according to his greatness, so be remembered and thy sins shall melt :

also is his mercy with him away as the ice in the fair warm weather.
18 Of what an evil fame is he that for-
CHAPTER 3. saketh his father: and he is cursed of
Lessons concerning the honour of parents, and hu- God that angereth his mother.
mility, and avoiding curiosity.
19 My son, do thy works in meekness,
THE sons of wisdom are the church and thou shalt be beloved above the glory
of the just; and their generation, of men.
obedience and love. 20 '^The greater thou art, the more
2 Children, hear the judgment of your humble thyself in all things, and thou
father, and so do that you may be saved. shalt find grace before God

• Ps. —
30. 1. —
d 3 Kings 18. 21. e John 14. 83. Mark 7. 10; Eph.6.2.
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Curiosity ECCLESIASTICUS Exhortation to works of mercy

21 For great is the power of God alone, defer not to giv^ to him ihat is m dis-
and he is honoured by the humble. tress.
22 *Seek not the things ohat are too 4 Reject not the petition of the afflicted
high for thee, and search not into things and turn not away thy face from the
above thy ability: but the things that needy.
God hath commanded thee, think on them 5 Turn not away thy eyes from the poor
always, and in many of his works be not for fear of anger and leave not to them
:

curious. that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy

23 For it is not necessary for thee to see back.
with thy eyes those things that are hid. 6 For the prayer of him that curseth
24 In unnecessary matters be not over thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be
curious, and in many of hie works thou heard, for he that made him will hear him.
shalt not be inquisitive. 7 Make thyself affable to the congrega-
25 For many things are shewn to thee tion of the poor, and humble thy soul to
above the understanding of men. the ancient, and bow thy head to a great
26 And the suspicion of them hath man.
deceived many, and hath detained their 8 Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the
minds in vanity. poor, and pay what thou owest, and an-
27 A hard heart shall fear evil at the swer him peaceable words with mildness.
last: and he that loveth danger shall 9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong out
perish in it. of the hand of the proud: and be not
28 A heart that goeth two ways shall fainthearted in thy soul.
not have success, and the perverse of 10 In judging be merciful to the father-
heart shall be scandalized therein. less as a father, and as a husband to their
29 A wicked heart shall be laden with mother.
sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to 11 And thou shalt be as the obedient son
sin. of the most High, and he will have mercy
30 The congregation of the proud shall on thee more than a mother.
not be healed for the plant of wicked-
: 12 Wisdom inspire th life into her chil-
ness shall take root in them, and it shall dren, and protecteth them that seek
not be perceived. after her, and will go before them in the
31 The heart of the wiBO is understood way of justice.
in wisdom, and a good ear will hear 13 And he that loveth her, loveth life:
wisdom with all desire. and they that watch for her, shall em-
32 A wise heart, and which hath under- brace her sweetness.
standing, will abstain from sins, and in 14 They that hold her fast, shall inherit
the works of justice shall, have success. life and whithersoever she entereth, God
:

33 Water quencheth a flaming fire, and will give a blessing.

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alms resisteth sins 15 They that serve her, shall be ser-

34 And God providetb for him that vants to the holy one and God loveth :

sheweth favour: he remembereth him them that love her.

afterwards, and in the time of his fall he 16 He that hearkeneth to her, shall
shall find a sure stay. judge nations: and he that looketh upon
her, shall remain secure.
CHAPTER 4. 17 If he trust to her, he shall inherit her,
An exhortation to works of mercy, and to the love and his generation shall be in assurance
of wisdom, 18 For she walketh with him in tempta-
defraud
^'
not the poor of alms, tion, and at the first she chooseth him.
SON,
and turn not away thy eyes from the 19 She will bring upon him fear and
poor. dread and trial: and she will scourge
2 Despise not the hungry soul: and pro- him with the affliction of her discipline,
voke not the poor in his want. till she try him by her laws, and trust
3 Afflict not the heart of the needy, and his souL
i Prov 25. 27,— j Dan. 4. 24. k Tob. 4. 7

Chap. 4. Ver 18. Tn tempto tion, &g. The mean- contradictions, afflictions, and temptations, the usual
ing IS, that before wisdom will choose any for her Doviceshli» of the childreu ol God.
(iivourite. she will try them by leaaing them through
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Prober use of the tongue ECCLESIASTICUS Against 'presumption

20 Then she will strengthen him, and 2 Follow not in thy strength the desires
make a straight way to him, and give of thy heart
him joy, 3 And say not: How
mighty am I? and
21 And will disclose her secrets to him, who shall bring me under for deeds ? my
and will heap upon him treasures of for God will surely take revenge.
knowledge and understanding of justice. 4 Say not: I have sinned, and what
22 But if he go astray, she will forsake harm hath befallen me? for the most
him, and deliver him into the hands of High is a patient rewarder.
his enemy. 5 Be not without fear about sin for°
23 Son, observe the time, and fly from given, and add not sin upon sin
evil. 6 And say not The mercy of the Lord :

24 For thy soul be not ashamed to say is great, he will have mercy on the mul-
the truth. titude of my sins.
25 For there is a shame that bringeth For mercy and wrath quickly come
7 "*
sin, and there is a shame that bringeth from him, and his wrath looketh upon
glory and grace. sinners.
26 Accept no person against thy own 8 Delay not to be converted to the
person, nor against thy soul a lie. Lord, and defer not from day to day.
it
27 Reverence not thy neighbour in his 9 For his wrath shall come on a sudden,
fall: and in the time of vengeance he will de-
28 And refrain not to speak in the time stroy thee.
of salvation. Hide not thy wisdom in her 10 Be not anxious for goods unjustly
'"'

beauty. gotten: for they shall not profit thee in

29 For by the tongue wisdom is dis- the day of calamity and revenge.
cerned: and understanding, and know- 11 Winnow not with every wind, and
ledge, and learning by the word of the go not into every way: for so is every
wise, and steadfastness in the works of sinner proved by a double tongue.
justice. 12 Be steadfast in the way of the Lord,
30 In nowise speak against the truth, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in
but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance. knowledge, and let the word of peace
31 Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, and justice keep with thee.
but submit not thyself to every man for 13 Be meek to hear the word, that thou
sin. mayst understand and return a true :

32 Resist not against the face of the answer with wisdomo

mighty, and do not strive against the 14 If thou have understanding, answer
stream of the river. thy neighbour but if not, let thy hand
:

33 Strive for justice for thy soul, and be upon thy mouth, lest thou be surprised
even unto death fight for justice, and in an unskilful word, and be confounded.
God will overthrow thy enemies for thee. 15 Honour and glory is in the word of
34 Be not hasty in thy tongue: and the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his
slack and remiss in thy works. ruin.
35 Be not as a lion in thy house, terrify- 16 Be not called a whisperer, and be
ing them of thy household, and oppress- not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.
ing them that are under thee. 17 For confusion and repentance is upon
36 Let not thy hand be stretched out a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace
to receive, and shut when thou shouldst upon the double tongued, but to the
give. whisperer hatred, and enmity, and re-
CHAPTER 5. proach.
We miist not presume of oxir wealth or strength 18 Justify alike the small and the great.
nor of the mercy of God, to go on in sin
we must :

and truth.
bt steadfast in virtue
CHAPTER 6.
SET not thy heart upon unjust posses- Of true and false friends and of the fruits of
vnsdom.
:

sions, and say not: I have enough to

live on :for it shall be of no service in INSTEAD of a friend become not an
the time of vengeance and darkness. enemy to thy neighbour for an evil :

ilnfrae. 6. m Prov. 10. 6. — n Prov. 11. 4 and 28.

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True and false friends ECCLESIASTIC US Exhortalion to seek vyvsdom

man shall iiihfirit reproach and shame, 19 Come to her as one that plougheth,
so shall every sinner that envious and and sowet-h, and wait for her good fruits
is
double tongued. 20 For in working about her thou shalt
2 ^ Extol not thyself in the thoughts of labour a little, and shalt quickly eat o\
thy soul like a bull lest thy strength be her fruits.
:

quashed by folly, 21 How very unpleasant is wisdom tc

3 And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy the unlearned, and the unwise will not
thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree continue with her.
in the wilderness. 22 She shall be to them as a mightj
4 For a wicked soul shall destroy him stone of trial, and they will cast her
that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy from them before it be long.
to his enemies, and shall lead him into 23 For the wisdom of doctrine is accord
the lot of the wicked. ing to her name, and she is not manifest
5 A sweet word multiplieth friends, unto many, but with them to whom shf
and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious is known, she continue th even to tht
tongue in a good man aboundeth. sight of God.
6 Be in peace with many, but let one 24 Give ear, my son, and take wise coun
of a thousand be thy counsellor. sel, and cast not away my advice.
7 If thou wouldst get a friend, try 25 Put thy feet into her fetters, and thj
him before thou takest him, and do not neck into her chains :

credit him easily. 26 Bow down thy shoulder, and bearhei

8 For there is a friend for his own occa- and be not grieved with her bands.
sion, and he will not abide in the day of 27 Come to her with all thy mind, am
thy trouble. keep her ways with all thy power.
9 And there is a friend that turneth to 28 Search for her, and she shall be mad
enmity; and there is a friend that will known to thee, and when thou hast got
disclose hatred and strife and reproaches. ten her, let her not go :

10 And there is a friend a companion at 29 For in the latter end thou shalt fin'
the table, and he will not abide in the rest in her, and she shall be turned t
day of distress. thy joy.
11 A friend if he continue steadfast, 30 Then shall her fetters be a stron
shall be to thee as thyself, and shall defence for thee, and a firm foundatioi
act with confidence among them of thy and her chain a robe of glory
household. 31 For in her is the beauty of life, au
12 If he humble himself before thee, her bands are a healthful binding.
and hide himself from thy face, thou shalt 32 Thou shalt put her on as a robe (

have unanimous friendship for good. glory, and thou shalt set her upon th€
13 Separate thyself from thy enemies, as a crown of joy.
and take heed of thy friends. 33 My son, if thou wilt attend to m
14 A faithful friend is a strong defence thou shalt learn and if thou wilt app]
: :

and he that hath found him, hath found a thy mind, thou shalt be wise.
treasure. 34 If thou wilt incline thy ear, the
15 Nothing can be compared to a faith- shalt receive instruction and if the :

ful friend, and no weight of gold and love to hear, thou shalt be wise.
silver is able to countervail the goodness 35 ^ Stand in the multitude of ancien
of his fidelity. that are wise, and join thyself from i\
16 A faithful friend is the medicine of heart to their wisdom, that thou may
life and immortality and they that fear hear every discourse of God, and tl
:

the Lord, shall find him. sayings of praise may not escape thee.
17 He that feareth God, shall likewise 36 And if thou see a man of understan
have good friendship because according ing, go to him early in the morning, ai
:

to him shall his friend be. let thy foot wear the steps of his doors
18 My son, from thy youth up receive 37 9 Let thy thoughts be upon the pr
instruction, and even to thy grey hairs cepts of God. and meditate continual
thou shalt find wisdom. on his commandments and he will gi^ :

o Rom. 12. 6 ; PhiL 2. 3. j> Infra 8. 9. — g Ps. L 2.

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Various exhortations ECCLESIASTICUS Duties of parents and children

thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom 19 Humble thy spirit very much for :

shall be given to thee. the vengeance on the flesh of the un-

godly is fire and worms.
CHAPTER 20 Do not transgress against thy friend
7.
Religious and moral duties. deferring money, nor despise thy dear
no evils, and no evils shall lay hold brother for the sake of gold.
DO of thee. 21 Depart not from a wise and good
2 Depart from the unjust, and evils shall wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear
depart from thee. of the Lord for the grace of her modesty :

3 My son, sow not evils in the furrows of is above gold.

injustice, and thou shalt not reap them 22 " Hurt not the servant that worketh
sevenfold. faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth
4 Seek not of the Lord a pre-eminence, thee his life.
nor of the king the seat of honour. 23 Let a wise servant be dear to thee as
5 ^ Justify not thyself before God, for he thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty,
knoweth the heart: and desire not to nor leave him needy.
appear wise before the king. 24 Hast thou cattle ? have an eye to
6 Seek not to be made a judge, unless them and if they be for thy profit, keep :

thou have strength enough to extirpate them with thee.

iniquities: lest thou fear the person of 25 Hast thou children? instruct them,
the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock and bow down their neck from their
for thy integrity. childhood.
7 Offend not against the multitude of 26 Hast thou daughters ? have a care of
I

I
a city, neither cast thyself in upon the their body, and shew not thy counte-
people, nance gay towards them.
8 *Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one 27 Marry thy daughter well^ and thou
thou fihalt not be unpunished. shalt do a great work, and give her to a
, 9 Be not fainthearted in thy mind : wise man.
I
10 Neglect not to pray, and to give 28 If thou hast a wife according to thy
alms. soul, cast her not off and to her that is :

. 11 Say not: God will have respect to hateful, trust not thyself. With thy
the multitude of my gifts, and when I whole heart,
offer to the most high God, he will accept 29 ^ Honour thy father, and forget not
my offerings. the groanings of thy mother :

12 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitter- 30 Remember that thou hadst not been
lOess of his soul * for there is one that
: born but through them and make a re- :

humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth turn to them as they have done for thee.
111. 31 With all thy soul fear the Lord, and
13 Devise not a lie against thy brother: reverence his priests.
neither do the like against thy friend. 32 With all thy strength love him that
14 Be not willing to make any manner made thee and forsake not his minis-
:

)f lie for the custom thereof is not

: ters.
jood. 33 ^ Honour God with all thy soul, and
15 Be not full of words in a multitude give honour to the priests, and purify
ifancients, and repeat not the word in thyself with thy arms.
hy prayer. 34 Give them their portion, *as it is
16 Hate not laborious works, nor hus- commanded thee, of the firstfruits and
andry ordained by the most High. of purifications and for thy negligences
:

17 Number not thyself among the multi- purify thyself with a few.
-ide of the disorderly. 35 Offer to the Lord the gift of thy
18 Remember wrath, for it will not tarry shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctifica-
>ng- tion, and the firstfruits of the holy things :

r Job 9. 2 Ps. 142. 2

; ; Eccl. 7. 7 ; Luke 18. 11. u Lev. 19. 13. — V Tob. 4. 3.
s Infra 12. l. — t\ Kings 2. 7. V Deut. 12. 18. — X Lev. 2. 3 ; Num. 18. 15.
Chap. Ver. 15. Repeat, not, &c.
7. Make not or else by arms (hrachiis)
are here signified the right
noh babbline bv repetition of v/ords but aim more : shoulders of the victims, which by the law fell to the
fervour of heart. priests. See ver. 35.
^'
er- 33. Thy arms. That is, with all thy power
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Against and contempt ECCLESIASTIC US Cautions with regard to women

strife

36 And stretch out thy hand to the rebuking them, lest thou be burnt with
poor, that thy expiation and thy bless- the flame of the fire of their sins.
ing may be perfected. 14 Stand not against the face of an
37 A gift hath grace in the sight of all injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to
the living, and restrain not grace from entrap thee in thy words.
the dead. 15 -^Lend not to a man that is mightier
38 2/ Be not wanting in comforting them than thyself: and if thou lendest, count
that weep, and walk with them that as lost.
it
mourn. 16 Be not surety above thy power and :

39 ^ Be not slow to visit the sick : for if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to
by these things thou shalt be confirmed pay it.
in love. 17 Judge not against a judge for he :

40 In all thy works remember thy last judgeth according to that which is just.
end, and thou shalt never sin. 18 S'Go not on the way with a bold man,
lest he burden thee with his evils: for he
CHAPTER 8. goeth according to his own will, and thou
other lessons of wisdom and virtue. Shalt perish together with his folly.
STRIVE not with a powerful man, lest 19 ^ Quarrel not with a passionate man,
thou fall into his hands. and go not into the desert with a bold
2 ^ Contend not with a rich man, lest he man for blood is as nothing in his sight,
:

bring an action against thee. and where there is no help he will over-
3 ^ For gold and silver hath destroyed throw thee.
many, and hath reached even to the 20 Advise not with fools, for they can-
heart of kings, and perverted them. not love but such things as please them.
4 Strive not with a man that is full of 21 Before a stranger do no matter of
tongue, and heap not wood upon his counsel for thou knowest not what he
:

fire. will bring forth.

5 Commimicate not with an ignorant 22 Open not thy heart to every man
man, lest he speak
of thy family. lest he repay thee with an evil turn, an i
ill
6 Despise not a man that turneth away speak reproachfully to thee.
from sin, ^ nor reproach him therewith :

remember that we are all worthy of re- CHAPTER 9.

proof. Cautions with regard to women, and dangerous
conversations.
7 ^ Despise not a man in his old age
for we also shall become old.
8 Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy
knowing that we all die, and are not will-
BE not jealous over the wife of thy
bosom, lest she shew in thy regard
the malice of a wicked lesson.
ing that others should rejoice at our 2 Give not the power of thy soul to a
death. woman, lest she enter upon thy strength,
9 ^ Despise not the discourse of them and thou be confounded.
that are ancient and wise, but acquaint 3 Look not upon a woman that hath a
thyself with their proverbs. mind for many: lest thou fall into her
10 For of them thou shalt learn wisdom, snares.
and instruction of understanding, and to much the company of her that
4 Use not
serve great men without blame. is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest
11 Let not the discourse of the ancients thou perish by the force of her charms.
escape thee, for they have learned of 6 * Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her
their fathers beauty be a stumbhngblock to thee.
12 For of them thou shalt learn under- 6 ^ Give not thy soul to harlots in any
standing, and to give an answer in time point lest thou destroy thyself and thy :

of need. inheritance.
13 Kindle not the coals of sinners by 7 Look not round about thee in the
y Rom. 12. 15.— 2 Matt. 25. 36. — a Matt. 25. 25. e Supra 6. 35. —/ Infra 29. — g Gen.
^. 4. 8.
b Infra 31. 6. — c 2 Cor. 6 Gal. — d Lev. 32.
2. ; 6. 1. 19. h Prov. 22. 24. — Gen. 2.— j Prov.
t 6. 6, 2.

Ver. And restrain not grace from the dead.

37. Old Testament. And the same has always been con-
That withhold not from them the benefit of alms,
is, tinued from the days of the apostles in the church
prayers, and sacrifices. Such was the doctrine and of the New Testament
practice of the church of God even in the time of the
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Onfriends and goodcompany ECCLESIASTICUS Covetousness and pridd

ways of the city, nor wandoi up and CHAPTER 10.
down in the streets thereof^ in»» virtues and vices o/ men in power the great
8 ^ Turn away thy face froma woman evil of pride.

dressed up, and gaze not about upon

another's beauty.
9 For many have perished by the beauty
A WISE
man shall
iudge shall judge his people,
and the government of a prudent
be steady.
of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled 2 "^ As the judge
of the people is him*
as a fire. self, so also are his ministers and what :

10 Every woman that is a harlot, ehall manner of man the ruler of a city is,
be trodden upon as dung in the way. such also are they that dwell therein.
11 Many by admiring the beauty of an- 3 ** An unwise Mng shall be the ruin of
other man's wife, have become reprobate, his people and cities shall be inhabited
:

for her conversation burneth as fire.
12 Sit not at all with another man*s
wife, nor repose upon the bed with her
13 And strive not with her over wine,
lest thy heart decline towards her, and
by thy blood thou fall into destruction.
14 Forsake not an old friend, for the
new will not be like to him,
16 A new friend is as new wine
grow old, and thou shalt drink
pleasure.
16 * Envy not the glory and riches of a
sinner: for thou knowest not what his
ruin shall be.
17 Be not pleased with the wrong done
by the unjust, knowing that even to hell
the wicked shall not please.
18 Keep thee far from the man that
liath power to kill, sc thou shalt not sus-
proud?
pect the fear of death. 10 There is not a more wicked thing
19 And if thou come to him. commit no than to love money for such a one set-
through the prudence of the rulers.
4 The power of the earth is in the hand
of God, and in his time he will raise up
a profitable ruler over it.
6 The prosperity of man is in the hand
of God, and upon the person of the
scribe he shall lay his honour.
6 Remember not any injury done thee
: it shall by thy neighbour, *and do thou nothing
it with by deeds of injury.
7 Pride is hateful before God and men:
and all iniquity of nations is execrable.
8 PA kingdom is translated from one
people to another, because of injustices,
and wrongs, and injuries, and divers de-
ceits.
9 But nothing is more wicked than the
and ashescovetous man. Why is earth
:

fault, lest he take away thy life. teth even his own soul to sale because :

20 Know it to be a communication with while he livetb he hath cast away his

death i for thou art going in the midst bowels.
of snares, and walking upon the arms of 11 All power is of short life. long A
them that are grieved sickness is troublesome to the physician.
21 According to thy power beware of 12 The physician cutteth off a short
thy neighbour, and treat with the wise sickness: so also a king is to day, and to
and prudent. morrow he shall die.
22 Let just men be thy guests, and let 13 For when a man shall die, he shall
thy glory be in the fear of God. inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
23 And let the thought of God be in thy 14 The beginning of the pride of man,
mind, and ali thy discourse on the com- is to fall off from God
mandments of the Highest. 15 Because his heart is departed from
24 Works shall be praised for the hand him that made him: 9 for pride is the
or tne artificers, and the prince ol the beginning of all sin : he that holdeth it,
people for the wisdom of his speech, but shall be filled with maledictions, and it
the word of the ancients for the sense, shall ruin him in the end.
26 A man full of tongue is terrible in 16 Therefore hath the Lord disgraced
bis city^ and he that is rash in his word the assemblies of the wicked, and hath
-shall be hateful utterly destroyed them.
k GeiL 34 2 ; 2 Kings 1 1. 4. and 13. ; Matt 6. 287" n 3 Kings 12, 13. — o Lev. 19. la
I Judges 9 4 ; 2 Kings 15. 10, — m Prov 29. 12. p Dan. 4. 14. —9 Prov 18. 11.

Chap. io„ Ver. 1. Judge his people. Id the Greek Ver. 5. The scribe. That is, the mac that i» wist
t iSi instruct his people. and learned in the law
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17 God hath overturned the thrones of how much more in wealth t and he that
proud princes, and hath set up the meek ie glorified in wealth, let bim fear pov^
In their stead. erty
18 God hath made the roots of proud
nations to wither, and hath planted the 11. CHAPTER
bumble of these nations. Lessom of humility and moderation %n all things.
19 The Lord hath overthrown the lands " rnHE
wisdom of the humble shall exalt
of the Gentiles, and hath destroyed JL his head, and shall make him sit in
them even tc the foundation. the midst of great men.
20 He hath made some of them to 2 * Praise not a man for his beauty, nei-
wither away, and hath destroyed them, ther despise a man for his look.
and hath made the memory of them to 3 The bee is small among flying things,
cease from the earth. but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness,
21 God hath abolished the memory of 4 ^ Glory not in apparel at any time,
the proud, and hath preserved the mem
and be not exalted in the day of thy
ory of them that are humble in mind. honour for the works of the Highest
22 Pride was not made for men. nor only are wonderful, and his works are
wrath for the race of women glorious, and secret, and hidden.
23 That seed of men shall be honoured, 6 Many tyrants have sat on the throne,
which feareth God; but that seed shall and he whom no man would think on,
toedishonoured, which transgresseth the hath worn the crown.
commandments of the Lord. 6 * Many mighty men have been greatly
24 In the midst of brethren their chief brought down, and the glorious have
is honourable: so shall they that fear been delivered into the hand of others.
the Lord, be in his eyes, 7 Before thou inquire, blame no man : and
25 The fear of God is the glory of the when thou hast inquired, reprove justly.
rich, and of the honourable, and of the 8 y Before thou hear, answer not a word:
poor: and interrupt not others in the midst of
26 Despise not a juct man that is poor, their discourse.
and do not magnify a sinfui man that is 9 Strive not in a matter which doth not
rich, concern thee, and sit not in judgment
27 The great man, and the judge, and with sinners.
the mighty ie in honour and there is : 10 My son, meddle not with many mat-
none greater than he that veareth God. ters: ^ and if thou be rich, thou shalt not
28 ''They that are free shall serve a be free from sin : for if thou pursue after
servant that is wise: ®and a man that thou shalt not overtake : and if thou run
is prudent and well instructed will not before thou shalt not escape.
murmur when he ie reproved; and he 11 * There is an ungodly man that la-
that is ignorant, shall not be honoured. boureth, and maketh haste, and is in
29 Extol not thyself in doing thy work, sorrow, and is so much the more in want.
and linger not in the time of distress 12 Again, there is an inactive man that
30 * Better is he that laboureth, and wanteth help, is very weak in ability,
aboundeth in all things, than he that and full of poverty
boasteth himself and wanteth bread. 13 ^Yet the eye cf God hath looked
31 My son, keep thy soul in meekness, upon him for good, and hath lifted him
and give it honour according to its desert. up from his low estate, and hath exalted
32 Who will justify him that sinneth his head, and many have wondered at
against his own soul? and who will hon- him, and have glorified God.
our him that dishonoureth hie own soul ? 14 ^'Good things and evil, life and death*
33 The poor man is glorified by hie dis- poverty and riches, are from God.
cipline and fear, and there is a man that 16 Wisdom and discipline, and the know-
t8 honoured for his wealth. ledge of the law are with God. Love and
34 But he that is glorified in poverty. the ways of good things are with him.

r Prov 17. 2. — s 2 Kings 12. 13. — t Prov 12. » « I Kings 16. 28; Esther 6. 7
V Gen. 41. 4 , Dan. 6. S ; John 7. X8. % Prov 18 l3.<->s 1 Tim. 6. ft
V 1 Kings J6. '< , 2 Cor. 10. 10 ; James a. ) and U f Bccl 4, 8. • fe Job 4S. la
w Actf 12. 12 and 22. « Jot % 10.
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Moderation, and God's blessing ECCLESIASTIC US Doing good to others

>J Error and darkness are created with 35 Take heed to thyself of a mischievoua
sinners ' and they that glory in evil things, man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring
r^w old in eviL upon thee reproach for ever.
I'f The gift of God abide th with the 36 Receive a stranger in, and he shaU
just, and his advancement shall have overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and
success for ever. shall turn thee out of thy own.
18 There is one that is enriched by liv-
ing sparingly, and this is the portion of CHAPTER 12.
his reward. We are to be liberal to the Jicst and not to trust ihJt
19 In that he saith: **I have found me ivickecL

rest, and now I will eat of my goods

thou do good, know to whom thou
IF
alone: dost it, and there shall be much thanks
20 And he knoweth not what time shall for thy good deeds.
pas3, and that death approacheth, and 2 Do good to the just, and thou shalt
that he must leave all to others, and find great recompense* and if not of
shall die. him, assuredly of the Lord.
21 Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be 3 For there is no good for him that is
conversant therein, and grow old in the always occupied in evil, and that giveth
work of thy commandments, no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners,
22 Abide not in the works of sinners. and hath mercy on the penitent.
But trust in God, and stay in thy placoc 4-^ Give to the merciful and uphold not
23 For it is easy in the eyes of God on the sinner : God will repay vengeance to
a sudden to make the poor man rich. the ungodly and to sinners, and keep
24 The blessing of God maketh haste to them against the day of vengeance.
reward the just, and in a swift hour his 6 Give to the good, and receive not a
blessing beareth fruit. sinner.
25 Say not: What need I, and what 6 Do good to the humble, and give not
good shall I have by this? to the ungodly! hold back thy bread,
26 Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and give it not to him, lest thereby he
and what shall I be made worse by this ? overmaster thee.
27 ^In the day of good things be not 7 For thou shalt receive twice as much
unmindful of evils: and in the day of evil for all the good thou shalt have
evils be not unmindful of good things done to him : for the Highest also hateth
28 For it is easy before God in the day sinners, and will repay vengeance to the
of death to reward every one according ungodly.
to his ways. 8 A friend shall not be known in pro-
?9 The affliction of an hour maketh one sperity, and an enemy shall not be hid-
forget great delights, and in the end of den in adversity.
a man is the disclosing of his works. 9 In the prosperity of a man, his ene-
30 Praise not any man before death, for mies are grieved : and a friend is known
a man is known by his children. in his adversity.
31 Bring not every man into thy house 10 Never trust thy enemy for as a brass
for many are the snares of the deceitful. pot his wickedness rusteth
32 For as corrupted bowels send forth 11 Though he humble himself and go
Stinking breath, and as the partridge is crouching, yet take good heed and be-
brought into the cage, and as the roe ware of him.
Into the snare so also is the heart of 12 Set him not by thee, neither let him
the proud, and as a spy that looketh on sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into
the fall of his neighbouTc thy place, and seek to take thy seat?
33 For he lieth in wait and turneth good and at the last thou acknowledge my
into evil, and on the elect he will lay a words, and be pricked with my say-
blot. ings.
34 Of one spark cometh a great fire, 13 Who will pity an enchanter struck
and of one deceitful man much blood: by a serpent, or any that come near wild
and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood. beasts? so is it with him that keepetb

< Luke 12. 19.—« Infra IS. 25. /Gal. «. r

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Caution in choice of company ECCLESIASTIC US Caution in choice of company

company with a wicked man, and is in- 11 Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest be-
volved in his sins. ing humbled thou be deceived into folly.
14 For an hour he will abide with thee: 12 If thou be invited by one that is
but thou begin to decline, he will not
if mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he
endure it. will invite thee the more.
15 ^An enemy speaketh sweetly with 13 Be not troublesome to him^ lest thou
his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, be put back and keep not far from him,
:

to throw thee into a pit. lest thou be forgotten.

16 An onemy weepeth with his eyes: 14 Affect not to speak with him as an
but if he find an opportunity he will not equal : and believe not his many words:
be satisfied with blood: for by much talk he will sift thee, and
17 And if evils come upon thee, thou smiling will examine thee concerning thy
«halt find him there first. secrets,
18 An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and 15 His cruel mind will lay up thy words
while he pretendeth to help thee, will and he will not spare to do thee hurt,
undermine thy feet. and to cast thee into prison.
19 He will shake his head, and clap his 16 Take heed to thyself, and attend dil»
bands, and whisper much, and change his igently to what thou hearest: for thou
countenance. walkest in danger of thy ruin.
17 When thou hearest those things, see
CHAPTER 13. as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake
Cautions in the choice of company 18 Love God all thy life, and call upoii
HE * that touch eth pitch, shall be de- him for thy salvation.
filed with it: and he that hath fellow- 19 Every beast loveth its like so also :

ship with the proud, shall put on pride. every man him that is nearest to him-
2 He shall take a burden upon him that self.
hath fellowship with one more honoiu- 20 All flesh shall consort with the like
able than himself. And have no fellow- to itself, and every man shall associate
ship with one that is richer than thyself. himself to his like.
3 What agreement shall the earthen pot 21 If the wolf shall at any time have
have with the kettle ? for if they knock fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner
one against the other, it shall be broken. with the just,
4 The rich man hath done wrong, and 22 * What fellowship hath a holy man
yet he will fume but the poor is wronged with a dog, or what part hath the rich
:

and must hold his peace. with the poor ?

6 If thou give, he will make use of thee: 23 The wild ass is the lion's prey in the
and if thou have nothing, he will forsake desert so also the poor are devoured by
:

thee. the rich.

6 If thou have any thing, he will live 24 And as humility is an abomination to
with thee, and will make thee bare, and the proud eo also the rich man abhor-
:

he will not be sorry for thee. reth the poor.

7 If he have need of thee he will deceive 25 When a rich man is shaken, he Is
thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee kept up by his friends but when a poor :

in hope ; he will speak thee fair, and will man is fallen down, he is thrust away
say : What wantest thou? even by his acquaintance.
8 And he will shame thee by his meats, 26 When a rich man hath been deceived,
till he have drawn thee dry twice or he hath many helpers: he hath spoken
thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee proud things, and they have justified
and afterward when he seeth thee, he him. ,
will forsake thee, and shake his head at 27 The poor man was deceived, and he
thee. rebuked also he hath spoken wisely,
is :

9 Humble thyself to God, and and could have no place.

wait for
his hands. 28 The rich man spoke, and all held
10 Beware that thou be not deceived their peace, and what he said they extol
into folly, and be humbled. even to the clouds.

g Jer. 11. 6. — /i Deut 7. 3. 49Cor.Cwl4.

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Envy and covetousness ECCLESIASTICUS Works of mercy, and wisdom

29 The poor man spoka, and they say: to thee: for the covenant of this world
Who is this? and
he stumble, they shall surely die.
if
will overthrow him. 13 * Do good to thy friend before thou
30 Eiches are good to him that hath no die, and according to thy ability, stretch-
sin in his conscience: and poverty is very ing out thy hand give to the poor.
wicked in the mouth of the ungodly. 14 Defraud not thyself of the good day,
31 The heart of a man changeth his and let not the part of a good gift over-
countenance, either for good, or for eviL pass thee.
32 The token of a good heart, and a good 15 Shalt thou not leave to others to
^countenance thou shalt hardly find, and divide by lot thy sorrows and labours ?
with labour. 16 Give and take, and justify thy souL
17 Before thy death work justice : for in
CHAPTER 14. hell there is no finding food.
The evil of avarice: works of mercy wn r^eoni' 18 * All flesh shall fade as grass, and aa
mendecU and the love of wisdom^ the leaf that springeth out on a green
BLESSED ^is the man that hath not tree.
slipped by a word out of his mouth, 19 Some grow, and some fall off: so is
md is not pricked with the remorse of the generation of flesh and blood, one
iin. Cometh to an end, and another is born.
2 Happy is he that hath had no sadness 20 Every work that is corruptible shall
|)f his mind, and who is not fallen from fail in the end: and the worker thereof
lis hope. shall go with it.
3 Riches are not comely for a covetous 21 And every excellent work shall be
|aan and a niggard, and what should an justified: and the worker thereof shall
jmvious man do with gold ? be honoured therein.
4 He that gathereth together by wrong- 22 "^Blessed is the man that shall con-
Qg his own soul, gathereth for others, tinue in wisdom, and that shall meditate
nd another will squander away his goods in his justice, and in his mind shall think
1 rioting. of the all seeing eye of God^
6 He that is evil to himself, to whom 23 He that considereth her ways in his
dll he be good? and he shall not take heart, and hath understanding in her
leasure in his goods. secrets, who goeth after her as one that
3 There is none worse than he that en- traceth, and stayeth in her ways o

ieth himself, and this is the reward of 24 He who looketh in at her windows,
18 wickedness: and hearkeneth at her door .

7 And if he do good, he doth it igno- 25 He that lodgeth near her house, and
mtly, and unwillingly and at the last fastening a pin in her walls shall set up
:

9 discovereth his wickedness. his tent nigh unto her, where good things
} The eye of the envious is wicked and shall rest in his lodging for everc
.

3 turneth away his face, and despiseth 26 He shall set his children under h«
s own souL shelter, and shall lodge under her
) The eye of the covetous man is insa- branches
ible in his portion of iniquity he will 27 He shall be protected under her cov-
:

)t be satisfied till he consume his own ering from the heat, and shall rest her m
ul, drying it up. glory.
An evil eye is towards evil things CHAPTER 15.
d he shall not have his fill of bread, Wisdom embraceth them that fear Godc God is not
t shall be needy and pensive at his own the author of sin,
•ble.
1 My son, if thou *have any thing, do
that feareth God, will do good:
and he that possesseth justice, shall
HE
I od to thyself, and offer to God worthy lay hold on her,
< 'erings. 2 And she will meet him as an honour-
2 Remember that death is not slow, and able mother, and will receive him as a
tat the covenant of hell hath been shewn wife married of a virgin.

Jnfra 19. 17. — A: Supra 4. 1 ; Tob. 4. 7 ; Luke 16. 9. I Isa. 40. ?; James 1. 10 ; 1 Peter 1. 24. — m Ps. 1, 2.

Chap. 14. Vev. t% The covenant qf heli. The decree by wliici) all are to go down to the regions ot
deatlk
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God not the author of sin ECCLESIASTICUS Ungodly children

3 With the bread of life an<? understand- he is strong in power, seeing all men
ing, she shaU feed him, and give him without ceasing.
**

the water of wholesome wisdom to drink 20 9 The eyes of the Lord are towards
i

and she shall be made strong in him, and them that fear him, and he knoweth aU
he shall not be moved' the work of man.
4 And she shall hold him fast, and be 21 He hath commanded no man to do
shall not be confounded* and she ehalJ wickedly, and he hath giveo no man li-
exalt him among his neighbours. cense to sin
6 And in the midst of the church &he 22 For he desireth not a multitude of
shall open his mouth, and shall fill him faithless and unprofitable children.
with the spirit of wisdom and understand-
ing, and shall clothe him with a robe of
CHAPTER 16.
H is better to have none than many vncked chUdret»
glory, Of the justice and mercy of God, BU ways ar%
6 She shall heap upon him a treasure of unsearchable.
)oy and gladness, and shall cause him to REJOICE
not in ungodly children, if
Inherit an everlasting name. they be multiplied: neither be de-
7 But foolish men shall not obt-aln her, lighted in them:, if the fear of God be not
and wise men shall meet hei, roolish men with them.
shall not see her: for she >8 far from life, and respect not
2 Trust not to their
pride and deceit. their labours.
8 Lying men shall DOt be mindful of 3 For better is one that feaieth Ood.
her: but men that speak truth shall be than a thousand ungodly children
found with her, and shall advance, even 4 And it is better to die without children,
till they come to the sight of God. than to leave ungodly children.
9 Praise is not seemly m
the mouth of 6 By one that is wise a country shall
a sinner: be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly
10 For wisdom came forth from God^ shall become desolate.
for praise shall be with the wisdom of 6 Many such things hath my eyes seen
God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and greater things than these my eai
and the sovereign Lord will give praise hath heard.
onto it. 7 ^ In the congregation of sinners a fire
11 Say not It is through God, that she shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving
:

fs not with mer for do not thou the things nation wrath shall flame out.
that he hateth. 8 *The ancient giants did not obtain
12 Say not : He hath caused me to eix; pardon for their sins, who were destroyed
for he hath no need of wicked men. trusting to their own strength
13 The Lord hateth all abomination of 9 And he spared not the place where
error, and they that fear him ehall not Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the
love it. pride of their word
14 God made man from the beginning, 10 He had not pity on them, destroying
and left him in the hand of his own the whole nation that extolled them-
counsel selves in their sins.
16 He added his commandments and 11 * So did he with the six hundred thou-
precepts. sand footmen, who were gathered to-
16 ® If thou wilt keep the command- gether in the hardness of their heart:
ments and perform acceptable fidelity for and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a
ever, they shall preserve thee. wonder if he had escaped unpunished:
17 He hath set water and fire before thee 12 For mercy and wrath are with hiiJ.
stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out i

18 P Before man is life and death, good indignation

and evil, that which he shall choose shall 13 According as his mercy is, so hisj
be given him correction iudgeth a man according toj
19 For the wisdom of God ic great, and his works.
n John 4. 10. — o Matt. 19. 17 ; John 8. 31 and 22. r Infra 21. 10.— s Gen. 6. 4
p Jer. 21. 8.-9 Ps 3;^. K : Heb 4. 13 t Num. 14. 20, and 26. 51.

Chap. 16. Ver. n. Six hundred thotLsand footmen, &c. Viz., the children of Israel, wboro he sen
tenced to die in the wilderDess. Num. 14
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No one is hidden from God ECCLESIASTICUS The creation of man

14 The emner aha .'Aoot escape Id his; 28 Nor shall any of them straiten his
rapines,and the patience of him that neighbour at any time
ehewetb mercy shall not be put' off. 29 Be not thou incredulous to hie word
15 **Ai' mercy shall make a place for 30 After this God looked upon the
every man according to the merit of his earth, and filled it with his goods
works, and according to the wisdom of SI The soul of every living thing hath
his sojournment. shewn forth before the face thereof, and
16 Say not: 1 shall be hidden from God, into It they return again
and who ehall remember me from on
high? CHAPTER 17.
17 In such a multitude I shall not be The creation and favour of God co man An to-
hortation to turn to God.
known for what is my 6fOUl in such an
:

immense creation^
18 Behold the heaven, and the Heavens
GOD
^ created man of the earth, em^
made him after his own image.
of heavens, the deep, and all the earthy 2 And he turned him into it again, and
<>nd the things that are in tJiem, ehall be clothed him with strength according to
moved in his sight, himself.
19 The mountains also, and the hills, 8 He gave him the number of his days
and the foundations of the earth : when and time, and gave him power over aD
God shall Jock upon them, they shall be things that are upon the earth.
shaken with trembling. 4 He put the fear of him upon all flesh,
20 And in all these things the heart is and he had dominion over beasts and
senseless and every heart is understood fowls.
by him. 6 ^ He created of him a helpmate like
21 And hie waye who shall tmderstand, to himself he gave them counsel, and a c

and the storm, which nc eye of man shall tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart
tee? to devise : and he filled them with the
22 For many of his worke are hidden knowledge of understanding.
but the works of hip justice whc shall 6 He created in them the science of the
declare? or who shall endure? fo* the spirit, he filled theii b(oart witn wiBdom,
testament is far from some, and the ex- and shewed them both good and evil.
amination of all is in the end. 7 He set his eye upon their hearts to
23 He that wanteth understanding think- shew them the greatness of his works
eth vain things and the foolish, aii<? err-
. 8 That they might praise the name which
ing man, thinketh foolish things. he hath sanctified; and glory in his won
24 Hearken to me, my flori, and learn drous acts, tha they might declare the
the discipline of underptanding, and at- glorious things oi his works
tend to my words in. thy heartc 9 Moreover he gave them instructions,
25 And I will shew forth good doctrine and the law of life for an inheritance.
in equity, and will seek to declare wis- 10 He made an everlasting covenant
dom and attend to my words in thy with them, and he shewed them his ins-
:

heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell tice and judgments,

thee the virtues that God hath put upon 11 And their eye saw the majesty of bis
his works from the beginning, and I shew glory, and their ears heard his glorious
forth in truth bis knowledge. voice, and he said to them: Beware of
26 The works of God are done te jtidg- all iniquity.
ment from the beginning, and from the 12 And he gave to every one of them
making of them be distingn^ished their commandment concerning his neighbour
parts, and their begiimiitgp in their gen- 13 Their ways are always before him,
erations. they are not hidden from his eyes.
27 He beautified their works for ever, 14 * Over every nation he set a ruler.
they have neither hungered, nor laboured, 16 And Israel was made the manifest
and they have not ceased from their portion of God.
works- 16 And all their works are as the sun in
u Rom. 2. 6 -> V Gen, h 27, and 5. l. w Gen. 2. 18. — X Rom. 13. i.
Ver 31 Shewn forth, viz., the glory and power of Chap. 17. Ver. 11. Their eye saw, Ac viz wbQL
PknJ UDor tbp eartjb he save the lav or mount Sinai
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Exhortation to turn to God ECCLESIASTICUS God^s works are wonderful

the sight of God ind Ms eyes are con-
? CHAPTSB ia
tinually upon their ways. God '« worki are wond&TfiU we must
•
serve him,
17 Their covenants were not hid by and not our lusta.
their iniquity, and all their iniquities are
in the sight of God. H
E^'that liveth for ever created all
things together. God only shall be
18 2^ The alms of a man is as a signet Justified, and he remaineth an invincible
with him, and shall preserve the grace king for ever,
of a man as the apple of the eye 2 Who is able to declare his works ?
°

19 ^ And afterward he shall rise up, and 8 For who shall search out his gloriom
shall render them their reward, to every acts?
one upon their own head, and shall turn 4 And who shall shew forth the power
them down into the bowels of the earth. of his majesty? or who shall be able to
20 But to the penitent he hath given the declare his mercy?
way of justice, and he hath strengthened 5 Nothing may be taken away, nor
them that were fainting in patience, and added, neither is it possible to find out
hath appointed to them the lot of truth. the glorious works of Gods
21 Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy 6 When a man hath done, then shall he
sins: begin : and when he leaveth off, he shall
22 Make thy prayer before the face of be at a loss»
the Lord, and offend less. 7 What is man, and what is his grace t
23 Return to the Lord, and turn away and what is his good, or what is his evil ?
from thy injustice, and greatly hate 8 The number of the days of men at *^

abomination. the most are a hundred years as a drop .

24 And know the justices and judgments of water of the sea are they esteemed:
of God, and stand firm in the lot est be- and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few
fore thee, and in prayer to the most» high years compared to eternity.
God. 9 Therefore God is patient in them, and
25 Go to the side of the holy age, ° with poureth forth his mercy upon them.
them that live and give praise to God. 10 He hath seen the presumption of
26 Tarry not in the error of the angodly, their heart that it is wicked, and hath
give glory before death. Praise perisheth known their end that it is eviL
from the dead as nothing. 11 Therefore hath he filled up his mercy
27 Give thanks whilst thou art living, in their favour, and hath shewn them the
whilst thou art alive and in health thou way of justice.
flhalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, 12 The compassion of man is toward his
and shalt glory in his mercies. neighbour; but the mercy of God is
28 How great is the mercy of the Lord, upon all flesh.
and his forgiveness to them that turn to 13 He hath mercy, and teacheth, and
him? correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock,
29 For all thingg cannot be in men, be- 14 He hath mercy on him that receiveth
cause the son of man is not immortal, the discipline of mercy, and that maketh
and they are delighted with the vanity haste in his judgments.
of evil 15 My son, in thy good deeds, make no
30 What is brighter than the sun yet complaint, and when thou givest any
;

it shall be eclipsed. Or what is more thing, add not grief by an evil word.
wicked than that which flesh and blood 16 Shall not the dew assuage the heat
hath invented? and this shall be re- so also the good word is better than the
proved. gift.
^

31 He beholdeth the power of the 17 Lo, is not a word better than a gift?
height of heaven and all men are earth but both are with a justified man.
:

and ashes. 18 A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a

y Infra 29. 6. — z Matt 25. 35. — a Ps. 6. 6 ; Isa. 38. 19. feGen. 1. L — cPs 89.10.

Ver, 22.Offend iess : minue offendicula. Tbat is, so great and incomprehensible, that when man has
remove and the occasions of sins.
lins done all that he can to find out his greatness and
Ver. 25. Go to the side, &c Fly from the side of boundless perfections, he is still to begin for whatj •

Satan and sin, and join with the holy ones, tbat foi he has found out, is but a mere nothing in compart
low God and godliness. son with his infinity.
Chap, Vk Yet- l* Then shaU he bsgim, ^ocl Is
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Conduct in sickness, prayer ECCLESIASTICUS Warning against various vices
gift of one ill taught consumeth the 2 » Wine and women make wise men fall
eyes. off, and shall rebuke the prudent:
19 Before judgment prepare thee justice,
3 And he that joineth himself to harlots,
and learn before thou speak. will be wicked. Rottenness and worms
20 Before sickness take a medicine, ^ shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted
and before judgment examine thyself, up for a greater example, and his soul
and thou shalt find mercy in the sight shall be taken away out of the number.
of God. 4 i He that is hasty to give credit, is
21 Humble thyself before thou art sick, light of heart, and shall be lessened and :

and in the time of sickness shew thy he that sinneth against his own soul,
conversation. shall be despised.
22 « Let nothing hinder thee from pray- 5 He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be
ing always, and be not afraid to be jus- censured, and he that hateth chastise-
tified even to death: for the reward of ment, shall have less life: and he that
God continueth for ever. hateth babbling, extinguished evil.
23 Before prayer prepare thy soul: and 6 He that sinneth against his own soul,
be not as a man that tempteth God. shall repent: and he that is delighted
24 / Remember the wrath that shall be with wickedness, shall be condemned.
at the last day, and the time of repay- 7 Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh
ing when he shall turn away his face. word, and thou shalt not fare the worse.
25 Remember poverty in the time of
(J 8 Tell not thy mind to friend or foe:
abundance, and the necessities of poverty and if there be a sin with thee, disclose
in the day of riches. it not.
26 From the morning until the evening 9 For he will hearken to thee, and will
the time shall be changed, and all these watch thee, and as it were defending thy
are swift in the eyes of God. sin he will hate thee, and so will he be
27 A wise man will fear in every thing, with thee always.
and in the days of sins will beware cf 10 Hast thou heard a word against thy
sloth. neighbour? let it die within thee, trust-
28 Every man of understanding knoweth ing that it will not burst thee.
wisdom, and will give praise to him that 11 At the hearing of a word the fool is
findeth her. in travail, as a woman groaning in the
29 They that were of good understand- bringing forth a child.
ing in words, have also done wisely 12 As an arrow that sticketh in a man's
themselves: and have understood truth thigh: so is a word in the heart of a
and justice, and have poured forth pro- fool.
verbs and judgments. 13 ^ Reprove a friend, lest he may not
30 ^ Go not after thy lusts, but turn have understood, and say: I did it not: or
away from thy own will. if he did it, that he may do it no more.
31 If thou give to thy soul her desires, 14 Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be
she will make thee a joy to thy enemies. he hath not said it: and if he hath said
32 Take no pleasure in riotous assem- it, that he may not say it again.
blies, be they ever so small: for their 15 Admonish thy friend: for there is
concertation is continual. often a fault committed.
33 Make not thyself poor by borrowing 16 And believe not every word. There
to contribute to feasts when thou hast is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but
nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be not from his heart.
an ene«ny to thy own life. 17 For who is there that hath not of-
^

fended with his tongue? Admonish thy

CHAPTER 19. neighbour before thou threaten him.
Admonitions against sundry vices.
18 And give place to the fear of the

A WORKMAN that is a drunkard shall most High: for the fear of God is all
not be rich and he tha.t contemneth wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and
:

small things, shall fall by little and little. the disposition of the law is in all wisdom.
fc

i 1 Cor. 11. 28.— e Luke 18. 1 1 Thess.

; 5. 17. i Gen. 19. 33; 3 Kings 11. 1.
/ Supra 7. 18.— Supra 11. 27.
fir
5 Jos. 9. 15, and 22. 11. k Lev. 19. 17;
h Rom. 6. 12, 13, and 13. 14. Matt. 18. 15 ; Luke 17. 3.—Z James 3. 8.
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False wisdom and hypocrisy ECCLESIASTICUS Discretion in speech

19 But the learning of wickedness is
not wisdom: and the device of sinners
is not prudence.
20 There is a subtle wickedness, and the
same is detestable: and there is a man
that is foolish, wanting in wisdom.
21 Better is a man that hath less wis-
and there is another that holdeth hia
peace, knowing the proper time.
7 A wise man will hold his peace till he
see opportunity : but a babbler, and a
fool, will regard no time.
8 He that useth many words shall hurt
his own soul and he that taketh author-
:

dom, and wanteth understanding, with ity to himself unjustly shall be hated.
the fear of God, than he that aboundeth 9 There is success in evil things to a
in understanding, and transgresseth the man without discipline, and there is a
law of the most High. finding that turneth to loss.
22 There is an exquisite subtilty, and 10 There is a gift that is not profitable :
the same is unjust. and there is a gift, the recompense of
23 And there is one that uttereth an which is double.
exact word telling the truth. There is 11 There is an abasement because of
one that humbleth himself wickedly, glory: and there is one that shall lift up
and his interior is full of deceit his head from a low estate.
24 And there is one that submitteth 12 There is that buyeth much for a small
himself exceedingly with a great lowli- price, and restoreth the same sevenfold.
ness and there is one that casteth down
: 13 A man wise in words shall make
his countenance, and maketh as if he did himself beloved: but the graces of fools
not see that which is unknown shall be poured out.
25 And if he be hindered from sinning 14 The gift of the fool shall do thee no
for want of power, if he shall find oppor- good for his eyes are sevenfold.
:

tunity to do evil, he will do it. 15 He will give a few things, and up-
26 A man is known by his look, and a braid much: and the opening of his
wise man, when thou meetest him, is mouth is the kindling of a fire.
known by his countenance. 16 To day a man lendeth, and to mor-
27 The attire of the body, and the row he asketh it again such a man as:

laughter of the teeth, and the gait of this is hateful.

the man, shew what he is. 17 A fool shall have no friend, and there
28 There is a lying rebuke in the anger shall be no thanks for his good deeds.
of an injurious man : and there is a 18 For they that eat his bread, are of a
judgment that is not allowed to be good: false tongue. How often, and how many
and there is one that holdetb his peace, will laugh him to scorn
he is wise. 19 For he doth not distribute with right
understanding that which was to be had
CHAPTER 20. in like manner also that which was not
Rules with regard to correction^ discretion^ and to be had.
avoiding lies. 20 The slipping of a false tongue is as
HOW much better is it to reprove, one that falleth on the pavement so
than to be angry, and not to hinder the fall of the wicked shall come speed-
:

him that confesseth in prayer. ily.

2 ^ The lust of an eunuch shall deflour a 21 A man without grace is as a vain
young maiden : fable, it shall be continually in the mouth
3 So is he that by violence executeth of the unwise.
unjust judgment. 22 A parable coming out of a fool's
4 How good is it, when thou art re- mouth shall be rejected for he doth not :

proved, to shew repentance for so thou speak it in due season.

!

Shalt escape wilful sin, 23 There is that is hindered from sin-

5 There is one that holdeth his peace, ning through want, and in his rest he
that is found wise and there is another shall be pricked.
:

that is hateful, that is bold in speech. 24 There is that will destroy his own
6 There is one that holdeth his peace, soul through sharaefacedness, and by
because he knoweth not what to say: occasion of an unwise person he will

m Infra 30. 21.

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Lying ECCLESIASTICUS The wise man and the fool
destroy it : and by respect of person he known afar off, but a wise man knoweth
will destroy himself. to shp by him.
25 There is that for bashfulness pro- that buildeth his house at other
9 He
miseth to his friend, and maketh him his men's charges,
is as he that gatheretb
enemy for nothing. himself stones to build in the winter.
26 A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet 10 P The congregation of sinners is like
It will be continually in the mouth of tow heaped together, and the end of
men without discipline. them is a flame of fire.
27 A thief is better than a man that is 11 The way of sinners is made plain
always lying: but both of them shall in- with stones, and in their end is hell, and
herit destruction. darkness, and pains.
28 The manners of lying men are with- 12 He that keepeth justice shall get the
out honour : and their confusion is with understanding thereof.
them without ceasing. 13 The perfection of the fear of God is
29 A wise man shall advance himself wisdom and understanding.
with his words, and a prudent man shall 14 He that is not wise in good, will not
please the great ones. be taught.
30 He that tilleth his land shall make a But there is a wisdom that abound*
15
high heap of corn and he that worketh
: and there is no understand-
eth in evil :

justice shall be exalted and he that : where there is bitterness.ing

pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity. The knowledge of a wise man shall
16
31 ** Presents and gifts blind the eyes of abound like a flood, and his counsel con-
judges, and make them dumb in the tinueth like a fountain of life.
mouth, so that they cannot correct. 17 The heart of a fool is like a broken
32 ° Wisdom that is hid, and treasure vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold.
that is not seen what profit is there in
: 18 A man of sense will praise every
them both? wise word he shall hear, and will apply
33 Better is he that hideth his folly, than it to himself the luxurious man hath :

the man that hideth his wisdom.
CHAPTER 21.
Cautions against sin in generaf^ and some sins in in the way: but in the lips of the wise,
particular.
MY son, hast thou sinned ? do so no
more but for thy former sins also
:
pray that they may be forgiven thee.
2 Flee from sins as from the face of a
serpent: for if thou comest near them,
heard it, and it shall displease him, and
he will cast it behind his back.
19 The talking of a fool is like a burden
grace shall be found.
20 The mouth of the prudent is sought
after in the church, and they will think
upon his words in their hearts.
21 As a house that is destroyed, so is
wisdom to a fool and the knowledge of
:

they will take hold of thee. the unwise is as words without sense.
3 The teeth thereof are the teeth of a 22 Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the
lion, killing the souls of men. feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
4 All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, 23 A fool hfteth up his voice in laughter :

there is no remedy for the wound there-
of.
5 Injuries and wrongs will waste riches:
and the house that is very rich shall be
brought to nothing by pride so the sub-
stance of the proud shall be rooted out.
6 The prayer out of the mouth of the
but a wise man will scarce laugh low to
himself.
24 Learning to the prudent is as an or-
nament of gold, and like a bracelet upon
: his right arm.
25 The foot of a fool is soon in his neigh-
bour's house but a man of experience
:

poor shall reach the ears of God, and will be abashed at the person of the
judgment shall come for him speedily. mighty.
7 He that hateth to be reproved walketh 26 Afool will peep through the window
in the trace of a sinner: and he that into the house but he that is well taught
:

feareth God will turn to his own heart. will stand without.
8 He that is mighty by a bold tongue is 27 It is the folly of a man to hearken at

» Ex. 23. 8 Deut i 16, 19, —o Infra 4L IT. | p iSupra 16, t.

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The sluggard and the fool ECCLESIASTICUS Treatment of friends

the door and a wise man will be grieved
: 12 For the wicked hfe of a wicked fool
with the disgrace. is worse than death.
28 The lips of the unwise will be telling 13 '"The mourning for the dead is seveii
foolish things but the words of the wise days but for a fool and an ungodly man
: :

shall be weighed in a balance. all the days of their life.

29 The heart of fools is in their mouth: 14 Talk not much with a fool, and go
and the mouth of wise men is in their not with him that hath no sense.
heart. 15 Keep thyself from him, that thou
30 While the ungodly curseth the devil, mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt
he curseth his own soul. not be defiled with his sin.
31 The talebearer shall defile his own 16 Turn away from him, and thou shalt
soul, and shall be hated by all: and he find rest, and shalt not be wearied out
that shall abide with him shall be hate- with his folly.
ful :the silent and wise man shall be 17 What is heavier than lead ? and what
honoured. other name hath he but fool?
18 ® Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is
CHAPTER 22. easier to bear, than a man without sense,
Wise sayings on divers subjects. that is both foolish and wicked.
THE sluggard is pelted with a dirty 19 A frame of wood bound together in
stone, and all men will speak of his the foundation of a building, shall not be
disgrace. loosed so neither shall the heart that is
:

2 The sluggard is pelted with the dung established by advised counsel.

of oxen and every one that toucheth
: 20 The thought of him that is wise ai"
him will shake his hands. all times, shall not be depraved by fear.
3 A son ill taught is the confusion of the 21 As pales set in high places, and plas-
father : and a /ooKs/i daughter shall be to terings made without cost, will not stand
his loss. against the face of the wind
4 Awise daughter shall bring an inher- 22 So also a fearful heart in the imagi-
itance to her husband : but she that con- nation of a fool shall not resist against the
foundeth, becometh a disgrace to her violence of fear.
father. 23 As a fearful heart in the thought of
5 She that is bold shameth both her fa- a fool at all times will not fear, so nei-
ther and husband, and will not be inferior ther shall he that continueth always in
to the ungodly : and shall be disgraced the commandments of God.
by them both. 24 He that pricketh the eye, bringeth
6 A tale out of t!me ie like music in out tears and he that pricketh the heart,
:

mourning : but the stripes and instruc- bringeth forth resentment.

tion of wisdom are never out of time. 25 He that flingeth a stone at birds,
7 He that teacheth a fool, is like one shall drive them away: so he that up-
that glueth a potbherd together. braideth his friend, breaketh friendship.
8 He that telleth a word to him that 26 Although thou hast drawn a sword
heareth not, is like one that waketh a at a friend, despair not for there may :

man out of a deep sleep. *

be a returning. To a friend,
9 He speaketh with one that is asleep, 27 If thou hast opened a sad mouth, fear
who uttereth wisdom to a fool and in : not, for there may be a reconciliation -

the end of the discourse he saith Who is : upbraiding, and reproach, and
except
this? pride, and disclosing of secrets, or a
10 9 Weep for the dead, for his light treacherous wound: for in all these cases
hath failed and weep for the fool, for a friend will flee away.
:

his understanding faileth. 28 Keep fidehty with a friend in his

11 Weep but a little for the dead, for he poverty, that in his prosperity also thou
is at rest. mayst rejoice.

q Infra 38. 16. r Gen. 50. 10. — s Prov. 27. 3.

Chap. 21. Ver. 30, While thfi ungodly, &c. He of the Holy Ghost, he Is styled a fool, that turni
condemneth and curseth himself: inasmuch as by away from God to follow vanity and sin. And what
sin he takes part with the devil, and is, as it were, is said by the wise man against fools is meant of
his member and subject. such tools as these.
Chap. 22. Ver. lo. For *im fool. In the language
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Prayer for grace to avoid sin ECCLESIASTICUS Against swearing

29 In the time of hif trouble continue the names of eaints, for thou shalt not
faithful to him, that thou mayst also be escape free from them.
heir with him in hie inheritance. 11 For a£ a slave daily put to the ques-
3C As the vapcui of a chimney, and the tion, is never without a blue mark: so
smoke of the fiie goeth up before the every one that sweareth, and nameth,
fire: so also injuncus words, and re- shall not be wholly pure from sin.
proaches, and threats, before blood. 12 A man that sweareth much, shall be
SI I will not be ashamed to salute a filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall
friend, neither will I hide myself from his not depart from his house.
face: and if any evil happen to me by 13 And if he make it void, his sin shall
him, I will bear it be upon him and if he dissemble it, he :

82 But every one that shall hear it, will offendeth double
beware of him. 14 And if he swear in vain, he shall not
3S * Who will set a guard before my be justified for his house shall be filled :

mout'n, and a sure seal upon my lips, that with his punishment.
I fall not by them, and that my tongue 16 There is also another speech opposite
destroy me not ? to death, let it not be found in the inher-
itance of Jacob
CHAPTER 23. 16 For from the merciful all these things
A prayer for grace to flee sm ea^tUons aga4n^ shall be taken away, and they shall not
:

profane swearing and other vices. wallow in sins.

OLORD; and sovereign ruler 17 Let not thy mouth be accustomed to
father,
of my me not to their indiscreet speech for therein is the word
life, leave ;

counsel nor suffer me to fall by them.

: of sin.
2 Who will set scourges over my 18 Remember thy father and thy mo-
thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom ther, for thousittest in the midst of great
over myheart, that they spare not me men:
in their ignorances, and that their sins 19 Iiost God forget thee in their sight,
may not appear and thou, by thy daily custom, be infatu-
5 Lest my ignorances increase, and my ated and suffer reproach and wish that :

offences be multiplied, and my sins thou hadst not been born, and curse the
abound, and I fall before my adversaries, day of thy nativity.
and my enemy rejoice over me ? 20 * The man that is accustomed to op-
4 O Lord, father, and God of my life, probrious words, will never be corrected
leave me not to their devices. allthe days of his life.
6 Give me not haughtiness of my eyes, 21 Two sorts of men multiply sins, and
and turn away from me all coveting. the third bringeth wrath and destruc-
6 Take from me tne greediness of the tion.
belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh 22 A hot soul is a burning fire, it will
take hold of me, and give me not over to never be quenched, till it devour some
& shameless and foolish mind. thing,
7 Hear, O ye children, the discipline of 23 And a man that is wicked in the
the mouth and he that will keep it shall
. mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till
not perish by his lips, nor be brought tohe hath kindled a fire.
fall into most wicked works. 24 To a man that is a fornicator all
8 A sinner is caught in his own vanity, bread is sweet, he will not be weary ol
and the proud and the evil speakers shallsinning unto the end.
fall thereby 26 Every man that passeth beyond nis
9 ^ Let not thy mouth be accustomed to own bed, despising his own soul, and
swearing for in it there are many falls. saying: ^ Who seeth me ?
10 And let not the naming of God be 26 Darkness compasseth me about, and
usual in thy mouth, and meddle not with the walls cover me, and no man seeth me

t Ps. 140. 3. — M Ex. 20 7 ; Matt 5. 33. V 2 Kings 16. 7 — w Isa. 29. 15.
Chap. 23. Ver l. By them, viz,, the tongue and &c That that the scourges and disciphne of wis-
is.
the lips, mentioned in the last verse of the foregoing dom may restrain the ignorances, that
is, the slips
chapter. and oSences which are usually committed bjr tin
Ver. 2. Thaz they spare me not in their ignoraticea, tongue ^nd the lips.
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God sees the sinner ECCLESIASTICUS Wisdom praises herselj

whom dc tke most High will not churches of the most High, and shall
I tear- V
remember mj' sins. glorify herself in the sight of hie power,
27 And h€ onderstandeth not that his 3 And in the midst of her own people
eye seetb alJ things, for such a man's fear she shall be exalted, and shall be ad-
clriveth from him the fear of God, and mired in the holy assembly.
the eyes ot men fearing him: 4 And in the multitude of the elect she
2b iind he knoweth not that the eyes of shall have praise, and among the blessed
the Lord are fat brighter than the sun. she shall be blessed, saying
beholding round about all the ways of 5 I came out «f the mouth of the most
men, and the bottom of the deep, and High, the firstborn before all creatures
looking into the hearts of men into the 6 I made that in the heavens there
,

most hidden parts. should rise light that never faileth, and
29 For all things were known to the as a cloud I covered all the earth '

Lord God, before they were created so 7 I dwelt in the highest places, and my
:

also after they were perfected he behold- throne is in a pillar of a cloud.

eth all things. 8 I alone have compassed the circuit Oi
30 This man shall be punished in the heaven, and have penetrated into the
streets of the city, and he shall be chased bottom of the deep, and have walked in
ae a colt and where he suspcted not, the waves of the sea,
he shall be taken. 9 And have stood in all the earth and :

31 And he shall be in disgrace with all in every people,

men, because he understood not the fear 10 And in every nation I have had the
of the Lord. chief rule
32 ^ So every woman also that leaveth 11 And by my power I have trodden
her husband, and bringeth in an heir by under my feet the hearts of all the high
another • and low: and in all these I sought rest, and
33 For first she hath been unfaithful to I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lordc
the law of the most High and secondly, : 12 Then the creator of all things com-
she hath offended against her husband manded, and said to me: and he that
thirdly^ she hath fornicated in adultery, made me, rested in my tabernacle,
and hath gotten her children of another 13 And he said to me: Let thy dwelling
man. be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel,
34 This woman shall be brought into and take root in my elect.
the assembly, and inquisition shall be 14 y Prom the beginning» and before the
made of her childreuc world, was I created, and unto the world
35 Her children shall not take root, and to come I shall not cease to be, and in
her branches shall bring forth no fruit. the holy dwelling place I have ministered
36 She shall leave her memory to be before him.
cursed, and her infamy shall not be blotted 15 And so was I established in Sion, and
out. in the holy city likewise I rested, and my
37 And they that remain shall know, power was in Jerusalem.
that there is nothing better than the fear 16 And I took root in an honourable
of God and that there is notning sweeter people, and in the portion of my God hit
:

than to have regard to the command- inheritance, and my abode is in thr full
ments of the Lord assembly of saints.
38 It IS great glory to follow the Lord 17 1 was exalted like a cedar in Libanus.
for length of days shaJl be received from and as a cypress tree on mount Sion,
him. 18 I was exalted like a palm tree ID
CHAPTER 24. Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho
Wisdom, prarsetn herself her origin^ her dwelling^ 19 As a fair ohve tree in the plains, and
her dignity, and her fruits. as a plane tree by the water in the streets,
WISDOM shall praise hei own self, was I exalted.
and shall be honoured in God, and 20 I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon
shall glory in the midst of her people, and aromatical balm 1 yielded a pweet
:

2 And shall open her mouth in the odour like the best myrrh

r Lev 20. 10 Deut 2? n V Prov 8. 22

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The fruits of vnsdo m ECCLESIASTICUS Old age

21 And T perfumed my dwelling as 39 Fov her thoughts are more vas*"- than
(jtorax, and galbanum, and onyx, and the sea, and her counsels more deep than
aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, the great ocean.
and my odour is as the purest balm. 40 I, wisdom, have poured out rivers.
22 I have stretched out my branches as 41 I, like a brook out of a river of a
the turpentine tree, and my branches are mighty water ; I, like a channel of a river^
of honour and grace. and like an aqueduct, came out of para*
23 As the vine I have brought forth a dise.
pleasant odour: and my flowers are the 42 I said: I will water garden of my
fruit of honour and riches. plants, and I will water abundantly the
24 I am the mother of fair love, and fruits of my meadow.
of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy 43 And behold my brook became
a great
hope. river, and my river came near to a sea
25 In me is all grace of the way and of 44 For I make doctrine to shine forth to
the truth, in me is all hope of life and of aU as the morning light, and I will declare
virtue. it afar off.
26 Come over to me, all ye that desire 46 I will penetrate to all the lower parts
me, and be filled with my fruits. of the earth, and will behold all that
27 For my spirit is sweet above honey, sleep, and will enhghten all that hope in
and my inheritance above honey and the the Lord.
honeycomb. 46 I will yet pour out doctrine as pro-
28 My memory is unto everlasting gen- phecy, and will leave it to them that seek
erations. wisdom, and will not cease to instruct
29 ® They that eat me, shall yet hunger their offspring even to the holy age.
and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. 47 See ye that I have not laboured for
^'

30 He that hearkeneth to me, shall not myself only, but for all that seek out the
be confounded : and they that work by truth.
me, shall not sin.
31 They that explain me shall have hfe CHAPTER 25.
everlasting. Documents of wisdom, cm several subjects.
32 All these things are the book of life,
and the covenant of the most High, and
WITH
three things my spirit is
pleased, which are approved be-
the knowledge of truth. fore God and men:
33 Moses commanded a law in the pre- 2 The concord of brethren, and the love
cepts of justices, and an inheritance to of neighbours, and man and wife that
the house of Jacob, and the promises to agree well together.
Israel. 3 Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am
34 He appointed to David his servant greatly grieved at their life
to raise up of him a most mighty king, 4 A poor man that is proud : a rich man
and sitting on the throne of glory for that is a liar : an old man that is a fool,
ever. and doting.
35 * Who filleth up wisdom as the Phi- 6 The things that thou hast not gath-
eon, and as the Tigris in the days of the ered in thy youth, how shalt thou find
new fruits. them in thy old age ?
36 Who maketh understanding to abound 6 O how comely is judgment for a grey
as the Euphrates, ^ who mnltiplieth it as head, and for ancients to know counsel I

the Jordan in the time of harvest. 7 O how comely is wisdom for the aged,
37 Who sendeth knowledge as the light, and understanding and counsel to men
and riseth up as Gehon in the time ot the of honour
vintage. 8 Much experience is the crown of old
33 Who first hath perfect knowledge of men, and the fear of God is their glory.
her, and a weaker shall not search her 9 Nine things that are not to be ima-
out. gined by the heart have I magnified, and
« John g. 35. — Gen. 2. ll. 6 Jos 3. 15. — Infra 33. 18.

Ohap. 24. Ver. 34. A

most Tnighty kimj^ viz., Ver. 38. Who first hath perfect knowledqe of her,
Christ, who by
las enriched the
his prospel, like an overflowing river,
earth with heavenly wisdom.
Christ was the first that ^d perfect knowledge ot
heavenly wisdom.
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The fear of God, anger ECCLESIASTICUS Good and had women

the tenth I will utfcer to men with my 29 A woman's
i' anger, and impudence,
tongue. and confusion is great.
10 A man that hath joy of his children: 30 A
woman, if she have superiority, is
and he that liveth and seeth the fall of contrary to her husband.
his enemies. 31 A
wicked woman abate th the cour-
11 ^Blessed is he that dwelleth with a age, and maketh a heavy countenance,
wise woman, ^ and that hath not slipped and a wounded heart.
with his tongue, and that hath not served 32 Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a
such as are unworthy of him. woman that doth not make her husband
12 Blessed is he that findeth a true happy.
friend, and that declareth justice to an 33^ From the woman came the begin-
ear that heareth. ning of sin, and by her we all die.
13 How great is he that findeth wisdom 34 Give no issue to thy water, no, not
and knowledge but there is none above a little nor to a wicked woman liberty
! :

him that feareth the Lord. to gad abroad.

14 The fear of God hath set itself above 35 If she walk not at thy hand, she
all things will confound thee in the sight of thy
15 Blessed is the man, to whom it is enemies.
given to have the fear of God: he that 36 Cut her off from thy flesh, lest she
holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? always abuse thee.
16 The fear of God is the beginning of
his love : and the beginning of faith is to CHAPTER 26.
be fast joined unto it. Of good and bad women,
17 The sadness of the heart is every
and the wickedness of a woman
HAPPY isthe husband of a good wife
plague : for the number of his years is double.
is all evil. 2 A virtuous woman rejoiceth her hus-
18 And a man will choose any plague, band, and shall fulfil the years of his life
but the plague of the heart in peace.
19 And any wickedness, but the wicked- 3 A
good wife is a good portion, she
ness of a woman shall be given in the portion of them that
20 And any affliction, but the affliction fear God, to a man for his good deeds.
from them that hate him 4 Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his
21 And any revenge, but the revenge countenance shall be cheerful at all times.
of enemies. 6 Of three things my heart hath been
22 There is no head worse than the head afraid, and at the fourth my
face hath
of a serpent trembled
23 And there is no anger above the 6 The accusation of a city, and the gath-
mger of a woman. •'^It will be more ering together of the people
Agreeable to abide with a lion and a dra- 7 And a false calumny, all are more
gon, than to dwell with a wicked woman. grievous than death.
24 The wickedness of a woman changeth 8 A jealous woman is the grief and
her face and she darkeneth her counte-
: mourning of the heart. |

nance as a bear: and sheweth it like 9 With a jealous woman is a scourge of

sackcloth. In the midst of her neigh- the tongue which communicateth with
bours, all.
25 Her husband groaned, and hearing 10 As a yoke of oxen that is moved to
he sighed a little. and fro, so also is a wicked woman he :

26 All malice is short to the malice of a that hath hold of her, is as he that taketl:
woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon hold of a scorpion.
her. 11 A drunken woman is a great wrath
27 As the climbing of a sandy way is to and her reproach and shame shall not b(
the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of hid.
tongue to a quiet man. 12 The fornication of a woman shall b<
28 Look not upon a woman's beauty, known by the haughtiness of her eye£
and desire not a woman for beauty. and by her eyelids.

4 Infra 26. 1.—« Supra 14. 1. aod id. 16 James 3. 2.

; /Prov. 21. 19.—^ Infra 42. &—* Gen- 3.

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A good wife ECCLESIASTICUS Evil speech

la ^ On a Janght^ that tnmetb not
iway a S-iict watch
herself, set lest
finding an opportunity she abuse herself.
14 Take heed of the impudence of her
eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.
15 She will open her mouth as a thirsty
traveller to the fountain, and will drink
of every water near her. and will sit
down by every hedge, and open her
9 As a stake stic^setub fast in. zhQ midst oi
: the loining of stones, so also in the midst
of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast.
3 Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner
4 Unless thou hold thyself diligently in
the fear of ihe Lord, thy house shall
quickly be overthrown,
6 As when one sifteth with a sieve, tha
dust will remain so will the perplexity
:

quiver against every arrow, until she faiL of a man in his thoughts.
16 The grace of a diligent woman shall de- 6 The furnace trieth the potter^s vessels,
light her husband, and shall fat his bones. and the oriai of affliction just men,
17 Her discipline is the gift of God. ? As Che dressing of a tree sbeweth the
18 Such is a wise and silent woman, and fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought
there is nothing so much worth as a well of the heart of man.
Instructed soul. 8 Praise not a man before he speaketh,
19 A holy and shamefaced woman is for this is the trial of men.
grace upon grace. 9 If thou foUowest justice, thou shall
20 And no price is worthy o? a continent obtain her* and shalt put heron as a long
louL robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell
21 As the sun when it risetb to the world with her : and she shall protect thee for
In the high places ol God, so is the beauty ever, and in the day of acknowledgment
of a good wife for the ornament of her thou Shalt find a strong foundation.
house. 10 Birds resort unto their like i so trutb
22 As the lamp shining upon tba boly will return to them that practise her.
candlestick, so is the beauty of tha face 11 The lion always lieth in wait tot
in a ripe age» prey: so do sins tor them that ^ork
23 As golden pillars upon bases of silver, Iniquities»
80 are the firm feet upon Che soles of a 12 A
holy man continueth in wisdom as
«teady woman. the sun but a fool ia changed a£ tba :

24 As everlasting foundations upon a moon.

solid rock, so the commandments ol God 13 In the midst of the unwise keep in
In the heart of a holy won^an. the word till its time: bu*? be contin^ially
25 At two things my heart is grieved, among men that think,
and the third bringeth anger upon me . ll The discourse of sinners is hateful,
26 A man of war fainting through pov- and their laughter is at the pleasures of
erty* and a man of sense despised: sin.
27 And he that passe th over from justice 15 The speech that sweareth much shall
to sin, God hath prepared such an one for make the hair of the aead stand upright
Che sword. and Its irreverence shall make one stop
23 Two sorts of callings have appeared his ears.
to me hard and dangerous a merchant 16 In the quarrela of the proud is the
;

is hardly free from negligence and a shedding of blood and their eursing is a
: :

huckster shall not ise justified firom the grievous heariag,

tins of the lips. 17 He that discloseth the secret of a
friend ioseth his credit, and shall never
CHAPTER 27.
find a friend to his mindc
Dangers of sin from, several heads the fear of 9od
is the best preservative. He that diggetfi a fytJt, 13 Love thy neighbour, and be joined
shall fall into it. to him with tideUty.
THROUGH poverty many have sinnad 19 But if thou discover his secrets,
and he that seeketh to be enriched, follow no more after him.
turneth away his eye. 20 For as a man that destroyeth his
^ i Infra 42. U.
Chap. Ver. 28
26. From negligence. That is, as themselves. — Ibid. A huckster, or, a retailer ol
from the neglect of the service of God : becaase the wine. Men of that profession are both greatly ex-
eager pursuit of the mammon of this world, is apt posed
. to danger
„ of sin themselves, and are too oft«»ii
toinake men of that calling forget the great duties | accessary to the siDS o« others.
"* ^vTiQ^
God above all thioes. and tijeir neighbours I

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Evil returns to the doer ECCLESIASTICUS Revenge and quarreling

friend, so also is he that destroyeth the 2 Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt
friendship of his neighbour. thee and then shall thy sins be forgiven
:

21 And as one that letteth a bird go out to thee when thou prayest.
of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour 3 Man to man reserveth anger, and doth
go, and thou shalt not get him again. he seek remedy of God?
22 Follow after him no more, for he is 4 He hath no mercy on a man like him-
gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped self, and doth he entreat for his owri
out of the snare: because his soul is sins?
wounded, 5 He that is but flesh, nourisheth anger,
23 Thou canst no more bind him up. and doth he ask forgiveness of God? who
And of a curse there is reconciliation shall obtain pardon for his sins?
24 But to disclose the secrets of a friend, 6 Remember thy last things, and let
leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul. enmity cease:
25 He that winketh with the eye f orgeth 7 For corruption and death hang over
wicked things, and no man will cast him in his commandments.
off: 8 Remember the fear of God, and be not
26 In the sight of thy eyes he will angry with thy neighbour.
sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy 9 Remember the covenant of the most
words but at the last he will writhe his High, and overlook the ignorance of thy
:

mouth, and on thy words he will lay a neighbour.

stumblingblock.
27 I have hated many things, but not
like him, and the Lord will hate him.
28 If one cast a stone on high, it will
fall upon his own head: and the deceit-
ful stroke will wound the deceitful.
29 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into
it: and he that setteth a stone for his
10 Refrain from strife, and thou shalt
diminish thy sins:
11 For a passionate man kindleth strife,
and a sinful man will trouble his friends,
and bring in debate in the midst of them
that are at peace.
12 For as the wood of the forest is, so
the fire burneth and as a man's strength
:

neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he is, so shall his anger be, and according to
that layeth a snare for another, shall his riches he shall increase his anger.
perish in it. 13 A hasty contention kindleth a fire
30 A mischievous counsel shall be rolled and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood and
back upon the author, and he shall not a tongue that beareth witness bringeth
know from whence it cometh to him. death.
31 Mockery and reproach are of the 14 If thou blow the spark, it shall bum
proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie
as a fire and if thou spit upon it, it shall
:

in wait for him.

be quenched: both come out of the
32 They shall perish in a snare that are mouth.
delighted with the fall of the just: and
15 The whisperer and the double tonguedj
sorrow shall consume them before they
is accursed: for he hath- troubled many|
die.
that were at peace.
33 Anger and fury are both of them
16 The tongue of a third person hath dis-,
abominable, and the sinful man shall be
quieted many, and scattered them from!
subject to them.
nation to nation.
17 It hath destroyed the strong cities of,
CHAPTER 28. the rich, and hath overthrown the housesj
Le$$oiM against revenge and quarrels. The evils of of great men.
the tongue.
18 It hath cut in pieces the forces of!
HE ithat seeketh to revenge himself, people, and undone strong nations.
shall find vengeance from the Lord, 19 The tongue of a third person hath
and he will surely keep his sins in re- cast out valiant women, and deprivec
membrance. them of their labours.
3 Duet. 32. 35; Matt. 6. 14. Mark 11. 25; Rom. 12. 19.

Chap. Ver. 23. And of a curse there is recon-

27. ply the sentence out of the Greek thus Remembei
:

ciliation.That is, it is easier to obtain a reconcilia- corruption and death, and abide in the Command
tion after a curse than after disclosing a secret. ments.
Chap. 28. Ver. 7. In his commandments. Sup-
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An evil tongue ECCLESlASflCTJS Almsgiving

20 He that hearkeneth to it, shall never of the lender, and In promises they hum-
have rest, neither shall he have a friend ble their voice
Sn whom he may repose. 6 But when they should repay, they will
21 The stroke of a whip maketh a blue ask time, and will return tedious and
mark: but the stroke of the tongue will murmuring words, and will complain of
break the bones. the time
22 Many have fallen by the edge of the 7 And if he be able to pay, he will stand
sword but not so many as have perished off, he will scarce pay one half, and will
by their own tongue. count it as if he had found it
23 Blessed is he that is defended from a 8 But if not, he will defraud him of Mb
-wicked tongue, that hath not passed into money, and he shall get him for an enemy
the wrath thereof, and that hath not without cause
-drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not 9 And he will pay him with reproaches
"been bound in its bands. and curses, and instead of honour and
* 24 For its yoke is a yoke of iron : and good turn will repay him injuries.
its bands are bands of brass. 10 Many have refused to lend, not out
25 The death thereof is a most evil of wickedness, but they were afraid to be
death: and hell is preferable to it. defrauded without cause.
26 Its continuance shall not be for along 11 But yet towards the poor be thou
time, but it shall possess the ways of the more hearty, and delay not to shew
Tinjust: and the just shall not be burnt him mercy.
with its flame. 12 Help the poor because of the com-
27 They that forsake God shall fall into mandment: and send him not away
it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not empty handed because of his poverty

be quenched, and it shall be sent upon 13 Lose thy money for thy brother and
them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall thy friend: and hide it pot under a ^tone
tear them» to be lost.
28 Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear 14 ^ Place thy treasxu-e in the command-
not a wicked tongue, and make doors ments of the most High, and it shaU
and bars to thy mouth. bring thee more profit than gold.
29 Melt down thy gold and silver, and 15 Shut up alms in the heart of the
make a balance for thy words, and a just poor, and it shall obtain help for thee
bridle for thy mouth against all evil.
30 And take heed lest thou slip with thy 16 Better than the shield of the mighty,
tongue, and fall in the sight of thy ene- and better than the spear
mies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall 17 It shall fight for thee against thy
be incurable unto death, enemy.
18 A good man is surety for his neigh-
CHAPTER 29. bour: and he that hath lost shame, will
Of charity in lending money, and justice in repay» leave him to himself.
ing. Of alms and of being surety.
^
19 Forget not the kindness of thy sure-
HE that sheweth mercy, lendeth to his ty for he hath given his life for thee
:

neighbour and he that is stronger 20 The sinner and the unclean fleetli
:

in hand, keepeth the commandments. from his surety

2 Lend to thy neighbour in the time of 21 A sinner attribute th to himself the
his need, and pay thou thy neighbour goods of his surety and he that is of an :

again in due time. unthankful mind will leave him that de-
3 Keep thy word, and deal faithfully livered him.
with him: and thou, shalt always find 22 A man is surety for his neighbour;
that which is necessary for thee. and when he hath lost all shame, he
4 Many have looked upon a thing lent shall forsake him.
as a thing found, and have given trouble 23 Evil suretyship hath undone many of
to them that helped them. good estate, and hath tossed them as a
5 Till they receive, they kiss the hands wave of the sea.
k Tob. 4. 10 ; Supra 17. 18.

Chap 29. Ver. l» Jnd he thatis stronger in hand. That is, he that is hearty and bouatUuJ to
lending to hli neighbour in his necessity.
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Better to fare at home ECCLESIASTICUS Correction of children
24 It hatb made powerfru men to go in him: and when he died he was not
from place to pJact roimd about, and sorrowful, neither was he confounded
fchey have wandered in strange coun- before his enemies.
tries. 6 For he left behind him a defender of
25 A sinner that transgressetb the com- hie house against his enemies, and one
mandment ot the Lord, shall fall into an that will requite kindness to his friends.
evil suretyship and he that undertaketb 7 For the souls of his sons he shall bind
many things, shall faD into judgment up his wounds, and at every cry his
26 Recovei thy neighbour according to bowels shalJ be troubled,
thy power, and take heed to thyeeW that 8 A horse not broken becometh stub-
thou fal? note born, and a child left to himself will be-
27 The chief thing tor mao'e life is wa- come headstrong,
ter and bread, and clothing, and a house 9 Give thy son his way, and he shall
to cover shame. make thee afraid: play with him, and he
28 * Better is the poor man'g^ fare under shaU mako thee sorrowfuL
ft roof of boards, than sumptuouB cheer 30 Laugh not with him, lest thou have
abroad in another man*e house. sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set
29 Be contented with little inE>tead of on edge.
much, and thou ehalt not bear the re- 11 Give him not liberty in his youth,
proach of going abroad. and wink not at his devices.
30 It is a miserable life to go a^ fi guest 12 **Bow down his neck while he is
from house to house for where a man young, and beat his sides while he is a
•

is a stranger, he shall not deaJ conh child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard
dently* nor open his mouth. thee not, and eo be a sorrow of heart to
31 He shall entertain, and feed, and give thee.
drink to the unthankful, and moreover 13 Instruct thy son, and labour about
he shall hear bitter words, him, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence
32 Go, stranger, and furnish the table, to thee.
and give others to eat what thou hast In 14 Better is a poor man who is sound,
thy hand. and strong of constitution, than a rich
33 Give place to the honourable pre- man who ie weak and afflicted with evils.
sence of my friends s for 1 wani^: my 15 Health o^ the sou! in holiness of jus-
house, my brother being tc De lodged tice, is better than aE gold and silver:
with me. and a sound body, f3han immense reve-
34 These things arc grievouE to a man nues.
of understanding: die upbraiding of 16 There is no richec above the riches
houseroom, and the r«p)H>actnng of the of the health of the body: and there is
lender no pleasure above the joy of the heart.
CHAPTER 30. 17 Better is death than a bitter life?
Of correction of children. Health U oettt» HMn and everlasting rest, than continual sick*
wealth Excessive grief is hurtSvL ness.
^ that
HE loveth his son, frequently
chastiseth him, that he may rejoice
18 Good things that are hidden in ft
mouth that is shut, are as messes of
In his latter end, and not grope after the meat set about a grave.
doors of his neighbours. 19 ^ What good shall an offering do to
2 He that instructeth his sor shaD be an idojf for it can neither eat, nor
praised in him, and shall glory ir him in smell;
the midst of them of his household. 20 So is he that is persecuted by the
8 ** He that teacheth his son, maketh Lord bearing the reward of his iniquity:
his enemy jealous, and in the midst of 2i ? He seeth with his eyes, and groan-
his friends he shal! glory in hinio eth. ae an eunuch embracing a virgin,
4 His father is dead, and he ie as if he and sighing.
were not dead for he hath left one be
: 22 *"Give not up thy soul to sadness,
hind him that ie like himself. and afflict not thyself in thy own coun-
5 While he lived he saw and rejoiced seL ^^^^^^^
I Infra 39, 31. —m, Prov. IS. 24, and 23. 1» p Dan. 14. 6. —y tSupra 20. 2
n Deut 6 7.— cSupr* T 26. r Prov 12. % and 16 13. and W» 9
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Desire of riches ECCLESIASTICUS Temperance
23 The joyfulness of the heart, is the in the Lord, and all the church of the
lifeof a man, and a never failing trea- saints shall declare his alms.
sure of holiness; and the joy of a man is 12 Art thou set at a great table? be not
length of life. the first to open thy mouth upon it.
24 Have pity on thy ov^n soul, pleasing 13 Say not: There are many things
God, and contain thyself: gather up thy which are upon it.
heart in his holiness: and drive away 14 Remember that a wicked eye is evil.
sadness far from thee.
15 What is created more wicked than an
25 « For sadness hath killed many, and eye? therefore shall it weep over all the
there is no profit in it. face when it shall see.
26 Envy and anger shorten a man's 16 Stretch not out thy hand first, lest
days, and pensiveness will bring old age being disgraced with envy thou be put to
before the time. confusion.
27 A cheerful and good heart is always
17 Be not hasty in a feast.
feasting: for his banquets are prepared
18 Judge of the disposition of thy neigh-
with diligence.
bour by thyself.
19 Use as a frugal man the things that
CHAPTER 31. are set before thee: lest if thou eatest
Of the desire of riches, and of moderation in eat- much, thou be hated.
ing and drinking.
20 Leave off first, for manners' sake:
WATCHING for riches consumeth the and exceed not, lest thou offend.
flesh, and the thought thereof driv- 21 And if thou sittest among many,
eth away sleep. reach not thy hand out first of all: and
2 The thinking before hand tumeth away be not the first to ask for drink.
the understanding, and a grievous sick- 22 How sufficient is a little wine for a
ness maketh the soul sober. man well taught, and in sleeping thou
3 The rich man hath laboured in gather- shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou
ing riches together, and when he resteth shalt feel no pain.
he shall be filled with his goods. 23 Watching, and choler, and gripes,
4 The poor man hath laboured in his are with an intemperate man:
low way of life, and in the end he is still 24 Sound and wholesome sleep with a
poor. moderate man: he shall sleep till morn-
5 He that loveth gold, shall not be justi- ing, and his soul shall be delighted with
fied: and he that followeth after corrup- him.
tion, shall be filled with it. 25 And if thou hast been forced to eat
6 * Many have been brought to fall for much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it
gold, and the beauty thereof hath been shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not
their ruin. bring sickness upon thy body.
7 Gold is a stumbling block to them that 26 Hear me, my son, and despise me
sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly not: and in the end thou shalt find my
follow after it, and every fool shall perish words.
by it. all thy works be quick, and no in-
27 In
8 Blessed the rich man that is found firmity shall come to thee.
is
without blemish and that hath not gone
: 28 The lips of many shall bless him that
after gold, nor put his trust in money nor is liberal of his bread, and the testimony
in treasures. of his truth is faithful.
9 Who is he, and we vdll praise him? 29 Against him that is niggardly of his
for he hath done wonderful things in his bread, the city will murmur, and the tes-
life. timony of his niggardliness is true.
10 Who hath been tried thereby, and 30 Challenge not them that love wine « :

made perfect, he shall have glory ever- for wine hath destroyed very many.
lasting. He that could have transgressed, 31 Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk
and hath not transgressed and could do to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the
:

evil things, and hath not done them:

proud.
11 Therefore are his goods established 32 Wine taken with sobriety is equal life
* 2 Cor. 7. 10. — t Supra 8. 3. tt Judith 13. 4.

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Drunkenness ECCLESIASTICUS Fear of God, and counsel

to men if thou drink
: it moderately, thou 11 If thou be asked twice, let thy an-
Shalt be sober. swer be short.
33 What is his life, who is 12 In many things be as if thou wert
diminished
with wine ? ignorant, and hear in silence and withal
34 What taketh away life ? death. seeking.
35 "" Wine was created from the begin- 13 In the company of great men take
ning to make men joyful, and not to not upon thee: and when the ancients
make them drunk. are present, speak not much.
36 Wine drunken with moderation is the 14 Before a storm goeth lightning and :

joy of the soul and the heart. before shamefacedness goeth favour and :

37 Sober drinking is health to soul and for thy reverence good grace shall come
body. to thee.
38 Wine drunken with excess raise th 15 And at the time of rising be not
quarrels, and wrath, and many ruins. slack: but be first to run home to thy
39 Wine drunken with excess is bitter- house, and there withdraw thyself, and
ness of the soul. there take thy pastime.
40 The heat of drunkenness is the stum- 16 And do what thou hast a mind, but
blingblock of the fool, lessening strength not in sin or proud speech.
and causing wounds. 17 And for aU these things bless the
41 Rebuke not thy neighbour in a ban- Lord, that made thee, and that replenish-
quet of wine : and despise him not in his eth thee with all his good things.
mirth. 18 He that fear eth the Lord, will re-
42 Speak not to him words of reproach: ceive his discipline and they that will :

and press him not in demanding again. seek him early, shall find a blessing.
19 He that seeketh the law, shall be
CHAPTER 32. filled with it and he that dealeth deceit-
:

Lessons for superiors and inferiors. Advantages

offearing God, and doing nothing without coun-
sel.
HAVE they made thee ruler ? be not
lifted up : be among them as one of
them.
2 Have care of them, and so sit down,
and when thou hast acquitted thyself of
all thy charge, take thy place :
3 That thou mayst rejoice for them,
and receive a crown as an ornament of
grace, and get the honour of the contri-
bution.
4 Speak, thou that art elder : for it be-
eometh thee,
5 To speak the first word with careful
knowledge, and hinder not music.
6 Where there is no hearing, pour not
out words, and be not lifted up out of
fully, shall meet with a stumblingblock
therein.
20 They that fear the Lord, shall find
just judgment, and shall kindle justice as
a light.
21 A
sinful man will flee reproof, and
will find an excuse according to his wilL
22 Aman of counsel will not neglect
understanding, a strange and proud man
will not dread fear
23 Even after he hath done with feai
without counsel, he shall be controllec
by the things of his own seeking.
24 My son, do thou nothing withouj
counsel, and thou shalt not repent whei
thou hast done.
25 Go not in the way of ruin, and thoi|
shalt not stumble against the stones |

season with thy wisdom. trust not thyself to a rugged way, lee,
7 A concert of music in a banquet of thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul. |

Wine is as a carbuncle set in gold. 26 And beware of thy own childrer;

8 As a signet of an emerald in a work of
gold: so is the melody of music with
pleasant and moderate wine.
9 Hear in silence, and for thy reverence
good grace shall come to thee.
10 Young man, scarcely speak in thy
and take heed of them of thy househok
27 In every work of thine regard th
soul in faith: for this is the keeping c
the commandments.
28 He that believeth God, taketh heed t
the commandments and he that trustet
:

own cause. in him, shall fare never the worse.

vPs. 103. 15; Prov. 31.4.

C^AP. 32. Ver. 27. In faith. That is, follow sincerely thy soul in her faith and conscience.
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Times and men ECCLESIASTICUSCare of oneself and one's slaves

CHAPTER 33. works of the most High. Two and two,
The /ear of God is the best security. Times and and one against another.
men are in the hands of God. Take care of thy- 16 And I awaked last of all, and as one
self as and look to thy servants. that gathereth after the grapegatherers.
long as thou livest,

NO evils shall happen to him that 17 In the blessing of God I also have
feareth the Lord, but in temptation hoped and as one that gathereth grapes»
:

God will keep him, and dehver him from have I filled the winepress.
evils. 18 ^ See that I have not laboured for my-
2 A wise man hateth not the command- self only, but for all that seek disciphne.
ments and justices, and he shall not be 19 Hear me, ye great men, and all ye
dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm. people, and hearken with your ears, ye
3 A man of understanding is faithful to rulers of the church.
the law of God, and the law is faithful to 20 Give not to son or wife, brother or
him. friend, power over thee while thou livest
4 He that cleareth up a question, shall and give not thy estate to another, lest
prepare what to say, and so having thou repent, and thou entreat for the
prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep same.
discipline, and then he shall answer. 21 As long as thou livest, and hast
6 ^ The heart of a fool is as a wheel of breath in thee, let no man change thee.
a cart and his thoughts are like a roll-
: 22 For it is better that thy children
ing axletree. should ask of thee, than that thou look
6 A friend that is a mocker, is like a toward the hands of thy children.
stallion horse he neigheth under every 23 In all thy works keep the pre-emi-
:

one that sitteth upon him. nence.

7 Why doth one day excel another, and 24 Let no stain sully thy glory. In the
one Ught another, and one year another time when thou shalt end the days of thy
year, when all come of the sun ? Ufe, and in the time of thy decease, dis-
8 By the knowledge of the Lord they tribute thy inheritance,
were distinguished, the sun b^ing made, 25 Fodder, and a wand, and a burden
and keeping his commandment. are for an ass; bread, and correction, and
9 And he ordered the seasons, and holi- work for a slave.
days of them, and in them they cele- 26 He worketh under correction, and
brated festivals at an hour. seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle,
; 10 Some of them God made high and and he seeketh liberty.
^^eat days, and some of them he put in 27 The yoke and the thong bend a sti^
the number of ordinary days. And all neck, and continual labours bow a slave.
men are from the ground, * and out of the 28 Torture and fetters are for a. mali-
barth, from whence Adam was created. cious slave send him to work, that he
:

11 With much knowledge the Lord hath be not idle

livided them and diversified their ways. 29 For idleness hath taught much evil.
12 Some of them hath he blessed, and 30 Set him to work for so it is fit for :

exalted and some of them hath he him. And if he be not obedient, bring
:

ianctifled, and set near himself: and him down with fetters, but be not exces-
iome of them hath he cursed and brought sive towards any one and do no griev- :

ow, and turned them from their station. ous thing without judgment.
13 ^ As the potter's clay is in his hand, 31 " If thou have a faithful servant, let
faohion and order it him be to thee as thy own soul: treat
14 All his ways are according to his him as a brother because in the blood
:

•rdering so man is in the hand of him of thy soul thou hast gotten him.
:

hat made him, and he will render to him 32 If thou hurt him unjustly, he will
ccording to his judgment. run away
15 Good is set against evil, and life 33 And if he rise up and depart, thou
gainst death so also is the sinner against knowest not whom to ask, and In what
:

just man. And so look upon all the way to seek him.
—
w Supra 21. 17. X Gen. 2. 7< - y Rom. 9. 21. Supra 24. 47.
2 —
a Supra 7. 23.
Chap. 33. Ver 2L Change thee. That is, so as Ver. 23.The pre-eminence. That is. be master iir
) nave tMs power over thee. thy own house, and part not with thy authority^
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CHAPTER 34. 18 To whom doth he look, and who is

The vanity of dreams. The advantage of expert- his strength ?
ence, and of the fear of God.
19 * The eyes of the Lord are upon them
rPHE hopes of a man that is void of that fear him, he is their powerful pro-
JL understanding are vain and deceit- tector, and strong stay, a defence from
ful and dreams lift up fools.
: the heat, and a cover from the sun at
2 The man that giveth heed to lying noon,
visions, is like to him that catcheth at a 20 A preservation from stumbling, and
shadow, and followeth after the wind. a help from falling he raiseth up the ;

3 The vision of dreams is the resem- soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giv-
blance of one thing to another as when a eth health, and life, and blessing.
:

man's likeness is before the face of a man. 21 ^The offering of him that sacrifice th
4 What can be made clean by the un- of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained,
clean? and what truth can come from and the mockeries of the unjust are not
that which is false? acceptable.
5 Deceitful divinations and lying omens 22 The Lord is only for them that wait
and the dreams of evildoers, are vanity upon him in the way of truth and jus-
6 And the heart fancieth as that of a tice.
woman in travail except it be a vision 23 d ipjjg most High appro veth not the
:

sent forth from the most High, set not gifts of the wicked neither hath he re- :

thy heart upon them. spect to the oblations of the unjust, nor
7 For dreams have deceived many, and will he be pacified for sins by the multi-
they have failed that put their trust in tude of their sacrifices.
them. 24 He that offereth sacrifice of the
8 The word of the law shall be fulfilled goods of the poor, is as one that sacrifi-
without a lie, and wisdom shall be made ceth the son in the presence of his father.
plain in the mouth of the faithful. 25 The bread of the needy, is the life
9 What doth he know, that hath not of the poor he that defraudeth them :

been tried ? A man that hath much ex- thereof, is'a man of blood.
perience, shall think of many things: 26 He that taketh away the bread got-
and he that hath learned many things, ten by sweat, is like him that killeth his
shall shew forth understanding. neighbour.
10 He
that hath no experience, knoweth 27 He that sheddeth blood, * and he that
little: and he that hath been experienced defraudeth the labourer of his hire, are
in many things, multiplieth prudence. brothers.
11 He that hath not been tried, what 28 When one buildeth up, and another
manner of things doth he know ? he that puUeth down : what profit have they but
hath been surprised, shall abound with the labour ?
subtlety. 29 When one prayeth, and another curs-
12 I have seen many things by travel- eth whose voice will God hear?
:

ling, and many customs of things.
13 Sometimes I have been in danger of
death for these things, and I have been
delivered by the grace of God.
30 He that washeth himself after touch-
ing the dead, if he toucheth him again,
what doth his washing avail?
31 So a man that fasteth for his sins,
-^

14 The spirit of those that fear God, is and doth the same again, what doth his
sought after, and by his regard shall be humbling himself profit him? who will
blessed. hear his prayer ?
15 For their hope is on him that saveth
them, and the eyes of God are upon them CHAPTER 35.
that love him. What sacrifices are pleading to Ood.
16 He that feareth the Lord shall trem-
ble at nothing, and shall not be afraid
for he is his hope.
H E that keepeth the law, multiplieth
offerings.
2 ^ It is a wholesome sacrifice to take
17 The soul of him that feareth the Lord heed to the commandments, and to de-
is blessed. part from all iniquity.
b Ps. 33. 16. —
c Prov. 21. 27. e DeuL 24. U; Supra 7. 22.-/2 Peter 2. 21.
d Prov. l& 1& g 1 Kings 15 22.

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3 And to depart from injustice, is to of- and he will not depart till the most Hign
fer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, behold.
and a begging of pardon for sins. 22 And the Lord will not be slack, but
4 He shall return thanks, that offereth will judge for the just, and will do judg-
fine flour: and he that doth mercy, offer- ment: and the Almighty will not have
eth sacrifice. patience with them, that he may crush
5 ^ To depart from iniquity is that their back:
which pleaseth the Lord, and to depart 23 And he will repay vengeance to the
from injustice, is an entreaty for sins. Gentiles, till he have taken away the
6 * Thou shalt not appear empty in the multitude of the proud, and broken
Bight of the Lord. the sceptres of the unjust,
7 For all these things are to be done 24 Till he have rendered to men ac-
because of the commandment of God. cording to their deeds: and according to
8 The oblation of the just maketh the the works of Adam, and according to his
altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in presumption,
the sight of the most High. 25 Till he have judged the cause of his
9 The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, people, and he shall delight the just with
and the Lord will not forget the memo- his mercy.
rial thereof. The mercy of God is beautiful in the
26
10 Give glory to God with a good
heart: time of affliction, as a cloud of rain in
and diminish not the firstfruits of thy the time of drought.
bands.
11 In every gift shew a cheerful coun-
-^ CHAPTER 36.
tenance, and sanctify thy tithes with A prayer for the church of God. Of a good heart,
joy. and a good fvife.
12 Give to the most High according to
what he hath given to thee, and with a
HAVE
and
mercy upon us,
behold us, and shew us the
O God of all,

good eye do according to the ability of light of thy mercies:

thy hands
13 For the Lord maketh recompense,
and will give thee seven times as much.
14 ^ Do not offer wicked gifts, for such
he will not receive.
15 And look not upon an unjust sacri-
fice, for the Lord is judge, ' and there is
not with him respect of person.
16 The Lord will not accept any person
against a poor man, and he will hear the
prayer of him that is wronged.
17 He will not despise the prayeis of
the fatherless nor the widow, when she
; beside thee, O Lord.
poureth out her complaint.
18 Do not the widow's tears run down
the cheek, and her cry against him that
causeth them to fall ?
19 For from the cheek they go up even
to heaven, and the Lord that heareth
will not be delighted with them.
20 He that adoreth God with joy, shall
be accepted, and his prayer shall ap-
proach even to the clouds.
21 The prayer of him that humbleth
himself, shall pierce the clouds: and till
it come nigh he will not be comforted:
h Jer. 7. 3, and 26. 13.
Ex. 23. 15, and 34. 20 ; Deut 16. 16.
i £om.2.U; 6aL2.6; CoL3.25; Acts 10.34;
1 2 Cor. a. 7 J Tob. 4. 9. —
& Lev. 22. ill» Deut
2 And send thy fear upon the nations,
that have not sought after thee: that
they may know that there is no God be-
side thee, and that they may shew forth
thy wonders.
3 Lift up thy hand over the strange na-
tions, that they may see thy power.
4 For as thou hast been sanctified in us
in their sight, so thou shalt be magnified
among them in our presence,
5 That they may know thee, as we also
have known thee, that there is no God
6 Renew thy signs, and work new mira-
cles.
7 Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.
8 Raise up indignation, and pour out
wrath.
9 Take away the adversary, and crush
the enemy.
10 Hasten the time, and remember the
end, that they may declare thy wonder-
ful works.
11 Let him that escapeth be consumed
by the rage of the fire: and let them
perish that oppress thy people.
I Deut la 17; 2 Par. 19. 7; Job 34. 19 Wisd. 6.
; 8;
16. 21. 1 feter 1. 17,
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12 Crush the head of the princes of the taketh him, as a robber well appointed,
enemies that say: There is no other be- that skippeth from city to city.
side us.
13 Gather together all the tribes of Ja- 37. CHAPTER
cob that they may know that there is
:
O/ the choice offriends and counsellors.
no God besides thee, and may declare EVERY
friend will say : I also am his
thy great works: and thou shalt inherit friend but there is a friend, that is
:

them as from the beginning. only a friend in name. Is not this a grief
14 Have mercy on thy people, upon even to death?
whom thy name is invoked: and upon 2 But a companion and a friend shall
Israel, "* whom thou hast raised up to be be turned to an enemy,
thy firstborn. 3 O wicked presumption, whence earn-
15 Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city est thou to cover the earth with thy
which thou hast sanctified, the city of malice, and deceitfulness?
thy rest. 4 There is a companion who rejoiceth
16 Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, with his friend in his joys, but in the
and thy people with thy glory. time of trouble, he will be against him.
17 Give testimony to them that are thy 5 There is a companion who condoleth
creatures from the beginning, and raise with his friend for his belly's sake, and
up the prophecies which the former pro- he will take up a shield against the
phets spoke in thy name. enemy.
18 Reward them that patiently wait for 6 Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and
thee, that thy prophets may be found be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
faithful: and hear the prayers of thy ser- 7 Consult not with him that layeth a
vants, snare for thee, and hide thy counsel
19 ^* According to the blessing of Aaron from them that envy thee.
over thy people, and direct us into the 8 Every counsellor giveth out counsel,
way of justice, and let all know that but there is one that is a counsellor for
dwell upon the earth, that thou art God himself.
the beholder of all ages. 9 Beware of a counsellor. And know
20 The belly will devour all meat, yet before what need he hath: for he will
one is better the.n another. devise to his own mind
21 The palate taste th venison and the 10 Lest he thrust a stake into the
wise heart false speeches. ground, and say to thee
22 A perverse heart will cause grief, 11 Thy way is good; and then stand on
and a man of experience will resist it. the other side to see what shall befall
23 Awoman will receive every man: thee.
yet one daughter is better than an- 12 Treat not with a man without reli-
other. gion concerning holiness, nor with an
24 The beauty of a woman cheereth the unjust man concerning justice, nor with
countenance of her husband, and a man a woman touching her of whom she is
desireth nothing more. jealous, nor with a coward concerning
25 If she have a tongue that can cure, war, nor with a merchant about traflSic,
and likewise mitigate and shew mercy nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an
her husband is not like other men. envious man of giving thanks,
26 He that possesseth a good wife, be- 13 Nor with the ungodly of piety, not
ginneth a possession: she is a help like with the dishonest of honesty, nor with
to himself, and a pillar of rest. the field labourer of every work,
27 Where there is no hedge, the posses- 14 Nor with him that worketh by the
sion shall be spoiled and where there is
: year of the finishing of the year, nor
no wife, he mourneth that is in want. with an idle servant of much business;
28 Who will trust him that hath no rest, give no heed to these in any matter of
and that lodgeth wheresoever the night counsel.
m Ex. 4. 22. n Num. 6. 24.

Chap. 36. Ver. 23. A woman

will receive every ries in obedieoce to tier pareaUi, who make the choice
man. That is, any man that her parents propose to for her.
ber to marry, though she does not I) He him, but mar> I

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16 But be continually with a holy man, sickness, and greediness will turn to
whomsoever thou shalt know to observe choler.
the fear of God, 34 By surfeiting many have perished:
16 Whose soul is according to thy own but he that is temperate, shall prolong
soul : and who, when thou shalt stumble life.
in the dark, will be sorry for thee.
17 And estabhsh within thyself a heart
CHAPTER 38.

of good counsel; for there is no other Of physicians and ,nedicines : what is to be done
in sickness, and how we are to mourn for the
tKing of more worth to thee than it. dead. Of the employments of labourers and
18 The soul of a holy man disco vereth artificers.

sometimes true things, more than seven HONOUR the physician for the need
watchmen that sit in a high place to thou hast of him: for the most
watch. High hath created him.
19 But above all these things pray to 2 For all healing is from God, and he
the most High, that he may direct thy shall receive gifts of the king.
way in truth. 3 The skill of the physician shall lift up
20 In all thy works let the true word his head, and in the sight of great men
go before thee, and steady counsel be- he shall be praised.
fore every action. 4 The most High hath created medi-
21 A wicked word shall change the cines out of the earth, and a wise man
hearc: out of which four manner of will not abhor them.
things arise, good and evil, life and 5 **Was not bitter water made sweet
death : and the tongue is continually the with wood ?
ruler of them. There is a man that is 6 The virtue of these things is come to
subtle and a teacher of many, and yet is the knowledge of men, and the most
unprofitable to his own soul. High hath given knowledge to men, that
.''.
A
skilful man hath taught many, he may be honoured in his wonders.
and sweet to his own soul.
is 7 By these he shall cure and shall allay
23 He that speaketh sophistically, is their pains, and of these the apothecary
hateful: he shall be destitute of every shall make sweet confections, and shall
thing. make up ointments of health, and of his
24 Grace is not given him from the works there shall be no end.
Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom. 8 For the peace of God is over all the
25 There is a wise man that is wise to face of the earth.
his own soul and the fruit of his under- 9 P My son, in thy sickness neglect not
:

standing is commendable. thyself, but pray to the Lord, and he

26 A wise man instructeth his own peo- shall heal thee.
ple, and the fruits of his understanding 10 Turn away from sin and order thy
are faithful. hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from
27 A wise man shall be filled with bless- all offence.
ings, and they that see shall praise him. 11 Give a sweet savour, and a memo-
28 The life of a man is in the number rial of fine flour, ajLd make a fat offering,
of his days: but the days of Israel are and then give place to the physician.
innumerable. 12 For the Lord created him: and let
29 A wise man shall inherit honour him not depart from thee, for his works
among his people, and his name shall are necessary.
live for ever. 0,4 oi; 13 For there is a time when thou must
30 My prove thy soul in thy life: fall into their hands
son,
and if it be wicked, give it no power 14 And they shall beseech the Lord,
3 For all things are not expedient for that he would prosper what they give
all, and every kind pleaseth not every for ease and remedy, for their conversa-
BouL tion.
i 32 Be not greedy in any and 15 He that sinneth in the sight of his
feasting,
pour not out thyself upon any meat: Maker, shall fall into the hands of the
33 For in many meats there will be physician.

Ex, 16. 25. p Isa. 38. 3.

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Mourninq for the dead ECCLESIASTICUS The smith and the potter
16 My son, shed tears over the dead, in his ears, and his eye is upon the pat*
and begin to lament as if thou hadst suf- tern of the vessel he maketh.
fered some great harm, and according 31 He setteth his mind to finish his
to judgment cover his body, and neglect work, and his watching to polish them to
not his burial. perfection.
17 And
for fear of being ill spoken of 32 So doth the potter sitting at his
weep bitterly for a day, and then com- work, turning the wheel about with his
fort thyself in thy sadness. feet, who is always carefully set to his
18 And make mourning for him ac- work, and maketh all his work by num-
cording to his merit for a day, or two, ber
for fear of detraction. 33 He fashioneth the clay with his arm,
19 ^For of sadness cometh death, and and boweth down his strength before hia
it overwhelmeth the strength, and the feet:
sorrow of the heart boweth down the 34 He shall give his mind to finish the
neck. glazing, and his watching to make clean
20 In withdrawing aside sorrow remain- the furnace.
eth and the substance of the poor is
: 35 All these trust to their hands, and
according to his heart. every one is wise in his own art.
21 Give not up thy heart to sadness, 36 Without these a city is not built.
but drive it from thee : and remember 37 And they shall not dwell, nor walk
the latter end. about therein, and they shall not go up
22 Forget it not : for there is no re- into the assembly.
turning, and thou shalt do him no good, 38 Upon the judges* seat they shall not
and shalt hurt thyself. sit, and the ordinance of judgment they
23 Remember my
judgmen- : for thine shall not understand, neither shall they
also shall be so : yesterday for me, and declare discipline and judgment, and
to day for thee. they shall not be found where parables
24 *" When the dead is at rest, let his re- are spoken:
membrance rest, and comfort him in the 39 But they shall strengthen the state
departing of his spirit. of the world, and their prayer shall be
25 The wisdom of a scribe cometh by in the work of their craft, applying their
his time of leisure : and he that is less soul, and searching in the law of the
in action, shall receive wisdom. most High.
2« With what wisdom shall he be fur- 39. CHAPTER
nished that holdeth the plough, and that The exercises of the wise man. The Lord is to bt
glorieth in the goad, that driveth the glorified /or his works.

oxen therewith, and is occupied in their

labours, and his whole talk is about the
offspring of bulls?
27 He shall give his mind to turn up
furrows, and his care is to give the kine men, and will enter withal into the sub-
fodder.
28 So every craftsman and workmaster
that laboureth night and day, he who
maketh graven seals, and by his con-
tinual diligence varieth the figure: he
shall give his mind to the resemblance
of the picture, and by his watching shall
THE
wise man will seek out the wisdom
of all the ancients, and will be occu-
pied in the prophets.
2 He will keep the sayings of renowned
tiltiesof parables.
3 He will search out the hidden mean-
ings of proverbs, and will be conversant|
in the secrets of parables.
4 He shall serve among great men, and|
appear before the governor.
5 He shall pass into strange countries :l

finish the work.
29 So doth the smith sitting by the an-
vil and considering the iron work. The
vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and
he flghteth with the heat of the furnace.
30 The noise of the hammer is always
for he shall try good and evil among rnen
6 He will give his heart to resort eax'ljj
to the Lord that made him, and he wi]
pray in the sight of the most High.
7 He will open his mouth in prayer, an(|
will make supplication for his sins.

q Prov. 15. 13, and 17. 22. r 2 Kings 12. 21.

Chat. 3ft. yer.26. Ascribe That is, a doctor of the law, or, » learned man.
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8 For if it shall please the great Lord, what is that? for all things shall be
ie will fill him with the spirit of under- sought m
their time.
standing : 27 His blessing hath overflowed like a
C And ho will pour forth the words of river.
Mc wisdom as showers, and in his prayer 28 **And as a flood hath watered the
he will confess to the Lord. earth; so shall his wrath inherit the
10 And he shall direct his counsel, and nations, that have not sought after him
his knowledge, and in his secrets shall he 29 ^ Even as he turned the waters into
meditate. a dry land, and the earth was made dry
11 He shall shew forth the discipline he and his ways were made plain for their
hath learned, and shall glory in the law journey so to sinners they are stumbling- :

of the covenant of the Lord. blocks in his wrath.

12 Many shall praise his wisdom, and it 30 Good things were created for the
shall never be forgotten. good from the beginning, so for the
13 The memory of him shall not depart wicked, good and evil things.
away, and his name shall be in request 31 *^The principal things necessary for
from generation to generation, the life of men, are water, fire, and iron,.
14 Nations shall declare his wisdom, and salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey,
the church shall shew forth his praise. and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and
15 If he continue, he shall leave a name clothing.
above a thousand and if he rest, it shall 32 All these things shall be for good to
:

be to his advantage. the holy, so to the sinners and the un-

16 I will yet meditate that T may de- godly they shall be turned into evil.
clare for I am filled as with a holy
: 33 There are spirits that are created for
transport. vengeance, and in their fury they lay on
17 By a voice he saith : Hear me, ye grievous torments.
divine offspring, and bud forth as the 34 In the time of destruction they shall
rose planted by the brooks of waterSo pour out their force ; and they shall
18 Give ye a sweet odour as frankin- appease the wrath of him that made
cense. the mo
19 Send forth flowers, as the lily, and 35 Fire, hail, famine, and death, all these
yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in v/ere created for vengeance.
grace^ and praise with canticles, and 36 The teeth of beasts, and scorpions,
bless the Lord in his works. and serpents, and the sword taking ven-
20 Magnify his name, and give glory to geance upon the ungodly imto destruc-
him with the voice of your lips, and with tion,
the canticles of your mouths, and with 37 In his commandments they shall
harps, and in praising him, you shall say feast, and they shall be ready upon earth
in this manner: when need is, and when their time is
21 *A11 the works of the Lord are ex- come they shall not transgress his word.
ceeding good. 38 Therefore from the beginning I was
22 *At his word the waters stood as a resolved, and I havt meditated, and
heap and at the words of his mouth the thought on these thiagF and left them
:

receptacles of waters: in writings

23 For at his commandment favom» is 39 * All the works or the Lord are good,
shewn, and there is no diminishing of his and he will furnish every work in due
salvation. time.
24 The works of all flesh are before him, 40 It is not to be said : This ie worse
and there is nothing hid from his eyes. than that: for all shall be well approved
25 He seeth from eternity to eterni*"jy, in their time.
and there is nothing wonderful before 41 Now therefore with the whole heart
him. and mouth praise ye him, and bless the
26 There is no saying : "What is this, or name of the Lord,
s Gen. 1. 31 ; Mark 7. 37. V Gen. 7 21. > x Ex. 14. 21.
t Gen. 8. 3. w Supra 29. 28. - .« Gsn. 1. 31 \ Mark 7. 37.

Chap. Ver. 17.

39. Ye divine offspring. He whom he exhorts tc bud forth and flourish with vl^
speaks to the children of Israel^ the people of God ; tue.

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The miseries of life ECCLESIASTICUS The blessings of life

CHAPTER 40. 16 The weed growing over every water,
The miseriei of the life of man areand at the bank of the river, shall be
relieved by the
grace of God and his fear.
pulled up before all grass.
GREAT labour is created for all men, 17 Grace is Hke a paradise in blessings,,
and a heavy yoke is upon the chil- and mercy remaineth for ever.
dren of Adam, from the day of their 18 The life of a labourer that is content
coming out of their mother's womb, until with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in
the day of their burial into the mot iier of it thou shalt find a treasure.
all. 19 Children, and the building of a city
2 Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, shall establish a name, but a blameless
their imagination of things to come, and wife shall be counted above them both.
the day of their end 20 Wine and music rejoice the heart,
3 From him that sitteth on a glorious but the love of wisdom is above them both.
throne, unto him that is humbled in earth 21 The flute and the psaltery make a
and ashes sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is
4 From him that weareth purple, and above them both.
beareth the crown, even to him that is 22 Thy eye desireth favour and beauty,
covered with rough linen wrath, snvy, but more than these green sown fields.
:

trouble, unquietness, and the fear of 23 A friend and companion neeting to-
death, continual anger, and strife, gether in season, but above liiem both is
5 And in the time of rest upon his bed, a wife with her husband.
the sleep of the night changeth his know- 24 Brethren are a help in the time of
ledge. trouble, but mercy shall deliver more
6 A little and as nothing is his rest, and than they.
afterward in sleep, as in the day of keep- 26 Gold and silver make the feet stand
ing watch. sure: but wise counsel is above them
7 He is troubled in the vision of his both.
heart, as if he had escaped in the day of 26 Riches and strength lift up the heart:
battle. In the time of his safety he rose but above these is the fear of the Lord.
up, and wondereth that there is no fear 27 There is no want in the fear of the
8 Such things happen to all flesh, from Lord, and it needeth not to seek for help.
man even to beast, and upon sinners are 28 The fear of the Lord is like a para-
sevenfold more. dise of blessing, and they have covered
9 2/ Moreover, death, and bloodshed, it above all glory.
strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, 29 My
son, in thy lifetime be not indi-
and affliction, and scourges gent : for it is better to die than to want.
:

10 All these things are created for the 30 The life of him that looketh toward
wicked, ^and for their sakes came the another man's table is not to be counted
flood. a life : for he feedeth his soul with an-
11 ® All things that are of the earth, other man's meat.
shall return to the earth again, ^ and all 31 But a man, well instructed and taught,
waters shall return to the sea. will look to himself.
12 All bribery, and injustice shall be 32 Begging will be sweet in the mouth
blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for of the unwise, but in his belly there shall
ever. biu'n a fire.
13 The riches of the unjust shall be dried
like a river, and shall pass away with
CHAPTER 41.
up Of the remembrance of death : of an evil and of a
a noise like a great thunder in rain. good name: of what things we ought to be
14 While he openeth his hands he shall ashamed.
rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away DEATH, how bitter is the remem-
in the end. brance of thee to a man that hath
15 The offspring of the ungodly shall peace in his possessions I
not bring forth many branches, and make 2 To a man that is at rest, and whose
a noise as unclean roots upon the top of ways are prosperous in all things, and
a rock. that is yet able to take meat

y Supra 39. 35 and 36. — « Gea, 7. 10. a Infra 41. 13. —6 EccL 1. 7.
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On death ECCLESIASTICUS Things to he ashamed of

3 O death, thy sentence is welcome to
the man that is in need, and to him whose
strength faileth:
4 Who is in a decrepit age, and that is
In care about all things, and to the dis-
20 For it is not good to keep all shame'
facedness: and all things do not please
all men in opinion.
21 Be ashamed of fornication before
father and mother and of a lie before a
:

trustful that loseth patience I governor and a man in power:

6 Fear not the sentence of death. Re- 22 Of an offence before a prince, and a
jiember what things have been before judge of iniquity before a congregation
:

thee, and what shall come after thee: and a people

this sentence is from the Lord upon all 23 Of injustice before a companion and
flesh. friend and in regard to the place where
;

6 And what come upon thee by thou dwellest,

shall
the good pleasure of the most High? 24 Of theft, and of the truth of God,
whether thousand and the covenant: of leaning with thy
ten, or a hundred, or a
years. elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving
7 For among the dead there is no accus- and taking
ing of lifeo 26 Of silence before them that salute
8 The children of sinners become chil- thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of
dren of abominations, and they that con- turning away thy face from thy kins-
verse near the houses of the ungodly. man.
9 The inheritance of the children of 26 Turn not away thy face from thy
sinners shall perish, and with their pos- neighbour, and of taking away a portion
terity shall be a perpetual reproach. and not restoring.
10 The children will complain of an un- 27 ^ Gaze not upon another man's wife,
godly father, because for his sake they and be not inquisitive after his hand-
are in reproach. maid, and approach not her bed.
11 Woe to you, ungodly men, who have 28 JBe ashamed of upbraiding speeches
forsaken the law of the most high Lord. before friends: and after thou hast given^
12 And if you be born, you shall be upbraid not.
born in malediction: and if you die, in
malediction shall be your portion.
CHAPTER 42.
Of what things we ought not to he ashamed. Cav^
13 All things that are of the earth,
*^
tions with regard to women. The works atid great-
shall return into the earth: so the un- ness of God.
godly shall from malediction to destruc- REPEAT not the word which thou hast
tion. heard, and disclose not the thing
14 The mourning of men is about their that is secret; so shalt thou be truly
body, but the name of the ungodly shall without confusion, and shalt find favour
be blotted out. before all men : be not ashamed of any
15 Take care of a good name: for this of these things, -^and accept no person to
shall continue with thee, more than a sin thereby
thousand treasures precious and great. 2 Of the law of the most High, and of
16 A good life hath its number of days: his covenant, and of judgment to justify
but a good name shall continue for ever. the ungodly
17 My children, keep discipline in peace : 3 Of the affair of companions and trav-
for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure ellers, and of the gift of the inheritance
that is not seen, what profit is there in of friends
them both ? 4 Of exactness of balance and weights,
18 Better is the man that hideth his of getting much or little:
folly, than the man that hideth his wis- 5 Of the corruption of buying, and of
dom. merchants, and of much correction of
19 Wherefore have a shame of these children, and to make the side of a wicked
things I am now going to speak of. slave to bleed.
c Supra 40. 11. / Lev. 19. 15 ; Deut. 1. 17, and 16. 19 ; Prov. 24. 23;
d Supra 20. 32. — e Matt. 5. 28. James 2. 1.
Chap. 4i. Ver. 19. Have a shame, &c. That is times shamefacedness is not to be indulged: yet it
«^uf^v^* ashamed of doing any of these things, is often good and necessary; as in the following
wnict T an? now going to mention i for though some- 1 cases.
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Caution about women ECCLESl ASTICUS The wonderful works of God

a Sure keeping is good ever u wicked 20 No thought escapeth him, and no
wife. word can hide itself from him.
7 Where there are many hands, shut up, 21 He hath beautified the glorious works
and deliver all things in number, and of his wisdom and he is from eternity
:

weight: and put all in writing that thou to eternity, and to him nothing may be
givest out or receivest in. added,
8 Be not ashamed to inform the unwise 22 Nor can he be diminished, and he
and foolish, and the aged, that are judged hath no need of any counsellor.
by young men: and thou shalt be well 23 O how desirable are all his works,
instructed in all things, and well ap- and what we can know is but as a spark i

proved in the sight of all men living.
9 The father waketh for the daughter
when no man knoweth, and the care for
her taketh away his sleep, when she is
young, lest she pass away the flower of
her age, and when she is manied, lest she
should be hateful
10 In her virginity, lest she should be
corrupted, and be found with child in her
father's house : and having a husband,
lest she should misbehave herself, or at
the least become barren.
24 All these things live, and remain for
ever, and for every use all things obey
him.
25 All things are double, one against
another, and he hath made nothing de-
fective.
26 He hath established the good things
of every one. And who shall be filled
with beholding his glory?
OHAPTER 43
i
The works of God are exceedingly glorious am
wonderful no man is able sufficiently to praise
:

11 Keep a sure watch over a shameless him.

daughter lest at any time she make thee
:

become a laughingstock to thy enemies,

THE
firmament on high is his beauty,
the beauty of heaven with its glori-
and a byword in the city, and a reproach ous shew.
among the people, and she make thee 2 The sun when he appeareth shewing
ashamed before all the multitude. forth at his rising, an admirable instru-
12 Behold not everybody's beauty and ment, the work of the most High,
i

tarry not among women. 3 At noon he bm-neth the earth, and

13 For from garments cometh a moth, who can abide his burning heat? As
and from a woman the iniquity of a man. one keeping a furnace in the works of
14 For better is the iniquity of a man, heat;
than a woman doing a good turn, and a 4 The sun 'ivQe times as much, burneth
i

woman bringing shame and reproach. the mountains, breathing out fiery va-
15 I will now remember the works of pours, and shining with his beams, he
the Lord, and I will declare the things I blindeth the eyes.
have seen. By the words of the Lord are 5 Great is the Lord that made him, and
bis works. at his words he hath hastened his course.
16 The sun giving light hath looked 6 And the moon in all in her season, is
upon all things, and full of the glory of for a declaration of times and a sign of
the Lord is his work. the world.
17 Hath not the Lord made the saints 7 From the moon is the sign of the
to declare all his wonderful works, which festival day, a light that decreaseth in{
the Lord Almighty hath firmly settled to her perfection.
be established for his glory ? 8 The month is called after her name,
18 He hath searched out the deep, and increasing wonderfully in her perfection.
the heart of men: and considered their 9 Being an instrument of the armies on
crafty devices. high, shining gloriously in the firmameni
19 For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, of heaven.
and hath beheld the signs of the world, 10 The glory of the stars is the beautj
he declareth the things that are past, of heaven; the Lord enhghteneth th(
and the things tha« are to come, and re- world on high. i j

vealeth the traces of hidden tilings. 11 By the words of the holy one thej |

Chap. 42. Ver, 14. Better is the iniquity^ &c. or injuries we receive from men, than from the fla
That is, there is, commonly speaking, less danger to Bering favours and familiarity ot womea
be apprehended to the soul from the cburilsbuess.
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The wonderful wor/ca of God ECCLESIASTICUS Praises of the great men of old
shall stand in judgn^aent, and shall never want words : but the oum of our words
fail in their watches, is. He is all.
12Look upon the rainbow, and bless 30 What shall we be able to do to glorify
him that made it: ^ it is very beautiful in him ? for the Almighty himself is above
itsbrightness. all his works.
13 It encompasseth the heaven about 31 The Lord is terrible, and exceeding
with the circle of its glory, the hands of great, and his power is admirable.
the most High have displayed it. 32 Glorify the Lord as much as evef
14 By his commandment he maketh the you can, for he will yet far exceed, and
snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth his magnificence is wonderful.
swiftly the hghtnings of his judgment. 33 Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much
16 Through this are the treasures opened, as you can: for he is above all praise.
and the clouds fly out like birds. 34 When you exalt him put forth all
16 By his greatness he hath fixed the your strength, and be not weary: for
clouds, and the hailstones are broken. you can never go far enough.
17 At his sight shall the mountains be 35 ^ Who shall see him, and declare
shaken, and at his will the south wind him? and who shall magnify him as he
shall blow. from the beginning ?
is
18 The noise
of his thunder shall strike 36 There are many things hidden from
the earth, so doth the northern storm, us that are greater than these: for we
and the whirlwind: have seen but a few of his works.
19 And as the birds lighting upon the 37 But the Lord hath made all things,
earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.
20 The eye admireth at the beauty of CHAPTER 44.
the whiteness thereof, and the heart is The praises of the holy fathers, in particular of
astonished at the shower thereof. Enoch, A^oe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
21 He shall pour frost as salt upon the LET us now praise men of renown
earth and when it freezeth, it shall be-
: and our fathers in their generation.
come like the tops of thistles. 2 The Lord hath wrought great glory
22 The cold north wind bloweth, and through his magnificence from the be-
the water is congealed into crystal; upon ginning.
every gathering together of waters it 3 Such as have borne rule in their do-
shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as minions, men of great power, and endued
a breastplate. with their wisdom, shewing forth in the
23 And it shall devour the mountains, prophets the dignity of prophets,
and burn the wilderness, and consume 4 And ruling over the present people,
all that is green as with fire. and by the strength of wisdom instructing
24 A present remedy of all is the speedy the people in most holy words.
coming of a cloud, and a dew that meet- 6 Such as by their skill sought out
eth it, by the heat that cometh, shall musical tunes, and published canticles of
overpower it. the scriptures.
25 At his word the wind is still, and with 6 Rich men in virtue, studying beautiful-
his thought he appeaseth the deep, and ness living at peace in their houses.
:

the Lord hath planted islands therein. 7 All these have gained glory in their
26 Let them that sail on the sea, tell generations, and were praised in their
the dangers thereof: and when we hear days.
with our ears, we shall admire. 8 They that were born of them have left
27 There are great and wonderful works: a name behind them, that their praises
a variety of beasts, and of all living things, might be related
and the monstrous creatures of whales. 9 And there are some, of whom there
28 Through him is established the end is no memorial: who are perished, as if
of their journey, and by his word all they had never been: and are become as
things are regulated. if they had never been born, and their
29 We shall say much, and yet shall children with them.

g Gea d. 13. hPa.na,^

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Henoch, Noe, Abraham ECCLESIASTICUS Moses and Aaron

10 But these were men of mercy, whose MOSES
was beloved of God, and men?
°
godly deeds have not failed: whose memory is in benediction.
11 Good things continue with their seed, 2 He made him Uke the saints in glory,
12 Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and magnified him in the fear of his ene-
and their seed hath stood in the cove- mies, and with his words he made prodi-
nants. gies to cease.
13 And their children for their sakes re- 3 P He glorified him in the sight of kings,
main for ever: their seed and their glory and gave him commandments in the sight
shall not be forsaken. of his people, and shewed him his glory.
14 Their bodies are buried in peace, and 4 ^ He sanctified him in his faith, and
their name liveth unto generation and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh.
generation. 5 For he heard him, and his voice, and
15 Let the people shew forth their wis- brought him into a cloud.
dom^ and the church declare their praise. 6 And he gave him commandments be-
16 * Henoch pleased God, and was trans- fore his face, and a law of life and in-
lated into paradise, that he may give struction, that he might teach Jacob his
repentance to the nations. covenant, and Israel his judgments.
17 ^ Noe was found perfect, just, and in 7 He exalted Aaron his brother, and
the time of wrath he was made a reconcil- hke to himself of the tribe of Levi
iation. 8 He made an everlasting covenant with
18 Therefore was there a remnant left him, and gave him the priesthood of the
to the earth, when the flood came. nation, and made him blessed in glory,
19 '^The covenants of the world were 9 And he girded him about with a glori-
made with him, that all flesh should no ous girdle, and clothed him with a robe
more be destroyed with the flood. of glory, and crowned him with majestic
TD ^Abraham was the great father of a attire.
multitude of nations, and there was not 10 He put upon him a garment to the
found the like to him in glory, who kept feet, and breeches, and an ephod, and he
the law of the most High, and was in compassed him with many little bells of
covenant with him. gold all round about,
21 ^ In his flesh he established the cov- 11 '"That as he went there might be
enant, ^ and in temptation he was found a sound, and a noise made that might be
faithful. heard in the temple, for a memorial to
22 Therefore by an oath he gave him the children of his people.
glory in his posterity, that he should in- 12 He gave him a holy robe of gold, and
crease as the dust of the earth, blue, and purple, a woven work of a wise
23 And that he would exalt his seed as man, endued with judgment and truth
the stars, and they should inherit from 13 Of twisted scarlet the work of an
sea to sea, and from the river to the ends artist, with precious stones cut and set in
of the earth. gold, and graven by the work of a lapi-
24 And he did in like manner with Isaac dary for a memorial, according to the
for the sake of Abraham his father. number of the tribes of Israel.
25 The Lord gave him the blessing of 14 And a crown of gold upon his mitre
all nations, and confirmed his covenant wherein was engraved Holiness, an orna-
upon the head of Jacob. ment of honour a work of power, and
:

26 He acknowledged him in his bless- delightful to the eyes for its beauty.
ings, and gave him an inheritance, and 15 Before him there were none so beau-
divided him his portion in twelve tribes. tiful, even from the beginning.
27 And he preserved for him men of 16 No stranger was ever clothed with
mercy, that found gracf. in the eyes of all them, but only his children alone, and his
flesh. grandchildren for ever.
CHAPTER 45. 17 His sacrifices were consumed with
The praises of Moses, of Aaron, and ofPhinees. fire every day.

i Gen. 5. 24 ; Heb. 11. 5. —j Gen. 9. 9. n Gen. 22. 2. — o Ex. 11. 3.

k Gen. 6. 14, and 7. 1 Heb. 11. 7.
; p Ex. 6. 7 and 8.

I Gen. 12. 2 ; 15, 5, and 17. 4. q Num. 12. 3 and 7 Heb.

; 3.2 and 6.
m Gen. 17. 10 ; GaL 3. 6. r Ex. 28. 36.

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Phinees ECCLESIASTICUS Josue and Caleb

18 "^
Moses filled his hands and anointed he might give wisdom into our heart to
him with holy oil. judge his people in justice, that their
19 This was made to for an ever- good things might not be abolished, and
him
lasting testament, and to his seed as the he made their glory in their nation ever-
days of heaven, to execute the office of lasting.
the priesthood, and to have praise, and
to glorify his people in his name.
46. CHAPTER
20 He chose him out of all men living, The praise of Josue, of Caleb, and of Samuel.
to offer sacrifice to God, incense, and a in war was Jesus the son of VALIANT
good savour, for a memorial to make Nave, who was successor of Moses
reconciUation for his people among the prophets, who was great ac-
21 And he gave him power in his com- cording to his name,
mandments, in the covenants of his judg- 2 Very great for the saving the elect of
ments, that he should teach Jacob his God, to overthrow the enemies that roso
testimonies, and give Ught to Israel in his up against them, that he might get tb)
law. inheritance for Israel. i
22 ' And strangers stood up against him, 3 great glory did he gain when he How
and through envy the men that were with lifted up his hands, and stretched out
Dathan and Abiron, compassed him about swords against the cities? i

in the wilderness, and the congregation
of Core in their wrath.
23 The Lord God saw and it pleased him
not, and they were consumed in his and one day made as two?
wrathful indignation.
24 He wrought wonders upon them, and
consumed them with a flame of fire.
^5 And he added glory to Aaron, and
gave him an inheritance, and divided
unto him the firstfruits of the increase
of the earth.
26 He prepared them bread in the first
place unto fulness : for the sacrifices also
of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave
to him, and to his seed.
27 But he shall not inherit among the
people in the land, and he hath no por-
tion among the people for he himself is
his portion and inheritance.
28 ^ Phinees the son of Eleazar is the
4 Who before him hath so resisted ? for
the Lord himself brought the enemies.
5 ^ Was not the sun stopped in his anger,»
6 He called upon the most high Sover-
eign when the enemies assaulted him on
every side, and the great and holy God
heard him by hailstones of exceeding
great force.
7 He made a violent assault against the-
nation of his enemies, and in the descent
he destroyed the adversaries.
8 That the nations might know his
power, that it is not easy to fight against
God. And he followed the mighty one:
9 ^ And in the days of Moses he did a
work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of
: Jephone, in standing against the enemy,
and withholding the people from sins,
and appeasing the wicked murmuring, i

third in glory, by imitating him in the
fear of the Lord
29 And he stood up in the shameful fall
of the people in the goodness and readi-
: on foot, to bring them into their inherit-
ness of his soul he appeased God for Is-
rael.
30 Therefore he
of peace, to be the prince of the sanctu-
ary, and of his people, that the dignity of
priesthood should be to him and to his
seed for ever.
10 And they two being appointed, were
delivered out of the danger from among
the number of six hundred thousand men
ance, into the land that fioweth with milk
and honey.
made to him a covenant 11 And the Lord gave strength also to
Caleb, and his strength continued even
to his old age, so that he went up to the
high places of the land, and his seed ob-
tained it for an inheritance :

31 And a covenant to David the king, 12 That all the children of Israel might
the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an see, that it is good to obey the holy God.
inheritance to him and to his seed, that 13 Then all the judges, every one by
s Lev. 8. 12. — t Num. 16. 1 and 3. — w Num. 25. 7 1 Mac. 2. 26, 54. — V Jos. 10. 14. — w Num. 14. 6.

Chap. 46. Ver. Jesus the son of Nave.

l. So Ver. 7. And in the descent of Beth-horon (Jos.
Josue is named in the Greek Bibles. For Josue and 10.).
Jesus signify the same thing, viz., a saviour.
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)amue ECCLESIASTICUS David and Solomon

name, whose heart was not corrupted 5 In lifting up his hand, with the stone
who turned not away from the Lord, in the sling he beat down the boasting of
14 That their memory might be blessed, Goliath:
and their bones spring up out of their 6 For he called upon the Lord the Al-
place, mighty, and he gave strength in his right
15 And their name continue for ever, hand, to take away the mighty warrior,
the glory of the holy men remaining and to set up the horn of his nation.
unto their children. 7 * So in ten thousand did he glorify him,
16 Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the and praised him in the blessings of the
beloved of the Lord his God, established Lord, in offering to him a crown of glory:
a new government, and anointed princes 8 For he destroyed the enemies on every
over his people. side, and extirpated the Philistines the
17 By the law of the Lord he judged the adversaries unto this day he broke their :

congregation, and the God of Jacob be- horn for ever.

held, and by his fidelity he was proved a 9 In all his works he gave thanks to the
prophet. holy one, and to the most High, with
18 And he was known to be faithful in words of glory.
his words, because he saw the God of 10 With his whole heart he praised the
Ught: Lord, and loved God that made him and :

19 ^ And called upon the name of the he gave him power against his enemies
Lord Almighty, in fighting against the 11 And he set singers before the altar,
enemies who beset him on every side, and by their voices he made sweet mel-
when he offered a lamb without blemish. ody.
20 And the Lord thundered from hea- 12 And to the festivals he added beauty,
ven, and with a great noise made his and set in order the solemn times even
voice to be heard. to the end of his life, that they should
21 And he crushed the princes of the praise the holy name of the Lord, and
Tyrians, and all the lords of the Philis- magnify the holiness of God in the
tines : morning.
22 y And before the time of the end of 13-^ The Lord took away his sins, and
his life in the world, he protested before exalted his horn for ever and he gave :

the Lord, and his anointed: money, or him a covenant of the kingdom, and a
any thing else, ^ even to a shoe, he had throne of glory in Israel.
not taken of any man, and no man did 14 After him arose up a wise son, and
accuse him. for his sake he cast down all the power
23 And after this he slept, ** and he of the enemies.
made known to the king, and shewed 15 Solomon reigned in days of peace,
s'

him the end of his life, and he lifted up and God brought all his enemies under
his voice from the earth in prophecy to him, that he might build a house in his
blot out the wickedness of the nation. name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever:
O how wise wast thou in thy youth
CHAPTER 47. 16 ^ And thou wast filled as a river with
The praise of Nathan, of David, and of Solomon: wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth,
of his fall and punishment. 17 And thou didst multiply riddles in
THEN ^Nathan the prophet arose in parables: thy name went abroad to the
the days of David. islands far off, and thou wast beloved in
2 And as the fat taken away from the thy peace.
flesh, so was David chosen from among 18 The countries wondered at thee for
the children of Israel. thy canticles, and proverbs, and parables,
3 ^ He played with lions as with lambs and interpretations,
and with bears he did in like manner as 19 And at the name of the Lord God,
with the lambs of the flock, in his youth. whose surname is, God of Israel.
4 ^ Did not he kill the giant, and take 20 * Thou didst gather gold as copper,
away reproach from his people ? and didst multiply silver as lead,
X 1 Kings l. — —
yl Kings 12. z Gen. 14. 23. e —
1 Kings 18. 7. / 2 Kings 12. 13.
—
a 1 Kings 38. 18. 6 2 Kings 12. 1. —
g 3 Kings 3. 1. /i 3 Kings 4. 3L

c 1 Kings 17. 34. — d 1 Kings 17. 49. i 3 Kings 10. 27.

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Elias ECCLESIASTICUS EUseus and Ezechia»
21 And thou didst bow thyself to wo- 6 Who broughtest down kings to de-
men: and by thy body thou wast brought struction, and brokest easily their power
under subjection. in pieces, and the glorious from their
22 Thou hast stained thy glory, and de- bed.
filed thy seed so as to bring wrath upon 7 Who heardest judgment In Sina, and
thy children, and to have thy folly kin- in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.
dled, 8 Who anointedst kings to penance, and
23 That thou shouldst make the king- madest prophets successors after thee.
dom to be divided, ^ and out of Ephraim 9 ° Who wast taken up in a whirlwind
a rebellious kingdom to rule. of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
24 But God will not leave off 10 Wno art registered in the judgments
his mercy,
•^nd he will not destroy, nor abolish his of times to appease the wrath of the Lord,
own works, neither will he cut up by the P to reconcile the heart of the father to
roots the offspring of his elect : and he the son, and to restore the tribes of
will not utterly take away the seed of Jacob.
him that loveth the Lord. 11 Blessed are they that saw thee, and
25 Wherefore he gave a remnant to Ja- were honoured with thy friendship.
cob, and to David of the same stock. 12 For we live only in our hfe, but after
26 And Solomon had an end with his death our name shall not be such.
fathers. 13 ^ Elias was indeed covered with the
27 And he left behind him of his seed, whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in
the folly of the nation, Eliseus : in his days he feared not the
28 Even Roboam that had little wisdom, prince, and no man was more powerful
who turned away the people through his than he.
counsel: 14 No word could overcome him,*" and
29 ^ And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who after death his body prophesied.
caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim 15 In his life he did great wonders, and
the way of sin, and their sins were multi- in death he wrought miracles.
phed exceedingly. 16 For all this the people repented not,
30 They removed them far away from neither did they depart from their sins
their land. till they were cast out of their land, and
31 And they sought out all iniquities, were scattered through all the earth.
till vengeance came upon them, and put 17 And there was left but a small peo-
an end to all their sins. ple, and a prince in the house of David.
18 Some of these did that which pleased
CHAPTER 48. God but
: others committed many sins.
The praise of Elias, of Elisetis^ of Ezechias^ and of 19 Ezechias fortified his city, and brought
Isaias. in water into the midst thereof, and he
AND -
'

fire,
Elias the prophet stood up, as a
and his word burnt like a torch.
digged a rock with iron, and made a well
for water.
2 He brought a famine upon them, and 20 ' In his days Sennacherib came up,
they that provoked him in their envy, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand
were reduced to a small number, for they against them, and he stretched out his
could not endure the commandments of hand against Sion, and became proud
the Lord. through his power.
3 "*By the word of the Lord he shut 21 Then their hearts and hands trem-
ap the heaven, and he brought down fire bled, and they were in pain as women in
from heaven thrice. travail.
4 Thus was Elias magnified in his won- 22 And they
called upon the Lord who
drous works. And who can glory like to and spreading their hands,
is merciful,
thee? they lifted them up to heaven and :

6 ** Who raisedst up a dead man from the holy Lord God quickly heard their
below, from the lot of death, by the word voice.
of the Lord God. 23 He was not mindful of their sins,

j 3 Kings 12. 16. —

fc 3 Kings 12. 28. n 3 Kings 17. 22. — o 4 Kings 2. 11.
3 Kings 17. L
1 p Mai. 4. 6. — 5^4 Kings2. 12,
m S Kings 17. 1 : 4 Kings L 10 ao4 12. r 4 Kings 13. 21. — « 4 Kinss18. 13
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Josias and Jeremias ECCLESIASTICUSEzecHeZ. ZorohaheU Nehemias

neither did be deliver them up to their ous vision, which wag shewD him upon
enemies, but he purified them by the the chariot of cherubims.
hand of Isaias, the holy prophet. 11 For he made mention of the enomic»
24 He overthrew the army of the Assyr-
' under the figure of rain, and of doing
ians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed good to them that shewed right ways.
them, 12 And may the bones of the twelve
25 For Ezechias did that which pleased prophets spring up out of their places
God, and walked vaUantly in the way of for they strengthened Jacob, and re-
David his father, which Isaias, the great deemed themselves by strong faith.
prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, 13 How shall we magnify Zorobabel?
2/

had commanded him. for he was as a signet on the right hand

26 " In his days the sun went backward, 14 *In like manner Jesus the son of
and he lengthened the king's life. Josedec? who in their days built the
27 With a great spirit he saw the things house, and set up a holy temple to the
that are to come to pass at last, and com- Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
forted the mourners in Sion. 15 And let Nehemias be a long time
28 He shewed what should come to pass remembered, who raised up for us our
for ever, and secret things before they wails that were cast down, and set up
came. the gates and the bars, who rebuilt our
houses,
CHAPTER 49.
16 No
man was born upon earth like
The praise of Josias, of Jeremias, Ezechiel, and the
twelve prophets. Also of Zorobabel, Jesus the son Henoch: for he also was taken up from
of Josedech, Nehemias, Enoch, Joseph, Seth, Sem, the earth.
and Adam. 17 ® Nor as Joseph, who was a man born
THE ''memory of Josias is like the prince of his brethren, the support of his
composition of a sweet smell made family, the ruler of his brethren, the stay
by the art of a perfumer: of the people;
2 His remembrance shall be sweet as 18 And his bones were visited, and after
honey in every mouth, and as music at death they prophesied,
a banquet of wine, 19 * Seth and Sem obtained glory among
3 He was directed by God unto the men and above every soul Adam in the :

repentance of the nation, and he took beginning.

away the abominations of wickedness. CHAPTER 60.
4 And he directed his heart towards the The praises of Simofn t?is high priest 7%e cor^
Lord, and in the days of sinners he elusion.

strengthened godUness. SIMON

«the high priest, the son ot
6 Except David, and Ezechias, and Onias, who in his life propped up the
Josias, aU committed sin. house, and in his days fortified the
6 For the kings of Juda forsook the law temple.
of the most High, and despised the fear 2 By him also the height of the temple
of God. was founded, the double building and the
7 So they gave their kingdom to others, high walls of the temple.
and their glory to a strange nation. 3 In his days the wells of water flowed
8 ^They burnt the chosen city of holi- out, and they were filled as the sea above
ness, and made the streets thereof deso- measure.
late according to the prediction of Jere- 4 He took care of bis cation, and de-
mias. livered it from destruction.
9 For they treated him evil, who was 5 He prevailed to enlarge the city, and
consecrated a prophet from his mother's obtained glory in his conversation with
womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and the people: and enlarged the entrance of
destroy, and to build again, and renew. the house and the court.
10 ^ It was Ezechiel that saw the glori- 6 He shone in his days as the morning
1 4 Kings 19. 35 Tob. 1. 21 Isa. 37. 36 I Mac T. 41
; ; ; y 1 Esd. a 2 Agg. I. 14, and 2. 3, 6, and 22, 24.
;

2 Mac. 8. 19. z Zach. 3. L

u 'i Kings 20. 11 Isa. 38. 1. — v 4 Kings 22. 1. a Gen. 41. 40 42. 3 45. 5, and 50. 20. ;

r^;4
.

Kings 25. 9. — a: Ezech. 1. 4. b Gen. 4. 25. —c ;

1 Mac. 12. 6 , 2 Mac. 3. 4.

Chap. 49. VeMa They prophesied. That their being carried out of
Is, by Egypt they verified the
prophetic predictioD ol Josepli. Gea. 60.
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Simon the high priest ECCLESIASTICU S Praygr /or peace in Israe l

star in the midst of a cloud, and as the ship of the Lord was perfected, and the^
moon at the full. had finished their office.
7 And as the sun when it shineth, so did 22 Then coming down, he lifted up his
he shine in the temple of God. hands over
the congregation of the
all
8 And as the rainbow giving light in the children of Israel, to give glory to God
bright clouds, and as the flower of roses with his lips, and to glory in his name
in the days of the spring, and as the lilies23 And he repeated his prayer, willing
that are on the brink of the water, and to shew the power of God,
as the sweet smelling frankincense in 24 And now pray ye to the God of all,
the time of summer. who hath done great things in all the
9 As a bright fire, and frankincense earth, who hath increased our days from
burning In the fire. our mother's womb, and hath done with
10 As a massy vessel of gold, adorned us according to his mercy.
with every precious stone. 25 May he grant us joyfulness of heart,
11 As an olive tree budding forth, and and that there be peace in our days in
acj^ress tree rearing itself on high, when Israel for ever
he put on the robe of glory, and was 26 That Israel may believe that the
clothed with the perfection of power. mercy of God is with us, to deliver us in
12 When he went up to the holy altar, his days,
he honoured the vesture of holiness. 27 There are two nations which my soul
13 And wheD he took the portions out abhorreth: and the third is no nation,
of the hands of the priests, he himself which I hate;
stood by the altar. And about him was 28 They that sit on mount Seir, and the
the ring of his brethren: and as the cedar Philistines, and the foolish people that
planted in mount Libanus, dwell in Sichem.
14 And as branches of palm trees, they 29 Jesus the son of Sirach, of Jerusalem,
stood round about him, and all the sons hath written in this book the doctrine of
of Aaron in their glory. wisdom and instruction, who renewed
15 And the oblation of the Lord was in wisdom from his heart.
their hands, before all the congregation 30 Blessed is he that is conversant in
of Israel: and finishing his service, on these good things and he that layeth •

the altar, to honour the offering of the them up in his heart, shall be wise al-
most high King, ways.
16 He stretched forth his hand to make 31 For if he do them, he shall be strong
a libation, and offered of the blood of to do all things because the light of God :

the grape. guideth his steps.

17 He poured out at the foot of the
altar a divine odour to the most high CHAPTER 61.
Prince. A prayer of praise and thanksgiviiiQ,
18 Then the sons of Aaron shouted, they
sounded with beaten trumpets, and made
a great noise to be heard for a remem-
APRAYER I will
of Jesus the son of Sirach.
give glory to thee, O Lord, O
King, and I will praise thee, O God my
brance before God. Saviour.
19 Then all the people together made 2 I will give glory to thy name: for
haste, and fell down to the earth upon thon hast been a helper and protector to
their faces, to adore the Lord their God, me.
and to pray to the Almighty God the hast preserved my body from de-
3 And
most High. from the snare of an unjust
struction,
20 And the singers lifted up their voices, tongue, and from the lips of them that
and in the great house the sound of sweet forge lies, and in the sight of them that
melody was increased. stood by, thou hast been my helper.
21 And the people in prayer besought 4 And thou hast delivered me, accord*
the L ord the most High, until the wor ing to the multitude of the mercy of thy
Chap. 50. Ver. ll. Clothed with the perfection of Such were then the Edomites wno aoocie in mount
Sower. That Is, with all the vestments denoting his Seir, the Philistines, and the Samaritans who dwelt
ignity and authority. in Sichem, and had Uieir SCliismaUcai temple In tbat
Ver. 27. Jbhorreth, viz., with a holy Indignation, neighbouibood
M euemiM of QoA void persecutcn of Itti people
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I
Praise and thanksgiving ECCLESIASTICUS Praise and thanksgigiving
name, from them that did roar, prepared walked in the right way, from my youth
to devour. up I sought after her.
6 Out of the hands of them that sought 21 I bowed down my ear a little, and
my life, and from the gates of afflictions, received her.
which compassed me about: 22 I found much wisdom in myself, and
6 From the oppression of the flame I profited much therein.
which surrounded me, and in the midst 23 To him that giveth mo wisdom, will
of the fire I was not burnt. I give glory.
7 From the depth of the belly of hell, 24 For I have determined to follow her:
and from an unclean tongue, and from I have had a zeal for good, and shall not
lying words, from an unjust king, and be confounded.
from a slanderous tongue : 26 My soul hath wrestled for her, and in
8 My soul shall praise the Lord even to doing it I have been confirmed.
death. 26 I stretched forth my hands on high,
9 And my life was drawing near to hell and I bewailed my ignorance of her.
beneath. 27 I directed my soul to her, and in
10 They compassed me on every side, knowledge I found her.
and there was no one that would help 28 I possessed my heart with her from
me. I looked for the succour of men, the beginning: therefore I shall not be
and there was none. forsaken.
11 I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and 29 My entrails were troubled in seeking
thy works, which are from the beginning her : therefore shall I possess a good pos-
of the world. session.
12 How thou deliverest them that wait 30 The Lord hath given me a tongue for
for thee, O
Lord, and savest them out of my reward and with it I will praise
:

the hands of the nations. him.

13 Thou hast exalted my dwelling place
upon the earth and I have prayed for
death to pass away.
14 I called upon the Lord, the father of
my Lord, that he would not leave me in
the day of my trouble, and in the time of
the proud without help.
15 I will praise thy name continually,
31 Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and
gather yourselves together into the house
of discipline.
32 Why are ye slow? and what do you
say of these things ? your souls are ex-
ceeding thirsty.
33 I have opened my mouth, and have
spoken buy her for yourselves without
:

and will praise it with thanksgiving, and silver,

my prayer was heard. 34 And submit your neck to the yoke,
16 And thou hast saved me from destruc- and your soul receive discipline: for
let
tion, and hast dehvered me from the she is near at hand to be found.
evil time. 35 Behold with your eyes how I have
17 Therefore I will give thanks, and laboured a little, and have found much
praise thee, and bless the name of the rest to myself.
Lord. 36 Receive ye discipline as a great sum
18 When I was yet young, before I wan- of money, and possess abundance of gold
dered about, I sought for wisdom openly by her.
in my prayer. 37 Let your soul rejoice in his mercy
19 I prayed for her before the temple, and you shall not be confounded in hie
and unto the very end I will seek after praise.
her, and she flourished as a grape soon 38 Work your work before the time, an(
ripe, he will give you your reward in hii
20 My heart delighted in her, my foot time.

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THE

PROPHECY OF ISAIAS.
This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, the ^reat prophet, (Ecclesiasticus
48. 25,) from the greatness of his prophetic spirit, by which he hath foretold so
long before, and in so clear a manner, the coming of Christ, the mysteries of our
redemption, the calling of the Gentiles, and the glorious establishment, and per-
petual flourishing of the Church of Christ: insomuch that he may seem to have
been rather an evangelist than a prophet. His very name is not without mysteiry;
for Isaias in Hebrew signifies the salvation of the Lord. He preached confidence.
He was, according to the tradition of the Hebrews, of the blood royal of the
kings of Juda: and after a most holy life, ended his days by a glorious martyr-
dom; being sawed in two, at the command of his wicked son in law, King Manas-
ses, for reproving hie evU ways.

CHAPTER 1. 19 ^Except the Lord of hosts had left us

prophet complains of the sins ofJttda and Jeru-
T?ie
salem: and exhorts them to a sincere conversion.
rpHE vision of Isaias the 3on of Amos,
JL which he saw concerning Juda and
Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, ^Joa-
than, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda.
2 Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O
earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have
brought up children,* and exalted them:
but they have despised me.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the
acs his master's crib^ but Israel hath not
known me, and my people hath not un-
derstood.
4 Woe to the sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, un-
gracious children : they have forsaken
the Lord, they have blasphemed the
Holy One of Israel, they are gone away are wicked.
backwards. 14 My soul hateth your new moons, and
6 For what shall I strike you any more, your solemnities
seed, ^we had been as Sodom, and we
should have been like to Gomorrha.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers
of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God,
ye people of Gomorrha.
11 * To what purpose do you 3ffer me
the multitude of your victims, saith the
Lord ? I am tull, I desire not holocausts
of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of
calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
12 When you came to appear before
me, who required these things at your
hands, that you should walk in my
courts ?
no more in vain: in-
13 Offer sacrifice
cense an abomination to me. The new
is
moons, and the sabbaths, and other fes-
tivals I will not abide, your assemblies
they are become trou- :

you that increase transgression? the blesome to me, I am weary of bearing

whole head is sick, and the whole heart them.
issao. 15 And when you stretch forth your
6 From the sole of the foot unto the hands, I will turn away my eyes from
top of the head, there is no soundness you: and when you multiply prayer, I
therein: wounds and bruises and swell- will not hear: for your hands are full -^

ing sores: they are not bound up, nor of blood.

dressed, nor fomented with oil. 16 Wash yourselves, be clean, take
'^

7 ^ Your land is desolate, your cities are away the evil of your devices from my
burnt with fire: your country strangers eyes: cease to do perversely,
devoiu" before your face, and it shall be 17 Learn to do well: seek judgment, re-
desolate as when wasted by enemies. lieve the oppressed, judge for the father-
8 And the daughter of Sion shall be left less, defend the widow.
W a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge 18 And then come, and accuse me, saith
In a garden of cucumbers, and as a city the Lord if your sins be as scarlet, they
:

that is laid waste. shall be made as white as snow and if :

d B. C. 785-698.-6 Osee ILi h Gen. 19. 24. — i Jer. 6. 20 ; Amos 5. 21.

/ lofra 6. 6.-0 Bom. 9. 29. i I2i£ra 6a 3. — * 1 Peter a. 11.

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Punishment threatened ISAIAS All nations shall come to the church

tiiey be red as crimson, they shall be 2 And in the last days the mountain '^

white as wool. of the house of the Lord shall be prepared

19 If you be willing, and will hearken on the top of mountains, and it shall be
to me, you shall eat the good things of exalted above the hills, anji all nations
the land. shall flow unto it. f j i '^i
20 But if you will not, and will provoke 3 And many people shall go, and say:
me to wrath: the sword shall devour you Come and let us go up to the mountain
because the mouth of the Lord hath of the Lord, and to the house of the God of
spoken it. Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and
21 How is the faithful city, that was we will walk in his paths for the law :

full of judgment, become a harlot? jus- shall come forth from Sion, and the word
tice dwelt in it, but now murderers. of the Lord from Jerusalem.
22 Thy silver is turned into dross: thy 4 And he shall judge the Gentiles, and
wine is mingled with water. rebuke many people and they shall turn :

23 Thy princes are faithless, compan- their swords into ploughshares, and their
ions of thieves they all love bribes, they spears into sickles: nation shall not lift
:

run after rewards. Tliey judge not for up sword against nation, neither shall
^

the fatherless and the widow's cause they be exercised any more to war.
:

Cometh not in to them. 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us

24 Therefore saith the Lord the God of walk in the light of the Lord.
hosts, the mighty one of Israel Ah I 6 For thou hast cast off thy people, the
: I

will comfort myself over my adversaries house of Jacob: because they are filled
:

and I will be revenged of my enemies. as in times past, and have had sooth-
25 And I will turn my hand to thee, and sayers as the Philistines, and have ad-
I will clean purge away thy dross, and I hered to strange children.
will take away all thy tin. 7 Their land is filled with silver and
26 And I will restore thy judges as they gold and there is no end of their trea- :

were before, and thy counsellors as of sures.

old. After this thou shalt be called the 8 And their land is filled with horses:
cJ^y of the just, a faithful city. and their chariots are innumerable.
27 Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, Their land also is full of idols they have :

and they shall bring her back in justice. adored the work of their own hands,
28 And he shall destroy the wicked, and which their own fingers have made.
the sinners together and they that have
: 9 And man hath bowed himself down,
forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed. and man hath been debased: therefore
29 For they shall be confounded for the forgive them not.
idols, to which they have sacrificed and 10 Enter thou into the rock, and hide
:

you shall be ashamed of the gardens thee in the pit from the face of the fear
which you have choseUo of the Lord, and from the glory of his
30 When you shall be as an oak with the majesty.
leaves falling off, and as a garden with- 11 The lofty eyes of man are humbled,
out water. and the haughtiness of men shall be made
31 And your strength shall be as the to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be
ashes of tow, and your work as a spark exalted in that day.
ind both shall burn together, and there 12 Because the day of the Lord of hosts
ihall be none to quench it. shall be upon every one that is proud
and highminded, and upon every onf
CHAPTER 2. that is arrogant, and he shaU be hum-
All nations shall floiv to the church of Christ. The
Jews shall be rejected for their sins. Idolatry shall bled.
be destroyed. 13 And upon all the tall and lofty cedars

THE word that Isaias the son of Amos of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of
saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem. Basan.

I Jer. 5. 28. m Mich. 4. 1.

Chap. 2. Ver. 2. The last days. The whole time only eternity. —
Ibid. On the top of mountains, &e.
of the new law, from the coming of Christ till the end This shews the perpetual visibility of the church of
of the world, is called in the scripture the last days; Christ: for a mountain upon the top of mouuta»^u8
because no other age or time sliall come after it, but cannot be bid.
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Idols shall he destroyed ISAIAS The evils that shall come upon Juda
14 And upon all iSae high mountains, 6 For a man shall take hold of his bro~
and upon the elevated hills.
all ther, one of the house of his father, say-
15 And upon every high tower, and ing: Thou hast a garment, be thou our
every fenced wall. ruler, and let this ruin be under thy
16 And upon all the ships of Tharsis, hand.
and upon all that is fair to behold. 7 In that day he shall answer, saying:
17 And the loftiness of men shall be I am no healer, and in my house there
bowed down, and the haughtiness of is no bread, nor clothing make me not :

men shall be humbled, and the Lord ruler of the people.

alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 And idols shall be utterly destroyed.
19 "^ And they shall go into the holes of
rocks, and into the caves of the earth
from the face of the fear of the Lord,
and from the glory of his majesty, when
he shall rise up to strike the earth.
20 In that day a man shall cast away
8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is
fallen: because their tongue, and their
devices are against the Lord, to provoke
the eyes of his majesty.
9 The shew of their countenance hath
answered them: and they have pro-
claimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and
they have not hid it woe to their souls, :

his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, for evils are rendered to them.
which he had made for himself to adore, 10 Say to the just man that it is well^
moles and bats. for he shall eat the fruit of his do-
21 And he shall go into the clefts of ings.
rocks, and into the holes of stones from 11 Woe to the wicked unto evil: for
the face of the fear of the Lord, and the reward of his hands shall be given
from the glory of his majesty, when he him.
shall rise up to strike the earth. 12 As for my people, their oppressors
22 Cease ye therefore from the man, have stripped them, and women have
whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is ruled over them. O my people, 2^ they
reputed high. that call thee blessed, the same de-
ceive thee, and destroy the way of thy
CHAPTER 3.
steps.
The confusion and other evils that shall come upon
the Jeivs for their sins. The pride of their women 13 The Lord standeth up to judge, and
shall be punished. he standeth to judge the people. a^
FOR behold the sovereign the Lord of
hosts shall take away from Jerusa-
14 The Lord will enter into
with the ancients of his people, and
judgment
its
lem, and from Juda the vahant and the princes for you have devoured the :

strong, the whole strength of bread, and vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in
the whole strength of water. your house.
2 The strong man, and the man of war, 15 Why do you consume people, my
the judge, and the prophet, and the cun- and grind the faces of the poor? saith
ning man, and the ancient. the Lord the God of hosts.
3 The captain over fifty, and the hon- 16 And the Lord said: Because the
ourable in countenance, and the counsel- daughters of Sion are haughty, and have
lor, and the architect, and the skilful in walked with stretched out necks, and
eloquent speech. wanton glances of their eyes, and made
4 ° And I will give children to be their a noise as they walked with their feet
princes, and the effeminate shall rule and moved in a set pace
over them. 17 The Lord will make bald the crown
5 And the people shall rush one upon of the head of the daughters of Sion, and
another, and every man against his the Lord will discover their hair.
neighbour: the child shall make a tu- 18 In that day the Lord will take away
mult against the ancient, and the base the ornaments of shoes, and Uttle
against the honourable. moons.
n Osce 10. 8 ; I,uke 23. 30 ; Apoc. 6. 16. o Eccli. 10. IG. — p Ezech. 13. 18.

Ver. 18. Idols shall be utterly destroyed ; or utterly ries is abunda,ntly confuted, who charge the whole
pass away. This was verified by the establishment Christian cliurcli with worsbippiDg idols, for mauy
Of Christianity. And by this and other texts of the ages.
like nature, the wild system of some moderu
secta-

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Remnant of Sion shall be comforted ISAIAS Parable of the vineyard
19 And chains and necklaces, and brace-
lets, and bonnets, CHAPTER 5.
The reprobation of the Jews isforeshewn under the
20 And bodkins, and ornaments of the parable of a vineyard. A woe ic pronounced
legs, and tablets, and sweet balls, and against sinners : the army God shall send against
earrings, them.
21 And rings, and jewels hanging on WILL sing to my beloved the canticle
19
the forehead, of my cousin concerning his vineyard.
22 And changes of apparel, and short My beloved had a vineyard on a hill in a
cloaks, and fine linen, and crisping pins, fruitful place.
23 And looking-glasses, and lawns, and 2 And he fenced it in, and picked the
headbands, and fine veils. stones out of it, and planted it with the
24 And instead of a sweet smell there choicest vines, and built a tower in the
shall be stench, and instead of a girdle, a midst thereof, and set up a winepress
cord, and instead of curled hair, baldness, therein and he looked that it should
:

and instead of a stomacher, haircloth. bring forth grapes, and it brought forth
25 Thy fairest men also shall fall by the wild grapes.
sword, and thy valiant ones in battle. 3 And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusa-
26 And her gates shall lament and lem, and ye men of Juda, judge between
mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the me and my vineyard.
ground. 4 What is there that I ought to do more
CHAPTER 4. to my vineyard, that I have not done to
After an extremity of evils that shall fall upon the it? was it that I looked that it should
Jews, a remrvant shall be comforted by Christ, bring forth grapes, and it hath brought
AND in that day seven women shall forth wild grapes ?
XjL take hold of one man, saying: We6 And now I will shew you what I will
will eat our own bread, and wear our do to my vineyard. I will take away the
own apparel: only let us be called by hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted I :

thy name, take ?*.way our reproach. will break down the wall thereof, and it
2 In that day the bud of the Lord shall shall be trodden down.
be in magnificence and glory, and the 6 And I will make it desolate it shall :

fruit of the earth shall be high, and a not be pruned, and it shall not be digged:
great joy to them that shall have es- but briers and thorns shall come up and :

caped of Israel. I will command the clouds to rain no rain

3 And it shall come to pass, that every upon it.
one that shall be left in Sion, and that 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
shall remain in Jerusalem, shall be called is the house of Israel and the man of :

holy, every one that is written in life in Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked
Jerusalem. that he should do judgment, and behold
4 If the Lord shall wash away the filth iniquity: and do justice, and behold a
of the daughters of Sion, and shall wash cry.
away the blood of Jerusalem out of the 8 Woe to you that join house to house
midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and lay field to field, even to the end of
and by the spirit of burning. the place shall you alone dwell in the
:

5 And the Lord will create upon every midst of the earth ?
place of mount Sion, and where he is 9 These things are in my ears, saith the
called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke Lord of hosts: Unless many great and
and the brightness of a flaming fire in fair houses shall become desolate, with-
the night for over all the glory shall be out an inhabitant.
:

a protection. 10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield

6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a one little measure, and thirty bushels of
shade in the daytime from the heat, and seed shall yield three bushels.
for a security and covert from the whirl- 11 Woe to you that rise up early in the
wind, and from rain. morning to follow drunkenness, and to
q Jer. 2. 21 ; Matt. 21. 33.

Chap. 4. Ver. 2. The bud of the Lord, That is, Christ, as being of his family and kindred, by de-
Christ. scending from the house of David. Ibid. On a —
CBAi^G. Ver.L Afy cousin. So tbe prophet calls hiUt&c Literally, in t/ieAor»,tA0 «on «i^otf.
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 Woe against the sinners
drink till the evoning, to b« inflamed
with wine.
12 The harp, and the lyre, and the tim-
brel, and the pipe^ and wine are in your
Leasts and the work of the Lord you
I this his anger is noD turned away, but his
regard not, nor do you consider the
'*
works of his hands»
13 Therefore is my people led away cap-
tive, because they had not knowledge,
ISAIAS The prophet* s vision of seraphim
stretched out hie hand upon them, and
struck them : and the mountains were
troubled, and their carcasses became as
dung in the midst c the streets. For all
hand is stretched out still.
26 And he will lift up a sign to the na-
tions afar off, and will whistle to them
from the ends of the earth and behold :

and their nobles have perished with fam- they shall come with speed swiftly.
ine, and their multitude were dried up 27 There is none that shall faint, nor
with thirst. labour among them they shall not slum-
:

14 Therefore hath hell enlarged her
soul, and opened her mouth without any
bounds, and their strong ones, and their
people, and their high and glorious ones
shallgo down into it.
15 And man shall be brought down,
-
and man shaU be humbled, and the eyes
* like the violence of a tempest.
of the lofty shall be brought low.
16 And the Lord of hosts shall be exalt-
ber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of
their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of
their shoes be broken.
28 Their arrows are sharp, and all their
bows are bent. The hoofs of their horses
shall be like the fiint, and their wheels
29 Their roaring like that of a Hon,
they shall roar hke young lions yea :

ed in judgment, and the holy God shaU
be sanctified in justice.
17 And the lambs shall feed according
to their order, and strangers shall eat the
deserts turned into iruitfulness.
18 Woe to you that draw iniquity with
they shall roar, and take hold of the
prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it,
and there shall be none to deliver it.
30 And they shall make a noise against
them that day, hke the roaring of the
sea we shall look towards the land, and
;

cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a behold darkness of tribulation, and the
cart. hght is darkened with the mist thereof.
19 That say i Let him make haste, and
let his work come quickly, that we may CHAPTER 6.
see it: and
let the counsel of the Holy A glorious vision, in which the prophet's lips are
One of Israel come, that we may know it. cleansed: he foretelleth the obstinacy of the Jews.
20 Woe to you that call evil good, and the year that king Ozias died, ^I
good evih that put darkness for light,
IN
saw the Lord sitting upon a throne
and hght for darkness : that put bitter high and elevated and his train filled :

for sweet, and sweet for bitter. the temple.

21 ** Woe to you that are wise in your 2 Upon it stood the seraphims the one :

own eyes, and prudent in your own con- had six wings, and the other had six
ceits. wings with two they covered his face,
:

22 Woe to you that are mighty to drink and with two they covered his feet, and
wine, and stout men at drunkenness. with two they flew.
23 That justify the wicked for gifts, and 3 And they cried one to another, and
lake away the justice of the just from said ^ Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God
:

him. of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.

I
24 Therefore as the tongue of the fire 4 And the lintels of the doors were
devoureth the stubble, and the heat of moved at the voice of him that cried,
the flame consumeth it so shall their and the house was filled with smoke.
:

I root be as ashes, and their bud shall go 5 And I said: Woe is me, because I have
up as dust for they have cast away the held my peace because I am a man of
: ;

law of the Lord of hosts, and have blas- unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of
I
phemed the word of the Holy One of Is- a people that hath unclean Hps, and 1
I
rael. have seen with my eyes the King the
25 Therefore is the wrath of the Lord Lord of hosts.
I kindled against his people, and he hath 6 And one of the seraphims flew to me,
r Amos 6. 6. —5 That is, mean. V B. C. 735.
t That is, Qobleman.^« Prov^ 3. 7 s Bom, 12, 16. IV Apoc. 4. 8.

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Obstinacy of the Jews ISAIAS Emmanuel

and in his hand was a live coal, which he be quiet: fear not, and let not thy heart
had taken with the tongs off the altar. be afraid of the two tails of these fire-
7 And he touched my mouth, ^ and said brands, smoking with the wrath of the
Behold this hath touched thy lips, and fury of Rasin king of Syria, and of th:
thy iniquities shall be taken away, and son of Romelia.
thy sin shall be cleansed. 6 Because Syria hath taken counsel
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, against thee, unto the evil oi: Ephraim
saying Whom shall I send ? and who and the son of Romelia, sayings
:

shall go for ua ? And I said Lo, here am

: 6 Let us go up to Juda, and rouso it up,
1, send me. and draw it away to us, and make the
9 And he said Go, and thou shalt say son of Tabeel king in the miast thereof.
:

to this people ^ Hearing, hear, and

: 7 Thus saith the Lord God It shall not :

understand not and see the vision, and stand, and this shall not be.
:

know it not. 8 But the head of Syria it Damascus,

10 Bhnd the heart of this people, and and the head of Damascus is Rasin and :

make their ears heavy, and shut their within threescore and five years, Ephraim
eyes lest they see with their eyes, and shall cease to be a people:
:

hear with their ears, and understand 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
with their heart, and be converted and I and the head of Samaria the sou of
heal them. Romelia. If you wiU not believe^ yoo
11 And I said: How long, O Lord? shall not continue.
And he said: Until the cities be wasted 10 And the Lord spoke again to Achaz,
without inhabitant, and the houses with- saying:
out man, and the land shall be left 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God,
desolate. either unto the depth of hell, or unto the
12 And the Lord shall remove men far height above.
away, and she shall be multiplied that 12 And Achaz said I will not ask, and I :

was left in the midst of the earth. will not tempt the Lord.
13 And there shall be still a tithing 13 And he said: Hear ye therefore, O
therein, and she shall turn, and shall be house of David Is it a small thing for :

made a show as a turpentine tree, and as you to be grievous to men, that you are
an oak that spreadeth its branches: that grievous to my God also ?
which shall stand therein, shall be a holy 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give
seed. you a sign. ^ Behold a virgin shall con-
ceive, and bear a son, and his name shall
CHAPTER 7. be called Emmanuel.
The prophet assures king Achaz that the two kings
his enemies shall not take Jerusalem. A virgin 15 He shall eat butter and honey, that
shall conceive and bear a son. he may know to refuse the evil, and to
A ND ^ it came to pass in the days of choose the good.
J\. Achaz the son of Joathan, the son 16 For before the child know to refuse
of Ozias, king of Juda, that Rasin king the evil, and to choose the good, the
of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia land which thou abhorrest shall be for-
king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem, to saken of the face of her two kings.
fight against it but they could not prevail
: 17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and
over it. upon thy people, and upon the house of
2 And they told the house of David, say- thy father, days that have not come since
ing: Syria hath rested upon Ephraim, the time of the separation of Ephraim
and his heart was moved, and the heart from Juda with the king of the Assyrians.
of his people, as the trees of the woods 18 And it shall come to pass in that
are moved with the wind. day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly,
3 And the Lord said to Isaias: Go forth that is in the uttermost parts of the
to meet Achaz, thou and Jasub thy son rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is
that is left, to the conduit of the upper in the land of Assyria.
pool, " in the way of the fuller's field. 19 And they shall come, and shall all of
4 And thou shalt say to him: See thou them rest in the torrents of the valleys-
X Jer. 1.9. —
y Matt. 13. 14 Mark 4. 12 Luke
; ; 8. 10 z About 733, before the death of Joathan. 4 Kings
John 12. 40 i Acts 28. 26 i Kom. 11. 8. 16. 15.—a 4 Kings 18. 17.— 6 Matt. 1. 23 Luke 1. 31.
;

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The name of the child ISAIAS Many evils shall come upon Juda
and in tho holes ot tbe rocks, and upon silence, and hath rather taken Rasin, :ind
all places set with shrubs, and in all the son of Romelia :

hollow places. 7 Therefore behold the Lord will bring

2C In thafc day the Lord shall shave with upon them the waters of the river strong
a razor tha(i is hired by them that are and many, the king of the Assyrians, and
beyond the river, by the king of the all his glory: and he shall come up over
AssyrianSg ijhc head and the hairs of the all his channels, and shall overflow all
leet; and the whole beard. his banks,
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, 8 And shall pass through Juda, over-
t^iiat a man shall nourish a young cow, flowing, and going over shall reach even
and two sheep. to the neck. And the stretching out of
22 And for the abundance of milk he his wings shall fill the breadth of thy
shall eat butter: for butter and honey land, O Emmanuel.
^all every one eat that shall be left in 9 Gather yourselves together, O ye peo-
^he midst of the land. ple, and be overcome, and give ear, all
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, ye lands afar off strengthen yourselves, :

that every place where there were a and be overcome, gird yourselves, and
thousand vines, at a thousand pieces of be overcome.
silver, shall become thorns and briers. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall
24 With arrows and with bows they be defeated speak a word, and it shall :

ohall go in thither for briers and thorns not be done because God is with us.
: :

shall be in all the land. 11 For thus saith the Lord to me As :

26 And as for all the hills that shall be he hath taught me, with a strong arm,
raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and that I should not walk in the way of this
briers shall not come thither, but they people, saying
shall be for the ox to feed on, and the 12 Say ye not A conspiracy for all : :

lesser cattle to tread upon, that this people speaketh, is a conspir-

acy: neither fear ye their fear, nor be
CHAPTER 8. afraid.
The name of a child that is to he :13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself:
bom many evils
shall comeupon the Jews for their sins.
and let him be your fear, and let him be
AND the Lord said to me: Take thee a your dread.
J\. great book, and write in it with a 14 And he shall be a sanctification to
man's pen. Take away the spoils with you. ^ But for a stone of stumbling, and
speed, quickly take the prey. for a rock of offence to the two houses
2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses, of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the
tJrias the priest, and Zacharias the son of inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Barachias. 15 And very many of them shall stum-
3 And went to the prophetess, and ble and fall, and shall be broken in
I
she conceived, and bore a son. And the pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.
Lord said to me: Call his name. Hasten 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law
to take away the spoils: Make haste to among my disciples.
take away the prey. 17 And I will wait for tho Lord, who
4 For before the child know to call his hath hid his face from the house of Ja-
fttther and his mother, the strength of cob, and I will look for him.
Damascus, and the spoils of Samaria 18 Behold I and my children, whom the
shall be taken away before the king of Lord hath given me for a sign, and for a
the Assyrians. wonder in Israel from the Lord of hosts,
5 And the Lord spoke to me again, say- who dwelleth in mount Sion.
ing: 19 And when they shall say to you:
6 Forasmuch as this people hath cast Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who
away the waters of Siloe, that go with mutter in their enchantments should :

c Luke 2. 34 ; Rom. 9. 32 ; 1 Peter 2. 6.

ChaPo 8. Ver. 19. Seek of pythons. That is,
people pretending to tell future things by a pro-
phesying spirit Should not the people seek of their
Oodtfor the living of the dead? Here is signified.
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that it is to God we should pray to be directed, and
not to seek of the dead, (that is, of fortune-tellers
dead in sin,) for the health of the living. - ^" "-
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The birth and reign of Christ ISAIAS The judgments of God upon Israel
not the people 3eek of their God, for the 8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and
dying of the dead? it hath lighted upon Israel.
20 To the law rather, and to the testi- 9 And all the people of Ephraim shall
mony. And if they speak not according know, and the inhabitants of Samaria
to this word, they shall not have the that say in the pride and haughtiness of
morning light. their heart
21 And they shall pass by it, they shall 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we
fall, and be hungry: and when they shall will build with square stones: they have
be hungry, they will be angry, and curse cut down the sycamores, but we will
their king, and their God, and look up- change them for cedars.
wards. 11 And the Lord shall set up the ene-
22 And they shall look to the earth, and mies of Rasin over him, -^and shall bring
behold trouble and darkness, weakness on his enemies in a crowd
and distress, and a mist following them, 12 The Syrians from the east, and the
and they cannot fly away from their dis- PhiUstines from the west and they :

tress. shall devour Israel with open mouth.

For all this his indignation is not turned
CHAPTER 9. away, but his hand is stretched out
What joy shall come after afflictions by the birth
and kingdom of Christ ; which shall flourish for stilL
ever. Judgments upon Israel for their sins. 13 And the people are not returned to
A T '^ the first time the land of Zabulon, him who hath struck them, and have
Jl\. and the land of Nephtali was light- not sought after the Lord of hosts.
ly touched :and at the last the way of 14 And the Lord shall destroy out of Is-
the sea beyond the Jordan of the Galilee rael the head and the tail, him that bend-
of the Gentiles was heavily loaded. eth down, and him that holdeth back, in
2 The people that walked in darkness, one day.
have seen a great hght: to them that 15 The aged and honourable, he is the
dwelt in the region of the shadow of head: and the prophet that teacheth
death, light is risen. lies, he is the tail.
3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and 16 And they that call this people bless-
hast nsit increased the joy. They shall ed, shall cause them to err: and they
rejoice before thee, as they that rejoice that are called blessed, shall be thrown
in the harvest, as conquerors rejoice down headlong.
after taking a prey, when they divide 17 Therefore the Lord shall have no
ate spoils. joy in their young men: neither shall he
4 For the yoke of their burden, and the have mercy on their fatherless, and
rod of their shoulder, and the sceptre of widows: for every one is a hypocrite
their oppressor thou hast overcome, ^ as and wicked, and every mouth hath
in the day of Madian. spoken folly. For all this his indigna-
6 For every violent taking of spoils, with tion is not turned away, but his hand is
tumult, and garment mingled with blood, stretched out still.
shall be burnt, and be fuel for the fire. 18 For wickedness is kindled as a fire,
6 For a child is born to us, and a son it shall devour the brier and the thorn:
is given to us, and the government is and shall kindle in the thicket of the
upon his shoulder: and his name shall be forest, and it shall be wrapped up in
called. Wonderful, Counsellor, God the smoke ascending on high.
Mighty, the Father of the world to come, 19 By the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the Prince of Peace. the land is troubled, and the people shall
7 His empire shall be multiplied, and be as fuel for the fire: no man shall spare
there shall be no end of peace he shall his brother.
:

Bit upon the throne of David, and upon 20 And he shall turn to the right hand,
his kingdom to establish it and strength-
; and shall be hungry: and shall eat on
en it with judgment and with justice, the left hand, and shall not be filled*
from henceforth and for ever the zeal every one shall eat the flesh of his own
:

of the Lord of hosts will perform this. arm: Manasses Ephraim, and Ephraim

d Matt 4. 15. — e Judges 7. 22. /4 Kings 16. a

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PVoe to tyrants ISAIAS The pride of Assyria jynnished

Manasses, and they together shall be I will vioit the fruit of the proud heart
against Juda. Di th" king of ^ Assyria, and the glory of
21 After all these things his indignation the haughtiness of his eyes.
is not turned away, but his hand is 13 For he hath said By the strength of :

stretched out still. my own hand I have done it, and by my

own wisdom
I have understood: and I
CHAPTER 10. have removed the bounds of the people,
Woe to the makers of wicked laws. The Assyrians and have taken the spoils of the princes,
shall be a rod for punishing Israel: but for their
pride they shall be destroyed: and a remnant of and as a mighty man hath pulled down
Israel saved. them that sat on high.
'r^TOE to them that make wicked laws 14 And my hand hath found the strength
V T and when they write, write injus- of the people as a nest and as eggs are ;

tice: gathered, that are left, so have I gathered

2 To oppress the poor in judgment, and all the earth and there was none that
:

do violence to the cause of the humble moved the wing, or opened the mouth,
of my people: that widows might be or made the least noise.
their prey, and that they might rob the 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him
r'atherless. that cutteth with it? or shall the saw
3 What will you do in the day of visita- exalt itself against him by whom it is
tion, and of the calamity which cometh drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up
from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? against him that hfteth it up, and a staff
and where will ye leave your glory ? exalt itself, which is but wood.
4 That you be not bowed down under 16 Therefore the sovereign Lord, the
the bond, and fall with the slain? In all Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among
these things his anger is not turned his fat ones: and uuder his glory shall be
away, but his hand is stretched out still. kindled a burning, is it were the burning
5 Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod of a fire.
and the staff of my anger, and my indig- 17 And the light of Israel shall be as a
nation is in their hands. fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame
6 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and his thorns and his briers shall be set
and I will give him a charge against the on fire, and shall be devoured in one day.
people of my wrath, to take away the 18 And the glory of his forest, and of
spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from
to tread them down like the mire of the the fjoul even to the flesh, and he shall
streets. run away through fear.
7 But he shall not take it so, and his 19 And they that remain of the trees of
heart shall not think so: but his heart his forest shall be so few, that they shall
shall be set to destroy, and to cut off easily be numbered, a*id a child shall
nations not a few. write them down.
8 For he shall say: 20 And it shall come to pass in that
9 Are nof my princes as so many kings? day, that the remnant of Israel and they
is not Calano as Charcamis and Emath that shall escape of the house of Jacob,
:

as Arphad ? is not Samaria as Damascus ? shall lean no more upon him that strik-
10 As my hand hath found the king- eth them: but they shall lean upon the
doms of the idol, so also their idols of Lord the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Jerusalem, and of Samaria. 21 The remnant shall be converted, the
11 Shall I not, as I have done to Sama- remnant, I say, of Jacob, to the mighty
ria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and God.
her idols ? 22 ^ For if thy people, O Israel, shall be
12 And it shall come to pass, that when as the sand of he sea, a remnant of
the Lord shall have performed all his them shall be con s^erted, the consumption
works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, abridged shall overflow with justice.
g 4 Kings 19. 35 ; Infra 37. 36. h Infra 11. 11 ; Rom. 9. 27.

Chap. lo.Ver. 22. A remnant of them shall be

converted. This was partly verified in the children
the faithful of Christ. —
Ibid. The consnmption
abridged, &c. That is, the number of them cut
of Israel who remained after the devastations of the short, and reduced to few^ shall flourish Id abuo
A-ssyrians, in the time of king Ezechias and partly : dance of justice.
vn the conversion of a remnant of the Jews to

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The remnant of Israel savtJ .^^^^^^ The kingdom of Christ
23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make understanding, the spirit of counsel, ci::d
a consumption, and an abridgment in the ef fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, SiYH^
midst of all the land. of godliness.
24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord the 3 And he shall be filled with the spirit
God of hosts O my people that dwellest
: of the fear of the Lord. He shall not
in Sion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: judge according to the sight of the eyes,
he shall strike thee with his rod, and he nor reprove according to the hearing of
shall lift up his staff over thee in the the ears.
way of Egypt. But he shall judge the poor with jus-
4
25 For yet a little and a very little while, and shall reprove with equity for
tice,
and my indignation shall cease, and my the meek of the earth: ^and he shall
wrath shall be upon their wickedness. strike the earth with the rod of his
26 *And the Lord of hosts shall raise mouth, and with the breath of his lips
up a scourge against him, ^ according to he shall slay the wicked.
the slaughter of Madian in the rock of 5 And justice shall be the girdle of his
Oreb, and his rod over the sea, and he loins and faith the girdle of his reins.
:

shall lift it in the way of Egypt.

up 6 '"^
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb:
27 And it shall come to pass in that and the leopard shall lie down with the
day, that his burden shall be taken away kid the calf and the lion, and the sheep
:

from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from shall abide together, and a little child
off thy neck, and the yoke shall putrify shall lead them.
at the presence of the oil. 7 The calf and the bear shall feed:
28 He shall come into Aiath, he shall their young ones shall rest together: and
pass into Magron at Machmas he shall
: the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
lay up his carriages. 8 And the sucking child shall play on
29 They have passed in haste, Gaba is the hole of the asp : and the weaned
our lodging Rama was astonished, Gab-
: child shall thrust his hand into the den
aath of Saul fled away. of the basilisk.
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of 9 They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill
Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth. in all my holy mountain, for the earth is
31 Medemena is removed ye inhabit- : filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as
ants of Gabim, take courage. the covering waters of the sea.
32 It is yet day enough, to remain in 10 '^ In that day the root of Jesse, who
Nobe : he shall shake his hand against standeth for an ensign of the people, him
the mountain of the daughter of Sion, the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepul-
the hill of Jerusalem. chre shall be glorious.
33 Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts 11 And it shall come to pase in that day,
shall break the earthen vessel with ter- that the Lord shall set his hand the sec-
ror, and the tal' of stature shall be cut ond time to possess the remnant of his
down, and the la)fty shall be humbled. people, which shall be left from the
34 And the thickets of the forest shallAssyrians, and from Egypt, and from
be cut down with iron, and Libanus with Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and froi
its high ones shall fall. Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emathf
and from the islands of the sea.
CHAPTER 11. 12 And he shall set up a standard unto
Of the spiritual kingdom of Christy to which all the nations, and shall assemble the fugi-f
nations shall repair. tives of Israel, and shall gather togethei
A ND ^ there shall come forth a rod out the dispersed of Juda from the foU
JljL of the root of Jesse, and a flower quarters of the earth,
shall rise up ont of his root. 13 And the envy of Ephraim shall b(
2 And the sp \rit of the Lord shall rest taken away, and the enemies of Judf,
upon him: th6 spirit of wisdom, and of shall perish: Ephraim shall not ,env^
i Infra 3*. 'o6.—j Judges 7. 25. 1 2 Thess. 2. 8. — w Infra 65. 25.
k Acts 13. 23 ; Infra 53. 2. n Kom. 15. 12.

Ver. 27. At the presence of the oil. That is, by the scribes the march of the Assyrians under ,<;ennach<
^weet unction of divine mercy. lib; and the terror they should carry with tliem; an
Voi 28. Into Aiath, &c. Here the prophet de> bow they sliould sudd Jiiv be destroyed.
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A canticle of thanksgiving ISAIAS The desolation of Babylon

Juda, and Juda shall not fight against 4 TTie noise of a multitude in the moun-
Ephraim. tains, as it were of many people, the
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders noise of the sound of kings, of nations
of the Philistines by the sea, they to- gathered together: the Lord of hosts
gether shall spoil the children of the hath given charge to the troops of war.
east: Edom, and Moab shall be under 5 To them that come from a country
the rule of their hand, and the children afar off, from the end of heaven the :

of Ammon shall be obedient. Lord and the instruments of his wrath,

15 And the Lord shall lay waste the to destroy the whole land.
tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift 6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is
up his hand over the river in the strength near it shall come as a destruction from :

of his spirit: and he shall strike it in the the Lord.

seven streams, so that men may pass 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and
through it in their shoes. every heart of man shall melt,
16 And there shall be a highway for the 8 And shall be broken. Gripings and
remnant of my people, which shall be pains shall take hold of them, they shall
left from the Assyrians: as there was for be in pain as a woman in labour. Every
Israel in the day that he came up out of one shall be amazed at his neighbour,
the land of Egypt. their countenances shall be as faces
burnt.
CHAPTER 12. 9 Behold, the day of the Lord shall
A canticle of thanksgiving for the benefits of Christ. come, a cruel day, and full of indigna-
AND thou shalt say in that day: I will tion, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the
xV. give thanks to thee, O Lord, for land desolate, and to destroy the sinners
thou wast angry with me thy wrath is : thereof out of it.
turned away, and thou hast comforted 10 ^ For the stars of heaven, and their
me. brightness shall not display their light:
2 Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal the sun shall be darkened in his rising,
confidently, and will not fear : ^ because and the moon shall not shine with her
the Lord is my strength, and praise, my Ught.
and he is become my salvation. 11 And I will visit the evils of the
3 You shall draw waters with joy out of world, and against the wicked for their
the saviour's fountains iniquity: and I will make the pride of
4 And you shall say in that day: Praise infidels to cease, and will bring down the
ye the Lord, and call upon his name: aiTogancy of the mighty.
make his works known among the peo- 12 A man shall be more precious than
ple remember that his name is high.
: gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.
5 Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done 13 For this I will trouble the heaven:
great things : shew this forth in all the and the earth shall be moved out of her
earth. place, for the indignation of the Lord of
6 Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation hosts, and for the day of his fierce wrai/h.
of Sion for great is he that is in the
: 14 And they shall be as a doe fleeing
midst of thee, the Holy One of IsraeL away, and as a sheep and there shall be :

none to gather them together : every

CHAPTER 13. man shall turn to his own people, and
The desolation of Babylon. every one shall flee to his own land.
THE burden of Babylon, which
the son of Amos saw.
Isaias 15 Every one that shall be found, shall
be slain and every one that shall come
:

2 Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, 16 ^ Their infants shall be dashed in
and the rulers go into the gates.
let pieces before their eyes their houses :

3 Ihave commanded my sanctified ones, shall be pillaged, and their wives shall
and have called my strong ones in my be ravished.
wrath, t hem that rejoice in my glory. 17 Behold I will stir up the Medea
oEx.2; Ps. 117. 14.
15. Mark la. 24 ; Luke 21. 25.
_p Ezech. 32. 7; Joel 2. 10, and 3. 15; Matt. 24. 29 q Ps. 136. 9.

Chap. is. Ver. l. The burden of Babylon. Tiiat is, a prophecy against Babylon,
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The restoration of Israel ISAIAS Parable against Babylon

against thorn, who shall not seek silver, an incurable wound, that brought nations
nor desire gold: under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel
18 But with their arrows they shall kill manner.
the children, and shall have no pity upon 7 The whole earth is quiet and still, it is
the sucklings of the womb, and their eye glad and hath rejoiced.
shall not spare their sons. 8 The fir trees also have rejoiced over
19 And that Babylon, glorious among thee, and the cedars of Libanus, saying
kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chal- Since thou hast slept, there hath none
deans, ''shall be even as the Lord de- come up to cut us down.
stroyed Sodom and Gomorrha. 9 Hell below was in an uproar to meet
20 It shall no more be inhabited for thee at thy coming, it stirred up the
ever, and it shall not be founded unto giants for thee. All the princes of the
generation and generation neither shall: earth are risen up from their thrones, all
the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor the princes of nations.
shall shepherds rest there. 10 All shall answer, and say to thee:
21 But wild beasts shall rest there, and Thou also art wounded as well as we,
their houses shall be filled with serpents, thou art become like unto us.
and ostriches shall dwell there, and the 11 Thy pride is brought down to hell,
hairy ones shall dance there: thy carcass is fallen down: under thee
22 And owls shall answer one another shall the moth be strewed, and worms
there, in the houses thereof, and sirens shall be thy covering.
in the temples of pleasure. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning?
CHAPTER 14.
The restoration of Israel
after their captivity. The
how art thou fallen to the earth, that
parable or song insulting over the king of Baby- didst wound the nations ?
lon. A
prophecy against the Philistines. 13 And thou saidst in thy heart: I will
HERdaystime is near at hand, and her
shall not be prolonged. For
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God, I will sit
the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and in the mountain of the covenant, in the
will yet choose out of Israel, and will sides of the north.
make them rest upon their own ground : 14 I will ascend above the height of the
and the stranger shall be joined with clouds, I will be like the most High.
them, and shall adhere to the house of 15 But yet thou shalt be brought down
Jacob. to hell, into the depth of the pit.
2 And the people shall take them, and 16 They that shall see thee, shall turn
bring them into their place: and the toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the
house of Israel shall possess them in the man that troubled the earth, that shook
land of the Lord for servants and hand- kingdoms,
maids: and they shall make them cap- 17 That made the world a wilderness,
tives that had taken them, and shall sub- and destroyed the cities thereof, that
due their oppressors. opened not the prison to his prison-
3 And it shall come to pass in that day, ers?
that when God shall give thee rest from 18 All the kings of the nations have all
thy labour, and from thy vexation, and of them slept in glory, every one in his
from the hard bondage, wherewith thou own house.
didst serve before, 19 But thou art cast crut of thy grave,
4 Thou Shalt take up this parable against as an unprofitable branch defiled, and
the king of Babylon, and shalt say How wrapped up among them that were slain
:

is the oppressor come to nothing, the by the sword, and art gone down to the
tribute hath ceased ? bottom of the pit, as a rotten carcass.
5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the 20 Thou shalt not keep company witt
wicked, the rod of the rulers, them, even in burial for thou hast de- :

6 That struck the people in wrath with ..troyed thy land, thou hast slain thy peo

r Gen. 19. 24.

Chap. 14. Ver. 12. O Lucifer. O day star. All sense, to Lucifer the prince of devils, who wa
this,according to the letter, is spoken of the king created :. bright angel, but fell by pride and reoeJ
Of Babylon. It may also be applied, in a spiritual lion against God.

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The Assyrian and ihePhilistme ISAIAS The desolation of Moah

pie the seed of the wicked shall
: not be rriHE burden of Moab. Because in the
named for ever. X night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is

21 Prepare his children for slaughter silent because the wall of Moab is de-
:

for the iniquity of their fathers they : stroyed in the night, it is silent.
shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, nor 2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to
fill the face of the world with cities. the high places to mourn over Nabo, and
22 And I will rise up against them, saith over Medaba, Moab hath howled * on all :

the Lord of hosts and I will destroy the

: their heads shall be baldness, and every
name of Babylon, and the remains, and beard shall be shaven.
the bud, and the offspring, saith the 3 In their streets they are girded with
Lord. sackcloth on the tops of their houses,
:

23 And I will make it a possession for and in their streets all shall howl and
the ericius and pools of waters, and I will come down weeping.
sweep and wear it
it out with a besom, 4 Hesebon shall cry, and Eleale, their
saith the Lord of hosts. voice heard even to Jasa. For this
is
24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, say- shall the well appointed men of Moab
ing: Surely as I have thought, so shall it howl, his soul shall howl to itself.
be and as I have purposed,
: 5 My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars
25 So shall it fall out That I will de- : thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of
stroy the Assyrian in my land, and upon three years old for by the ascent of Luith
:

my mountains tread him under foot and : they shall go up weeping and in the way :

his yoke shall be taken away from them, of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of
and his burden sha^" -:e taken off their destruction.
shoulder. 6 For the waters of Nemrim shall be
26 This is the counsel, that I have pur- desolate, for the grass is withered away,
posed upon all the earth, and this is the the spring is faded, all the greenness is
hand that is stretched out upon all na- perished.
tions. 7 According to the greatness of their
27 For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, work, is their visitation also they shall :

and who can disannul it ? and his hand is lead them to the torrent of the willows.
stretched out: and who shall turn it 8 For the cry is gone round about the
away ? border of Moab: the howling thereof
28 In the ® year that king Achaz died, unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim
was this burden the cry thereof.
29 Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that 9 For the waters of Dibon are filled with
the rod of him that struck thee is broken blood: for I will bring more upon Dibon:
in pieces: for out of the root of the ser- the lion rpon them that shall flee of
pent shall come forth a basilisk, and his Moab, auvi iipon the remnant of the land.
seed shall swallow the bird.
30 And the firstborn of the poor shall CHAPTER 16.
)e fed, and the poor shall rest with con- The prophet prayeth for ChrisVs coming. The af-
idence and I will make thy root perish
:
fliction of the Moahites for their j}ri6e.
vith famine, and I will kill thy remnant.
31 Howl, O gate cry, O city all Philis-
SEND forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler
; : of the earth, from Petra of the desert,
ia is thrown down: for a smoke shall to the mount of the daughter of Sion.
ome from the north, and there is none 2 And it shall come to pass, that as a
hat shall escape his troop. bird fleeing away, and as young ones fly-
32 And what shall be answered to the ing out of the nest, so shall the daughters
lessengers of the nations? That the of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.
ord hath founded Sion, and the poor of 3 Take counsel, gather a council make :

is people shall hope in him. th-^ shadow as the night in the midday:
hide them that flee, and betray not them
CHAPTER 15. that wander about.
A prophecy of the desolation of the Modbites. 4 My fugitives shall dwell with thee O :

I Chap.
s B. C. 727. t Jer. 48. 37 ; Ezech. 7. 18.

15. Ver. 7, Torrent of the vnllows. That is, as some say, the waters of Babylon : others
render It, a yalley of the ArabiaDS.
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The pride of Moah punished ISAIAS Judgment on Syria and Israel
Moab, be thou a covert to them from CHAPTER 17.
the face of the destroyer for the dust Judgments upon Damasctis and Sa/maricu TJie
:
overthrow of the Assyrians.
is at an end, the wretch is consumed:
he hath failed, that trod the earth under burden
mascus
of Damascus. Behold Da-
shall
THE
cease to be a city, and
foot.
5 And a throne shall be prepared in shall be as a ruinous heap of stones.
mercy, and one shall sit upon it in truth 2 The cities of Aroer shall be left for
in the tabernacle of David, judging and flocks, and they shall rest there, and
seeking judgment and quickly rendering there shall be none to make them afraid,
that which is just. 3 And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and
6 " Wehave heard of the pride of Moab, the kingdom from Damascus and the :

he is exceeding proud his pride and his remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of
:

arrogancy, and his indignation is more the children of Israel: saith the Lord of
than his strength. hosts.
7 Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, 4 And it shall come to pass in that day,
every one shall howl; to them that re- that the glory of Jacob shall be made
joice upon the brick walls, tell ye their thin, and the fatness of his flesh shaU
stripes. grow lean.
8 For the suburbs of Hesebon are deso- 6 And it shall be as when one gathereth
late, and the lords of the nations have in the harvest that which remaineth, and
destroyed the vineyard of Sabama the : his arm shall gather the ears of corn and :

branches thereof have reached even to it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the

Jazer they have wandered in the wil-

;
derness, the branches thereof are left,
they are gone over the sea.
9 Therefore I wiU lament with the weep-
ing of Jazer the vineyard of Sabama I
will water thee with my tears, O Hesebon,
and Eleale for the voice of the treaders
:
hath rushed in upon thy vintage, and
upon thy harvest.
10 And gladness and joy shall be taken
away from Carmel, and there shall be no
rejoicing nor shouting in the vineyards.
He shall not tread out wine in the press
that was wont to tread it out the voice
of the treaders I have taken away.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like
a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for
the brick wall.
12 And it shall come desolate.
to pass,
vale of Raphaim.
6 And the fruit thereof that shall be left
upon it, shall be as one cluster of grapes,
and as the shaking of the olive tree, two
: or three berries in the top of a bough, op
four or five upon the top of the tree, saith
the Lord the God of Israel.
7 In that day man shall bow down him-
self to his Maker, and his eyes shall loob
to the Holy One of Israel.
And he shall not look to the altars
8
which his hands made : and he shall not
have respect to the things that his fingers
:
wrought, such as groves and temples.
9 In that day his strong cities shall be
forsaken, as the ploughs, and the corn
that were left before the face of the
children of Israel, and thou shalt b€|
when it is

seen that Moab is his high10 Because thou hast forgotten God thj,
wearied on
places, that he shall go in to his saviour, and hast not remembered thj|
sanctu-
aries to pray, and shall not prevail. strong helper: therefore shalt thou plan
13 This is the word, that the Lord spoke good plants,
and shalt sow strange seed
11 In the day of thy planting shall b
to Moab from that time:
14 And now the Lord hath spoken, say- the wild grape,
and in the morning th
flourish: the harvest is take
ing In three years, as the years of a seed shall
:

hireling, the glory of Moab shall be taken away in the

day of inheritance, and sha
away for all the multitude of the people, grieve thee much.
of many peopl'
and it shall be left small and feeble, not 12 Woe to the multitude roaring sei
like the multitude of the
many.
u .ler. 48. 29.
the children of Israel came
iu,
Chap. 16. Ver. 10. Carmel. This name is often Chanaanites, when
taken to signify a fair and fruitful hill or field, such their land. „, . j „n fiJ
Ver. 12. The wnUifudc, &c. This
and all tn(
as mount Carmel is. to the i
follows to the end of the chapter, relates
, , ,.
Chap. 17. Ver. 9. That, were left, viz., by the
S3rrian army imder Sennacherib.

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Woe to the Ethiopians
and the tumult of crowds, like the noise
of many waters.
13 Nations shall make a noise like tho
noise of waters overflowing, but he shall
rebuke him, and he shall flee far off and
he shall be carried away as the dust of
the mountains before the wind, and as a
whirlwind before a tempest.
14 In the time of the evening, behold
there shall be trouble the morning shall
: 2 And I will set the Egyptians to fight
come, and he shall not be: this is the
portion of them that have wasted us, and
the lot of them that spoiled us.
CHAPTER 18.
d woe to the Ethiopians, who fed Israel with vain
hopes, their future conversion.
WOEwhich to the land, the
is
winged cymbal,
beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia,
2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea,
and in vessels of bulrushes upon the
waters. Go, ye swift angels, to a nation
rent and torn in pieces to a terrible
: 5 And the water of the sea shall be dried
people, after which there is no other: to
a nation expecting and trodden under
foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled.
3 All ye inhabitants of the world, who
dwell on the earth, when the sign shall
be lifted up on the mountains, you shall
see, and you shall hear the sound of the
trumpet.
4 For thus saith the Lord to me I
bake my rest, and consider in my place,
as the noon light is clear, and as a cloud
of dew in the day of harvest.
5 For before the harvest it was all flour-
ishing, and it shall bud without perfect
ripeness, and the sprigs thereof shall
be cut off with pruning hooks and what : 10
is left shall be cut away and shaken
out.
6 And they shall be left together to the
birds of the mountains, and the beasts of
the earth: and the fowls shall be upon
them allthe summer, and all the beasts
of the earth shall winter upon them.
]
7 At that time shall a present be brought
to the Lord of hosts, from a people rent
and torn in pieces from a terrible peo-
: of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
ple, after which there hath been no other
fiom a nation expecting, expecting and
tirodden under foot, whose land the rivers
have spoiled, to the place of the name of
the Lord of hosts, to mount Sion.
Chap. 18.
:
ISAIAS The punishme7it of Egypt
CHAPTER 19.
The jiunishment of Egypt : their call to the church.
:
THE burden of Egypt. Behold the
Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud,
and will enter into Egypt, and the idols
of Egypt shall be moved at his presence,
and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the
midst thereof.
against the Egyptians and they shall
:
fight brother against brother, and friend
against friend, city against city, kingdom
against kingdom.
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken
in the bowels thereof, and I will cast
down their counsel: and they shall con-
sult their idols, and their diviners, and
their wizards, and soothsayers.
4 And I will deliver Egypt into the
hand of cruel masters, and a strong king
shall rule over them, saith the Lord the
God of hosts.
up, and the river shall be wasted and dry.
6 And the rivers shall fail the streams
:
of the banks shall be diminished, and be
dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall
wither away.
7 The channel of the river shall be laid
bare from its fountain, and every thing
sown by the water shall be dried up, it
: will shall wither away, and shall be no more.
8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all
that cast a hook into the river shall
lament, and they that spread nets upon
the waters shall languish away.
9 They shall be confounded that wrought
in fiax, combing and weaving fine linen.
And its watery places shall be dry,
all they shall mourn that made pools to
take fishes.
11 The princes of Tanis are become
fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have
given foolish counsel how will you say
:
to Pharao I am the son of the wise, the
:
son of ancient kings ?
12 Where are now thy wise men ? let
them tell thee, and shew what the Lord
13 The princes of Tanis are become
fools, the princes of Memphis are gone
astray, they have deceived Egypt, the
stay of the people thereof.
14 The Lord hath mingled in the midst
Ver. 2. Angels. Or messengers.
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Egypt shall turn to the Lord ISAIAS Captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia
"
tiicireofthe spirit of giddiness apd they : CHAPTER 20.
have caused Egypt to err in all its works, ac The ignominious captivity of the Egyptians^ and tht
a drunken man staggereth and vomiteth. Ethiopians.
15 And there shall be no work for Egypt, year that Tharthan entered
^'^the
to make head or tail, him that bendeth
IN into Azotus, when Sa^cgon the king of
down, or that holdeth back. the Assyrians had sent Idm, and he had
16 In that day Egypt shall be like unto fought against Azotus, ind had taken
women, and they shall be amazed, and it:
afraid, because of the moving of the hand 2 At that same time the Lord spoke by
of the Lord of hosts, which he shall move the hand of Isaias the son of Amos, say-
over it. ing ^ Go, and loose the sackcloth from
:

17 And the land of Juda shall be a terror off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from
to Egypt: everyone that shall remember thy feet. And he did so, and went
it shall tremble because of the counsel of naked, and barefoot.
the Lord of hosts, which ho nath deter- 3 And the Lord said As my servant :

mined concerning it. Isaias hath walked, naked and barefoot,

18 ^ In that day there
in the land of Egypt, speaking the lan-
guage of Chanaan, and swearing by the
Lord of hosts; one shall be called the
city of the sun.
19 In that day there shall be an altar of
the Lord in the midst of the land of
Egypt, and a monument of the Lord at
the borders thereof
20 It shall be for a sign, and for a testi-
shall be tive cities it shall be a sign and a wonder of three
years upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia,
4 So shall the king of the Assyrians lead
away the prisoners of Egypt, and the
captivity of Ethiopia, young and old,
naked and barefoot, with their buttocks
uncovered to the shame of Egypt.
5 And they shall be afraid, and ashamed
of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt
their g? :)ry. i

mony to the Lord of hosts in the land of 6 And the inhabitants of this isle shall |

Egypt. For they shall cry to the Lord say in that day Lo this was our hope,
:

because of the oppressor, and he shall to whom we fled for help, to deliver us
Bend them a Saviour and a defender to from the face of the king of the Assyri-
deliver them. ans and how shall we be able to escape?,
:

21 And the Lord shall be known by

Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the
CHAPTER 21.
I

The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Per-\

Lord in that day, and shall worship him sians : a prophecy against the Edomites and the]
with sacrifices and offerings and they :
Arabians.
shall make vows to the Lord, and per-
form them.
THE burden of the desert of the
As whirlwinds come from the
sea.
south,!
22 And the Lord shall strike Egypt with it Cometh from the desert from a terribk,
a scourge, and shall heal it, and they land.
shall return to the Lord, and he shall be 2 A grievous vision is told me he thalj :

pacified towards them, and heal them. is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully and h( :

23 In that day there shall be a way from that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, Q
Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrian Elam, besiege, O Mede I have made al :

shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptian the mourning thereof to cease.
to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall 3 Therefore are my loins filled witl
serve the Assyrian. pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, a
24 In that day shall Israel be the third the anguish of a woman in labour I fel :

to the Egyptian and the Assyrian: a down at the hearing of it, I was trouble»
blessing in the midst of the land, at the seeing of it.
25 Which the Lord of hostB hath blessed, 4 My heart failed, darkness amazed me
saying Blessed be my people of Egypt,
: Babylon my beloved is become a wonde
and the work of my hands to the As- to me.
syrian but Israel is my inheritance.
: 6 Prepare the table, behold in the watcl
V Ezech, cap, 30. — w Sargon B. C. 722-705. X Zach, 13, 4 ; Matt. 3. 4.

Chap. 21. Ver. 1. The desert of the sea. So Baby- people as the sea is with water, it was become
(oii is here called, because from a dty as full of
Ver. 2. OElam. That is. O Persia.

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Babylon, Edom, and Arabia ISAIAS The devastation of Juda

tower them that eat and drink
princes, take up the shield.
: arise, ye THE burden of the
valley of vision.
What aileth thee
that thou too also,
6 For thus hath the Lord said to me art wholly gone up to the housetops ?
Go, and set a watchman and whatsoever
: 2 Full of clamour, a populous city, a
he shall see, let him tell. joyous city thy slain are not slain by the
:

7 And he saw a chariot with two horse- sword, nor dead in battle.
men, a rider upon an ass, and a rider 3 All the princes are fled together, and
upon a camel and he beheld them dili- are bound hard: all that were found, are
:

gently with much heed. bound together, they are fled far off.
8 And a lion cried out: I am upon the 4 Therefore have I said: Depart from
watchtower of the Lord, standing con- me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to
tinually by day y and I am upon my comfort me, for the devastation of the
:

wrard, standing whole nights. daughter of my people.

9 Behold this man cometh, the rider 6 For it is a day of slaughter and of tread-
iCipon the chariot with two horsemen, ing down, and of weeping to the Lord
md he answered, and said ^ Babylon is the God of hosts in the valley of vision,
:

fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven searching the wall, and magnificent upon
»ods thereof are broken unto the ground. the mountain.
10 O my thrashing, and the children of 6 And Elam took the quiver, the chariot
ny floor, that which I have heard of the of the horseman, and the shield was
liord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have taken down from the wall.
ieclared unto you. 7 And thy choice valleys shall be full of
11 The burden of Duma calleth to me chariots, and the horsemen shall place
)ut of Seir: Watchman, what of the themselves in the gate.
light ? watchman, what of the night ? 8 And the covering of Juda shall be
12 The watchman said The morning discovered, and thou shalt see in that
:

jometh, also the night : if you seek, seek day the armoury of the house of the
•eturn, come. forest.
13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest 9 And you shall see the breaches of the
it evening you shall sleep, in the paths city of David, that they are many: and
i>f Dedanim. you have gathered together the waters
14 Meeting the thirsty bring him water, of the lower pool,
'ou that inhabit the land of the south, 10 And have numbered the houses of
Qeet with bread him that fleeth. Jerusalem, and broken down houses to
16 For they are fled from before the fortify the wall.
words, from the sword that hung over 11 " And you made a ditch between the
hem, from the bent bow, from the face two walls for the water of the old pool
a grievous battle.
I'f and you have not looked up to the maker
16 For thus saith the Lord to me With- : thereof, nor regarded him even at a dis-
1 a year, according to the years of a tance, that wrought it long ago.
ireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be 12 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in
aken away. that day shall call to weeping, and to
17 And the residue of the number of mourning, to baldness, and to girding
brong archers of the children of Cedar with sackcloth
hall be diminished: for the Lord the God 13 And behold joy and gladness, killing
f Israel hath spoken if. calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh,
and drinking wine ^ Let us eat and:

CHAPTER 22. drink for to morrow we shall die.

;
he prophet laments the devastation of Juda. He
foretells the deprivation of Sohna,a.nd the substi-
14 And the voice of the Lord of hosts
tution of Eliacim, a figure of Christ. was revealed in my ears Surely this in- :

y Hab. 2. 1. a 4 Kings 20. 20 2 Par. 32. 30.

;

2 Jer. 51. 8: Apoc. 14.8. b Wisd. 2. 6 Infra 56. 12 1 Cor. 15.

; ; .32.

|Ver. 7. A rider upon an ass, &c. These two
ders are the kings of the Persians and Medes.
Ver. 8. And a lion cried out. That is, I Isaias
eing the approachiug ruin of Babylon, have cried
it as a lion roaring.
Ver. 11. Duma. That is, Idumea, or Edom.
Ver. 16. Cedar: Arabia.
Chap. 22, Ver. 1. The valley o/ vision. Jerusa.
lem. The temple of .Jerusalem was built upon mount
Moria, or the mountain of vision. But the city is
here called the valley of vision ; either because it
was lower than the temple, or because of the low
couditioo to wMch it was to be reduced.

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Sobna deposed, Eliacim chosen TSAIAS Destruction of Tyre

iquity shall not be forgiven you till you
die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
THE
burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of
the sea, for the house is destroyed,
16 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: from whence they were wont to come
Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in from the land of Cethim it is revealed to
the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the them.
temple and thou shalt say to him
: 2 Be silent, you that dwell in the island
:

16 What dost thou here, or asthou the merchants of Sidon passing over the
if
wert somebody here? for thou hast sea, have filled thee.
hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou 3 The seed of the Nile in many waters,
hast hewed out a monument carefully in the harvest of the river is her revenue:
a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a and she is become the mart of the
rock. nations.
17 Behold the Lord will cause thee to be 4 Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the
carried away, as a cock is carried away, sea speaketh, even the strength of the
and he will lift thee up as a garment. sea, saying I have not been in labour,
:

18 He will crown thee with a crown of nor have I brought forth, nor have I
tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball nourished up young men, nor brought
into a large and spacious country : there up virgins.
shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot 5 When it shall be heard in Egypt, they
of thy glory be, the shame of the house will be sorry when they shall hear of
of thy Lord. Tyre:
19 And I will drive thee out from thy 6 Pass over the seas, howl, ye inhabitants
station, and depose thee from thy min- of the island.
istry. 7 Is not this your city, which gloried
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, from of old in her antiquity? her feet
that I will call my servant Eliacim the shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
son of Helcias, Who 8 hath taken this counsel against
21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose
and will strengthen him with thy girdle, merchants were princes, and her traders
and will give thy power into his nand the nobles of the earth ?
:

and he shall be as a father to the inhab- 9 The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to
itants of Jerusalem, and to the house of pull down the pride of all glory, and
Juda. bring to disgrace all the glorious ones of
22 ^ And lay the key of the house
I will the earth.
of David upon his shoulder: and he shall 10 Pass thy land as a river, O daughter
open, and none shall shut: and he shall of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.
shut, and none shall open. 11 He stretched out his hand over the
23 And I will fasten him as a peg in a sea, he troubled kingdoms the Lord
:

sure place, and he shall be for a throne hath given a charge against Chanaan, to
of glory to the house of his father. destroy the strong ones thereof.
24 And they shall hang upon him all the 12 And he said Thou shalt glory no
:

glory of his father's house, divers kinds more, O virgin daughter of Sidon, who!
of vessels, every little vessel, from the art oppressed arise and sail over to
:

vessels of cups even to every instrument Cethim, there also thou shalt have no
of music. rest.
25 In that day, saith the Lord of nosts, 13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans,
shall the peg be removed, that was fas- there was not such a people, the Assyr-
tened in the sure place and it shall be
: ian founded it they have led away the
:

broken and shal] fall : and that which strong ones thereof into captivity, they
hung thereon, shall perish, because the have destroyed the houses thereof, they
Lord hath spoken it. have brought it to ruin.
14 Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for yoiu
CHAPTER 23. strength is laid waste.
15 And it shall come to pass in that da]
he destnicflryn of Tyre. It shall be repaired again
after seventy years. that thou, O Tyre, shalt be forgotteii

• Apoo. 3. 7 ; Job 12. 14.

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1
Desolation of the earth I SAIAS The remnant shall praise God
seventy years, according to the days of hath languished away, all the merry-
one king but after seventy years, there hearted have sighed.
:

shall be unto Tyre as the song of a 8 The mirth of timbrels hath ceased,
harlot. the noise of them that rejoice is ended,
16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou the melody of the harp is silent.
larlot that hast been forgotten sing 9 They shall not drink wine with a
:

«rell, sing many a song, that thou mayst song the drink shall be bitter to them
:

36 remembered. that drink it.

17 And it shall come to pass after sev- 10 The city of vanity is broken down,
mty years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, every house is shut up, no man cometh
ind will bring her back again to her in.
raflBc : and she shall commit fornication 11 There shall be a crying for wine in
gain with all the kingdoms of the world the streets all mirth is forsaken : the :

ipon the face of the earth. joy of the earth is gone away.
18 And her merchandise and her hire 12 Desolation is left in the city, and
hall be sanctified to the Lord: they shall calamity shall oppress the gates.
ot be kept in store, nor laid up for her 13 For it shall be thus in the midst of
:

lerchandise shall be for them that shall the earth, in the midst of the people, as
well before the Lord, that they may eat if a few olives, that remain, should be
nto fulness, and bo clothed for a con- shaken out of the ohve tree or grapes, :

nuance. when the vintage is ended.

CHAPTER 24. 14 These shall lift up their voice, and
he judgments of God upon all the sinners of the shall give praise when the Lord shall be:

world. A remnant shall joyfully jxraise him. glorified, they shall make a joyful noise
3EH0LD the Lord shall lay waste the from the sea.
earth, and shall strip it, and shall 15 Therefore glorify ye the Lord in in-
Bict the face thereof, and scatter abroad struction: the name of the Lord God of
16 inhabitants thereof. Israel in the islands of the sea.
} ^ And it shall be as with the people, 16 From the ends of the earth we have
> with the priest: and as with the ser- heard praises, the glory of the just one.
mt, so with his master as with the And I said: My secret to myself, my
:

indmaid, so with her mistress as with secret to myself, woe is me the prevari-
: :

e buyer, so with the seller: as with the cators have prevaricated, and with the
Qder, so with the borrower: as with him prevarication of transgressors they have
at calleth for his money, so with him prevaricated.
at oweth. 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are
With desolation shall the earth be laid upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the
iste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for eartho
18 Lord hath spoken this word. 18 And it shall come to pass, ^that he
The earth mourned, and faded away, that shall flee from the noise of the fear,
id is weakened: the world faded away, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall
1 3 height of the people of the earth is rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken
^ akened. in the snare for the flood-gates from on
:

And the earth is infected by the in- high are opened, and the foundations of
1 jitants thereof because they have the earth shall be shaken.
:

t nsgressed the laws, they

have changed 19 With breaking shall the earth be
ti ordinance, they have broken the broken, with crushing shall the earth be
e ^Hasting covenant. crushed, with trembling shall the earth
Therefore shall a curse devour the be moved.
eth, and the inhabitants thereof shall 20 With shaking shall the earth be
B : and therefore they that dwell there- shaken as a drunken man, and shall be
in shall
be mad, and few men shall be rjmoved as the tent of one night: and
the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon
;

^The vintage hath mourned, the vine it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
[

c:Oc;e'i. 9. e Jer. 48. 44.

Ch.*Pc'^3. Ver. 18. Saricti/ied to the Lard. Tfais aUades to the conversion of the Gentiles.
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Canticle of praise to God ISAIAS Confidence in God
21 And it -hail come to
pass, that in of his people ho shall take away from
that day the Lord shall visit upon tho off the whole earth : for the Lord hath
host of heaven on high, and upon the spoken it.

kings of the earth, on the earth. 9 And they shall say in that day: Lo,
22 And they shall be gathered together this is our God, we have waited for him,
as in the gathering of one bundle into and he will save us this is the Lord, we
:

the pit, and they shall be shut up there have patiently waited for him, we shall
in prison and after many days they
: rejoice and be joyful in his salvation.
shall be visited. 10 For the hand of the Lord shall rest
23-^ And the moon shall blush, and the in this mountain: and Moab shall be
sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of trodden down under him, as straw it
hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in broken in pieces with the wain.
Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the 11 And he shall stretch forth his hands
sight of his ancients. under him, as he that swimmeth stretch-
eth forth his hands to swim: and he
CHAPTER 26. shall bring down his glory with the dash-
A canticle of thanksgiving for God^s judgments and ing of his hands.
benefits.
12 And the bulwarks of thy high walls
OLORD, thou art my God, I will exalt shall fall, and be brought low, and shall
and give glory to thy name: be pulled down to the ground, even to
thee,
for thou hast done wonderful things, thy the dust.
designs of old faithful, amen. CHAPTER 26.
2 For thou hast reduced the city to a A canticle of thanks for the deliverance of Go^$
heap, the strong city to ruin, the house people.

of strangers, to be no city, and to be no that day shall this canticle be sung

more up
for ever.
built
INin the land of Juda. Sion the city of
3 Therefore shall a strong people praise our strength a saviour, a wall and a bul-
thee, the city of mighty nations shall wark shall be set therein.
fear thee. 2 Open ye the gates, and let the just
4 Because thou hast been a strength to nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
the poor, a strength to the needy in his 3 The old error is passed away: then
distress a refuge from the whirlwind, a
: wilt keep peace peace, because we have
:

shadow from the heat. For the blast of hoped in thee.

the mighty is like a whirlwind beating 4 You have hoped in the Lord for ever-
against a wall. more, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
5 Thou Shalt bring down the tumult of 5 For he shall bring down them that
strangers, as heat in thirst and as with : dwell on high, the high city he shall lay
heat under a burning cloud, thou shalt low. He shall bring it down even to the
make the branch of the mighty to wither ground, he shall pull it down even to the
away. dust.
6 the Lord of hosts shall make unto
And 6 The foot shall tread it down, the feet
all people in this mountain, a feast of fat of the poor, the steps of the needy.
things, a feast of wine, of fat things full 7 The way of the just is right, the path
of marrow, of wine purified from the of the just is right to walk in.
lees. 8 And in the way of thy judgments,
7 And he shall destroy in this mountain Lord, we have patiently waited for thee:
the face of the bond with which all peo- thy name, and thy remembrance are the
ple were tied, and the web that he began desire of the soul.
over all nations. 9 My soul hath desired thee in the
8 He shall cast death down headlong for night: yea, and with my spirit within
ever ^ and the Lord God shall wipe away me in the morning early I will watch to
:

tears from every face, and the reproach thee. When thou shalt do thy judg-
/ Joel 2. 31 ; Acts 2. 20. g Apoc. 7. 17, and 21. 4.

Chap. 24. Ver. 21. The host of heaven on high. Chap. 25. Ver.io. Moah. That is, the reprobate,
The stars, which in many places of the Scripture are whose eternal punishment, from which they can DO
BO called. 8ome commentators explain that these way escape, is described under these figureSi
words here signify the demons of the air.
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God's favor to His people ISAIAS God*s care for His vineyard
ments on the earth, the inhabitants of 20 Go, my people, enter into thy cham-
the world shall learn justice. bers, shut thy doors upon thee, hide thy-
10 Let us have pity on the wicked, but self a Uttle for a moment, until the in-
he will not learn justice in the land of : dignation pass away,
the saints he hath done wicked things, 21 ^ For behold the Lord will come out
and he shall not see the glory of the of his place, to visit the iniquity of the
Lord. inhabitant of the earth against him: and
11 Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and the earth shall disclose her blood, and
let them not see : let the envious people shall cover her slain no more.
see, and be confounded : and let fire de-
vour thy enemies. CHAPTER 27.
12 Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for The punishment of the oppressors of God's people.
thou hast wrought all our works for us. The Lord's favour to his church.
13 O Lord our God, other lords besides that day the Lord with his hard,
thee have had dominion over us, only in
INand great, and strong sword shall
thee let us remember thy name. visit leviathan the bar serpent, and le-
14 Let not the dead live, let not the viathan the crooked serpent, and shall
giants rise again: therefore hast jhou slay the whale that is in the sea.
visited and destroyed them, and nast 2 In that day there shaU be singing to
destroyed all their memory. the vineyard of pure wine.
15 Thou hast been favourable to the 3 I am the Lord that keep it, I will sud-
nation, O Lord, thou hast been favour- denly give it drink lest any hurt come
:

able to the nation: art thou glorified?
thou hast removed all the ends of the
earth far off.
16 Lord, they have sought after thee in
distress, in the tribulation of murmuring
thy instruction was with them.
17 As a woman with child, when she
draweth near the time of her delivery,
is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs:
BO are we become in thy presence, O
Lord.
18 We have conceived, and been as it
were in labour, and have brought forth
wind: we have not wrought salvation on
the earth, therefore the inhabitants of
the earth have not fallen.
19 Thy dead men shall live, my slain
shall rise again: awake, and give praise,
ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew
is the dew of the light and the land of
the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.
to it, I keep it night and day.
4 There is no indignation in me : who
shall make me a thorn and a brier in
battle : shall I march against it, shall I
set it on fire together?
6 Or rather shall it take hold of my
strength, shall it make peace with me,
shall it make peace with me ?
6 When they shall rush in unto Jacob,
Israel shall blossom and bud, and they
shall fill the face of the world with seed.
7 Hath he struck him according to the
stroke of him that struck him? or is he
slain, ashe killed them that were slain
by him?
8 In measure against measure, when it
shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He
hath meditated with his severe spirit in
the day of heat,
: 9 Therefore upon this shall the iniquity
of the house of Jacob be forgiven : and
h Mich. 1. 3.

Chap. 26. Shall cover her slain no more.

Ver. 21. but it shall always take fast hold of me, and keep an
This is said with relation to the martyrs, and their everlasting peace with me.
happy resurrection. Ver. 6. When they shall rush in, Sid. Some under-
Chap. 27. Ver. 1. Leviathan. That is, the devil, stand this of the enemies of the true Israel, that shall
the great enemy of the people of God. He is called Invade it in vain. Others of the spiritual invasion
the bar serpent from his strength, and the crooked made by the apostles of Christ.
serpent from his wiles and the whale of the sea,
•, Ver, 7= Hath he struck him, &c. Hath God pun»
from the tyranny he exercises in the sea oi this Ished the carnal persecuting Jews, in proportion to
world. He was spiritually slain by the death of their doings against Christ and his saints?
Christ, when his power was destroyed. Ver. 8, When it shall be cast of, &c. When the
Ver. 2. The vineyard, &c. The church of Christ synagogue shall be cast off, thou" shalt judge it in
Ver. 3. / loillsuddenly give it drink. Or, as the measure, and in proportion to its crimes, —
Ibid, He
Hebrew may hath meditated, &c. God hath designed severe pun^
also be rendered, I will continually
water it ishments in the day of his wrathc
Ver. 4. No indignation in me, &a Viz., against Ver. 9o Of the house of Jacob, Viz*, o£ sucli of
the church nor shall I become as a thorn or brier them as shall be converted.
:

In its regard-* or march against it, or set it on Jire^

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 —
God shall gather his people again ISAIAS Infidelity of the Jews
this is all the fruit, that the sin thereof 5 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be
should be taken away, when he shall a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to
have made all the stones of the altar, as the residue of his people:
burnt stones broken in pieces, the groves 6 And a spirit of judgment
to him that
and temples shall not stand. sitteth in judgment, and strength to
10 For the strong city shall be desolate, them that return out of the battle
to the
the beautiful city shall be forsaken, and gate.
shall be left as a wilderness: there the
7 But these also have been ignorant
calf shall feed, and there shall he lie
through wine, and through drunkenness
down, and shall consume its branches.
have erred: the priest and the prophet
11 Its harvest shall be destroyed with
have been ignorant through drunkenness,
drought, women shall come and teach it:
tV'^y are swallowed up with wine, they
for it is not a wise people, therefore he
have gone astray in drunkenness, they
that made it, shall not have mercy on it:
have not known him that seeth, they
and he that formed it, shall not spare it.
have been ignorant of judgment.
12 And it shall come to pass, that in
that day the Lord will strike from the 8 For all tables were full of vomit and
channel of the river even to the torrent filth, so that there was no more place.
of Egypt, and you shall be gathered to- 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and
gether one by one, ye children of whom shall he make to understand the
Israel. hearing? them that are weaned from the
13 And it shall come to pass, that in milk, that are drawn away from the
that day a noise shall be made with a breasts.
great trumpet, and they that were lost, 10 For command, command again; com-
shall come from the land of the Assyrians, mand, command again; expect, expect
and they that were outcasts in the land again; expect, expect again: a little
of Egypt, and they shall adore the Lord there, a little there.
in the holy mount in Jerusalem. 11 * For with the speech of lips, and
with another tongue he will speak to this
CHAPTER 28. people.
12 To whom he said: This is my rest,
The punishment of the Israelites, for their pride,
intemperance, and contempt of religion. Christ refresh the weary, and this is my refresh-
the corner stone. ing: and they would not hear.

WOE to the crown of pride, to the

drunkards of Ephraim, and to the
13 And the word of the Lord shall be to
them: Command, command again: com-
fading flower the glory of his joy, who
mand, command again: expect, expect
again expect, expect again a little there,
;
were on the head of the fat valley, stag- :

gering with wine. a little there that they may go, and fall :

2 Behold the Lord is mighty and strong,

backward, and be broken, and snared,
as a storm of hail: a destroying whirl-
and taken.
wind, as the violence of many waters 14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord,
overflowing, and sent forth upon a spa- ye scornful men, who rule over my people
cious land. that is in Jerusalem.
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards 15 For you have said have entered : We
of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet. into a league with death, and we have
4 J^d. the fading flower the glory of his made a covenant with hell. When the
joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, overflowing scourge shall pass through,
shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripe- it shall not come upon us: for we have
ness of autumn: which when he that placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood
seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh we are protected.
it in his hand, he will eat it up. 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God:
:?

i 1 Cor. 14. 21.— j Ps. 117. 22 ; Matt. 21. 42. Acts 4. 11 ; Rom. 9. 33 ; 1 Peter 2. 6.

Ver, 10. The strong city. Jerusalem. Ver. 7. These also. The kingdom
of Juda.
Ver. 13. A great trumpet. The preaching of the Ver. 10. Commamd, command again, &c. This is
gospel for the conversion of the Jews. said in the person of the Jews, resisting the repeated
Chap. 28. Ver. 1. Ephraim. That is, the king- commands of God, and still putting him off.
—
dom of the ten tribes. Ibid. The head of the fat Ver. 16. A
stone in the foundations, viz., Christ.
valley. Samaria, situate on a hill, having under it a Ibid. Let him not hapten, &c. Let him expect his
most fertile valley. coming with patience.
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Christ the cornerstone ISAIAS God^s judgment upon Jerusalem

Behold a stone in the founda- 28 But bread com shall be broken small
I will lay
tions of Sion, a tried stone, a corner but the thrasher shall not thrash it for
stone, a precious stone, founded in the ever, neither shall the cartwheel hurt it,
foundation. He that beheveth, let him nor break it with its teeth.
not hasten. 29 This also is come forth from the
17 And I will set judgment in weight, Lord God of nosts, to make his counse)
and justice in measure and hail shall wonderful, and magnify justice.
:

overturn the hope of falsehood: and CHAPTER

waters shall overflow its protection.
18 And your league with death shall be
abolished, and your covenant with hell
shall not stand : when the overflowing
scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden
29.
God's heavy judgments upon Jerusalem, for their
blind obstinacy : with aprophecy of the conversion
of the Gentiles,
WOE
to Ariel, to Ariel the city which
David took year is added to year
:

down by it. the solemnities are at an end.

19 Whensoever it shall pass through, it 2 And I will make a trench about Ariel,
shall take you away: because in the and it shall be in sorrow and mourning,
morning early it shall pass through, in and it shall be to me as Ariel.
the day and in the night, and vexation 3 And I will make a circle round about
alone shall make you understand what thee, and will cast up a rampart against
you hear, thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege
20 For the bed is straitened, so that one thee.
must fall out, and a short covering can- 4 Thou shalt be brought down, thou
not cover both. shalt speak out of the earth, and thy
21 *! For the Lord shall stand up as in speech shall be heard out of the ground
the mountain of divisions: ^he shall be and thy voice shall be from the earth
angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon Uke that of the python, and out of the
that he may do his work, his strange ground thy speech shall mutter.
work that he may perform his work, his 5 And the multitude of them that fan
:

<vork is strange to him. thee, shall be Hke small dust: and as ashes
22 And now do not mock, lest your passing away, the multitude of them that
bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of have prevailed against thee.
the Lord the God of hosts a consumption 6 And it shall be at an instant suddenly.
and a cutting short upon all the earth. A
visitation shall come from the Lord of
23 Give ear, and hear my
voice, hearken, hosts in thunder, and with earthquake,
and hear my
speech. and with a great noise of whirlwind and
24 Shall the ploughman plough all the tempest, and with the flame of devour-
c'ay to sow, shall he open and harrow his ing fire.
ground? 7 And the multitude of all nations that
25 Will he not, when he hath made plain have fought against Ariel, shall be as the
the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter dream of a vision by night, and all that
cummin, and put wheat in order, and have fought, and besieged and prevailed
barley, and millet, and vetches in their against it.
bounds ? 8 And as he that is bungry dreameth,
26 For he will instruct him in judgment and eateth, but when he is awake, his
his God will teach him. soul is empty: and as he that is thirsty
27 For gith shall not be thrashed with dreameth, and drinketh, and after he is
saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn awake, is yet faint with thirst, and his
about upon cummin: but gith shall be soul is empty : so shall be the multitude
beaten out with a rod, and cummin with of all the Gentiles, that have fought
a staff. against mount Sion.
k 2 Kings 5. 20; I Par. 14. 11. I Jos. 10. 13.

Ver. 20. The bed is straitened, &c. It is too nar- Ver. 29. This also, &c. Such also is the proceed.
"ow to hold two God will have the bed of our heart ing of the Lord with his land, and the divers seeds he
:

ill to himself.
sows therein.
Ver. 21. As in the rnmintnin, &c. As the Lord Chap. 29. Ver. 1. Ariel. This word signifies,
[ought against the Philistines in Baal Pharasim, 2 the lion of God^ and bere is takeD for
tlie strong ci^
things &., and against the Chanaanites, in the valley of Jerusalem.
3f Gabao]3,Jos.lO.
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Hypocrisy of Jews the ISAIAS Their confidence in Egypt vrin

9 Be astonished, and wonder, wavor, and 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord to the
stagger: be drunk, and not with wine; house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abra-
stagger, and not with drunkenness. ham Jacob shall not now be confounded, :

10 For the Lord hath mingled for you neither shall his countenance now be
the spirit of a deep sleep, he will shut up ashamed:
your eyes, he will cover your prophets 23 But when he shall see his children,
and princes, that see visions. the work of my hands in the midst of
11 And the vision of all shall be unto him sanctifying my name, and they shall
you as the words of a book that is sealed, sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall
which when they shall deliver to one that glorify the God of Israel
is learned, they shall say Read this and 24 And they that erred in spirit, shall
: :

he shall answer: I cannot, for it is aoaled. know understanding, and they that mur-
12 And the book shall be given to one mured, shall learn the law.
that knoweth no letters, and it shall be
said to him Read and he shall answer:
: i
CHAPTER 30.
The people are blamed for their confidence in Egypt,
I know no letters. God's mercies towards his church: the punish-
13 '^ And the Lord said: Forasmuch as m,ent of sinners.
this people draw near me with their
mouth, and with their lips glorify me,
to you, apostate children, saith
the Lord, that you would take
WOE
but their heart is far from me, and they counsel, and not of me: and would begin
have feared me with the commandment a web, and not by my spirit, that you
and doctrines of men: might add sin upon sin
14 Therefore behold I will proceed to 2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and
cause an admiration in this people, by a have not asked at my mouth, hoping for
great and wonderful miracle ** for wis- help in the strength of Pharao, and trust-
:

dom shall perish from their wise men, ing in the shadow of Egypt.
and the understanding of their prudent 3 And the strength of Pharao shall be
men shall be hid. to your confusion, and the confidence of
15 Woe to you that are deep of heart, to the shadow of Egypt to your shame.
hide your counsel from the Lord : and 4 For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy
their works are in the dark, and they messengers came even to Hanes.
say ® Who seeth us, and who knoweth us ?
: 6 They were all confounded at a peo-
16 This thought of yours is perverse: ple that could not profit them they were :

as if the clay should think against the no help, nor to any profit, but to confu-
potter, and the work should say to the sion and to reproach.
maker thereof : Thou madest me not : or 6 The burden of the beasts of the south.
the thing framed should say to him that In a land of trouble and distress, from
fashioned it Thou understandest not.
: whence come the lioness, and the lion,
17 Is it not yet a very little whilo, and the viper and the flying basilisk, they
Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and carry their riches upon the shoulders of
charmel shall be esteemed as a forest ? beasts, and their treasures upon the
18 And in that day the deaf shall hear bunches of camels to a people that shall
the words of the book, and out of dark- not be able to profit them.
ness and obscurity the eyes of the blind 7 P For Egypt shall help in vain, and to
shall see. no purpose therefore have I cried con-
:

19 And the meek shall increase their cerning this It is pride only, sit still.
:

joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall 8 Now therefore go in and write for
rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. them upon box, and note it diligently in
20 For he that did prevail hath failed, a book, and it shall be in the latter days
the scorner is consumed, and they are all for a testimony for ever. .

cut off that watched for iniquity 9 For it is a people that provoketh to
21 That made men sin by word, and sup- wrath, and lying children, children that
planted him that reproved them in the will not hear the law of God.
gate, and decUned in vain from the just. 10 Who say to the seers: See not: and
m Matt 15. 8; Mark 7. 6. — » 1 Cor. 1. 19 ; Abd. 1. 8. o Eccli. 23. 26. — p Jer. 37. 7.

Ver. 17. CharmeL This word signifies a /mif/u2>le^

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God's m ercy to His people ISAIAS Destruction of the Assyrians

to the^^ that behold; Behold not for us
thoso things that aro right speak unto :
U6 pleasant things, see errors for us.
11 Take away from me the way, turn
away the path from me, let the Holy One
of Israel cease from before us.
13 Therefore thus saith the Holy One of
Israel: Because you have rejected this
word, and have trusted in oppression
and tumult, and have leaned upon it:
13 Therefore shall this iniquity be to
you as a breach that falleth, and is found
wanting in a high wall, for the destruc-
tion thereof shall come on a sudden,
when it is not looked for.
14 And it shall be broken small, as the
broken all to pieces
potter's vessel is
with mighty breaking, and there shall
not a sherd be found of the pieces there-
of, wherein a little fire may be carried
from the hearth, or a little water be
drawn out of the pito
15 For thus saith the Lord God the Holy
One of Israel If you return and be quiet,
: as the Ught of the sun, and the light of
you shall be saved: in silence and in
hope shali your strength be. And you
not aside neither to the right hand, nor
to th-e left.
22 And thou
shalt defile the plates of
thy graven things of silver, and the gar-
ment of thy molten things of gold, and
shalt cast them away as the uncleanness
of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say
to it: Get thee hence.
23 And rain shall be given to thy seed,
wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land
and the bread of the corn of the land
shall be most plentiful,' and fat. The
lamb in that day shall feed at large in
thy possession
24 And thy oxen, and the ass colts that
till the ground, shall eat mingled pro-
vender as it was winnowed in the floor.
26 And there shall be upon every high
mountain, and upon every elevated hill
rivers of running waters in the day of
the slaughter of many, when the tower
shall fall. oii
26 And the light of the moon shall bd
the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light
of seven days in the day when the Lord
:

would not: shall bind up the wound of his people,

16 But have saia: No, but we will flee and shall heal the stroke of their wound.
to horseo therefore shall you flee. And
: 27 Behold the name of the Lord cometh
we will mount upon swift ones: there- from afar, his wrath burneth, and is heavy
fore shall they be swifter that shall pur- to bear: his lips are filled with indigna-
sue after you. tion, and his tongue as a devouring fire.
17A thousand men shall flee for fear 28 His breath as a torrent overflowing
of one: and for fear of five shall you flee, even to the midst of the neck, to destroy
till you be left as the mast of a ship on the nations unto nothing, and the bridle of
the top of a mountain, and as an ensign error that was in the jaws of the people.
upon a hill. 29 You shall have a song as in the night
18 Therefore the Lord waiteth that be of the sanctified solemnity, and joy of
may have mercy on you : and therefore heart, as when one goeth with a pipe, to
shall he bo exalted sparing you : because come into the mountain of the Lord, to
the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed the Mighty One of Israel.
are all they that wait for him. 30 And the Lord shall make the glory
19 For the people of Sion shall dwell in of his voice to be heard, and shall shew
Jerusalem weeping thou shalt not weep, the terror of his arm, in the threatening
:

he will surely have pity on thee : at the of wrath, and the flame of devouring
voice of thy cry, as soon ao he shall hear, fire he shall crush to pieces with whirl-
:

he will answer thee. wind, and hailstones.

20 And the Lord will give you spare 31 For at the voice of the Lord the As-
bread, and short water: and will not syrian shall fear being struck with the rod.
cause thy teacher to flee away from 32 And the passage of the rod shall be
thee any more, and thy eyes shall see strongly grounded, which the Lord shall
thy teacher. make to rest upon him with timbrels and
21 And thy ear^- shall hear the word of harps, and in great battles he shall over-
one admonishing thee behind thy back throw them.
This is the way, walk ye in it: and go 33 For Topheth is prepared from yes-

Chap. 3a Vcr.ca Topheth. It is the same as 6e/ienna, and is taken lor heU.
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terday, prepared by the king, deep, and BEHOLD a king shall reign in justice
wide. The nourishment thereof is fire and princes shall rule in judgment.
and much wood: the breath of the Lord 2 And a man shall be as when one is hid
as a torrent of brimstone kindling it., from the wind, and hideth himself from a
storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and
CHAPTER 31. the shadow of a rock that standeth out
The folly of trusting to Egypt, and forgetting God, in a desert land.
He will fight for his people against the Assyrians. 3 The eyes of them that see shall not be
WOE to them that go down to Egypt dim, and the ears of them that hear shall
for help, trusting in horses, and hearken diligently,
putting their confidence in chariots, be- 4 And the heart of rools shall under-
cause they are hiany: and in horsemen, stand knowledge, and the tongue of
because they are very strong: and have stammerers shall speak readily and plain.
not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, 6 The fool shall no more be called
and have not sought after the Lord. prince: neither shall the deceitful be
2 But he that is the wise one hath called great
brought evil, and hath not removed his 6 For the fool will speak foolish things,
words: and he will rise up against the and his heart will work iniquity, to prac-
house of the wicked, and against the aid tise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord de-
of them that work iniquity. ceitfully, and to make empty the soul ot
3 Egypt is man, and not God : and their the hungry, and take away drink from
horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the the thirsty.
Lord shall put down his hand, and the 7 The vessels of the deceitful are most
helper shall fall, and he that is helped wicked for he hath framed devices to
:

shall fall, and they shall all be con- destroy the meek, with lying words, when
founded together. the poor man speaketh judgment.
4 For thus saith the Lord to me Like : 8 But the prince will devise such things
as the lion roareth, and the lion's whelp as are worthy of a prince, and he shall
upon his prey, and when a multitude of stand above the rulers.
shepherds shall come against him, he 9 Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my
will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid voice: ye confident daughters, give ear
of their multitude so shall the Lord of to my speech.
:

hosts como down to fight upon mount 10 For after days and a year, you that
Sion, and upon the hill thereof, are confident shall be troubled for the
:

5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of vintage is at an end, the gathering shall
hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and come no more.
delivering, passing over and saving. 11 Be astonished, ye rich women, be
6 Return as you had deeply revolted, troubled, ye confident ones : strip you,
O children of Israel. and be confounded, gird your loins.
7 For in that day a man shall cast away 12 Mourn for your breasts, for the de-
his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, lightful country, for the fruitful vine-
which your hands have made for you to yard.
Bin. 13 Upon the land of my people shall
8 ^And the Assyrian shall fall by the thorns and briers come up: how much
sword not of a man, and the sword not of more upon all the houses of joy, of the
a man shall devour him, and he shall flee city that rejoiced ?
not at the face of the sword: and his 14 For the house is forsaken, the multi-
young men shall be tributaries. tude of the city is left, darkness and
9 And his strength shall pass away with obscurity are come upon its dens for
dread, and his princes fleeing shall be ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures
afraid the Lord hath said it, whose fire of flocks,
:

is in Sion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us
from on high : and the desert shall be as
CHAPTER 32. charmel shall be counted
The blessings of the reign of Christ. The desolation a charmel, and
of the Jews, and prosperity of the church of Christ. for r, forest.

« Infra, SS< 86« «lUngs 18. 8&< s Irai. h'j^ 21.

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The enemies of the church punished ISAIAS Reward of the just

16 And judgment shall dwell in the wil- 10 Now will I rise up, saith the Lord:
derness, and justice shall sit in charmel. now will I be exalted, now will I lift up
17 And the work of justice shall be myself.
peace, and the service of justice quiet- 11 You shall conceive heat, you shall
ness, and security for
ever. bring forth stubble: your breath as fire
18 And my people shall sit in the beauty shall devour you.
of peace, and in the tabernacles of con- 12 And the people shall be as ashes
fidence, and in wealthy rest. after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they
19 But hail shall be in the descent of shall be burnt with fire.
the forest, and the city shall be made 13 Hear, you that are far off, what I
very low. have done, and you that are near know
20 Blessed are ye that sow upon all my strength.
waters, sending thither the foot of the
14 The sinners in Sion are afraid, trem-
ox and the ass. bling hath seized upon the hypocrites.
Which of you can dwell with devouring
CHAPTER 33. fire? which of you shall dwell with ever-
lasting burnings?
God*s revenge against the enemies of his church. 15 He that walketh in justices, and
»•

The happiness of the heavenly Jerusalem.

speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice
WOE to thee that spoilest, shalt not by oppression, and shaketh his hands
thou thyself also be spoiled? and from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears
thou that despisest, shalt not thyself also lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes
be despised? When thou shalt have made that he may see no evil.
and end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled 16 He shall dwell on high, the fortifica-
when being wearied thou shalt cease to tions of rocks shall be his highness:
despise, thou shalt be despised. bread is given him, his waters are
2 Lord, have mercy on us: for we sure.
have waited for thee: be thou our arm 17 His eyes shall see the king in his
in the morning, and our salvation in the beauty, they shall see the land far off.
time of trouble. 18 Thy heart shall meditate fear: «where
3 At the voice of the angel the people is the learned? where is he that ponder-
fled, and at the lifting up thyself the na- eth the words of the law? where is the
tions are scattered. teacher of little ones?
4 And your spoils shall be gathered to- 19 The shameless people thou shalt not
gether as the locusts are gathered, as see, the people of profound
speech: so
when the ditches are full of them. that thou canst not understand the elo-
5 The Lord is magnified, for he hath
quence of his tongue, in whom there is
dwelt on high he hath filled Sion with
:
no wisdom.
judgment and justice.
20 Look upon Sion the city of our solem-
6 And there shall be faith in thy times
nity: thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich
riches of salvation, wisdom and know-
habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be
ledge the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
:

7 Behold they that see shall cry with-

removed: neither shall the nails thereof
be taken away for ever, neither shall any
,out, the angels of peace shall weep
bitterly.
of the cords thereof be broken:
8 The ways are made desolate, no one 21 Because only there our Lord is mag-
passeth by the road, the covenant is nificent a place of rivers, very broad and
:

made void, he hath rejected the cities, he spacious streams no ship with oars shall
:

hath not regarded the men. pass by it, neither shall the great galley
9 The land hath mourned, and lan- pass through it.
guished: Libanus is confounded, and be- 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord
come foul, and Saron is become as a is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he
Jesert and Basan and Carmel are shaken. will save us.
:

rPs. 14. 2. s 1 Cor. 1. 20.

.
Chap. 33Ver. 1. That spoilest, &c. This is par-
icularly directed to Sennacherib.
Ver. 7. The angels of peace. The messengers or
leputies sent to negotiate a peace.
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Ver 21. Of rivers. He speaks of the rivers of end-
less joys that flow from the throne of God to water
the heavenly Jerusalem, where no enemy's ship can
come, &c.

Punishment of the vncked
23 Thy tacklings are loosed, and they
shall be of no strength thy mast shall
: quenched, the smoice thereof ehall go up
be in such condition, that thou shalt not
be able to spread the flag. Then shall the
spoils of much prey be divided: the lame
shall take the spoil.
24 Neither shall he that is near, say I
am feeble. The people that dwell therein,
shall have their iniquity taken away from
them.
CHAPTER 34.
T?ie general judgment of the wicked.
COME
hearken,
near, ye Gentiles, and hear,
ye people: let the earth
hear, and that is therein, the world,
all
and every thing that cometh forth of it.
2 For the indignation of the Lord is
upon all nations, and his fury upon all
their armies: he hath killed them, and
delivered them to slaughter.
3 Their slain shall be cast forth, and out
of their carcasses shall rise a stink the : 15 There hath the ericius had its hole,
mountains shall be melted with their
blood.
4 And all the host of the heavens shall
pine away, and the heavens shall be
folded together as a book and all their :
host shall fall down as the leaf falleth
from the vine, and from the fig tree.
5 For my sword is inebriated in heaven:
behold it shall come down upon Idumea,
and upon the people of my slaughter unto
judgment.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with
blood, it is made thick with the blood of
lambs and buck goats, with the blood of
rams full of marrow for there is a vic-
: therein.
tim of the Lord in Bosra and a great
slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 And the unicorns shall go down with
them, and the bulls with the mighty
their land shall be soaked with blood, and
their ground with the fat of fat ones.
8 For it is the day of the vengeance of
the Lord, the year of recompenses of the
judgment of Sion.
9 And the streams thereof shall be
turned into pitch, and the ground there- beauty of Oarmel, and Saron, they shall
of into brimstone and the land thereof see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty
:
shall become burning pitch.
Ver. 23. Thy tacklings. He speaks of the enemies
of the church, under the allegory of a ship that is
disabled.
Chap. 34. Ver. 4, And all the host of the heavens.
That is, the sun, moon, and stars.
Ver. 5. Idumea. Under the name of Idum,ea, or
Edom, a people that were enemies of the Jews, are
:
ISAIAS Punishment of the wicked
10 Night and day it shall not be
for ever from generation to goneriition
:
it shall lie waste, none shall pac3 through
it for ever and ever.
11 The bittern and ericius shall possese
: it and the ibis and the raven shall dwell
:
in it and a line shall be stretched out
:
upon it, to bring it to nothing, and a
plummet, unto desolation.
12 The nobles thereof shall not be there:
they shall call rather upon the king, ani'
allthe princes thereof shall be nothing.
and 13 And thorns and nettles shall grow
up in its houses, and the thistle in the
fortresses thereof: and it shall be the
habitation of dragons, and the pasture
of ostriches.
14 And demons and monsters shall meet,
and the hairy ones shall cry out one to
another, there hath the lamia lain down,
and found rest for herself.
and brought up its young ones, and hath
dug round about, and cherished them in
the shadow thereof: thither are the kites
gathered together one to another.
16 Search ye diligently in the book of
the Lord, and read not one of them was
:
wanting, one hath not sought for the
other : for that which proceedeth out of
my mouth, he hath commanded, and his
hath gathered them.
spirit it
17 And he hath cast the lot for them,
and his hand hath divided it to them by
line they shall possess it for ever, from
:
generation to generation they shall dwell
CHAPTER 35.
The joyful flourishing of ChrisVs kingdom in hit
:
church shall be a holy and secure way.
THE land that was desolate and impass-
able shall be glad, and the wilder-
ness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like
the lily.
2 It shall bud forth and blossom, and
shall rejoice with joy and praise: the
glory of Libanus is given to it: the
of our God.
here understood the wicked In general, the enemies
of God and his church. .
Ver. 7. The unicorns. That is, the great ana
mighty. .
Ver. 8. The year of rccompensea, &c. When tne
persecutors of Sion, that is, of the church, sbau
receive their reward.
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The happiness of Chrisfs kingdom
9 Strengthen ye the feeble handc, and
confirm the weak knees.
4 Say to the fainthearted : Take cour-
age, and fear not: behold your God will
bring the revenge of recompense God
himself will come and will save you.
6 Then shall the eyes of the blind be
opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be
unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as a
hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall
be free for waters are broken out in the
: taken away, and hath said to Juda and
desert, and streams in the wilderness.
7 And that which was dry land, shall
become a pool, and the thirsty land
springs of water. In the dens where
dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the
verdure of the reed and the bulrush.
8 And a path and a way shall be there,
and it shall be called the holy way the
unclean shall not pass over it, and this
shall be unto you a straight way, so that
tools shall not err therein.
9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any
mischievous beast go up by it, nor be
iound there : but they shall walk there
that shall be delivered.
10 And the redeemed of the Lord shall
return, and shall come into Sion with
praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon
fcheir heads they shall obtain joy and
: in the Syrian tongue for we understand :
gladness, and sorrow and mourning
flee away.
CHAPTER
36.
Sennacherib Invades Juda • his blasphemies.
ANDyeai'came
L
to pass in the fourteenth
it
of king Ezechias, that Sen-
'
nacherib king of the Assyrians came up
against all the fenced cities of Juda, and
6ook them.
2 And the king of the Assyrians sent
Rabsaces from Lachis to Jerusalem, to
king Ezechias with a great army, and he
^tood by the conduit of the upper pool
in the way of the fuller's field.
3 And there went out to him Eliacim
the son of Helcias, who was over the
house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe
the son of Asaph the recorder.
.4 And Rabsaces said to them Tell Eze-
chias Thus saith the great king, the
: Assyrians.
king of the Assyrians: What is this con-
fidence wherein thou trustest?
»5 Or with what counsel or strength dost
t B. C. 701. 4 Kings 18. 13 2 Par.
; 32. 1
Kinss and Isaias at this point.
: ;
ISAIAS The message of Rahsaces
thou prepare for war? on whom dost
thou trust, that thou art revolted from
me?
6 Lo thou trustest upon this broken
: a reed, upon Egypt upon which
staff of :
if a man lean, it will go into his hand,
and pierce it so is Pharao king of
:
Egypt to all that trust in him.
7 But if thou wilt answer me : trust We
in the Lord our God is it not he whose :
high places and altars Ezechias hath
Jerusalem : You shall worship before this
altar?
8 And now deliver thyself up to my
lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will
give thee two thousand horses, and thou
wilt not be able on thy part to find riders
for them.
: 9 And how wilt thou stand against the
face of the judge of one place, of the
least of my
master's servants? But if
thou trust in Egypt, in chariots and m
horsemen
10 And am I now come up without the
Lord against this land to destroy it?
The Lord said to me Go up against this,:
land, and destroy it.
11 And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe
said to Rabsaces Speak to thy servants
:
shall it: speak not to us in the Jews' lan-
guage in the hearing of the people, that
are upon the wall.
12 And Rabsaces said to them: Hath
my master sent me to thy master and to
thee, to speak all these words and not
rather to the men that sit on the wall
;
that they may eat their own dung, and
drink their urine with you?
13 Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out,
with a loud voice in the Jews' language,
and said Hear the words of the great
:
king, the king of the Assyrians.
14 Thus saith the king: Let not Eze-
chias deceive you, for he shall not be
able to deliver you.
15 And let not Ezechias make you trust
in the Lord, saying The Lord will surely
:
deliver us, arid this city shall not be^
: given into the hands of the king of the
18 Do not hearken to Ezechias for :
thus said the king of the Assyrians Do :
with me that which is for your advan-
; Eccli. 48. 20. There is some confusion in the chronology of
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Grief of Ezechias ISAIAS
tage, 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
water of his cistern,
17 Till I come and take you away to a
land, like to your own, a land of corn and
of wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18 Neither let Ezechias trouble you,
saying! The Lord will deliver us. Have
any of the gods of the nations delivered
their land out of the hand of the king of
the Assyrians?
19 Where is the god of Emath and of
Arphad? where is the god of Sephar-
vaim ? nave they delivered Samaria out
of my hand ?
20 Who is there among ull the gods of
these lands, that hath delivered his coun-'
try out of my hand, that the Lord may
deliver Jerusalem out of my hand ?
21 " And they held their peace, and an-
swered him not a word. For the king had
commanded, saying: Answer him not.
22 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that
was over the house, and Sobna the scribe,
and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder,
went in to Ezechias with their garments
rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.
CHAPTER 37.
Ezechias, his mourning and 'prayer. God's pro-
mise of protection. The Assyrian army is de-
stroyed. Sennacherib is slain.
4 ND ^ it came to pass, when king Eze-
J\. chias had heard it, that he rent his
garments and covered himself with aack-
cloth, and went into the house of the
Lord.
2 And he sent Eliacim who was over
the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the
ancients of the priests covered with sack-
cloth, to Isaias the son of Amos the pro-
phet.
3 And they said to him Thus saith Eze-
: and Ezechias spread it before the Lord.
-jhiasr This day is a day of tribulation,
and of rebuke, and of blasphemy : for
the children are come to the birth, and
there is not strength to bring forth.
4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear
the words of Rabsaces, whom the king
of the Assyrians his master hath sent to
blaspheme the living God, and to re- open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see, and hear
proach with words which the Lord thy all the words of Sennacherib, which he
God hath heard: wherefore lift up ^hy hath sent to blaspheme the living God.
oraver for the remnant that is left. 18 For of a truth, O Lord, the kings o\
n 4 Kines 18. 36.
V 4 Kings 19. 1. B. C. 701.
1
:
Isaias comforts Ezechias
5 And the servants of Ezechias imme to
Isaias.
6 And Isaias said to them: Thub JaJl
you say to your master: Thus saith tnc
Lord: Be not afraid of the words that
thou hast heard, with which the servants
of the king of the Assyrians have blas-
phemed me.
7 Behold, I wiU send a spirit upon him,
and he shall hear a message, and shall
return to his own country, and I will
cause him to fall by the sword his m
own country.
8 And Rabsaces returned, and found the
king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna.
^ For he had heard that he was departed
from Lachis.
9 And he heard say about Tharaca the
king of Ethiopia: He is come forth to
fight against thee. And when he heard
it, he sent messengers to Ezechias, say-
ing:
10 Thus shall you speak to Ezechias
the king of Juda, saying Let not thy
:
God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest,
saying: Jerusalem shall not be given
into the hands of the king of the Assyri-
ans.
11 Behold thou hast heard all that tbe
kings of the Assyrians have done to all
countries which they have destroyed,
and canst thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations deliv-
ered them whom my fathers have de-
stroyed, Gozam, and Haram, and Reeeph,
and the children of Eden, that were in
Thalassar ?
13 Where is the king of Emath, and the
king of Arphad, and the king of the city
*
of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava ?
14 And Ezechias took the letter from
the hand of the messengers, and read it,
and went up to the house of the Lord,
15 And Ezechias prayed to the Lord,
saying
16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who
sittest upon the cherubims, thou aloni
art the God of all the kingdoms of th
earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.1
17 Incline, O Lord, thy ear, and hear:
w 4 Kings 19. 8.
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The answerto the prayer of Ezechias ISAIAS Destruction of the Assyrian army
the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit
their countries. between thy lips, and I will turn thee
19 And they have cast their gods into back by the way by which thou camest.
the fire, for they were not gods, but the 30 But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat
works of men's hands, of wood and stone this year the things that spring of them-
and they broke them in pieces. selves, and in the second year eat fruits:
20 And now, Lord our God, save us but in the third year sow and reap, and
out of his hand: and let all the kingdoms plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of
of the earth know, that thou only art the them.
Lord. 31 And that which shall be saved of the
21 And Isaias the son of Amos sent to house of Juda, and which is left, shall
Ezechias, saying: Thus saith the Lord the take root downward, and shall bear fruit
God of Israel: For the prayer thou hast upward:
made to me concerning Sennacherib the 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a
king of the Assyrians: remnant, and salvation from mount Sion:
22 This is the word which the Lord hath the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do
spoken of him: The virgin the daughter this.
of Sion hath despised thee, and laughed 33 Wherefore thus saith the Lord con-
thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem cerning the king of the Assyrians: He
hath wagged the head after thee. shall not come into this city, nor shoot an
23 Whom hast thou reproached, and arrow into it, nor come before it with
whom hast thou blasphemed, and against shield, nor cast a trench about it.
whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and 34 By the way that he came, he shall re-
lifted up thy eyes on high ? Against the turn, and into this city he shall not come,
Holy One of Israel. saith the Lord.
24 By the hand of thy servants thou hast 35 And I will protect this city, and will
reproached the Lord: and hast said: save it for my own sake, and for the sake
With the multitude of my chariots I have of David my servant.
gone up to the height of the mountains, 36 y And the angel of the Lord went out
to the top of Libanus: and I will cut and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a
down its cedars, and its choice fir
tall hundred and eighty-five thousand. And
trees, and top of its
will enter to the they arose in the morning, and behold
height, to the forest of its Carmel. they were all dead corpses.
25 I have digged, and drunk water, and 37 And Sennacherib the king of the
have dried up with the sole of my foot, Assyrians went out and departed, and
all the rivers shut up in banks. returned, and dwelt in Ninive.
26 Hast thou not heard what I have done 38 And it came to pass, as he was wor-
to him of old ? from the days of old I have shipping in the temple of Nesroch his
formed it: and now I have brought it to god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his
effect: and it hath come to pass that hills sons slew him with the sword: and they
fighting together, and fenced cities should fled into the land of Ararat, and Asarhad-
be destroyed. don his son reigned in his stead.
27 The inhabitants of them were weak
of hand, they trembled, and were con- CHAPTER 38.
founded: they became like the grass of Ezechias being advertised that he shall die, oh-
tains hy prayer a prolongation of his life: in
the field, and the herb of the pasture, confirmation of which the sun goes hack. The
and like the grass of the housetops, canticle of Ezechias.
which withered before it was ripe. ^ those days Ezechias was sick even
28 I know thy dwelling, and thy going
IN
to death, and Isaias the son of Amos
out, and thy coming in, and thy rage the prophet came unto him, and said to
against me. him: Thus saith the Lord: Take order
29 When thou wast mad against me, with thy house, for thou shalt die, and
thy pride came up to my ears: therefore not live.

y Supra 31. 8 ; 4 Kings 19. 35 Tob. 1. 21

; ;
z 4 Kings 20. 1 ; 2 Par. 32. 24.
Eccli. 48. 24 ; 1 Mac. 7. 41 2 Mac. 8. 19.
;

Chap. 37. Ver. 24. Carmel. See these figurative expressions explained in the annotations on
the nineteenth chapter of the fourth book of Kings.
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The prayer of Ezechias ISAIAS Ezechias shows his treasures

2 And Ezechias turned Ms face toward of spirit be in such things as
life my
the wall, and prayed to the Lord, these, thou shalt correct me, and make
3 And said I beseech thee, O Lord, re-
: me to live.
member how I have walked before thee 17 Behold in peace is bitterness my
in truth, and with a perfect heart, and most bitter : but thou hast delivered my
have done that which is good in thy sight. soul that it should not perish, thou hast
And Ezechias wept with great weeping. cast all sins behind thy back. my
4 And the word of the Lord came to 18 For hell shall not confess to thee,
Isaias, saying; neither shall death praise thee nor shall :

5 Go and say to Ezechias Thus saith

: they that go down into the pit, look for
the Lord the God of David thy father I ; thy truth.
have heard thy prayer, and I have seen 19 The living, the living, he shall give
thy tears behold I will add to thy days
: praise to thee, as I do this day the fa- :

fifteen years ther shall make thy truth known to the

6 And I will deliver thee and this city children.
out of the hand of the king of the Assyr- 20 O Lord, save me, and we will sing
ians, and I will protect it. our psalms all the days of our life in the
7 And this shall be a sign to thee from house of the Lord.
the Lord, that the Lord will do this word 21 Now Isaias had ordered that they
which he hath spoken should take a lump of figs, and lay it as
8 '^ Behold I will bring again the shadow a plaster upon the wound, and that he
of the lines, by which it is now gone should be healed.
down in the sun dial of Achaz with the 22 And Ezechias had said What shall :

sun, ten lines backward And the sun be the sign that I shall go up to the
returned ten lines by the degrees by house of the Lord?
whichit was gone down.
9The writing of Ezechias king of Juda,
CHAPTER 39.
Ezechias shews all his treasures to the ambassadorg
when he had been sick, and wag recov- of Babylon : upon which Isaias foretells the Baby»
ered of his sickness. lonish captivity.
10 I said In the midst of my days I
: that time Merodach Baladan, the T ^
shall go to the gates of hell: I sought A^ son
of Baladan king of Babylon,
for the residue of my years. sent letters and presents to Ezechias:
11 I said I shall not see the Lord God
: for he had heard that he had been sick
in the land of the living. I shall behold and was recovered.
man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest. 2 And Ezechias rejoiced at their com-
12 My generation is at an end, and it ing, and he shewed them the storehouses
is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's of his aromatical spices, and of the sil-
tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver ver, and of the gold, and of the sweet
whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut odours, and of the precious ointment,
me off from morning even to night thou
: and all the storehouses of his furniture,
wilt make an end of me. and all things that were found in his
13 1 hoped till morning, as a lion so hath treasures. There was nothing in his
he broken all my bones from morning house, nor in all his dominion that Eze-
:

even to night thou wilt make an end of chias shewed them not.
me. 3 Then Isaias the prophet came to king
14 I will cry like a young swallow, I will Ezechias, and said to him : What said
meditate like a dove my eyes are weak- : these men, and from whence came they
ened looking upward Lord, I suffer vio- :to thee? And Ezechias said: From a far
lence, answer thou for me. country they came to me, from Babyloa
15 What shall I say, or what shall he 4 And he said: What saw they in thy
answer for me, whereas he himself hath house? And Ezechias said: All things
done it? I will recount to thee all my that are in my house have they seen,
years in the bitterness of my soul. there was not any thing which I have
16 Lord, if man's life be such, and the not shewn them in my treasures.
aEccli. 48. 26. 6 4 Kings 20. 12.

Chap. 38. Ver. 10. Hell, Sheol, or Hades, the region of the dead.

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^The voice crying in the wilderness ISAIAS God^s greatness

6 And Isaias said to Ezeohias: Hear the 10 Behold the Lord God shall come wi'-h
word of ihe Lord of hosts. strength, and his arm shall rule : Behold
Behold the days shall come, that all his reward is with him and his work is
that lA in thy house, and that thy fathers before him.
have laid up m
store until this day, shall 11 -^He shall feed his flock like a shep-
be carried away into Babylon : there shall herd he shall gather together the lambs
:

not any thing be left, saith the Lord. with his arm, and shall take them up
7 And of thy children, that shall issue in his bosom, and he himself shall carry
from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they them that are with young.
shall take away, and they shall be eunuchs 12 Who hath measured the waters in
in the palace of the king of Babylon. the hollow of his hand, and weighed the
8 And Ezechias said to Isaias : The word heavens with his palm ? who hath poised
of the Lord, which he hath spoken, is with three fingers the bulk of the earth,
good. And he said: Only let peace and and weighed the mountains in scales, and
truth be in my
days. the hills in a balance ?
13 ^ Who hath forwarded the spirit of
CHAPTER 40.
the Lord ? or who hath been his counsel-
The prophet comforts the people with the promise
of the coming of Christ to forgive their sins. God^s lor, and hath taught him ?
almighty power and majesty. 14 With whom hath he consulted, and
BE comforted, be comforted, my peo- who hath instructed him, and taught him
ple, saith your God. the path of justice, and taught him know-
2 Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, ledge, and shewed him the way of under-
and call to her for her evil is come to
: standing ?
an end, her iniquity is forgiven ^ she : 15 Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of
hath received of the hand of the Lord a bucket, and are counted as the smallest
double for all her sins. grain of a balance behold the islands
:

3 ^The voice of one crying in the des- are as a little dust.

ert : Prepare ye the way of the Lord, 16 And Libanus shall not be enough to
•nake straight in the wilderness the burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for
paths of our God. a burnt offering.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and 17 All nations are before him as if they
every mountain and hill shall be made had no being at all, and are counted t'^
low, and the crooked shall become him as nothing, and vanity.
otraigho, and the rough ways plain. 18 ^To whom then have you likened
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be God? or what image will you make for
revealed, and all flesh together shall see, him?
that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken. 19 Hath the workman cast a graven
6 The voice of one, saying: Cry. And statue ? or hath the goldsmith formed it
I said: What shall I cry? «All flesh is with gold, or the silversmith with plates
grass, and all the glory thereof as the of silver ?
flower of the field. 20 He hath chosen strong wood, and
7 The grass is withered, and the flower that will not rot: the skilful workman
is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord seeketh how he may set up an idol that
habh blown upon it. Indeed the people may not be moved.
is grass i 21 Do you not know? hath it not been
8 The grass is withered, and the flower heard? hath it not been told you from
is fallen but the word of our Lord en- the beginning ? have you not understood
:

dureth for ever. the foundations of the earth ?

9 Get thee up upon a high mountain, 22 It is he that sitteth upon the globe
thou that bringest good tidings to Sion of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof
lift up thy voice with strength, thou that are as locusts * he that stretcheth out :

bringest good tidings to Jerusalem lift the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth
:

it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: them out as a tent to dwell in.
Behold your God: 23 He that bringeth the searchers of
c Apoc. 18. / Ezech. 34. 23, and 37. 24 John 10. 11.
;
d Matt. 3. 3 M^irk l. 3 Luke
; ; 3. 4 ; John 23.
1. ff Wisd. 9. Rom. 11. 34 1 Cor. 2. 16,
13 ; ;
e EcclL 14. IS James 1. 10
{ ; 1 Peter 1. 24. h Acts 17. 29,— < Gen. 1. 6,
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God's greatness ISAIAS God our helper

secrets to nothing, that hath made the 5 The islands saw it, and feared, the
judges of the earth as vanity. ends of the earth were astonished, they
24 And surely their stock was neither drew near, and came.
planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the 6 Every one shall help his neighbour,
earth suddenly he hath blown upon and shall say to his brother: Be of good
:

them, and they are withered, and a courage.

whirlwind shall take them away as 7 The coppersmith striking with the
stubble. hammer encouraged him that forged at
25 And to whom have ye likened me, that time, saying: It is ready for solder-
or made me equal, saith the Holy One ? ing: and he strengthened it with nails,
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see that it should not be moved.
who hath created these things: who 8 But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob
bringeth out their host by number, and whom I have chosen, the seed of Abra-
calleth them all by their names: by the ham my friend
greatness of his might, and strength, and 9 In whom I have taken thee from the
power, not one of them was missing. ends of the earth, and from the remote
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speak- parts thereof have called thee, and said
est, O Israel: My way is hid from the to thee: Thou art my servant, I have
Lord, and my judgment is passed ovsr chosen thee, and have not cast thee away
from my God ? 10 Fear not, for I am with thee turn :

28 Knowest thou not, or hast thou not not aside, for I am thy God I have :

heard ? the Lord is the everlasting God, strengthened thee, and have helped
who hath created the ends of the earth thee, and the right hand of my just one
he shall not faint, nor labour, neither hath upheld thee.
is there any searching ouU; of his wisdom. 11 Behold all that fight against thee
29 It is he that giveth strength to the shall be confounded and ashamed, they
weary, and increaseth force and might to shall be as nothing, and the men shall
them that are not. perish that strive against thee.
30 Youths shall faint, and labour, and 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not
young men shall fall by infirmity. find the men that resist thee : they shall
31 But they that hope in the Lord shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed
renew their strength, Hhey shall take the men that war against thee.
wings as 3agles, they shall run and not 13 For I am the Lord thy God, who take
be weary, they shall walk and not faint. thee by the hand, and say to thee Fear :

not, I have helped thee.

CHAPTER 41. 14 Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you
The reign of the just one : the vanity of idols. that are dead of Israel: I have helped
thee, saith the Lord and thy Redeemer
LETme,theandislands
the
keep silence before
nations take new the Holy One of Israel.
:

strength: let them come near, and then 16 I have made thee as a new thrashing
speak, let us come near to judgment wain, with teeth like a saw thou shalt :

together. thrash the mountains, and break them in

2 Who hath raised up the just one from pieces and shalt make the hills as chaff.
:

the east, hath called him to follow him ?
he shall give the nations in his sight, and
he shall rule over kings: he shall give
them as the dust to his sword, as stubble
driven by the wind, to his bow.
3 He shall pursue them, he shall pass
in peace, no path shall appear after his
feet.
4 Who hath wrought and done these
things, calling the generations from the
beginning ? ^ I the Lord, I am the first
and the last.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind
shall carry them away, and the whirlwind
shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice
in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel
thou shalt be joyful.
17 The needy and the poor seek for wa-
ters, and there are none: their tongue
hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord
will hear them, I the God of Israel will
not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers in the high hills,
and fountains in the midst of the plains

/ Fa. la 6b 4c Infra 44. 6, and 48. 12; Apoc 1. 8, 17, and 22. 13.

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The vanity of idols ISAIAS The mission of Christ

X will turn the desert into pools of waters, BEHOLD 'my servant, I will uphold
and the impassable land into streams of him :my elect, my soul delighteth in
waters. him: I have given my spirit upon him,
19 I will plant in the wilderness the he shall bring forth judgment to the
cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and Gentiles.
the olive tree I will set in the desert the
: 2 He shall not cry, nor have respect to
fir tree, the elm, and the box tree to- person, neither shall his voice be heard
gether : abroad.
20 That they ma}'- see and know, and 3 The bruised reed he shall not break,
consider, and understand together that and smoking flax he shall not quench he :

the hand of the Lord hath done this, and shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 4 He shall not be sad, nor troublesome,
21 Bring your cause near, saith the till he set judgment in the earth and the :

Lord bring hither, if you have any thing islands shall wait for his law.
:

to allege^ saith the King of Jacob, 5 Thus saith the Lord God that created
22 Let them come, and tell us all things the heavens, and stretched them out:
that are to come: tell us the former that established the earth, and the things
things what they were and we will set that spring out of it : that giveth breath
:

our heart upon them, and shall know the to the people upon it, and spirit to them
latter end of them, and tell us the things that tread thereon.
that are to come. 6 I the Lord have called thee in justice,
23 Shew the things that are to come and taken thee by the hand, and pre-
hereafter, and we shall know that ye are served thee. "* And I have given thee

gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you for a covenant of the people, for a light
can: and let us speak, and see together. of the Gentiles
24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your 7 That thou mightest open the eyes ol
work of that which hath no being: he the blind, and bring forth the prisoner
that hath chosen you is an abomina- out of prison, and them that sit in dark-
tion. ness out of the prison house.
25 I have raised up one from the north, 8 " I the Lord, this is my name I will :

and he shall come from the rising of the not give my glory to another, nor my
flun he shall call upon my name, and he praise to graven things.
:

shall make princes to be as dirt, and as 9 The things that were first, behold they
the potter treading clay. are come and new things do I declare :

26 Who hath declared from the begin- before they spring forth, I will make you
ning, that we may know and from time hear them. :

of old, that we may say Thou art just. : 10 Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his
There is none that sheweth, nor that fore- praise is from the ends of the earth: you
telleth, nor that heareth your words. that go down to the sea, and all that are
27 The first shall say to Sion : Behold therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of
they are here, and to Jerusalem I will them.
give an evangelist. 11 Let the desert and the cities thereof
28 And I saw, and there was no one even be exalted Cedar shall dwell in houses : r

among them to consult, or who, when I ye inhabitants of Petra, give praise, they
asked, could answer a word. shall cry from the top of the mountains.
29 Behold they are all in the wrong, and 12 They shall give glory to the Lord,
their works are vain: their idols are wind and shall declare his praise in the is-
and vanity. lands.
13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty
CHAPTER 42. man, as a man of war shall he stir up
The office of Christ. The preaching of the gospel to
the Gentiles. The blindness and reprobation of zeal he shall shout and cry he shall
: :

the Jews. prevail against his enemies.

I Matt. 12. 18. m Infra 49. 6. —n Infra 48. ii.

Chap. 41. Ver. 19. The thorn. In Hebrew, tbe Ver. 11. Petra. A city that gives name t<) Arabia
thitta, or setim, a tree resembling the white thorn. Petrsea.
Chap. 42. Ver. 1. My servant. Christ, who ac-
cording to his humaoity* is the servaDt of God

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Blindness of the Jews punished ISAIAS God comforts His church

14 I have always held my peace, I have AND now thus saith the Lord that
kept silence, I have been patient, I will x\. created thee, O Jacob, and formed
speak now as a woman in labour I will thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have re-
;

destroy, and swallow up at once. deemed thee, and called thee by thy
15 I will lay waste the moantains and name thou art mine. :

hills, and will make all their grass to 2 When thou shalt pasc through the wa-
wither and I will turn rivers into islandSj ters, I will be with thee, and the rivere
:

and will dry up the standing pools. shall not cover thee: when thou shalt
16 And I will lead the blind into the way walk in the fire^ thou shalt not be burnt,
which they know not and in the paths and the flames shall not burn in thee
:

which they were ignorant of I will make 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy
them walk J I will make darkness light One of Israel, thy Saviour I have given :

before them, and crooked things straight Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and
these things have I done to them, and Saba for thee.
have not forsaken them. 4 Since thou becamest honourable in my
17 They are turned back: let them be eyes, thou art glorious I have loved
:

greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thee, and I will give men for thee, and
thing, that say to a molten thing You are people for thy life.
:

our god. 5 Fear not, for I am with thee: I will

18 Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold bring thy seed from the east, and gather
that you may see, thee from the west.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or 6 I will say to the north : Give up : and
deaf, but he to whom 1 have sent my to the south Keep not back bring my : :

messengers? Who is blind, but he that sons from afar, and my, daughters from
is sold ? or who is blind, but the servant the ends of the eartho
of the Lord ? 7 And every one that calleth upon mj
20 Thou that cieest many things, wilt name, I have created him for my glory.
thou not observe them? thou that hast I have formed him, and made him.
ears open, wilt thou not hear ? 8 Bring forth the people that are blind,
21 And the Lord was willing to sanctify and have eyes: that are deaf, and have
him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it. ears.
22 But this is a people that is robbed 9 All the nations are assembled tO' 1
and wasted: they are all the snare of gether, and the tribes are gathered: who
young men, and they are hid in the among you can declare this, and shall
houses of prisons they are made a prey, make us hear the former things? let
:

?ind there is none to deliver them: a them bring forth their witnesses, let them
spoil, and there is none that saith Re- be justifiedj and hear, and say : It is
:

store.
23 Who is there among you that will
give ear to this, that will attend and
hearken for times to come ?
24 Who hath given Jacob for a spoil,
and Israel to robbers ? hath not the Lord
himself, against whom we have sinned ?
And they would not walk in his ways,
truth.
10 You are my witnesses, saith the
Lord, and my servant whom I have
chosen : that you may know, and believe
me, and understand that I myself am.
Before me there was no God formed, and
after me there shall be none.
11 I am, I am the Lord: and there is
*^

and they have not hearkened to his law. no saviour besides me.
25 And he hath poured out upon him 12 I have declared, and have saved. I
the indignation of his fury, and a strong have made it heard, and there was no
battle, and hath burnt him round about, strange one among you. You are my
and he knew not and set him on fire,
: witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.
and he understood not. 13 And from the beginning I am the
same, and there is none that can deliver
CHAPTER 43. out of my hand : I will work, and who
Ood comforts his church, promisinff to protect her shall turn it away ?
forever, he expostulates with the Jews for their
ingratitude 14 Thus saith the Lord your redeemer,

o Osee 13. 4.

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Ingratitude of the Jews ISAIAS God!* s favor to His people

the Holy One of Israel For your sake I : A ND ' now hear, O Jacob, my servant,
sent to Babylon, and have brought down jL\. and Israel whom I have chosen.
all their bars, and the Chaldeans glorying 2 Thus saith the Lord that made and
in their ships. formed thee, thy helper from the womb
16 I am
the Lord your Holy One, the Fear not, O my servant Jacob, and thou
Creator of Israel, your King. most righteous whom I have chosen.
16 Thus saith the Lord, who made away 3 For I will pour out waters upon the
in the sea, and a path in the mighty thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry
waters. land I wiU pour out my spirit upon thy
:

17 Who brought forth the chariot and
the horse, the army and the strong: they
lay down to sleep together, and they
shall not rise again : they are broken as
flax, and are extinct.
18 Remember not former things, and
look not on things of old.
19 ^Behold I do new things, and now
they shall spring forth, verily you shall
know them I will make a way in the
: 6 Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel,
wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.
4 And they shall spring up among the
herbs, as willows beside the running
waters.
6 One shall say: I am the Lord's, and
another shall call himself by the name of
Jacob, and another shall subscribe with
his hand. To the Lord, and surname him-
self by the name of Israel.
and his redeemer the Lord of hosts I :
*"

20 The beast of the field shall glorify am the first, and I am the last, and be-
me, the dragons and the ostriches: be- sides me there is no God.
cause I have given waters in the wilder- 7 Who is like to me ? let him call and
ness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to declare : and let him set before me the
my people, to my chosen. order, since I appointed the ancient peo-
21 This people have I formed for my- ple : and the things to come, and that
self, they shall shew forth my praise. shall be hereafter, let them shew unto
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O theiric
Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about 3 Fear yo not, neither be ye troubled
me, O Israel. from uhat time I have made thee to hear^
23 Thou hast not offered me the ram and have declared you are my wit- :

of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified nesses. Is there a God besides me. a
me with thy victims I have not caused maker, whom I have not known ?
:

thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied 9 The makers of idols are all of them
thee with incense. othing, and their best beloved things
:

24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane shall not profit them. They are their
with money, neither hast thou filled mo witnesses, that they do not see, nor un-
with the fat of thy victims. But thou derstand, that they may be ashamed.
hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou 10 Who hath formed a god, and made
hast wearied me with thy iniquities. a graven thing that is profitable for no-
25 I am, I am he that blot out thy ini- thing ?
quities for my own sake, and I will not 11 Behold, all the partakers thereof
remember thy sins. shall be confounded: for the makers are
26 Put me in remembrance, and let men they shall all assemble together,
:

us plead together tell if thou hast any they shall stand and fear, and shall be
:

thing to justify thyself. confounded together.

27 Thy first father sinned, and thy 12 * The smith hath wrought with his
teachers have transgressed against me. file, with coals, and with hammers he
28 And I have profaned the holy princes, hath formed it, and hath wrought with
I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Is- the strength of his arm he shall hunger :

rael to reproach. and faint, he shall drink no water, and

shall be weary.
CHAPTER 44. 13 The carpenter hath stretched out his
God's favour to his church. The folly of idolatry. rule,he hath formed it with a plane he :

The people shaft he delivered from captivity. hath made it with corners, and hath fash-
p2 Cor 5. 17; Apoc. 21. 5. r Supra 41. 4 ; Infra 48. 12 ; Apoc. 1. 8, 17, and 22. 13.
q Jer. 30. 10, and 46. 27. « Wisd. 13. 11.

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The folly of idolatry ISAIAS God^s message to Cyruf?

ioned it round with the compass and he
hath made the image of a man as it were
a oeaatiful man dwelling in a house.
14 He hath cut down cedars, taken the
holm, and the oak that stood among the
trees of the forest: he hath planted the
pine tree, which the rain hath nourished.
15 And it hath served men for fuel he
took thereof, and warmed himself and
he kindled it, and baked bread: but of
the rest he made a god, and adored it:
: Lord, that make all things, that alono
stretch out the heavens, that estabfisb
the earth, and there is none with me.
25 That make void the tokens of divin-
ers, and make the soothsayers mad.
That turn the wise backward, and that
make their knowledge foolish.
: 26 That raise up the word of my servant
: and perform the counsel of my messen-
gers, who say tc Jerusalem : Thou shalt
be inhabited and to the cities of Juda
:

he made a graven thing, and bowed down You shall be built, and I will raise up the
before it. wastes thereof.
16 Part of it he burnt with fire, and 27 Who say to the deep: Be thou deso-
with part of it he dressed his meat: he late, and I will dry up thy rivers.
boiled pottage, and was filled, and was 28 Who say to Gyrus: Thou art my shep-
warmed, and said: Aha, I am warm, I herd, and thou shalt perform all my plea-
have seen the fire. sure. Who say to Jerusalem Thou shalt :

17 But the residue thereof he made a be built and to the temple Thy founda- : :

god, and a graven thing for himself: he tions shall be laid.

boweth down before it, and adoreth it,
and prayeth unto it, saying; Deliver me, CHAPTER 45.
for thou art my God. A prophecy of Cyrus, as a figure of Christ, the great
18 They have not known, nor under- deliverer of God's people.

stood: for their oyes are covered that rilHUS saith the Lord to my anointed
they may not see, and that they may not X
Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken
understand with their heart. holdof, to subdue nations before his face,
19 They do not consider in their mind, and to turn the backs of kings, and to
nor know, nor have the thought to say: open the doors before him, and the gates
I have burnt part of it in the fire, and I shall not be shut.
have baked bread upon the coals thereof: 2 I will go before thee, and will humble
I have broiled flesh and have eaten, and the great ones of the earth: I will break
of the residue thereof shall I make an in pieces the gates of brass, and will
idol ? shall I fall down before the stock burst the bars of iron.
of a tree ? 3 And I will give thee hidden treasures,
20 Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart and the concealed riches of secret places:
adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, that thou mayest know that I am the
nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my Lord who caU thee by thy name, the God
right hand. of Israel.
21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and 4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and
Israel, for thou art my servant. I have Israel my elect, I have even called thee
formed thee, thou art my servant, O Is- by thy name: I have made a likeness of
rael, forget me not. thee, and thou hast not known me.
22 I have blotted out thy iniquities as 5 I am the Lord, and there is none else
a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to there is no God besides me : I girded
me, for I have redeemed thee. thee, and thou hast not known me
23 Give praise, O ye heavens, for the 6 That they may know who are from the
Lord hath shewn mercy shout with
: joy, rising of the sun, and they who are from
ye ends of the earth ye mountains, re- the west, that there is none besides me.
:

sound with praise, thou, O forest, and I am the Lord, and there is none else
every tree therein: for the Lord hath 7 I form the light, and create darknesa
redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glo- I make peace, and create evil I the Lord :

rified. that do all these things.

24 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, 8 Drop down dew, ye heavens, fro
and thy maker, from the womb I am the above,
: and let the clouds rain the just

CuAP. 46. Ver. 7. Cre€Ue evil, &c. The evils of afflictions and pimisluneDts, but not the evil of slfl.

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God*s greatness commands obedience ISAIAS God^s promise in sa ve Israel

let the earth be opened, and bnd toith a draw near together, ye that are saved of
saviour: and let justice spring up to- the Gentiles: they have no knowledge
gether : I the Lord have created him. that set up ^he wood of their graven
9 'Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, work, and pray to a god that cannot save.
a sherd of the earthen pots shall the: 21 Tell ye, and come, and consult to-
clay say to him that fashioneth it What : gether: who hath declared this from the
art thou making, and thy work is without beginning, who hath foretold this irom
hands? that time? Have not I the Lord, and
10 Woe to him that saith to hie father there is no God else besides me ? A just
Why begettest thou? and to the woman: God and a saviour, there is none besides
Why dost thou bring forth ? me.
11 Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of 22 Be converted to me, and you shall
Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for
come, concerning my children, and con- I am God, and there is no other.
cerning the work of my hands give ye 23 I have sworn by myself, the word of
charge to me. justice shall go out of my mouth, and
12 1 made the earth and I created man shall not retm'n
:

upon it: my hand stretched forth the 24 " For every knee shall be bowed to
heavens, and I have commanded all their me, and every tongue shall swear.
host. 25 Therefore shall he say: In the Lord
13 I have raised him up to justice, and I are my justices and empire thev shall :

will direct all his ways: he shall build my come to him, and all that resi-^t him
city, and let go my captives, not for ran- shall be confounded.
som, nor for presents, saith the Lord the 26 In the Lord shall all the seed of la-
God of hosts. rael be justified and praised.
14 Thus saith the Lord The labour of
:

Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, CHAPTER 46.

and of Sabaim, men of stature shall come Tlie idols of Babylon shall be destroyed. Salvation
is promised through Christ.
over to thee, and shall be thine they :

ghall walk after thee, they shall go bound EL is broken, Nebo is destroyed:
with manacles: and they shall worship
thee, and shall make supplication to thee
B
their idols are put upon beasts and
cattle, your burdens of heavy weight
only in thee is God, and there is no God even unto weariness.
besides thee. 2 They are consumed, and are broken
15 Verily thou art a hidden God, the together: they could not save him that
God of Israel the saviour. carried them, and they themselves shall
16 They are all confounded and ashamed go into captivity.
the forgers of errors are gone together 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob,
into confusion. all the remnant of the house of Israel,
17 Israel is saved in the Lord with an who are carried by my bowels, are borne
eternal salvation you shall not be con- up by my womb.
:

founded, and you shall not be ashamed 4 Even to your old age I am the same,
for 3ver and ever. and to your grey hairs I will carry you:
18 For thus saith the Lord that created I have made you, and I will bear I will :

the heavens, God himself that formed carry and will save.
the earth, and made it, the very maker 5 To whom have you likened me, and
thereof: he did not create it in vain he made me equal, and compared me, and
:

formed it to be inhabited. I am the made me like ? ,

Lord, and there is no other. You

that contribute gold out of the
6
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a bag, and weigh out silver in the scales
i

dark place of the earth: I have not said

and hire a goldsmith to make a god: and
00 the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain, they fall down and worship.
1 am the Lord that speak justice, that 7 ^They bear him on their shoulders
declare right things. and carry him, and set him in his place
20 Assemble yourselves, and come, and and he shall stand, and shall not stir ovf!

ijeci&6; iiU>m.a.20i u £om. 14. U; FbiL & 10.— v Bar. t». 26.

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God*s judgment on Babylon
of his place. Yea, when they sliall cry
also unto him, he shall not hear : h" shall
not save them from tribulation.
8 Remember this, and be ashamed : re-
turn, ye transgressors, to the heart.
9 Remember the former age, for I am
God, and there is no God beside, neither
is there the like to me:
10 Whoshew from the beginning the
things that shall be at last, and from
ancient times the things that as yet
are not done, saying counsel shall
: My
stand, and all my will shall be done
11 Who call a bird from the east, and
from a far country the man of my own
will, and have spoken, and will bring
I and besides me there is no other.
it to pass have created, and I will do
: I
it. Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are
far from justice.
12 I have brought my justice near, it
shall not be afar off: and my salvation
shall not tarry, I will give salvation in
Bion, and my glory in Israel.
CHAPTER 47.
Gocfs judgment upon Babylon,
COME down, sit in the dust,
daughter of Babylon, sit on the
ground there is no throne for the
: thy counsels: let now the astrologers
daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou
Shalt no more be called dehcate and ten
der.
2 Take a millstone and grind meal:
uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder,
make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.
3 ^Thy nakedness shall be discovered,
and thy shame shall be seen I will take
vengeance, and no man shall resist me.
4 Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is
his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into dark-
ness, O daughter of the Chaldeans for
thou shalt no more be called the lady of
kingdoms.
6 I was angry with my people, I have
polluted my inheritance, and have given
them into thy hand: thou hast shewn
no mercy to them: upon the ancient
thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.
7 And thou hast said 1 shall be a lady :
for ever thou hast not laid these things
: name
to thy heart, neither hast thou remem-
bered thy latter end.
8 And now hear these things, thou that
art delicate, and dwellest confidently,
w Nab. 3. 6.
:
ISAIAS God's judgment on Babylon
that sayest in thy heart: *I am, and
thero is none else besides me: I shall
not 3it as a widow, and I shall not know
barrenness.
9 ^ These two things shall come upon
thee suddenly in one day, barrennesE
and widowhood. All things are come
upon thee, because of the multitude of
thy sorceries, and for the great hardness
of thy enchanters.
10 And thou hast trusted in thy wick-
edness, and hast said: There is none
that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy
knowledge, this hath deceived thee.
And thou hast said in thy heart: I am,
11 Evil shall come upon thee, and thou
shalt not know the rising thereof: and
calamity shall fall violently upon thee,
which thou canst not keep off: misery
shall come upon thee suddenly, which
thou shalt not know.
12 Stand now with thy enchanters, and
with the multitude of thy sorceries, in
which thou hast laboured from thy
youth, if so be it may profit thee any
O virgin thing, or if thou mayst become stronger.
13 Thou hast failed in the multitude of
stand and save thee, they that gazed at
the stars, and counted the months, that
from them they might tell the things
that shall come to thee.
14 Behold they are as stubble, fire hath
burnt them, they shall not deliver them-
selves from the power of the flames:
: there pre no coals wherewith they may
be warmed, nor fire, that they may sit
thereat.
15 Such are all the things become to
thee, in which thou hast laboured thy :
: merchants from thy youth, every one
hath erred in his own way, there is none
that can save thee.
CHAPTER 48.
He reproaches the Jews for their obstinacy : he iviU
deliver them out of their captivity, for his own
name''s sake.
HEAR ye these things, O house of
Jacob, you that are called by the
of Israel, and are come forth out
of the waters of Juda, you who swear by
the name of the Lord, and make mention
of the God of Israel, but not in truth,
nor in justice.
I X Apoc. IS. 7. ' y Infra 51. 19.
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Obstinacy of the Jews reproved ISAlAS They will he redeemed from captivity
2 For they are called of the holy city, I have brought him, and his way is made
and are established upon the God of Is- prosperous.
rael the Lord of hosts is his name.
: Come ye near unto me, and hear this
16
3 The former things of old I have de- I have not spoken in secret from the
clared, and they went forth out of my beginning from the time before it was
:

mouth, and I have made them to be done, I was there, and now the Loid God
heard I did them suddenly and they
: hath sent me, and his spirit.
lame to pass. 17 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer,
I For I knew that thou art stubborn, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord
nd thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy thy God that teach thee profitable things,
orehead as brass. that govern thee in the way that thou
5 I foretold thee of old, before they walkest.
3ame to pass I told thee, lest thoushouldst 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my
say My idols have done these things, commandments: thy peace had been as
:

and my graven and molten things have a river, and thy justice as the waves of
commanded them. the sea,
6 See now all the things which thou hast 19 And thy seed had been as the sand,
heard: but have you declared them? I and the offspring of thy bowels like the
have shewn thee new things from that gravel thereof his name should not have :

time, and things are kept which thou perished, nor have been destroyed from
knowest not: before my face.
7 They are created now, and not of old 20 ^ Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye
:

and before the day, when thou heardest from the Chaldeans, declare it with the
them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold voice of joy: make this to be heard, and
I knew them. speak it out even to the ends of the earth
8 Thou hast neither heard, nor known, Say: The Lord hath redeemed his ser-
neither was thy ear opened of old. For vant Jacob.
I know that transgressing thou wilt trans- 21 They thirsted not in the desert, when
gress, and I have called thee a transgres- he led them out ^ he brought forth :

sor from the womb. water out of the rock for them, and he
9 For my name's s''ike I will remove my elove the rock, and the waters gushed
wrath far off and for my praise I will out.
:

bridle thee, lest thctu shouldst perish. 22 There is no peace to the wicked, **

10 Behold I have refined thee, but not saith the Lord.

as silver, I have cliosen thee in the fur-
nace of poverty. CHAPTER 49.
II For my own sake, for my own sake Christ shall bring the Gentiles to salvation, God'^9
will I do it, that I may not be blas- love to his church is perpetual.

phemed ' and I will not give my glory

:
GIVE
ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye
tc another. people from afar. ®The Lord hath
12 Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou called me from the womb, from the
Israel whom I call " I ; am he, I am the bowels of my mother he hath been mind-
first, and I am the last. ful of my name.
13 My hand also hath founded the earth, he hath made my mouth like a
2-^ And
and my right hand hath measured the sharp sword in the shadow of his hand :

heavens I shall call them, and they shall he hath protected me, and hath made
:

stand together. me as a chosen arrow : in his quiver he

14 Assemble yourselves together, all hath hidden me.
you, and hear: who among them hath 3 And he said to me: Thou art my ser-
declared these things? the Lord hath vant Israel, for in thee will I glory.
loved him, he will do his pleasure in 4 And I said I have laboured in vain, :

Babylon, and his arm shall be on the I have spent my strength without cause
Chaldeans. and in vain: therefore my judgment is
15 1, even I have spoken and called him with the Lord, and my work with my God.
:

c Supra 41. 4, and 44.

z Supra 42. 8. c Ex.6; Num. 20. 11.
17. —
cf Infra 57 21.
6 Apoc. 1. 8, 17, and 22.
; 13. e Jer. l. 5 ; Gal. 1. 15.
b Jer. 51. 6 J Apoc. 18. 4. /iDfr:^ Clc IZ i Sph. &
26 1 Hcb. 4. 12 ; Apoc 1. 16.
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Christ's mission to the Gentiles ISAIAS God*s love for His people
6 And now saith the Lord, that formed 16 Behold, I have graven thee iu my
me from the womb to be his servant, hands: <^thy walls are always before my
that I may bring back Jacob unto him, eyes.
and Israel will not be gathered together 17 Thy builders are come: they that
:

and I am glorified in the eyes of the Lord, destroy thee and make thee waste shall
and my God is made strength. my go out of thee.
6 And he said It is a small thing that
: 18 *^Lift up thy eyes round about, and
thou shouldst be my
servant to raise up see all these are gathered together, they
the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the are come to thee: I live, saith the Lord,
dregs of Israel. ^ Behold, I have given thou shalt be clothed with all these as
thee to be the light of the Gentiles, with an ornament, and as a bride thou
that thou mayst be my salvation even to shalt put them about thee.
the farthest part of the earth. 19 For thy deserts, and thy desolate
7 Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of places, and the land of thy destruction
Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is shall now be too narrow by reason of
despised, to the nation that is abhorred, the inhabitants, and they that swallowed
to the servant of rulers Kings shall see, thee up shall be chased far away.
:

and princes shall rise up, and adore for 20 The children of thy barrenness shall
the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and still say in thy ears: The place is too
for the Holy One of Israel, who hath strait for me, make me room to dwell
chosen thee. in.
8 Thus saith the Lords '"In an accept- 21 And thou shalt say in thy heart:
able time I have heard thee, and in the Who
hath begotten these ? I was barren
day of salvation I have helped thee : and and brought not forth, led away, and
I have preserved thee, and given thee to captive and who hath brought up these ?
:

be a covenant of the people, that thou I was destitute and alone: and these,
tliightest raise up the earth, and possess where were they?
the inheritances that were destroyed 22 Thus saith the Lord God Behold I :

9 That thou mightest say to them that will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and
are bound: Come forth: and to them will set up my
standard to the people.
that are in darkness: Shew yourscxves. An'i they shall bring thy sons in their
They shall feed in the ways, and their aruis, and carry thy daughters upou their
pastures shall be in every plain. sh(»ulders.
1.0 *They shall not hunger, nor thirst, 2<i And kings shall bd thy nursing fa-
neither shall the heat nor the sun strike thers, and queens thy nurses: chey shall
them for he that is merciful to them, worship thee with their face toward the
:

shall be their shepherd, and at the foun- earth, and they shall lick up the dust of
tains of waters he shall give them drink. thy feet. ^And thou shalt know that I
11 And I will make all my mountains a am the Lord, for they shall not be con-
way, and my paths shall be exalted. founded that wait for him.
12 Behold these shall come from afar, 24 Shall the prey be taken from the
and behold these from the north and strong ? or can that which was taken by
from the sea, and these from the south the mighty be delivered ?
country. 26 For thus saith t?ie Lord Yea verily, :

13 Give praise, O ye heavens, and re- even the captivity shall be taken away
joice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise from the strong: and that which was
with jubilation: because the Lord hath taken by the mighty, shall be delivered.
comforted his people, and will have But I will judge those that have judged
mercy on his poor ones. thee, and thy children I will save.
14 And Sion said: The Lord hath for- 26 And I will feed thy enemies with
saken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. their own flesh and they shall be made :

15 Can a woman forget her infant, so as drunk with their own blood, as with new
aot to have pity on the son of her womb? wine and all flesh shall know, that I an
:

and if she should forget, yet will not I the Lord that save thee, and thy Ke* ,

forget thee. deemer the Mighty One of Jacob.

i/ Supra 42. 6 ; Acts 13. 47. j Ex. 13. 9. — A; Infra 60. 4.
h2 Cor. 6. 2, — i Apoc. 7. 16. iPs.71. 9; Infra C3. 14.

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Chrisfs patience in affliction ISAIAS Exhortation to trust in Christ

CHAPTER 50. compassed with flames, walk in the light

The synagogue shall be divorced for her iniquities. of your fire, and in the flames which you
Christ /or her sake will endure ignominious af- have kindled this is done to you by
: my
flictions.
hand, you shall sleep in sorrows.
THUS saith the Lord: What is this biU
of the divorce of your mother, with CHAPTER
61.
which have put her away? or who is
I An exhortation to trust in Christ. He shall protect
my creditor, to whom I sold you behold
:
the children of his church.

you are sold for your iniquities, and for GIVE ear
which
you that follow that
to me,
and you that seek the
your wicked deeds have I put your mo- is just,

ther away. Lord: look unto the rock whence you

2 Because I came, and there was not a are hewn, and to the hole of the pit
man I called, and there was none that
: from which you are dug out.
would hear. "* Is my hand shortened and 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and
become little, that I cannot redeem? or to Sara that bore you: for I called him
is there no strength in me to dehver? alone, and blessed him, and multiplied
Behold at my rebuke I will make the sea him.
a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry 3 The Lord therefore will comfort Sion,
land: the fishes shall rot for want of and will comfort all the ruins thereof:
water, and shall die for thirst, and he will make her desert as a place
3 I will clothe the heavens with dark- of pleasure, and her wilderness as the
ness, and will make sackcloth their cov- garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness
ering. shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and
4 The Lord hath given me a learned the voice of praise.
tongue, that I should know how to up- 4 Hearken unto me, O my people, and
hold by word him that is weary: he give ear to me, O my tribes: ^for a law
wakeneth in the morning, in the morn- shall go forth from me, and my judgment
ing he wakeneth my ear, that I may shall rest to be a light of the nations.
hear him as a master. 6 My just one is near at hand, my savioui'
5 The Lord God hath opened my ear, is gone forth, and my arms shall judge
and I do not resist: I have not gone the people the islands shall look for me,
:

back. and shall patiently wait for my arm.

6^1 have given my body to the strik- 6 Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look
ers, and my cheeks to them that plucked down to the earth beneath: for the hea-
them I have not turned away my face vens shall vanish like smoke, and the
:

from them that rebuked me, and spit earth shall be worn away like a garment,
upon me. and the inhabitants thereof shall perish
7 The Lord God is my helper, therefore in like manner: ^but my salvation shall
am I not confounded: therefore have I be for ever, and my justice shall not faiL
Bet my face as a most hard rock, and I 7 Hearken to me, you that know what
know that I shall not be confounded. is just, my people who have my law in
8 ° He is near that justifieth me, who your heart: fear ye not the reproach of
will contend with me? let us stand to- men, and be not afraid of their blas-
gether, who is my adversary? let him phemies.
come near to me. 8 For the worm shall eat them up as a
9 Behold the Lord God is my helper: garment: and the moth shall consume
who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, them as wool: but my salvation shall be
they shall all be destroyed as a garment, for ever, and my justice from generation
the moth shall eat them up. to generation.
10 Who is there among you that feareth 9 Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou
the Lord, that heareth the voice of his arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of
servant, that hath walked in darkness, old, in the ancient generations. Hast
and hath no light? let him hope in the not thou struck the proud one, and
name oi the Lord, and lean upon his God. wounded the dragon?
11 Behold all you that kindle a fire, en- 10 *" Hast not thou dried up the sea, th€

m Infra 69. L— n Mitt 26. 67.~o Bom 8. 33. p Supra 2. 3. —q Ft. 36. Sl.'-r Ex. 14. 21.

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Cod will comfort His people ISAIAS

The redemption of Israel
water of the mighty deep, who madest the one, and thou that art drunk but nof
depth of the sea a way, that the delivered with wine.
might pass over ? 22 Thus saith thy Sovereign the Lord,
11 And now they that are redeemed by and thy God, who will fight for his peO"
tho Lord, shall return, and shall come pie Behold I have taken out of thy
:

into Sion singing praises, and joy ever- hand the cup of dead sleep, the dregs of
lasting shall be upon their heads, they the cup of my indignation, thou shalt not
shall obtain joy and gladness, sorrow and drink it again any more.
mourning shall flee away. 23 And I will put it in the hand of them
12 I, I myself will comfort you who that have oppressed thee, and have said
:

art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of to thy soul Bow down, that we may go :

a mortal man, and of the son of man, who over and thou hast laid thy body as the
:

shall wither away like grass ? ground, and as a way to them that went
13 And thou hast forgotten the Lord over.
thy maker, who stretched out the hea-
vens, and founded the earth: and thou
CHAPTER 52.
hast been afraid continually all the day Under the figure of the deliverance from the Baby,
lonish captivity, the church is invited to rejoice
at the presence of his fury who afliicted for her redemption from sin. ChrisVs kingdom,
thee, and had prepared himself to de- shall be exalted.

stroy thee where is now the fury of the ARISE, arise, put on thy strength,
:

oppressor? . Sion, put on the garments of thy

14 He shall quickly come that is going glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy
to open unto you^ and he shall not kill One: for henceforth the uncircumcisedL,
unto utter destruction, neither shall his and unclean shall no more pass through
bread fail. thee.
15 But I am the Lord thy God, who 2 Shake thyself from the dust, arise, sit
trouble the sea, and the waves thereof up, O Jerusalem : loose the bonds from
swell: the Lord of hosts is my name. off thy neck, O captive daughter of Sion.
16 * I have put my words in thy month, 3 For thus saith the Lord You were :

and have protected thee in the shadow sold gratis, and you shall be redeemed
of my hand, that thou mightest plant the without money.
heavens, and found the earth and might- 4 For thus saith the Lord God ** My
: :

est say to Sion Thou art my people.

: people went down into Egypt at the be-
17 Arise, arise, stand up, O Jerusalem, ginning to sojourn there: and the Assyr-
which hast drunk at the hand of the ian hath oppressed them without any
Lord the cup of his wrath; thou hast cause at all.
drunk even to the bottom of the cup of 6 And now what have I here, saith the
dead sleep, and thou hast drunk even to Lord for my people is taken away gratis.
:

the dregs» They that rule over them treat them un-
18 There is none that can uphold her justly, saith the Lord, and ^ my name is
among all the children that she hath continually blasphemed all the day long.
brought forth: and there is none that 6 Therefore my people shall know my
taketh her by the hand among all the name in that day: for I myself that spoke^
children that she hath brought up. behold I am here.
19 * There are two things that have hap- 7 ^ How beautiful upon the mountains
pened to thee who shall be sorry for are the feet of him that bringeth good
:

thee? desolation, and destruction, and tidings, and that preacheth peace: of
the famine, and the sword, who shall com- him that sheweth forth good, that preach-
fort thee ? eth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy
20 Thy children are cast forth, they God shall reign
have slept at the head of all the ways, 8 The voice of thy watchmen : they
as the wild ox that is snared : full of the have lifted up their voice, they shall
indignation of the Lord, of the rebuke of praise together: for they shall see eye
thy God. to eye when the Lord shall convert Sion.
21 Therefore hear this, thou poor little 9 Rejoice, and give praise together,
8 Supra 49. 2. — t Supra 47. 9. V Ezech. 36. 20 Rom. 2. 24.
;

M Gen. 46. 6, w NalL 1. 15 ; Horn. 10. 16.

804
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 The sufferings of Christ ISAIAS The sufferings of Christ
ye deserts of Jerusalem: for the Lord every one hath turned aside into his own
hath comforted his people: he hath re- way and the Lord hath laid on him the :

deemed Jerusalem, iniquity of us all.

10 The Lord hath prepared his holy arm 7 He was offered because it was his own
in the sight of all the Gentiles ^ and all will, and he opened not his mouth: he
:

the ends of the earth shall see the salva- shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter,
tion of our God. and shall be dumb as a lamb before his
11 Depart, depart, go ye out from shearer, ^ and he shall not open his
thence, ^ touch no unclean thing go out mouth. :

of the midst of her, be ye clean, you that 8 He was taken away fr®m distress, and
carry the vessels of the Lord. from judgment: who shall declare his
12 For you shall not go out in a tumult, generation? because he is cut off out of
neither chall you make haste by flight: the land of the living: for the wicked-
for the Lord will go before you, and the ness of my people have I struck him.
God of Israel will gather you together. 9 And he shall give the ungodly for his
13 Behold my servant shall understand, burial, and the rich for his death: -^be-
he shall be exalted, and extolled, and cause he hath done no iniquity, neither
shall be exceeding high. was there deceit in his mouth.
14 As many have been astonished at 10 And the Lord was pleased to bruise
thee, so shall his visage be inglorious him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his
among men, and his form among the sons life for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed,
of men. and the will of the Lord shall be prosper-
15 He shall sprinkle many nations, ous in his hand.
kings shall shut their mouth at him ^ for 11 Because his soul hath laboured, he :

they to whom it was not told of him, shall see and be filled: by his knowledge
have seen and they that heard not, shall this my just servant justify many,
:

have beheld. and he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I distribute to him
CHAPTER 53. very many, and he shall divide the spoils
A prophecy of the passion of Christ. of the strong, because he hath delivered
WHO * hath believed our report ? his soul unto death, S'and was reputed
and to whom is the arm of the with the wicked and he hath borne the :

Lord revealed ? sins of many, ^ and hath prayed for the

2 And he shall grow up as a tender transgressors.
plant before him, and as a root out of a
thirsty ground: there is no beauty in
CHAPTER 54.
The Gentiles, who were barren before, shall multi'
him, nor comeliness and we have seen ply in the church of Christ: from which GodJ's
:

him, and there was no sightliness, that mercy shall never depart.
;we should be desirous of him:
3 * Despised, and the most abject of
Upraise, O thou barren, that GIVE
,
bearest not: sing forth praise, and
men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted make a joyful noise, thou that didst not
;with infirmity: and his look was as it travail with child: for many are the chil-
jwere hidden and despised, whereupon dren of the desolate, more than of her
we esteemed him not. that hath a husband, saith the Lord.
4 Surely he hath borne our infirmities
'^
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and
|and carried our sorrows: and we have stretch out the skins of thy tabernacles,
jbhought him as it were a leper, and as spare not: lengthen thy cords, and
one struck by God and afflicted. strengthen thy stakes.
5 ^ But he was wounded for our iniqui-
i 3 For thou shalt pass on to the right
|)ies, he was bruised for our sins the hand, and to the left: and thy seed shall
:

I'/hastisement of our peace was upon him, inherit the Gentiles, and shall inhabit the
lind by his bruises we are healed. desolate cities.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray. 4 Fear not, for thou shalt not be con-

— 2 Cor. / 1 Peter 2. 22 1 John 3. 5.

— a Johny 38 Rom.
..: Ps. 97. 3. 6. 17. ;
2 Rom. 15. 21. 12. ; 10. 16. Mark 15. 28 Luke 22. 37.
b Mark 9. 11. — c Matt. — d Cor.
8. 17. 1 15. 3. h Luke
;

23. 34.
e Matt 26. 63 ; Acts & 33. < Luke 23. 29 ; GaL 4. 87.
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God's mercy to His people ISAIAS Exhortation to turn to the Lord

founded, nor blush : for thou shalt not of the servants of the Lord, and their
be put to shame, because thou shalt for- justice with me, saith the Lord.
get the shame of thy youth, and shalt
remember no more the reproach of thy
CHAPTER 55.
God promises abundance of spiritual graces to the
widowhood. faithful, that shall believe in Christ out of all
5 For he that made thee shall rule over nations, and sincerely serve him.
thee, the Lord of hosts is his name and
^ A LL "* you that thirst, come to the
:

thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, *C\- waters and you that have no :

shall be called the God of all the earth. money make haste, buy, and eat come :

6 For the Lord hath called thee as a ye, buy wine and milk without money,
woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, and without any price.
and as a wife cast off from her youth, 2 Why do you spend money for that
said thy God. which is not bread, and your labour for
7 For a small moment have I forsaken that which doth not satisfy you ? Hearken
thee, but with great mercies will I gather diligently to me, and eat that which is
thee. good, and your soul shall be dehghted in
8 In a moment of indignation have I hid fatness.
my face a little while from thee, but with 3 Incline your oar and come to me
everlasting kindness have I had mercy hear and your soul shall hve, and I wiU
on thee, said the Lord thy Redeemer. make an everlasting covenant with yo" ^
9 ^ This thing is to me as in the days of " the faithful mercies of David.
Noe, to whom
I swore, that I would no 4 Behold I have given him for a witness
more bring in the waters of Noe upon to the people, for a leader and a master
the earth so have I sworn not to be
: to the Gentiles. 1
angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee. 5 Behold thou shalt call a nation, which
10 For the mountains shall be moved, thou knewest not and the nations that
:

and the hills shall tremble but my mercy
shall not depart from thee, and the cove-
nant of my peace shall not be moved:
said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
11 O poor little one, tossed with tem-
; knew not thee shall run to thee, because
of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy
One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be
found call upon him, while he is near.
:

pest, without all comfort, behold I will 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and
lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy the unjust man his thoughts, and let him
foundations with sapphires, retm*n to the Lord, and he will have
12 And I will make thy bulwarks of jas- mercy on him, and to our God for he is :

per and thy gates of graven stones, and

: bountiful to forgive.
allthy borders of desirable stones. 8 For my thoughts are not your
13 ^ All thy children shall be taught of thoughts : nor your ways my ways, saith
the Lord and great shall be the peace
: the Lord.
of thy children. 9 For as the heavens are exalted above
14 And thou shalt be founded in justice the earth, so are mj^ ways exalted above
depart far from oppression, for thou shalt your ways, and my thoughts above your
not fear and from terror, for it shall not
; thoughts.
come near thee. 10 And as the rain and the snow come
15 Behold, an inhabitant shall come, who down from heaven, and return no more
was not with me, he that was a stranger thither, but soak the earth, and water it,
to thee before, shall be joined to thee. and make it to spring, and give seed to
16 Behold, I have created the smith that the sower, and bread to the eater
11 So shall my word be, which shall go
bloweth the coals in the jftre, and bringeth
forth an instrument for his work, and Iforth from my mouth it shall not return :

have created the killer to destroy. to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I

17 No weapon that is formed against please, and shall prosper in the things
thee shall prosper: and every tongue for which I sent it.
that resisteth thee in judgment, thou 12 For you shall go out with joy, and be
shalt condemn. This is the inheritance led forth with peace the mountains and :

j Luke 11. 32. — * Gen. 9. 15. Apec 22. 17 Ezech. Prov.

Jer. 15. 16 ; S. 3 ; 9. 6.
i

{ m
John 6. 45.— John 7. 37( EcclL 6L 33; » Acts 13. 34.
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The reward of serving God Wickedness of the JewsISAIAS

the hills shall sing praise before you, and bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and
all the trees of the country shall clap loving dreams.
their hands. 11 And most impudent dogs, they never
13 Instead of the shrub, shall come up had enough the shepherds themselves :

the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, knew no understanding all have turned :

shall come up the myrtle tree and the aside into their own way, ® every one
:

Lord shall be named for an everlasting after his own gain, from the first even to
sign, that shall not be taken away. the last.
12 Come, let us take wine, and be filled
CHAPTER 66. with drunkenness and it shall be as to :

God invites all to keep his commandments the Gen- day, so also to morrow, and much more.
:

that keep them shall be the people of

tiles God : the
Jewish pastors are reproved. CHAPTER 57.
rpHUS ° saith the Lord
judg- : Keep ye The infidelity of the Jews : their idolatry. Prom,ises
JL ment, and do justice for my salva- :
to humble peniteiits.

tion is near to come, and my justice to

be revealed.
THE
eth
just perisheth, and no
to heart, and men
it mercy
man
of
lay-

2 Blessed is the man that doth this, and are taken away, because there is none
the son of man that shall lay hold on that understandeth ; for the just man is
this that keepeth the sabbath from pro-
: taken away from before the face of
faning it, that keepeth his hands from evil.
doing any evil. 2 Let peace come, let him rest in his
3 And let not the son of the stranger, bed that hath walked in his uprightness.
that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: 3 But draw near hither, you sons of the
The Lord will divide and separate me sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and
from his people. And let not the eunuch of the harlot.
say Behold I am a dry tree.
: 4 Upon whom have you jested ? upon
4 For thus saith the Lord to the eu- whom have you opened your mouth wide,
nuchs. They that shall keep my sabbaths, and put out your tongue ? are not you
and shall choose the things that please wicked children, a false seed,
me, and shall hold fast my covenant 5 Who seek your comfort in idols under
5 I will give to them in my house, and every green tree, sacrificing children in
within my
walls, a place, and a name bet- the torrents, under the high rocks ?
ter than sons and daughters I will give 6 In the parts of the torrent is thy por-
:

them an everlasting name which shall tion, this is thy lot and thou hast poured :

never perish. out libations to them, thou hast offered

6 And the children of the stranger that sacrifice. Shall I not be angry at these
adhere to the Lord, to worship him, and things ?
to love his name, to be his servants 7 Upon a high and lofty mountain thou
every one that keepeth the sabbath from hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither
profaning it, and that holdeth fast my to offer victims.
covenant 8 And behind the door, and behind the
7 I will bring them into my holy mount, post thou hast set up thy remembrance
and will make them joyful in my house for thou hast discovered thyself near me,
of prayer: their holocausts, and their and hast received an adulterer thou :

victims shall please me upon my altar hast enlarged thy bed, and made a cove-
P for my house shall be called the house nant with them: thou hast loved their
of prayer, for all nations. bed with open hand.
8 The Lord God, ^ who gathereth the 9 And thou hast adorned thyself for the
scattered of Israel, saith I will still gath- king with ointment, and hast multiplied
:

er unto him his congregation. thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy mes-
9 All ye beasts of the field come to de- sengers far off, and wast debased even
vour, all ye beasts of the forest. to hell.
10 * His watchmen are all blind, they 10 Thou hast been wearied in the mul-
are all ignorant dumb dogs not able to titude of thy ways yet thou saidst not
: :

o Wisd. 1. 1 ; Matt. 23. 23. q Jolin 11. 52. — r Ezech. 3. 17, and 32. 2, and 6, 7.
p Jer. 7. 11 : Matt 2L 13; Mark IL 17 ; Luke 19. 46. 8 Jer. 6. 13, and 8. 10.

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God's mercy to the penitent ISAIAS The fast acceptable to God
I will rest: thou has found life of thy 2 For they seek me from day to day, and
hand, therefore thou hast not asked. desire to know my ways, as a nation that
11 For whom hast thou been solicitous hath done justice, and hath not forsaken
and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast the judgment of their God: they ask of
not been mindful of me, nor thought on me the judgments of justice: they are
me in thy heart? for I am silent, and as willing to approach to God.
one that seeth not, and thou has forgot- 3 Why have we fasted, and thou hast
ten me. not regarded: have we humbled our
12 I will declare thy justice, and thy souls, and thou hast not taken notice?
works shall not profit thee. Behold in the day of your fast your own
13 When thou shalt cry, let thy compa- will is found, and you exact of all your
nies deliver thee, but the wind shall carry debtors.
them all off, a breeze shall take them 4 Behold you fast for debates and strife,
away, but he that putteth his trust in me, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do
shall inherit the land, and shall possess not fast as you have done until this day,
my holy mount. to make your cry to be heard on high.
14 And I will say: * Make a way: give 5 ^ Is this such a fast as I have chosen:
free passage, turn out of the path, take for a man to afflict his soul for a day ? is
away the stumblingblocks out of the this it, to wind his head about like a
way of my people. circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes ?
15 For thus saith the High and the Emi- wilt thou call this a fast, and a day ac-
nent that inhabiteth eternity: and his ceptable to the Lord?
name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high I
6 Is not this rather the fast that I have
and holy place, and with a contrite and chosen? loose the bands of wickedness,
humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the undo the bundles that oppress, let them
humble, and to revive the heart of the that are broken go free, and break asun-
contrite. der every burden.
16 For I will not contend for ever, nei- 7 ^ Deal thy bread to the hungry, and ^
ther will I be angry unto the end: be- bring the needy and the harbourless into
cause the spirit shall go forth from my thy house: when thou shalt see one
face, and breathings I will make. naked, cover him, and despise not thy
17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I own flesh.
was angry, and I struck him: I hid my 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the
face from thee, and was angry: and he morning, and thy health shall speedily
went away wandering in his own heart. arise, and thy justice shall go before thy
18 I saw his ways, and I healed him, and face, and the glory of the Lord shall
brought him back, and restored comforts gather thee up.
to him, and to them that mourn fo»him. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord
19 I created the fruit of the lips, peace, shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall
peace to him that is far off, and to him say. Here I am. If thou wilt take away
that is near, said the Lord, and I healed the chain out of the midst of thee, and
him. cease to stretch out the finger, and to
20 But the wicked are like the raging speak that which profiteth not.
sea, which cannot rest, and the waves 10 When thou shalt pour out thy soul
thereof cast up dirt and mire. to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the
21 « There is no peace to the wicked, afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise up
saith the Lord God. in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as T
the noonday. '

CHAPTER58.
11 And the Lord will give thee rest con-
Ood rejects the hypocritical fasts of the Jews:
recommends works of mercy, and sincere godli- tinually, and will fill thy soul with bright- I

'

ness. ness, and deliver thy bones, and thou

CRY, cease not, lift up thy voice like a shalt be like a watered garden, and like
trumpet, and shew my people their a fountain of water whose waters shall
wicked doings, and the house of Jacob not fail.
their sins. 12 a; And the places that have been deso-

t Infra 62. 10. —u Supra 48. 22. v Zach. 7. 5. W'Ezech, 18. Tandae ;Matt. 25. 36.—<pliifnu61.4.
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Sin separates us from God IS A IA S Evil nature and effects of sin

late for ages shall be built in thee : thou steps : their paths are become crooked to
shalt raise up the foundations of genera- them, every one that treadeth in them,
tion and generation and thou shalt be: knoweth no peace.
called the repairer of the fences, tiu-n- 9 Therefore is judgment far from us,
ing the paths into rest. and justice shall not overtake us. We
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the looked for light, and behold darkness:
sabbath, from doing thy own will in my brightness, and we have walked in the
holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, dark.
and the holy of the Lord glorious, and 10 We
have groped for the wall, and like
glorify him, while thou dost not thy the blind we have groped as if we had no
own ways, and thy own will is not found, eyes : we have stumbled at noonday as
to speak a word : in darkness, we are in dark places as dead
14 Then shalt thou be delighted in the men.
Lord, and I will lift thee up above the 1 1 We
shall roar all of us like bears, and
high places of the earth, and will feed shall lament as mournful doves. We
thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy have looked for judgment, and there is
father. For the mouth of the Lord hath none for salvation, and it is far from us.
:

spoken it. 12 For our iniquities are multiplied be-

fore thee, and our sins have testified
CHAPTER 59. against us: for our wicked doings are
The dreadful evil of sin is displayed, as the great with
obstacle to all good from God : yet he will send a
us, and we have known our iniqui-
Redeemer, and make an everlasting covenant with ties:
his church. 13 In sinning and lying against the Lord
BEHOLD ^the hand of the Lord is not and we have turned away so that we
shortened that it cannot save, nei- went not after our God, but spoke
ther is his ear heavy that it cannot hear. calumny and transgression we have con- :

2 But your iniquities have divided be- ceived, and uttered from the heart, words
tween you and your God, and your sins of falsehood.
have hid his face from you that he should 14 And judgment is turned
away back-
not hear. ward, and justice hath stood far off be- :

3s^ ^ For your hands are defiled with cause truth hath fallen down in the
blood, and your fingers with iniquity street, and equity could not come in.
your lips have spoken lies, and your 15 And truth hath been forgotten and :

tongue uttereth iniquity. he that departed from evil, lay open to

4 There is none that calleth upon jus- be a prey and the Lord saw, and it ap- :

tice, neither is there any one that judgeth peared evil in his eyes, because there is
truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, no judgment.
and speak vanities they have conceived
: 16 And he saw that there is not a man
labour, and brought forth iniquity. and he stood astonished, because there
5 They have broken the eggs of asps, is none to oppose himself and his own :

"and have woven the webs of spiders: arm brought salvation to him, and his
he that shall eat of their eggs, shall die: own justice supported him.
and that which is brought out, shall be 17 ^ He put on justice as a breastplate,
hatched into a basilisk. and a helmet of salvation upon his head:
6 Their webs shall not be for clothing, he put on the garments of vengeance,
neither shall they cover themselves with and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.
their works their works are unprofitable
: 18 As unto revenge, as it were to repay
works, and the work of iniquity is in their wrath to his adversaries, and a reward
hands. to his enemies he will repay the like to :

7 ^ Their feet run to evil, and make haste the islands.

to shed innocent blood: their thoughts 19 And they from the west, shall fear
are unprofitable thoughts* wasting and the name of the Lord and they from :

destruction are in their ways. the rising of the sun, his glory when he :

8 They have not known the way of shall come as a violent stream, which the
peace, and there is no judgment in their spirit of the Lord driveth on :

V Num. 11. 23 ; Supra 50. 2. z Supra 1. 16. b Prov. 1, 16 ; Rom, 3. 15.

a Job 8. 4. c Eph. 6. 17 i 1 Thess. 6. 8.

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The light of faith ISAIAS All nations shall come to the chmch
20 ^ And there shall come a redeemer Holy One of Israel, because he hath glo-
to Sion, and to them that return from rified thee.
iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord. 10 And the children of strangers shall
21 This is my covenant with them, saith build up thy walls, and their kings shall
the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and minister to thee for in my wrath have
:

my words that I have put in thy mouth, I struck thee, and in my reconciliation
shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor have I had mercy upon thee. )

out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of 11-^' And thy gates shall be open con-
the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith t\ie tinually they shall not be shut day nor
:

Lord, from henceforth and for ever. night, that the strength of the Gentiles
may be brought to thee, and their kings
CHAPTER 60. may be brought.
The light of true faith shall shine forth in the
12 For the nation and the kingdom that
church of Christ, and shall be spread through all will not serve thee, shall perish and the :

nations, and continue for all ages. Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.
ARISE, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: 13 The glory of Libanus shall come to
for thy light is come, and the glory
. thee, the fir tree, and the box tree, and
of the Lord is risen upon thee. the pine tree together, to beautify the
2 For behold darkness shall cover the place of my sanctuary and I will glorify
:

earth, and a mist the people but the : the place of mv feet.
Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory 14 And the children of them that afflict
shall be seen upon thee. thee, sh^ll come bowing down to thee,
3 And the Gentiles shall walk in thy and all that slandered thee shall worship
light, and kings in the brightness of thy the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee
rising. the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy-
4 ^ Lift up thy eyes round about, and One of Israel. f
|
see : these are gathered together,
all 15 Because thou wast forsaken, and
they are come to thee thy sons shall : hated, and there was none that passed
come from afar, and thy daughters shall through theC; I will make thee to be an
rise up at thy side. everlasting glory, a joy unto generation
6 Then shalt thou see, and abound, and and generation
thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged, 16 And thou shalt suck the milk of the
when the multitude of the sea shall be Gentiles, and thou shalt be nursed with
converted to thee, the strength of the the breasts of kJTigs and thou shalt :

Gentiles shall come to thee. know that I am the Lord thy Saviour,
6 The multitude of camels shall cover and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of
thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Jacob.
Epha: all they from Saba shall come, 17 For brass I will bring gold, and for
bringing gold and frankincense and iron I will bring silver: and for wood
:

shewing forth praise to the Lord. brass, and for stones iron and I will :

7 All the flocks of Cedar shall be gath- make thy visitation peace, and thy over-
ered together unto thee, the rams of Na- seers justice.
baioth shall minister to thee: they shall 18 Iniquity shall no more be heard in
be offered upon my acceptable altar, and thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy
I will glorify the house of my majesty. borders, and salvation shall possess thy
8 Who are these, that fiy as clouds, and walls, and praise thy gates.
as doves to their windows ? 19 Thou shalt no more have the sun
9'

9 For, the islands wait for me, and the for thy light by day, neither shall the
ships of the sea in the beginning: that I brightness of the moon enhghten thee:
may bring thy sons from afar their sil- but the Lord shall be unto thee for an
:

ver, and their gold with them, to the everlasting light, and thy God for thj
name of the Lord thy God, and to the glory.
d Rom. 11. 26. — e Supra 49. 18. / Apoc. 21. 25. — g Apoc. 21. 23, and 22. 5.

CiiAP. 59. Ver. 21. This is my covenant, &c. this latter part of the chapter, the prophet passes
Note here a clear promise of perpetual orthodoxy to from the illustrious promises made to the church
the church of Christ. militant on earth, to the glory of the church trium»
Ohap. 60. Ver. 19. Thou shalt no more, &c. In phant in heaven.
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The office of Christ ISAIAS The glories of the church
20 Thy sun shall go down no more, and the Gentiles, and their offspring in the
thy moon shall not decrease for the midst of peoples: all that shall see them,
:

Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting shall know them, that these are the seed
light, and the days of thy mourning shall which the Lord hath blessed.
be ended. 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and
21 And thy people shall be all just, they soul shall be joyful in my
God for my :

shall inherit the land for ever, the branch he hath clothed me with the garments of
of myplanting, the work of my
hand to salvation: and with the robe of justice
glorify Tne. he hath covered me, as a bridegroom
22 The least shall become a thousand, decked with a crown, and as a bride
and a little one a most strong nation: I adorned with her jewels.
the Lord will suddenly do this thing in 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her
its time. bud, and as the garden causeth her boed
CHAPTER 61. to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God
The office of Christ : the mission of the Apostles ;
make justice to spring forth, and praise
the happiness of their converts. before all the nations.
THE spirit of the Lord
^*
upon me,
because the Lord hath anointed me:
is
CHAPTER 62.
The prophet will not cease from preaching Christ:
he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to whom all nations shall be converted : and whose
to heal the contrite of heart, and to church shall continue for ever.
preach a release to the captives, and de- Sion's sake I will not hold FOR my
liverance to them that are shut up. peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem,
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the I will not rest till her just one come forth
Lord, and the day of vengeance of our as brightness, and her saviour be lighted
God: *to comfort all that mourn: as a lamp.
3 To appoint to the mourners of Sion, 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy just
and to give them a crown for ashes, the one, and all kings thy glorious one: and
oil of joy for mourning, a garment of thou shalt be called by a new name,
praise for the spirit of grief: and they which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
shall be called in it the mighty ones of 3 And thou shalt be a crown oJ glory in
justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem
him. in the hand of thy God.
4 ^ And they shall build the places that 4 Thou shalt no more be called For-
have been waste from of old, and shall saken: and thy land shall no more be
raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair called Desolate but thou shalt be called :

the desolate cities, that were destroyed My

pleasure in her, and thy land in-
for generation and generation. habited. Because the Lord hath been
5 And strangers shall stand and shall well pleased with thee: and thy land
feed your flocks and the sons of stran- shall be inhabited.
:

gers shall be your husbandmen, and the 5 For the young man shall dwell with
dressers of your vines. the virgin, and thy children shall dwell
6 But you shall be called the priests of in thee. And the bridegroom shall re-
the Lord to you it shall be said Ye joice over the bride, and thy God shall
: :

ministers of our God you shall eat the rejoice over thee.
:

riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride 6 Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have
yourselves in their glory. appointed watchmen all the day, and all
7 For your double confusion and shame, the night, they shall never hold their
they shall praise their part therefore peace. You that are mindful of the
:

shall they receive double in their land, Lord, hold not your peace,
everlasting joy shall be unto them. 7 And give him no silence till he estab-
8 For I am the Lord that love judgment, lish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise
and hate robbery in a holocaust and I in the earth. :

will make their work in truth, and I will 8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand,
make a perpetual covenant with them. and by the arm of his strength Surely I :

9 And they shall know their seed among will no more give thy corn to be meat

h Luke 4. 18. —i Matt. k fi. i&npras&tai

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Christ's victory over His enemies ISAIAS Eis mercies to His people
i'orthy enemies: and the sons of the 7 I will remember the tender mercies of
strangers shall not drink thy wine, for the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the
which thou hast laboured. things that the Lord hath bestowed upon
9 For they that gather it, shall eat it,us, and for the multitude of his good
and shall praise the Lord and they that :things to the house of Israel, which he
bring it together, shall drink it in my hath given them according to his kind-
holy courts. ness, and according to the multitude of
10 Go through, go through the gates, his mercies.
^ prepare the way for the people, make 8 And he said Surely they are my peo* :

the road plain, pick out the stones, and pie, children that will not deny: so he
lift up the standard to the people. became their saviour.
11 ^Behold the Lord hath made it to be 9 In all their affliction he was not trou-
heard in the ends of the earth, tell the bled, and the angel of his presence saved
daughter of Sion: Behold thy Saviour them in his love, and in his mercy he
:

Cometh behold his reward is with him, redeemed them, and he carried them and
:

and his work before him. hfted them up all the days of old.
12 And they shall call them. The holy 10 But they provoked to wrath, and af-
people, the redeemed of the Lord. But flicted the spirit of his Holy One and he :

thou shalt be called: A city sought after, was turned to be their enemy, and he
and not forsaken. fought against them.
11 And he remembered the days of old
CHAPTER 63. of Moses, and of his people ^ Where is :

Christ's victory over his enemies his mercies to his he that brought them up out of the sea,
:

people their com,plaint.

:
with the shepherds of his flock ? where
WHO is this that cometh from Edom, is he that put in the midst of them the
with dyed garments from Bosra, spirit of his Holy One ?
this beautiful one in his robe, walking in 12 He that brought out Moses by the
the greatness of his strength. I, that right hand, by the arm of his majesty
speak justice, and am a defender to save. that divided the waters before them, to
2 "* Why then is thy apparel red, and make himself an everlasting name.
thy garments like theirs that tread in 13 He that led them out through the
the winepress? deep, as a horse in the wilderness that
3 I have trodden the winepress alone, stumbleth not.
and of the Gentiles there is not a man 14 As a beast that goeth down in the
with me I have trampled on them in my fleld, the spirit of the Lord was their
:

indignation, and have trodden them down leader so didst thou lead thy people to
:

in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled make thyself a glorious name.

upon my garments, and I have stained 15 ^'Look down from heaven, and be-
all my apparel. hold from thy holy habitation and the
4 '^ For the day of vengeance is in my place of thy glory: where is thy zeal,
heart, the year of my redemption is come. and thy strength, the multitude of thy
5 I looked about, and there was none to bowels, and of thy mercies ? they have
help I sought, and there was none to give held back themselves from me.
:

aid and my own arm hath saved for me,

: 16 For thou art our father, and Abra-
and my indignation itself hath helped me. ham hath not known us, and Israel hath I

6 And I have trodden down the people been ignorant of us thou, O Lord, art :

in my wrath, and have made them drunk our father, our redeemer, from everlast-[
in my indignation, and have brought ing is thy name.
down their strength to the earth. 17 Why hast thou made us to err,
k Supra 57. 14.—I Zach. 9. 9 Matt. 21. 5. o Ex. 14. 29.
— ;

m Apoc. 19. 13. n Supra 34. 8. p Deut. 26. 15 Bar.

; 2. 16.

Chap. 63. Ve». 1 Edom. Edom and Bosra

(a is, Abraham will not now acknowledge
us for
strong city of Edom)
are here taken in a mystical children, by reason of our degeneracy but thou, ;

sense for the enemies of Christ and his church.
Ver. 15. They have held back, &c. This is spoken
by the prophet in the person of the Jews at the time
when, for their sins, they were given up to their
enemies.
Ver. 16. Abraham hath noUknown us, &c. That
812
Lord, art our true father and our redeemer, and I
other can be called our parent in comparison wit
thee.
Made us to err, &c. Hardened our hearti
Ver. 17.
&c. The meaning is, that God in punishment of theiil
great and manifold crimes, and their long abuMO/f
Prayer for God's people ISAIAS The Je^vs punished for obstinacy
Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou 9 ^ Be not very angry, Lord, and re-
hardened our that we should member no longer our iniquity: behold,
heart,
not fear thee? return for the sake of see we are all thy people.
thy servants, the tribes of thy inherit- 10 The city of thy sanctuary is become
ance. a desert, Sion is made a desert, Jerusa-
18 They have possessed thy holy people lem is desolate.
as nothing: our enemies have trodden 11 The house of our holiness, and of
down thy sanctuary. our glory, where our fathers praised
19 We are become as in the beginning, thee, is burnt with fire, and all our lovely
when thou didst not rule over us, and things are turned into ruins.
when we were not called by thy name. 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself, Lord,
upon these things, wilt thou hold thy
CHAPTER 64. peace, and afflict us vehemently?
The prophet prays for the release of his people;
and for the remission of their sins. CHAPTER 65.

OTHAT thou wouldst rend the hea-

vens, and wouldst come down: the
mountains would melt away at thy pre-
sence.
2 They would melt as at the burning of
fire, the waters would burn with fire,
that thy name might be made known to
thy enemies: that the nations might
tremble at thy presence.
3 When thou shalt do wonderful things,
we shall not bear them: thou didst come
down, and at thy presence the moun-
tains melted away.
4 From the beginning of the world they
have not heard, nor perceived with the
ears Q the eye hath not seen,
: God, be-
sides thee, what things thou hast pre- the temple of idols: that eat swine's
pared for them that wait for thee.
5 Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and sels.
The Gentiles shall seek and find Christ, but the
Jews will persecute him, and be rejected, only
a remnant shall be reserved. The church shall
multiply, and abound with graces,
THEY shave sought me
asked not for me, they
that before
have found
me that sought me not. I said: Behold
me, behold me, to a nation that did not
callupon my name.
have spread forth my hands all the
2 I
day to an unbelieving people, who walk
in a way that is not good after their own
thoughts.
3 A people that continually provoke me
to anger before my face: that inunolate
in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.
4 That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in
flesh, and profane broth is in their ves-
*

doth justice: in thy ways they shall 5 That say: Depart from me, come not
remember thee: behold thou art angry, near me, because thou art unclean:
and we have sinned: in them we have these shall be smoke in my anger, a fire
been always, and we shall be saved. burning all the day.
6 And we are all become as one unclean, 6 Behold it is written before me: I will
and all our justices as the rag of a men- not be silent, but I will render and re-
struous woman: and we have all fallen pay into their bosom.
as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of
wind, have taken us away. your fathers together, saith the Lord,
7 There is none that calleth upon thy who have sacrificed upon the mountains,
name: that riseth up, and taketh hold and have reproached me upon the hills;
of thee: thou hast hid thy face from us, and I will measure back their first work
and hast crushed us in the hand of our in their bosom.
iniquity. 8 Thus saith the Lord As if a grain be :

8 And now, O Lord, thou art our fa- found in a cluster, and it be said: De-
ther, and we are clay: and thou art our stroy it not, because it is a blessing: so
maker, and we all are the works of thy will I do for the sake of my servants,
hands. that I may not destroy tiie whole.
gl Cor. 2. 9.—rPs. 78.8. s Rom. 10. 20.
his mercy and grace, had withdrawn his graces from just. This is spoken particularly of the sacrifices,
them, and so given them up to error and hardness of sacraments, and ceremonies of the Jews, after the
heart. death of Christ, and the promulgation of the new
Chap. 64. Ver. 6. Our justices, &c. That is, the law.
works by which we pretended to make ourselves
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 — —
"Wiclced punished, faitlifulrewarded ISAIAS Happy state of the jus't
9 And I will bring* forth a seed out of days there, nor an old man that shall not
Jacob, and out of Juda a possessor of my fill up his days: for the child shall die a
mountains: and my elect shall inherit hundred years old, and the sinner being
it, and my servants shall dwell there. a hundred years old shall be accursed.
10 And the plains shall be turned to 21 And they shall build houses, and
folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor inhabit them; and they shall plant
into a place for the herds to lie down in, vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.
for my people that have sought me. 22 They shall not build, and another
11 And you, that have forsaken the inhabit; they shall not plant, and another
Lord, that have forgotten my holy mount, eat: for as the days of a tree, so shall be
that set a table for fortune, and offer the days of my people, and the works of
libations upon it, their hands shall be of long continuance.
12 I will number you in the sword, and 23 My elect shall not labour in vain, nor
you shall all fall by slaughter: * because bring forth in trouble; for they are the
I called and you did not answer: I spoke, seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their
and you did not hear: and you did evil posterity with them.
in my eyes, and you have chosen the 24 V And it shall come to pass, that be-
things that displease me. fore they call, I will hear; as they are
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: yet speaking, I will hear.
Behold my servants shall eat, and you 25 ^The wolf and the lamb shall feed
shall be hungry: behold my servants together; the lion and the ox shall eat
shall drink, and you shall be thirsty. straw; and dust shall be the serpent's
14 Behold my servants shall rejoice, and food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all
you shall be confounded: behold my my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
servants shall praise for joyfulness of
heart, and you shall cry for sorrow of 66. CHAPTER
heart, and shall howl for grief of spirit. More of the reprotation of the Jews, and of the
15 And you shall leave your name for call of the Oentiles.

an execration to my elect: and the Lord

God shall slay thee, and call his servants
THUS
saith the Lord: Heaven is my
throne, and the earth my footstool:
''^

by another name. what is this house that you will build to

16 In which he that is blessed upon the me ? and what is this place of my rest ?
earth, shall be blessed in God, amen: and 2 My
hand made all these things, and
he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear all these things were made, saith the
by God, amen: because the former dis- Lord. But to whom shall I have respect,
tresses are forgotten, and because they but to him that is poor and little, and of
are hid from my eyes. a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at
17 « For behold I create new heavens, words? my
and a new earth: and the former things 3 He that sacriflceth an ox, is as if he
shall not be in remembrance, and they slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in
shall not come upon the heart. sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he
18 But you shall be glad and rejoice for that offereth an oblation, as if he should
ever in these things, which I create: for offer swine's blood; he that remembereth
behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, incense, as if he should bless an idol. All
and the people thereof joy. these things have they chosen in their
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and ways, and their soul is delighted in their
joy in my
people, and the voice of weep- abominations.
ing shall no more be heard in her, nor 4 Wherefore I also will choose their
the voice of crying. mockeries, and will bring upon them the
20 There shall no more be an infant of things they feared: i/because I called, and
t Prov.
u
1. 24 :

Infra. 66. 22
Infra 66. 4 ; Jer. 7. 13.
;Apoc. 21. 1.
V Ps. 31.
17. 24
5.
y Prov.
to
1. 24;
—
Supra 31. 6. a? Acts
Supra 65. 12 ;
7. 49, and
Jer. 7. 13.

Chap. 66. Ver. 1. What is this house, &c. new and that the offering of them should be *
This is a prophesy that the temple should be
cast off.
crime.
it in
;

— Ibid. Remembereth incense, viz., to offer

the way of a sacrifice.
Ver. 3. He that sacriflceth an ox, &c. This is Ver. 4. / will choose their mockeries. I will
a prophecy that the sacrifices which were of- turn their mockeries upon themselves and : will
fered in the old law should be abolished in the cause them to be mocked by their enemies.

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God comfort His people
loill ISATAS
there \7as none that would answer I h^vc 15 For beholJ tho Lord ^iH come vith
spoken, and they heard not; and '.hey fire, and hia chariots aro lit d a \/hirlwind,
have done evil in my eyes, and have to render his wrath in indignation, nud
chosen the things that displease me.
5 Hear the word of the Lord, you that
tremble at his word: Your brethren that
hate you, and cast you out for my name's
sake, have said: Let the Lord be glorified,
and we shall see in your joy: but they
shall be confounded.
6 A voice of the people from the city, a
voice from the temple, the voice of the
Lord that rendereth recompense to his
enemies.
7 Before she was in labour, she brought
forth; before her time came to be de-
livered, she brought forth a man child.
8 Who hath ever heard such a thing ?
and who hath seen the like to this?
shall the earth bring forth in one day ?
or shall a nation be brought forth at
once, because Sion hath been in labour,
and hath brought forth her children ?
9 Shall not I that make others to bring
*crth children, myself bring forth, saith
'iho Lord? shall I, that give generation to
other3,be barren, saith the Lord thy God ?
10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad
with her, all you that love her rejoice
for joy with her, all you that mourn for
her.
11 That you may suck, and be filled
with the breasts of her consolations
that you may milk out, and flow with
delights, from the abundance of her
glory.
12 Fo? thus saith the Lord Behold I
will bring upon her as it were a river of
peace, and as an overflowing torrent the
glory of the Gentiles, which you shall
suck yor shall be carried at the breasts,
; seed stand, and your name.
and upon the knees they shall caress
you.
13 A£] one whom the mother caresseth,
80 will I comfort you, and you shall be
comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shall see and your heart shall
and your bones shall flourish like
rejoice,-^
an herb, and the hand of the Lord shall
be known to his servants, and he shall be
angry with his enemies.
z Ezech. cap. 37.
Ver. Before she was in labour, &c. This relates to the conversion of the Gentiles,
as it were, all ou a sudden to the church of God.
: :
Calling of the Gentiles
;
his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For the Lord shall judge by fire, and
by sword unto all flesh, and the slain
his
of the Lord shall be many.
17 They that were sanctified, and
thought themselves clean in the gardens
behind the gate within, they that did eat
swine's flesh, and the abomination, and
the mouse they shall be consumed to-
:
gether, saith the Lord.
18 But I know their works, and their
thoughts I come that I may gather them
:
together with all nations and tongues:
and they shall come and shall see my
glory.
19 And I will set a sign among them,
and I will send of them that shall be
saved, to the Gentiles into the sea, into
Africa, and Lydia them that draw the
bow into Italy, and Greece, to the
:
islands afar off, to them that have not
heard of me, and have not seen my
glory. And they shall declare my glory
to the Gentiles
20 And they shall bring all your bre-
: thren out of all nations for a gift to the
Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and
in litters, and on mules, and in coaches,
to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith
the Lord, as if the children of Israel
should bring an offering in a clean vessel
into the house of the Lord.
21 And I will take of them to be priests,
: and Levites, saith the Lord.
22 '^For as the new heavens, and the
new earth, which I will make to stand
before me, saith the Lord so shall your :
23 And there shall be month after
month, and sabbath after sabbath and :
all flesh shall come to adore before my
face, saith the Lord.
24 And they shall go out, and see the
carcasses of the men that have trans-
gressed against me ^ their worm shall
:
not die, and their fire shall not be
quenched: and they shall be a loath-
some sight to all flesh.
a Apoc. 21. 1. — 6 Mark 9. 45.
who were born»
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The calling of Jeremias The visions of Jeremias

THE

PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS.
Jeremias was a a native of Anathoth, a priestly city in the tribe of Benja^
pt'iest,
min: and was chosen from his mother's womh, to he a prophet of God. He began
his ministry during the reign of Josias; when that pious king was carrying out
his reform after the discovery of the Book of the Law in 624 B. C. Jeremias must
have been a powerful helper. Chapter 11 probably refers to his activity after
this period. But after Josias' death in 610 Jeremias was usually in opposition to
the policy of the government and the ideas of most of his contemporaries. He had
much to suffer.

CHAPTER 1. And
the word of the Lord came to
11
The time, and the calling, of Jeremias: his pro- What seest thou, Jeremias ?
me, saying :
phetical visions. God encourages him.
And I said I see (X rod watching. :

THE words of Jeremias the son of Hel- 12 And the Lord said to me Thou hast
cias, of the priests that were in Ana- seen well for I will watch over my word
:
:

thoth, in the land of Benjamin. to perform it.

2 The word of the Lord which came to 13 And the word of the Lord came to
him in the days of Josias the son of Amon me a second time, saying: What seest
king of Juda, in the thirteenth year ^ of thou? And I said: -^I see a boiling cal-
his reign. dron, and the face thereof from the face
3 And which came to him in the days of of the north.
Toakim the son of Josias king of Juda, 14 And the Lord said to me: S'From the
anto the end of the eleventh year of north shall an evil break forth upon all
Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda, the inhabitants of the land.
even unto the carrying away of Jerusa- 15 For behold I will call together all the
lem captive, in the fifth month. families of the kingdoms of the north,
4 And the word of the Lord came to saith the Lord and they shall come, and :

me, saying: shall set every one his throne in the

5 Before I formed thee in the bowels of entrance ol the gates of Jerusalem, and
thy mother, I knew thee and before upon all the walls thereof round alDout,
:

thou camest forth out of the womb, I and upon all the cities of Juda.
sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet 16 And I will pronounce my judgments
unto the nations. against them, touching all their wicked-
6 And I said Ah, ah, ah. Lord God : be- ness, who have forsaken me, and have
;

hold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. sacrificed to strange gods, and have
7 And the Lord said to me: Say not: I adored the work of their own hands.
am a child for thou shalt go to all that 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and
:

I shall send thee and whatsoever I shall arise, and speak to them all that I com-
:

command thee, thou shalt speak. mand thee. Be not afraid at their pre-
8 Be not afraid at their presence for I sence for I will make thee not to fear
: :

am with thee to deliver thee, saith the their countenance.

Lord. 18 ^* For behold I have made thee this
9 And the Lord put forth his hand, and day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron,
touched my mouth ^ and the Lord said and a wall of brass, over all the land, to
:

to me Behold I have given my words in the kings of Juda, to the princes thereof,
:

thy mouth: and to the priests, and to the people of

10 Lo, I have set thee this day over the the land.
nations, and over kingdoms^ to root up, 19 And they shall fight against theo,
® and to pull down, and to waste, and to and shall not prevail for I am with thee, :

destroy^ and to build, and to plant. saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

c B. C. 629. —d Isa. 6.7. — e Infra 18. 7. / Ezech. 11. 7. — g Infra 4.6. — h Infra 6. 27»

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God reproves the Jews JEREMIAS Ingratitude and infidelity of Jews
CHAPTER 2. 13 For my people have done two evils.
God expostulates with the Jews for their ingrati- They have forsaken me, the fountain of
tude and infidelity living water, and have digged to them-
selves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can
ANDsaying:
the word of the Lord came to me,
.
hold no water.
14 Is Israel a bondman, or a homebom
2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem,
slave? why then is he become a prey?
saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have re-
membered thee, pitying thy youth, and 15 The lions have roared upon him, and
the love of thy espousals, when thou fol- have made a noise, they have made his
lowedst me in the desert, in a land that land a wilderness: his cities are burnt
is not sown.
down, and there is none to dwell in
them.
3 Israel is holy to the Lord, the first-
16 The children also of Memphis, and of
fruits of his increase all they that devour
:

him offend: evils shall come upon them, Taphnes have defloured thee, even to the
saith the Lord.
crown of the head.
4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, house 17 Hath not this been done to thee, be-
of Jacob, and all ye families of the house cause thou hast forsaken the Lord thy
of Israel: God at that time, when he led thee by
5 Thus saith the Lord: ^What iniquity the way?
have your fathers found in me, that they 18 And now what hast thou to do in the
are gone far from me, and have walked way of Egypt, to drink the troubled
after vanity, and are become vain? water? And what hast thou to do with
6 And they have not said: Where is the way of the Assyrians, to drink the
the Lord that made us come up out of the water of the river?
land of Egypt? that led us through the 19 Thy own wickedness shall reprove
desert, through a land uninhabited and and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee.
thee,
unpassable, through a land of drought, Know thou, and see that it is an evil
and the image of death, through a land and a bitter thing for thee, to have left
wherein no man walked, nor any man the Lord thy God, and that my fear is
dwelt? not with thee, saith the Lord the God of
7 And I brought you into the land of hosts.
Carmel, to eat the fruit thereof, and the 20 Of old time thou hast broken my
best things thereof: and when ye entered yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou
in, you defiled my land, and made my in- saidst I will not serve, o For on every :

heritance an abomination. high hill, and under every green tree

8 The priests did not say: Where is the thou didst prostitute thyself.
Lord? and they that held the law knew 21 ^ Yet I planted thee a chosen vine-
me not, and the pastors transgressed yard, all true seed: how then art thou
against me and the prophets prophesied turned unto me into that which is good
:

in Baal, and followed idols. for nothing, strange vineyard?

9 Therefore will I yet contend in judg- 22 Though thou wash thyself with nitre,
ment with you, saith the Lord, and I and multiply to thyself the herb borith,
will plead with your children. thou art stained in thy iniquity before
10 Pass over to the isles of Cethim, and me, saith the Lord Grod.
see: and send into Cedar, and consider 23 How canst thou say: I am not pol-
diligently: and see if there hath been luted. I have not walked after Baalim?
done any thing like this. see thy ways in the valley, know what
11 If a nation hath changed their gods, thou hast done as a swift runner pursu- :

and indeed they are not gods: but my ing his course.
people have changed their glory into an 24 A wild ass accustomed to the wilder-
idol.
ness in the desire of his heart, snuffed up
12 Be astonished,
ye heavens, at this, the wind of his love: none shall turn her
and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, away: all that seek her shall not fail: in
saith the Lord. her monthly filth they shall find her.
tMich. 6. 3. j Infra. 8. 6. k Isa. 5. 1 ; Matt. 21. 33.
Chap. 2. Ver, 7. Carmel. That is, a fruitful, Ver. 22. Borith. An herb used to clean clothes,
plentiful land. and take out spots and dirt.
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Blindness and obstinacy of Jews JEKEMIAS God calls them to repentance
25 Keep thy toot from being bare, and thy hand shall be upon thy head for the :

thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst: Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou
I have lost all hope, I will not do it for shalt have nothing prosperous therein.
:

I have loved strangers, and I will walk

after them.
CHAPTER 3.
Ood invites the rebel Jews to return to him, tidth a
26 As the thief is confounded when he promise to receive them : he/orettlls the conveV'
is taken, so is the house of Israel con- sion of the Gentiles.
If a man put away
founded, they and their kings, their
princes and their priests, and their pro-
IThis commonly
is said
wife, and she
:

go from him, and

phets. marry another man, shall he return to
27 Saying to a stock Thou art my fa-
: her any more? shall not that woman be
ther and to a stone Thou hast begotten
: : polluted, and defiled ? but thou hast pro-
me ^ they have turned their back to me,
: stituted thyself to many lovers: never-
and not their face and in the time of
: theless return to me, saith the Lord, and
their affliction they will say Arise, and : I will receive thee.
deliver us. 2 Lift up thy eyes on high: and see
28 Where are the gods, whom thou hast where thou hast not prostituted thyself:
made thee? let them arise and deliver thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for
thee in the time of thy affliction '^ for : them as a robber in the wilderness and :

according to the number of thy cities thou hast polluted the land with thy
were thy gods, O Juda. fornications, and with thy wickedness.
29 Why will you contend with me in 3 Therefore the showers were with
judgment? you have all forsaken me, holden, and there was no late ward rain:
saith the Lord. thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou
30 In vain have I struck your children, wouldst not blush.
they have not received correction your 4 Therefore at the least from this time
:

sword hath devoured your prophets, your call to me Thou art my father, the :

freneration is like a ravaging lion. guide of my virginity :

31 See ye the word of the Lord Am I 5 Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt
:

become a wilderness to Israel, or a late- thou continue unto the end ? Behold, thou
ward springing land ? why then have my hast spoken, and hast done evil things,
people said: We are revolted, we will and hast been able.
come to thee no more ? 6 And the Lord said to me in the days
32 Will a virgin forget her ornament, or of king Josias: '^Hast thou seen what
a bride her stomacher? but my people rebellious Israel hath done? she hath
hath forgotten me days without number. gone of herself upon every high moun-
33 Why dost thou endeavour to shew tain, and under every green tree, and
thy way good to seek my love, thou who hath played the harlot there.
hast also taught thy malices to be thy 7 And when she had done all these
ways, things, I said: Return to me, and she did
34 And in thy skirts is found the blood not return. And her treacherous sister
of the souls of the poor and innocent ? Juda saw,
not in ditches have I found them, but 8 That because the rebellious Israel had
in all places, which I mentioned before. played the harlot, I had put her away,
35 And thou hast said I am without sin and given her a bill of divorce yet her
:
:

and am innocent and therefore let thy treacherous sister Juda was not afraid,
:

anger be turned away from me. Behold, but went and played the harlot also her-
I will contend with thee in judgment, self.
because thou hast said: I have not 9 And by the facility of her fornication
sinned. she defiled the land, and played the har-
36 How exceeding base art thou be- lot with stones and with stocks.
come, going the same ways over again! 10 And after aU this, her treacherous
and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as sister Juda hath not returned to me with
thou wast ashamed of Assyria. her whole heart, but with falsehood, saitb
37 For from thence thou shalt go, and the Lord.

i Infra 32. 33. — m Infra IL 13. n Supra 2. 20.

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God's promises to the penitent JEREMIAS Exhortation to repentance

11 And the Lord said to me: The rebel- 22 Return, you rebellious children, and
lious Israel hath justifiedher soul, in I will heal your rebellions. Behold we
comparison of the treacherous Juda. come to thee for thou art the Lord our
:

12 Go, and proclaim these words towards God.

the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O 23 In very deed the hills were liars, and!
rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will the multitude of the mountains truly in :

not turn away my face from you: for I the Lord our God is the salvation of
am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be Israel.
angry for ever. 24 Confusion hath devoured the labour
13 But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, of our fathers from our youth, their flocks
that thou hast transgressed against the and their herds, their sons and their
Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered daughters.
thy ways to strangers under every green 25 We shall sleep in our confusion, and
tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith our shame shall cover us, because we
the Lord. have sinned against the Lord our God,
14 Return, O ye revolting children, saith we and our fathers from our youth even
the Lord for I am your ^ husband and to this day, and we have not hearkened
: :

I will take you, one of a city, and two of to the voice of the Lord our God.
a kindred, and will bring you into Sion. CHAPTER 4.
15 And I will give you pastors accord-
An admonition to sincere repentance, and cireuin-
ing to my own heart, and they shall feed cision of the heart, with threats of girievous pun^
you with knowledge and doctrine. ishment to those that persist in sin.
16 And when you shall be multiplied, thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the
and increase in the land in those days,
IFLord, return to me if thou wilt take :

saith the Lord, they shall say no more: away thy stumblingblocks out of my
The ark of the covenant of the Lord: sight, thou shalt not be moved.
neither shall it come upon the heart, 2 And thou shalt swear : As the Lord
neither shall they remember it, neither liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in
shall it be visited, neither shall that be justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him,
done any more. and shall praise him.
17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called 3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of
the throne of the Lord and all the na-
: Juda and Jerusalem p Break up anew :

tions shall be gathered together to it, in
the name of the Lord to Jerusalem, and
they shall not walk after the perversity
of their most wicked heart.
18 In those days the house of Juda shall
go to the house of Israel, and they shall
your fallow ground, and sow not upon
thorns
4 Be circumcised to the Lord, and take
away the foreskins of your hearts, yo
men of Juda, and ye inhabitants of Jeru-
salem lest my indignation come forth
:

come together out of the land of the like fire, and burn, and there be none
north tc the land which I gave to your that can quench it: because of the wick-
fathers. edness of your thoughts.
19 But I said: How shall I put thee 5 Declare ye in Juda, and make it heard
among the 3hildren, and give thee a in Jerusalem speak, and sound with the
:

lovely land, the goodly inheritance of trumpet in the land cry aloud, and say
:

the armies of the Jentiles ? And I said Assemble yourselves, and let us go into
Thou shalt call me father and shalt not strong cities.
cease to walk after me. 3 Set up the standard in Sion. Strength-
20 But as a woman that despise th hor en yourselves, stay not ^ for J. bring evil :

lover, so hath the house of Israel de-
Dpised me, saith the Lord.
21 A voice was heard in the highways,
weeping and howling of the children of
Israel: because they have made their
from the north, and grea' Costruction.
7 The lion is come up u of his den,
and the robber of nation.: Lath roused
himself: he is come forth out oi Iiis
place, to make thy land desolate thy :

way wicked, they have forgotten the Lord cities shall be laid waste, remaining
their God. without an inhabitant.

o That is, lord. p Osee 10. 12. — (j[

Supra L 14.

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Punishment threatened JEREMIAS Desolation of the land

8 For this gird yourselves with hair- 22 For my foolish people have not
cloth, lament and howl: for the fierce known me: they are foolish and sense-
anger of the Lord is not turned away less children:they are wise to do evil,
from us. but to do good they have no knowledge.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, 23 I beheld the earth, and lo it was
saith the Lord: That the heart of the void, and nothing: and the heavens, and
king shall perish, and the heart of the there was no light in them.
princes: and the priests shall be aston- 24 I looked upon the mountains, and
ished, and the prophets shall be amazed. behold they trembled: and all the hills
10 And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord were troubled.
God, hast thou then deceived this peo- 25 I beheld, and lo there was no man:
ple and Jerusalem, saying: You shall and all the birds of the air were gone.
have peace: and behold the sword reach- 26 I looked, and behold Carmel was a
eth even to the soul?
wilderness: and all its cities were de-
11 At that time it shall be said to this stroyed at the presence of the Lord, and
people, and to Jerusalem: A burning at the presence of the wrath of his in-
wind is in the ways that are in the des- dignation.
ert of the way of the daughter of my 27 For thus saith the Lord All the land :
people, not to fan, nor to cleanse.
shall be desolate, but yet I will not ut7
12 A full wind from these places shall terly destroy.
come to me: and now I will speak my 28 The earth shall mourn, and the hea-
judgments with them. vens shall lament from above: because I
13 Behold he shall come up as a cloud, have spoken, I have purposed, and 1
and his chariots as a tempest: his horses have not repented, neither am I turned
are swifter than eagles: woe unto us, away from it.
for we are laid waste. 29 At the voice of the horsemen, and
14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, the archers, all the city is fled away:
Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved how
:
they have entered into thickets and
long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee? have climbed up the rocks: all the cities
15 For a voice of one declaring from are forsaken, and there dwelleth not a
Dan, and giving notice of the idol from man in them.
mount Ephraim. But when thou art spoiled what
30
16 Say ye to the nations: Behold it is wilt thou do? though thou clothest thy-
heard in Jerusalem, that guards are com- self with scarlet, though thou deckest
ing from a far country, and give out thee with ornaments of gold, and paint-
their voice against the cities of Juda. est thy eyes with stibic stone, thou shall
17 They are set round about her, as dress thyself out in vain: thy lovers
keepers of fields: because she hath pro- have despised thee, they will seek thj
voked me to wrath, saith the Lord. life.

18 ^ Thy ways, and thy devices have 31 For I have heard the voice as oi|
brought these things upon thee: this is a woman in travail, anguishes as of
thy wickedness, because it is bitter, be- woman in labour of a child. The voice
cause it hath touched thy heart. of the daughter of Sion, dying awayl
19 My bowels, my bowels are in pain, spreading her hands: Woe is me, for mjj
the senses of my heart are troubled soul hath fainted because of them tha(
within me, I will not hold my peace, for are slain.
my soul hath heard the sound of the CHAPTER 5.
trumpet, the cry of battle. The judgments of God shall fall upon the Jews fo\

20 Destruction upon destruction is their manifold sins. i

called for, and all the earth is laid waste

my tents are destroyed on a sudden, and GO about through the streets of
salem, and see, and consider, an:
Jeruj

my pavilions in a moment. seek in the broad places thereof, if yo|

21 How long shall I see men fleeing can find a man that executeth judgmeni,
away, how long shall I hear the sound of and seeketh faith: and I will be mere?
the trumpet? ful unto it. JJli

r Wisd. 1. 3. and 5.
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Obstinacy and adultery of the Jews JEREMIAS Infidelity of the Jews

2 And though they say: The Lord liv- 15 Behold I will bring upon you a na-
eth; this also they will swear falsely. tion from afar, O house of Israel, saith
3 Lord, thy eyes are upon truth : thou the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient
hast struck them, and they have not nation, a nation whose language thou
grieved: thou hast bruised them, and shalt not know, nor understand what
they have refused to receive correction: they say.
they have made their faces harder than 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre,
the rock, and they have refused to return. they are all valiant.
4 But I said: Perhaps these are poor 17 And theyshall eat up thy corn, and
and foolish, that know not the way of thy bread: they shall devour thy sons,
the Lord, the judgment of their God. and thy daughters they shall eat up thy
:

5 I will go therefore to the great men,
and will speak to them: for they have
known the way of the Lord, the judg-
ment of their God: and behold these
have altogether broken the yoke more,
and have burst the bonds.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood
hath slain them, a wolf in the evening
flocks, and thy herds, they shall eat thy
vineyards, and thy figs: and with the
sword they shall destroy thy strong cities,
wherein thou trustest.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the
Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruc-
tion.
19 * And if you shall say Why hath the :

hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth Lord our God done all these things to us?
for their cities: every one that shall go thou shalt say to them: As you have for-
out thence shall be taken, because their saken me, and served a strange god in
transgressions are multiplied, their re- your own land, so shall you serve stran-
bellions are strengthened. gers in a land that is not your own.
7 How can I be merciful to thee? thy 20 Declare ye this to the house of Jacob,
children have forsaken me, and swear and publish it in Juda, saying:
by them that are not gods: I fed them 21 Hear, foolish people, and without
to the full, and they committed adultery, understanding: who have eyes, and see
and rioted in the harlot's house. not: and ears, and hear not.
8 They are become as amorous horses 22 Will not you then fear me, saith the
and stallions « every one neighed after
:
Lord: and will you not repent at my
his neighbour's wife. presence? I have set the sand a bound for
9 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which
the Lord? and shall not my soul take it shall not pass over: and the waves
revenge on such a nation? thereof shall toss themselves, and shall
10 Scale the walls thereof, and throw not prevail: they shall swell, and shall
them down, but do not utterly destroy: not pass over it.
take away the branches thereof, be- 23 But the heart of this people is be-
cause they are not the Lord's. come hard of belief and provoking, they
11 For the house of Israel, and the house are revolted and gone away.
of Juda have greatly transgressed against 24 And they have not said in their
me, saith the Lord. heart: Let us fear the Lord our Gk)d, who
12 They have denied the Lord, and said, giveth us the early and the latter rain in
It is not he and the evil shall not come due season who preserveth for us the ful-
:
:

upon us: we shall not see the sword and ness of the yearly harvest.
famine. 25 Your iniquities have turned these
13 The prophets have spoken in the things away, and your sins have with-
wind, and there was no word of God in holden good things from you.
them: these things therefore shall befall 26 For among my people are found
them. wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers,
14 Thus saith the Lord the God of hosts setting snares and traps to catch men.
Because you have spoken this word, be- 27 As a net is full of birds, so their
hold I will make my words in thy mouth houses are full of deceit: therefore are
as fire, and this people as wood, and it they become great and enriched.
shall devour them. 28 They are grown gross and fat: and

«Ezedu 22. 11./ t Infra 16. 10.

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Jerusalem threatened JEREMIA Obstinacy of the people

have most wickedly transgressed my their ears are uncircumcised, and they
words. ^They have not judged the cause cannot hear: behold the word of tho
of the widow, they have not managed Lord is become unto them a reproach:
the cause of the fatherless, and they have and they will not receive it.
not judged the judgment of the poor. 11 Therefore am I full of the fury of
29 Shall I not visit for these things, tho Lord, I am weary with holding in
Baith the Lord ? or shall not my soul take pour it out upon the child abroad, and
revenge on such a nation ? upon the council of the young men
30 Astonishing and wonderful things together: for man and woman shall be
have been done in the land. taken, the ancient and he that is full of
31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, days.
and the priests clapped their hands and 12 And their houses shall be turned
:

my people loved such things what then over to others, with their lands and their
:

shall be done in the end thereof ? wives together: for I will stretch forth
CHAPTER 6. my hand upon the inhabitants of the
land, saith the Lord.
The evils that threaten Jerusalem. She is invited
to return, and walk in the good way, and not to 13 ^ For from the least of them even to
rely on sacrifices without obedience. the greatest, all are given to covetous-
STRENGTHEN yourselves, ye sons of ness and from the prophet even to the :

Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, priest, all are guilty of deceit.

and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set- 14 And they healed the breach of the
up the standard over Bethacarem: for daughter of my people disgracefully, say-
ovil is seen out of the north, and a great ing Peace, peace : and there was no
:

destruction. peace.
2 I have likened the daughter of Sion to 15 They were confounded, because they
a bea utif ul and delicate 'voman. committed abomination yea, rather tbey :

3 The shepherds shall come to her with were not confounded with confusion, and
their flocks they have pitched their tents they knew not how to blush wherefore
: :

against her round about: every one shall they shall fall among them that fall:
feed them that are under his hand. in the time of their visitation they shall
4 Prepare ye war against her : arise, and fall down, saith the Lord.
let us go up at midday woe unto us, for IG Thus saith the Lord Stand ye on the
: :

the day is declined, for the shadows of ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
the evening are grown longer. which is the good way, and walk ye in it
5 Arise, and let us go up in the night, ^ and you shall find refreshment for your
and destroy her houses. souls. And they said: We will not wall;
6 For thus saiththe Lord of hosts: Hew 17 And I appointed watchmen over you,
down her trees, cast up a trench about saying Hearken ye to the sound of the :

Jerusalem this is the city to be visited, trumpet. And they said:

: will not We
all oppression is in the midst of her. hearken.
7 As a cistern maketh its water cold, 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know,
BO hath she made her wickedness cold O congregation, what great things I will
violence and spoil shall be heard in her, do to them.
infirmity and stripes are continually be- 19 Hear, O earth: Behold I will bring
fore me. evils upon this people, the fruits of their
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest own thoughts: because they have not
my soul depart from thee, lest I make heard my words, and they have cast
thee desolate, a land uninhabited. away my law.
9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: They 20 *To what purpose do you bring me
shall gather the remains of Israel, as in frankincense from Saba, and the sweet
a vine, even to one cluster: turn back smelhng cane from a far country ? your
thy hand, as a grapegatherer into the holocausts are not acceptable, nor are
basket. your sacrifices pleasing to me.
10 To whom shall I speak? and to whom 21 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Be-
shall I testify, that he may hear ? behold. hold I will bring destruction upon thig

%! Isa. L 23 i Zacb. 7. 10. ~ v Isa. 66. ll ; Infra 8. 10. w Matt. 11. 29.~x Isa. 1. 11«

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Prophecy against Jerusalem JEREMIAS The temple will not shield them
people, by which fathers and sons to- temple of the Lord, the temple of the
gether shall fall, neighbour and kinsman Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.
shall perish. 5 For if you will order well your ways,
22 Thus saith the Lord Behold a people and your doings: if you will execute
:

Cometh from the land of the north, and a judgment between a man and his neigh-
great nation shall rise up from the ends bour,
of the earth. 6 If you oppress not the stranger, the
23 They shall lay hold on arrow and fatherless, and the widow, and shed not
shield they are cruel, and will have no
: innocent blood in this place, and walk
mercy. Their voice shall roar like the not after strange gods to your own hurt,
sea: and they shall mount upon horses, 7 I will dwell with you in this place in :

prepared as men for war, against thee,
O daughter of Sion.
24 We have heard the fame thereof,
our hands grow feeble: anguish hath
taken hold of us, as a woman in labour.
25 Go not out into the fields, nor walk
in the highway: for the sword of the
enemy, and fear is on every side.
26 Gird thee with sackcloth, O daughter
of mypeople, and sprinkle thee with
ashes: make thee mourning as for an
only son, a bitter lamentation, because
the destroyer shall suddenly come upon
us.
27 I have set thee for a strong trier
among my people and thou shalt know, : eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am
and prove their way.
the land, which I gave to your fathers
from the beginning and for evermore.
8 Behold you put your trust in lying
words, which shall not profit you
9 To steal, to murder, to commit adul-
tery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim,
and to go after strange gods, which you
know not.
10 And you have come, and stood before
me in this house, in which my name is
called upon, and have said: are de- We
livered, because we have done all these
abominations.
house then. in which my
11^ Is this
name hath been
called upon, in your
he I have seen it, saith the Lord. :

28 AH these princes go out of the way, 12 Go ye to my place in Silo, where my

they walk deceitfully, they are brass and name dwelt from the beginning and see :

iron: they are all corrupted. what I did to it for the wickedness of
29 The bellows have failed, the lead is my people Israel
consumed in the fire, the founder hath 13 And now, because you have done all
melted in vain: for their wicked deeds these works, saith the Lord and I have :

are not consumed. spoken to you rising up early, and

30 Call them reprobate silver, for the speaking, and you have not heard " and :

Lord hath rejected them,
CHAPTER 7.
The temple of God shall not protect a sinful people,
without a sincere conversion. The Lord will not
receive the prayers of the prophet for them: be- trust, and to the place which I have
cause they are obstinate in their sins.
rriHE word that came to Jeremias from Silo.
i the Lord, saying:
£ Stand in the gate of the house of the
Lord, and proclaim there this word, and
say: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all
ye men of Juda, that enter in at these
gates, to adore the Lord.
3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
I have called you, and you have not an-
swered :
14 ^ I will do to this house, in which my
name is called upon, and in which you
given you and your fathers, as I did to
15 And I will cast you away from be-
fore my face, as I have cast away all
your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 ''Therefore do not thou pray for this
people, nor take to thee praise and sup-
plication for them: and do not withstand
me for I will not hear thee.
:

of Israel: ^Make your ways and your 17 Seest thou not what they do in the
doings good: and I will dwell with you cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jeru-
in this place. salem ?
4 Trust not in lying words, saying : The 18 The children gather wood, and the
y Infra 26. 13. aProv. 1.24; Isa. 65. 12.
z Matt 21. 13 ; Mark 11. 17 Luke 19. 46. 6 1 Kings 4. 2 and 10. —
c Infra 11. 14, and 14. 11.

Chap. 7. Ver.l& The queen qf heawru liiat is, the mooo, whioh. Uiey worsiiipped uiidai' tiuttaame»
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Obstinacy of the Jews JEREMIAS Their punishment

fathers kindle the fire, and the women and take up a lamentation on high for :

knead the dough, to make cakes to the the Lord hath rejected, and forsaken the
queen of heaven, and to offer hbations generation of his wrath,
to strange gods, and to provoke me to 30 Because the children of Juda have
anger. done evil in my eyes, saith the Lord.
19 Do they provoke me to anger, saith They have set their abominations in the
the Lord? is it not themselves, to the house in which my name is called upon,
confusion of their own countenance ? to pollute it
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: 31 And they have built the high places
Behold my wrath and my indignation is of Topheth, which is in the valley of the
enkindled against this place, upon men son of Ennom. to burn their sons, and
and upon beasts, and upon the trees of their daughters in the fire: which I
the field, and upon the fruits of the land, commanded not, nor thought on in my
and it shall burn, and shall not be heart.
quenched. 32 Therefore behold the days shall come,
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God saith the Lord, and it shall no more be
of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to called Topheth, nor the valley of the son
your sacrifices, and eat ye the flesh. of Ennom but the valley of slaughter
:

22 For I spoke not to your fathers, and
I commanded them not, in the day that
I brought them out of the land of Egypt,
concerning the matter of burnt offerings
and sacrifices.
23 But this thing I commanded them,
saying Hearken to my voice, and I will
: 34 ^ And I will cause to cease out of the
be your God, and you shall be my peo-
ple: and walk ye in all the way that I
have commanded you, that it may be
well with you.
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined
their ear but walked in their own will,
:
and they shall bury in Topheth, because
there is no place.
33 And the carcasses of this people shall
be meat for the fowls of the air, and for
the beasts of the earth, and there shall
be none to drive them away.
cities of Juda, and out of the streets of
Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the voice
of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom
and the voice of the bride : for the land
shall be desolate.

and in the perversity of their wicked CHAPTER 8.

heart and went backward and not for- other evils that shall fall upon the Jews for their
:

impenitence.
ward,
25 From the day that their fathers came AT that time, saith the Lord, they shall
out of the land of Egypt, even to this xX
cast out the bones of the kings of
day. And I have sent to you all my Juda, and the bones of the princes there-
servants the prophets ''rom day to day, of, and the bones of the priests, and the
rising up early and sending. bones of the prophets, and the bones of
26 And they have not hearkened to me the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their
:

nor inclined their ear but have hard- graves.

:

ened their neck, ^ and have done worse 2 And they shall spread them abroad to
than their fathers. the sun, and the moon, and all the host
27 And thou shalt speak to them all of heaven, whom they have loved, and
these words, but they will not hearken whom they have served, and after whom
to thee and thou shalt call them, but they have walked, and whom they have
:

they will not answer thee. sought, and adored they shall not be :

28 And thou shalt say to them: This is gathered, and they shall not be buried:
a nation which hath not hearkened to they shall be as dung upon the face of
the voice of the Lord their God, nor re- the earth.
ceived instruction faith is lost, and is
: 3 And death shall be chosen rather than
taken away out of their mouth. life by all that shall remain of this wicked
29 Cut off thy hair, and cast it away kindred in all places, which are left, to
d Infra 16. 12. e Ezech. 26. 13.

Ver. 22. I commanded them not. Viz., such sacri- so that in comparison with it, the offering of the
ficesas the Jews at this time offered, without obedi- holocausts and sacrifices was of small account.
ence; wbiob was tbe tbiiig principally (^ommandeci
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Impenitence of the Jews JEREMIAS The prophet's great sorrow

which I have cast them out, saith the hath given us ^ water of gall to drink
Lord of hosts. for we have sinned against the Lord.
4 And thou shalt say to them Thus 15 '^We looked for peace and no good
:

saith the Lord Shall not he that fall- came for a time of healing, and behold
: ;

eth, rise again? and he that is turned fear.

away, shall he not turn again ? 16 The snorting of his horses was heard
5 Why then is this people in Jerusalem from Dan, all the land was moved at the
turned away with a stubborn revolting ? sound of the neighing of his warriors:
they have laid hold on lying, and have and they came and devoured the land,
refused to return. and all that was in it the city and its :

6 I attended, and hearkened no man inhabitants. ;

speaketh what is good, there is none that 17 For behold I will send among you ser-
doth penance for his sin, saying What pents, basilisks, against which there is no
:

have I done? They are all turned to charm and they shall bite you, saith the :

their own
course, as a horse rushing to Lord.
the battle. 18 My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart
7 The kite in the air hath known her mourneth within me.
time the turtle, and the swallow, and
: 19 Behold the voice of the daughter of
the stork have observed the time of their my people from a far country Is not the :

coming but my people have not known Lord in Sion, or is not her king in her?
:

the judgment of the Lord. why then have they provoked me to

8 How do you say : We
are wise, and wrath with their idols, and strange vani-
the law of the Lord is with us ? Indeed ties?
the lying pen of the scribes hath wrought 20 The harvest is past, the summer is
falsehood. ended, and we are not saved.
9 The wise men are confounded, they 21 For the affliction of the daughter of
are dismayed, and taken for they have my people I am afflicted, and made sor-
:

cast away the word of the Lord, and there rowful, astonishment hath taken hold on
is no wisdom in them. me.
10 -^Therefore will I give their women 22 Is there no balm in Galaad ? or is
to strangers, their fields to others for an there no physician there ? Why then is
inheritance because from the least even not the wound of the daughter of my
:

to the greatest all follow covetousness people closed?

from the prophet even to the priest all
deal deceitfully.
CHAPTER 9.
The prophet laments the miseries of his people and '

11 And they healed the breach of the their sins, which are the cause of them. He ea>
daughter of my people disgracefully, horts them, to repevtance.
saying: Peace, peace
no peace.
when there was :
WHO
will give water to my head, and
a fountain of tears to my eyes?
12 They are confounded, because they and I will weep day and night for the
have committed abomination: yea rather slain of the daughter of my people.
they are not confounded with confusion, 2 Who will give me in the wilderness
and they have not known how to blush a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I
:

therefore shall they fall among them that will leave my people, and depart from
fall; in the time of their visitation they them? because they are all adulterers,
shall fall, saith the Lord. an assembly of transgressors.
13 Gathering I will gather them together, 3 And they have bent their tongue, as a
saith the Lord, there is no grape on the bow, for hes, and not for truth they have :

vines, and there are no figs on the fig strengthened themselves upon the earth,
taree, the leaf is fallen and I have given for they have proceeded from evil to evil,
:

them the things that are passed away. and me they have not known, saith the
14 Why do we sit still? assemble your- Lord.
selves, and let us enter into tne fenced 4 Let every man take heed of his neigh-
city, and let us be silent there for the bour, and let him not trust in any bro-
:

Lord our God bath put us to silence, and ther of his : for every brother will ut

/ iaa. 56. II i Supra 6. 13^ g Infra d. ib.—h Inira 1<L 19.

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^ins of the Jews cause of their woes JEREMIAS They are called to mourn
terly supplant, and every friend will walk mourning women, and let them come:
deceitfully. and send to them that are wise women,
6 And a man shall mock his brother, and and let them make haste
they will not speak the truth for they 18 Let them hasten and take up a lam-
:

have taught their tongue to speak lies: entation for us let our eyes shed tears, :

they have laboured to commit iniquity. and our eyelids run down with waters.
6 Thy habitation is in the m' ist of de- 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out
ceit: through deceit they have refused of Sion How are we wasted and greatly
:

to know me, saith the Lord, confounded? because we have left the
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts land, because our dwellings are cast
Behold I will melt, and try them: for down.
what else shall I do before the daughter 20 Hear therefore, ye women, the word
of my people ? of the Lord and let your ears receive :

8 * Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it the word of his mouth and teach your :

bath spoken deceit with his mouth one daughters wailing and every one her
: :

speaketh peace with his friend, and se- neighbour mourning.

cretly ho lieth in wait for him. 21 For death is come up through our
9 Shall I not visit them for these things, windows, it is entered into our houses to
saith the Lord ? or shall not my soul be destroy the children from without, the
revenged on such a nation ? young men from the streets.
10 For the mountaino I will take up 22 Speak: Thus saith the Lord? Even
weeping and lamentation, and for the the carcass of man shall fall as dung upon
beautiful places of the desert, mourning: the face of the country, and as grass be-
because they are burnt up, for that there hind the back of the mower, and there
is not a man that passoth through them is none to gather it.
:

and they have not heard the voice of the 23 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the '^

owner from the fowi of the air to the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let
:

beasts they are gone away and departed. not the strong man glory in his strength,
11 And I will mako Jerusalem to be and let not the rich man glory in his
heaps of sand, and dens of dragons and riches :

I will make the cities of Juda desolate, 24 But let him that glorieth glory in
for want of an inhabitant. this, that he understandeth and knowetb
12 Who is the wise man, that may un- me, for I am the Lord that exercise
derstand this, and to whom the word of mercy, and judgment, and justice in the
the mouth of the Lord may come that he earth for these things please me, saith
:

may declare this, why the land hath per- the Lord.
ished, and is burnt up like a wilderness, 25 Behold, the days come, saith the
which none passeth through ? Lord, and I will visit upon every one
13 And the Lord said Because they that hath the foreskin circumcised.
:

have forsaken my law, which I gave 26 Upon Egypt, and upon Juda, and
them, and havo not heard my voice, and upon Edom, and upon the children of
have not walked in it. Ammon, and upon Moab, and upon all
14 But they have gone after the per- that have their hair polled round, that
verseness of their own heart, and after dwell in the desert for all the naticiis :

Baahm, which their fathers taught them. are uncircumcised in the flesh, but all the
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of house of Israel are uncircumcised in the
hosts the God of Israel ^ Behold I will heart,
:

feed this people with wormwood, and

CHAPTER 10.
give them water of gall to drink.
Neither stars nor idols are to be feared, but the
16 And I will scatter them among the great Creator of all things. The chastisement of
nations, which they and their fathers Jerusalem for her sins.
have not known and I will send the

17 Thus saith
:

^word after them till they be consumed.

the Lord of hosts the God house of Israel.
H
EAR ye the word which the Lord
hath spoken concerning you,

of Israel: Consider ye, and call for the 2 Thus saith the Lord Learn not ao- :

i Ps. 27. 3. — j Infra 23. 15. k 1 Cor. 1. 31 i ?. Cor. lo. I7.

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Vanity of idols JEREMIAS Jvda vnll he laid waste

cording to the ways of the Gentiles and 14 Every man is become a fool for
:

be not afraid of the signs of heaven, knowledge, every artist is confounded

which the heathens fear in his graven idol: tor what he hath cast
3 For the laws of the people are vain: is false, and there is no spirit in them.
' for the works of the hand of the work- 15 They are vain things, and a ridicu-
man hath cut a tree out of the forest lous work in the time of their visitation :

with an axe. they shall perish.

4 He hath decked it with silver and 16 The portion of Jacob is not like
gold he hath put it together with nails
: these for it is he who formed all things
:

and hammers, that it may not fall asun- and Israel is the rod of his inheritance
der. the Lord of hosts is his name.
5 They are framed after the likeness of 17 Gather up thy shame out of the land,
a palm tree, and shall not speak: they thou that dwellest in a siege.
must be carried to be removed, because 18 For thus saith the Lord: Behold I
^hey cannot go. Therefore fear them will cast away far off the inhabitants of
not, for they can neither do evil nor good. the land at this time and I will afllict :

6 "* There is none like to thee, O Lord: them, so that they may be found.
thou art great, and gueat is thy name in 19 Woe is me for my destruction, my
might. wound is very grievous. But I said
7 " Who shall not fear thee, O king of Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it.
nations ? for thine is the glory among 20 My tabernacle is laid waste, all my
:

all the wise men of the nations, and in cords are broken my children are gone :

all their kingdoms there is none like unto out from me, and they are not: there is
thee. none to stretch forth my tent any more,
8 They shall be all proved together to and to set up my curtains.
oe senseless and foolish: the doctrine of 21 Because the pastors have done fool-
their vanity is wood. ishly, and have not sought the Lord:
9 Silver spread into plates is brought therefore have they not understood- and
from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the all their flock is scattered.
work of the artificer, and of the hand of 22 Behold the sound of a noise cometh,
the coppersmith violet and purple is a great commotion out of the land of
:

their clothing all these things are the the north: to make the cities of Juda a
:

work of artificers. desert, and a dwelling for dragons.

10 But the Lord is the true God: he is 23 I know, O Lord, that the way of a
the living God, and the everlasting king man is not his: neither is it in a man to
at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and walk, and to direct his steps.
the nations shall not be able to abide his 24 CoiTect me, O Lord, but yet with
threatening. judgment and not in thy f lu-y, lest thou :

11 Thus then shall you say to them bring me to nothing.

The gods that have not made heaven and 25 Pour out thy indignation upon the
earth, let them perish from the earth, nations that have not known thee, and
and from among those places that are upon the provinces that have not called
under heaven. upon thy name : because they have eaten
12 °He
that maketh the earth by his up Jacob, and devoured him, and con-
power, that prepareth the world by his sumed him, and have destroyed his glory.
wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens
by knowledge.
his CHAPTER 11.
13 his voice he giveth a multitude of The prophet proclaims the covenant of God: and
At
denounces evils to the obstivatc transgressors of
waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the it. The conspiracy of the Jews against him, a
clouds from the ends of the earth P he figtire of their conspiracy against Christ.
:

maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth

forth the wind out of his treasures.
THE
word that came from the Lord to
Jereraias, saying:
Wisd. 13. 11, and 14. 8. — m Mich. 7. 18. o Gen. 1. 1 ; Infra 51. 15.
n Apoc. 15. 4.
p Ps. l.'^4. 7; Infra 51. IG.
Chap. lO, Ver. 2.3. The v;oy of a man is not his. case, all the evils whioli Njibnchodonosor was about
^ho meaning is, that notwithstanding man's free to brine npnn Jerusalem, could not have come but
Will, yet he can do no good without God's help, nor by the will of God.
CTil without his permission. So that, in the present
Chap. 11. Ver. 1. Probably about 624 B. C.
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Ood^s covenant JEREMIAS The conspiracy against Jeremias

2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and they shall not save them in the time
and speak to the men of Juda, and to the of their affliction.
inhabitants of Jerusalem, 13 5 For according to the number of thy
3 And thou shalt say to them Thus cities were thy gods, O Juda and accord-
: :

saith the Lord the God of Israel Cursed ing to the number of the streets of Jeru-
:

is the man that shall not hearken to the salem thou hast set up altars of confusion,
words of this covenant, altars to offer sacrifice to Baalim.
4 Which I commanded your fathers in 14 ''Therefore do not thou pray for this
the day that I brought them out of the people, and do not take up praise and
land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, prayer for them: for I will not hear
saying Hear ye my voice, and do all them in the time of their cry to me, in
:

things that I command you and you the time of their affliction.
:

shall be my people, and I will be your 15 What is the meaning that my beloved
God: hath wrought much wickedness in my
6 That I may accomplish the oath which house? shall the holy flesh take away
I swore to your fathers, to give them a from thee thy crimes, in which thou hast
land flowing with milk and honey, as it boasted?
is this day. And I answered and said: 16 The Lord called thy name, a plenti-
Amen, O Lord. ful olive tree, fair, fruitful, and beauti-
6 And the Lord said to me: Proclaim ful: at the noise of a word, a great fire
aloud all these words in the cities of was kindled in it, and the branches there-
Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, of are burnt.
saying Hear ye the words of the cove-
: 17 And the Lord of hosts that planted
nant, and do them thee, hath pronounced evil against thee
7 For protesting I conjured your fathers for the evils of the house of Israel, and
in the day that I brought them out of the of the house of Juda, which they have
land of Egypt even to this day: rising done to themselves, to provoke me, of-
early I conjured them, and said Hearken fering sacrifice to Baalim. :

ye to my voice : 18 But thou, O Lord, hast shewn me,

8 And they obeyed not, nor inclined and I have known then thou shewedst i

their ear but walked every one in the me their doings.

:

perverseness of his own wicked heart 19 And I was as a meek lamb, that is
and I brought upon them all the words carried to be a victim and I knew not :

of this covenant, which I commanded that they had devised counsels against
them to do, but they did them not. me, saying Let us put wood on his :

9 And the Lord said to me: A con- bread, and cut him off from the land of
spiracy is found among the men of Juda, the living, and let his name be remem-
and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. bered no more.
10 They are returned to the former in- 20 * But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who
iquities of their fathers, who refused to judgest justly, and triest the reins and
hear my words: so these likewise have the hearts, let me see thy revenge on
gone after strange gods, to serve them them for to thee have I revealed my :

the house of Israel, and the house of Juda cause.

havc) made void my covenant, which I 21 Therefore thus saith the Lord to the
made with their fathers. men of Anathoth, who seek thy life, and
11 Wherefore thus saith the Lord: Be- say Thou shalt not prophesy in the :

hold I will bring in evils upon them, name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die
which they shall not be able to escape in our hands.
and they shall cry to me, and I will not 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
heiirken to them. hosts: Behold I will visit upon them:
12 And the cities of Juda, and the in- their young men shall die by the sword,
habitants of Jerusalem shall go, and cry their sons and their daughters shall die
to the gods to whom they offer sacrifice, by famine.
q Supra 2. 28. — r Supra 7. 16 ; Infra 14. 11. s Infra 17. 10, and 20. 12.

Chap. Ver. 20. Sabaoth. That is, of hosts or

11. diction of what was to happen, with an approbatioD
armies, a frequently given to God in the scrip-
name of the divine justice, than an imprecatdoii.
tures. — TbicL Thy revenffe. 'Kius was rather a pre-
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Temporal prosperity of wicked JEREMIAS Return of Jews from captivity

23 And there shall be no remains of 11 They have laid it waste, and it hath
them: for I will bring in evil upon the mourned for mo. With desolation is all
men of Anathoth, the year of their visi- the land made desolate because there is ;

tation. none that considereth in the heart.

CHAPTER 12. 12 The spoilers are come upon all the
The prosperity of the wicked shall be but for a
ways of the wilderness, for the sword of
short time. The desolation of the Jews for their the Lord shall devour from one end of
sins. Their return from their captivity. the land to the other end thereof there :

THOU indeed, O Lord, art just, if I is no peace for all flesh.

plead with thee, *but yet I will 13 They have sown wheat, and reaped
speak what is just to thee ** Why doth thorns they have received an inherit-
: :

the way of the wicked prosper why is ance, and it shall not profit them: you
:

it well with all them that t:^ansgress, shall be ashamed of your fruits, because
and do wickedly ? of the fi.erce wrath of the Lord.
2 Thou hast planted them, and they 14 Thus saith the Lord against all m^
have taken root: they prosper and bring wicked neighbours, that touch the in*
forth fruit thou art near in their mouth, heritance that I have shared out to my
:

and far from their reinso people Israel: Behold I will pluck them
3 And thou, O Lord, hast known me, out of their land, and I will pluck the
thou hast seen me, and proved my heart house of Juda out of the midst of them.
with thee : gather them together as 15 And when I shall have plucked them
flheep for a sacrifice, and prepare them out, I will return, and have mercy on
J or the day of slaughter. them and I will bring them back, every
:

^ How long shall the land mourn, and man to his inheritance, and every man
the herb of every field wither for the into his land.
TTickedness of them that dwell therein ? 16 And it shall come to pass, if they
The beasts and the birds are consumed : will be taught, and will learn the ways of
because they have said: He shall not my people, to swear by my name: The
:ee our last end. Lord they have taught my peo-
liveth, as
5 If thou hast been wearied with run- ple to swear by Baal that they shall be
:

ning with footmen, how canst thou con- built up in the midst of my people.
tend with horses ? and if thou hast been 17 But if they will not hear, I will
secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou utterly pluck out and destroy that na-
do in the swelling of the Jordan ? tion, saith the Lord.
6 For even thy brethren, and the house
of thy father, even they have fought
CHAPTER 13.
Under the figure of a linen girdle is foretold the
against thee, and have cried after thee destruction of the Jews. Their obstinacy in
\vith full voice: believe them not when sin brings all miseries upon them.
they speak good things to thee.
7 I have forsaken my house, I nave left
THUS saith the Lord to me: Go, and
get thee a linen girdle, and thou
my inheritance: I have given my dear shalt put it about thy loins, and shalt
soul into the hand of her enemies. not put itinto water.
8 My inheritance is become to me as 2 And I got a girdle according to the
a lion in the wood: it hath cried out word of the Lord, and put it about my
against me, therefore have I hated it. loins.
9 Is my inheritance to me as a speckled 3 And the word of the Lord came to
bird? is it as a bird dyed throughout? me the second time, saying
come ye, assemble yourselves, all ye 4 Take the girdle which thou hast got,
beasts of the earth, make haste to de- which is about thy loins, and arise, go to
vour. the Euphrates, and hide it there in a
10 Many pastors have destroyed my hole of the rock.
vineyard, they have trodden my portion 5 And I went, and hid it by the Euphra-
under foot : they have changed my de- tes, as the Lord had commanded me.
lightful portion into a desolate wilder- 6 And it came to pass after many days,
ness. that the Lord said to me Arise, go to :

t Ps. 51. 6. I uJob21.7;Hab.l.l3,

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The girdle and the wine bottles JEREMIAS

Sins of the Jews punished
the Euphrates, and take from thence the shall run down with tears, because the
girdle, which I commanded thee to hide fiock of the Lord is carried away captive.
there. 18 Say to the king, and to the queen:
7 And I went to the Euphrates, and Humble yourselves, sit down: for the
digged, and took the girdle out of the crown of your glory is come down from
place where I had hid it and behold the yovu" head.
:

girdle was rotten, so that it was fit for 19 The cities of the south are shut up,
no use. and there is none to open them all Juda :

8 And the word of the Lord came to me, is carried away captive with an entire
saying captivity.
9 Thus saith the After this man-
Lord : 20 Lift up your eyes, and see, you that
ner will I make the pride of Juda, and come from the north where is the flock :

the great pride of Jerusalem to rot. that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle ?
10 This wicked people, that will not 21 What wilt thou say when he shall
hear my words, and that walk in the visit thee? for thou hast taught them
perverseness of their heart, and have against thee, and instructed them against
gone after strange gods to serve them, thy own head: shall not sorrows lay
and to adore them and they shall be as hold on thee, as a woman in labour ?
:

this girdle which is fit for no use. 22 And if thou shalt say in thy heart
11 For as the girdle sticketh close to the Why are these things come upon me ?
loins of a man, so have I brought close ^ For the greatness of thy iniquity, thy
to me all the house of Israel, and all the nakedness is discovered, the soles of thy
house of Juda, saith the Lord: that they feet are defiled.
might be my people, and for a name, and 23 If the Ethiopian can change his skin,
for a praise, and for a glory : but they or the leopard his spots you also may :

would not hear. do well, when you have learned evil.

12 Thou shalt speak therefore to them 24 And I will scatter them as stubble,
this word; Thus saith the Lord the God which is carried away by the wind in the
of Israel Every bottle shall be filled desert.
:

with wine. And they shall say to thee 25 This is thy lot, and the portion of
Do we not know that every bottle shall be thy measure from me, saith the Lord,
filled with wine ? because thou hast forgotten me, and
13 And thou shalt say to them: Thus hast trusted in falsehood.
saith the Lord Behold I will fill all the
: 26 Wherefore I have also bared thy
inhabitants of this land, and the kings of thighs against thy face, and thy shame
the race of David that sit upon his throne, hath appeared.
and the priests, and the prophets, and 27 I have seen thy adulteries, and thy
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with neighing, the wickedness of thy fornica-
drunkenness. tion and thy abominations, upon the
:

14 And I will scatter them every man hills in the field. Woe to thee, Jerusalem,
from his brother, and fathers and sons wilt thou not be made clean after me:
in Uke manner, saith the Lord: I will how long yet ?
not spare, and I will not pardon: nor CHAPTER 14.
will I have mercy, but to destroy them,
A grievous famine: and the propheVs prayer on
15 Hear ye, and give ear Be not proud, :that occasion. Evils denounced to false prophets.
for the Lord hath spoken. The prophet mourns for his people.
16 Give ye glory to the Lord your God, word of the Lord that came to
THE
before it be dark, and before your feet Jeremias concerning the words ot
stumble upon the dark mountains you the drought. :

shall look for light, and he will turn it 2 Judea hath mourned, and the gates
into the shadow of death, and into dark- thereof are fallen, and are become ob-
ness. scure on the ground, and the cry of Je-
17 But if you will not hear this, my soul rusalem is gone up.
shall weep in secret for your pride 3 The great ones sent their inferiors to
"weeping it shall weep, and my eyes the water: they came to draw, they

V Lam. 1. 2. w Infra 30. 14.

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The drought JEREMIAS The prophct^s lamentation

found no water, they carried back their
vessels empty: they were confounded
and afflicted, and covered their heads.
4 For the destruction of the land, be-
cause there came no rain upon the earth,
the husbandmen were confounded, they
covered their heads.
5 Yea, the hind also brought forth In
the field, and left it, because there was
no grass.
6 And the wild asses stood upon the
rocks, they snuffed up the wind like
dragons, their eyes failed, because there
was no grass.
7 If our iniquities have testified against
us, Lord, do thou it for thy name's
sake, for our rebellions are many, we
have sinned against thee.
8 expectation of Israel, the Saviour
thereof in time of trouble: why wilt
thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a
wayfaring man turning in to lodge?
9 Why wilt thou be as a wandering man,
as a mighty man that cannot save? but
thou, O Lord, art among us, and thy
name is called upon by us, forsake us
not.
10 Thus saith the Lord to this people,
that have loved to move their feet, and
have not rested, and have not pleased
the Lord: He will now remember their
iniquities, and visit their sins.
11 And the Lord said to me: ^ Pray not
for this people for their good.
12 When they fast I will not hear their
prayers: and they offer holocausts and
if
victims, I will not receive them: for I
will consume them by the sword, and by
famine, and by the pestilence.
13 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God,
the prophets say to them: 2/ You shall
not see the sword, and there shall be no
famine among you, but he will give you
true peace in this place.
14 And the Lord said to me ^ The pro-
:
land: By sword and famine shall those
prophets be consumed.
16 And the people to whom they pro-
phesy, shall be cast out in the streets of
Jerusalem because of the famine and the
sword, and there shall be none to bury
them: they and their wives, their sons
and their daughters, and I will pour out
their own wickedness upon them.
17 And thou shalt speak this word to
them: «Let my eyes shed down tears
night and day, and let them not cease,
because the virgin daughter of my peo-
ple is afflicted with a great affliction, with
an exceeding grievous evil.
18 If I go forth into the fields, behold
the slain with the sword: and if I enter
into the city, behold them that are con-
sumed with famine. The prophet also and
the priest are gone into a land which they
knew not.
19 Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or
hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then
hast thou struck us, so that there is no
healing for us ? & we have looked for
peace, and there is no good: and for
the time of healing, and behold trou-
ble.
20 Weacknowledge, Lord, our wick-
edness, the iniquities of our fathers, be-
cause we have sinned against thee.
21 Give us not to be a reproach, for thy
name's sake, and do not disgrace in us
the throne of thy glory: remember,
break not thy covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the graven
things of the Gentiles that can send rain ?
or can the heavens give showers ? art not
thou the Lord our God, whom we have
looked for ? for thou hast made all these
things.
CHAPTER 15.
Ood is determined to punish the Jews for their
sins. The prophets complaint, and God's prom-
ise to him.

phets prophesy falsely in my name: I

sent them have I commanded
not, neither
ANDthe Lord said to me: If Moses and
- Samuel shall stand before me, my
them, nor have I spoken to them: they soul is not towards this people cast them :

prophesy unto you a lying vision, and out from my sight, and let them go
divination and deceit, and the seduction forth.
of their own heart. 2 And if they shall say unto thee: Whi-
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord con- ther shall we go forth? thou shalt say
cerning the prophets that prophesy in to them: Thus saith the Lord: c Such as
my name, whom I did not send, that say: are for death, to death: and such as are
Sword and famine shall not be in this for the sword, to the sword: and such as
w Supra 7. 16, and 11. 14. z Infra. 29. 9 a Lam. 1. 16, and 2. 18.
y Supra 5. 12 ; Infra 23. 17. —
b Supra 8. 15. c Zach. 11. 9.

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God's rejection of the Jews JEREMIAS Jeremias prays for himself

ere for famine, to famine: and such as 14 And I will bring thy enemies out of
CjTg for captivity, to captivity. a land, which thou knowcst not for a :

o And I will visit them with four kinds,
saith the Lord The sword to kill, and
: upon yoUo
the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the
air, and the beasts of the earth, to de-
vour and to destroy.
4 And I will give them up to the rage
of all the kingdoms of the earth: ^be-
cause of Manasses the son of Ezechias
the king of Juda, for all that he did in
Jerusalem.
fire is kindled in my rage, it shall burn
15 O Lord, thou knowest, remember me,
and visit me, and defend me from ehem
that persecute me, do not defend me in
thy patience : know that for thy sake I
have suffered reproach.
16 Thy words were found, and I did
eat them, and thy word was to me a
joy and gladness of my heart for thy :

5 For who shall have pity on thee, O name is called upon me, O Lord God of
Jerusalem ? or who shall bemoan thee ? hosts.
or who shall go to pray for thy peace ? 17 S' I sat not in the assembly of jesters,
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the nor did I make a boast of the presence
Lord, thou art gone backward and I will : of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou
stretch out my hand against thee, and I hast filled me with threats.
will destroy thee I am
weary of entreat- 18 '^Why is
:
sorrow become per-my
ing thee. petual, and wound my
desperate so as to
V And I will scatter them with a fan in refuse to be healed ? it is become to me

the gates of the land : I have killed and as the falsehood of deceitful waters that
destroyed mypeople, and yet they are cannot be trusted,
not returned from their ways. 19 Therefore thus satth the Lord : If
8 Their widows are multiplied unto me thou wilt be converted, I will convert
above the sand of the sea : I have brought thee, and thou shalt stand before my
upon them against the mother of the face ; and if thou wilt separate the pre-
foung man a spoiler at noonday : I have cious from the vile, thou shalt be as my
3ast a terror v^n Cj sudden upon the mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and
cities. thou shalt not be turned to them.
9 * She that hath borne seven is become 20 And I will make thee to this people
weak, her soul hath fainted :!;Way: -^her as a strong wall of brass : and they shall
sun is gone down, while it was yet day fight against thee, and shall not prevail
she is confounded, and ashamed : and the for I am with thee to save thee, and to
residue of them I will give up to the deliver thee, saith the Lord.
sword in the sight of their enemies, saith 21 And I will deliver thee out of the
the Lord. hand of the wicked, and I will redeem
10 Woe is me, my mother: why hast thee out of the hand of the mighty.
thou borne me a man of strife, a man
of contention to all the earth? I have
CHAPTER 16.
The prophet is forbid to marry. The Jews shall be
not lent on usury, neither hath any man utterly ruined for their idolatry: but shall at
lent to me on usury: yet all curse me. length be released from their captivity^ and the
Gentiles shall be converted.
11 The Lord saith to me: Assuredly it
shall be well with thy remnant, assuredly A ND
the word oi the Lord came to me,
I shall help thee in the time of aflliction, J\, saying:
and in the time of tribulation against the 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nei-
enemy. ther shalt thou have sons and daughters
12 Shall iron be allied with the iron from in this place.
the north, and the brass ? 3 For thus saith the Lord concerning
are born in
13 Thy riches and thy treasures I will the sons and daughters, that
place, and concerning their mothers
give unto spoil for nothing, because of all this
that bore them: and concerning their
thy sins, even in all thy borders.
d 4 Kin gs 21. 1 and 12. e 1 Kings 2. 5.
—
/ Amos 8. 9. y Fs. 1. 1, and 25. 4. — h Infra 30. 15.

Ver. 15. JDo not defend me in thy patience. That

Chap. 15.
v/xi^x. M.^. Ver. 12. Shall iron be allied, &c.
longsuffering, which thou
is, let not thy patience and
Shall the iron, that is, the strength of Judea, stand
against the stronger iron of the north, that is, of usest towards sinners, keep thee from making haste
Babylon or enter into an alliance upon equal foot-
:
to my assistance.
ing with It ? No certainly : but it must be brokeu by it.
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Punishment of the Jews JEREMIAS Their release from captivity

lathers, of whom they were bom in gods day ttud night, which shall
this strange
land not give you any rest.
4 They shall die by the death of griev- 14 Therefore behold the days come,
ous illnesses : they shall not be lamented, saith the Lord, when it shall be said no
and they shall not be buried, they shall more The Lord liveth, that brought forth
:

be as dung upon the face of the earth the children of Israel out of the land of
ind they shall be consumed with the Egypt*.
iword, and with famine and their car- : 15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought
casses 3hall be meat for the fowls of the the children of Israel out of the land of
rir, and for the beasts of the earth. the north, and out of all the lands to
5 For ohus saith the Lord: Enter not which I cast them out and I will bring :

into tho house of feasting, neither go them again into their land, which I gave
thou to mourn, nor to comfort them: to their fathers.
because I have taken away my peace 16 Behold I will send many fishers, saith
from this people, saith the Lord, my the Lord, and they shall fish them: and
mercy and commiserations. after this I will send them many hunters,
6 Both the great and the little shall die in and they shall hunt them from every
this land they shall not be buried nor mountain, and from every hill, and out
:

lamented, and men shall not cut them- of the holes of the rocks.
selves, nor make themselves bald for 17 For my eyes are upon all their ways:
them. they are not hid from my face, and their
7 And they shall not break bread among iniquity hath not been hid from my
them to him that mourneth, to comfort eyes.
him for the dead neither shall they give 18 And I will repay first their double
:

them to drink of the cup, to comfort iniquities, and their sins: because they
them for their father and mother. have defiled my land with the carcasses
8 And do not thou go into the house of of their idols, and they have filled my
{easting, to sit with them, and to eat and inheritance with their abominations.
Irink: 19 O Lord, might, and my
strength, my
9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the and my
refuge in the day of tribulation:
^od of Israel: Behold I will take a\7ay to thee the Gentiles shall come from the
i/Ut of this place in your sight, and in ends of the earth, and shal? say: Surely
your days the voice of mirth, and the our fathers have possessed lies, a vaniiiv
voice of gladness, the voice of the bride- which hath not profited them.
groom, and the voice of the bride. 20 Shall a man make gods unto himseli,
10 And when thou shalt tell this people
"

and they are no gods ?

all these words, and they shall say to 21 Therefore behold I will this once
thee: * Wherefore hath the Lord pro- cause them to know, I will shew them
nounced against us all this great evil? my hand and my power: and thev shall
what is our iniquity? and what is our know that my name is the Lord»
sin, that we have sinned against the
Lord our God ? CHAPTER 17.
11 Thou shalt say to them: Because your
For their obstinacy in sin the Jews shall be led cap-
fathers forsook me, saith the Lord and : tive. He is cursed that trusteth in flesh. God alone
went after strange gods, and served them, searcheth the heart, giving to every one as he de-
serves. The prophet prayeth to be delivered from
and adored them and they forsook me,
: his enemies^ and preacheth up the observance of
and kept not my law. the sabbath.
12 ^ And you also have done worse than
your fathers: for behold every one of
THE sin of Juda written with a pen
is
of iron, with the point of a diamond,
you walketh after the perverseness of graven upon the table of their heart,
it is
his evil heart, so as not to hearken to upon the horns of their altars.
tue. 2 When their children shall remember
13 So I will cast you forth out of this their altars, and their groves, and theil
'
..nd, into a land which you kwow not, nor green trees upon the high mountains,

rour fathers and there you shall serve

: 3 Sacrificing in the field I will give thy :

i Supra 5. 19 ^Supra7.36i
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Trust in God JEREMIAS Observing the Sabbath

strength, and all thy treasures to the 15 Behold they say to me Where : is the
spoil, and thy high places for sin in all word of the Lord ? let it come.
thy borders. 16 And I amnot troubled, following thee
4 And thou shalt be left stripped of thy for my pastor, and
I have not desired tho
inheritance, which I gave thee and I will : day of man, thou knowest. That which
make thee serve thy enemies in a land went out of my lips, hath been ri/^ht in
which thou knowest not: because thou thy sight.
hast kindled a fire in my wrath, it shall 17 Be not thou a terror unto me, thou
burn for over. art my hope in the day of aflliction.
6 Thus saith the Lord : ^ Cursed be the 18 Let them be confounded that perse-
man that trusteth in man, and maketh cute me, and let not me be confounded:
flesh hisarm, and whose heart departeth let them be afraid, and let not me be
from the Lord. afraid bring upon them the day of aflaic-
:

6 ' For he shall be like tamaric in the
desert, and he shall not see when good
shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness
in the desert in a salt land, and not in-
habited.
7 Blessed be the man that trusteth in
the Lord, and the Lord shall be his con-
fidence.
tion, and with a double destruction, de-
stroy them.
19 Thus saith the Lord to me : Go, and
stand in the gate of the children of the
people, by which the kings of Juda come
in, and go out, and in all the gates of
Jerusalem
20 And thou shalt say to them Hear :

8 "*And he be as a tree that is

shall the word of the Lord, ye kings of Juda,
planted by the waters, that spreadeth and all Juda, and all the inhabitants of
out its roots towards moisture: and it Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates.
shall not fear when the heat cometh. 21 Thus saith the Lord Take heed to :

And the leaf thereof shall be green, and
in the time of drought it shall not be
solicitous, neither shall it cease at
time to bring forth fruit.
9 The heart is perverse above all things,
and unsearchable, who can k>iow it?
your souls, and carry no burdens on the
sabbath day : and bring them not in by
any the gates of Jerusalem,
22 And do not bring burdens out of your
houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye
any work sanctify the sabbath day, as
:

10 I am the Lord ^* who search the heart, I commanded your fathers.

and prove the reins: who give to every 23 But they did not hear, nor incUne
one according to his way, and according their ear but hardened their neck, that :

to the fruit of his devices. they might not hear me, and might not
11 As the partridge hath hatched eggs receive instruction.
which she did not lay so is he that hath 24 Audit shall come to pass if you will
: :

gathered riches, and not by right in the hearken to me, saith the Lord, to bring
:

midst of his days he shall leave them, in no burdens by the gates of this city on
and in his latter end he shall be a fool. the sabbath day and if you will sanctify i

12 A high and glorious throne from the the sabbath day, to do no work therein
beginning is the place of our sanctifica- 25 Then shall there onter in by the gates
tion: of this city kings and princec, citting upon
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel: all that the throne of David, and riding in chari-
forsake thee shall be confounded: they ots and on horses, they and their princes,
that depart from thee, shall be written in the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of
the earth: because they have forsaken Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhab-
the Lord, the vein of living waters. ited for evero
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be 26 And they shall come from the citi©,/
healed: save me, and I shall be saved: of Juda, and from the places round about
for thou art my praise. Jerusalem, and from tho land of Benja-
k Isa. 30. 2, and 31. 1 ; Infra 48. 7. m Ps. 1. 3.
I Infra 48. 6. n 1 Kings 16. 7 ; Ps. 7. 10 ; Apoc. 2. 23.

Chap. 17. Ver. 6. Tamaric. A

l)arren shrub from malice or desire of revenge but as prophetic :

that grows in the driest parts of the wilderness.
Ver. 18. Let them be confounded, &c. Such ex-
pressions as these in the writings of the prophets,
are not to be understood as imprecations proceeding
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predictions of evils that were about to fall upoi.
impenitent sinners, vjid approbations of tio uays ol
divine justice.
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The clay and the potter JEREMIAS The prophet*s prayer

min, and from tho plains, and from the his ovil way, and make ye your ways and
mountains, and from the south, bringing your doinga good.
holocausts, and victimo, and sacrifices, 12 And they said We have no hopes: :

and frankincense, and they shall bring in for we will go after our own thoughts,
an offering into the house of the Lord. and we will do overy one according to
27 But if you will not hearken to me, to the perversenesa of his evil heart.
sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Ask
burdens, and not to bring them in by the among the n.itions Who hath heard such :

gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day I horrible things, as tho virgin of Israel
:

will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and hath dono to excess V
it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, 14 Shall ohe snow of Libanus fail from
and it shall not be quenched. the rock of the field ? or can the cold wa-
ters that gush out and run down, be taken
CHAPTER 18. away?
/is 16 Because my people havo forgotten
clay in the hand of the potter^ so is Israel in
GofVs hand. He pardoneth penitents^ and punish-
me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbhng in
cth tho obstinate. They conspire against Jeremias^
their ways, in ancient pathn, to walk by
/or which he denounceth to them the miseries that
hang over them. them in a way not trodden :

THE word that came to Jeremias from 16 '"That their land might be given up
the Lord, saying: to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing;
2 Arise, and go down into the potter's every one that shall pass by it, shall be
house, and there thou shalt hear my words. astonished, and wag his head.
3 And I went down into the potter's 17 As a burning wind will I scatter them
house, and behold he was doing a work before the enemy I will shew them tho :

on tho wheel. back, and not the face, in the day of

1- Ancl the vessel was broken which he their destruction.
wao making of clay with his hands and 18 And they said Come, and let us in-
: :

iurninfv he made another vessel, as it vent devices against Jeremias for the :

jeemed good in his eyes to make it. law shall not perish fi'om the priest, nor
5 Then the word of the Lord came to counsel from the wise, nor the word from
me, saying the prophet come, and let us strike him :

6 ° Cannot I do with you, as this potter, with tho tongue, and let us give no heed
O house of Israel, saith the Lord? behold to all hi^, words.
as clay is in the hand of the potter, so 19 Give heed to me, O Lordj and hear
are you in my hand, O house of Israel. the voice of my adversaries.
7 I will suddenly speak against a na- 20 Shall evil be rendered for good, be»
tion, and against a kingdom, ^to root cause they have digged a pit for mj
out, and to pull down, and to destroy it. soul? Remember that I have stood in
8 If that nation against which I have thy sight, to speak good for them, and
spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also to turn away thy indignation from them.
will repent of the evil that I have 21 Therefore deliver up their children
thought to do to them. to famine, and bring them into the hands
9 And I will suddenly speak of a nation of the sword let their wives be bereaved :

and of a kingdom, to build up and plant of childron and widows and let their :

it. husbands bo elain by death: let their

10 If it shall do evil in my sight, that it young men bo stabbed with the sword in
obey not my voice : I will repent of the battle.
good that I have spoken to do untc it. 22 Let a cry be heard out of theii
11 Now therefore teU the men ot Juda, houses for thou shalt bring the robber :

and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: upon them suddenly because they have :

Thus saith the Lord Behold I frame evil digged 9 pit to take me, and have hid
:

against you, and devise a device against snares for my feet.

yon: 9 let every man of you return from 23 But thou, O Lord, knowest all their
o Isa. 45. 9 Kom. 9. 20.
; — p Supra 1. 10. Jonas 3. 9.
q 4 Kings 17. 13 ; Infra 25. 5, and 35. 15 r Infra 19. 8, and 49. 13, and 50. 13,

Chap. 18. Ver. 20. Remember^ &c.

This is Jews, and prophetically denouncing the evils that
'poken in the person of Christ, persecuted by the should fall upon them io puoishment of their criine£:
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Destruction of the Jews JEREMIAS The potter*s vessel

counsel against me nnto dea>tb : forgive Aud il will feed them with the flesh of
not their iniquity, and let not their sin thoir cons, and with the flosh of their
bo blotted out from thy sight let them : daughters : and they shall eat every one
oe overthrown before thy eyes, in the the flesh of his friend in the siege, and
time of thy wrath do thou destroy ttienL in the distress wherewith their enemies,
CHAPTER 19.
and they that seek their lives, shall
straiten them,
Under the type of breaking a potter^o vessel, the pro-
phet foresheweth the desolation of tho Jews for 10 And thou shalt break the bottle in
their sins, the sight of the men that shall go with
THUS saith the Lord Go, and take a
potter's earthen boCtl©, and lake of
: thee.
11 And thou shalt say to them: Thug
the ancients of the people, and of the saith the Lord of hosts: Even so will I
ancients of the priests break this people, and this city, as the
2 And go forth into the valley of the potter's vessel is broken, which cannot
son of Ennom, which ie by the entry of be made whole again: and they shall bo
the earthen gate : and there thou shalt buried in Topheth, because there is ao
proclaim the words that I shall teU thee. other place to bury in.
3 And thou shalt say: Hear the word 12 Thus will I do to this place, saith the
of the Lord, O ye kings of Juda, and ye Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof:
inhabitants of Jerusalem : Thus saith tho and i will make this city as Topheth.
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel : Behold 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and
I will bring an affliction upon this place the houses of the kings of Juda shall
so that whosoever shall hear it, his ears be unclean as the place of Topheth: all
shall tingle the houses upon whose roofs they have
4 Because they have forsaken me, and sacrificed to all the host of heaven,
have profaned this place and have : and have poured out drink offerings to
sacrificed therein to strange gods, whom strange gods.
neither they nor their fathers knew, nor 14 Then Jeremias came from Topheth,
the kings of Juda: and they have filled whither the Lord had sent him to pro-
this place with the blood of innocents. phesy, and he stood in the court of the
5 And they have built the high places house of the Lord, and said to all the
oi Baalim, to burn their children with people
^'G for a holocaust to Baalim : which I 15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the
did not command, nor speak of, neither God of Israel: Behold I will bring in
did it once come into mind. my
upon this city, and upon all the cities
G Therefore behold the days come, saith thereof all the evils that I have spoken
fcho Lord, that this place shall no more against it : because they have hardened
be called Topheth, nor the valley of the their necks, that they might not hear
son of Ennom, but the valley of slaugh- words. my
ter. CHAPTER 20.
7 And I will defeat the coimoel of Judr, The prophet is persecuted: he denounces captivity
imd of Jerusalem in thic place: and I to his persecutors, and bemoans himself.

will destroy them with the sword ix? the Phassur the son of Emmer, the "VTOW
sight of their enemies, and by the handc JL^ priest, who was appointed chief in
of thorn that seek their lives: and I will the house of the Lord, heard Jeremias
give their carcasses to be meat lOr the prophesying these words.
fowls of the air, and for the beasts of 2 An Phassur struck Jeremias the pro-
the earth. phet, and put him in the stocks, that
8 ' And I will make this city an aston- were in the upper gate of Benjamin, in
ishment, and a hissing: every one that the house of the Lord.
shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and 3 And when it was light the next day,
shall hiss because of all the plagues Phassur brought Jeremias out of the
thereof. stocks. And Jeremias said to him The :

s Supra 18. 16 ; Infra 49. 13, and 50. 13.

Chap. Ver. 3. Phassur. Thio name signiii^js

20. Iv.denote the evils that should come upon him ll
increase and principality: and therefore is here punishment of his opposing the word of God,
otaaBged to Moffor-Misaabib, oi Fea/r on eve/i"u side: 1

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Jeremias* complaint to God JEREMIAS Jeremias* complaint to God

Lord hath not ealled thy name Phassur, ing reproach, which never shall be ef-
bat fear on every side. faced.
4 For thus saith the Lord Behold I will : 12 And thou, O Lord of hosts, ** prover
deliver thee up to fear, thee and all thy of the just, who seest the reins and the
friends and they shall fall by the sword
: heart: let me see, I beseech thee, thy
of their enemies, and thy eyes shall see vengeance on them : for to thee I have
if, and I will give all Juda into the hand laid open my oause.
of the king of Babylon: and he shall 13 Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord
carry them away to Babylon, and shall because he hath delivered the soul of the
strike them with the sword. poor out of the hand of the wicked.
5 And I will the substance of
give all 14 '^ Cursed be the day wherein I was
this city, and labour, and every
all its born : let not the day in which my mo-
precious thing thereof, and all the trea- ther bore me, be blessed.
sures of the kings of Juda will I give 15 Cursed be the man that brought the
into the hands of their enemies: and tidings to my father, saying : man child A
they shall pillage them, and take them is born to thee: and made him greatly
away, and carry them to Babylon. rejoice.
6 But thou Phassur, and all that dwell 16 Let that man be as the cities which
in thy house, shall go into captivity, and
the Lord hath overthrown, and hath not
thou shalt go to Babylon, and there thou repented let him hear a cry in the
:

morning, and howling at noontide

Shalt die, and there thou shalt be buried, :

thou and all thy friends, to whom thou 17 Who slew me not from the womb,
hast prophesied a lie. that my mother might have been my
7 Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and grave, and her womb an everlasting con-
I am deceived: thou hast been stronger ception.
than I, and thou hast prevailed. I am 18 Why camo I out of the womb, to see
become a laughing-stock all the day, all labour and sorrow, and that my days
scoff at me. should be spent in confusion?
8 For I am speaking now this long time,
crying out against iniquity, and I often CHAPTER 21.
proclaim devastation: and the word of The prophet's answer to the messengers of Sedecias,
the Lord is made a reproach to me, and when Jerusalem was besieged.
a derision all the day.
9 Then I said I will not make mention
:
THE
the
word that came to Jeremias
Lord, when king Sedecias sent
from

of him, nor speak any more in his name
and there came in my heart as a burn-
ing fire, shut up in my bones, and I was
wearied, not being able to bear it.
10 For I heard the reproaches of many,
and terror on every side Persecute him,
and let us persecute him: from all the
men that were my familiars, and contin-
ued at my side if by any means he may
: 3 And Jeremias said to them
unto him Phassur, the son of Melchias,
and Sophonias, the son of Maasias the
priest, saying
2 Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nabu-
chodonosor king of Babylon maketh war
: against us: if so be the Lord will deal
with us according to all his wonderful
works, that he may depart from us.
Thus :

be deceived, and we may prevail against shall you say to Sedecias

him, and be revenged on him. 4 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel
11 But the Lord is with me as a strong Behold back the weapons of
I will turn
warrior: therefore they that persecute war that are in your hands, and with
me shall fall, and shall be weak: they which you fight against the king of Bab-
shall be greatly confounded, * because ylon, and the Chaldeans, that besiege
they have not understood the everlast- you round about the walls and I will :

t Infra 23. 40. u Supra 11- 20, and 17. 10. — v Job 3. 3.

Ver. 7. Thou hast deceived, &c. The meaning of
the prophet, is not to charge God with any untruth
but what lie calls deceiving, was only the conceal-
ing from him, when he accepted of the prophetical
commission, the greatness of the evils which the
execution of that commission was to bring upon
him.
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Ver. 12. Let me see, &c. This prayer proceeded
not from hatred or ill will, but zeal of justice.
Ver. 14. Cursed be the day, &c. In these, and the
following words of the prophet, there is a certain
figure of speech to express with more energy the
greatness of the eyils to which his birth bad exposed
him.
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The captivity foretold JEREMIAS Promises and threats

gather them together in the midst of this 14 But I will visit upon you according
city. to the fruit of your doings, saith the
5 And I myself will fight against you Lord and I will kindle a fire in the forest
:

with an outstretched hand, and with a thereof: and it shall devour all things
strong arm, and in fury, and in indigna- round about it.
tion, and in great wrath.
6 And I will strike the inhabitants of
CHAPTER 22.
An exhortation both to king and people to return to
this city, men and beasts shall die of a God. The sentence of God upon Joachaz, Joakim^
great pestilence. and Jechonias.
7 And after this, saith the Lord, I will
give Sedecias the king of Juda, and his
THUS
saith the Lord Go down to the
house of the king of Juda, and there
:

servants, and his people, and such as are thou shalt speak this word,
left in this city from the pestilence, and 2 And thou shalt say: Hear the word
the sword, and the famine, into the hand of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sittest
of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, upon the throne of David: thou and thy
and into the hand of their enemies, and servants, and thy people, who enter in
into the hand of them that seek their life, by these gates.
and he shall strike them with the odgo 3 Thus saith the Lord y Execute judg- :

of the sword, and he shall not be moved ment and justice, and deliver him that
to pity, nor spare them, nor shew mercy is oppressed out of the hand of the op-
to them. pressor and afflict not the stranger, the :

8 And to this people thou shalt say: fatherless, and the widow, nor oppress
Thus saith the Lord : Behold I set before them unjustly: and shed not innocent
you the way of life, and the way of death. blood in this place.
9 ^ He that shall abide in this city, shall 4 For if you will do this thing indeed,
die by the sword, and by the famine, and then shall there enter in by the gates of
by the pestilence : but he that shall go this house, kings of the race of David
out and flee over to the Chaldeans, that sitting upon his throne, and riding in
besiege you, shall live, and his life shall chariots and on horses, they and their
be to him as a spoil. servants, and their people.
10 For I have set my face against this 5 But if you will not hearken to these
city for evil, and not for good, saith the words I swear by myself, saith the Lord,:

Lord : it shall be given into the hand of that this house shall become a desolation.
the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it 6 For thus saith the Lord to the house
with fire. of the king of Juda Thou art to me Gal- :

11 And to the house of the king of Juda aad the head of Libanus yet surely I :

Hear ye the word of the Lord, will make thee a wilderness, and cities
12 O house of David, thus saith the not habitable.
Lord: ^ Judge ye judgment in the morn- 7 And I will prepare against the© the
ing, and deliver him that is oppressed by destroyer and his weapons: and they
violence out of the hand of the oppres- shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and
sor : lest my indignation go forth like a shall cast them headlong into the fire.
fire, and be kindled, and there be none 8 And many nations shall pass by this
to quench it, because of the evil of your city and they shall say every man to
:

ways. his neighbour : ^ Why hath the Lord done

13 Behold I come to thee that dwellest so to this great city ?
in a valley upon a rock above a plain, 9 And they shall answer: Because they
saith the Lord : and you say Who shall : have forsaken the covenant of the Lord
strike us ? and who shall enter into our their God, and have adored otrange gods,
houses ? and served them.
w Infra 38. 2.—x Infra 22. 3. y Supra 21. 12. — 2 Deut. 29. 24 ; 3 Kings 9. 8.

Chap. 21. Ver. 13. To thee that dwellest, &c. Ver. 6. Galaad the head of Libanvs. By Galaad,
He speaks to Jerusalem, confiding in the strength a rich and fruitful country, is here signified the royal
of her situation upon roclcs, surrounded with a deep palace of the kings of the house of David by Liba- :

valley. nus, a high mountain abounding in cedar trees, tli«

Chap. 22. Ver. 1. Oo down, &c. The contents populous city of Jerusalem.
of this chapter are ofa more ancient date than those Ver, 7. Prepare. Literally, aano*%/V»
of the foregoing chapter for the order of time is not
:

Always observed in tlie writings of the prophets.

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Judgment on Sellum and JoaHm »JEREM IAS Jvdgment upon Jechaaias

10 Weep not for him that is dead, nor and thy lovers shall go into captivity
bemoan him with your tears lament him and then shalt thou be confounded, and
:

that goeth away, for he shall retm'n no ashamed of all thy wickedness.
more, nor see his native country. 23 Thou that sittest in Libanus, and
11 For thus saith the Lord to Sellum makest thy nest in the cedars, how hast
the son of Josias the king of Juda, who thou mourned when sorrows came upon
reigned instead of his father, who went thee, as the pains of a woman in labour?
forth out of this place He shall return
: 24 As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias
hither no more the son of Joakim the king of Juda were
12 But in the place, to which I have a ring on my right hand, I would pluck
removed him, there shall he die, and he him thence.
shall not see this land any more. 25 And I will give thee into the hand of
13 Woe to him that buildeth up his them that seek thy life, and into the
house by injustice, and his chambers not hand of them whose face thou fearest,
in judgment: that will oppress his friend and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor
without cause, and will not pay him his king of Babylon, and into the hand of
wages. the Chaldeans.
14 Who saith I will build me a wide
: 26 And I will send thee, and thy mother
house, and large chambers who openeth : that bore thee, into a strange country, in
to himself windows, and maketh roofs of which you were not born, and there you
cedar, and painteth them with vermilion. shall die
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou com- 27 And they shall not return into the
parest thyself to the cedar ? did not thy land, whereunto they lift up their mind
father eat and drink, and do judgment to return thither.
and justice, and it was then well with 28 Is this man Jechonias an earthen and
him? a broken vessel ? is he a vessel wherein
16 He judged the cause of the poor and is no pleasure? why are they cast out,
needy for his own good was it not he and his seed, and are cast into a land
:

therefore because he knew me, saith the which they know not ?
Lord? 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word
17 But thy eyes and thy heart are set of the Lord.
upon covetousness, and upon shedding 30 Thus saith the Lord: Write this man
innocent blood, and upon oppression, barren, a man that shall not prosper in
and running after evil works. his days for there shall not be a man of
:

18 Therefore thus saith the Lord con- his seed that shall sit upon the throne of
cerning Joakim the son of Josias king of David, and have power any more in Juda.
Juda They shall not mourn for him,
:

Alas, my brother, and, Alas, sister they :

CHAPTER 23.
shall not lament for him, Alas, my lord, God reproves evil governors and promises to send ;
good pastors; and Christ himself the prince of
or, Alas, the noble one. the pastors. He inveighs against false prophets
19 He shall be buried with the burial of preaching without being sent.
an ass, rotten and cast forth "^ without
the gates of Jerusalem.
WOE
^to the pastors, that destroy
and tear the sheep of my pasture,
20 Go up to Libanus, and cry and lift saith the Lord.
:

up thy voice in Basan, and cry to them 2 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God
that pass by, for all thy lovers are de- of Israel to the pastors that feed my peo-
stroyed. ple: You have scattered my flock, and
21 I spoke to thee in thy prosperity: driven them away, and have not visited
and thou saidst I will not hear this them: behold I will visit upon you for
: :

hath been thy way from thy youth, be- the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
cause thou hast not heard my voice. 3 And I will gather together the rem-
22 The wind shall feed all thy pastors, nant of my flock, out of all the lands into
a Infra 36. 30. ft Ezech. 13. 3, and 34. 2.
Ver. 10.Weej) not for him that is dead, &c. He Ver. 30. Write this m,an barren. That is, child.
means the good king Josias, who by death was taken less not that he had no children, but that his chil-
away, so as not to see the miseries of his country. — :

dreu should never sit oa tbe throne of Juda.

Ibid. Him that goeth away, viz., SeMum,^ alias
Joacbaz, who was carried captive into Egypt

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Christ is 'promised JEREMIAS The false prophets

which T have cast them out: and I will man should return from his evil doings
make them return to their own fields, they are all l^ecome unto me as Sodom,
and they shall increase and be multiplied. and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha,
4 ^ And I will set up pastors over them, 15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts
and they shall feed them they shall fear : to the prophets: Behold I will feed them
S'

no more, and they shall not be dismayed: with wormwood, and will give them gall
and none shall be wanting of their num- to drink for from the prophets of Jeru-
:

ber, saith the Lord. salem corruption is gone forth into all
6 *^ Behold the days come., saith the the land.
Lord, and I will raise up to David a just 16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ^ Heark- :

branch: and a king shall reign, and shall en not to the words of the prophets that
be wise and shall execute judgment and
: prophesy to you, and deceive you they :

justice in the earth. speak a vision of their own heart, and

6 In those ^days shall Juda be saved, not out of the mouth of the Lord.
and Israel shall dwell confidently: and 17 They say to them that blaspheme
this is the name that they shall call him me The Lord hath said * You shall have
: :

The Lord our just one. peace and to every one that walketh in
:

7 Therefore behold the days come, saith the perverseness of his own heart, they
the Lord, and they shall say no more have said No evil shall come upon you.
:

The Lord hveth, who brought up the 18 For who hath stood in the counsel
children of Israel out of the land of of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his
Egypt: word? Who hath considered his word
8 But, ^The Lord liveth, who hath and heard it?
brought out, and brought hither the seed 19 Behold the whirlwind of the Lord's
•?

of the house of Israel from the land of indignation shall come forth, and a tem-
the north, and out of all the lands, to pest shall break out and come upon the
which I had cast them forth: and they head of the wicked.
shall dwell in their own land. 20 The wrath of the Lord shall not re-
9 To the prophets : My heart Is broken turn till he execute it, and till he accom-
within me, all my bones tremble : I am plish the thought of his heart: in the
become as a drunken man, and as a man latter days you shall understand his
full of wine, at the presence of the Lord, counsel.
and at the presence of his holy words. 21 I did not send prophets, yet they '^

10 Because the land is full of adulterers, ran: I have not spoken to them, yet
because the land hath mourned by reason they prophesied.
of cursing, the fields of the desert are 22 If they had stood in my counsel, and
dried up and their course is become had made my words known to my peo-
:

evil, and their strength unlike. ple, I should have turned them from their
11 For the prophet and the priest are evil way, and from their wicked doings.
defiled: and in my house I have found 23 Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith
their wickedness, saith the Lord. the Lord, and not a God afar off?
12 Therefore their way shall be as a 24 Shall a man be hid in secret places,
slippery way in the dark for they shall and I not see him, saith the Lord ? do not
:

be driven on, and fall therein for I will I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord ?
:

bring evils upon them, the year of their 25 I have heard what the prophets said,
visitation, saith the Lord. that prophesy lies in my name, and say:
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal, and 26 How long shall this be in the heart
deceived my people Israel. of the prophets that prophesy lies, and
14 And I have seen the likeness of adul- that prophesy the delusions of their own
terers, and the way of lying in the pro- heart?
phets of Jerusalem: and they strength- 27 Who seek to make my people forget
ened the hands of the wicked, that no my name through their dreams, which

c Supra 3. 16. g Supra 9.15.— h Infra 27. 9, and 29. 8.

d Isa. 4. 2, and 40. 11, and 45. 8 ; Infra 33. 14; i Supra 5. 12, and 14. 13.
Ezech. 34. 10, 11 ; Dan. 9. 24 : John L 46. j Infra 30. 14.
o Deut 33. 2ft.—/Supra 1& 14. 4; Infra 27. !£• and 2d. 9L
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God is against the false prophets JEREMTAS The good and the had figs
they tell every man to his neighbour : as and the city which I gave to you, and to
their fathers forgot my name for Baal. your fathers, out of ray presence.
28 The prophet that hath a dream, let 40 And I will bring an everlasting re-
^

him tell a dream and he that hath my

: proach upon you, and a perpetual shame
word, let him speak my word with truth which shall never be forgotten.
what hath the chaff to do with the wheat,
saith the Lord?
CHAPTER 24.
Under the type of good and bad figs, he foretells the
29 Are not my words as a fire, saith the restoration of the Jews that had been carried
Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh away cajttive with Jechonias, and the desolation
the rock in pieces ? of those that were left behind.
30 Therefore behold I am against the
prophets, saith the Lord who steal my
THE
Lord shewed me and behold two
baskets full of figs, set before the
:
:

words every one from his neighbour. temple of the Lord: after that "*Nabu-
31 Behold I am against the prophets, chodonosor king of Babylon had carried
saith the Lord : who use their tongues, away Jechonias the son of Joakim the
and say The Lord saith it.
: king of Juda, and his chief men, and the
32 Behold I am against the prophets craftsmen, and engravers of Jerusalem,
that have lying dreams, saith the Lord and had brought them to Babylon.
and tell them, and cause my people to 2 One basket had very good figs, like
err by their lying, and by their wonders the figs of the first season : and the other
when I sent them not, nor commanded basket had very bad figs, which could
them, who have not profited this people not be eaten, because they were bad.
at all, saith the Lord. 3 And the Ix)rd said to me What seest :

33 If therefore this people, or the pro- thou, Jeremias? And I said: Figs, the
phet, or the priest shall ask thee, saying good figs, very good: and the bad figs,
What is the burden of the Lord? thou very bad, which cannot be eaten because
ghalt say to them : You are the burden they are bad.
for I will cast you away, saith the Lord. 4 And the word of the Lord came to
34 And as for the prophetj and the me, saying:
priest, and the people that shall say 5 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel:
The burden of the Lord: I will visit Like these good figs, so will I regard the
upon that man, and upon his house. captives of Juda, whom I have sent forth
35 Thus shall you say every one tc his out of this place into the land of the
neighbour, and to hie brother: What Ohaldeans, for their good.
hath the Lord answered? and whaij hath 6 And I will set my eyea upon them to
the Lord spoken? be pacified, and I will bring them again
36 And the burden oi the Lord shall be into this land and I will build them up, :

mentioned no more, for every man's and not pull them down and I will plant :

word shall be his burden for you have them, and not pluck them up.
:

perverted the words of the living God, 7 And I will give them a heart to know
•f the Lord of hosts our God. me, that I am the Lord and they shall :
''*

87 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet be my people, and I will be their God:
What hath the Lord answered thee ? and because they shall return to me with
what hath the Lord spoken? their whole heart.
38 But if you shall say The burden of 8 ^ And as the very bad figs, that cannot
:

the Lord therefore thus saith the Lord be eaten, because they are bad: thus
:

Because you have said this word: The saith the Lord : So will I give Sedecias
burden of the Lord and I have sen* to the king of Juda, and his princes, and
:

you, saying Say not, The burden of the the residue of Jerusalem, that have re-
:

Lord: mained in this city, and that dwell in the

39 Therefore behold I will take you land of Egypt.
away carrying you, and will forsake yon, 9 And I will deliver them up to vexation,
I Supra 20. 11. — m B. C. 59S. n Snpra 7. 23 ; Infra 28 6. —o Infra 29. 17.
Chap. 23. Ver. 34. Burden of the Lord. This lieving people, who ridiculed tlie repeated threats c
expression is here rejected and^isallowed, at least Jeremias undei the name of hi? burdens.
for those times because it was then used in mock-
: Ver, 39. O-ut of waj presence. That is, the Lord
VTi ?,ud contempt by the false prophets, and unbe- declart-s that out of his presence he will cast them,
and bnnji tiiera *x> captivity for thei^ transgressions,
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Obstinacy of the Jews JEREMIAS The seventy years* Goptmty

and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the thereof, and against all the nations that
earth to be a reproach, and a byword, are round about it: and I will destroy
:

and a proverb, and to be a curse in all them, and make them an astonishment
places, to which I have cast them out. and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10 And I will send among them the 10 And I will take away from them the
sword, and the famine, and the pesti- voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,
lence till they be consumed out of the the voice of the bridegroom, and the
:

land which I gave to them, and their voice of the bride, the sound of the mill,
fathers. and the light of the lamp.
11 * And all this land shall be a desola-
CHAPTER 25. tion, and an astonishment: and all these
The prophet foretells the seventy years* captivity
and after that the destruction qf Babylon, and nations shall serve the king of Babylon
other nations. seventy years.
THE word that came to Jeremias con- 12 And when the seventy years shall be
cerning all the people of Juda, in expired, I will punish the king of Baby-
the P fourth year of Joakim the son of lon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for
Josias king of Juda, (the same is the first their iniquity, and the land of the Chal-
year of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, deans: and I will make it perpetual deso-
2 Which Jeremias the prophet spoke to lations.
all the people of Juda, and to all the in- 13 And I will bring upon that land all
habitants of Jerusalem, saying my words, that I have spoken against it,
3 From the thirteenth year of Josias all that is written in this book, all that
the son of Ammon king of Juda until Jeremias hath prophesied against all
this day; this is the three and twentieth nations
year, the word of the Lord hath come to 14 For they have served them, whereas
me, and I have spoken to you, rising be- they were many nations, and great kings
fore day, and speaking, and you have not and I will repay them according to their
hearkened. deeds, and according to the works of
4 And the Lord hath sent to you all his their hands.
servants the prophets, rising early, and 15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the
sending, and you have not hearkened, God of Israel Take the cup of wine of :

nor inclined your ears to hear. this fury at my hand: and thou shalt
6 When he said ^ Return ye, every
: one make all the nations to drink thereof,
from his evil way, and from your wicked unto which I shall send thee.
devices, and you shall dwell in the land 16 And they shall drink, and be troubled,
which the Lord hath given to you, and and be mad because of the sword, which
your fathers for ever and ever. I shall send among them.
6 And go not after strange gods to serve 17 And I took the cup at the hand of
them, and adore them: nor provoke me the Lord, and I presented it to all the
to wrath by the works of your hands, nations to drink of it, to which the Lord
and I will not afflict you. sent me
7 And you have not heard me, saith the 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of
Lord, that you might provoke me to Juda, and the kings thereof, and the
anger with the works of your hands, to princes thereof to make them a desola- :

your own hurt. tion, and an astonishment, and a hissing

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: and a curse, as it is at this day.
Because you have not heard my words 19 Pharao the king of Egypt, and his
9 Behold I will send, and take all the servants, and his princes, and all his
kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, people,
and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon 20 And all in general: all the kings of
my servant and I will bring them against the land of Ausitis, and all the kings of the
:

this land, and against the inhabitants land of the Philistines, and Ascalon, and

p B. C. 607. r 2 Par. 36. 22 ; 1 Esd. 1. 1 ; Infra 26. 6, and

q 4 Kings 17. 13 ; Supra 18. 11 ; Infra 35. 15. 29. 10 ; Dan. 9. 2.

Chap. 26. Ver. 9. My servant. So this wicked Yer. 12. Funiah. LiteraUy, vi«i£ upon.
king is here called because God made him his
;

Sostrument iu punishing the sins of his people.

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Destruction of the nations JEREMIAS Destruction of the nations

Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of 32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts Behold :

Azotus. evil shall go forth from nation to nation

21 And Edom, and Moab, and the chil- and a great whirlwind shall go forth fror»
dren of Ammon. the ends of the earth.
22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all 33 And the slain of the Lord shall be
the kings of Sidon: and the kings of the at that day from one end of the earth
land of the islands that are beyond the sea. even to the other end thereof they shall :

23 And Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and not be lamented, and they shall not be
all that have their hair cut round. gathered up, nor buried they shall lie :

24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all as dung upon the face of the earth.
the kings of the west, that dwell in the 34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and
desert. sprinkle yourselves with ashes, ye lead-
25 And all the kings of Zambri, and all ers of the flock: for the days of your
the kings of Elam, and all the kings of slaughter and your dispersion are accom-
the Medes: plished, and you shall fall like precious
26 And all the kings of the north far vessels.
and near, every one against his brother: 35 And the shepherds shall have no way
and all the kingdoms of the earth, which to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to
are upon the face thereof and the king save themselves. :

of Sesac shall drink after them. 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds,
27 And thou shalt say to them: Thus and a howling of the principal of the
Baith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel flock because the Lord hath wasted their :

Drink ye, and be drunken, and vomit: pastures.

a^d fall, and rise no more, because of the 37 And the fields of peace have been
sword, which I shall send among you. silent because of the fierce anger of the
28 And if they refuse to take the cup Lord.
at thy hand to drink, thou shalt say to 38 He hath forsaken his covert as the
them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: lion, for the land is laid waste because
Drinking you shall drink: of the wrath of the dove, and because of
29 * For behold I begin to bring evil on the fierce anger of the Lord.
the city wherein my name is called upon
and shall you be as innocent and escape CHAPTER 26.
free ? you shall not escape free for I The prophet is appi-ehended and accused by the
:

will call for the sword upon all the in- priests but discharged by the princes. :

habitants of the oarth, saith the Lord of ^the beginning of the reign of
hosts. Joakim the son of Josias king of
IN
30 And thou shalt prophesy unto them Juda, came this word from the Lord,
all these words, and thou shalt say to saying
them * The Lord shall roar from on high, 2 Thus saith the Lord Stand in the
: :

and shall utter his voice from his holy court of the house of the Lord, and speak
habitation: roaring he shall roar upon to all the cities of Juda, out of which
the place of his beauty the shout as it they come, to adore in the house of the
:

were of them that tread grapes shall be Lord, all the words which I have com-
given out against all the inhabitants of manded thee to speak unto them leave :

the earth. not out one word.

31 The noise is come even to the ends 3 If so be they will hearken and be con-
of the earth for the Lord entereth into verted every one from his evil way that
: ;

judgment with the nations he entereth I may repent me of the evil that I think
:

into judgment with all flesh the wicked to do unto them for the wickedness of
;

I have delivered up to the sword, saith their doings.

the Lord. 4 And thou shalt say to them Thus :

s 1 Peter 4 . 17. — t Joel 3. 16 ; Amos 1. 2. u B. C. 610.

Ver. 26. Sesac. That is, Babel, or Babylon which
after bringing all these people under her yoke, should
quickly fall and be destroyed herself.
Ver. 38. The dove. This is commonly understood
of Nabucho<1onos<Mr, whose military standard, it is
said, was a dove. But the Hebrew word Jonah» which
; is here rendered a dove, may also signify a waster or
oppressor, which name better agrees to that unmer-
ciful prince; or by comparison, as a dove's flight is
the swiftest, so would their destruction come upon
them.

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The prophet apprehended JEREMIAS He is acquitted

saith the Lord If you will not hearken thereof. For in truth the Lord sent me
: I

to me to walk in my law, which I have to you, to speak all these words in your I

given you hearing.

5 To give ear to the wordo of my ser- 16 Then the princes, and all the people
vants the prophets, whom I sent to you said to the priests, and to the prophets
rising up early and sending, and you There is no judgment of death for this
:

have not hearkened: man: for he hath spoken to us in the

6^1 will make this house like Silo name of the Lord our God.
^ and I will make this city a curse to all 17 And some of the ancients of the land
the nations of the earth. rose up: and they spoke to all the as-
7 And the priests, and the prophets, sembly of the people, saying
and all the people heard Jeremias speak- 18 Micheas of Morasthi was a prophet
ing these words in the house of the in the days of Ezechias king of Juda, and
Lord. he spoke to all the people of Juda, say-
8 And when Jeremias had made an end ing : Thus
saith the Lord of hosts : " Sion
of speaking all that the liOrd had com- shall be ploughed like a field, and Jeru-
manded him to speak to all the people, salem shall be a heap of stones : and the
the priests, and the prophets, and all the mountain of the house the high places
people laid hold on him, saying: Let him "
of woods.
be put to death. 19 Did Ezechias king of Juda, and all
9 Why hath he prophesied in the name Juda, condemn him to death ? did they
of the Lord, saying This house shall be : not fear the Lord, and beseech the face
like Silo; and this city shall be made of the Lord: and the Lord repented of
desolate, without an inhabitant? And all the evil that he had spoken against
the people were gathered together them? therefore we are doing a great
against Jeremias in the house of the evil against our souls.
Lord. 20 Thero was also a man that prophe-
10 And the princes of Juda heard these sied in the name of the Lord, Urias the
words: and they went up from the king's son of Semei of Cariathiarim and he :

house into the house of the Lord, and sat prophesied against this city, and against
in the entry of the new gate of the house this land, according to all the words of
of the Lord. Jeremias.
11 And the priests and the prophets 21 And Joakim, and all his men in
spoke to the princes, and to all the peo- power, and his princes heard these words:
ple, saying The judgment of death is for
: and the king sought to put him to death.
this man because he hath prophesied
: And Urias heard it, and was afraid, and
against this city, as you have heard with fled and went into Egypt.
your ears. 22 And king Joakim sent men into
12 Then Jeremias spoke to all the Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achobor, and
princes, and to all the people, saying men with him into Egypt.
"'The Lord sent me to prophesy concern- 23 And they brought Urias out of Egypt:
ing this house, and concerning this city and brought him to king Joakim, and he
allthe words that you have heard. slew him with the sword and he cast :

13 ^Now therefore amend your ways, his dead body into the graves of the com-
and yoiu* doings, and hearken to the mon people,
voice of the Lord your God and the : 24 So the hand of Ahicam the son of
Lord will repent him of the evil that he Saphan was with Jeremias, that he should
hath spoken against you. not be delivered into the hands of the
14 But as for me, behold I am in your people, to put him to death.
hands : do with me what is good and
right in your eyes CHAPTER 27.
15 But know ye, and understand, that The prophet sends chains to divers kings, signify-
if you put me to death, you will shed in- ing that they must bend their necks under the yoke
nocent blood against your own selves, of the king of Babylon. The vessels of the temple
shall not be brought back till all the rest are car-
and against this city, and the inhabitants ried away.
V 1 Kings 4. 2 and lo. — w Supra 7. 13. y Suora 7. 3.
X Supra 25. 11» « Mich. 3. 12.
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The yoke of Babylon JEREMIAS The false prophets

®the beginning of the reign of them remain in their own land, saith the
IN Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, Lord and they shall till it, and dwell in
:

this word came to Jeremias from fche it.

Lord, saying: 12 And I spoke to Sedecias the king of
2 Thus saith the Lord tome: Make thee Juda according to all these words, say-
bands, and chains: and thou shalt put ing; Bend down your necks under the
them on thy neck. yoke of tho liing of Babylon, and serve
3 And thou shalt send them to the king him, and his pGoplo, and you shall live.
of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and 13 Why will you die, thou and thy peo»
to the king of the children of Ammon, pie by the sword, and by famine, and by
and to the king of Tyre, and to the !iing the pestilence, as the Lord hath spokea
of Sidom by the hand of the messengero against the nation that will not serve
:

that are come to Jerusalem to Sedecias the king of Babylon?

the king of Juda. 14 Hearken not to the words of the pro-
4 And thou shalt command them to pheta that say to you You shall not serve :

speak to their masters: Thus saith the the king of Babylon : for they tell you a
Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Thus lie.
shall you say to your masters: 15 ^ For I have not sent them, saith tho
6 I made the earth, and the men, and Lord: and they prophesy in my name
the beasts that njce upon tho face of tho falsely: to drive you out, and that you
earth, by my great power, and by my may perish, both you, and the prophets
stretched out arm: and I have given it to that prophesy to you.
whom it seemed good in my eyes. 16 I spoke also to the priests, and to
6 And now I have given all these lands this people, saying Thus saith the Lord :

into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king Hearken not to the words of your ppo-
of Babylon my servant: moreover also pheto, that prophesy to you, saying: Be-
the beasts of the field I have given him hold the vessels of tho Lord shall now in
to serve him. a ohorfc time bo brought again from Baby-
7 And all nations shall serve him, and lon : for ohey prophesy a lie unto you.
his son, and his son's son: till the time 17 Therefore hearken not to them, but
come for his land and himself: and many serve the king of Babylon, that you may
nations and great kings shall serve live. Why should thi£; city bo given up
him. to desolation ?
8 But the nation and kingdom that will 18 But if they be prophets, and the
not serve Nabuchodonosor king of Baby- word of the Lord be in them: let them
lon, and whosoever will not bend his interpose themselves before the Lord of
neck under the yoke of the king of Baby- hosts, that the vessels which were left in
lon I will visit upon that nation with the house of tho Lord, and in the house
:

the sword, and with famine, and with of the king of Juda, and in Jerusalem,
pestilence, saith the Lord till I consume may not go to Babylon.
:

them by his hand. 19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts ^ to

9 ^ Therefore hearken not to your pro- the pillars, and to tho sea, and to the
phets, and diviners, and dreamers, and [:>ases, and to the rest of the vessels that
soothsayers, and sorcerers, that say to remain in this city
you: You shall not serve the king of 20 Which Nabuchodonosor the king of
Babylon. Babylon did not take, when he carried
10 For they prophesy lies to you : to away Jechonias the son of Joakim the
remove you far from your country, and king of Juda, from Jerusalem to Babylon,
cast you out, and to make you perish. and all the great men of Juda and Jeru-
11 But the nation that shall bend down salem.
their neck under the yoke of the king of 21 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the
Babylon, and shall serve him I will let God of Israel, to the vessels that are left
:

aB. C. 610. c Supra 14. 14, and 23. 21 ; Infra 29. 9.

b Supra 23. 16 ; Infra 29. 8. d 4 Kings 25. 13.
Cha p. 27. Ver. i. Joakim. This revelation was Ver. 7. 7/tsson, viz., Evilmerodach; and his son's
made to the prophet in the beginning of the reign of son, Nabonydus, or Nabonadius, the Baltassar ol
Joakim but the bands were not sent to the princes Daniel, chap. 6., and the last of the Chaldean Icings.
:

here named before the reign of Sedeciae, rer.d.

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The false prophecy of Hananias JEREMIAS Death of Hananias

ill the house of Ihe Lord, and in the house
of the king of Juda and Jerusalem:
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and
there they shall be until the day of their
visitation, saith the Lord: and I will
cause them to be brought, and to be re-
stored in this place.
prophet shall be known, whom the Lord
hath sent in truth.
10 And Hananias the prophet took the
chain from the neck of Jeremias the pro-
phet, and broke it.
11 And Hananias spoke in the presence
of all the people, saying: Thus saith the
Lord Even so will I break the yoke of :

CHAPTER 28. Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon

The false jyrophecy of Hananias he dies that same after two full years from off the neck of
:

7/ear, as Jeremias foretold.

all the nations.
AND it came
to pass in that year, in 12 And Jeremias the prophet went his.
lis.
J
J\. the beginning Ox the reign o* Sede- way. And the word of the Lord came to J
cias king of Juda, in the lourth year, in Jeremias, after that Hananias the pro-fl
-

the fifth month, that Hananias the son phet had broken the chain from off the
of Azur, a prophet of Grabaon spoke to neck of Jeremias the prophet, saying:
me, in the house of the Lord before the 13 Go, and tell Haiianias Thus saith the
:

priests, and all the people, saying Lord Thou hast broken chains of wood,
:

IJ Thus saith the Lord of liosts the God
of Israel I have broken the yoke of the
: iron.
ing of Babylon.
*.
3 As yet two years ol days, and I will
cause all the vessels of the houso of the
Lord to be brjur^^^c back into this place,
which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon
took away from this place, and carried
tjhem to Babylon.
4 And I will bring back to thic place
Jechonias the son of Joakim king of
Juda, and all the captives of Juda, that
are gone to Babylon, saith the Lord for
I will break the yoke oi" the king of
Babylon.
5 And Jeremias the prophet said to
Hananias the prophet in the presence of
the priests, and in the presence of all the
people that stood in the house of the
Lord:
6 And Jeremias the prophet said Amen,
the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy
words, which thou hast prophesied that
the vessels may be brought again into the
houso of the Lord, and all the captives
may return out of Babylon to this place.
7 Nevertheless hear this word that I
tfpeak in thy ears, and in the ears of all
the people
8 The prophets that have been before
me, and before thee from the beginning,
and have prophesied concerning many
countries, and concerning great king-
doms, of war, and of affliction, and of
famine.
9 The prophet that prophesied peace
when his word shall come to pass, the
and thou shalt make for them chains of
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the
God of Israel: I have put a yoke of
iron upon iihe neck of all these nations,
to serve Nabuchodonosor king of Baby-
lon, and they shall serve him: moreover
also I have given him the beasts of the
3arth.
15 And Jeremias the prophet said to
Hananias the prophet: Hear now, Hana-
nias: the Lord hath not sent thee, and
: thou hast made this people to trust in
a lie.
16 Therefore thus spich the Lord: Be-
hold I will send thee away from off the
face of the earth: this year shalt thou
die: for thou hast spoken against the
Lord.
17 And Hananias the prophet died in
: that year, in the seventh month.
:
CHAPTER 29.
Jeremias writeth to the captives in Babylon, exhort-
ing them to be easy there, and not to hearken to
false prophets. That they shall be delivered after
seventy years. But those that remain in Jerusalem
shall perish by the sword, famine, and jjestilencc.
And that Achab, Sedecias, and Semeias, false pro-
phets, shall die miserably.
n^OW-^ these are the words of the let
l\ ter which Jeremias the prophet sent
from Jerusalem to the residue of the an-
cients that were carried into captivity,
and to the priests, and to the prophets,
and to all the people, whom Nabucho-
donosor had carried away from Jerusalem
to Babylon

t A. M. 3408. Ante C. 596. /B.C. 598.

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Jeremias* leffer to JEREMIAS the captives in Babylon

2 After that Jechonias the king, and the have dri-venyon out, saith the Lord and :

queen, and the eunuchs, and the princes of I will bring you back from the place to
Juda, and of Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, which I caused you to be carried away
and the engravers were departed out of captive.
Jerusalem: 15 Because you have said: The Lord
3 By the hand of Elasa the son of Sa- hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:
phan, and Gamarias the son of Helcias, 16 For thus saith the Lord to the king
whom Sedecias king of Juda sent to that sitteth upon the throne of David,
Babylon to Nabuchodonosor king of and to all the people that dwell in this
Babylon, saying: city, to your brethren that are not gone
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God forth with you into captivity.
of Israel, to all that are carried away 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: * Be-
captives, whom I have caused to be car- hold I will send upon them the sword,
ried away from Jerusalem to Babylon : and the famine, and the pestilence : and I
5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them will make them like bad figs that cannot
and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of be eaten, because they are very bad.
them. 18 And I will persecute them with the
6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and sword, and with famine, and with the
daughters and take wives for your sons, pestilence and I will give them up unto
: :

and give your daughters to husbands, and affliction to all the kingdoms of the
let them bear sons and daughters : and earth : to be a curse, and an astonish-
be ye multiplied there, and be not few in ment, and a hissing, and a reproach te
number. all the nations to which I have driven
7 And seek the peace of the city, uO them out
which I have caused you to be carried i9 Because they have not hearkened to
away captives and pray to the Lord for my words, saith the Lord : which I sent
;

it: for in the peace thereof shall be your to them by my servants the prophets,
peace. rising by night, and sending: and you
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the have not heard, saith the Lord.
God of Israel ^ Let not your prophets 20 Hear ye therefore the word of the
:

that are in the midst of you, and ycm* Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have
diviners deceive you and give nc heed sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon.
:

to your dream: which you dream 21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my of Israel, to Achab the son of Colias, and
name: and I have not sent them, saith to Sedecias the son of Maasias, who pro-
the Lord. phesy unto you in my name falsely : Be-
10 '^For thus saith the Lord: When the hold I will deliver them up into the hands
seventy years shall begin to be accom- of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon:
plished in Babylon, I will visit you : and and he shall kill them before your eyes.
I will perform my good word in your 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse
favour, to bring you again to this place. by all the captivity of Juda, that are in
11 For I know the thoughts that I think Babylon, saying The Lord make tnee :

towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of like Sedecias, and like Achab, whom the
peace, and not of affliction, to give you king of Babylon fried in the fire :

an end and patience. 23 Because they have acted folly in Is-

12 And you shall call upon me, and you rael, and have committed adultery with
shall go and you shall pray to me, and I the wives of their friends, and have
:

will hear you. spoken lying words in my name, which

13 You shall seek me, and shall find I commanded them not : I am the judge
me when you shall seek me with all and the witness, saith the Lord.
:

your heart. 24 And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou

14 And I will be found by you, saith the shalt say
Lord: and I will bring back your cap- 25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
tivity, and I will gather you out of all na- of Israel Because thou hast sent letters
:

tions, and from all the places to which I in thy name to all the people that are in

g Supra 14. 14, and 23. 16, and 27. 16, 1. 1 ; Dan. 9. 2.
1 Esd.
ASupra25.12; 2 Par. 36. 21; iSupra24.9an(iiO>
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Judgment against Semeias JEREMIAS Betnrn from captivity promised

Jerusalem, and to Sophonlas the son of 6 Ask ye, and see if a man bear children ?
Maasias the priest, and to all the priests, why then have I seen every man with his
saying hands on his loins, like a woman in labour,
26 The Lord hath made thee priest in- and all faces are turned yellow ?
stead of Joiada the priest, that thou 7 ^ Alas, for that day is great, neither is
shouldst be ruler in the house of the there the like to it and it is the time of ;

Lord, over every man that raveth and tribulation to Jacob, but he shall be saved
prophesieth, to put him in the stocks, out of it.
and into prison. 8 And it shall come to pass in that day,
27 And now why hast thou not rebuked saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break
Jeremias the Anathothite, who prophesi- his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst
eth to you ? his bands : and strangers shall no more
28 For he hath also sent to us in Baby- rule over him
lon, saying It is a long time build ye
: 9 But they shall serve the Lord their
:

houses, and dwell in them: and plant God, and David their king, whom I will
gardens, and eat the fruits of them. raise up to them.
29 So Sophonias the priest read this 10 * Therefore fear thou not, my servant
letter, in the hearing of Jeremias the Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dis-
prophet. mayed, O Israel : for behold, I will save
30 And the word of the Lora came to thee from a country afar off, and thy
Jeremias, saying seed from the land of their captivity:
31 Send to all them of the captivity, say- and Jacob shall return, and be at rest,
ing Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the and abound with all good things, and
:

Nehelamite : Because Semeias hath pro- there shall be none whom he may fear:
phesied to you, and I sent him not : and 11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord,
hath caused you to trust in a lie to save thee for I will utterly consume :

32 Therefore thus saith the Lord : be- all the nations, among which I have scat-
hold I will visit upon Semeias the Nehe- tered thee: but I will not utterly con-
lamite, and upon his seed : he shall not sume thee but I will chastise thee in :

have a man to sit in the midst of this judgment, that thou mayst not seem to
people, and he shall not see the good thyself innocent.
that I will do to my people, saith the 12 For thus saith the Lord Thy bruise :

Lord : because he hath spoken treason is incurable, thy wound is very grievous.
against the Lord. 13 There is none to judge thy judgment
to bind it up : thou hast no healing medi-
OHAFTER 30.
cines.
Oed will deliver his people from their captivity :
Christ shall be their king : and his church shall 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee,
be glorious/or ever, seek after thee : ^ for I have
and will not
^ is the word that came to Jere- wounded thee with the wound of an
THIS enemy, with cruel chastisement: by
mias from the Lord, saying c..

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, reason of the multitude of thy iniquities,
saying Write thee all the
: words that I thy sins are hardened.
have spoken to thee, in a book. 16 Why criest thou for thy affliction?
3 For behold the days come, saith the thy sorrow is incurable: for the multi-
Lord, and I wiU bring again the captivity tude of thy iniquity, and for thy hardened
of my people Israel and Juda, saith the sins I have done these things to thee.
Lord and I will cause them to return to 16 Therefore all they that devour thee,
:

the land which I gave to their fathers, shall be devoured: and all thy enemies
and they shall possess it. shall be carried into captivity : and they
4 And these are the words that tne that waste thee shall be wasted, and all
Lord hath spoken to Israel and to Juda: that prey upon thee will I give for a
6 For thus saith the Lord : We have prey.
heard a voice of terror : there is fear and 17 For I will close up thy scar, aoci wil!
no peace. heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord
jB. C. 598. I Isa. 43. 1, and 44. 2; Luke 1. 70.

k Joel. 2. 11 Amos 5.18 Soph. 1. 15. m Supra 23. 19.

Chap. 30. Ver. 9. David, That is, Christ of the bouse of David.
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Glories of the restored kingdom JEREMIAS The restoration of Israel

Because they have called thee, O Sion, an mountains of Samaria the planters shall:

outcast: This is she that hath none to plant, and they shall not gather the vin-
seek after her. tage before the time.
18 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will 6 For there shall be a day, in which the
bring back the captivity of the pavilions watchmen on mount Ephraim, shall cry
of Jacob, and will have pity on his houses, ^ Arise, and let us go up to Sion to the
and the city shall be built in her high Lord our God.
place, and the temple shall be founded 7 For thus saith the Lord: Rejoice ye in
according to the order thereof. the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the
19 And out of them shall come forth head of the Gentiles : shout ye, and sing,
praise, and the voice of them that play and say: Save, O Lord, thy people, the
and I will multiply them, and they shall remnant of IsraeL
not be made few : and I will glorify them, 8 Behold I will bring them from the
and they shall not be lessened. north country, and will gather them from
20 And their children shall be as from the ends of the earth: and among them
the beginning, and their assembly shall shall be the blind, and the lame, the wo-
be permanent before me : and I will visit man with child, and she that is bringing
against all that afflict them. forth, together, a great company of them
21 And their leader shall be of them- returning hither.
selves and their prince shall come forth
: 9 They shall come with weeping : and I
from the midst of them : and I will bring will bring them back in mercy: and I will
him near, and he shall come to me: for bring them through the torrents of waters
who is this that setteth his heart to ap- in a right way, and they shall not stum-
proach to me, saith the Lord ? ble in it : for I am a father to Israel, and
22 And you shall be my people : and I Ephraim is my firstborn.
will be your God» 10 Bear the word of the Lord, O ye na-
23 Behold the whirlwind of the Lord, tions, and declare it in the islands that
his fury going forth, a violent storm, it are afar off, and say: He that scattered
shall rest upon the head of the wicked. Israel will gather him: and he will keep
24 The Lord will not turn away the him as the shepherd doth his flock.
wrath of his indignation, till he have 11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob,
executed and performed the thought of and delivered him out of the hand of one
his heart in the latter days you shall that was mightier than he.
:

understand these things. 12 And they shall come, and shall give
praise in mount Sion: and they shall flow
CHAPTER 3L together to the good things of the Lord,
The restoration of Israel. Rachel shall cease from
mourning. The new covenant. The church shall for the corn, and wine, and oil, and the
never fail. increase of cattle and herds, and their
AT "" that time, saith the Lord, I will be soul shall be as a watered garden, and
XJL the God of all the families of Israel, they shall be hungry no more.
and they shall be my people. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the
2 Thus saith the Lord: The people that dance, the young men and old men
were left and escaped from the sword, together: and I will turn their mourn-
found grace in the desert i Israel shall go ing into joy, and will comfort them, and
to his rest. make them joyful after their sorrow.
3 The Lord hath appeared from afar to 14 And I will flU the soul of the priests
me. Yea I have loved thee with an with fatness: and my people shall be
everlasting love, therefore have I drawn filled with my good things, saith the
thee, taking pity on thee. Lord.
4 And I will build thee again, and thou 15 Thus saith the Lord P A voice was :

Shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou heard on high of lamentation, of mourn-

shalt again be adorned with thy tim- ing, and weeping, of Rachel weeping for
brels, and shalt go forth in the dances of her children, and refusing to be com-
them that make merry. forted for them, because they are not.
6 Thou shalt yet plant vineyards in the 16 Thus saith the Lord Let thy voice :

nB. C. 598.- o Isa. 2. 8 : Mich. 4. 2. p Matt 2. 18.

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Epkraim is converted to God JEREMIAS The new covenant

cease from weeping, and thy eyeo from watch over them, to build up, and to
tears for there is a reward for thy work,
: plant them, saith the Lord.
Baith the Lord and they shall return out
: 29 In those days they shall say no more
of the land of the enemy. 5 The fathers have eaten a sour grape,
17 And there is hope for thy last end, and the teeth of the children are set on
saith the Lord and the children shall
: edge.
return to their own borders. 30 But every one shall die for his own
18 Hearing I heard Ephraim when he iniquity : every man that shall eat the
went into captivity thou hast chastised : sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
me, and I was instructed, as a young bul- 31 ''Behold the days shall come, saith
lock unaccustomed to the yoke. Con- the Lord, and I will make a new cove-
vert me, and I shall be converted, for nant with the house of Israel, and with
thou art the Lord my God. the house of Juda:
19 For after thou didst convert me, I 32 Not according to the covenant which
did penance and after thou didst shew
: I made with their fathers, in the day that
unto me, I struck my thigh I am con- : I took them by the hand to bring them
founded and ashamed, because I have out of the land of Egypt the covenant :

borne the reproach of my youth.
20 Surely Ephraim is an honourable son
to me, surely he is a tender child: for
Bince I spoke of him, I will still remem-
ber him. Therefore are my bowels trou-
which they made void, and I had domin-
ion over them, saith the Lord.
33 But this shall be the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel, after
those days, saith the Lord * I will give :

bled for him: pitying I will pity him, my law in their bowels, and I will write
saith the Lord. it in their heart and I will be their God,
:

21 Set thee up a watch tower, make to and they shall be my people.

thee bitterness direct thy heart into the
: 34 And they shall teach no more every
right way, wherein thou hast walked man his neighbour, and every man his
return, O virgin of Israel, return to these brother, saying Know the Lord for all
: :

thy cities. shall know me from the least of them

22 How long wilt thou be dissolute in even to the greatest, saith the Lord ?
deliciousness, O wandering daughter? for * for I will forgive their iniquity, and I
the Lord hath created a new thing upon will remember their sin no more.
the earth: a woman shall compass a 36 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the
MAN. sun for the light of the day, the order of
23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God the moon and of the stars, for the light
of Israel As yet shall they say this word
: of the night: who stirreth up the sea,
in the land of Juda, and in the cities and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of
thereof, when I shall bring back their hosts is his name.
captivity The Lord bless thee, the
: 36 If these ordinances shall fail before
beauty of justice, the holy mountain. me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of
24 And Juda and all his cities shall dwell Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation
therein together: the husbandmen and before me for ever.
they that drive the flocks. 37 Thus saith the Lord If the heavens:

25 For I have inebriated the weary soul
and I have filled every hungry soul.
26 Upon this I was as it were awaked
out of a sleep, and I saw, and my sleep
was sweet to me.
27 Behold the days come, saith the
Lord and I will sow the house of Israel
: that the city shall be built to the Lord
and the house of Juda with the seed of
men, and with the seed of beasts.
28 And as I have watched over them, to
pluck up, and to throw down, and to scat-
ter, and destroy, and afflict: so will I and
above can be measured, and the founda-
tions of the earth searched out beneath,
I also will cast away all the seed of Israel,
*or all that they have done, saith the
Lord.
38 Behold the days come, saith the Lord,
from the tower of Hanameel even to the
gate of the corner.
39 And the measuring line shall go out
farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb
it shall compass Goatha,

9 Ezech. 18. 2.— r Heb^ & 9. • Heb. 10. 16. — t Acts 10. 43.

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Jeremias purchases afield JEREMTAS Restoration of Israel prophesied

40 And
the whole valley of dead bodies, 10 And I wrote it in a book and sealed
and of ashes, and all the country of it, and took witnesses: and I weighed him
death, even to the torrent Cedron, and to the money in the balances.
the corner of the horse gate towards the 11 And I took the deed of the purchase
east, the Holy of the Lord: it shall not that was sealed, and the stipulations,
be plucked up, and it shall not be de- and the ratifications with the seals that
otroyed any more for ever. were on the outside.
12 And I gave the deed of the piu*chase
CHAPTER 32. to Baruch the son of Neri the son of Ma-
Jeremias by Gocfs commandment, purchases afield asias in the sight of Hanameel myuncle's
of his kinsman : and prophesies the return of the
people out of captivity and the everlasting cove- son, in the presence of the witnesses that
:

nant Ood will make with his church. subscribed the book of the purchase, and
THE "word that came to Jeremias before all the Jews that sat in the court
from the Lord in the tenth year of of the prison.
Sedecias king of Juda the same is the
: 13 And I charged Baruch before them,
eighteenth year of Nabuchodonosor. saying:
2 At that time the army of the king of 14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
Babylon besieged Jerusalem: and Jer- of Israel : Take these writings, this deed
emias the prophet was shut up in the of the purchase that is 'sealed up, and
court of the prison, which was in the this deed that is open and put them in:

house of the king of Juda. an earthen vessel, that they may continue
3 For Sedecias king of Juda had shut many days.
him up, saying: Why dost thou prophesy, 15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the
saying: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I God of Israel: Houses, and fields, and
will give this city into the hand of the vineyards shall be possessed again in
king of Babylon, and he shall take it ? this land.
4 And Sedecias king of Juda shall not 16 And after I had delivered the deed
escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans : of purchase to Baruch the son of Neri, I
but he shall be delivered into the hands prayed to the Lord, saying:
of the king of Babylon: and he shall 17 Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold
speak to him mouth to mouth, and his thou hast made heaven and earth by thy
eyes shall see his eyes. great power, and thy stretched out arm:
5 And he shall lead Sedecias to Baby- no word shall be hard to thee :

lon and he shall be there till I visit him,

: 18 ^Thou she west mercy unto thousands,
saith the Lord. But if you will fight against and returnest the iniquity of the fathers
the Chaldeans, you shall have no success. into the bosom of their children after
C And Jeremias said The word of the them O most mighty, great, and power-
: :

Lord came to me, saying: ful, the Lord of hosts is thy name.
7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Solium 19 Great in counsel, and incomprehen-
thy cousin shall come to thee, saying sible in thought whose eyes are open
:

Buy thee my field, which is in Anathoth, upon all the ways of the children of
for it is thy right to buy it, being next Adam, to render unto every one accord-
akin. ing to his ways, and according to the
8 And Hanameel myuncle's son came fruit of his devices.
to me, according to the word of the Lord, Who
20 hast set signs and wonders in
to the entry of the prison, and said to the land of Egypt even until this day,
me Buy: my
field, which is in Anathoth and in Israel, and amongst men, and
in the land of Benjamin for the right of hast made thee a name as at this day.
:

inheritance is thine, and thou art next of 21 And hast brought forth thy people
kin to possess it. And I understood that Israel, out of the land of Egypt with
this was the word of the Lord. signs, and with wonders, and with a
9 And I bought the field of Hanameel strong hand, and a otretched out arm,
my uncle's son, tha^ is in Anathoth : and and with great terror.
I weighed him the money, seven staters, 22 And hast given them this land which
and ten pieces of silver. thou didst swear to their fathers, to give

M B. C. 688. V Ex. 34. 7.

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Destruction of Jerusalem foretold JEREMIAS Return frcym captivity promised

them a land flowing with milk and ed them, and they would not hearken to
honey. receive instruction.
23 And they came in, and possessed it: 34 ^ And they have set their idols In
but they obeyed not thy voice, and they the house, in which my name is called
walked not in thy law: and they did not upon, to defile it.
any of those things that thou didst com- 35 And they have built the high places
mand them to do, and all these evils are of Baal, which are in the valley of the
come upon them. son of Ennom, to consecrate their sons
24 Behold works are built up against and their daughters to Moloch which I :

the city to take it and the city is given commanded them not, neither entered it
:

into the hands of the Chaldeans, who into my heart, that they should do this
fight against it, by the sword, and the abomination, and cause Juda to sin.
famine, and the pestilence and what 36 And now, therefore, thus saith the
:

thou hast spoken, is all come to pass, as Lord the God of Israel to this city,
thou thyself seest. whereof you say that it shall be deliv-
25 And say est thou to me, O Lord God: ered into the hands of the king of Baby-
Buy a field for money, and take witnesses, lon by the sword, and by famine, and by
whereas the city is given into the hands pestilence
of the Chaldeans ? 37 Behold I will gather them together
26 And the word of the Lord came to out of all the lands to which I have cast
Jeremias, saying : them out in my anger, and in my wrath,
27 Behold I am the Lord the God of and in my great indignation and I will :

all iesh shall any thing be hard for bring them again into this place, and
•,

me? will cause them to dwell securely.

28 Therefore thus saith the Lord : Be- 38 And they shall be my people, and I
hold I will deliver this city into the will be their God.
hands of the Chaldeans, and into the 39 And I will give them one heart, and
hands of the king of Babylon, and they one way, that they may fear me all days :
shall take it. and that it may be well with them, and
29 And the Chaldeans that fight against with their children after them.
this city, shall come and set it on fire, 40 And I will make an everlasting cove-
and burn it, with the houses upon whose nant with them, and will not cease to do
roofs they offered sacrifice to Baal, and them good and I will give my fear in
:

poured out drink offerings to strange their heart, that they may not revolt
gods, to provoke me to wrath. from me.
30 For the children of Israel, and the 41 And I will rejoice over them, when
children of Juda, have continually done I shall do them good and I will plantl
:

evil in my eyes from their youth the them in this land in truth, with my whole
:

children of Israel who even till now pro- heart, and with all my soul.
voke me with the work of their hands, 42 For thus saith the Lord As I have
:

saith the Lord. brought upon this people all this great
31 For this city hath been to me a provo- evil: so will I bring upon them all the
cation and indignation from the day that good that I now speak to them.
they built it, until this day, in which it 43 And fields shall be purchased in this
shall be taken out of my sight. land: whereof you say that it is desolate,
32 Because of all the evil of the chil- because there remaineth neither man nor
dren of Israel, and of the children of beast, and it is given into the hands
Juda, which they have done, provoking of the Chaldeans.
me to wrath, they and their kings, their 44 Fields shall be bought for money,
princes, and their priests, and their and deeds shall be written, and sealed,
prophets, the men of Juda, and the in- and witnesses shall be taken, in the land
habitants of Jerusalem. of Benjamin, and round about Jerusa-
33 And they have turned their backs to lem, in the cities of Juda, and in the
me, and not their faces when I taught cities on the mountains, and in the citica
:

them early in the morning, and instruct- of the plains, and in the cities that r.rc

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The restoration foretold JEREMIAS Happiness of the restoration

towards the south : for I will bring back is desolate, because there is neither man
their captivity, saith the Lord. nor beast: in the cities of Juda, and with-
out Jerusalem, which are desolate with-
CHAPTER 33. out man, and without inhabitant, and
Ood promises reduction from captivity, and other without beast)
blessings: especially the coming of Christ, whose
reign in his church shall be glorious and per-
11 The voice of joy and the voice of
petual. gladness, the voice of the bridegroom
AND *the word of the Lord came to and the voice of the bride, the voice of
J\. Jeremias the second time, while he them that shall say: Give ye glory to
was yet shut up in the court of the the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good,
prison, saying for his mercy endureth for ever and of :

2 Thus saith the Lord, who will do, and them that shall bring their vows into the
will form it, and prepare it, the Lord is house of the Lord for I will bring back
:

his name. the captivity of the land as at the first,

3 Cry to me and I will hear thee: and saith the Lord.
2 will shew thee great things, and sure 12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts There :

things which thou knowest not. shall be again in this place that is des*
4 For thus saith the Lord the God of olate without man, and without beast,
Israel to the houses of this city, and to and in all the cities thereof, an habita-
the houses of the king of Juda, which tion of shepherds causing their flocks to
are destroyed, and to the bulwarks, and lie down.
to the sword. 13 And in the cities on the mountains,
5 Of them that come to fight with the and in the cities of the plains, and in the
Chaldeans, and to fill them with the cities that are towards the south: and
dead bodies of the men whom I have in the land of Benjamin, and round
slain in my wrath, and in my indignation, about Jerusalem, and in the cities of
hiding my face from this city because of Juda shall the flocks pass again under
all their wickedness. the hand of him that numbereth them,
6 Behold I will close their wounds and saith the Lord.
give them health, and I will cure them : 14 Behold the days come, saith the
and I will reveal to them the prayer of Lord, that I will perform the good word
peace and truth. that I have spoken to the house of Is-
7 And I will bring back the captivity rael, and to the house of Juda.
of Juda, and the captivity of Jerusalem : 15 In those days, and at that time, I
and I will build them as from the be- will make the bud of justice to spring
ginning. forth unto David, and he shall do judg-
8 And I will cleanse them from all their ment and justice in the earth.
iniquity, whereby they have sinned 16 In those days shall Juda be saved,
against me and I will forgive all their
: and Jerusalem shall dwell securely: and
iniquities, whereby they have sinned this is the name that they shall call him,
against me, and despised me. The Lord our just one.
9 shall be to me a name, and a
And it 17 For thus saith the Lord There shall
:

joy, and a praise, and a gladness before not be cut off from David a man to sit
all the nations of the earth, that shall upon the throne of the house of Israel.
hear of all the good things which I will 18 Neither shaU there be cut off from
do to them and they shall fear and be
: the priests and Levites a man before my
troubled for all the good things, and for face to offer holocausts, and to bum sa©-
all the peace that I will make for them. rifices, and to kill victims continually.
10 Thus saith the Lord There shall be
: 19 And the word of the Lord came to
heard again in this place (which you say Jeremias, saying:
X B. C. 588.

Chap. 33. Ver. 6. Ths prayer of peace. That is, priests, &c. This promise relates to the Christian
we peace and welfare which they pray for. priesthood which shall also continue for ever the
; :

Ver. 17. There shall not be cut o^from David, &c. functions of which (more especially the great sacri-
This was verified in Christ, who is of the house of fice of the altar) are here expressed by the name
I>avid and whose Icingdom in his church shall have
; of holocausts, and other offerings of the law, which
no end. were so many figures of the Christian sacrifice.
Veio 18. Ifeither shall there be cut off from, the

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God's covenant with David JEREMIAS

The remission of Hebrew servants
20 Thus saith the Lord: If my cove- speak with thy mouth, and thou shalt go
nant with the day can be made void, and to Babylon.
my covenant with the night, that there 4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O
should not be day and night in their sea- Sedecias king of Juda: Thus saith tho
son: Lord to thee Thou shalt not die by tho :

21 Also my covenant with David my sword.

servant may be made void, that he 5 But thou shalt die in peace, and ac-
should not have a son to reign upon his cording to the burnings of thy fathers,
throne, and with the Levites and priests the former kings that were before thee,
my ministers. so shall they bxwn thee: and they shall
22 As the stars of heaven cannot be mourn for thee, saying: Alas, Lord: for
numbered, nor the sand of the sea be I have spoken the word, saith the Lord.
measured so will I multiply the seed of 6 And Jeremias the prophet spoke all
:

David my servant, and the Levites my these words to Sedecias the king of Juda
ministers. in Jerusalem.
23 And the word of the Lord came to 7 And the army of the king of Babylon
Jeremias, saying: fought against Jerusalem, and against
24 Hast thou not seen what this people all the cities of Juda that were left,
hath spoken, saying: The two families against Lachis, and against Azecha: for
which the Lord had chosen, are cast off: these remained of the cities of Juda,
and they have despised my people, so fenced cities.
that it is no more a nation before them? 8 The word that came to Jeremias from
25 Thus saith the Lord If I have not : the Lord, after that king Sedecias had
set my
covenant between day and night, made a covenant with all the people in
and laws to heaven and earth : Jerusalem making a proclamation
26 Surely I will also cast off the seed of 9 That every man should let his man-
Jacob, and of David my servant, so as servant, and every man his maidser-
not to take any of his seed to be rulers vant, being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew
of the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Ja- woman, go free: and that they should
cob for I will bring back their captiv-
: not lord it over them, to wit, over the
ity, and will have mercy on them. Jews
their brethren.
10 And all the princes, and all the peo-
CHAPTER 34. ple who entered into the covenant, heard
The prophet foretells that Sedecias shall fall into that every man should let his manser-
the hands of Nabuchodonosor : God's sentence
upon the princes and people that had broken his vant, and every man his maidservant go
covenant. free, and should no more have dominion
ri^HE ^word that came to Jeremias over them: and they obeyed, and let
X from the Lord, (when Nabuchodono- them go free.
sor king of Babylon, and all his army, 11 But afterwards they turned and :

and all the kingdoms of the earth, that brought back again their servants and
were under the power of his hand, and their handmaids, whom they had let go
all the people fought against Jerusalem free, and brought them into subjection
and against all the cities thereof,) saying: as menservants and maidservants.
2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Is- 12 And the word of the Lord came to
rael: Go, and speak to Sedecias king of Jeremias from the Lord, saying
Juda, and say to him: Thus saith the 13 Thus saith the Lord the God of Is
Lord Behold I will deliver this city into rael: I made a covenant with your fa
:

the hands of the king of Babylon, and he thers in the day that I brought them out
shall burn it with fire. of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
3 And thou shalt not escape out of his bondage, saying
hand but thou shalt surely be taken, 14 * At the end of seven years, let ye
:

and thou shalt be delivered into his go every man his brother being a He
hand and thy eyes shall see the eyes of brew, who hath been sold to thee, so he
:

the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall shall serve thee six years and thou :

y B. C. 689-687. « Ex. 21. 2 : Deut. 15. 12.

Ver. 24. Two families, &c., viz., the families of Chap. 34. Ver. 5. Die in peace. That is, by f
the kings and priests. natural death.

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The covenant of the Jews broken JEREMIAS
Bhalt let him go free from thee and rpHE word that came to Jeremias from
your fathers did not hearken to me, nor Jl the Lord in the days of Joakim the
did they incline their ear.
15 And you turned to day, and did that
which was right in my eyes, in proclaim-
ing liberty every one to his brother and
you made a covenant in my sight, in the
house upon which my name is invocated.
16 And you are fallen back, and have
defiled my name and you have brought
: mias the son of Habsanias, and his bre-
back again every man his manservant,
and every man his maidservant, whom
you had let go free, and set at liberty:
and you have brought them into subjec-
tion to be your servants and handmaids.
17 Therefore thus saith the Lord:
have not hearkened to me, in proclaim-
ing liberty every man to his brother and
every man to hi^ friend behold I pro-:
claim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to
the sword, to the pestilence, and to the
famine and I will cause you to be re-
: cups: and 1 said to them: Drink ye
moved to all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 And I will give the men that have
transgressed my covenant, and have not
performed the words of the covenant
which they agreed to in my presence,
when they cut the calf in two ^ and
passed between the parts thereof
19 The princes of Juda, and the princes
of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the
priests, and all the people of the land
that passed between the parts of the calf:
20 And I will give them into the hands
of their enemies, and into the hands of
them that seek their life and their dead :
bodies shall be for meat to the fowls of
the air, and to the beasts of the earth.
21 And Sedecias the king of Juda, and
his princes, I will give into the hands of
their enemies, and into the hands of them
that seek their hves, and into the hands
of the armies of the king of Babylon,
which are gone from you.
22 Behold I will command, saith the
Lord, and I will bring them again to this
city, and they shall fight against it, and
take it, and burn it with fire and I will
make the cities of Juda a desolation,
without an inhabitant.
CHAPTER 35.
The obedience of the Rechabites condemns the
disobedience of the Jews. The reward of the Re-
chabites.
a Gen, 15. 20.
C2LA.P. 35. Ver. 2. RechoMUs, These were
: : : :
Obedience of the RechahUes
^ :
son of Josias king of Juda, saying
2 Go to the house of the Rechabites:
and speak to them, and bring them into
: the house of the Lord, into one of the
chambers of the treasures, and thou shalt
give them wine to drink.
3 And I took Jezonias the son of Jere-
thren, and all his sons, and the whole
house of the Rechabites.
4 And I brought them into the house of
the Lord, to the treasure house of the
sons of Hanan, the son of Jegedelias the
You man of God, which was by the treasure
house of the princes, above the treasure
of Maasias the son of Solium, who was
keeper of the entry.
5 And I set before the sons of the house
of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and
wine.
6 And they answered We will not drink
• :
wine: because Jonadab the son of Re-
chab, ^ our father, commanded us, saying
You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor
your children, for ever:
: 7 Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow
seed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any
but you shall dwell in tents all your days,
that you may live many days upon the
face of the earth, in which you are stran-
gers.
8 Therefore we have obeyed the voice
of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father,
in all things that he commanded us so :
as to drink no wine all our days neither :
we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our
daughters
9 Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor
to have vineyard, or field, or seed
10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have
been obedient according to all that Jona-
dab our father commanded us.
11 But when Nabuchodonosor king of
Babylon came up to our land, we said*.
: Come, let us go into Jerusalem from the
face of the army of the Chaldeans, and
from the face of the army of Syria and :
we have remained in Jerusalem.
12 And the word of the Lord came to
Jeremias, saying:
13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
h B. C. 610-598.— c 4 Kings 10. 15.
of the race of Jethro, father in law to Moses.
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Reward of the Rechabites JEREMIAS Baruch reads Jeremtas* prophecies

of Israel: Go, and say to the monof Juda,
and to the inhabitants of Jemsalem:
Will you not receive instruction, to obey
my words, saith the Lord ?
14 The words of Jonadab the son of Re-
chab, by which he commanded his sons
not to drink wine, have prevailed and
they have drunk none to this day, because
they have obeyed the commandment of
their father: but I have spoken to you,
rising early and speaking, and you have
not obeyed me.
J
' 15 And I have sent to you
vants the prophets, rising early, and
sending and saying *^ Return ye every:
man from his wicked way, and make
your ways good: and follow not strange
gods, nor worship them, and you shall
dwell in the land, which I gave you and
your fathers: and you have not inclined
king of Juda, that this word came to Jere-
mias by the Lord, saying:
2 Take thee a roll of a book, and thou
shalt write in it all the words that I have
spoken to thee against Israel and Juda,
and against all the nations from the day
: that I spoke to thee, from the days of
Josias even to this day.
3 If so be, when the house of Juda shall
hear all the evils that I purpose to do
unto them, that they may return every
man from his wicked way: and I will
all my ser- forgive their iniquity, and their sin.
4 So Jeremias called Baruch the son
of Nerias :and Baruch wrote from the
mouth of Jeremias all the words of the
Lord, which he spoke to him, upon the
roll of a book.
5 And Jeremias commanded Baruch,
saying I am shut up, and cannot go into
:

your ear, nor hearkened to me. the house of the Lord.

16 So the sons of Jonadab the son of 6 Go thou in therefore, and read out oi
Rechab have constantly kept the com- the volume, which thou hast written from
mandment of their father, which he com- my mouth, the words of the Lord, in the
manded them: but this people hath not hearing of all the people in the house of
obeyed me. the Lord on the fasting day and also
:

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts thou shalt read them in the hearing of
the God of Israel: Behold I will bring all Juda that come out of their cities :

upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants 7 If so be they may present their sup-
of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pro- phcation before the Lord, and may re-
nounced against them, because I have turn every one from his wicked way:
spoken to them, and they have not heard for great is the wrath and indignation
I have called to them, and they have not which the Lord hath pronounced against
answered me. this people.
"18 And Jeremias said to the house of 8 And Baruch the son of Nerias did ac-
the Rechabites Thus saith the Lord of
: cording to all that Jeremias the prophet
hosts the God of Israel Because you have : had commanded him, reading out of the
obeyed the commandment of Jonadab volume the words of the Lord in the
your father, and have kept all his pre- house of the Lord.
cepts, and have done all that he com- 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year
manded you of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda,
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts in the ninth month, that they proclaimed
the God of Israel: There shall not be a fast before the Lord to all the people
wanting a man of the race of Jonadab in Jerusalem, and to all the people that
fche son of Rechab, standing before me were come together out of the cities of
for ever. Juda to Jerusalem.
10 And Baruch read out of the volume
CHAPTER 36. the words of Jeremias in the house of
Jeremias sends Baruch to read his prophecies in the Lord, in the treasury of Gamarias
the temple ; the book is brought to king Joakim,
who hums it. The prophet denounces his judg- the son of Saphan the scribe, in the up-
ment, and causes Baruch to write a new copy. per court, in the entry of the new gate
ND
^it came to pass in the fourth of the house of the Lord, In the hearing
A^ year of Joakim the son of Josias of all the people.
d Supra 18. 11, and 25. 5, cB. C. 607.

C H A p. 36. Ver. 5. Shut up. Not that the prophet of the persecutions he had lately met with, See
was now in prison ; appears from
for the contrary chap. 26.
ver. 19, but that he kept himself shut up, by reason
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taruch reads Jeremias* prophecies JEREMIAS •

The king hums the hook
11 And when Micheas the oon of Qama- four pages, ho cut it with the penknife,
rias the son of Saphan had heard out of and he cast fire, that was upon
it into the
the book the words of the Lord,
all the hearth, till all the volume was con-
12 He went down into the kind's house sumed with the fire that was on the
to the secretary's chamber: and behold hearth.
all the princes sat there, Elisama the 24 And the king and all his servants
scribe, and Dalaias the son of Semeias, that heard all these words were not
and Elnathan the son of Achobor, and afraid, nor did they rend their garments.
Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sede- 25 But yet Elnathan, and Dalaias, and
cias the son of Hananias, and all the Gamarias spoke to the king, not to burn
princes. the book and he heard them not.
:

13 And Micheas told them all the words 26 And the king commanded Jeremiel
that he had heard when Baruch read out the son of Amelech, and Saraias the son
of the volume in the hearing of the peo- of Ezriel, and Selemias the son of Abdeel,
ple. to take up Baruch the scribe, and Jere-
14 Therefore all the princes sent Judi the mias the prophet but the Lord hid :

son of Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the them.

son of Chusi, to Baruch, saying: Take in 27 And the word of the Lord came to
thy hand the volume in which thou hast Jeremias the prophet, after that the king
read in the hearing of the people, and had burnt the volume, and the words
come. So Baruch the son of Nerias took that Baruch had written from the mouth
the volume in his hand, and came to of Jeremias, saying
them. 28 Take thee again another volume:
15 And they said to him: Sit down and and write in it all the former words that
read these things in our hearing. And were in the first volume which Joakim
Baruch read in their hearing. the king of Juda hath burnt.
16 And when they had heard all the 29 And thou shalt say to Joakim the
words, they looked upon one another king of Juda: Thus saith the Lord Thou :

with astonishment, and they said to Ba- hast burnt that volume, saying: Why
ruch We must tell the king all these hast thou written therein, and said: The
:

words. king of Babylon shall come speedily,

17 And they asked him, saying Tell us and shall lay waste this land and shall
: :

how didst thou write all these words cause to cease from thence man and
from his mouth. beast ?
18 And Baruch said to them With his : 30 Therefore thus saith the Lord against
mouth he pronounced all these words as Joakim the king of Juda He shall have- :

If he were reading to me and I wrote in none to sit upon the throne of David:
:

a volume with ink. and his dead body shall be cast out to*
19 And the princes said to Baruch Go, the heat by day, and to the frost by
:

and hide thee, both thou and Jeremias, night.

and let no man know where you are. 31 And I will punish him, and his seed
20 And they went in to the king into and his servants, for their iniquities, and
the court but they laid up the volume I will bring upon them, and upon the
:

in the chamber of Elisama the scribe inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the
and they told all the words in the hear- men of Juda all the evil that I have pro-
ing of the king. nounced against them, but they have not
21 And the king sent Judi that he should heard.
take the volume who bringing it out of
: 32 And Jeremias took another volume,
the chamber of Elisama the scribe, read and gave it to Baruch the son of Nerias
it in the hearing of the king, and of all the scribe who wrote in it from the
:

the princes that stood about the king. mouth of Jeremias all the words of the
22 Now the king sat in the winter house, book which Joakim the king of Juda had
in the ninth month and there was a burnt with fire and there were added
:
:

hearth before him full of burning coals. besides many more words than had been
23 And when Judi had read three or before.
Ver. 30. He shall have none, &c. Because his son death of his father, was carried away to Babylon, s(
Joachin or Jechonias, within thiee months after the that his reign is not worthy of notice.

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Return of Chaldeans foretold JEREMIAS Jeremias cast into prison

was there in his turn, was one named
CHAPTER 37.
Jerias, tho son of Selemias, the son of
Jeremias proi^hesies that the Chaldeans, who had Hananias and he took hold of Jeremias
departed jrom Jerusalem, would return end burn :

the city. He is cast into prisotu His conference the prophet, saying Thou art fleeing to :

with Sedecias. the Chaldeans.

NOW king Sedecias
reigned
the ^ son of Josias
instead of Jechonias the son
13 And Jeremias answered It is not so,
I am not fleeing to the Chaldeans. But
:

of Joakim. ; whom Nabuchodonosor king he hearkened not to him so Jerias took :

of Babylon made king in the land of Juda. Jeremias and brought him to the princes.
2 ^ But neither he, nor his servants, nor 14 Wherefore the princes were angry
the people of the land did obey the words with Jeremias, and they beat him, and
of the Lord, that he spoke in the hand of cast him into the prison that was in the
Jeremias the prophet. house of Jonathan the scribe for he was :

3 And ^king Sedecias sent Juchal the chief over the prison.
son of Selemias, and Sophonias the son of 15 So Jeremias went into the house of
Maasias the priest to Jeremias the pro- the prison, and into the dungeon and :

phet, saying: Pray to the Lord our God Jeremias remained there many days.
for us. 16 Then Sedecias the king, sending, took
4 Now Jeremias walked freely in the him and asked him secretly in his house,
:

midst of the people for they had not as

: and said Is there, thinkest thou, any
:

yet cast him into prison. And the army word from the Lord ? And Jeremias said
of Pharao was come out of Egypt: and There is. And he said Thou shalt be :

the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem, delivered into the hands of the king of
hearing these tidings, departed from Babylon.
Jerusalem. 17 And Jeremias said to king Sede-
5 And the word of the Lord came to cias In what have I offended against
:

Jeremias the prophet, saying: thee, or thy servants, or thy people, that
6 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel thou hast cast me into prison ?
Thus shall you say to the king of Juda, 18 Where are your prophets that pro-
who sent you to inquire of me Behold phesied to you, and said: The king of
:

the army of Pharao, which is come forth Babylon shall not come against you, and
to help you, shall return into their own against this land ?
land, into Egypt. 19 Now therefore hear, I beseech thee,
7 And the Chaldeans shall come again, my lord the king let my petition be ac- :

and fight against this city, and take it, cepted in thy sight and send me not :

and burn it with fire. back into the house of Jonathan the
8 Thus saith the Lord: Deceive not your scribe, lest I die there.
souls, saying The Chaldeans shall surely
: 20 Then king Sedecias commanded that
depart and go away from us: for they Jeremias should be committed into the
shall not go away. entry of the prison and that they should :

9 But if you should even beat all the give him daily a piece of bread, beside
army of the Chaldeans that fight against broth, till all the bread in the city were

you, and there should be left of them spent: and Jeremias remained in the
some wounded men: they shall rise up, entry of the prison.
every man from his tent, and burn this CHAPTER 38.
city with fire.
The prophet at the instance of the great men is cai>.
10 Now when the army of the Chaldeans into a filthy dungeon he is drawn out by Abdem^ :

was gone away from Jerusalem, because elech, and has another conference with the king.

of Pharao's army, OW
*Saphatias the son of Mathan,
11 Jeremias went forth out of Jerusalem N'
and Gedelias the son of Phassur, and
to go into the land of Benjamin: and to Juchal the son of Selemias, and Phassur
divide a possession there in the presence the son of Melchias heard the words that
of the citizens» Jeremias spoke to all the people, saying
12 And when he was come to the gate 2 Thus saith the Lord J Whosoever shall :

of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who remain in this city, shall die by the sword
/ 4 Kings 24. 17 ; Infra 52. l.—g2 Par. 36. 15. t B. C. 589-587.
A A. M. 3414. Ante C. 590o i Supra 21. 9.

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Jeremias cast into dungeon to die JEREMIAS

His conference with the king
and by famine, and by pestilence but he 13 And they drew up Jeremias with the
:

that shall go forth to the Chaldeans, shall cords, and brought him forth out of the
live, and his life shall be safe, and he shall dungeon. And Jeremias remained in
live. the entry of the prison.
3 Thussaith the Lord: This city shall 14 And king Sedecias sent, and took
surely be delivered into the hand of the Jeremias the prophet to him to the third
army of the king of Babylon, and he shall gate, that was in the house of the Lord:
take it. and the king said to Jeremias I will ask :

4 And the princes said to the king We

thee a thing, hide nothing from me.
:

beseech thee that this man may be put 15 Then Jeremias said to Sedecias If I :

to death: foronpurposeheweakeneththe shall declare it to thee, wilt thou not put

hands of the men of war, that remain in me to death ? and if I give thee counsel,
this city, and the hands of the people, thou wilt not hearken to me.
speaking to them according to these 16 Then king Sedecias swore to Jere-
words for this man seeketh not peace to mias, in private, saying As the Lord
: :

this people, but evil. hveth, that made us this soul, I will not
5 And king Sedecias said : Behold he is put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee
in your hands for it is not lawful for the into the hands of these men that seek
:

king to deny you any thing. thy life.

6 Then they took Jeremias and cast him 17 And Jeremias said to Sedecias Thus :

into the dungeon of Melchias the son of saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel:
Amelech, which was in the entry of the If thou wilt take a resolution and go out
prison and they let down Jeremias by to the princes of the king of Babylon,
:

ropes into the dungeon, wherein there thy soul shall live, and this city shall not
was no water, but mire. And Jeremias be burnt with fire : and thou shalt be
sunk into the mire. safe, and thy house.
7 Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an 18 But if thou wilt not go out to the
eunuch that was in the king's house, princes of the king of Babylon, this city
heard that they had put Jeremias in the shall be delivered into the hands of the
dungeon but the king was sitting in the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with
:

gate of Benjamin. fire: and thou shalt not escape out of

8 And Abdemelech went out of the king's their hands.
house, and spoke to the king, saying 19 And king Sedecias said to Jeremias
9 My lord the king, these men have I am afraid because of the Jews that are
done evil in all that they have done fled over to the Chaldeans lest I should :

against Jeremias the prophet, casting be delivered into their hands, and they
him into the dungeon to die there with should abuse me.
hunger, for there is no more bread in the 20 But Jeremias answered They shall :

city. not deliver thee: hearken, I beseech

10 Then the king commanded Abdeme- thee, to the word of the Lord, which I
lech the Ethiopian, saying Take from speak to thee, and it shall be well with
:

hence thirty men with thee, and draw up thee, and thy soul shall live.
Jeremias the prophet out of the dungeon, 21 But if thou wilt not go forth, this is
before he die. the word which the Lord hath shewn
11 So Abdemelech taking the men with me:
him, went into the king's house that was 22 Behold all the women that are left in
under the storehouse and he took from the house of the king of Juda, shall be
:

thence old rags, and old rotten things, brought out to the princes of the king of
and he let them down by cords to Jere- Babylon and they shall say Thy men : :

mias into the dungeon. of peace have deceived thee, and have
12 And Abdemelech the Ethiopian said prevailed against thee, they have plunged
to Jeremias Put these old rags and thy feet in the mire, and in a slippery
:

^^hese rent and rotten things under thy place, and they have departed from thee.
J-rms, and upon the cords and Jeremias 23 And all thy wives, and thy children
:

did so. shall be brought out to the Chaldeans,

Chap. 38. Ver. 22. Thy men of veace. Viri thee peace and happiness, and by their evil counsels
pacifici tui. That is, thy false friends promising involving thee in misery.
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Siege and capture of Jerusalem JEREMIAS People carried away to Babylon

and thou shalt not escape their hands, when they had taken him, they brought
but thou shalt be taken by the hand of him to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon
the king of Babylon and he shall burn to Reblatha, which is in the land of
:

this city with Are. Emath: and he gave judgment upon

24 Then Sedecias said to Jeremias
no man know these words, and thou shalt
not die.
25 But if the princes shall hear that I
have spoken with thee, and shall come
to thee, and say to thee Tell us what
thou hast said to the king, hide it not
from us, and we will not kill thee and
also what the king said to thee
26Thou shalt say to them I presented
my supplication before the king, that he
would not command me to be carried
back into the house of Jonathan, to die
there.
27 So all the princes came
and asked him: and he spoke to them
according to all the words that the king
had commanded him and they left him : people that remained.
for nothing had been heard.
28 But Jeremias remained in the entry
of the prison, until the day that Jerusa-
lem was taken: and it came to pass that
Jerusalem was taken. time.
CHAPTER 39.
Afier two years'* siege Jerusalem is taken. Sedecias
is rarried before Nabuchodonosor,who kills his
sons in his sight, and then puts out his eyes. Jere-
mias is set at liberty.
: Let him.
6 And the king of Babylon slew the
sons of Sedecias, in Reblatha, before his
eyes: and the king of Babylon slew all
the nobles of Juda.
: 7 He also put out the eyes of Sedecias
and bound him with fetters, to be carried
: to Babylon.
: 8 And the Chaldeans burnt the king's
: house, and the houses of the people with
fire, and they threw down the wall of
Jerusalem.
9 And Nabuzardan the general of the
army carried away captive to Babylon
to Jeremias, the remnant of the people that remained
in the city, and the fugitivxrjs that had
gone over to him, and the rest of the
10 But Nabuzardan the general left some
of the poor people that had nothing at
all, in the land of Juda, and he gave
them vineyards, and cisterns at that
11 Now Nabuchodonosor king of Baby-
lon had given charge to Nabuzardan the
general concerning Jeremias, saying
12 Take him, and set thy eyes upoD
him, and do him no harm but as he hath i

the ninth year ^ of Sedecias king of a mind, so do with him.

IN Juda, in the tenth month, came Nabu- 13 Therefore Nabuzardan the genera]
chodonosor king of Babylon, and all his sent, and Nabusezban, and Rabsares, and
army to Jerusalem, and they besieged it. Neregel, and Sereser, and Rebmag, and
2 And in the * eleventh year of Sedecias, all the nobles of the king of Babylon,
in the fourth month, the fifth day of the 14 Sent, and took Jeremias out of the
month, the city was opened. court of the prison, and committed him
3 And all the princes of the king of to Godolias the son of Ahicam the son oi
Babylon came in, and sat in the middle Saphan, that he might go home, and
gate Neregel, Sereser, Semegarnabu,
: dwell among the people.
Sarsachim, Rabsares, Neregel, Serezer, 15 But the word of the Lord came to
Rebmag, and all the rest of the princes Jeremias, when he was yet shut up in the
of the king of Babylon. court of the prison, saying Go, and tel] :

4 And when Sedecias the king of Juda Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying :

and all the men of war saw them, they 16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
fled: and they went forth in the night of Israel Behold I will bring ray words
:

out of the city by the way of the king's upon this city unto evil, and not unto
garden, and by the gate that was between good: and they shall be accomplished ip
fche two walls, and they went out to the thy sight in that day. |

way of the desert. 17 And I will deliver thee in that day

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pur- saith the Lord: and thou shalt not be
sued after them: and they took Sedecias given into the hands of the men whon-
in the plain of tho desert of Jericho, and thon fearest:

k B. C. 589. 4 Kings 25. 1 ; Infra 52. 1. I B. C. 587.

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Jeremias remains with Godolias JEREMIAS The Jews come to Godolias

18 But delivering, I will deliver thee, 8 They cam« to Godolias to Masphath
and thou ehalt not fall by the sword but and Ismahel the son of Nathanias, and
:

thy life shall be saved for thee, because Johanan, and Jonathan, the sons of Caree
thou hast put thy trust in nae, saith the and Sareas the son of Thanehumeth, and
Lord. the children of Ophi, that were of Netoph-
CHAPTER 40. athi, and Jezonias the son of-Maachati,
Jeremias remains with Godolias the governor ; who they and their men.
receives all the Jews that resort to him. 9 ** And Godolias the son of Ahicam the

THE "*word that came to Jeremias son of Saphan swore to them and to their
from the Lord, after that Nabuzar- companions, saying: Fear not to serve
dan the general had let him go from the Chaldeans dwell in the land, and
:

Rama, when he had taken him, being serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be
bound with chains, among all them that well with you.
were carried away from Jerusalem and 10 Behold I dwell in Masphath, that I
Juda, and were carried to Babylon. may answer the commandment of the
2 And the general of the army taking Chaldeans that are sent to us but as for :

Jeremias, aaid to him : The Lord thy God you, gather ye the vintage, and the har-
hath pronounced this evil upon this vest, and the o^l, and lay it up in your
place, vessels, and abide in your cities which
3 And he hath brought it : and the Lord you hold.
hath done as he hath said : because you 11 Moreover all the Jews that were in
have sinned against the Lord, and have Moab, and among the children of Ammon,
not hearkened to his voice, and this word and in Edom, and in all the countries,
is come upon you. when they heard that the king of Baby-
4 Now then behold I have loosed thee lon had left a remnant in Judea, and that
this day from the chains which were upon he had made Godolias the son of Ahi-
thy hand& if it please thee to come with cam the son of Saphan ruler over them
:

me to Babylon, come and I will set my 12 All the Jews, I say, returned out of
:

eyes upon thee but if it do not please all the places to which they had fled, and
:

thee to come with me to Babylon, stay they came into the land of Juda to Go-
here : behold all the land is before thee, dolias to Masphath: and they gathered
as thou Shalt choose, and whither it wine, and a very great harvest.
ehall please thee to go, thither go. 13 Then Johanan the son of Caree, and
5 And come not with me but dwell with all the captains of the army, that had
:

Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of been scattered about in the countries,
Saphan, whom the king of Babylon hath came to Godolias to Masphath.
mad-e governor over the cities of Juda 14 And they said to him: Know that
dwell therefore with him in the midst Baalis the king of the children of Ammon
of the people or whithersoever it shall hath sent Ismahel the son of Nathanias
:

please thee to go, go. And the general to kill thee. And Godolias the son of
of the army gave him victuals and pre- Ahicam believed them not.
sents, and let him go. 15 But Johanan the son of Caree, spoke
6 And Jeremias went to Godolias the to Godolias privately in Masphath, say-
son of Ahicam to Masphath and dwelt ing I will go, and I will kill Ismahel the
: :

With him in the midst of the people that son of Nathanias, and no man shall know
were left in the land. it, lest he kill thee, and all the Jews bo
7 And when all the captains of the army scattered, that are gathered unto thee,
that were scattered through the countries, and the remnant of Juda perish.
they and their companions, had heard that 16 And Godolias the son of Ahicam said
the king of Babylon had made Godolias to Johanan the son of Caree : Do not this
the son of Ahicam governor of the coun- thing for what thou sayst of Ismahel is
:

try, and that he had committed unto him false.

men and women, and children, and of the
poor of the land, them that had not been CHAPTER 41.
Godolias is slain : the Jews that \vere vdfh him are
carried away captive to Babylon: apprehensive of the Chaldeans.

m B. C. 587. 1 n 4 Kings 25. 24.

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Conspiracy of Ismahel JEREMIAS Jews determine to flee to Egypt

A ND "it came to pass in the seventh of Ahicam. And Ismahel the son of Na-
J\. month, that Ismahel the son of Na- thanias took them, and he departed, to
thanias, the son of Ellsama of the royal go over to the children of Anmaon.
blood, and the nobles of the king, and 11 But Johanan the son of Caree, and
ten men with him, came to Godolias the all the captains of the fighting men that
son of Ah'icam into Masphath: and they were with him, heard of the evil that
ate bread there together in Masphath. Ismahel the son of Nathanias had done.
2 And Ismahel the son of Nathanias 12 And taking all the men, they went
arose, and the ten men that were with out to fight against Ismahel the son of
him, and they struck Godolias the son of Nathanias, and they found him by the
Ahicam, the son of Saphan with the great waters that are in Gabaon.
sword, and slew him whom the king of 13 And when all the people that were
Babylon had made governor over the with Ismahel, had seen Johanan the son
land. of Caree, and all the captains of the
3 Ismahel slew also all the Jews that fighting men that were with him, they
were with Godolias in Masphath, and the rejoiced.
Chaldeans that were found there, and the 14 And all the people whom Ismahel
soldiers. had taken, went back to Masphath and :

4 And on the second day after he had they returned and went to Johanan the
killed Godohas, no man yet knowing it, son of Caree.
5 There came some from Sichem, and 15 But Ismahel the son of Nathanias
from Silo, and from Samaria, fourscore fled with eight men, from the face of Jo-
men, with their beards shaven, and their hanan, and went to the children of Am-
plothes rent, and mourning: and they mon.
had offerings and incense in their hand, 16 Then Johanan the son of Caree, and
to offer in the house of the Lord. all the captains of the soldiers that were
6 And Ismahel the son of Nathanias with him, took all the remnant of the
went forth from Masphath to meet them, people whom they had recovered from
weeping all along as he went and when Ismahel the son of Nathanias, from Mas-
:

he had met them, he said to them Come phath, after that he had slain Godolias
:

to Godohas, the son of Ahicam. the son of Ahicam vahant men for war,
:

7 And when they were come to the and the women, and the children, and
midst of the city, Ismahel the son of the eunuchs, whom he had brought back
Nathanias, slew them, and cast them into from Gabaon
the midst of the pit, he and the men that 17 And they departed, and sat as so-
were with him. journers in Chamaam, which is near
8 But ten men were found among them, Bethlehem in order to go forward, and
:

that said to Ismahel Kill us not for we enter into Egypt,

: :

have stores in the field, of wheat, and 18 From the face of the Chaldeans: fori
barley, and oil, and honey. And he for- they were afraid of them, because Isma-
bore, and slew them not with their bre- hel the son of Nathanias had slain Godo-
thren. lias the son of Ahicam, whom the king
9 And the pit into which Ismahel cast all of Babylon had made governor in thel
the dead bodies of the men whom he slew land of Juda.
because of Godohas, is the same that
king Asa made, for fear of Baasa the king
CHAPTER 42.
Jeremias assures the remnant of the people, that i^
of Israel the same did Ismahel the son
: they will stay in Juda, they shall be safe but if
;

of Nathanias fill with them that were they go down into Egypt, they shall perish.
slain.
10 Then Ismahel carried away captive
THEN P all the captains of the warriors
and Johanan the son of Caree, and
all the remnant of the people that were Jezonias the son of Osaias, and the rest
in Masphath the king's daughters, and of the people from the least to the great
:

all the people that remained in Masphath est came near

whom Nabuzardan the general of the 2 And they said to Jeremias the pro
army had committ/cd to Godolias the son phet: Let our supplication fall befori

o B. C. September 587. p B. C. 687.

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The warning of Jeremias JEREMIAS The warning of Jeremias

thee and pray thou for us to the Lord nor suffer hunger: and there we will
:

thy God for all this remnant, for we are dwell.

left but a few of many, as thy eyes do
behold us.
3 And let the Lord thy God shew us
the way by which we may walk, and the
thing that we must do.
4 And Jeremias the prophet said to
them: I have heard you: behold I will
pray to the Lord your God according to
your words; and whatsoever thing he
shall answer me, I will declare it to you
and I will hide nothing from you.
5 And they said to Jeremias The Lord
be witness between us of truth and faith-
fulness, if we do not according to every
thing for which the Lord thy God shall
send thee to us.
6 Whether it be good or evil, we will
obey the voice of the Lord our God, to
15 For this now hear the word of the
Lord, ye remnant of Juda: Thus saith
the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If
you set your faces to go into Egypt, and
enter in to dwell there
16 The sword which you fear, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt
and the famine, whereof you are afraid,
shall cleave to you in Egypt, and there
you shall die.
17 And all the men that set their faces
: to go into Egypt, to dwell there, shall
die by the sword, and by famine, and by
pestilence; none of them shall remain,
nor escape from the face of the evil that
I will bring upon them.
18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israel As my anger and my in-
:

whom we send thee that it may be well

: dignation hath been kindled against the
with us when we shall hearken to the inhabitants of Jerusalem so shall my in- :

voice of the Lord our God.
7 Now after ten days, the word of the
Lord came to Jeremias.
8 And he called Johanan the son of
Caree, and all the captains of the fight-
ing men that were with him, and all
the people from the least to the great-
est.
dignation be kindled against you, when
you shall enter into Egypt, and you shall
be an execration, and an astonishment,
and a curse, and a reproach: and you
shall see this placeno more.
19 This the word of the Lord con-
is
cerning you, O ye remnant of Juda: Go
ye not into Egypt know certainly that
:

9 And he said to them : Thus saith the I have adjured you this day.
Lord the God of Israel, to whom you 20 For you have deceived your own
sent me, to present your supplications souls for you sent me to the Lord our
:

before him: God, saying Pray for us to the Lord our

:

10 If you will be quiet and remain in God, and according to all that the Lord
this land, I will build you up, and not our God shall say to thee, so declare
pull you down I will plant you, and not
: unto us, and we will do it.
pluck you up: for now I am appeased 21 And now I have declared it to you
for the evil that I have done to you. this day, anc you have not obeyed the
11 Fear not because of the king of voice of the Lord your God, with regard
Babylon, of whom you are greatly afraid to all the things for which he hath sent
fear him not, saith the Lord: for I am me to you.
with you, to save you, and to deliver 22 Now therefore know certainly that
you from his hand. you shall die by the sword, and by fam-
12 And I will shew mercies to you, and ine, and by pestilence in the place to
will take pity on you, and wiU cause you which you desire to go to dwell there.
to dwell in your own land.
13 But if you say: We will not dwell in CHAPTER 43.
this land, neither will we hearken to the The Jews, contrary to the orders of God by the pro»
phet, go into Egypt, carrying Jeremias with them.
voice of the Lord our God, He foretells the devastation of that land by the hitb§
14 Saying No, but we will go into the
: of Babylon.
land of Egypt: where we shaU see no A ND 9 it came to pass, that when Jere-
war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet. X\. mias had made an end of speaking

q B. C. 587.
Chap. 42.Ver. 6. Oood or evil. That is, agree- done to you. That is, I am appeased, as I have
»ble or disagreeable sufficiently punished you, and now I am recoiiciled
Vm. t^ / am appeased for the evU that I have with you.
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Jeremias taken into Egypt JEREMIA S Desolation of Juda and Jerusalem

oo the people all the words of the Lord on
his garment: and he shall go forth
their God, for which the lord their God from thence in peace.
had sent him to them, all these words 13 And he shall break tho statues oi ibC
2 Azarias the son of Osaias, and Jo- house of the sun, that are in the land of
hanan the son of Caree, and all the Egypt ; and the temples of the god£ of
proud men, made answer, saying tc Jere- Egypt he shall burn with fire.
mias Thou tellest a lie the Lord our
: :

God hath not sent thee, saying : Go not OHAPTER 44.

into Egypt, to dwell there.
3 But Baruch the son of Nerlas setfeeth
thee on against us, to deliver us into the
hands of the Ohaldeans, to kill us, and to
cause us to be carried away captives to
Babylon.
4 So Johanan the eon of Caree, and all
the captains of the soldiers, and all the
people, obeyed not the voice of the Lord,
to remain in the land of Juda.
6 But Johanan the son of Caree, and all
the captains of the soldiers took all the
remnant of Juda, that were returned out
of all nations, to which they had before
been scattered, to dwell in the land of
Juda:
6 Men, and women, and children, and
the king's daughters, and every soul,
which Nabuzardan the general had left
with Godolias the son of Ahicam the son
of Saphan, and Jeremias the prophet, and
Baruch the son of Nerias.
7 And they went into the land of Egypt,
for they obeyed not the voice of the
Lord and they came as far as Taphnis.
: oar to turn from their evil ways, and not
8 And the word of the Lord came to
Jeremias in Taphnis, saying
9 Take great stones in thy hand, and
thou Shalt hide them in the vault that
is under the brick wall at the gate of
Tho admonition to the Jews in Egypt
"prophet^s
againtf idolatry is not regarded: he denounces
to thevn their destruction.
THE word that came to Jeremias, con-
cerning the Jews that dwelt in
all
the land of Egypt, dwelUng in Magdal,
and in Taphnis, and in Memphis, and in
the land of Phatures, saying
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
of Israel: You have seen all this evil that
I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon
all the cities of Juda: and behold they
are desolate this day, and there is not aa
inhabitant in them
3 Because of the wickedness which they
have committed, to provoke me to wrath,
and to go and offer sacrifice, and worship
other gods, which neither they, nor you,
nor your fathers knew.
4 And I sent to you aU my servants the
prophets, rising early, and sending, and
saying: Do not commit this abominable
thing, which I hate.
5 But they heard not, nor inclined their
to sacrifice to strange gods.
6 Wherefore my indignation and my
fury was poured forth, and was kindled
in the cities of Juda, and in the streets
of Jerusalem and they are turned to
:

Pharao's house in Taphnis: in the sight desolation and waste, as at this day.
of the men of Juda. 7 And now thus saith the Lord of hosts
10 And thou shalt say to them: Thus the God of Israel: Why do you commit
saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel this great evil against your own souls,
Behold I will send, and take Nabucho- that there should die of you man and
donosor the king of Babylon my servant: woman, child and suckling out of the
and I will set his throne over these stones midst of Juda, and no remnant should be
which I have hid, and he shall set his left you
throne over them. you provoke me to wrath with
8 In that
11 And he shall come and strike the the works of your hands, by sacrificing
land of Egypt such as are for death %o
: tc other gods in the land of Egypt, into
death : and such as are for captivity, to which you are come to dwell there and :

captivity : and such as are for the sword, that you should perish, and be a curse,
to tihe sword, and a reproach to all the nations of the
12 And he shall kindle a fire in the tem- earth?
ples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall 9 Have you forgotten the evils of your
burn them, and he shall carry them away fathers, and the evils of the kings of
captives and he shall array himself with
: Juda, and the evils of their wives, and
*iie ^« ad of Egypt, as a aheph<3rd putteth your evils, and the evils of your wives^
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Prophecy against Jews in Egypt
that they have done in the land of Juda,
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 They are not cleansed even to this
day :neither have they feared, nor
walked in the law of the Lord, nor in
my commandments, which I set before
you and your fathers.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts the God of Israel Behold I will
set my face upon you for evil
destroy Juda.
all
12 And I will take the remnant of Juda
that have set their faces to go into the
land of Egypt, and to dwell there: and
they shall be all consumed in the laud of
Egypt they shall fall by the sword, and
: people of the land, which the Lord bath
by the famine and they shall be con-
: remembered, and hath it not entered
sumed from the least even to the great-
est, by the sword, and by the famine shall
they die: and they shall be for an exe-
cration, and for a wonder, and for a
curse, and for a reproach.
13 And I will visit them that dwell in
the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jeru-
aalem by the sword, and by famine, and
by pestilence.
14 And there shall be none that shall
escape, and remain of the remnant of
the Jews that are gone to sojourn in the
land of Egypt: and that shall return into
the land of Juda, to which they have a
desire to return to dwell there: there
shall none return but they that shall flee.
15 Then all the men that knew that
their wives sacrificed to other gods : and
all the women of whom there stood by
a great multitude, and all the people of
them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in
Phatures, answered Jeremias, saying:
16 As for the word which thov hast
spoken to us in the name of tho Lord,
we will not hearken to thee
17 But we will certainly do every word
that shall proceed out of our own mouth,
to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and
%o pour out drink offerings to her, as we
and our fathers have done, our kings, and
our princes in the cities of Juda, and in
the streets of Jerusalem : and we were
JEREMIAS Their sins cause of li.ei/ woes
all things, and have been consumed by
the sword, and by famine.
19 And if we offer sacrifice to the queen
of heaven, and pour out driuK offerings
to her: did we make cakes to worship
her, to pour out drink offerings to her,
without our husbands ?
20 And Jeremias sj)oke to all the peoplSj
:
*"
to the men, and to the women, and to
: and I will all the people which had given him that
answer, saying:
21 Was it not the sacrifice that you
offered in the cities of Juda, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers,
your kings, and your princes, and the
into his heart ?
22 So that the Lord could no longer
bear, because of the evil of yoiu* doings,
and because of the abominations which
you have committed: therefore your
land is become i desolation, and an
astonishment, and a curse, without an
inhabitant, as at this day
23 Because you have sacrificed to idols,
and have sinned against the Lord: and
have not obeyed the voice of the Lord,
and have not walked in his law, and in
his commandmenoB, and in his testi*
monies : therefore are these evils como
upon you, as at this day.
24 And Jeremias said to all the people»,
and to all the women : Hear ye the word
of the Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in
the land oi Egypt
26 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
of Israel, saying: You and your wives
have spoken with your mouth, and ful-
filled with your hands, saying: Let us
perform our vows which we have made,
to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven,
and to pour out drink offerings to her
you have fulfilled your vows, and have
performed tnem indeed.
26 Therefore hear ye the word of the
Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the
land of Egypt: Behold I have sworn by
my great name, saith the Lord that my :

filled with bread, and it was well with us, name shall no more be named in the
and we saw no evil. mouth of any man of Juda, in the land
18 But since we left off to offer sacrifice of Egypt, saying: The Lord God liveth.
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out 27 Behold I will watch over them for
drink offerings to her, we have wanted evil, and not for good and all the men :

r Amos 9, 4.

Chap. 44. Ver. 17, The queen of heaven. The moon, which they worshipped under this name.

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The prophet comforts Banich JEREMIAS A prophecy against Egypt

of Juda that are in the land of Egypt, Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, which
shall be consumed, by the sword, and by was by the river Euphrates in Charcamis,
famine, till there be an end of them. whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Bab-
28 And a few men that shall flee from ylon defeated, in the fourth year * of Joa-
the sword, shall return out of the land of kim the son of Josias king of Juda
Egypt into the land of Juda and all the 3 Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and
:

remnant of Juda that are gone into the go forth to battle.

land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know 4 Harness the horses, and get up, ye
whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs. horsemen: stand forth with helmets,
29 And this shall be a sign to you, saith furbish the spears, put on coats of mail.
the Lord, that I will punish you in this 6 What then ? I have seen them dis-
place: that you may know that my mayed, and turning their backs, theii
words shall be accomplished indeed valiant ones slain they fled apace, and :

against you for evil. they looked not back terror was round :

30 Thus saith the Lord Behold I will about, saith the Lord.
:

deliver Pharao Ephree king of Egypt into 6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the
the hand of his enemies, and into the strong think to escape they are over- :

hand of them that seek his life as I thrown, and fallen down, towards the
:

delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the north by the river Euphrates.
hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of 7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood
Babylon big enemy, and that sought his and his streams swell like those of rivers ?
life» 8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the
waves thereof shall be moved as rivers,
CHAPTER 45. and he shall say I will go up and wiU :

The prophet comforts Baruch in his affliction.

cover tlic ^arth I will destroy the city,
:

THE word that Jeremias the prophet and its inhabitants.

spoke to Baruch the son of Nerias, 9 Get ye up on horses, and glory in
j^hen he had written these words in a chariots, and let the valiant men come
Dook, out of the mouth of Jeremias, in forth, the Ethiopians, and the Libyans
the fotirth year of Joakim the son of that hold the shield, and the Lydians
Josias king of Juda, saying that take, and shoot arrows.
2 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel 10 For this is the day of the Lord the
to thee, Baruch God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that
3 Thou hast said Woe is me, wretch he may revenge himself of his ene mies
:

that I am, for the Lord hath added sorrow the sword shall devour, and shall be
to nay sorrow: I am wearied with my filled, and shall be drunk with their blood:
groans, and I find no rest. for there is a sacrifice of the Lord God of
4 Thus saith the Lord Thus shalt thou hosts in the north country, by the river
:

say to him: Behold jhem whom I have Euphrates.

built, I do destroy and them whom I 11 Go up into Galaad, and take balm,
have planted, I do piuck up, and all this virgin daughter of Egypt in vain dost :

land. thou multiply medicines, there shall be

5 And dost thou seek great things for no cure for thee.
thyself ? Seek not for behold I will bring
: 12 The nations have heard of thy dis-
evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord but I grace, and thy howling hath filled the
!

will give thee thy life, and save thee in land: for the strong hath stumbled
all places whithersoever thou shalt go. against the strong, and both are fallen
together.
CHAPTER 46. word that the Lord spoke to
13 The
A prophfcy against Egypt. The Jeremias the prophet, how Nabuchodon-
Jeivs shall return
frotn captivity. osor king of Babylon should come and
THE word of the Lord that came ^o strike the land of Egypt
Jeremias the prophet against t>« 14 Declare ye to Egypt, and publish it
Gentiles, in Magdal, * and let it be known in Mem-
2 Against Egypt, against the army of phis, and in Taphnis say ye Stand up, : :

.s B. C. 607 t Supra 4^. ^

666

A prop heci/ again.^f Egypt
and prepare thyself: for the sword
devour all round about thee.
15 Why are thy valiant men come to
nothing? they stood not: because the
Lord hath overthrown them.
16 He hath multiplied them that fall,
and one hath fallen upon another, and
they shall say: Arise, and let us return
to our own people, and to the land of
our nativity, from the sword of the dove.
17 Call ye the name of Pharao king of
Egypt, a tumult time hath brought.
18 ^8 I live, (saith the King, whose
name is the Lord of hosts,) as Thabor is
among the mountains, and as Carmel by
the sea, so shall he come.
19 Furnish thyself to go into captivity,
thou daughter inhabitant of Egypt: for
Memphis
shall
shall be made desolate, and
be forsaken and uninhabited.
20 Egypt is like a fair and beautiful
heifer there shall come from the north
: Gaza.
one that shall goad her.
21 Her hirelings also that lived in the
midst of her, like fatted calves are
turned back, and are fled away together,
and they could not stand, for the day of
their slaughter is come upon them, the
time of their visitation.
22 Her voice shall sound like brass, for
they shall hasten with an army, and
with axes they shall come against her,
as hewers of wood.
23 They have cut down her forest, saith
the Lord, which cannot be counted: they
are multipUed above locusts, and are
without number.
24 The daughter of Egypt is confounded,
and delivered into the hand of the peo-
ple of the north.
25 The Lord of hosts the Goo of Israel
hath said Behold I will visit upon the
: 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon
tumult of Alexandria, and upon Pharao,
and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and
upon her kings, and upon Pharao, and
upon them that trust in himc
26 And I will deliver them into the
hand of them that seek their lives, and
into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king
of Babylon, and into the hand of his
servants and afterwards it shall be in-
: and against the countries thereof by the
habited, " as in the days of old, saith the
Lord.
u Ezech. 20. 13.
Chap. 46. Ver. 16. The dove.
tionon chap. 25., ver. 38.
Ver. 25. Visit upon. That is,
:
JEREMIAS Prophecy against the P MUstines
shall 27 ''And thou my servant Jacob, fear
not and be not thou dismayed, O Israel
for behold I will save thee from afar off,
and thy seed out of the land of thy cap-
tivity and Jacob shall return and be at
:
rest, and prosper: and there shall be
none to terrify him.
28 And thou, my servant Jacob, fear
not, saith the Lord because I am with
:
thee, for I will consume all the nations
to which I have cast thee out: but thee
I wiU not consume, but I will correct
thee in judgment, neither will I spare
thee as if thou wert innocent.
CHAPTER 47.
A prophecy of the desolation of the Philistines^ €(f
Tyre, Sidon^ Gaza, and Ascalon.
THE word of the Lord that came to
Jeremias the prophet against the
people of Palestine, before Pharao took
2 Thus saith the Lord: Behold there
come up waters out of the north, and
they shall be as an overflowing torrent,
and they shall cover the land, and all
that is therein, the city and the inhabit-
ants thereof: then the men shall cry,
and all the inhabitants of the land sh^
howl,
3 At the noise of the marching of armSi
and of his soldiers, at the rushing of his
chariots, and the multitude of his wheels.
The fathers have not looked back to the
children, for feebleness of hands,
4 Because of the coming of the day, la
which all the Philistines shall be laid
waste, and Tyre and Sidon shall be de-
stroyed, with all the rest of their helpers.
For the Lord hath wasted the Philistines,
^ the remnant of the isle of Cappadocia.
hath held her peace with the remnant of
their valley: how long shalt thou cut
thyself?
6 O thou sword of the Lord, how long
wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy
scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How shall it be quiet, when the Lord
hath given it a charge against Ascalon,
sea side, and there hath made an ap
pointment for it ?
V Isa. 43. 1, and 'i4.2.—w Dent. 2. 23 ; Amos 9. 7,
See the annota- andria. In the Hebrew, No, which was the ancient
name ofthe city, to which Alexander gave after-
punish. Ibid. Alex- wards the name of Alexandria.
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Desolation of Moah foretold JEREMIAS Desolation of Moah foretold

CHAPTER 48. and they shall cast him down, and shall

J prophecy of the desolation of Moab for their

empty his vessels, and break their bottles
pride: but their captivity shall at last he re- one against another.
leased. 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Cha-
4 GAINST ^ Moab thus Lord mos, ^ as the house of Israel was ashamed
saith the
J\. of hosts Israel: Woe to of Bethel, in which they trusted.
the God of
Nabo, for it is laid waste, and con- 14 How do you say * We are valiant, :

founded Cariathaim
: is taken the and stout men in battle ?
:

strong city is confounded and hath trem- 15 Moab is laid waste, and they have
bled. cast down her cities and her choice :

2 There is no more rejoicing in Moab young men are gone down to the slaugh-
over Hesebon: they have devised evil. ter: saith the king, whose name is the
Come, and let us cut it off from being a Lord of hosts.
nation. Therefore shalt thou in silence 16 The destruction of Moab is near to
hold thy peace, and the sword shall fol- come the calamity thereof shall come :

low thee. on exceeding swiftly.

3 A voice of crying from Oronaim: 17 Comfort him, all you that are round
waste, and great destruction. about him, and all you that know his
4 Moab is destroyed: proclaim a cry name, say: How is the strong staff
for herlittle ones. broken, the beautiful rod ?
5 For by the ascent of Luith shall the 18 Come down from thy glory, and sit
mourner go up with weeping for in the : in thirst, O dwelling of the daughter of
descent of Oronaim the enemies have Dibon: because the spoiler of Moab is
heard a howling of destruction. come up to thee, he hath destroyed thy
6 Flee, save your lives: aad be ^as bulwarks.
heath in the wilderness. 19 Stand in the way, and look out, O
7 For because thou hast trusted in thy habitation of Aroer : inquire of him that
bulwarks, and in thy treasures, thou fleeth : and say to him that hath escaped
also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall What is done ?
go into captivity, his priests, and his 20 Moab is confounded, because he is
princes together. overthrown howl ye, and cry, tell ye it
:

8 And the spoiler shall come upon every in Arnon, that Moab is wasted.
city, and no city shall escape : and the 21 And judgment is come upon the
valleys shall perish, and the plains shaU plain country upon Helen, and upon
:

be destroyed, for the Lord hath spoken:
9 Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower
it shall go out: and the cities thereof
shall be desolate, and uninhabited.
10 Cursed be he that doth the work of
the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he
that withholdeth his sword from blood.
11 Moab hath been fruitful from his
youth, and hath rested upon his lees and
hath not been poured out from vessel
to vessel, nor hath gone into captivity
therefore his taste hath remained in him,
Jasa, and upon Mephaath.
22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nabo, and
upon the house of Deblathaim,
23 And upon Cariathaim, and upon
Bethgamul, and upon Bethmaon,
24 And upon Carioth, and upon Bosra:
and upon all the cities of the land of
Moab, far or near.
: 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his
arm is broken, saith the Lord.
: 26 Make him drunk, because he lifted
up himself against the Lord and Moab :

and his scent is not changed. shall dash his hand in his own vomit,
12 Therefore behold the days come, and he also shall be in derision.
saith the Lord, and I will send him men 27 For Israel hath been a derision unto
that shall order and overturn his bottles, thee as though thou hadst found him
:

X Supra 27 ; Ezech. 25.-7/ Supra 17. 6. 2 3 Kings 12. 29. — a Isa. 16, 6.

Chap. 48. Ver. 7. Chamos. The idol of the That is, remained in its bad morals; as wine not
Moabites. decanted has its lees mixed and remains muddy.
Ver. 10. Deeeitfiilhf. In the Greek, nenl^nevthi. Ver. 13. Of Bethel. That is, of their golden calf
The wcyrk of Ond here spoken of, is the punishment which they worshipped in Bethel.
of the Moabites. Ver. 25. The horn of Moab is cut off. That is,
Ver. 11. Moab hath been fruitful. That is, rich the strenfrth of Moab is cut off. A metaphor drawn
md flourishing And hath rested upon his lees. from animals whose strength is in their horns.
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The pride of Moah punished JEREMTAS The captivity of Moab released

amongst thieves for thy words there- howled! How hath Moab bowed down
:

fore, which thou hast spoken against the neck, and is confounded And Moab !

him, thou shalt be led away captive. shall be a derision, and an example to all
28 Leave the cities, and dwell in the round about him.
rock, you that dwell in Moab and be ye 40 Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall
:

like the dove that maketh her nest in the fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his
mouth of the hole in the highest place. wings to Moab.
29 ^ We have heard the pride of Moab, 41 Carioth is taken, and the strongholds
he is exceeding proud his haughtiness, are won: and the heart of the valiant
:

and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the men of Moab in that day shall be as the
loftiness of his heart. heart of a woman in labour.
30 I know, saith the Lord, his boasting, 42 And Moab shall cease to be a people :
and that tire strength thereof is not ac- because he hath gloried against the
cording to it, neither hath it endeavoured Lord.
to do according as it was able. 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare come
31 Therefore will I lament for Moab, upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith
and I will cry out to all Moab, for the the Lord.
men of the brick wall that mourn. 44 ^ He that shall flee from the fear,
32 O vineyard of Sabama, I will weep shall fall into the pit: and he that shall
for thee, with the mourning of Jazer get up out of the pit, shall be taken in
thy branches are gone over the sea, they the snare : for I will bring upon Moab
are come even to the sea of Jazer : the the year of their visitation, saith the
robber hath rushed in upon thy harvest Lord.
and thy vintage. 45 They that fled from the snare stood
33 ^ Joy and gladness is taken away from in the shadow of Hesebon: but there
Carmel, and from the land of Moab, and came a fire out of Hesebon, and a flame
I have taken away the wine out of the out of the midst of Seon, and it shall de-
presses: the treader of the grapes shall vour part of Moab, and the crown of the
not sing the accustomed cheerful tune. head of the children of tumult.
34 From the cry of Hesebon even to 46 Woe to thee, Moab, thou hast per-
Eleale, and to Jasa, they have uttered ished, O people of Chamos for thy sons, :

their voice from Segor to Oronaim, as

: and thy daughters are taken captives.
a heifer of three years old the waters
also of Nemrim shall be very bad.
35 And I will take away from Moab,
Baith the Lord, ham that ofifereth in the
high places, and that sacrificeth to his
gods.
36 Therefore my heart shall sound for
Moab like pipes: and my heart shall
Bound hke pipes fc r the men of the brick
: 47 And I will bring back the captivity
of Moab in the last days, saith the Lord.
Hitherto the judgments of Moab.
CHAPTER 49.
The like desolation of Ammon, of Tdumea, of the
Syrians, of the Agarenes, and of the Ela/mifes.
AGAINST
-^the children of Ammon.
Thus saith the Lord: Hath Israel no i.

wall because he hath done more than sons? or hath he no heir?

:
then Why
he could, therefore they have perished. hath Melchom inherited Gad: and his
37 ^ For every head shall be bald, and people dwelt in his cities ?
every beard shall be shaven: all hands 2 Therefore behold the days come, saith
shall be tied together, and upon every the Lord, and I will cause the noise of
back there shall be haircloth. war to be heard in Rabbath of the chil-
38 Upon all the housetops of Moab, and dren cf Ammon, and it shall be destroyed
in the streets thereof general mourning into a heap, and her daughters shall be
because I have broken Moab as an use- burnt with fire, and Israel shall possess
less vessel, saith the Lord. them that have possessed him, saith the
39 How is it overthrown, and they have Lord.

6 Isa. 16. 6. — C Isa. 16. 10. e Isa. 24. 18.

d Isa. 15. 2 ; Ezech. 7. 18. / Supra 27. ; Ezech. 25.

Ver. 43. Fpor. That the sword of the enemy

is, Chap. 49. Ver. L Melchom. The idol of the
TJie pit. That is, unforeseen calamities. The snare Ammonites.
That is, the ambushes laid by tlie enemy.
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Against Ammon and Edom JEREMIAS The pride of Edom humbled

3 Howl, O Hesebon, for Hai is wasted. come against her, and let us rise up to
Cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird your- battle.
selves with haircloth mourn and go: 15 For behold I have made thee a little
about by the hedges: for Melchom shall one among the nations, despicable among
be carried into captivity, his priests, and men.
his princes together. 16 Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee,
4 Why gloriest thou in the valleys ? thy and the pride of thy heart O thou that :

valley hath flowed away, O delicate
daughter, that hast trusted in thy trea-
sures, and hast said: Who shall come to
dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and en-
deavourest to lay hold on the height of
the hill but though thou shouldst make
'^
:

me? thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring

5 Behold I will bring a fear upon thee,
saith the Lord God of hosts, from all that
are round about thee: and you shall be
scattered every one out of one another's
sight, neither shall there be any to gather
thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
17 And Edom shall be desolate: every
one that shall pass by it, shall be aston-
ished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
18 As Sodom was overthrown and Go-
-^

together them that flee. morrha, and the neighbours thereof, saith
6 And afterwards I will cause the cap- the Lord there shall not a man dwell
:

tives of the children of Ammon to return, there, and there shall no son of man in-
saith the Lord. habit it.
7 ^ Against Edom. Thus saith the Lord 19 Behold one shall come up as a lion
of hosts Is wisdom no more in Theman? from the swelling of the Jordan, against
:

counsel is perished from her children: the strong and beautiful for I will make :

their wisdom is become unprofitable. him run suddenly upon her: and who
8 Flee and turn your backs, go down shall be the chosen one whom I may ap-
into the deep hole, ye inhabitants of point over her ? for who is like to me ?
Bedan for I have brought the destruc- and who shall abide me ? ^ and who is
:

tion of Esau upon him, the time of his that shepherd that can withstand my
visitation. countenance ?
9 If grapegatherers had come to thee, 20 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the
would they not have left a bunch? if Lord, which he hath taken concerning
thieves in the night, they would have Edom and his thoughts which he hath
:

taken what was enough for them.
10 But I have made Esau bare, I have
revealed his secrets, and he cannot be
hid: his seed is laid waste, and his bre-
thren, and his neighbours, and he shall
not be.
11 Leave thy fatherless children: I will
thought concerning the inhabitants of
Theman: surely the little ones of the
flock shall cast them down, of a truth
they shall destroy them with their habi-
tation.
21 The earth is moved at the noise of
their fall the cry of their voice is heard
:

make them live and thy widows shall

: in the Red Sea.
hope in me. 22 Behold he shall come up as an eagle,
12 For thus saith the Lord: Behold they and fly: and he shall spread his wings
whose judgment was not to drink of the over Bosra and in that day the heart of
:

cup, shall certainly drink and shalt thou : the valiant ones of Edom shall be as the
come off as innocent? thou shalt not come heart of a woman in labour.
off as innocent, but drinking thou shalt 23 Against Damascus. Emath is con-
drink. founded and Arphad for they have heard :

13 For I have sworn by myself, saith very bad tidings, they are troubled as in
the Lord, that Bosra shall become a deso- the sea: through care they could not rest.
lation, and a reproach, and a desert, and 24 Damascus is undone, she is put to
a curse and aU her cities shall be ever-
: flight, trembling hath seized on her: an-
lasting wastes. guish and sorrows have taken her as a
14 '^ I have heard a rumour from the woman in labour.
Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the 25 How have they forsaken the city of
nations: Gather yourselves together, and renown, the city of joy

^ A. M. 3417.~A Abd. 1. 1. 1 i Abd. 1. 4.—j Gen, 19. 24. — A; Job 4L t.

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Against Damascus Asor, yElam JEREMIAS Prophecy against Babylon

26 Therefore her young men shall fall saith the Lord and 1 will send the sword
:

in her streets: and all the men of war after them, till I consume them.
shall be silent in that day, saith the Lord 38 And I will set my throne in Elam,
of hosts. and destroy kings and princes from
27 And I will kindle a the wall of thence, saith the Lord.
fire in
Damascus, and it shall devour the strong 39 But in the latter days I will cause
holds of Benadad. the captives of Elam, to return, saith the
28 Against Cedar and against the king- Lord.
doms of Asor, which Nabuchodonosor king CHAPTER 60.
of Babylon destroyed. Thus saith the Babylon, which hath afflicted the Israelites, after
their restoration, shall be utterly destroyed.
Lord Arise, and go ye up to Cedar, and
:

waste the children of the east.

29 They shall take their tents, and their
THE
word that the Lord hath spoken
against Babylon, and against the land
flocks and shall carry off for themselves of the Chaldeans in the hand of Jeremias
:

their curtains, and all their vessels, and the prophet.

their camels and they shall call fear 2 Declare ye among the nations, and
:

upon them round about. publish it, lift up a standard proclaim, :

30 Flee ye, get away speedily, sit in deep and conceal it not say : Babylon is taken,
:

holes, you that inhabit Asor, saith the Bel is confounded, Merodach is over-
Lord for Nabuchodonosor king of Bab- thrown, their graven things are con-
:

ylon hath taken counsel against you, and founded, their idols are overthrown.
hath conceived designs against you. 3 For a nation is come up against her
31 Arise, and go up to a nation that is out of the north, which shall make her
at ease, and that dwelleth securely, saith land desolate and there shall be none
:

the Lord: they have neither gates, nor to dwell therein, from man even to
bars: they dwell alone. beast yea they are removed, and gone
:

32 And their camels shall be for a spoil, away.

and the multitude of their cattle for a 4 In those days, and at that time, saith
booty, and I will scatter into every wind the Lord, the children of Israel shall
them that have their hair cut round, and come, they and the children of Juda to-
I will bring destruction upon them from gether: going and weeping they shall
all their confines, saith the Lord. make haste, and shall seek the Lord their
33 And Asor shall be a habitation for God.
dragons, desolate for ever: no man shall 5 They shall ask the way to Sion, their
abide there, nor son of man inhabit it. faces are hitherward. They shall come,
34 The word of the Lord that came to and shall be joined to the Lord by an
Jeremias the prophet against Elam, in everlasting covenant, which shall never
the beginning of the reign of Sedecias be forgotten.
king of Juda, saying 6 My people have been a lost flock, their
35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts Behold shepherds have caused them to go astray,
:

I will break the bow of Elam, and their and have made them wander in the moun-
chief strength. tains : they have gone from mountain to
36 And I will bring upon Elam the four hill, they have forgotten their resting
winds from the four quarters of heaven: place.
and I will scatter them into all these 7 All that found them, have devoured
winds and there shall be no nation, to
: them and their enemies said :
: We
have
which the fugitives of Elam shall not not sinned in so doing : because they have
come. sinned against the Lord the beauty of
37 And I will cause Elam to be afraid justice, and against the Lord the hope of
before their enemies, and in the sight their fathers.
of them that seek their life and I will : 8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon,
bring evil upon them, my fierce wrath, and go forth out of the land of the Chal-

Ver. 28. Cedar and Asor were parts of Arabia Chap. 50. Ver. 2. Bel, «fee. Bel and Merodach
which with Moab, Ammon, Edom, &c., were all were worshipped for gods by the men of Babylon.
brought under the yoke of Nabuchodonosor. Ver. 3. A nation, &c., viz., the Medes.
Ver. 34. Elam, A part ol Persia.
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deans and be ye as kids at the head of and Bason, and his soul shall be satisfied
:

the flock. in mount Ephraim, and Galaad.

9 For behold I raise up, and will bring 20 In those days, and at that time, saith
against Babylon an assembly of great the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be
nations from the land of the north: and sought for, and there shall be none and :

they shall be prepared against her, and the sin of Juda, and there shall none be
from thence she shall be taken: their found: for I will be merciful to them,
arrows, like those of a mighty man, a de- whom I shall leave.
stroyer, shall not return in vain. 21 Go up against the land of the rul-
10 And Chaldea shall be made a prey ers, and punish the inhabitants thereof,
all that waste her shall be filled, saith the waste, and destroy all behind them, saith
Lord. the Lord and do according to all that I
:

11 Because you rejoice, and speak great have commanded thee.

things, pillaging my inheritance be-: 22 A noise of war in the land, and a
cause you are spread abroad as calves great destruction.
upon the grass, and have bellowed as 23 How is the hammer of the whole
bulls. earth broken, and destroyed! how is
12 Your mother is confounded exceed- Babylon turned into a desert among the
ingly, and she that bore you is made even nations I

with the dust: behold she shall be the 24 I have caused thee to fall into a
last among the nations, a wilderness un- snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon,
passable, and dry. and thou wast uDt aware of it: thou art
13 Because of the wrath of the Lord it found and caught, because thou hast pro-
shall not be inhabited, but shall be wholly voked the Lord.
desolate : every one that shall pass by 25 The Lord hatn opened his armoury,
Babylon, shall be astonished, and shall and hath brought forth the weapons of
hiss at all her plagues. his wrath for the Lord the God of hosts
:

14 Prepare yourselves against Babylon hath a work to be done in the land of

round about, all you that bend the bow the Chaldeans.
fight against her, spare not arrows be- 26 Come ye against her from the utter-
:

cause she hath sinned against the Lord. most borders: open that they may go
15 Shout against her, she hath every forth that shall tread her down: take
where given her hand, her foundations the stones out of the way, and make
are fallen, her walls are thrown down, heaps, and destroy her: and let nothing
for it is the vengeance of the Lord. of her be left.
Take vengeance upon her as she hath 27 Destroy all her valiant men, let them
;

done, so do to her. go down to the slaughter woe to them, :

16 Destroy the sower out of Babylon, for their day is come, the time of their
and him that holdeth the sickle in the visitation.
time of harvest for fear of the sword of 28 The voice of them that flee, and of
:

the dove every man shall return to his them that have escaped out of the land
people, and every one shall flee to his of Babylon: to declare in Sion the re-
own land. venge of the Lord our God, the revenge
17 Israel is a scattered flock, the lions of his temple.
have driven him away: first the king of many against Babylon, to
29 Declare to
Assyria devoured him and last this
: that bend the bow: stand together
all
Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath against her round about, and let none
broken his bones. escape pay her according to her work
;

'^ according to all that she hath done, do

18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will ye to her for she hath lifted up herself
:

visit the king of Babylon and his land, against the Lord, against the Holy One
as I have visited the king of Assyria. of Israel.
19 And I will bring Israel again to his 30 Therefore shall her young men fall
habitation: and he shall feed on Carmel, in her streets: and aU her men of war
m Infra 51. 49.

Ver. 16. The dove. Or the destroyer; for the Hebrew word signifies either the one or the other
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shall hold their peace in that day, saith they shall ride upon horses: like a man
the Lord. prepared for battle against thee, O daugh-
31 Behold I come against thee, O proud ter of Babylon.
one, saith the Lord the God of hosts for 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the
:

thy day is come, the time of thy visita- report of them, and his hands are grown
tion. feeble anguish hath taken hold of him,
:

32 And the proud one shall fall, he shall pangs as a woman in labour.
fall down, and there shall be none to lift 44 ^ Behold he shall come up like a lion
him up: and I will kindle a fire in his from the swelling of the Jordan to the
cities, and it shall devour all round about strong and beautiful: for I will make
him. him run suddenly upon her: and who
33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts The shall be the chosen one whom I may ap-
:

clr^ldren of Israel, and the children of point over her? for who is like to me?
Juda are oppressed together: all that and who shall bear up against me ? P and
have taken them captives, hold them who is that shepherd that can withstand
fast, they will not let them go. my countenance ?
34 Their redeemer is strong, the Lord 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the
of hosts is his name he will defend their Lord, which he hath taken against Baby-
:

cause in judgment, to terrify the land, lon: and his thoughts which he hath
and to disquiet the inhabitants of Baby- thought against the land of the Chal-
lon. deans surely the little ones of the flocks
:

35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith shall pull them down, of a truth their
the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of habitation shall be destroyed with them.
Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon 46 At the noise of the taking of Baby-
her wise men. lon the earth is moved, and the cry is
36 A sword upon her diviners, and they heard amongst the nations.
shall be foolish: a sword upon her valiant
ones, and they shall be dismayed. CHAPTER 51.
37 A sword upon their horses, and upon The miseries that shall fall upon Babylon from the
their chariots, and upon all the people Medes the destruction of her idols.
:

that are in the midst of her: and they rnnUS saith the Lord: Behold I will
shall become as women: a sword upon JL raise up as it were a pestilential
her treasures, and they shall be made a wind against Babylon and against the
spoil. inhabitants thereof, who have lifted up
38 A drought upon her waters, and they their heart against me.
shall be dried up because it is a land of
: 2 And I will send to Babylon fanners,
idols, and they glory in monstrous things. and they shall fan her, and shall destroy
39 Therefore shall dragons dwell there her land for they are come upon her on
:

with the fig fauns: and ostriches shall every side in the day of her affliction.
dwell therein, and it shall be no more 3 Let not him that bendeth, bend his
inhabited for ever, neither shall it be bow, and let not him go up that is armed
built up from generation to generation. with a coat of mail spare not her young :

40 ^ As the Lord overthrew Sodom and men, destroy all her army.
Gomorrha, and their neighbour cities, 4 And the slain shall fall in the land of
saith the Lord no man shall dwell there, the Chaldeans, and the wounded in the
:

neither shall the son of man inhabit it. regions thereof.

41 Behold a people cometh from the 5 For Israel and Juda have not been
north, and a great nation, and many forsaken by their God the Lord of hosts
kings shall rise from the ends of the but their land hath been filled with sin
earth. against the Holy One of Israel.
42 They shall take the bow and the 6 Flee ye from the midst of Babylon,
shield: they are cruel and unmerciful: and let every one save his own life be :

their voice shall roar like the sea, and not silent upon her iniquity for it is the :

n Gen. 19. 24. — o Supra 49. 19. p Job 41. 1.

Ver. 39. Fig fav/ns. Monsters of the desert, or to live upon wild figs, they called XhemfauniftcariU
ilemans in monstrous shapes such as the ancients
: or Jig fauns.
called/auns smd satyrs ,' and as they imagined them

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time of revenge from the Lord, he will 19 The portion of Jacob is not like them:
render unto her what she hath deserved. for he that made all things he it is, and
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance
the hand of the Lord, that made all the the Lord of hosts is his name.
earth drunk the nations have drunk of
: 20 Thou dashest together for me the
her wine, and therefore they have stag- weapons of war, and with thee I will dash
gered. nations together, and with thee I will
8 ''Babylon is suddenly fallen, and de- destroy kingdoms
stroyed howl for her, take balm for her
: 21 And with thee I will break in pieces
pain, if so she may be healed. the horse, and his rider, and with thee
9 We would have cured Babylon, but I will break in pieces the chariot, and
she is not healed let us forsake her, and him that getteth up into it
:

let us go every man to his own land: be- 22 And with thee I will break in pieces
cause her judgment hath reached even man and woman, and with thee I will
to the heavens, and is lifted up to the break in pieces the old man and the
clouds. child, and with thee I will break in
10 The Lord hath brought forth our pieces the young man and the virgin
justices; Come, and let us declare in 23 And with thee I will break in pieces
Sion the work of the Lord our God. the shepherd and his flock, and with thee
11 Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers, I will break in pieces the husbandman
the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the and his yoke of oxen, and with thee I
kings of the Medes and his mind is will break in pieces captains and rulers.
:

against Babylon to destroy it, because it 24 And I will render to Babylon, and to
is the vengeance of the Lord, the ven- all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their
geance of his temple. evil, that they have done in Sion, b*^fore
12 Upon the walls of Babylon set up your eyes, saith the Lord.
the standard, strengthen the watch set 25 Behold I ccyme against thee, thou de-
:

up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes stroying mountain, saith the Lord, which
for the Lord hath both purposed, and corruptest the whole earth and I will ;

done all that he spoke against the in- stretch out my hand upon thee, and will
habitants of Babylon. roll thee down from the rocks, and will
13 O thou that dwellest upon many make thee a burnt mountain.
waters, rich in treasures, thy end is come 26 And they shall not take of thee a
for thy entire destruction. stone for the corner, nor a stone for
14 * The Lord of hosts hath sworn by foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed
himself, saying I will fill thee with men for ever, saith the Lord.
:

as with locusts, and they shall lift up a 27 Set ye up a standard in the land:
joyful shout against thee. sound with the trumpet among the na-
15 He that made the earth by his tions prepare the nations against her
* :

power, that hath prepared the world by call together against her the kings of
his wisdom, and stretched out the hea- Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez number :

vens by his understanding. Taphsar against her, bring the horse as

16 When he uttereth his voice the wa- the stinging locust.
ters are multiphed in heaven he lifteth :28 Prepare the nations against her, the
up the clouds from the ends of the earth, kings of Media, their captains, and all
he hath turned lightning into rain and their rulers, and all the land of their do-
:

hath brought forth the wind out of his minion.

treasures. 29 And the land shall be in a commo-
17 Every man is become foolish by his tion, and shall be troubled for the de- ;

knowledge every founder is confounded sign of the Lord against Babylon shall
:

by his idol, for what he hath cast is a lie, awake, to make the land of Babylon des-
and there is no breath in them. ert and uninhabitable.
18 They are vain works, and worthy to 30 The vaUant men of Babylon have
be laughed at, in the time of their visita- forborne to fight, they have dwelt in
tion they shall perish. holds their strength hath failed, and
:

r Isa. 2L 9 Apoc.
i 14. 8. 9 Amos 6w 8. — t Gen. L L.

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The desolation of Babylon JEREMIAS The destruction of her idols

they are become as women : her dwell- down: and the nations shall no more
ing places are burnt, her bars are broken. flow together to him, for the wall also of
31 One running post shall meet another, Babylon shall fall.
and messenger shall meet messenger to 45 Go out of the midst of her, my peo-
:

tell the king of Babylon that his city is ple that every man may save his life
:

taken from one end to the other : from the fierce wrath of the Lord.
32 And that the fords are taken, and 46 And lest your hearts faint, and ye
the marshes are burnt with fire, and the fear for the rumour that shall be heard
men of war are affrighted. in the land and a rumour shall come in
:

33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the one year, and after this year another ru-
God of Israel The daughter of Babylon mour and iniquity in the land, and ruler
: :

is like a thrashingfloor, this is the time upon ruler.

of her thrashing yet a little while, and
: 47 Therefore behold the days come, and
the time of her harvest shall come, I will visit the idols of Babylon and her :

34 Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath whole land shall be confounded, and all
eaten me up, he hath devoured me he her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
:

hath made me as an empty vessel he 48 And the heavens and the earth, and
:

hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he all things that are in them shall give
hath filled his belly with my delicate praise for Babylon for spoilers shall :

meats, and he hath cast me out. come to her from the north, saith the
35 The wrong done to me, and my flesh Lord.
he upon Babylon, saith the habitation of 49 And as Babylon caused that there
Sion and my blood upon the inhabitants should fall slain in Israel so of Babylon
: :

of Chaldea, saith Jerusalem. there shall fall slain in all the earth.
36 Therefore thus saith the Lord Be- :50 You that have escaped the sword,
hold I will judge thy cause, and will take come away, stand not still: remember
vengeance for thee, and I will make her the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come
flea desolate, " and will dry up her spring. into your mind.
37 And Babylon shall be reduced to 51 We
are confounded, because we have
heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an heard reproach: shame hath covered our
astonishment and a hissing, because there faces: because strangers are come upon
is no inhabitant. the sanctuaries of the house of the Lord.
38 They shall roar together like lions, 52 Therefore behold the days come,
they shall shake their manes like young saith the Lord, and I will visit her graven
lions. things, and in all her land the wounded
39 In their heat I will set them drink shall groan:
and I will make them drunk, ^ that they 53 If Babylon should mount up to
may slumber, and sleep an everlasting heaven, and establish her strength on
sleep, and awake no more, saith the Lord. high : from me there should come spoil-
40 I will bring them down like lambs to ers upon her, saith the Lord.
the slaughter, and like rams with kids. 54 The noise of a cry from Babylon, and
41 How is Sesach taken, and the re- great destruction from the land of the
nowned one of all the earth surprised? Chaldeans
How is Babylon become an astonishment 55 Because the Lord hath laid Babylon
among the nations ? waste, and destroyed out of her the great
42 The sea is come up over Babylon voice and their wave shall roar like
: :

she is covered with the multitude of the many waters: their voice hath made a
waves thereof. noise
43 Her cities are become an astonish- 56 Because the spoiler is come upon her,
ment, a land uninhabited and desolate, a that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant
land wherein none can dwell, nor son of men are taken, and their bow is weak-
man pass through it. ened, because the Lord, who is a strong
44 And I will visit against Bel in Baby- revenger, will surely repay.
lon, and I will bring forth out of his 57 And I will make her princes drunk,
mouth that which he had swallowed and her wise men, and her captains, and

u Supra 50. 38. V Inira ver. 57.

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The hook of prophecies JEREMIAS Jerusalem besieged and taken

her rulers, and her valiant men: and year of his reign, in the tenth month, the
they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, tenth day of the month, that Nabucho-
and shall awake no more, saith the king donosor the king of BalDylon came, he
whose name is Lord of hosts. and all his army, against Jerusalem, and
58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts That they besieged it, and built forts against
:

broad wall of Babylon shall be utterly it round about.

broken down, and her high gates shall 5 And the city was besieged until the
b© burnt with fire, and the labours of the eleventh year of king Sedecias.
people shall come to nothing, and of the 6 And in the fourth month, the ninth
nations shall go to the fire, and shall day of the month, a famine overpowered
perish. the city and there was no food for the :

59 The word that Jeremias the prophet people of the land.

commanded Saraias the son of Nerias, 7 And the city was broken up, and the
the son of Maasias, when he went with men of war fled, and went out of the city
king Sedecias to Babylon, in the fourth in the night by the way of the gate that
year of his reign now Saraias was chief is between the two walls, and leadeth to
:

over the prophecy. the king's garden, (the Chaldeans besieg-

60 And Jeremias wrote in one book all ing the city round about, ) and they went
the evil that was to come upon Babylon by the way that leadeth to the wilder-
all these words that are written against ness.
Babylon. 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pur-
61 And Jeremias said to Saraias: When sued after the king and they overtook :

thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt Sedecias in the desert which is near Jeri-
see, and shalt read all these words, cho: and all his companions were scat-
62 Thou shalt say O Lord, thou hast
: tered from him.
spoken against this place to destroy it 9 And when they had taken the king,
so that there should be neither man nor they carried him to the king of Babylon
beast to dwell therein, and that it should to Reblatha, which is in the land of
be desolate for ever. Emath and he gave judgment upon
:

63 And 'when thou shalt have made an him.

end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a 10 And the king of Babylon slew the
stone to it, and shalt throw it into the sons of Sedecias before his eyes and he :

midst of the Euphrates : slew all the princes of Juda in Reblatha.

64 And thou shalt say Thus shall Baby- : 11 And he put out the eyes of Sedecias,
lon sink, and she shall not rise up from and bound him with fetters, and the king
the affliction that I will bring upon her, of Babylon brought him into Babylon,
and she shall be utterly destroyed. Thus and he put him in prison till the day of
far are the words of Jeremias. his death.
12 And in the fifth month, the tenth
CHAPTER 52.
day of the month, the same is the nine-
A recapitulation of the reign of Sedecias, and the
destruction of Jerusalem. The number of the teenth year of Nabuchodonosor, king of
captives. Babylon, came Nabuzardan the general
SEDECIAS ^ was one and twenty years of the army, who stood before the king
old when he began
to reign and he : of Babylon in Jerusalem.
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem and : 13 And he burnt the house of the Lord,
the name of his mother was Amital, the and the king's house, and all the houses
daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. of Jerusalem, and every great house he
2 And he did that which was evil in the burnt with fire.
eyes of the Lord, according to all that 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans
Joakim had done. that were with the general broke down
3 For the wrath of the Lord was against all the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Jerusalem, and against Juda, till he cast 15 But Nabuzardan the general carried
them out from his presence and Sedecias away captives some of the poor people,
:

and of the rest of the common sort wko

j

revolted from the king of Babylon. |

4 *And it came to pass in the ninth remained in the city, and of the fu^tives

w B. C."598. 4 Kings 24. 18 ; 2 Par. 36. IL — ac 4 Kings 25. 1 ; Supra 89. L

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Vessels of the temple taken away
fliQf. were
that flo^ over
TX7Aro fled hn the
rwTCkV to Vincy of
f.lio king
r\f "Rn.hv-
Ion, and the rest of the multitude.
16 But of the poor of the laud, Nabuzar-
dan the general left some for vinedress-
ers, and for husbandmen.
17 The Chaldeans also broke in pieces
the brazen pillars that were in the house
of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea
of brass that was in the house of the
Lord: and they carried all the brass of
them to Babylon.
18 And they took the caldrons, and the
fleshhooks, and the psalteries, and the
bowls, and the Uttle mortars, and all
^he brazen vessels that had been used in
the ministry: and
19 The general took away the pitchers,
and the censers, and the pots, and the
basins, and the candlesticks, and the
mortars, and the cups: as many as were
of gold, in gold: and as many as were of
silver, in silver:
20 And the two pillars, and one sea, and
twelve oxen of brass that were under the
bases, which king Solomon had made in
the house of the Lord there was no
: and forty-five souls. So all the souls were
weight of the brass of all these vessels.
21 And concerning the pillars, one pil-
lar was eighteen cubits high: and a cord
of twelve cubits compassed it about
but the thickness thereof was four fin-
gers, and it was hollow within.
32 And chapiters of brass were upon
both and the height of one chapiter was
: of Joachin king of Juda, and brought
five cubits and network, and pome-
: him forth out of prison.
granates were upon the chapiters round
about, all of brass. The same of the
second and the pomegranates.
pillar,
23 And there were
ninety-six pomegran-
ates hanging down; and the pomegran-
ates being a hundred in all, were com-
passed with network.
24 And the general took Saraias the
chief priest, c-nd Sophonias the second
priest, and the three keepers of the entry.
y 4 Kings
: :
JEREMIAS Number of the captive^
Baby
25 He also
95 TTa »1an took
fnnlr out
mif. of fho city
nf the nifv one An-
nriA eu-
nuch that was chief over the men of war
and seven men of them that were near
the king's person, that were found in the
city and a scribe, an officer of the army
:
who exercised the young soldiers and :
threescore men of the people of the land,
that were found in the midst of the city.
26 And Nabuzardan the general took
them, and brought them to the king of
Babylon, to Reblatha.
27 And the king of Babylon struck them,
and put them to death in Reblatha, in the
land of Emath: and Juda was carried
away captive out of his land.
28 This is the people whom Nabucho-
donosor carried away captive in the sev-
:
enth year, three thousand and twenty-
three Jews.
29 In the eighteenth year of Nabucho-
donosor, eight hundred and thirty-two
souls from Jerusalem.
30 In the three and twentieth year of
Nabuchodonosor, Nabuzardan the general
carried away of the Jews seven hundred
four thousand six hundred.
31 And it came to pass in the seven and
thirtieth ^ year of the captivity of Joachin
king of Juda, in the twelfth month, the
five and twentieth day of the month, that
Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the
first year of his reign, lifted up the head
32 And he spoke kindly Co him, and he
set his throne above the thrones of the
kings that were with him in Babylon.
33 And he changed his prison garments,
and he ate bread before him always all
the days of his life.
34 And for his diet a continual provision
was allowed him by the king of Babylon,
every day a portion, until the day of his
death, all the days of his life.
25. 27 ; B. C. 561.
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The sad state of Jerusalem Jerusalem punished for her sins

THE

LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAS.
In these Jeremias laments in a most pathetical manner the miseries of his people, and the
destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, in Hebrew verses, beginning with different letters
according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet.

And it came to pass, after Israel was carried into captivity, and Jerusalem was desolate, that Jeremias
the prophet sat weeping, and mourned with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and with a sorrowfui
mind, sighing and moaning, he said

CHAPTER
1. was no helper the enemies have seen :

Aleph. TTOWdoth the city sit solitary her, and have mocked at her sabbaths.
JLl that was full of people how is 8 Heth. Jerusalem hath grievously
!

the mistress of the Gentiles become as a sinned, therefore is she become unstable
widow; the princes of provinces made all that honoured her have despised her,
liributary because they have seen her shame: but
2 Beth. ^ Weeping she hath wept in the she sighed and turned backward.
night, and her tears are on her cheeks 9 Teth. Her filthiness is on her feet, and
there is none to comfort her among all she hath not remembered her end: she
them that were dear to her all her friends is wonderfully cast down, not having a
:

have despised her, and are become her comforter: behold, O Lord, my affliction,
enemies. because the enemy is lifted up.
3 Ghimel, Juda hath removed her dwell- 10 Jod. The enemy hath put out his hand
ing place because of her affliction, and to all her desirable things: for she hath
the greatness of her bondage: she hath seen the Gentiles enter into her sanctu-
dwelt among the nations, and she hath ary, of whom thou gavest commandment
found no rest all her persecutors have that they should not enter into thy
:

taken her in the midst of straits. church.

4 Daleth. The ways of Sion mourn, be- 11 Caph. All her people sigh, they seek
cause there are none that come to the bread; they have given all their precious
solemn feast; all her gates are broken things for food to relieve the soul: see,
down: her priests sigh: her virgrrs are O Lord, and consider, for I am become
in affliction, and she is oppressed with vile.
bitterness. 12 Lamed. O all ye that pass by the way,
6 He. Her adversaries are become hor attend, and see if there be any sorrow
lords, her enemies are enriched because like to my sorrow for he hath made a
: :

the Lord hath spoken against her for the vintage of me, as the Lord spoke in the
multitude of her iniquities her children day of his fierce anger.
:

are led into captivity: before the face of 13 Mem. From above he hath sent fire
the oppressor. into my bones, and hath chastised me:
6 Vau. And from the daughter of Sion he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath
all her beauty is departed her princes turned me back he hath made me deso-
: :

are become like rams that find no pas- late, wasted with sorrow all the day
tures and they are gone away without 'ong.
;

strength before the face of the pursuer. 14 Nun. The yoke of my iniquities hath
7 Zain. Jerusalem hath remembered watched they are folded together in his
:

the days of her affliction, and prevarica- hand, and put upon my neck my strength :

tion of all her desirable things which she is weakened the Lord hath delivered
:

had from the days of old, when her peo- me into a hand out of which I am not
ple fell in the enemy's hand, and there able to risG,
z Jer. 13. 17.
And it came to pass, &c. This preface was not interpreters, to give the reader to understand upon
written by Jeremias, but was added by the seventy what occasion the Lamentations were published.
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There is none to comfort her LAMENTATIONS God has become her enemy
15 Samech, The Lord hath taken away his wrath the strong holds of the virgin
all my mighty men out of the midst of of Juda, and brought them down to the
me he hath called against me the time,
: ground : he hath made the kingdom un-
to destroy my chosen men the Lord : clean, and the princes thereof.
hath trodden the winepress for the vir- 3 Ghiinel. He hath broken in his fierce
gin daughter of Juda, anger all the horn of Israel: he hath
16 Ain. " Therefore do I weep, and my drawn back his right hand from before
eyes run down with water because the : the enemy and he hath kindled in Jacob
:

comforter, the relief of my soul, is far as it were a flaming fire devouring round
from me my children are desolate be-
: about.
cause the enemy hath prevailed. 4 Daleth.He hath bent his bow as an
17 Phe. Sion hath spread forth her hands, enemy, he hath fixed his right hand as an
there is none to comfort her the Lord : adversary: and he hath killed all that
hath commanded against Jacob, his ene- was fair to behold in the tabernacle of
mies are round about him Jerusalem is : the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out
as a menstruous woman among them. his indignation hke fire.
18 Sade. The Lord is just, for I have 6 He. The Lord is become as an enemy:
provoked his mouth to wrath: hear, I he hath cast down Israel headlong, he
pray you, all ye people, and see my sor- hath overthrown all the walls thereof
row my
virgins, and
: my young men are he hath destroyed his strong holds, and
gone into captivity. hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda
19 Coph. I called for my friends, but the afflicted, both men and women.
they deceived me: my priests and my 3 Vau. And he hath destroyed his tent
ancients pined away in the city: while as a garden, he hath thrown down his
they sought their food, to reheve their tabernacle: the Lord hath caused feasts
souls. and sabbaths to be forgotten in Sion:
20 Res. Behold, O Lord, for I am in dis- and hath delivered up king and priest
tress, my bowels are troubled : my heart to reproach, and to the indignation of
isturned within me, for I am full of bit- his wrath.
terness abroad the sword destroyeth,
: 7 Zain. The Lord hath cast off his altar,
and at home there is death alike. he hath cursed his sanctuary he hath :

21 Sin. They have heard that I sigh, delivered the walls oi the towers thereof
and there is none to comfort me all my into the hand of the enemy they have
: :

enemies have heard of my evil, they
have rejoiced that thou hast done it
thou hast brought a day of consolation,
and they shall be hke unto me.
22 Thau. Let all their evil be present
before thee and make vintage of them,
: not withdrawn his hand from destroying
as thou hast made vintage of me for all
my iniquities:
and my heart is
CHAPTER
Aleph.
H OW
hath the Lord covered
with obscurity the daughter
of Sion in his wrath h(yw hath he cast
made a noise in the house of the Lord, as
in the day of a solemn feast.
8 Heth. The Lord hath purposed to de-
stroy the wall of the daughter of Sion
he hath stretched out his line, and hath
and the bulwark hath mourned, and the
for my sighs are many, wall hath been destroyed together.
sorrowful. 9 Teth. Her gates are sunk into the
ground: he hath destroyed, and broken
2.
her bars: her king and her princes are
!
among the Gentiles the law is no more,
:

and her prophets have found no vision

down from heaven to the earth the glo-
rious one of Israel, and hath not remem-
bered his footstool in the day of his
anger
2 Beth. The Lord hath cast down head-
long, and hath not spared, all that was
beautiful in Jacob he hath destroyed in
Chap. 2. "Ver. 7.
from the Lord.
10 Jod. The ancients of the daughter of
Sion sit upon the ground, they have held
their peace: they have sprinkled their
heads with dust, they are girded with
haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang
down their heads to the ground.
: 11 Caph. My eyes have failed with weep-
a Jer. 14. 17.
Be hath cursed his sanctuary. That is, he permitted his sanctuary to be destroyed,
as if it bad not been consecrated, but execrable.
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Desolation of Jerusalem LAMENTATIONS The prophet's complaint
ing, my bowels are troubled my liver is women then eat their own fruit, theii
s

poured out upon the earth, for the de- children of a span long ? shall the priest
struction of the daughter of my people, and the prophet be slain in the sanctu-
when the children, and the sucklings, ary of the Lord ?
fainted away in the streets of the city. 21 Sin. The child and the old man lie
12 Lamed, They said to their mothers: without on the ground my virgins and :

Where is corn and wine? when they my young men are fallen by the sword:
fainted away as the wounded in the thou hast slain them in the day of thy
streets of the city when they breathed wrath thou hast killed, and shewn them
: :

out their souls in the bosoms of their no pity.

mothers. 22 Thau. Thou hast called as to a festi-
13 Mem. To what shall I compare thee? val, those that should terrify me round
or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter about, and there was none in the day of
of Jerusalem ? to what shall I equal the wrath of the Lord that escaped and
thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin was left: those that I brought up, and
daughter of Sion ? for great as the sea is nourished, my enemy hath consumed
thy destruction: who shall heal thee? them.
14 Nun. Thy prophets have seen false
and foolish things for thee: and they
CHAPTER 3.
have not laid open thy iniquity, to excite AlepH. AM
the man that see my pov-
thee to penance but they have seen for
: erty by the rod of his indig-
thee false revelations and banishments. nation.
15 Samech. All they that passed by the 2 Aleph. He hath led me, and brought
way have clapped their hands at thee: me into darkness, and not into light.
they have hissed, and wagged their heads 3 Aleph. Only against me he hath turned,
at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying Is and turned again his hand all the day,
:

this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of 4 Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath
all the earth ? made old, he hath broken my bones.
16 Phe. All thy enemies have opened 5 Beth. He hath built round about me,
their mouth against thee they have and he hath compassed me with gall and
:

hissed, and gnashed with the teeth, and labour.

have said We will swallow her up lo, 6 Beth. He hath set me in dark places
: :

this is the day which we looked for: as those that are dead for ever.
we have found it, we have seen it. 7 Ghimel. He hath built against me
17 ^ Ain. The Lord hath done that round about, that I may not get out he :

which he purposed, he hath fulfilled his hath made my fetters heavy=

word, which he commanded in the days 8 Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and en-
of old he hath destroyed, and hath not treat, he hath shut out my prayer.
:

spared, and he hath caused the enemy to 9 Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways
rejoice over thee, and hath set up the with square stones, he hath turned my
horn of thy adversaries. paths upside down.
18 Sade. Their heart cried to the Lord 10 Daleth. He is become to me as a bear
upon the walls of the daughter of Sion: lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.
^ Let tears run down like a torrent day 11 Daleth. He hath turned^ aside my
and night: give thyself no rest, and let paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he
not the apple of thy eye cease. hath made me desolate.
19 Coph, Arise, give praise in the night, 12 Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and
in the beginning of the watches: pour set me as a mark for his arrows.
out thy heart like water before the face 13 He. He hath shot into my reins bhe
of the Lord lift up thy hands to him for daughters of his quiver.
:

the life of thy little children, that have 14 He. I am made a derision to all my
fainted for hunger at the top of all the people, their song all the day long.
streets. 15 He. He hath filled me with bitter-
20 Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider ness, he hath inebriated me with worm-
Whom thou hast thus dealt with: shall wood.
b Lev. 26. 14 ; Deut 28. 15. I c Jer. l4o 17 ; Supra 1. 16.

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Hope in GocTs mercy LAMENTATIONS Punished for their sins

«16 Vau, And he hath broken my teeth 38 Mem. Shall not both evil and good
one by one, he hath fed me with ashes. proceed out of the mouth of the High-
17 Vau, And my soul is removed far est?
off from peace, I 39 Mem. Why hath a living man mur-
have forgotten good
things. mured, man suffering for his sins ?
18 Vau. And I said My end and my 40 Nun. Let us search our ways, and
:

hope is perished from the Lord. seek, and return to the Lord.
19 Zain, Remember my poverty, and 41 JSfun. Let us lift up our hearts with
transgression, the wormwood, and the our hands to the Lord in the heavens.
gall. 42 Nun. We have done wickedly, and
20 Zain. I will be mindful and remem- provoked thee to wrath therefore thou i

ber, and my soul shall languish within art inexorable.

me. 43 Samech. Thou hast covered in thy
21 Zain. These things I shall think over wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast
in my heart, therefore will I hope. killed and hast not spared.
22 Hetho The mercies of the Lord that 44 Samech. Thou hast set a cloud be-
we are not consumed because his com- fore thee, that our prayer may not pass
:

miserations have not failed. through.

23 Heth. They are new every morning, 45 Samech. Thou hast made me as an
great is thy faithfulness. outcast, and refuse in the midst of the
24 Heth. The Lord is my portion, said people.
my soul therefore will I wait for him.
: 46 Phe. All our enemies have opened
25 Teth. The Lord is good to them their mouths against us.
that hope in him, to the soul that seek- 47 Phe. Prophecy is become to us a
eth him. fear, and a snare, and destruction.
26 Teth. It is good to wait with silence 48 Phe. My eye hath run down with
for the salvation of God. streams of water, for the destruction of
27 Teth. It is good for a man, when he the daughter of my people.
hath borne the yoke from his youth. 49 Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath
28 Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold not been quiet, because there was no
his peace: because he hath taken it up rest:
upon himself. 60 Ain. Till the Lord regarded and
29 Jod. He shall put his mouth in the looked down from the heavens.
dust, if so be there may be hope. 51 Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul
30 Jod. He shall give his cheek to him because of all the daughters of my city.
that striketh him, he shall be filled with 52 Sade. My enemies have chased me
reproaches. and caught me like a bird, without cause.
31 Caph. For the Lord will not cast off 53 Sade. My life is fallen into the pit,
for ever and they have laid a stone over me.
32 Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will 54 Sade. Waters have flowed over my
also have mercy, according to the multi- head I said I am cut off.
: :

tude of his mercies. 55 Coph. I have called upon thy name,

33 Caph. For he hath not willingly af- O Lord, from the lowest pit.
flicted, nor cast off the children of men. 56 Coph. Thou hast heard my voice:
34 Lamed. To crush under his feet all turn not away thy ear from my sighs,
the prisoners of the land, and cries.
»36 Lamed. To turn aside the judgment 57 Coph. Thou drewest near In the day
Of a man before the face of the most when I called upon thee, thoj saidst.
High, Fear note
36 Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully 58 Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the
in his judgment, the Lord hath not ap- cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of
proved. my life.
37 ^Mem. Who is he that hath com- 59 Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their
manded a thing to be done, when the iniquity against mei
judge thou my *.

Lord commandeth it not ? judgment.

d Amos 3. 6.
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Sad state of the children ofSion LAMENTATIONS Punished for their sins
60 ReSo Thou hast seen all their fury, their bones, it ie withered, and is become
and their thoughts against me.
all like wood.
61 Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, 9 Teth. It was better with them that
O Lord, all their imaginations against were slain by the sword, than with them
me. that died with hunger: for these pined
62 Sin, The lips of them that rise up away being consumed for want of the
against me and their devices against fruits of the earth.
:

me all the day. 10 Jod. The hands of the pitiful women

63 Sin. Behold their sitting down, and have sodden their own children: they
their rising up, I am their song. were their meat in the destruction of
64 Thau. Thou shalt render them a the daughter of people. my
recompense, O Lord, according to the 11 Caph. The Lord hath accomplished
works of their hands. his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce
65 Thau. Thou shalt give them ^ a buck- anger: and he hath kindled a fire in
ler of heart, thy -^labour. Sion, and it hath devoured the founda-
66 Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in tions thereof.
anger, and shalt destroy them from 12 Lamed. The kings of the earth, and
under the heavens, O Lord, all the inhabitants of the world would
not have believed, that the adversary
CHAPTER
4. and the enemy should enter in by the
Aleph.
H OW
is the gold become dim, gates of Jerusalem.
the finest colour is changed, 13 Mem. For the sins of her prophets,
the stones of the sanctuary are scat- and the iniquities of her priests, that
tered in the top of every street? have shed the blood of the just in the
2 Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and midst oi er.
they that were clothed with the best 14 Nun. They have wandered as blind
gold: how are they esteemed as earthen men in the streets, they were defiled with
vessels, the work of the potter's hands? blood and when they could not help
:

3 Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have walking in it, they held up their skirts.
drawn out the breast, they have given 15 Samech. Depart you that are defiled,
suck to their young: the daughter of they cried out to them: Depart, get ye
my people is cruel, like the ostrich in hence, touch not: for they quarrelled,
the desert. and being removed, they said among the
4 Daleth, The tongue of the sucking Gentiles He will no more dwell among
:

child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth them.

for thirst: the little ones have asked for 16 Phe. The face of the Lord hath di-
bread, and there was none to break it vided them, he will no more regard
unto them. them: they respected not the persons
5 He. They that were fed delicately of the priests, neither had they pity on
have died in the streets they that were the ancient.
;

brought up in scarlet have embraced the 17 Ain. While we were yet standing,
dung. our eyes failed, expecting help for us in
6 Vau. And the iniquity of the daugh- vain, when we looked attentively towards
ter of my people is made greater than a nation that was not able to save.
the sin of Sodom, which was over- 18 Sade. Our steps have slipped in the
S'

thrown in a moment, and hands took way of oiu* streets, our end draweth
nothing in her. near : our days are fulfilled, for our end
7 Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than is come.
snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than 19 Coph, Our persecutors were swifter
the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire. than the eagles of the air they pursued :

8 Heth. Their face is now made blacker us upon the mountains, they lay in wait
than coals, and they are not known in for us in the wilderness.
the streets: their skin hath stuck to 20 Res. The breath of oar mouth, Christ
e That is, affliction.— /That is, punishment. g Gen. 19. 24.

Chap. 4. Ver. 20. Christ, &c. This, according to also relates, in the spiritual sense, to Christ our
the letter, is spoken of their king, who is called the Lord, suffering for our sins.
ChrUU that is, the ADointed of the Lord. But it
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The reproach of Israel BAR UCHWoe to Juda for her sins

the Lord, is taken in our sins to whom was none to redeem us out of their
:

we said Under thy shadow we shall hand.

:

live among the Gentiles. 9 We fetched our bread at the peril of our
21 Sin. Rejoice, and be glad, O daugh- lives, because of the sword in the desert.
ter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of 10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by
Hes: to thee also shall the cup come, reason of the violence of the famine.
thou shalt be made drunk, and naked. 11 They oppressed the women in Sion,
22 Thau. Thy iniquity is accomplished, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
O daughter of Sion, he will no more 12 The princes were hanged up by their
carry thee away into captivity: he hath hand: they did not respect the persons
visited thy iniquity, O daughter of of the ancient.
Edom, he hath discovered thy sins. 13 They abused the young men '* inde-
cently and the children fell under the
:

wood.
THE PRAYER OF JEREMIAS THE 14 The ancients have ceased from the
PROPHET. gates the young men from the choir of
:

the singers.
CHAPTER 5.
15 The joy of our heart
is ceased, our
OEMEMBER, O Lord, what is come dancing is turned into mourning.
JlL upon us: consider and behold our 16 The crown is fallen from our head
reproach. woe to us, because we have sinned.
2 Our inheritance is turned to aliens: 17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful,
our houses to strangers. therefore are our eyes become dim,
3 We are become orphans without a 18 For mount Sion, because it is de-
father: our mothers are as widows. stroyed, foxes have walked upon it.
4 We have drunk our water for money: 19 But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for
we have bought our wood. ever, thy throne from generation to gen-
6 We were dragged by the necks, we eration.
were weary and no rest was given us. 20 Why wilt thou forget us for ever ?
6 We have given our hand to Egypt, why wilt thou forsake us for a long time ?
and to the Assjrrians, that we might be 21 Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we
satisfied with bread. shall be converted: renew our days, as
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: from the beginning.
and we have borne their iniquities. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us,
8 Servants have ruled over us there thou art exceedingly angry against us.
:

THE
PROPHECY OF BARUCH.
Baruch was a man of noble extraction, and learned in tJie law, secretary and disciple to tlie
prophet Jeremias, and a sharer in his labours and 'persecutions : which is the reason why
the ancient fathers have considered this book as a part of the prophecy of Jeremias, and ham
usually quoted it under his name.

CHAPTER 1. son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the

The Jews of Babylon send the book of Baruch vMh son of Sedei, the son of Helcias, wrote in
money to Jerusalem, requesting their brethren
Babylonia.
there to offer sacrifice, and to pray for the kinq
2 In the fifth year, in the seventh day
and for them, acknowledging their manifold sins.
of the month, at the time that the Chal-

A ND * these are the words of the book, deans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with
which Baruch the son of Nerias, the fire.

h That is, made them grind naked in the miU. t After B. C. 587.
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Jews of Babylon send money BARUCH Acknowledgment of sin

3 And Bamch read the words of this have sent to you to be read in the temple
book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of the Lord, on feasts, and proper days.
of Joakim king of Juda, and in the hear- 15 •'And you shall say: To the Lord our
ing of all the people that came to hear God belongeth justice, but to us confusion
the book. of our face as it is come to pass at this
:

•iAnd in the hearing of the nobles, the day to all Juda, and to the inhabitants of
sons of the kings, and in the hearing of
the ancients, and in the hearing of the
people, from the least even to the great-
est of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by
the river Sedi.
6 And when they heard it they wept,
and fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
6 And they made a collection of money,
according to every man's power.
7 And they sent it to Jerusalem to Joa-
kim the priest, the son of Helcias, the son
of Salom, and to the priests, and to all
the people, that were found with him in
Jerusalem:
8 At the time when he received the
Jerusalem,
16 To our kings, and to our princes, and
to our priests, and to our prophets, and
to oiu* fathers.
17 ^ Wehave sinned before the Lord
our God, and have not believed him, noi
put our trust in him
18 And we were not obedient to him,
and we have not hearkened to the voice
of the Lord our God, to walk in his com-
mandments, which he hath given us.
19 From the day that he brought our
fathers out of the land of Egypt, even to
this day, we were disobedient to the
Lord our God and going astray we
:

vessels of the temple of the Lord, which turned away from hearing his voice.
had been taken away out of the temple, 20 * And many evils have cleaved to us,
to return them into the land of Juda the and the curses which the Lord foretold
tenth day of the month Sivan, the silver by Moses his servant: who brought our
vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give
king of Juda had made, us a land flowing with milk and honey,
9 After that Nabuchodonosor the king as at this day.
of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, 21 And we have not hearkened to the
and the princes, and all the powerful voice of the Lord our God according to
men, and the people of the land from all the words of the prophets whom he
Jerusalem, and brought them bound to sent to us:
Babylon. 22 And we have gone away every man
10 And they said Behold we have sent
: after the inclinations of his own wicked
you money, buy with it holocausts, and heart, to serve strange gods, and to do
frankincense, and make meat offerings, evil in the sight of the Lord oiu* God.
and offerings for sin at the altar of the
Lord our God ; CHAPTER 2.
11 And pray yefor the life of Nabucho- A further confession cf the sins of the people, and oj
the justice of God.
donosor the king of Babylon, and for
the life of Balthasar his son, that their WHEREFORE the Lord our Godspoke
hath
days may be upon earth as the days of made good his word, that he
heaven: to us, and to our judges that have judged
12 And that the Lord may give us Israel, and to our kings, and to our
strength, and enlighten our eyes, that princes, and to all Israel and Juda:
we may live under the shadow of Nab- 2 That the Lord would bring upon us
uchodonosor the king of Babylon, and great evils, such as never happened under
under the shadow of Balthasar his son, heaven, as they have come to pass ir
and may serve them many days, and may Jerusalem, ^ according to the things that
find favour in their sight. are written in the law of Moses
13 And pray ye for us to the Lord our 3 That a man should eat the flesh of hif'
God for we have sinned against the own son, and the flesh of his own daugh
:

Lord our God, and his wrath is not turned ter.

away from us even to this day. 4 And he hath delivered them up to bf^
14 And read ye this book, which we under the hand of all the kings that arc

j Infra 2. 6. — A; Dan. 9. 5, I Deut 28. 15. -- m Deut 28. 53.

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Acknowledgment of sin BARUCH Acknowledgment of God^s justice

round about ns, to be a reproach, and the greatness of evil she hath done^ and
desolation among all the people, among goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the
whom the Lord hath scattered us. eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth
5 And we are brought under, and are glory and justice to thee the Lord.
not uppermost: because we have sinned 19 For it is not for the justices of our
against the Lord our God, by not obeying fathers that we pour out our prayers,
his voice. and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our
6 " To the Lord our God belongeth justice: God:
but to us, and to our fathers confusion of 20 But because thou hast sent out thy
face, as at this day. wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as
7 For the Lord hath pronounced against thou hast spoken by the hand of thy ser-
us all come upon us: vants the prophets, saying:
these evils that are
8 And we have not entreated the face 21 Thus saith the Lord Bow down your :

of the Lord our God, that we might re- shoulder, and your neck, and serve the
turn every one of us from our most king of Babylon and you shall remain :

wicked ways. in the land which I have given to your

9 And the Lord hath watched over us fathers.
for evil, and hath brought it upon us: 22 But if you will not hearken to the
for the Lord is Justin all his works which voice of the Lord your God, to serve the
he hath commanded us king of Babylon I will cause you to de- :

10 And we have not hearkened to his part out of the cities of Juda, and from
voice to walk in the commandments of without Jerusalem.
the Lord which he hath set before us. 23 And I will take away from you the
11 ° And now, O Lord God of Israel, voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and
who hast brought thy people out of the the voice of the bridegroom, and the
land of Egypt with a strong hand, and voice of the bride, and all the land shall
with signs, and with wonders, and with be without any footstep of inhabitants.
thy great power, and with a mighty arm, 24 And they hearkened not to thy voice,
and hast made thee a name as at this to serve the king of Babylon and thou :

day, hast made good thy words, which thou

12 We have sinned, we have done spokest by the hands of thy servants the
wickedly, we have acted unjustly, Lord prophets, that the bones of our kings,
our God, against all thy justices. and the bones of our fathers should be
13 Let thy wrath be turned away from removed out of their place:
us: for we are left a few among the 25 And behold they are cast out to the
nations where thou hast scattered us. heat of the sun, and to the frost of the
14 Hear, O Lord, our prayers, and our night: and they have died in grievous
petitions, and deUver us for thy own pains, by famine, and by the sword, and
sake and grant that we may find favour in banishment.
:

in the sight of them that have led us 26 And thou hast made the temple, in
away: which thy name was called upon, as it is
15 That all the earth may know that at this day, for the iniquity of the house
:hou art the Lord our God, and that thy of Israel, and the house of Juda.
lame is called upon Israel, and upon his 27 And thou hast dealt with us, O Lord
Dosterity. our God, according to all thy goodness,
16 P Look down upon us, O Lord, from and according to all that great mercy of
hy holy house, and incline thy ear, and thine
lear us. 28 As thou spokest by the hand of thy
17 5 Open thy eyes, and behold for servant Moses, in the day when thou
:
*"

he dead that are in hell, whose spirit is didst command him to write thy law be-
aken away from their bowels, shaU not fore the children of Israel,
•ive glory and justice to the Lord: 29 Saying: *If you will not hear my
18 But the soul that is sorrowful for voice, this great multitude shall be turned

n Supra 1. 15. — o Dan. 9. 15. q —

Isa. 37. 17, and 64. 9. r Ps. 113. 17.
p Deut 26. 15 Isa. 63. 15.
; S Lev. 26. 14 ; Deut. 28. 15.

Chap. 2. Ver. 17. Justice, &c They that are in not acknowledge and glorify his justice as peoitent
all shall not give justice to God ; that is, they shall sinners do upon earth.
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The fteio covenant BARUCH Israel has forsaken way of wisdom

into a very smallnumber among the na- should call upon thy name, and praise
tions,where I will scatter them: thee in our captivity, for we are con-
30 For I know that the people will not verted from the iniquity of our fathers,
hear me, for they are a people of a stiff who sinned before thee.
neck but they shall turn to their heart 8 And behold we are at this day in our
:

in the land of their captivity captivity, whereby thou hast scattered

:

31 And they shall know that I am the us to be a reproach, and a curse, and an
Lord their God and I will give them a offence, according to all the iniquities of
:

heart, and they shall understand and our fathers, who departed from thee, O
:

ears, and they shall hear. Lord our God.

32 And they shall praise me in the land 9 Hear, O Israel, the commandments of
of their captivity, and shall be mindful hf e give ear, that thou mayst learn wis-
:

of my name. dom.
33 And they shall turn away themselves 10 How happeneth it, O Israel, that
from their stiff neck, and from their thou art in thy enemies' land ?
wicked deeds for they shall remember
: 11 Thou art grown old in a strange
the way of their fathers, that sinned country, thou art defiled with the dead
against me. thou art counted with them that go
34 And I will bring them back again down into hell.
into the land which I promised with an 12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of
oath to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, wisdom
and Jacob, and they shall be masters 13 For if thou hadst walked in the way
thereof: and I will multiply them, and of God, thou hadst surely dwelt in peace
they shall not be diminished. for ever.
35 And I will make with them another 14 Learn where is wisdom, where is
covenant that shall be everlasting, to be strength, where is understanding: that
their God, and they shall be my people: thou mayst know also where is length of
and I will no more remove my people, days and hfe, where is the Jight of the
the children of Israel, out of the land eyes, and peace.
that I have given them. 15 Who hath found out her place ? and
CHAPTER 3.
who hath gone in to her treasures ?
They pray for mercy, acknowledging that they are
16 Where are the princes of the nations,
and they that rule over the beasts that
justly punished for forsaking true wisdom. A
prophecy of Christ. are upon the earth?
A ND now, O Lord Almighty, the God 17 That take their diversion with the
J\. of Israel, the soul in anguish, and birds of the air.
the troubled spirit crieth to thee: 18 That hoard up silver and gold, where-
2 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for in men trust, and there is no end of their
thou art a merciful God, and have pity getting ? who work in silver and are so-
on us: for we have sinned before thee. licitous, and their works are unsearch-
3 For thou remainest for ever, and shall able.
we perish everlastingly ? 19 They are cut off, and are gone down
4 O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, to hell, and others are risen up in their
hear now the prayer of the dead of Isra- place.
el, and of their children, that have sinned 20 Young men have seen the light, and
before thee, and ha\e not hearkened to dwelt upon the earth: but the way of
the voice of the Lord their God, where- knowledge they have not known,
fore evils have cleaved fast to us. 21 Nor have they understood the paths
5 Remember not the iniquities of our thereof, neither have their children re-
fathers, but think upon thy hand, and ceived it, it is far from their face.
upon thy name at this time : 22 It hath not been heard of in the land
6 For thou art the Lord our God, and of Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in
we will praise thee, O Lord Theman.
7 Because for this end thou hast put thy 23 The children of Agar also, that search
fear in our hearts, to the intent that we after the wisdom that is of the earth, the
Chap. 3. Ver. 22. Theman. The capital city of Ver. 23. Agar. The mother of the Ismaelites.
Edom.
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merchants of Merrha, and of Theman, rpHIS is the book of the command-
and the tellers of fables, and search- X
ments of God, and the law, that is
ers of prudence and understanding: for ever: all they that keep it, shall
but the way of wisdom they have not come to life: but they that have for-
known, neither have they remembered saken it, to death.
her paths. 2 Return, O Jacob, and take hold of it,
24 O Israel, how great is the house of walk in the way by its brightness, in the
God, and how vast is the place of his presence of the light thereof.
possession! 3 Give not thy honour to another, nor
25 It is great, and bath no end: it is thy dignity to a strange nation.
high and immense. 4 We are happy, O Israel because the :

26 There were the giants, those re- things that are pleasing to God, are made
nowned men that were from the begin- known to us.
ning, of great stature, expert in war. 5 Be of good comfort, O people of God,
27 The Lord chose not them, neither the memorial of Israel:
did they find the way of knowledge: 6 You have been sold to the Gentiles,
therefore did they perish. not for your destruction: but because
28 And because they had not wisdom, you provoked God to wrath, you are de-
they perished through their folly. livered to your adversaries.
29 Who hath gone up into heaven, and 7 For you have provoked him who made
taken her, and brought her down from you, the eternal God, offering sacrifice to
the clouds? devils,, and not to God.
30 Who hath passed over the sea, and 8 For you have forgotten God, who
found her, and brought her preferably brought you up, and you have grieved
to chosen gold? Jerusalem that nursed you.
31 There is none that is able to know 9 For she saw the wrath of God coming
her ways, nor that can search out her upon you, and she said Give ear, all you :

paths that dwell near Sion, for God hath brought

32 But he that knoweth all things, upon me great mourning
knoweth her, and hath found her out 10 For I have seen the captivity of my
with his understanding e that pre- people, of my sons, and my daughters,
: .

pared the earth for evermore, and filled which the Eternal hath brought upon
it with cattle and fourfoo^ed beasts them. :

33 He that sendeth forth light, and it 11 For I nourished them with joy but :

goeth and hath called it, and it obeyeth I sent them away with weeping and
:

him with trembling. mourning.

34 And the stars have given light in 12 Let no man rejoice over me, a widow,
their watches, and rejoiced : and desolate I am forsaken of many for
:

35 They were called, and they said the sins of my children, because they de-
Here we are and with cheerfulness parted from the law of God.
:

they have shined forth to him that made 13 And they have not known his jus-
them. tices, nor walked by the ways of God^s
36 This is our God, and there shall no commandments, neither have they en-
other be accounted of in comparison of tered by the paths of his truth and justice.
him. 14 Let them that dwell about Sion come,
37 He found out all the way of know- and remember the captivity of my sons
ledge, and gave it to Jacob his servant, and daughters, which the Eternal hath
and to Israel his beloved. brought upon them.
38 Afterwards he was seen upon earth, 15 For he hath brought a nation upon
and conversed with men. them from afar, a wicked nation, and of
a strange tongue
CHAPTER 4. 16 Who have neither reverenced the
The prophet exhorts to the keeping of the law of
wisdom, and encourages the people to be patient, ancient, nor pitied children, and have
and to hope for their deliverance. carried away the beloved of the widow.
Ver. 38. Was seen upon earth, &c., viz., by the with men. The prophets often speak of things to
mystery of the incarnation, by means of which the come as ifthey were past, to express the certainty
son of God came visibly amongst us, and coDversed of the event of the things foretold.

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Exhortation to hope a nd patience BARUCH The return from captivity
and have left me all alone without chil 33 For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and
dren. was glad of thy fall so shall she be :

17 But as for me, what help can I give grieved for her own desolation.
you? 34 And the joy of her multitude shall
18 But he that hath brought the evils be cut off and her gladness shall be
:

upon you, he will deUver you out of the turned to mourning.

hands of your enemies. 35 For fire shall come upon her from the
19 Go your way, my children, go your Eternal, long to endure, and she shall be
way: for I am left alone. inhabited by devils for a great time.
20 I have put off the robe of peace, and 36 *Look about thee, O Jerusalem, to-
have put upon me the sackcloth of sup- wards the east, and behold the joy that
plication, and 1 will cry to the most High Cometh to thee from God.
in my days. 37 For behold thy children come, whom
21 Be of good comfort, children, cry my thou sentest away scattered, they come
to the Lord, and he will deliver you out gathered together from the east even to
of the hand of the princes your enemies. the west, at the word of the Holy One
22 For my hope is in the Eternal that rejoicing for the honour of God.
he will save you and joy is come upon
:

me from the Holy One, because of the CHAPTER 6.

mercy which shall come to you from our Jerusalem invited to rejoice and behold the return
is
everlasting Saviour. of her children out of their captivity.
23 For I sent you forth with mourning PUT off, O Jerusalem, the garment of
and weeping but the Lord will bring you
: thy mourning, and affliction : and
back to me with joy and gladness for ever. put on the beauty, and honour of that
24 For as the neighbours of Sion have everlasting glory which thou hast from
now seen your captivity from God: so God.
shall they also shortly see your salvation 2 God will clothe thee with the double
from God, which shall come upon you garment of justice, and will set a crown
with great honour, and everlasting glory. on thy head of everlasting honour.
25 My children, suffer patiently the 3 For God will shew his brightness in
Wrath that is come upon you: for thy thee, to every one under heaven.
enemy hath persecuted thee, but thou 4 For thy name shall be named to thee
Shalt quickly see his destruction and : by God for ever the peace of justice, and
:

thou shalt get up upon his neck. honour of piety.

26 My delicate ones have walked rough 5 Arise,O Jerusalem, and stand on
ways, for they were taken away as a flock high :and look about towards the east,
'^

made a prey by the enemies. and behold thy children gathered to-
27 Be of good comfort, my children, and gether from the rising to the setting sun,
cry to the Lord for you shall be remem-
: by the word of the Holy One rejoicing in
bered by him that hath led you away. the remembrance of God.
28 For as it was your mind to go astray 6 For they went out from thee on foot,
from God so when you return again you
; led by the enemies but the Lord will :

shall seek him ten times as much. bring them to thee exalted with honour
29 For he that hath brought evils upon as children of the kingdom.
you, shall bring you everlasting joy again 7 For God hath appointed to bring down
with your salvation. every high mountain, and the everlasting
30 Be of good heart, O Jerusalem for rocks, and to fill up the valleys to make
:

he exhorteth thee, that named thee. them even with the ground that Israel :

31 The wicked that have afflicted thee, may walk diligently to the honour of
shall perish and they that have rejoiced Godo
:

at thy ruin, shall be punished. 8 Moreover the woods, and every sweet-
32 The cities which thy children have smelling tree have overshadowed Israel
served, shall be punished and she that by the commandment of God.
:

received thy sons. 9 For God will bring Israel with joy in

t Infra 5. 5. u Supra 4. 36.

Chap. 4, Ver.32, /Sfte e^a« received, &c» viz^ Babylon.

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the light of his majesty, with mercy, and 13 This holdeth a sceptre as a man, as
justice, that cometh from him. a judge of the country, but cannot put
to death one that offendeth him.
CHAPTER 6. 14 And this hath in his hand a sword,
The epistle of Jeremias to the captives, as a present or an axe, but cannot save himself from
ative against idolatry. war, or from robbers, whereby be it

A COPY ^ of the epistle that Jeremias known to you, that they are not gods.
sent to them that were to be led 15 Therefore fear them not. For as a
away captives into Babylon, by the king vessel that a man uses when it is broken
of Babylon, to declare to them according becometh useless, even so are their gods
to what was commanded him by God. 16 When they are placed in the house,
1 FOR the sins that you have com- their eyes are full of dust by the feet of
mitted before God, you shall be carried them that go in.
away captives into Babylon by Nabu- 17 And as the gates are made sure on
chodonosor the king of Babylon. every side upon one that hath offended
2 And when you are come into Babylon, the king, or like a dead man carried to the
you shall be there many years, and for a grave, so do the priests secure the doors
long time, even to seven generations: with bars and locks, It/St they be stripped
and after that I will bring you away by thieves.
from thence with peace. 18 They light candles to them, and in
3 ^ But now, you shall see in Babylon great number, of which they cannot see
gods of gold, and of silver, and of stone, one but they are like beams in the house.
:

and of wood borne upon shoulders, caus- 19 And they say that the creeping things
ing fear to the Gentiles. which are of the earth, gnaw their hearts,
4 Beware therefore that you imitate not while they eat them and their garments,
the doings of others, and be afraid, and and they feel it not.
the fear of them should seize upon you. 20 Their faces are black with the smoke
6 But when you see the multitude be- that is made in the house.
hind, and before, adoring them, say you 21 Owls, and swallows, and other birds
in your hearts: Thou oughtest to be fly upon their bodies, and upon their
adored, O Lord. heads, and cats in like manner.
6 For my angel is with you: And I my- 22 Whereby you may know that they
self will demand an account of your souls. are no gods. Therefore fear them not.
7 For their tongue that is polished by 23 The gold also which they have, is
the craftsman, and themselves laid over for shew, but except a man wipe off the
with gold and silver, are false things, riist, they will not shine: for neither
and they cannot speak. when they were molten, did they feel it.
8 And as if it were for a maiden that 24 Men buy them at a high price,
loveth to go gay so do they take gold whereas there is no breath in them.
:

and make them up. 25 ^ And having not the use of feet
9 Their gods have golden crowns upon they are carried upon shoulders, declar-
their heads whereof the priests secretly ing to men how vile they are.
: Be they
convey away from them gold, and silver, confounded also that worship them.
and bestow it on themselves. 26 Therefore if they fall to the ground,
10 Yea and they give thereof to prosti- they rise not up again of themselves,
tutes, and they dress out harlots: and nor if a man set them upright, will they
again when they receive it of the har- stand by themselves, but their gifts shall
lots, they adorn their gods. be set before them, as to the dead.
11 And these gods cannot defend them- 27 The things that are sacrificed to them,
selves from the rust, and the moth. their priests sell and abuse in like man- :

12 But when they have covered them ner also their wives take part of them,
with a purple garment, they wipe their but give nothing of it either to the sicl^
face because of the dust of the house, or to the poor.
which is very much among them. 28 The childbearing and menstruous
V See Jer. 25. 9. w Isa. 44. 10. — X Isa. 46. 7.

Chap. 6. Ver. 2. Seven {fenerations. That is, seventy years.

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women touch their sacrifices: knowing them, are false: how is it then to be
therefore by these things that they are thought, or to be said, that they ar<
not gods, fear them not. gods?
29 For how can they be called gods? 45 And the> are made by workmen, and
because women set offerings before the by goldsmiths. They shall be nothing
gods of and of gold, and of wood
silver, else but what the priests will have them
30 And priests sit in their temples, hav- to be.
ing their garments rent, and their heads 46 For the artificers themselves that
and beards shaven, and nothing upon make them, are of no long continuance.
their heads. Can those things then that are made by
31 And they roar and cry before their them be gods?
gods, as men do at the feast when one is 47 But they have left false things and
dead. reproach to them that come after.
32 The priests take away their garments, 48 For when war cometh upon them, or
and clothe their wives and their children. evils, the priests consult with them-
33 And whether it be evil that one doth selves where they may hide themselves
unto them, or good, they are not able to with them.
recompense it neither can they set up 49 How then can they be thought to be
:

a king nor put him down gods, that can neither deliver themselves
34 In like manner they can neither give from war, nor save themselves from evils?
riches, nor requite evil. If a man make 50 For seeing they are but of wood, and
a vow to them, and perform it not, they laid over with gold, and with silver, it
cannot require it. shall be known hereafter that they are
35 They cannot deliver a man from death false things, by all nations and kings:
nor save the weak from the mighty. and it shall be manifest that they are no
36 They cannot restore the blind man to gods, but the work of men's hands, and
his sight: nor deliver a man from distress. that there is no work of God in them.
37 They shall not pity the widow, nor 51 Whence therefore is it known tha*
do good to the fatherless. they are not gods, but the work of men's
38 Their gods, of wood, and of stone, hands, and no work of God is in them?
and of gold, and of silver, are like the 52 They cannot set up a king over the
stones that are hewn out of the moun- land, nor give rain to men.
tains and they that worship them shall
: 53 They determine no causes, nor de-
be confounded. Hver countries from oppression because ;

39 How then is it to be supposed, or to they can do nothing, and are as daws

be said, that they are gods ? between heaven and earth.
40 Even the Chaldeans themselves dis- 54 For when fire shall fall upon the
honour them: who when they hear of house of these gods of wood, and of sil-
one dumb that cannot speak, they pre- ver, and of gold, their priests indeed will
sent him to Bel, entreating him, that he flee away, and be saved : but they them-
may speak, selves shall be burnt in the midst like
41 As though they could be sensible beams.
that have no motion themselves and 55 And they cannot withstand a king
:

they, when they shall perceive this, will and war. How then can it be supposed,
leave them: for their gods themselves or admitted that they are gods ?
have no sense. 56 Neither are these gods of wood, and
42 The women also with cords about of stone, and laid over with gold, and
them, sit in the ways, burning olive with silver, able to deliver themselves
stones. from thieves or robbers: they that are
43 And when any one of them, drawn stronger than them
away by some passenger, lieth with him, 57 Shall take from them the gold, and
she upbraideth her neighbour, that she silver, and the raiment wherewith they
was not thought as worthy as herself, are clothed, and shall go their way, nei-
nor her cord broken. ther shall they help themselves.
44 But all things that are done about 58 Therefore it is better to be a king
Ver. 56. They that are stronger than them. That is, robbers and thieves are stronger than these
idols, being things without life or motion.
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that sheweth his power: or else a profit- 66 Neither do they shew signs in the
able vessel in the house, with which the heaven to the nations, nor shine as the
owner thereof will be well satisfied: or sun, nor give light as the moon.
a door in the house, to keep things safe 67 Beasts are better than they, which
that are therein, than such false gods. can fly under a covert, and help them-
59 The sun, and the moon, and the stars selves.
being bright, and sent forth for profit- 68 Therefore there is no manner of ap-
able uses, are obedient. pearance that they are gods: so fear
60 In like manner the lightning, when them noto
it breaketh forth, is easy to be seen and For as a scarecrow in a garden of
: 69
after the same manner the wind bloweth cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are their
in every country. gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over
61 And the clouds when God command- with gold.
eth them to go over the whole world, do 70 They are no better than a white
that which is commanded them. thorn in a garden, upon which every bird
62 The fire also being sent from above sitteth. In like manner also their gods
to consume mountains and woods, doth of wood, and laid over with gold, and
as it is commanded. But these neither with silver, are like to a dead body cast
in shew, nor in power are like to any one forth in the dark.
of them. 71 By the purple also and the scarlet
63 Wherefore it is neither to be thought, which are motheaten upon them, you
nor to be said, that they are gods since : shallknow that they are not gods. And
they are neither able to judge causes, they themselves at last are consumed,
nor to do any good to men. and shall be a reproach in the coun-
64 Knowing therefore that they arc not try.
gods, fear them not. 72 Better therefore is the just man that
65 For neither can they curse kings, nor hath no idols : for he shall be far from
bless them. reproach.

THE

PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL.
EZECHIEL was of the j/riestly race; and of the number of captives that were carried
av)ay to Babylon with king Joachin in B. C. 598. He was chosen to act as God's
spokesman in B.C. 594; and continued his ministry till at least B.C. 572. Some
of his prophecies were addressed to his fellow -captives, some to those who had
remained in the Holy Land, and some to the entire nation.
CHAPTER 1. 3 The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel
The time of EzechieVs prophecy ;
son of Buzi in the land of
he sees a glorious the priest the
vision. the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and
NOW it came
to pass in the thirtieth the hand of the Lord was there upon
year, y in the fourth month., on the him.
fifth day of the month, when I was in the 4 And I saw, and behold a whirlwind
midst of the captives ^ by the river Cho- came out of the north: and a great cloud,
bar, the heavens were opened, and I saw and a fire infolding if, and brightness
the visions of God. was about it: and out of the midst
2 On the fifth day of the month, the thereof, that is, out of the midst of the
same was the fifth year of the captivity fire, as it were the resemblance of am-
ef king Joachin, ber:
y B. C. 594. g Infra 3. 23, and 10. 20, and 43. 3.

Chap. l.Ver. l. The thirtieth year. Either of the solemn covenant made in the eighteenth year ol
the age of Ezechiel or, as others will have it, fiom
,•
the reign of Josias. 4 Kings 23.
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5 And in the midst thereof the likeness 17 When they went, they went by their
of four living creatures: and this was four parts: and they turned not when
their appearance there was the likeness they went.
:

of a man in them. 18 The wheels had also a size, and a

6 Every one had four faces, and every height, and a dreadful appearance " and :

one four wings, the whole body was full of eyes round
7 Their feet were straight feet, and the about all the four.
sole of their foot was like the sole of a 19 And when the living creatures went,
calf's foot, and they sparkled like the ap- the wheels also went together by them
pearance of glowing brass. and when the living creatures were lifted
B And they had the hands of a man under up from the earth, the wheels also were
their wings on their four sides and they hfted up with them.
:

had and wings on the four sides,

faces, 20 Whithersoever the spirit went, thi-
9 And the wings of one were joined to ther as the spirit went the wheels also
the wings of another. They turned not were lifted up withal, and followed it:
when they went: but every one went for the spirit of life was in the wheels.
straight forward. 21 When those went these went, and
10 And as for the likeness of their faces: when those stood these stood, and when
there was the face of a man, and the face those were lifted up from the earth, the
of a lion on the right side of all the four wheels also were lifted up together, and
and the face of an ox, on the left side of followed them for the spirit of life was:

all the four and the face of an eagle in the wheels.

:

over all the four. 22 And over the heads of the living
11 And their faces, and their wings were creatures was the likeness of the firma-
stretched upward two wings of every ment, as the appearance of crystal terri
:

one were joined, and two covered their ble to behold, and stretched out over
bodies : their heads above.
12 And everyone of them went straight 23 And under the firmament were their
forward: whither the impulse of the wings straight, the one toward the other,
spiritwas to go, thither they went and : every one with two wings covered his
they turned not when they went» body, and the other was covered in like
13 And as for the Ukeness of the living manner.
creatures, their appearance was like that 24 And I heard the noise of their wings,
of burning coals of fire, and like the ap- like the noise of many waters, as it were
pearance of lamps. This was the vision the voice of the most high God: when
running to and fro in the midst of the they walked, it was like the voice of a
living creatures, a bright fire, and light- multitude, like the noise of nn army, and
ning going forth from the fire. when they stood, their wings were let
14 And the living creatures ran and down.
returned like flashes of lightning. 25 For when a voice came from above
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, the firmament, that was over their heads,
there appeared upon the e»rth by the they stood, and let down their wings.
living creatures one wheel with four 26 And above the firmament that wae
faces. over their heads, was the likeness of a
16 And the appearance of the wheels, throne, as the appearance of the sap
and the work of them was like the ap- phire stone, and upon the likeness of the
pearance of the sea: and the four had throne, was a likeness as of the appear
all one likeness: and their appearance ance of a man above upon it.
and their work was as it were a wheel in 27 And I saw as it were the resemblance
the midst of a wheel. of amber as the appearance of fire withir

a Infra 10. 12.

Ver. 5. Living creatures, Chernbims (as appears from Jerome, (Ep. ad Paulin.,) they suffered non
St.
from Ecclesiasticus 49. 10) represented to the prophet to read before they were thirty years old.
it
under these mysterious shapes, as supporting the Ver. 17. When they v)ent, they went by their fou
throne of God, and as it were drawing his chariot. parts. That is, indifferently to any of their side
All this chapter appeared so obscure, and full of either forward or backward: to the riglit or to th
mysteries, to the ancient Hebrews, that, as we learn left

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it round about: from his loins and up- there were written in it lamentations,
ward, and from his loins downward, I saw and canticles, and woe.
as it were the resemblance of fire shining
round about. CHAPTER 3.
28 As the appearance of the rainbow The prophet eats the book, and receives further in-
structions : the office of a watchman.
when it is in a cloud on a rainy day this :

was the appearance

round about.
of the brightness
_ all that thou shalt find: eat this
AND
^ he said to me : Son of man, eat

book, and go speak to the children of

CHAPTER 2. Israel.
The prophet receives his commission. 2 And I opened my mouth, and he
THIS * of the likeness caused me to eat that book :
was the vision
of the glory of the Lord» And I saw, 3 And he said to me Son of man, thy :

and I fell upon my face, and I heard the belly shall eat, and thy bowels shall be
voice of one that spoke. And he said to filled with this book, which I give thee.
me: Son of man, stand upon thy feet, * And I did eat it and it was sweet as :

and I will speak to thee. honey in my mouth.

2 And the spirit entered into me after 4 And he said to me Son of man, go to :

that he spoke to me, and he set me upon the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak
my feet: and I heard him speaking to my words to them.
me, 5 For thou art not sent to a people of
3 And saying Son of man, I send thee a profound speech, and of an unknown
:

to the children of Israel, to a rebellious tongue, but to the house of Israel

people, that hath revolted from me, they, 6 Nor to many nations of a strange
and their fathers, have transgressed my speech, and of an unknown tongue,
covenant even unto this day. whose words thou canst not understand:
4 And they to whom I send thee are and if thou wert sent to them, they would
children of a hard face, and of an obsti- hearken to thee.
nate heart and thou shalt say to them
: 7 But the house of Israel will not heark-
Thus saith the Lord God en to thee because they will not hearken :

5 If so be they at least will hear, and if to me for all the house of Israel are of :

BO be they will forbear, for they are a a hard forehead and an obstinate heart.
provoking house and they shall know 8 Behold I have made thy face stronger
:

that there hath been a prophet in the than their faces and thy forehead harder :

midst of them. than their foreheads.

6 And thou, O son of man, fear not, nei- 9 I have made thy face like an adamant
ther be thou afraid of their words for and like flint fear them not, neither be
: :

thou art among unbelievers and destroy- thou dismayed at their presence : for
ers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. they are a provoking house.
Fear not their words, neither be thou 10 And he said to me Son of man, re- :

dismayed at their looks for they are a ceive in thy heart, and hear with thy
:

provoking house. ears, all the words that I speak to thee :

7 And thou shalt speak my words to 11 And go get thee in to them of the
them, if perhaps they will hear, and for- captivity, to the children of thy people,
bear for they provoke me to anger.
: and thou shalt speak to them, and shalt
8 But thou, O son of man, hear all that say to them Thus saith the Lord If so : :

I say to thee and do not thou provoke be they will hear and will forbear.
:

me, as that house provoketh me open 12 And the spirit took me up, and I
:

thy mouth, and eat what I give thee. heard behind me the voice of a great
9 And I looked, and behold, a hand was commotion, saying: Blessed he the glory
sent to me, wherein was a book rolled of the Lord, from his place.
up and he spread it before me, ^ and it 13 And the noise of the wings of the
:

was written within and without and living creatures striking one against an-
:

bB. C. 594. — c Apoc. 5. l. — d A. M. 3409. e Apoc. 10. 9 and 10.

Chap. Ver. 1, Eat this book, and go speak to

3. with which weare to receive, and embrace the word
therhiJdren of Israel. By this eating of the book of God; and to let it, as it were, sink into our inte-
was signified the diligent attention and affection
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rior by devout meditation.

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The watchman in Israel EZECHIEL Figure of the siege of Jerusalem

other, and the noise of the wheels follow- 24 And the spirit entered into me, and
ing the living creatures, and the noise of set me upon my feet and he spoke to :

a great commotion. me, and said to me Go in and shut : ;

14 The spirit also lifted me, and took thyself up in the midst of thy house.
me up and I went away in bitterness in 25 And thou, O son of man, behold they
:

the indignation of my spirit for the shall put bands upon thee, and they shall
:

hand of the Lord was with me, strength- bind thee with them and thou shalt not :

ening me. go forth from the midst of them.

15 And I came to them of the captivity, 26 And I will make thy tongue stick fast
to the heap of new corn, to them that to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt
dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat be dumb, and not as a man that reprov-
where they sat and I remained there eth because they are a provoking house.
: :

seven days mourning in the midst of 27 But when I shall speak to thee, I will
them. open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to
16 And at the end of seven days the them Thus saith the Lord God He that : :

word of the Lord came to me, saying hearethjlet him hear: and he that for
17 -^ Son of man, I have made thee a beareth, let him forbear : for they are a
watchman to the house of Israel and provoking house. :

thou shalt hear the word out of my

mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. CHAPTER 4.
18 If, when I say to the wicked. Thou